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Volume 17, Number 52
Friday, December 25, 2020
Gymnastic centers continue to adapt programs By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal
Brooke Bannon, 12, of Southington, left, stretches with other gymnasts during the competitive program at American Gymnastics Training Center, 1280 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, on Dec. 18. Area gymnastic centers continue to adapt programs during the pandemic.
During the pandemic, area gymnastics centers have adapted programs so gymnasts can continue to practice safely.
American Gymnastics Training Center, Plantsville In a normal year, the American Gymnastics Training Center would run 57 classes of eight kids and practices with nine to 10 gymnasts per group, but the center is operating at 25%
Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
See Gymnastics, A2
Ski parks make safety changes
Organizers mull plans for next Apple Harvest Festival
By Haljit Basuljevic Special to the Record-Journal
As winter gets underway two local ski areas are opening with changes prompted by the pandemic.
By Haljit Basuljevic Special to the Record-Journal
“We’ve made tons and tons of changes,” said Laura Loffredo, director of sales and marketing at Powder Ridge in Middlefield.
With most big events cancelled this year due to the pandemic, plans for the Apple Harvest Festival remain hopeful for 2021.
Those changes include expansions to the rental shop and teaching areas to accommodate social distancing procedures. There is also a beer garden Mount Southington has opened a service window in the Red Barn, in a heated seasonal tent and a secinvited food trucks to set up shop in the base area and added picnic ond tubing surface lift that doubles tables to the open space in order to comply with COVID-19 restrictions. tubing capacity.
The six-day event whose popularity rakes in a crowd of over 100,000 each year was cancelled back in early summer due to social distancing precautions. Although a scaled-down version of the event was brought up by a committee
The outdoor dining area was a popular spot last weekend.
See Skiing, A4
Dave Mongillo, For The Citizen
See Festival, A13
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