The Southington | Plainville Citizen

One vote decides 81st district race

By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

SOUTHINGTON Democrat Chris Poulos won a seat in the General As sembly by one vote following a re count Monday.

While Poulos had a six vote lead over his Republican opponent Tony

Morrison on election night, a recan vas of more than 10,000 ballots over the course of the day Monday dropped that lead to a single vote.

The final total was 5,297 votes for Poulos to 5,296 votes for Morrison. Poulos said he was honored to be elected and said he expected a close

margin. “It’s overwhelming. It’s great, great news,” he said.

“Having knocked on 5,300 doors it’s clear that people are divided,” Pou los said. “We need to wipe the slate clean of animosity and we need to move forward together in a civil and productive way to do what's best for our town and our state.

He praised town election workers for an “absolutely professional” han dling of ballots.

Steve Kalkowski, Southington Re publican Town Committee chair man, said he’s never seen an elec tion decided by one vote.

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Republican Cooley prevails in close battle for 22nd House seat

By Christian Metzger Record-Journal staff

Plainville Republican Francis Rexford-Cooley won elec tion in a narrow race for the 22nd House District seat on Tuesday, Nov. 8 after results were delayed as Southing ton’s absentee ballots were counted late into the evening. Based on unofficial results reported to the state, Cooley won by 53 votes over Plainville Democrat Rebecca Martinez, just outside the margin that would require a recount.

PARC Bowling Classic returns Nov. 19

Press Release

PLAINVILLE PARC’s 65th birthday celebration contin ues Saturday, Nov. 19 with the 19th Annual Frank Robinson Sr. Thanksgiving Bowling Classic. Participants can choose between open bowling or unlimited mini

golf at the fundraiser, which will be held at Lessard Lanes, 136 New Britain Ave., from 4 to 7 p.m. The $30 reg istration fee includes bowl ing or mini golf, shoe rental, a hot dog and soda, t-shirt and a door prize ticket. Par ticipants can register indi vidually or as a team.

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Members of PARC gather at Lessard Lanes for the 2021 Frank Robinson Sr. Thanksgiving Bowling Classic.

Photo courtesy of PARC, Inc.

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“There was one hand count ballot that was the differ ence. The voter put their pen on Morrison and made a dot then circled Poulos,” Kalkowski said.

Lawyers for both parties oversaw the recanvas of bal lots on Monday, a process that took from around 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.

After work, Poulos went to Town Hall where he watched the remainder of the re count.

Morrison, who is from the United Kingdom, was out of the country Monday for a family matter. Reached by phone Monday night, he said he hasn’t made a deci sion about his next move.

“I’m not going to make a de cision now. I’m not even in the country,” Morrison said. “Since it was one vote, the Republican team is going to revisit the numbers, check them out.”

Morrison said he appreciat ed the work done on the election and regretted a re sult wasn’t sooner in com ing.

Unofficial results on election night showed that Poulos had a six-vote lead over Morrison. While the Repub lican had a lead of around 300 as district totals were compiled, the absentee votes went heavily Demo cratic and put Poulos just barely ahead.

Election for an open seat

The election pitted Poulos, a Spanish teacher at Joel Bar low High School in Redding, against Morrison, a retired programmer and executive at IT and software compa nies.

The 81st state House district is entirely within Southing ton and currently held by

Republican John Fusco, who didn’t run for reelection.

While Fusco has held the seat since 2016, Democrats held it prior to that year.

Poulos will be sworn in early next year.

Democrats outnumber Re publicans in town, although

the margin has been closing in recent years. While Democrats had 600 more registered voters than Re publicans in 2019, the gap closed to 300 in 2021.

Unaffiliated voters outnum ber either party, according to state records.

Election official Lynn Grenier inserts a ballot into a tabulator during a recount of the 81st House district race at Southington Town Hall Monday.

Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

Brian Werstler, Republican legal counsel, left, and Richard Baltimore, Democrat legal counsel, confer at Southington Town Hall during the recount.

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The redrawn district now covers parts of Southington and Farmington, in addition to Plainville.

In total, Cooley garnered 5,046 votes just over 50% overall while Martinez re ceived 4,993 votes across three ballot lines due to cross-endorsements. The difference was roughly 0.53% of total votes cast, just shy of the 0.5% that would trigger a recount.

“I’m looking forward to rep resenting the 22nd in the General Assembly,” Cooley said.

On election night, both can

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opmental disabilities and ac tively supports their full in clusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes by providing family centered support, di rect services and advocacy.

didates expressed their grati tude for being given the op portunity to run and meet ing with the residents of the district.

Cooley will succeed Republi can incumbent Rep. Dr. William Petit, who opted not to pursue re-election after two terms in office.

Cooley’s primary concern when taking office next year is addressing the state’s pressing economic issues, which he cites as the biggest threat to the state’s longterm prosperity.

“We’re hemorrhaging busi nesses, we’re hemorrhaging people,” Cooley said, citing how the last two governors have left the state after leav ing office, “What is that say ing to the rest of our state? We need to fix our economic business climate.”

Cooley looks to spearhead legislation to lower state tax

es to make Connecticut at tractive to businesses large and small, along with reduc ing overall state spending.

Public safety is another issue that Cooley is passionate about, mentioning the re cent shooting in Bristol that resulted in the death of two officers, alongside other shootings that have hap pened in Southington, Plainville, and elsewhere in Connecticut.

“It’s reaching a crescendo across the entire state that’s a serious problem that needs to be addressed,” Coo ley said. He proposes to do away with the so-called catch and release system,

which he feels gives poten tially violent offenders the ability to easily post bond and commit worse offenses.

“It’s not like the Legion of Doom has shown up in Con necticut, we’re just releasing the same bad apples again and again. We’ve got to stop that,” Cooley said.

Cooley is a longtime area resident, having lived in Southington for 15 years and in Plainville the last 12. He had an extensive career in education, having taught history at Paier College of Art for 23 years and serving as the college’s dean for 13 of those years.

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Holly Day

Boutique

The Bristol Garden Club will host a Holly Day Boutique Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the New Eng land Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave., Bristol.

Art class

A unique class at Southing ton Community Cultural Arts gives veterans their own space to explore artistic in terests in three mediums drawing, painting and col lage. The class is free for

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Southington veterans. All materials included. Visit southingtonarts.org or call 860-276-1581.

Thanksgiving meal

Grace United Methodist Church, 121 Pleasant St., Southington, will prepare Thanksgiving meals, to go. Call 860-628-6996 or email graceumc__office@ cox.net by Friday, Nov. 18, to reserve your dinner(s). Din ners may be picked up at the church on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Pierogi sale

Holy Trinity Polish National Catholic Church, 200 Sum mer St., Plantsville, is selling homemade pierogi (cheese, potato, sauerkraut, sweet cabbage), $15 per dozen. Call Cathy at 860-977-5010 to place your order.

Memory Café

Memory Cafés are safe and supportive social gather ings for people with changes in their memory, along with their care partners. Relax and socialize with others ex

periencing similar life chal lenges at the Plainville Se nior Center, 200 East St. For more information, call 860757-5728.

Santa visit

Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and friends will circle Norton Park in Plainville Wednes day, Dec. 7 in fun and festive vehicles. Spectators will be directed to parking spaces between 5:15 and 5:45 p.m. Attendees are invited to dress up and decorate their vehicle. Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus will arrive at 6 p.m. joined by local police and fire trucks, and special treats will be handed out along the parade route.

Christmas Cantata

Grace Methodist Church, 121 Pleasant St., Southington, in vite community members who love to sing to join their Christmas Cantata. Re hearsals are held Thursday evenings and the Christmas Cantata will be performed Dec 18. No experience nec essary. For more informa tion, email clounsbury@ cox.net or call 860-919-4237.

Leaf collection

Leaf collection in the Town of Plainville will continue through Dec. 3, weather per mitting. Rake leaves to the curbline. Bagged leaves and grass clippings will not be collected. No sticks or stones. Bagged leaves can be brought to the drop-off cen ter Monday through Friday from 2 to 4 p.m., and Satur days from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Questions? Call Public Works, 860-793-0221 ext. 7176.

50th reunion

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Veach maintains 30th District state House seat

By Nicole Zappone The Citizen

Republican incumbent Don na Veach won the 30th House district race Tuesday night, Nov. 8, over Demo cratic challenger and former Town Manager Denise Mc Nair.

The 30th covers a portion of Southington and most of Berlin. Unofficial results showed Veach with a 3,376 to 2,777 edge over McNair in Berlin, and a 5,733 to 4,670 lead in Southington.

Veach’s re-election cam paign was based on three

core issues: the economy, further support to law en forcement, and education.

“I want to thank each and every one of you for coming

out,” Veach told supporters on Election Night. “I can’t thank you all enough, be cause if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be standing up

here doing this speech and thanking all of you. It’s all about us, and we’re a fami ly.”

State Rep. Donna Veach raises a glass on Election Night. Nicole Zappone, The Citizen

Nominations sought for Wall of Honor

Press Release

The Plainville Board of Educa tion is seeking nominations for the Memorial Wall of Honor, a permanent tribute to individu als who have contributed sig nificant volunteer service to the educational community.

Requests to nominate an indi vidual to be recognized on the Memorial Wall of Honor must be made in writing on an ap proved nomination form. The form is available on the Plainville Community Schools’ website, or via email by con

tacting Joan Calistro at cal istroj@plainvilleschools.org. Applications must be submit ted by Dec. 31, 2022.

A Selection Committee will re view the nominations and sub mit a recommendation to the Board of Education, which will provide final approval. No more than three applications per year will be selected for recognition.

For additional information, contact the Superintendent’s Office at 860-793-3210.

Sampson re-elected to state Senate

By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

SOUTHINGTON Voters returned Republican state Senator Rob Sampson to the General Assembly, giving him a sweeping victory over his Democratic challenger Chris Robertson in the 16th District. Sampson got more than 21,000 votes in the fivetown district while Robert son got more than 13,000.

The 16th Senate District in cludes Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, Waterbury and Wolcott. Sampson, a Wolcott resident, has held the seat since 2018.

His campaign focused on af

fordability, public safety and parents’ rights, a message that he said resonated with voters.

“I think Republicans deserve a chance to run the state,” Sampson said. With Repub lican gains in 2018, there was a “flash of parity” with Democrats who have con trolled Hartford for decades and Sampson hoped he’d get more help in the General Assembly after Nov. 8.

“What I need more than anything else is help,” he said.

Robertson said he was pleased with how hard he and his team worked.

“People

election night. “Peo ple are nervous of the fu ture.”

are scared with in flation, with the rise in food costs, gas, oil,” Robertson said on

Two artists’ work featured at Southington library

Press Release

The Southington Public Li brary’s Artist of the Month honor for November is shared by professional pho tographer David Scales and wood carver Norman Forand.

David Scales

Scales discovered his pas sion for photography in the 1980's after his father gave him a Kodak disc camera. He took many pictures dur ing his travels to England, the Dominican Republic and locations throughout the United States.

In college, Scales' love of an cient history inspired him to examine the works of Re naissance artists Raphael and Michelangelo and how they portrayed their subjects with such reverence. As Scales connected more with the camera, he studied the works of Ansel Adams, Bruce Glidden and George Hurrell.

As a professor of communi cations and media studies, Scales meets many different kinds of people and discov ers who they are. While walking through the streets of New York shooting candid portraits, he sees shadows and reflections of people in his life and often wonders who they are and what their

lives are like. Black and white photography is Scales' preferred style, since it represents both classic and modern art.

Norman Forand Forand began wood carving

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Serafinos to be honored for lifelong community service

By Christian Metzger Record-Journal staff

SOUTHINGTON Long time family owners of a downtown pharmacy Ron and Nancy Serafino will be honored for their communi ty involvement during the YMCA’s 20th annual Forever in Blue Jeans fundraiser at the Aqua Turf Club on Fri day.

The Nov. 18 event raises funds to support Camp Slop er and other YMCA pro gramming in the coming year.

Ron and Nancy Serafino re ceived the YMCA’s Compass Award earlier this year and

Ron Serafino Nancy Serafino

will be recognized during a special presentation at the event. The award honors Southington residents who have dedicated themselves to giving back to the commu nity.

“I was very shocked,” Ron

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Obituaries Town leaders agree on plan for fair rent commission

By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

SOUTHINGTON Town Council leaders agreed on a preliminary plan for a fair rent commission that now goes out for an attorney review.

The state-mandated commission will hear complaints from tenants about “excessive” rents and will be able to order landlords to lower rental rates. Southington and a host of other Con necticut towns are working to create rent commissions by the July 2023 deadline set by state leaders.

Elaine S. Wyzga

PLAINVILLE- Elaine S. Wyzga, 90, of Plainville CT, passed away peacefully at home on November 5, 2022. She was born January 8, 1932, in Linden NJ and is the daughter of the late Andrew and Susan (Nemcick) Hoptay. Elaine was the loving wife of Stanley J. Wyzga.

Elaine is survived by her daughter, Debra Maidment and husband, Scott; son, Andrew and wife, Dee; granddaughters, Kim Maidment and Christine Spencer and husband, Brad; and great-grandson, Brayden.

Besides her parents and husband, Elaine is predeceased by her grandson, Andrew R. Wyzga.

For more information, please visit www. abbeycremation.com.

Council members have been dis cussing all aspects of the proposed commission at recent meetings. Re publican Paul Chaplinsky, the council vice chairman, and Democrat Val De Paolo, an attorney, have been working on drafting a town ordinance that will establish the commission.

Victoria Triano, a Republican and council chairwoman, took an infor mal poll of councilors during Mon day’s meeting. With no objections raised, she sent the draft ordinance to an attorney for review. After that, it will return to the council for a public hearing and a vote.

“I’m hearing there’s a consensus of all members to send this out for review,” Triano said.

Jeff Donofrio, Cheshire’s town attor ney, will conduct the review. The check is intended to ensure the com mission is fair to both landlords and tenants. Chaplinsky hopes that the entire council can agree at that time.

“The ultimate goal on this get a con sensus, ” he said. “My hope is that we as a council can align on this.”

Republicans hold a majority on the council.

DePaolo said she was pleased with the work the council had done on the commission ordinance and believed it was balanced.

“I think this has been really impor tant,” she said.

Debate over enforcement

Over the past few meetings, coun cilors have discussed the commis sion’s makeup which will be one landlord, one tenant and three local homeowners. State statute gives the commission subpoena power and lists criteria for how commissioners can determine a fair rent.

Discussion on how the commission would enforce its rulings, a topic of debate, continued Monday night.

Republicans and Town Manager Mark Sciota were concerned about the town shouldering the cost of going to court to enforce the commission’s or ders. Chaplinsky preferred that if a landlord or tenant wasn’t abiding by a ruling, the other party would take them to court instead.

“If (the commission’s ruling) wasn’t being followed, that would be grounds for either party to take it to the courts,” he said. “We were looking for the municipality to not be filing court orders.”

DePaolo was worried about creating a toothless commission.

“If you have a municipal order, can’t the municipality enforce that order if it’s not being followed?” she said. “I feel like you’re taking away from the commission.”

The two agreed Monday that taking legal action would be up to the par ties, not the town. Despite consensus on Monday, Re

Candelora re-elected House Minority Leader

Press Release

Republicans elected to serve in Connecticut’s House of Representatives have select ed state Rep. Vincent Cande lora to serve a second term as House Minority Leader. He was the unanimous choice of more than 50 Re publicans who attended a Thursday, Nov. 10 leadership caucus at the State Capitol. Candelora represents the 86th House District, which

includes the town’s of North Branford, Durham, East Haven and Guilford.

“I remain humbled by the faith my caucus colleagues have placed in me to lead them in our shared effort to make the state a better place to live for all Connecticut residents,” said Candelora, 52. “From rehabilitating our state’s economy to address ing the affordability crisis that’s hurting so many peo ple, there’s little doubt that

all of us serving in the Gen eral Assembly will face criti cal tasks when our new terms begin.”

A graduate of the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University, Candelora lives in North Branford and has three children.

Outside of the legislature, Candelora helps run two family-owned businesses.

publican councilors have reminded the public that the fair rent commis sion is a state mandate. Several have objected to government intrusion in the housing market and the legisla ture’s decision to allow the commis sion to override leases signed by landlords and tenants.

Tom Lombardi, a Republican coun cilor, said the sweeping powers grant ed to the commissions by the state legislature were alarming.

“I just wanted to voice my concerns with the issue of the government stepping in and trying to control a market,” he said. “Now we have an appointed government body that has the ability to issue subpoenas and go around and demand financial infor mation from landlords and tenants.”

Mobile home resident concerns

Kenneth Delohery, resident of a mo bile home park off West Queen Street, has spoken on behalf of local mobile home park residents at recent meet ings.

Sun Communities Inc., a publicly traded real estate company, owns mobile home parks in town. Delohery is concerned that with rising inflation and other costs, Sun Communities will pass down large rent increases to park residents. He got a four percent increase this month, which he said wasn’t too bad, but is concerned for other residents in the future.

Mobile home residents started asking for the town to speed up the creation of a fair rent commission earlier this year.

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Urban turnout hurt Lamont, but suburb flips helped

By José Luis Martínez The Connecticut Mirror

Gov. Ned Lamont secured a second term as governor with a wider win margin than in his 2018 faceoff against Republican Bob Ste fanowski, this year beating Stefanowski by more than 158,000 votes, compared to about 44,000 in 2018.

Lamont can thank the sub urbs for that.

Lamont carried 45 towns that Stefanowski had won in 2018, and his margins im proved whether he won or lost in all but 17 mu nicipalities. The towns that flipped from Stefanowski to Lamont include Greenwich and many others along the shoreline, as well as many

Property Transfers

SOUTHINGTON Proper ty transfers reported from Sept. 20 29.

Michael A. Mullally and James F. Mullally to Sharon E. Harris, 253 West St. Unit S, $210,000.

Americo G. Gonsalves to Ann B. Clark, 25 Coach Drive Unit 25, $169,000.

Louise A. Wygonowski Est and Steven Wygonowski to Er ica Vondaacke and Eric Von daacke, 45 Skipper Lane, $261,000.

Cheryl V. Callahan Est and Aprile Albertelli to Joseph J. Yankus and Valerie L. Yankus, 24 Juniper Road, $345,000.

Jenna M. Lyndly to Cassan dra Ouellette, 550 Darling St. Unit 5H, $118,000.

Silvana Garvey to Arvind Suri, 320 N. Star Drive, $745,000.

Christopher L. Curtis to Kara Lewis and John Kasperzyk, 30 Yorktown Road, $475,000.

Gary F. Cram and Roberta A. Cram to Atidje Selmani, 12 Whitney Avenue, $90,000.

Michael Serafino and Annie Serafino to Robert E. Clark and Megan K. Clark, 59 Lagana Ave., $356,000.

Michele L. Radin to Richard Davidow and Leslie Davidow, 35 Sunset Ridge Drive, $440,000.

Mark Gove to Behar Bimaj and Jasmina Bimaj, 296 Har ness Drive, $395,000.

175 Berlin Avenue LLC to Kiera Johnson, 175 Berlin Ave. Unit 41, $215,000.

John J. Kasperzyk to Richard A. Doski, 996 Meriden Waterbury Tpke Unit 2J, $140,900.

Donald J. Sperry to Free dom Property LLC, 23 Charles St., $55,000.

Anthony J. Sisti Sr. Est and Patricia Abbott to Blaine Batchelder and Kristine Caco, 90 S. Plains Road, $285,000.

I June Florian to Laura Rene han and Andrew Renehan, 51 Bridle Path Drive, $525,000.

Charles S. Gieseler and Margaret Gieseler to Derrick Viens and Christy Bosley, 153 De Fashion St., $275,000.

Gerard P. Terry and Heather L. Terry to Tyler Mirando, 437 Meriden Ave., $350,000.

Marta T. Berniak and Woj ciech Berniak to Wiktor Berni ak, 273 Queen Street Unit 8B, $140,000.

Melissa L. June and Michael D. June to Elaine Mancini and Nickolas Mancini, 120 Manor Road, $385,000.

Ralph Landino and Barbara Landino to Karolina Heald, 142 Liberty St., $285,000.

Blazing Hot doesn’t begin to describe the competition at the Southington Chamber’s 16th Annual Wing Fest on Monday night! ‘Hail The Groggy Frogg’ like their website states, taking home the coveted chicken trophy for Best Overall Wings for the seventh consecutive year! The Groggy Frogg was also recognized by celebrity judges the WingAddicts for Best Tasting Hot Wings, first runner-up Best Tasting Sweet Wings, and first runner-up Most Creative Sauce. The fans agreed with the judges voting The Groggy Frogg the overall Fan Favorite of the evening as well! The Groggy Frogg will cook up their award-winning recipes on a guest appearance on WFSB-TV Channel 30’s ‘Great Day’ on Tuesday, November 22. Stop by The Groggy Frogg at 129 Center Street, Southington, to try their wing menu bests with over 50 selections of the most mouth-watering award-winning wings, or visit thegroggyfrogg.com for upcoming specials, sports, and bands.

Wing lovers from across the state packed the house at the Ca

dillac Ranch sampling over 35 flavors of wings from Southington’s most popular wing restaurants. Other big winners of the night included: Hop Haus, Plantsville, who won Best Tasting Sweet Wings; Plan b Restaurant, Spring Street, Southington, won the Most Creative Sauce award; Southington’s newest restaurant The Salty Dog, Meriden-Waterbury Tpke, was voted first runner-up Best Overall Wings and first runner-up

Best Tasting Hot Wings; and Que Whiskey Kitchen, Queen Street, Southington, was selected by over 400 guests as the first runner-up Fan Favorite.

Calcagni Real Estate sup ported the event as the Wing Fest Blazing Hot Sponsor for the second year in a row. Joel Grossman, New Business Development Director, helped present the awards on behalf of the Chamber. The Calcagni Team helped welcome

arriving guests providing valuable information on today’s housing market, and giving everyone a chance to win a raffle basket and take home a Calcagni logo’d coffee yeti. If you are looking to buy, sell or rent residential or commercial property you may contact Calcagni at 860.621.1821 or visit Calcagni.com. Returning sponsors also included HQ Dumpsters & Recycling, 897 South Main Street, Southington, hqdumpsters.com; and Costco, 3600 East Main Street, Waterbury.

Mark your calendar for WingFest 2023 on Monday, November 13! The competition promises to be even hotter next year! See more winner and participant photos on page 8.

Chamber Member Benefit Proven to Grow Businesses

The Southington Chamber of Commerce is committed to helping you grow your business and is offering all members a new benefit. Member businesses with less than 10 employees are invited to schedule a complimentary one-hour coaching session with Ralph Riccio, business coach and professional implementer of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). Chamber member businesses with 10 or more employees, are invited to take advantage of a complimentary 90-minute teaching session introducing you to the six key components of a successful business. These sessions help you focus on priorities, solve issues and gain traction as a healthier leadership team. The Chamber is proud to be partnering with Ralph to offer you this program. Businesses interested in taking advantage of the exclusive member benefit may contact the Chamber at 860.628.8036 or email info@southingtonchamber.com.

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More Exceptional Care for Women

Right In Your Neighborhood.

Hartford HealthCare is enhancing care in our communities. Our new location at 98 Main St. in Southington focuses primarily on women’s health.

Services include:

Primary Care Tel. 860.827.6080

Surgical Weight Loss Tel. 860.336.7847

Cardiology Tel. 860.972.1695

Medical Weight Loss Tel. 860.336.7847

Obstetrics & Gynecology Tel. 203.269.0885

Behavioral Health Tel. 860.276.3970

Welcome New Chamber Members!

Please join the Chamber Board of Directors of the Southington in welcoming these new members. Membership information and applications are available by calling the Chamber at 860.628.8036 or visiting southingtonchamber.com.

Fable

Fable is an immersive cafe, gift shop, and learning space where guests can interact with and explore the fantasy and magic of stories they love! Guests can come in to “sip and shop” through our curated selection of gifts — all handcrafted, small business-made or ethically-sourced — or enroll in hands-on workshops. At Fable, there is something for everyone!

Tea + Coffee | Workshops + Live Events | Herbal Products | Handcrafted Goods | Antiques + Books + Plants

96 Center Street Southington, CT 06489 @ctfable | ctfable.com | 203-721-5687

Kiwanis Club of Southington

“We Serve the Southington Community” — Kiwanis Club of Southington is a volunteer charitable organization supporting many causes throughout our community including: the arts and education; scholarships for local students; Southington Community Services; backpacks for kids; Bread for Life; leadership and training for high school students; personal items for veterans in the VA Hospital; sponsorship of Scout troops; adopting families at Christmas time; providing smoke detectors through the Southington Fire Department; and much more. Kiwanis invites those interested in becoming volunteers to join them at their meetings held the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6:15 p.m. at the Manor Inn.  For more informa-

tion contact Bob Poirier, Club President. rpoirier@snet.net P.O. Box 372 | 860-334-4631

Leaps & Bones Too

Leaps & Bones is a full-service pet supplies retail company focusing on customer service and nutrition. Every pet is our priority, and we focus on supporting knowledgeable staff to enhance the buyer’s experience.

168 Center Street Suite 102 Southington, CT 06489 Leapsandbones.com | 877-422-1614

Que Whiskey Kitchen

Crafting slow-smoked barbeQUE for you Southington. We put our roots down in 2018 with our OG location in Southington. Come to us for good food, good people, and good times so you can keep crafting the good

ole days right alongside us.

461 Queen Street Southington, CT 06489 QWhiskeyKitchen.com | (860) 783-6056

Witchdoctor Brewing Company

At Witchdoctor Brewing Company, guests are welcomed into an inviting taproom where they can relax and enjoy the company of friends and family. Pints and mug fills are served in-house, and cans are available to purchase to take home. The taproom features a 34 foot bar and tables handmade from wood reclaimed during the building of the brewhouse. Guests can enjoy live music (on specified nights) as they sip their favorite beer.

168 Center Street Southington, CT 06489 Witchdoctorbrewing.com 860-426-1924

Ali’s Nursery Teams with Southington Chamber to Improve I-84 Welcome Sign Landscaping

Ali’s Nursery is teaming with the Southington Chamber of Commerce to help improve the landscaping around Southing ton’s ‘Welcome’ and ‘Thank You for Visiting’ signs along the I-84 on and off ramps and the Route 10 town lines.

“The Chamber initiated the sign program years ago to show Southington as a friendly desti nation for visitors and provide a highly visible way to help drive more business to local compa nies that advertise on them,” stated Chamber President & CEO Barbara Coleman-Hekeler. Sponsored signs are available on the I-84 Queen Street, I-84 West Street, I-84 Plantsville, I-691 cor ridors, and Plainville, Wolcott, and Cheshire town lines. Busi nesses interested in advertising should contact the Chamber at

860.628.8036.

“We are excited to be work ing with the Chamber of Commerce and to bring our years of expertise to this project,” stated Nicole Ali, owner, Ali’s Nursery & Landscaping.

“Our goal is to create some thing that is visually attractive and lower maintenance. It is im portant that people arrive in and leave Southington with the best impression possible,” said Ali.

Ali’s Nursery plans to have all the signs freshly landscaped for the arrival of spring 2023. Ali’s will maintain the area around the signs all year.

Ali’s Nursery has been the leading independently owned nursery serving Plantsville, Southington, and surrounding communities since 1985. Ali’s Nursery is a full-service nurs

ery with a great reputation for growing healthy plants of all kinds from herbs and flowers to trees and shrubs. They also have a garden shop where customers can select whatever they need for home gardening, outdoor living spaces and aquatic areas. Ali’s also offers landscape design and building services including patios, fire pits, walks, stairways,

and walkways that are function al and superb looking.

Ali’s Nursery is open year round and has just what you need for each season. Stop by and visit Ali’s this holiday season for your holiday gifts, decora tions, wreaths, and Christmas trees. Ali’s is located at 421 Buckland Street, Plantsville, alisnursery.com.

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2022 may be coming to an end but your business isn’t! Join us for the chamber’s Professional Leads & Networking Group on Wednesday, December 14, 7:45 to 9:00 a.m., at the Titanium Theatre. Registration is required. Scan the QR code below to register.

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Smokin’ hot new Chamber member O’Danny Boys Wings and Things with the Wing Addicts.

Bread for Life with the Wing Addicts.

Runner up for Fan Favorite Que Whiskey Kitchen.

75 Center Street with the Wing Addicts.

The Salty Dog Tavern voted runner up for Overall Best Wings and runner up for Best Hot Wings.

Groggy Frogg, runner up for Best Sweet Wings and Most Creative Sauce, are pictured with Mike Hartman, (third from right) Chick-fil-A owner, Chamber board member and event chair.

Wing Fest hosts Cadillac Ranch with the Wing Addicts.

Celebrity judges the Wing Addicts with Chamber President and CEO Barbara Coleman-Hekeler and Chamber Board Chair Susan Urillo Larson.

Volunteers Courtney Appell and her fiance Will sold limited edition tee shirts.

More than 450 people attended the annual event.

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Baha’i Faith invites all to take part in month of service and kindness

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The seasons of fall and winter mark significant holy day celebrations for many of the world reli gions. The Baha’i Faith is no exception, celebrat ing the birth of two cen tral figures of its Faith in October, and the com memoration of the pass ing of a central figure of the Faith in November.

The Baha’i Faith is a world religion whose teachings and principles center on the oneness of humanity. While there are beautifully diverse ways that we might all cele brate and honor our holi days, the spirit of kindness and generosity are often infused universally.

In the spirit of this quote from the Baha’i writings, “Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with lov ing kindness for all who may cross your path,” the Baha’is of Plainville are inviting our communi ty to join us again this year in performing acts of service and kindness during the month of De cember. This is a distinct and special season of thoughtfulness and giving for so many, and we in vite you to join us in this intentional time of ser vice.

Acts of kindness and ser vice can be simple yet so impactful. Check on a

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Artists

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in 2002 and immediately fell in love with it. He was fortu nate enough to have a men tor in the family to guide him through the early years when he needed positive feedback as an inexperi

enced carver. Forand still enjoys the craft as much as he did as when he first started, and he looks forward to many more years of carving. He does not take orders for this work because he does it for his own enjoy ment. But if there’s a piece you are interested in pur chasing, Forand can be con

tacted at nforand2@ gmail.com.

The Artist of the Month ex hibits can be viewed in per son through Nov. 30, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Al so, the exhibits can be viewed at southingtonlibrary.org.

Serafino said of receiving the award. “We are just very ap preciative that the town has been so good to us and sup ported us. We’ve always tried to keep a good reputation in town, and we've had so many great relationships with people.”

Outside of the presentation to the Serafinos, the fundraiser will feature a silent auction, dancing and dinner. The dress will be blue jeans and the colors of Camp Sloper orange and blue in keeping with this year’s theme Forever in Blue Jeans: Sloper Style. Organiz ers are expecting around 700 people to attend, and are looking to raise $75,000 to put toward scholarships, programming and facilities

at the camp.

The money will be placed in to the Camp Sloper Capital Campaign, which, outside of programming, will also go toward the YMCA’s planned project to dredge Sloper Pond, as well as build and renovate new camp facilities to accommodate guests in the coming years.

This follows a year of record attendance for the camp, with 4,000 children attend ing last summer. That’s the largest number in the camp’s 73-year history. YMCA offi cials are looking to improve the camp for what they hope will be even greater numbers in the coming years.

“We’re anticipating a large return of kids. I think they had a great time last year, and we’ve got some exciting improvements that are high lighting our capital cam paign that we believe will in

crease the participation and enhance the activities that we have at Camp Sloper,” said Mark Pooler, president of Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs.

The Serafinos have a long standing relationship with the local YMCA, having pro vided both time and dona tions to the organization over the years.

Ron Serafino, a resident of Southington for 69 years, moved to the town when he was 2 years old. He ran Ser afino Pharmacy on North Main Street since 1974 until its closure last year. He was also a founding director of the Bank of Southington, and member of the Friends of Southington Animal Control.

His wife, Nancy, also worked at the pharmacy and started the Silent Network, which provided those in need with clothing and household items. She has supported child care programs at the YMCA for years, and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Direc tors.

Given their lifelong commit ment to the community, the Serafinos were a deserving choice for the Compass Award, Mark Pooler said.

“It was a very, very easy choice. Both Ron and Nancy have been staples in the Southington community for 30-40 plus years. They ran a business downtown that was right in the heart of the com munity, and they ran that business with their hearts,” Pooler said. “They’re just such wonderful people. Gen erous, caring, involved in a lot of different causes and a lot of different organizations that help people and really down to the core represent our Y values of caring, hon esty, respect, and responsi bility.”

Serafino closed his pharma cy in September last year. He said that after running the store for 47 years and work ing 70 hour weeks, he was looking to step back and spend more time with his wife and grandchildren.

“People I run into, even to day, they’re all saying the

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Faithneighbor, donate items to the Plainville Food Pantry, assist a senior citizen, visit a nursing home, send a thoughtful card or note, prepare a meal or bake for a per son in need, donate toys for Christmas, give money to a charity, hold the door and greet someone warmly.

Then, we invite you to post on social media platforms about giving or receiving kindness using the hash tags #planvillegives or #plainvilleloves.

We look forward to cele brating this season of warmth, joy, and love with all of our Plainville community.

If you would like to con tact the Baha’is of Plainville you can do so at plainville.ct.bahais@ gmail.com or 860-7472918.

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of urgency in the cities. The polls did not show that this was going to be a tight race," McLean said. "Four years ago, the turnout in the cities was extraordinarily high, so we shouldn't be too surprised that four years later it’s not as extraordinary, it’s more ordinary."

In New Haven, Lamont's win margin decreased from around 23,000 votes in 2018 to around 13,000 in 2022, a 44% decrease. In Hartford, his win margin dropped by over 8,000 votes, a 34% decrease.

Voter turnout for this elec tion was 57.53%, according to early reports from the secretary of the state's of fice, with over 1.2 million people casting ballots, down from 65.23% in 2018, when there were more than 1.4 million voters.

In some towns, Lamont widened his win margin.

In Fairfield, Lamont beat Stefanowski by more than 5,600 votes this year, while in 2018, he only beat him by about 1,000 votes.

Lamont Connecticut essential workers could see bonuses of

In 18 other towns, Lamont widened his margin by over 1,000 votes.

In Glastonbury, where La mont won by a mere 21 votes in 2018, he won by 3,803 votes in 2022.

“In the end, it may come down to just that Lamont won these voters over that he didn’t win over four years ago. Mainly because of COVID and being a re sponsible steward and having this big budget sur plus and making plans to invest it,” said McLean. “I think voters gained a lot of trust."

This story originally ap peared at ctmirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror.

By Keith M. Phaneuf © The Connecticut Mirror

Nursing home staff, grocery store workers and others who kept essential services run ning during the pandemic would receive bonuses of about $233 each not even one-quarter of the $1,000 state officials dangled before them based on new calcu lations released Wednesday by state Comptroller-elect Sean Scanlon and by Comptroller Natalie Braswell.

Scanlon also renewed his call to provide the full bonuses, reporting it would cost at least an extra $99 million to keep what effectively amounted to a promise to re member and reward privatesector workers who risked their lives when the coron avirus struck in 2020.

“I think it’s been obvious to everyone for months that there was not enough money

$233, not $1,000

and that there was more in terest in the program than everyone anticipated,” said Scanlon, a state representa tive who was elected earlier this month to his first term as comptroller and who will have to administer the Pre mium Pay program after he takes office on Jan. 4. He made his announcement at Hartford Hospital, where many health care workers sought pandemic bonuses.

“The comptroller’s office is in the untenable position of having to pro-rate a check to somebody who literally risked their life for our state,” Scanlon said, adding it all would be done “for an amount of money that I per sonally find to be unaccept able.”

More than 248,000 workers submitted applications, though only about 207,000 were completed. Out of those, 134,010 were ap proved, according to the

comptroller’s office.

More than eight out of 10 ap proved applications, 108,838 in total, came from workers who earned less than $100,000 annually and therefore were supposed to receive the maximum grant of $1,000.

About 12,500 more came from individuals who earned between $100,000 and $150,000. They were eligible for grants ranging from $800 to $200, but unless more resources are added to the program will be pro-rated downward to as little as $46.

Close to 12,000 part-timers applied for a grant of $500. That would be reduced to $116.

Payments are supposed to be issued in January.

“Since this program launched, my staff and I have heard from countless essen

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same thing to me that there’s just a big void in the down town now that we’re not there,” he said. “But I said I have grandchildren now. I’ve given up things for 47 years. I haven’t gone anywhere, you know, really distant. And I got things to catch up on with my wife. My wife’s been very patient, she’s been a

great stronghold for me and really been pulling things to gether.”

Even though the Serafinos are stepping back to enjoy their retirement, they still re main involved in the com munity and keep active in various events.

“Even since I’ve retired, I’ve joined some organizations just to keep active,” Serafino said. “This town has so much to offer.”

Ron

It is the only job he’s had. Nancy calls

Serafino Pharmacy is seen here at 36 N. Main St. in Southington on Sept. 15, 2021. The businesshasclosedafterdecadesinoperation. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal file photo

From left, Nancy and Ron Serafino, Gregory Gilewski, and Attilio “Mr. B” Betti, Nancy father, stand in front of the pharmacy that Ron’s father started in the 1950’s.

is the second generation to own and run the business. Gilewski began working at the pharmacy when he was 16.

him part of the family.

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tial workers who are in need of financial support,” said Braswell, who has been comptroller for the past year since her predecessor, Democrat Kevin P. Lembo, retired for health reasons. “The initial approval num bers show the scale of that need, with tens of thousands of front-line workers meeting the criteria for assistance. I encourage lawmakers to ex plore all opportunities to ex pand funding for the pro gram and deliver as much help as possible to those who sacrificed on our behalf dur ing the pandemic.”

Even as Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly approved the program in May, labor advocates warned the $30 million budget they assigned to it was woefully inadequate.

Up to 5% of the $30 million program budget was ear marked for marketing and administrative costs, leaving

$28.5 million for grants. By simple math, the program could not deliver more than 28,500 grants of $1,000 each.

The legislature’s Labor Com mittee had recommended a $750 million program that was expected to provide hun dreds of thousands of publicand private-sector workers with grants up to $2,000 per person. But that idea lacked support from Lamont and from the full legislature.

Unionized state employees are taking the Lamont ad ministration to arbitration on Dec. 16 to argue for special pandemic bonuses.

Labor leaders here also pointed to neighboring Mas sachusetts, which budgeted $500 million for pandemic bonuses. The Bay State had sent $500 payments to 480,000 people in March and another 330,000 in May, ac cording to the common wealth’s Executive Office of Administration and Finance.

To make the dollars stretch, the Lamont administration and lawmakers stipulated that all bonuses would be re

duced proportionally if de mand exceeded supply. Republican legislators said the obvious lack of funding for Connecticut’s program showed it was little more than a state election year stunt. It was designed, they said, to grab summer and fall headlines for Lamont and his fellow Democrats at the polls but then never to deliver on the full advertised grants. La mont was reelected to a sec ond term earlier this month while Democrats maintained large majorities in the House and Senate.

Still, Democratic legislative leaders said earlier this fall they were planning to come into special session in De cember to add some funding, though they didn’t commit to providing enough to avoid pro-rating grants.

Lamont has said only that he would review any proposals for additional funding from legislators.

Some Democrats including Rep. Robyn Porter of New Haven and Sen. Julia Kushn er of Danbury who co-

chair the Labor Committee have said Connecticut must provide the full grants offered to essential workers. Porter had predicted earlier in the fall that, absent more state funding, prorated grants might not be enough to cover one week's worth of groceries.

According to the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture's esti mates for weekly food costs for a family of four with two adults and two elemen tary-school aged children a "moderate" grocery bill av eraged, nationally, $252.90 in September.

The Connecticut AFL-CIO’s president, Ed Hawthorne, al so has said it would be a blow to labor morale if the state didn’t deliver the full bonus es.

Scanlon did not say Wednes day where he would draw funds to recapitalize the Pre mium Pay program budget.

But labor leaders have said the $100 million price tag is something the state easily can afford simply by opening its swollen coffers.

Connecticut has a recordsetting $3.3 billion in its rainy day fund, and the surplus projected for the current fis cal year is expected to ap proach $2.8 billion based on a new report upgrading rev enue estimates.

The $100 million cost is less than 2% of that existing and projected windfall.

In addition, while last fiscal year’s record-setting $4.3 bil lion surplus largely was used to whittle down the state’s massive pension debt which exceeded $40 billion before that payment it also enabled Lamont and law makers to avoid spending huge sums of emergency fed eral pandemic relief.

As a result, they also have about $1.4 billion in Ameri can Rescue Plan Act funds reserved in total to help sup port state finances in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years.

This story originally appeared on the website of The Con necticut Mirror, www.ctmir ror.org.

40 states settle Google location tracking charges for $392M

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HARTFORD Search giant Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys gen eral announced Monday.

The states’ investigation was sparked by a 2018 Associat ed Press story, which found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking by disabling a feature the company called “location history.”

The attorneys general called the settlement a historic win for consumers, and the largest multistate settlement in U.S history dealing with privacy.

It comes at a time of mount ing unease over privacy and surveillance by tech compa nies that has drawn growing outrage from politicians and scrutiny from regulators. The Supreme Court’s ruling in June ending the constitu tional protections for abor tion raised potential privacy concerns for women seeking the procedure or related in formation online.

“This $391.5 million settle ment is a historic win for consumers in an era of in creasing reliance on technol ogy, ” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a statement. “Location data is among the most sen sitive and valuable personal information Google collects, and there are so many rea sons why a consumer may opt-out of tracking.”

At a news conference, Tong urged consumers to “do a little personal inventory” of their online settings and turn them off if they don’t want them.

“It is not an exaggeration to say that we live in a surveil lance economy,” he said. “Understand that you’re be ing tracked every minute of every day where you are.”

Google, based in Mountain View, California, said it fixed the problems several years ago.

“Consistent with improve ments we’ve made in recent years, we have settled this investigation, which was based on outdated product policies that we changed years ago, ” company spokesperson Jose Castane da said.

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