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Parties choose candidate slates for November By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Valerie DePaolo, a local attorney, and Anthony Mazzarella, a local coach, will Democrats and Republicans join the Democratic incumchose slates of candidates bents running for council. for November’s election dur- Democrats Chris Palmieri, ing two recent nominating Chris Poulos, John Barry and conventions. Kelly Morrissey will be looking to maintain their seats. Most incumbents in both parties plan to run again.
Dawn Miceli, the council vice chairwoman, announced last week that she wouldn’t be running for reelection after 10 years on the council. Republican incumbents Tom Lombardi, William Dziedzic and Victoria Triano will run again in November. Three
More local political news inside Republican Planning and Zoning Commission members, Michael DelSanto, Paul Chaplinsky Jr. and Jim Morelli will be looking to take seats on the council. Michael Riccio, a former council chairman, won’t be running for reelection. James Sinclair, co-chair of the Democratic party’s nominating committee, said this year’s slate includes both new faces as well as experienced town leaders.
“I’m thrilled with the team we’ve built,” he said. “We have a good mixture.” “We also have an age demographic that goes from the late 20s to the 70s,” Sinclair said. “I really think we’ve incorporated the spectrum of Southington.” Democrats hold a majority on the council with five of nine seats. Minority representation rules prevent any party from holding more than six seats. DelSanto, planning and zoning commission chairman for the past 10 years, said Republicans need a majority on the council and need to See Slates, A9
Queen St. commercial building approved By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
The crew prepares to lower the signal mast, July 9, at the Milldale Depot. Clockwise from lower left: Russell Jennings of Cheshire, Bruce Greene of Southington, and Bill Voorvaart, of Town planners approved a Coventry, all Milldale Depot Museum volunteers; along with Larry Sima of Sima Drilling. commercial building on
Milldale depot signal to be restored By Joy VanderLek The Southington Citizen
Milldale Train Depot volunteers recently took another important step in the ongoing renovations of the historic depot on Canal Street, in the Milldale section of Southington. The depot’s 80year-old signal mast was taken down on Tuesday, July 9. This signal restoration work is being accomplished with a donation of time and materials from volunteers and
friends of the Milldale Train Depot, and is part of the long-term goal to restore the depot to a time when it was operational, said Bob Belletzkie, assistant stationmaster, and a volunteer at the depot. “It will be a great day and bring life back into the 137year-old station and to the Canal line which saw its last train in 1997,” said Belletzkie, adding that he hopes the work might be done by August. “That will
be a real celebration.” Volunteers for the signal mast work include Bruce Greene of Southington, Russell Jennings of Cheshire, Bill Voorvaart of Coventry, all Milldale Depot Museum volunteers, and Larry Sima of Sima Drilling in Cheshire. The Milldale Train Depot was an instrumental part of the New Haven/Northampton Rail Line beginning in
Queen Street that will include offices and space to expand the nearby Kitchen Cabinet Outlet.
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the 6,000-squarefoot building for 919 Queen St., a property that sits behind other Queen Street buildings and runs along Camp Ground Road. Lewis Realty LLC owns the land, as well as the nearby Kitchen Cabinet Outlet location at 931 Queen St.
James Clarke Jr., a manager of the LLC and Kitchen CabSee Depot, A9 inet Outlet, couldn’t be
reached for comment Monday. Sev Bovino, a planner representing Clarke at the commission meeting last week, said the new building will house offices as well as retail and preparation space for the cabinet business. The planned building doesn’t have frontage on Queen Street, but Bovino said there’ll be access through the existing Kitchen Cabinet Outlet property. The company’s plaza will also connect to nearby businesses. Town planners encourage business and building owners to connect parking lots and driveways when possible. Customers can See Building, A10
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Veteran town councilor opts not to seek re-election didates.
Town Council vice chair Dawn Miceli said last week that she won’t run for re-election in November. Miceli, a Democrat, has served five terms on the council.
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John Barry, a fellow council Democrat, has served with Miceli for her entire 10 years.
“It’s a With her son off to college tremendous loss to the peothis fall, she said it’s time for ple of Southington,” he said. a change. “Dawn is a tireless advocate for taxpayers, she’s honest, “For the past six months or so I’ve been talking with my hardworking and it’s a personal loss for me because I husband. We have a huge change coming up,” she said. enjoy working with Dawn.” “It seems like that’s a big Victoria Triano, a Republimilestone in our lives right can councilor and minority now… I think I’m ready for a leader, said she was sorry to change and to do something hear Miceli wasn’t running. else.” “She’s done a lot for the Democrats met Friday, July town. She’s been very active 19, to vote on a slate of can- and has always worked very
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hard,” Triano said. “I’m sure she’ll still be very active. She’s got to do what’s right for her.” Miceli said she’ll remain Southington Chamber of Commerce board president. She’s also trustee emeritus with Southington Community Cultural Arts and is considering roles on appointed committees.
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Chairman Goralski leaving BOE By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
ington public schools at heart,” he said. “I did my best to communicate honestly and do what was best for students.”
Brian Goralski will end 12 years as Board of Education chairman and won’t be running for re-election in November. He’s been on the board for a total of 16 years.
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“I think everything has a lifespan. I still love what I’ve done. I’m proud of what I’ve done. I think it’s time for new people to come in and do their piece,” Goralski said.
Goralski works in the Meriden public schools. While he’s taking a break from elected office, he’s still willing to help the schools or other town groups such as the farm heritage committee.
Goralski, a Republican, said he’s proud that he led in a bipartisan fashion. “I had no problem working with anyone that had the best interests of the South-
“Volunteering in my community is something I’ll never stop doing,” Goralski said. Earlier this summer the education board filled principal vacancies at Southington
High School and Depaolo Middle School. Goralski said the district has great leadership and staff. “This is a good time for me to step back,” he said. “There’s great people that are going to make the schools go in the right direction.” David Derynoski, a Democratic board member, agreed that Goralski had kept politics out of the board’s proceedings. “Aside from the time of the election and the election of officers on the school board, the Board of Education is really a non-political board,” he said. “Education should never be political.” See Goralski, A11
Perry joins Democrats, may consider state run By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
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Kennedy Middle School Honor Roll Kennedy Middle School has named the following students to the honor roll for the fourth term. Grade 6, first honors: Matteus Abastillas, Abigail Adams, Kylie Baden, Colleen Barry, Shane Barry, Sean Buck, Ava Cessario, Sophia Chisholm-Gonzalez, Madalyn Cogswell, Maxwell Colaccino, Alicia Colter, Griffin Connelly, Jack Conran, Lily Cooper, Jenna Davis, Katelyn DellaVecchia, Jack DelSanto, Gianna D’Eugenio, Norah Dion, Katherine Doherty, Julia Donorfio, Lyla Drury, Ivan Evans, Olivia Evjen, Aiden Fennessy, Alyssa Ferreira, Angelo Fioriello, Molly Flint, Ethan Flood, Riley Francis, Jaime Gagne, Annelise Gale, Joseph Heeran, Kaitlin Hirsh, Gabriella Jandreau, Liliana Jandreau, Kasey Jarvis, Evan Jekubovich, Christopher Joszczyk, Rebecca Kania, Victoria Kania, Maya Kasica, Ashlyn Kenefick, Mia Kennedy, Ian Kidwell, Emma Kieltyka, Cailyn Kocse, Morgan Kocse, Nathan Kraft, Mariam Labadze, Emma Lase,k Caden Lefkowitz, Isabella Leggett, Jessie Lieberman, Belinda Llabani, Christa Loubier, Marley Lyver, Robert McCaskey, Leighann Melanson, Lauren Mellitt, Dalton Messina, Catherine Morgan, Caelin Murphy, Casey Murrah, Kaylan Murrah, Aiden
Nielsen, Mark O’Donnell, Claire O’Neill, Julia O’Neill, Kevin O’Neill, Lindsey Ouellette, Lissette Perez Lopez, Kieran Perkins, Chloe Peters, Megan Peterson, Cassidy Plourde, Owen Plourde, Joshua Polverari, Molly Poulos, Dylan Remsen, Reaghan Samson, Jeffrey Savage, Ellen Serenson, Suhneri Shah, Avery Shea, Sophie Shugrue, Harrison Smith, Ryan Smith, Margaret Stack, Cara Stahl, Madeline Stair, Matthew Stair, Mackenzie Stewart, Jacob Tasker, Analeigh Thorpe, Paige Tierinn,Reese Tindall, Regan Tindall, Liliana Vera, Haylie Vieser, Sophia Waskowicz, Mark Zigmont; second honors: Chase Adames, Ethan Alfieri, Mirna Alrawabdeh, Anthony Angelillo, Delaney Archer, Olivia Arduiz, Thor Arsenault, Bikramjeet Bains, Ava Balisciano, Lucian Beardsley, Riley Beauchemin, Eric Benson, Dylan Bly, Ryan Burns, Lauren Carrubba, Skylar Carrubba, Isabella Castiola, Landon Ciccotelli, Adrian Cieslak, Makena Clap, Lauren Collins, Katherine Cowen, Nicolas Cristillo, Izabelle Czarniewski, Victoria Czuprynski, Aidan Daley, Adelyn Descoutures, Neyla Dilaveri, Sophia Dominique, Ryan Doonan, Connor Dufresne, Claire Eigo, Joseph Fabiano, Zackery
Findley, William Flanigan, Caiden Godbout, Kassidy Griffin, Jesse Harabin, Emily Heath, Lynnette Henriksen, Gabriel Hinkson, Gabriella Irizarry, Cole Johnson, Emma Johnston, Camden Jones, Shelby Jordan, Abigail Kendall, Cooper Kilgore, Zachary Klimkowski, Stephaney Kostenko, Anja Krause, Nicholas Lanteri, Alana LaPorta, Jacob LaRose, Michael LeBlanc, Dylan Lee, Darin Levesque, Jesus Lopez-Soriano, Connor Lucas, Natalie Lukanik, Cameron Maia, Samantha Marrero, Alexander Martins, Marcello Mascia, Natalia McDonough, Ronan Messer, Brooke Michaud, Valerie Miciak, Thomas Migliore, Daniel Milewski, Alyssa Moran, Andrew Morikis, Joel Munson, Julia Murray, Claire Parente, Ella Perillo, Collin Pettit, Gavin Pettit, DiemLinh Phan, Bella Piccirillo, Emma Pintek, Joshua Pintek, Grant Plourde, Ella Poitras, Jayden Porter, Salvatore Prado, Jayden Prinzhorn, Tyler Rauccio, Jahlando Reid, Karlando Reid, Shane Richters, Eleine Rodriguez, Jordan Rosado, Emma Ruszkowski, Sachit Sahoo, Reagan Salvatore, Braden Savage, Paighton Shepherd, GiovanB:8.7” Stanley, Ryan na Simione, Vashty Swain, Jadyn Tine, T:8.7” James Townsend, Drake Tranter, Ava S:8.7”
Tulacro, Ethan Vassar, Ava Vecchio, Brycen Voisine, Kailyn Voisine, Egan Wallace, Sarah Warych, Riley Welch, Michael Williamson, Pam Win, Joshua Wolfe, Lee Zarrelli, Ethan Zheng. Grade 7, first honors: Kourtney Adams, Zachary Adams, Zishan Ahmed, Alexa Aldieri, Ruth Alejandro, Maher Alkatib, Chelsey Arduini, Chloe Ariyavatkul, Jack Breen, Brian Bregu, Cameran Brick, Abby Caouette, Olivia Cascio, John Cessario, Riley Corr, Anthony Corrado, Madison DeSouza, Liam Duffy, John Flynn, Danica Furst, Gabriella Grabowski, Yvonne He, Alexa Henderson, Elah Herron, Aiden Holton, Jasen Hurley, Brian Kalwat, Connor Keegan, Jessica Lombardo, Victoria Martins, William McDougall, Kieran McDowell, Avery McQuatters, Margaret Miller, Auria Mullins, Taylor Munson, Kyra-Thien Nguyen, Griffin O’Neill, Aidan Paradis, Alexis Pedroncelli, Dylan Perry, Casey Pietrusewicz, Jonathan Pillsbury, Hannah Provo, Elena Quintero, Gabriela Quirk, Saisarat Rayapureddy, Mallory Rohon, Andrea Roncaioli, Kaylin Rosemond, Julia Rusiecki, Seth Schuster, Aiden Scollo, Isabella Sena, Jaelyn Sheen, Jack Silano, Mathew Siwek, Olivia Smailes, Emma St. John, Bren-
nen Sullivan, Emily Taylor, Timothy Terry, Raymond Thomas, Christopher Totonis, Aidan Twohill, Samantha Vancedarfield, Gabriella Wanner, Margaret Wernicki, Camilla Wessels, Julia Wieleba, Lauren Xhemo, Andy Yang; second honors: Mazen Alkatib, Alyssa Alvarado, Caden Angelo, Braden Barron, Ian Beierle, Gabriella Bekker, Danaejah Bell, Maleena Berdecia, Taylor Borchard, Alana Brown, Jillyann Brush-Shulthiess, Josephine Campbell, Krista Canney, Aniela Carlson, Ashley Casale, Trista Cassin, Ashley Clouatre, Brian Cochran, Anna Coviello, Grace Cowen, Colin Crowley, Gabriella Czuprynski, Mariah Davino, Madison Davis, Biore Dawkins, Laila DiBattista, Joseph DiPace, Kristopher Dube, Anna Erickson, Jeffrey Esbaner, Lola Esbaner, Cameron Evjen, Vito Ficara, Isabella Finley, Sara Flynn, Matthew Forgione, Abigail Friend, Madison Furniss, Devin Giordano, Catherine Girard, Kayla Gollnick, Ryan Hammarlund, Ryan Hemingway, Madison Hicks, Isabella Holton, Joshua Howard, Matthew Howard, Alison Insogna, Sara Judd, Jack Kushman, Griffin Labitt, Kayleigh Langhans,
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Grade 8, first honors: Rosanna Abbatiello, Emily Adams, Juliana Aulbach, Madison Beidler, Milana Bekker, Tyler Blumetti, Brianna Carrington, Joshua Chambasis, Maddelyn Chesanow, Madison Coleman, Rehana Coma, Austin Conran, Alaina Cook, Hannah Cooley, Eli Culotta, Sofia Davino, Kayla DePodesta, Nicole DePodesta, Devin DiMartino, Rylee Dlugos, Lilli Doran, Grace Drechsler, Reid Famiglietti, Samantha Freyler, Abigail Galvin, Ethan Germain, Ethan Giordano, Jessica Greco, Madison Hedges, Caitlyn Hourigan, Kelsi Hourigan, Tyler Hubeny, Nathan Humphrey, Kylee Johnston, Anna Joszczyk, Ryan Kiyak, Chris Lin, Madeline
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Sinclair said the Democrats have an “excellent chance” of expanding its council majority and taking control of other town boards.
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get the council “back to work.” “I just can’t sit back,” he said. “We need to take this town council back.” Triano, the council minority leader, said the council candidates were all involved around town and cared about Southington. “We’ve got a tremendous, tremendous slate of people experienced in this community,” she said. Republicans have a majority on the Board of Finance, Board of Education and Planning and Zoning.
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“The highs were high, the lows were low, but overall I enjoyed it and felt like I made a difference,” Miceli said.
Many hats The intersection of her council work and involvement with numerous local
groups has drawn criticism over the years. A former councilor objected to Miceli’s support for voting to give the Gura building to SOCCA, when she was a member of the group’s board. Earlier this month, an attorney for developer Frank Fragola said Miceli should abstain from voting on a sewer exemption request due to interactions between
Fragola and Miceli through the chamber and the open space committee, which Miceli chairs. “The longer you serve...the easier it is for people to say, ‘Oh she’s wearing too many hats,’” Miceli said. “The fact of the matter is you get called to serve in many different capacities and people come to see you as a doer. “You do have to have cognizance that the longer you serve, the more people are able to nitpick and raise red
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travel from business to business off Queen Street, according to planners, which helps alleviate traffic on the busy state road. “It gets people circulating in that area in a safe way,” said commission Vice Chairman Paul Chaplinsky. “Hopefully we get some people going from one business to the other.”
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Over the past few years, Miceli said the tenor of the council has grown sour, reflecting state and national trends.
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“A lot just seems so negative,” she said. “That’s not something I want to be part of. I try to do positive things for our community.” jbuchanan@record-journal.com 203-317-2230 Twitter: @JBuchananRJ
Chaplinsky and other commission members said they appreciated the business making the access connections, especially since they were not required. “We appreciate when applicants come in and go above and beyond,” said commission Chairman Michael DelSanto. “Very good job.” Kitchen Cabinet Outlet started in Waterbury and opened its Southington location in 2006.
“I’ve built a good business in tough economic times as well as a very competitive market,” Perry said. Bob Berkmoes, Southington Democratic town chairman, said the party will hopefully be working with Perry “in his future political endeavors.” “We’re very, very happy that he’s a Democrat,” Berkmoes said. The open House seat is of interest to the Southington party, according to Berkmoes, but he added that the election is “a little ways off.” Perry said his 2017 campaign was “eye-opening.” He’s often attended Town Council meetings since then and has spoken during public comment. “I feel like I still have a voice at the local level,” Perry said.
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Committee explores ways to recruit volunteer firefighters By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Fire department and town officials on a newly-formed committee are working to recruit more volunteer firefighters and reverse a trend of declining membership. The committee, which met for the second time July 16, discussed ways to publicize the need for volunteers. John Moise, a fire board member and recruitment committee chairman, said many people think the fire department is either all volunteer or all career. It is a mixture of both, with career firefighters at two stations and volunteers at the others.
“I want them to feel they are fully involved,” Poulos said.
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The department has fewer The committee postthan 80 volunteers. This poned further discussion summer it hired two new on some aspects of recareer firefighters in part to cruitment until volunincrease coverage during teers could weigh in. the day, when volunteers Committee members are least available. discussed how the deFire officials have said that partment could have a busier schedules and less presence at upcoming flexible jobs have hurt volevents, recruit high unteer firefighter recruiting school students, orgaefforts nationwide. But lonize information online and distribute flyers with cal fire officials said the the benefits and expecta- town can’t afford an allpaid force and depends on tions of volunteering. volunteers to meet the Urso said he’d like to town’s fire service needs. have flyers to hand out jbuchanan@record-journal.com in his neighborhood and 203-317-2230 thought they could be
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Derynoski said Goralski took his role on the board seriously.
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He said he wasn’t leaving the board “for any negative reasons” and said he’d been asked and encouraged to run again. “I hope the Southington Republican Town Committee continues to improve and get better. I think they’re on the better path,” Goralski said.
“I have to say that he put his heart and soul into being a member of the school board,” Derynoski said. Goralski was disappointed “Overall, I think he did a great job while he was chair.” that he wasn’t able to preside over the renovation of Goralski and other Republi- all the town’s schools. The can education board memboard is planning the renobers clashed with Southing- vation of several elementary ton Republican Town Comschools which haven’t seen mittee leadership last year, major work in decades. but Goralski said that didn’t “I thought for sure after 16 influence his decision to years I could say, ‘Our leave the board. schools have been remodGoralski and other Republi- eled,’” he said. “I’m proud cans resigned from the town that it’s starting.” committee as a protest jbuchanan@record-journal.com against party leaders remov203-317-2230 Twitter: @JBuchananRJ ing some town committee members.
“A lot of people think it’s one or the other,” Moise said. Battalion Chief Eric Heath, a committee member, agreed. “We can’t do without both,” he said. While volunteer firefighters are on the committee, none were in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting. Al Urso Sr., a former volunteer, is on the committee and was present. Chris Poulos, a Town Council member, said he believes there’s “tension” between volunteer and career firefighters. He was disappointed that volunteers weren’t at the meeting to offer ideas to increase recruitment and retention.
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Longtime YMCA worker, 21, killed by fallen tree By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
A 21-year old local man who died in the July 17 storm was remembered as a longtime YMCA worker.
Jarrod Marotto was killed when a tree limb fell on his car in Fairfield after a lightning strike.
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15-unit, age-restricted subdivision approved Earlier this year, the commission approved an age-restricted cluster housing The town approved a 15-unit zone. Lovley supported its age-restricted subdivision on creation and proposed one South End Road on a former on South End Road. The farm that had a hiding place zone allows greater density for slaves traveling the Unfor homebuyers looking to derground Railroad. downsize. Local developer Mark Lovley Paula Burton, a local real esis working with town histori- tate agent, said older buyers ans to preserve the foundaare often looking for smaller tion of the barn and put up a homes on one level. She marker at the location on spoke in favor of the develthe former Curtiss family opment during a public farm, just south of Meriden- hearing this week. Waterbury Turnpike. “The two floors just don’t The Planning and Zoning work for people after a Commission voted unaniwhile,” she said. mously last week in favor of a special permit and a site Rich history plan proposed by Lovley for The former Underground the 55-and-over housing deRailroad site was a pit unvelopment. derneath a barn where “This development I think is slaves were hidden while a case study or a great exam- traveling to Canada. ple of the type of developJennifer Clock, a PZC memment we should be having in ber who undertook a historitown,” said commission cal properties inventory upmember Robert Hammersdate last year, said the Curley. tiss Farm is important for its connection to the Under-
ground Railroad and is the former property of one of the town’s oldest families. Tom Curtiss, who lives next to the property, has worked with Lovley on details of the development and preserving the former farm’s history. According to town historians, in the mid 1800s Carlos Curtiss would return to his farm in his wagon with slaves hiding under the hay. Once at the farm, Curtiss would hide the slaves in a large hole under a trap door in the barn, where they could count on safety and food. He used the wagon to hide the trap door and the next evening would set out for Farmington. A portion of the land will be given to the town as open space and another area managed by a homeowners’ association.
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artistic hobby until retiring from a career as an executive administrator at BrisEach month, visitors to the tol Hospital. While disSouthington Public Licussing things to do in rebrary have a chance to tirement, her son mencheck out a new local tioned painting and she artist featured on the lisoon found a connection brary’s Gallery wall. to abstract art. Through the month of Ju“I paint with emotion, so I ly, abstract paintings by a found abstract the best town resident will be on way to get that emotion view. across,” she said. Almost 30 pieces of Debra Now, Herrick Clen is Herrick Clen’s work are painting most days when currently on display until the end of the month and she’s not babysitting her are available for purchase. grandchildren. She will continue painting as long The library hosted a reas it’s bringing her joy. ception July 18 giving visi“I have a lot of problems tors a chance to take with anxiety and it’s very with Herrick Clen about therapeutic,” Herrick Clen her paintings. She also gave out a limited number said. “I get a lot of joy out of doing it.” of miniature original works. Displaying her art in her hometown library is speHerrick Clen was born in Massachusetts and moved cial and humbling, she said. with her family to New Britain as a teen. She “I feel so grateful that moved to Southington somebody gives me the about three years ago. opportunity to do that and that people actually like Although she grew up in an artistic family, she nev- it,” she said. er really picked up an See Artist, A16 By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
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Architecture of Plantsville church a real gem By Olivia L. Lawrence
that is, the congregation of people has had other homes, There are many architectural including Farmington and jewels in Plantsville, for sure, Southington congregational Alan DeBisschop is a lifelong communities.) It’s one of the and today we’re going to member of the church, hav- pivotal buildings in the take a look at a place that plays a key role in the beauty ing spent nearly 60 years as Plantsville Historic District, a congregant there. “The ar- an area of approximately 116 of this community, the chitecture resembles the Plantsville Congregational acres, formerly known as bow of a ship upside down,” ‘Pearl's Corners’. United Church of Christ, he says, explaining that built in 1866. Samuel Woodruff, who while there have been variThe history and life of this fought in the Civil War, was ous additions and improveplace is so rich and complex ments over the years (for in- tasked with building the we can only offer a few snip- stance, progress of course church and $10,000 had pets to call your attention to included changing from been raised for the effort – a the site next time you drive gaslights to electric) and ad- bit of a shortfall. But when by. ditions, but the basics rethe congregation heard of the need, an additional In an 1868 book, The Archi- main the same. $12,000 in pledges was tects’ and Builders’ Guide, “We have all the original pa- raised within 10 minutes, author John W. Kennion de- perwork,” DeBisschop enough to pay all the related scribed the new addition to says, “Right down to how bills. the local landscape: “This much every nail cost.” building, designed by Mr. J. One somewhat unique asA written history of the C. Cady, Architect of New pect to take note of, DeBisschurch and other archival York, is of the Gothic style, chop says, is that the church items are on view at the enadapted carefully to the is built with darker wood wants of the congregation. It trance to the church and the and stained glass rather than congregation “is absolutely is completely free from all what is more typical of New aware of the history” behind England churches that genshams and make-believes.” the beautiful structure they erally favor white paint and He went on to detail finer get to enjoy and practice clear glass. points of the structure at 109 their faith in, DeBisschop Church St. “The interior said. Those stained glass windows wood-work is of chestnut are a real point of pride for The church has a memberand black walnut, (except this church and an entire ship around 300 and celethe framings of the open history could probably be brated 150th years of existimber roof, which is of tence in 2016. (The building, See Church, A16 pine,) all waxed or oiled, showing the natural and beautiful grain of the wood.”
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Elizabeth Chubet, the library’s adult program director, organizes the art displays. The library recently added clear cabinets to the exhibit space for 3-D artists to participate as well. “It's a great opportunity to expose your artwork to our patrons and the public in general,” Chubet said. “We'll have anything from photography to painting...” The Gallery is a part of a larger initiative to offer more art at the library. Chubet is planning an open mic night this fall and the library holds various paint and drawing nights.
Chubet said Artist of the Month has been a longtime and popular feature at the library – it’s booked through mid-2020. August is expected to be several community members who have been coloring with Chubet at the soup kitchen Bread for Life. Herrick Clen’s work has been seen throughout Connecticut since her first showing in 2017. It’s now featured in local businesses, libraries and juried art shows. It is currently also at the Hospital of Central Connecticut and the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich. Her work can be found on her website, herrickartstudio.com and by contacting artist@herrickstudio.com.
The Gallery at the Southington Public Library, 255 Main St., on July 10. This month's featured artist of the month is local resident Debra Herrick Clen. Bailey Wright, Record-Journal bwright@record-journal.com
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Also featured will be a traditional outdoor Italian Mass at 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 28, followed by a street procession with the statue of the Madonna della Strada.
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Friday, July 26, 2019
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33 S Broad Street Meriden, CT (203) 630-2926 ctstarauto.com
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BEST - RIBS AMERICAN STEAKHOUSE 1170 E Main St, Meriden, CT (203) 634-9994 americansteakhouse.com
AWARDS
2018 There are over 15,000 businesses across four cities, Meriden, Southington, Wallingford and Cheshire, whose hard work, dedication and success make our communities a great place to live and work. The Readers’ Choice program was created to recognize and reward our local businesses and to be a resource when you might be looking for a dentist, car repair, or even a place to have dinner with your family. Over 210,000 votes were cast, and over 500 businesses have earned the right to call themselves the Best of the Best and be celebrated at an exclusive first-class gala all for them. Congratulations again, to our 2018 Readers’ Choice winners.
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BEST - TIRE SALES & AUTO REPAIR GT TIRE AND SERVICE CENTER 155 Colony St, Meriden CT 203-235-8606 gttirect.com
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