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Fire officials consider changes to increase volunteers
Board sets target dates for funding middle school sports By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Board of Education members agreed on target dates for a parents group to raise money for winter middle school sports.
Money is in place to fund fall sports, according to school business and finance director Sherri DiNello. See Sports, A10
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‘A nice little small-town race’ Southington Apple Harvest gears up for 40th annual running events
John Myers said. “This is Southington’s main hometown race and it serves as a reunion for everyone to come back and catch up with one another.”
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The crown jewel is the 5K, which on its own attracts roughly 1,000 runners.
The Apple Harvest Festival Road Race is in its 40th year and showing no signs of slowing down in “middle age.”
That race covers 3.1 miles. There’s also a 5-mile race, which kicks off the show at 8:30 a.m. near Flair Restaurant on Columbus Avenue. The 5K starts 15 minutes later.
As many as 2,000 runners of all ages are expected to compete in the various events on Sunday, Oct. 6 in downtown Southington. “It’s such a special race,” race director
Returning this year is the 2-mile walk along the linear trail. That event starts at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Southington
“It’s a great incentive,” he said. “I think it would help.” A change in state law would allow the town to increase the property tax abatement for volunteer firefighters from a maximum of $1,000 to $2,000. Wilson said there’s support among board members for the change but that it needs approval by the Board of Finance and the Town Council as well. The topic was on the agenda
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Southington Middle School Athletics Association was created after the school board cut $120,000 in funding for Kennedy and DePaolo middle school sports two years ago. Through the creation of an activity fee and the association's fundraising, the school district was able to continue sports at the middle school level. This year, the school is contributing $15,000 to the effort.
The 40th annual Apple Harvest road races hit the streets of downtown Southington on Sunday, Oct. 6. Justin Weekes, special to the Record-Journal
The Board of Fire Commissioners is looking to improve volunteer recruitment and keep the volunteers the town already has. Increasing benefits may do that, according to board chairman Nathan Wilson.
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At a meeting Thursday night, Sept. 12, members said they’re willing to be flexible with deadlines, but want to make sure money is in place before tryouts.
Fire department leaders are considering a boost to the reimbursement rate and tax abatements for volunteer firefighters.
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The town and First Congregational Church have reached a 10-year agreement on a parking lot that’s used for the annual Apple Harvest Festival. The Town Council agreed to the decade-long lease during its meeting Sept. 9.. In exchange for public use of the church-owned lot, the town agreed to maintain the parking area. The church will also be listed on the Apple Harvest Festival map and its property will have trash cans maintained by festival workers. Council Chairman Chris Palmieri spoke highly of First Congregational’s con-
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About 45 people wait in line for hot apple fritters from the Zion Lutheran Church Apple Fritter Booth at the Apple Harvest Festival on Oct. 8, 2010. The fritter booth is located on a public parking lot which the town leases from First Congregational Church.
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church’s lot had been negotiated annually. Palmieri said a 10-year lease eliminates uncertainty and allows the festival committee to plan better.
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tribution to the fall festival. “They’ve been a great partner over the past 25 years,” Palmieri said. The church bought property adjacent to its location in 2002. An agreement shortly after the purchase mirrored the one approved Monday, with the town maintaining the lot in exchange for public use. No payment is included in the lease.
“This was a huge benefit for the town to have such a long-term lease,” he said. “It’s going to benefit the festival, as well … This gives us more certainty.” The Rev. Ron Brown said the recent agreement includes benefits to the church during the festival.
“It’s being recognized in the publications as a part of the The lot is adjacent to a larger Apple Harvest Festival,” he parking area east of Main said. The church’s food and Street that’s used for the fescraft vendors will also be intival’s carnival rides and cluded in promotional matefood vendors. rial. The town is responsible for This year’s festival will be maintaining the pavement, held Oct. 4 to 6 and 11 to 13. snow removal and other upjbuchanan@record-journal.com keep, according to the agree203-317-2230 ment. The church’s portion Twitter: @JBuchananRJ of the lot extends south of Riccio Way and runs from Main Street to around the back of the church building. The remaining parking lot there is owned by the town. The parking lot to the north and east of Riccio Way is also town-owned.
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Proposal includes affordable housing By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
A local developer has proposed a 31-home age-restricted subdivision on Laning Street that includes affordable housing. Since Southington doesn’t meet the state’s goals for affordable housing, developments that include units priced below the market sidestep many of the town’s zoning regulations. That could allow Frank Fragola, the property owner and a local businessman, to increase the number of homes on the Laning Street property. Bryan Meccariello, an attorney representing Fragola, said the plans call for ranchstyle homes that will be offered for between $350,000 and $375,000. Sizes will range from 1,700 to 2,000 square feet and the target demographic is empty nesters. Fragola has been working to build housing on Laning Street for several years. Previous plans that included even more houses faced opposition from neighbors. Most recently, a request to tie into the town’s sewer system failed to pass the Town Council.
Meccariello said neighbors’ concerns have been taken into account in the latest plan submitted to the town. Housing density has also been reduced from 55 units to the current 31. “I know it’s something that Southington needs,” Meccariello said of the 55-andolder community. The town’s regulations on housing density would not allow as many units on the 11acre parcel. Rather than battle to change existing regulations, Meccariello felt including affordable housing units was the better way to move forward with the project. State statutes define affordable housing as rent or mortgage payments that consume no more than 30 percent of the average family’s income for the county. Fragola said 30 percent of the houses will be affordable. Prices for some will be calculated on 60 percent of the area median income and others on 80 percent. See Housing, A4
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Town Planner Rob Philips said getting approval for a housing development with an affordable housing component is much different and leaves much less discretion in the hands of planners. The Planning and Zoning Commission can only deny such applications on certain criteria, such as public health and safety. “In this case, the zoning regulations don’t apply,” Phillips said. If the commission takes no action within 65 days of getting the application, it’s automatically approved. There’s no requirement for a public hearing, although Philips said the commission may hold one. While the plans submitted by Fragola include a sewer
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Arts & Crafts The Southington Recreation Department will offer Arts & Crafts classes for individuals with special needs. They must be accompanied by an adult. Classes will take place at Derynoski Elementary School, 240 Main St., in the cafeteria, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Jan.16, Feb. 13, April 9 and May 7. The fee to participate is $105 for the full 7class session or $15 per individual class. Pre-registration and payment is required. Program details and online registration are available at southington.org/ crafts.
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fan friendly and the runners love it when people are there to cheer them on.”
YMCA and finishes on the Town Green. For the kids, “The Little Fritter” runs will race around the Town Green at 10 a.m. There’s also the “Y Cup,” a 1mile competition between Southington 4th and 5th graders. Derynoski Elementary School will be looking to defend its crown.
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“We can get up to 2,000 people all together in the last few years,” said Myers, race director for the past 20 years. “It depends on the weather on the day of the race. Many people wait to see if it’s a nice day to see if they want to race.”
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There are three fundraising teams involved in the 5K race: the Southington Middle School Athletics Association, Team Adam and Jim, and Team Lauryn. The first group is a non-profit that helps fund sports at Kennedy and DePaolo. Team Adam and Jim runs in memory of late Southington residents Adam Levin and Jim Maffiolini. Team Lauryn runs to raise money for a scholarship in memory of Lauryn Ossola, a Southington High swimmer who died in an accident in 2011 at age 23. “It’s our hometown race,” Myers said. “People want to see each other and want to see what they can do on the course. We work hard to make it a nice race for our competitors. We have a ton of volunteers and sponsors. We also have police on the course. We put it all together and it makes for a nice little, small town road race.”
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for the fire board meeting scheduled Thursday, Sept. 19 at Fire Headquarters. Wilson said fire Chief Richard Butler also will present a proposal to increase the reimbursement volunteers get per fire call. That item also is on the board’s agenda for discussion. The town has a combined volunteer and career fire department. Chris Robertson, a fire board member, supported more benefits for fire volunteers but doubted that alone would greatly change the recruitment situation. The department has lost volunteers in recent years, a nationwide trend that Robertson and other fire leaders have blamed on busier lives and less flexible jobs.
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“It has nothing to do with tax abatement, it has nothing to do with pay. It has to do with time,” Robertson said. “A lot of people just don’t have the time.” He praised the work of volunteer firefighters and said he would like to boost their reimbursement. “I would like to see it go up. I really would,” Robertson said. In 2016, the fire board changed the reimbursement rate from an hourly stipend to a per call amount of $7.02. The change was prompted by a complaint to the state Department of Labor that volunteers weren’t making the minimum hourly wage. The change resulted in less money for volunteer firefighters. jbuchanan@record-journal.com 203-317-2230 Twitter: @JBuchananRJ
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Neighbors criticize town approval of truck wash By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
Town officials have given developers the green light to build a large commercial truck wash facility on South Main Street, near the Apple Valley Bowl and Quinnipiac River. But some who live near the proposed 16,000square-foot facility oppose the project. Neighbors believe the facility, which will be built on four acres partially in a wetlands zone, will harm the area by spilling harmful chemicals from wastewater
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wich is proposing the truck wash. Separate past proposals to develop the property into office and retail space and as a dog daycare facility had received town approval, but neither of those projects were developed. Developers still need to obtain state permits for the truck wash.
One of those permits is a wastewater discharge permit from the state Department of Energy and EnvironmenJames P. Sullivan, who serves tal Protection specific to vehicle maintenance wastewaas vice chair of the Conservation Commission, said the ter. According to DEEP, group’s members had visited wastewater must discharge through sewer pipes to a the site on separate occatreatment facility or to a sions. Sullivan said proposholding tank. Developers als addressing the commission’s concerns about must ensure the maximum wastewater discharge and el- daily flow of wastewater evation were adequate. does not exceed 15,000 gallons per day. The property is owned by ZP Group LLC, of West Hartford. Nutmeg Cos. of Nor-
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Lots more foster parents needed By Olivia L. Lawrence The Citizen
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Reilly Bard, a sixth-grader from Southington, chose the topic of foster care as her communities issue this past year when she ran for Connecticut’s Kid Governor, and she continues to find creative ways to support those in foster care.
and brought them to Klingberg Family Centers. The bags were designated for clients in therapeutic foster care, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, and Permanency Placement Services programs.
Reilly is an active member of the Kid Governor’s Cabinet, To celebrate her birthday, Reilly collected gifts for chil- and her compassion for others was evident as she delivdren in foster care rather ered the bags, according to than for herself. She designed a logo with the slogan Klingberg representa“Fostering Friendships,” and tives. She explained that her passion for foster care stems put that art on drawstring bags, filled them to bursting,
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Developers are also seeking an encroachment permit from the state Department of Transportation. Flors was critical of the local commissions and the approval process so far. “Their job is to work for the people of this town, not big business. They pushed this whole thing through,” Flors said. mgagne@record-journal.com 203-317-2231 Twitter:@MikeGagneRJ
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positively affect the lives of Information sessions held youth by providing them a Talk this over with family safe place to call home,” Carr every second and fourth members so they can Monday from 5:30 to 6:30 says. lend support, Carr says. “We p.m. and every first and all realize this is not a fairy Prior to taking the plunge, a third Wednesday of the tale. You may experience lot of foster parents say they month from 10 to 11 a.m. exsome bumps in the road, but had qualms about how it cept on holidays, through so does every family. You do would impact their lives. But December 2019. Or call a not need a degree in psyafter going through the pro- therapeutic foster care rechology or social work to cess, the training and leancruitment specialist at 860provide therapeutic foster ing on the the agency for 832-5536. Website: klingcare.” support, they report that all bergfosterandadoption.org that preparation really Anytime a child must be Do you have an idea for Seen helped. Carr says most parseparated from their family, ents say they enjoy the satis- & Heard? Tell us about it at it’s normal for them to expe- faction of providing care and news@thesouthingtoncitirience anxiety, confusion networking with other foster zen.com. and even anger. “There are families. times that this journey may be difficult but you can truly Klingberg Family Centers
Just in time for Southington’s annual Apple Harvest Festival. Southington has reached a long-term agreement with First Congregational Church on use of a churchowned downtown parking lot that's been an important resource during the town’s biggest annual civic event. Under a 10-year lease, the Town Council has agreed to maintain the parking area in exchange for its use. The town will maintain the pavement — which adjoins another lot owned by the town — and will do snow removal and other upkeep, according to the agreement. During the festival, the lot will have trash cans maintained by festival workers. In addition, the festival’s promotional materials will include the church's food and craft vendors. No money will be exchanged as part of the deal.
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Future of Hop Knot uncertain By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Hop Knot, a beer and pretzels pub on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, is closed as the owner works to sell the location. The Southington location is one of several opened by two partners who started with a restaurant in Middletown in 2016. While Mike Boney owns Hop Knot, his partner John Schauster left the business to start a restaurant in Bethel that closed earlier this year.
The Hop Knot, 1169 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Southington, is temporarily closed according to a sign posted on the front door. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Louis Perillo’s family owns the property at 1169 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike. He said Boney is working to sell the restaurant as a franchise. Perillo is optimistic Hop Knot will reopen. “I think they’re just in a transition,” he said. Perillo said Boney told him the restaurant is shut down “for the time being” while the sale goes through.
The chain has locations in Southington, Middletown, Storrs and Manchester, New Hampshire. Perillo said the owners may have been spread “a little thin” but that they had a “really good thing going.” Boney could not be reached for comment this week. In a lawsuit filed earlier this year, a company in New Haven claimed that Boney and Schauster failed to pay a sublease that they owned on a Hop Knot location in that city which has since closed.
Another lawsuit from Bar Rated Entertainment claims Hop Knot locations in Southington and Middletown didn’t pay for trivia nights organized by the company. Hop Knot and Bar Rated Entertainment reached an agreement in which the restaurant would pay the $5,440 owned in weekly installments, according to court documents. Earlier this week, Bar Rated Entertainment filed a motion for See Hop Knot, A14
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Ice cream shop introduces Patriots-themed flavor
the Southington building. Hop Knot offers a wide selection of craft beer and unique pretzels. The Southington location opened in 2017.
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
A year after suggesting ice cream flavors with sports tieins, the owner of Pat’s Main Street Ice Cream got his first shipment of Patriots-themed treats.
The building used to house the Slanted Shanty, a bar.
Pat D’Agostino had teased the new flavor to his customers leading up to last week’s delivery from Gifford’s, an ice cream manufacturer in Maine. The new ice cream has vanilla, fudge, cookie dough and football-shaped chocolate pieces filled with caramel. The name, Dough Your Job, is a play on the team’s mantra of “do your job.”
Pat D’Agostino, owner of Pat’s Main Street Ice Cream, left, and Steve LaBonte, right, toast samples of Dough Your Job, a New England Patriots-inspired ice cream flavor now available at the Southington business at 384 Main St. The new flavor features vanilla ice cream, cookie dough, fudge and mini chocolate footballs with caramel. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Quarts of “Dough Your Job,” a New England Patriots inspired icecream flavor now available at Pat’s.
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Defense was the calling card of the Platt football team’s run to the Class L semifinals and, after Friday night’s 34-0 shutout of RHAM in the season opener, don’t be surprised if defense is the calling card again in 2019. One of the big playmakers in Game 1 was junior safety Sean Bell. In the second quarter, with the Panthers leading by only 7-0 at that point, Bell corralled a pass deflected by linebacker Danny Hernandez and hightailed it 80 yards for a touchdown.
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From east to west, there has been victory with Victoria Logodicio for the Wilcox Tech volleyball team here in the early going. The junior setter had a big hand in the Tribe’s matching 3-0 sweeps to open the season, first at Norwich Tech and then at Abbott Tech in Danbury. Logodicio planted five aces in Thursday’s season-opening win over Norwich Tech, then came back with nine assists and three more aces in Monday’s triumph over Abbott Tech.
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The 54-13 final indicates Maloney had no trouble with Farmington in its football opener. Truth is, Farmington scored the first touchdown and, in the second quarter, stayed within range with a kickoff return. Spartans senior Kamron Moreno had an answer each time. He turned a screen pass from Angel Arce into a 58-yard TD to pull Maloney even 7-7 in the first quarter, then answered the KO return with a 90-yarder of his own. Moreno caught 8 passes for 101 yards.
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“I’ve always said they should make a ‘Star Wars’ one,” he said. “They could make the pieces the characters from ‘Star Wars.’ ” Using the Patriots’ license was surprisingly smooth, D’Agostino heard from Gifford’s representatives. In addition to cones, D’Agostino also is selling cartons with the name and logo emblazoned on the front.
Taste test Carol DiLorenzo and Arlene Donahue, sisters who are regulars at the ice cream shop, were the first to taste the new flavor. They were convinced to switch from their usual selections, maple walnut and black raspberry, and were glad they did. Donahue said she was still figuring out exactly what was in Dough Your Job as she ate it on a bench outside the shop.
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people to try.” D’Agostino rotates flavors, bringing seasonal ice creams such as blueberry and pumpkin to round out the 36 he offers. Many of his customers thought he was adding another seasonal flavor that’s been sold before, but D’Agostino was glad to add a brand new flavor to the lineup. With football season starting, he expects a lot of excitement over Dough Your Job. D’Agostino started Pat’s Main Street Ice Cream 10 years ago. In addition to regular ice cream, he sells softserve, ice cream cookie sandwiches, ice cream cakes and other treats. The shop is located at 384 Main St.
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Heavy duty towing company determined to expand A Cheshire heavy duty towing company hopes to start up in Southington following approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Sept. 10, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a special exception for a truck towing and repair facility for 33 Norton St.
Kenefick said he used to be in the towing business but left, saying the market has changed drastically. His auto center now specializes in Subaru repairs. Strollo said he’s planning to put two heavy wreckers in Southington if the shop is approved. That could open up work on the highways recovering tractor-trailers and other trucks. “I love to do the rollovers, the tractor-trailer recovery, the challenge of it,” Strollo said.
Sean Strollo, owner of Strollo’s Towing Service in Cheshire, stands with two of his heavy duty towing trucks. Matt Andrew, Record-Journal, file photo
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The property is Fran’s Auto Center, owned by Fran Kenefick. He’ll rent a portion Sean Strollo, owner of Strollo of his building to Strollo for Brothers & Sons, said it’s his the tow truck business’ exseventh attempt to expand pansion. his business to Southington. The company still needs ap- “I think Southington deserves a class outfit like the proval from the state DeStrollo boys,” Kenefick said. partment of Motor Vehicles “They’ve got some great to open. equipment. They’ve been in “I keep on trying,” he said. business for years and years and years. They run a good Other locations have fallen show.” through, he said, and one was rejected by the state afIn addition to snow plowing, ter he’d spent about $30,000 Strollo does heavy truck towon improvements. ing. Towing jobs are given “That was very, very frustrat- on a rotation to area companies. Without a heavy towing ing,” Strollo said. company in town, Southing-
ton’s rotation included companies from area towns. Strollo’s was knocked out of the Southington rotation when another company opened in Southington and wants to get back into the market with a location in town.
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