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Volume 18, Number 52
Friday, December 24, 2021
NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The wizard of Williamstown Southington’s Meehan reaches 1,000-point plateau at Williams College By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
Maggie Meehan has always had a knack for scoring — a lot.
Meehan
As a four-year high school basketball player, she scored 1,000 points for the South-
ington Blue Knights. She’s now done the same as a four-year college player at Williams.
left to play in a 71-58 win over Wesleyan at home in Williamstown, Mass.
The senior point guard netted college point No. 1,000 last weekend with a baseline jumper with 4:32
Meehan finished the game with 19 points, which pushed her career total to 1,003. Meehan became the See Meehan, A4
CAVA OUTDOES ITSELF Tony Papahristou, general manager of Cava Restaurant, looks over the many decorations in the Southington restaurant’s Winter Spectacular. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Customers rave over restaurant’s ‘unbelievable’ Winter Spectacular By Faith Williams Record-Journal staff
Cava Restaurant’s 72 Christmas trees, a record-breaking 250,000 lights, 25,000 ornaments and new themes take customers into another world.
“It’s crazy. We sell out all the Christmas light stores from all around when we start putting everything up,” manager Tony Papahristou said. “We actually have a Christmas tree in every room this year and that’s never been
done before.” Guests are welcomed by a foyer with purple, green and silver ornaments, lights covering the walls and two Christmas trees hanging See Cava, A2
A charitable fund has been established in memory of Southington residents Robert and Lauretta Hopko.
Fund honors charitable work of local couple By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff
A couple who supported local charities during their lifetime will be memorialized with a fund managed by the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain The Robert and Lauretta Hopko Memorial Fund was created by the couple’s three children to carry on their parents legacy of supporting local causes, in particular education, the arts and veterans. Robert Hopko, who died in 2011 at the age of 81, served in the Korean War before working as a meat cutter for over 40 years. Lauretta Hopko was a paraprofessional at William M. Strong Elementary School — which has a scholarship in her memory — for over 25 years. She died in 2019 at 91. “Bob and Lauretta were hard working See Couple, A3