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Volume 14, Number 49
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Knights win 8th straight Apple Classic Southington stuffs Cheshire on 2-point conversion attempt in double overtime By Ron Buck Special to the Record-Journal
The Rams did just that in the 24th Apple Classic and fell inches short.
CHESHIRE — They were as close to beating the Southington football team as any one of Blue Knights 21 them had been.
Southington stuffed Cheshire quarterback Jason Shumilla’s two-point conversion attempt in double overtime to beat the Rams 21-20 on Thanksgiving morning.
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So the decision on the Cheshire sideline was unanimous: Go for it.
Town prepares for White Christmas By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Highway and Parks department crews were checking the lights on holiday sculptures that will line the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail for White Christmas in the Community event that starts tonight, Friday, Dec. 6. It’s the fourth year of a holiSee White Christmas, A11
Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Tied 7-7 after regulation, both teams See Football, A13
Joane Alfieri, left, and Susan UrilloLarson, right, look on as Dawn Miceli check outs bulbs on a horse that will be part of a display set to line the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Southington. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Council’s new chair shakes up committees By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
The new Republican Town Council chairwoman shook up town committees with recent appointments and restructuring. Chairwoman Victoria Triano said she wanted to streamline committees in some cases and align them with the Town Hall chain of command in others. “We’ve become encumbered with so many committees,” she said. “It fragments the flow.” Triano announced her list of council committee appointments and structuring late last month. Democrats, who lost control of every major board and commission in town in the recent election, See Committees, A12
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Southington’s Jacob Vecchio holds the trophy as he celebrates with his team after beating Cheshire 21-20 in double overtime of the Apple Classic on Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 28.