Volume 17, Number 38
Friday, September 18, 2020
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BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS
Baczewski talks about not wearing mask Near the outset of last week’s Board of Education meeting, Joseph Baczewski Jr., the board vice chairman, had a statement to make in response to recent complaints he and other board members had received.
Those complaints were about Baczewski’s refusal to wear a mask during the group’s in-person deliberations.
meetings remotely, in order to comply with statewide executive orders meant to slow the spread of COVID-19.
nicipal Center. Public attendance has still been restricted to live stream video and telephone remote access.
It was the third meeting the Board of Education had convened in-person since last March when the Town Council and others began convening
The board began meeting inperson last month, with members and district officials spread apart throughout the assembly room of the John Weichsel Mu-
Baczewski during those three meetings declined to wear a face mask during deliberations while
Local runners finish virtual Boston Marathon Record-Journal staff
Baseball may be America’s pastime and football America’s game, but there’s something about a marathon that brings folks out, too. Even when it’s just “virtual.” Southington runners Marc Lennon and Kristin Lopa completed their virtual Boston Marathon on Saturday. Along the way, they picked up some fan support that helped speed them along their 26.2-mile journey.
Southington residents Kristin Lopa, left, and Marc Lennon pose at the “finish line” on the Southington linear trail after completing See Marathon, A6 the virtual Boston Marathon on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Kristin Lopa
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Karabins granted intervenor status on solar farm proposal By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
The local family who currently farm an East Street land parcel that has been eyed by a renewable energy developer as a possible solar farm now will have a seat at the table while the proposal is discussed. The Connecticut Siting Council, which has approval authority over such proposals, last week granted Michael and Diane Karabin’s request for intervenor status as it takes up the application for Southington Solar One, as the project has been called. The Karabins have farmed the 103-acre plot at 1012 East St., which is owned by the Catholic Cemeteries Association, for years. Verogy LLC, a See Solar, A4 R233461
By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff