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WAVING GOODBYE TO THE SCARECROWS

New faces on BOS, same mission statement By Michael Savino Special to The Times

New faces will serve on the Durham Board of Selectman, but Republicans were able to maintain control after the Nov. 7 election. Regardless of the results, both parties said little will change in how the town is run. The town green in Durham may be scarecrow-free now, on Oct. 22 residents and businesses turned out for the Durham Recreation Department’s Scarecrow Building Contest. The annual event was postponed for one week due to rain, but by the time the contest was over, there were no shortage of displays to admire. The scarecrows were taken down by Nov. 10, so those who missed the show will have to wait until next year. Photos courtesy of Durham Recreation, Facebook

Incoming First Selectman Brendan Rae said he wants to focus on filling remaining

job openings and developing the Community Center, things the outgoing selectmen have been doing. And Democrats said they want to help accomplish those goals. “We feel like a lot of the issues that need to be addressed in town are not political,” Democratic Town Committee chairwoman Kristina Talbert-Slagle said, vowing See Durham, A6

Voters support Yamarino, GOP, reject charter revisions by Michael Savino Special to The Times

First Selectman Robert Yamarino was pleased with his election to another term to office during the Nov. 7 election. He was disappointed, though, that voters rejected a number of ballot changes, including making the town clerk and tax collector ap-

pointed positions. “With the level of professionalism required, we thought it was better to have them as appointees,” he said. Yamarino easily won re-election, beating out petitioning candidate Robert Bascom 872-422. He’ll be joined by returning Board of Selectmen members James Irish, See Middlefield, A5

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Giving thanks for everything in my life

There are the big things, of course. My family, my friends, my home, my health. No-brainers, all of them. But on my good days, the days when my hamsteron-a- wheel brain decides to take a time-out and just look around at all the miracles in my life, both large and small, here’s some of the things I come up with.

•Netflix. You know how I love Netflix •This column and my awesome editor. I give thanks all

•When I am in the midst of some crisis, whether real or imagined, and someone says just the right thing at the right time, and it just turns everything around for me. •Finally having a good shower head that delivers a most enjoyable shower. I had tortuous years of not being able to get the temperature right, either being scalded or nearly turned into a popsicle •Swimming in the saltwater. For me, it is the definition of bliss. •The special sauce that I make for my veggies. It makes Brussel sprouts seem like a treat.

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•Listening to a favorite song while I am driving. Currently it is “Last Christmas” by Wham. •Oh, Christmas, for sure. The lights, the high spirits, Christmas songs and movies, the presents —I love presents. •Kitty Shiloh and kitty Sierra jumping on my bed when I wake up in the morning, to help me greet the day. •When the meteorologists predict a doozy of a storm and it never comes. I would get down on my knees and give thanks if I thought for one minute that I could get back up •Fall’s palette of beautiful colors.

•When there’s a storm and the power stays on. I go into •A call from my boys. It a tailspin whenever the thrills me every time. lights flicker. Really, I resort •A beautiful sky. I’ve become to prayer — “Please, please, fascinated with clouds. please let the power stay on.”

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•Sitting out in my backyard on warm days, reading and drinking green tea and calling my friends and listening to the birds call out to each other

•Spring, when it finally comes after a long winter, and I can finally kick off those despicable shoes.

I’m guessing that, with a little more thought, I could come up with 100 more things. And for this I give thanks. May your days be filled with blessings, too.

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I am working on rewiring my brain (I may need an electrician for this) so that I am doing this every day, not just on the last Thursday of November. It is, to say the least, a work in progress.

•My kitties snuggling with me — they bring me boundless love.

•When my computer is behaving itself.

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•My mug. It’s big and blue and has a crystal on the handle and it holds my green tea •When I dial the automatic line for my bank and the very nicely. recorded voice delivers the •Grocery shopping. I might good news that I have more be alone on this one, but I so in my account than I had love coming home with all sorts of goodies; supper is always really good that night

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stood in dialogue through this campaign that a significant improvement in comAlso, thank you for the exmunication about current tensive work by our poll and future town activities is workers, complicated by a desired. That will become a fire alarm and smoke in the top priority. Feel free to building at the beginning of email me with any queselection day. Also I’m tions, concerns, or points of grateful to our Registrars view at jirish@middlefieldof Voters and our Town ct.org. And thank you again Clerks for their work in for enabling this continuing preparation for, and during opportunity for me. election day. To Jim Irish, Selectman both groups, great job! Middlefield To our residents, we under-

Editor : Thank you to all who voted in Middlefield, and thank you to those supporting me - to allow two more years contributing as a Selectman in our Town. I’m grateful for your votes, I congratulate winners, and I offer my respect to unsuccessful candidates for their energy and desire to play

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who was appointed to the board as an unaffiliated candidate but ran as a Republican, and Democrat Carol Bufithis. Yamarino was elected to the board in 2021 but was appointed first selectman in December of that year after Edward Bailey died just a month after winning re-election. Yamarino said he’ll continue to run the town with the fiscally conservative approach he’s had over those two years.

the tally showed residents were strongly against it. They also voted against a She noted Tonya Hogan won third proposal with several re-election as town clerk and other changes, including Anne Olszewski will remain ending term limits and limitas tax collector. Both ing the length of leases of Democrats ran unopposed. town land. “They do a good job listening to residents and responding to them,” Rubino said. Residents struck down three ballot questions, including removing the town clerk and tax collector positions from the list of elected offices in towns.

The change would have meant Hogan and Olszewski “I think our message was would remain in the posivery positive and we stayed tions, and selectmen would that way,” he said. “We’re go- hire new employees when ing to stay the course.” they left. Those hires would be regular employees, meanJennifer Rubino, chairwom- ing a new Board of Selectan of the Middlefield men would not necessarily Democrats, said she was be able to hire replacements pleased despite not gaining unless the employees left or control of the Board of Sewere fired. lectmen. Voters rejected the two pro“I thought we ran as best a posals by roughly two-tocampaign as we could given one margins. Yamarino supwhere the town of Middleported the change but said field is,” she said.

That tally was much closer, being rejected by just four votes. Yamarino said its possible officials could try again on some of those ideas, although he has not talked with the Charter Review Commission or the other selectmen.

Yamarino said term limits will continue to make it hard to find enough volunteers to serve on boards and commissions. “When a person leaves a board or a commission, they’re taking with them years of experience and knowledge, he said. “And the only reason they’re off a board or commission is because they’ve attended those years of experience and

knowledge.” Rubino said the Democratic Town Committee decided not to take a stance on the ballot questions. She didn’t want to go against the work of the bipartisan Charter Review Commission but she also had concerns telling residents how to vote. “We felt they were so personal to everyone’s view of how Middlefield should be governed,” she said.

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bipartisan cooperation. Rae, Republican Robert Chadd and Democrat Thomas Hennick will replace First Selectman George Eames and Selectmen Chad Spooner and Andrew Taylor, none of whom were on the ballot.

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“I’m excited for the way the election turned out, for all the new elected officers to take office in December,” Rae said. He said his first priority is to find a new finance director if the position remains vacant when he takes office next month. The town hired Alicia Mancarella in July to replace Beth Moncata, but she resigned in late August. Rae also wants to continue to develop the Community Center, where residents were

“I know Rob and I are committed to finishing up any loose ends that are still lingering and getting that building open with some regular hours,” she said. Talbert-Slagle said Democrats share those priorities. They also want to help keep the town’s rural charm. Republicans were also able to maintain control of the Planning and Zoning Commission and won a majority of the town’s share of seats on the Regional School District 13 Board of Education. Still, Talbert-Slagle was proud of the campaigns her party’s candidates ran. “We felt really good about the campaign we ran and our outstanding slate, and we certainly wish the best to everyone who was elected,” she said.

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Coginchaug Regional High School Honor Roll DURHAM — Coginchaug Regional High School has named the following students to its honor roll for the first quarter.

Makayla Fazzone-Chettiar, Jack Fenwick, Julianna Fuggi, Marcy Funke, Ruby General, Zachary Grodzicki, Sofia Hempel, Sara Holder, Kayla Huertas, Beth JoGrade 9, high honors: hansen, Kiara Kaczor, Sara Madison Allen, Ava AlmodKaliszewski, Taylor Kestenovar, Jake Bernier, Allison baum, Maggie Kilroy, GianBooth, Allison Bradanini, na Kirschner, Molly Kulas, Joshua Cronk, Lauren DelPaige LaPointe, Ryan Legge, Grego, Arabella DiPentima, Camryn LeTourneau, Aiyana Donecker, Lucy EdReegan Lynch, Eric Marks, dinger, Hayden Farnsworth, Emerson McGoldrick, Sara O’Rourke, Isabella Oakley, James Parmelee, Siya Patel, In Brief Corra Perez, Lily Ramadanovic, Sabrina Stephan, Ryan Stern, Swearing in Gabriella Tammaro, Teighan ceremony Taylor, Ella Ullman, Shayla Vazquez, Grace Velardi, Newly elected Middlefield Town Officials shall be sworn Madelyn Ventola, Avery Viens, Evangeline Volenec, in to office at a ceremony at Jane Waterman, Aaliyah the Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main St., on Sun- Watson; honors : Wayne day, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. These Galarza, Brooke Jacobson, Griffin Pacileo, Jesse Pelleelected officials are the sucgrino, Emilia Richard, Savycessors of the Middlefield on Sarra, Charles Scirocco, Town government that was Logan Smith. established over 150 years ago in 1866. Grade 10, high honors: Frank Amirault, Sophia The officials to be sworn in by Town Clerk Tonya Hogan are Robert C. Yamartino, First Selectman; Jim Irish, Selectman; Carol Bufithis, Selectwoman; MaryAnn Zieminski, Treasurer; Anne Olszewski, Tax Collector; Michael Skelps, Susan McNamara, and Mary Wolak, Board of Finance; and Kathleen Kokoszka, Board of Assessment Appeals. Town Clerk Tonya Hogan will be Adelphia Café sworn in by the Honorable 476 Washington Avenue Joseph D. Marino, Probate North Haven, CT 06473 203-535-0149 Judge. All citizens are cordially invited to attend and witness this civic event. This would not happen without the voters of Rockfall and Middlefield. A reception will immediately follow. Join us for light refreshments and good company.

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In Brief

The Durham Garden Club is taking orders for its popular

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Everyone is welcome to come to the twice-weekly Wreaths and wreath kits may workdays at the garden — be ordered by calling Karen Wednesdays and Saturdays Patterson at 860 349-3506 or from 9 to 11 a.m. All ages 860 685-0595 or tashwelcome, for any amount of moo4me@aol.com time.

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pand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. The group’s mission — Remember, Honor, Teach — is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. For more information on how to volunteer locally or sponsor a wreath, visit wreathsacrossamerica.org.

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The Durham Senior Citizens Board is sponsoring this event. Pizza lunch at noon. Program at 12:45 p.m. A $5 fee will be asked at the door. Please call (860) 343-6724 to make a reservation.

The club is also offering wreath kits for sale. The kits, priced at $30 each, contain all of the supplies needed to create a beautiful decorated wreath. Kits contain a fresh wreath, a red or red plaid bow, an assortment of pine cones, berries, statice, hot

glue sticks and wire for hanging. They will be ready for pickup before December 1.

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Come, listen and learn on Thursday, Nov. 30, at the Durham Community Center. John Paoletti will take us on a journey to the private chapel of the Medici family in Florence, Italy. We will view the frescoes there, by Benozzo Gozzoli, that depict the journey of the Magi and learn that hidden in the frescoes is a narrative far less benign than the familiar Christmas story.

decorated wreaths. Wreaths at $45 each are decorated with pine cones, statice, berries and other natural materials and finished off with a red or red plaid bow. Decorated sprays are $35.

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Listen & Learn Lunch scheduled for Nov. 30

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