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Volume 29, Number 51

Friday, December 22, 2023

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Take the Holiday Light Tour around Durham

SEASON’S GREETINGS

By Heather Sillins Special to The Times

From now until the first week in January, a community display of holiday cheer can be found scattered throughout the town of Durham. According to Brian Medeiros, Recreation Director at the Town of Durham Recreation, the Holiday Home Light Tour began several years ago in an attempt to spread some seasonal cheer when people weren’t able to gather in-person through the trying times of COVID-19. This year, nearly 20 houses across Durham are participating in the festive holiday event. “The Recreation Commit-

tee is just excited to get people to join together and have a little fun, and there’s no better way than to spread some holiday cheer,” Medeiros said. Taking the tour is simple. Those interested can visit the Town of Durham Recreation Facebook page, on which there is a map with several dots. Those dots indicate the locations of each home that’s participating. Then, all one needs to do is pack up themselves or the entire family and drive from house to house, following the map the entire way. None of the home decors are judged. The displays are simply meant to help See Tour, A3

The do’s and don’ts of pet adoption for the holidays By Heather Sillins Special to The Times

Photos courtesy of Durham Recreation, Facebook

Adopting a pet for a loved one may seem like a great gift idea, but before doing so, it’s important to consider why the holiday season may not be the right time.

We are a few days away from Christmas, but the lights on Durham’s official community tree have been shining brightly for the month of December. The annual tree lighting, sponsored by the Recreation Committee, was a day of fun, from Herzig Family Tree Farm providing Santa a ride to the festivities, to Tim Fisher and his band providing beautiful music, and Paper House caroling!

Chrystal Rashba, the Assistant Animal Control Officer for the Town of North Haven, shared the most important things to think

about when it comes to pet adoption around the holidays. Her first significant piece of advice is that you shouldn’t actually adopt the pet as a gift. “You might have an idea of what said person wants, but really they’re the one who should pick out,” she explained. Instead, Crystal See Adopt, A9

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Dealing with the storms of the winter season

As I write this we are in the middle of a humdinger of a storm, the second one in a week. I have not been enjoying either one of them.

burning out, and I must rush down and get it off the wall. And I must slosh through a small lake in order to do so.

Storms are a tedious affair for me. Up, down, up, My sump pump, which is down. I’m on constant in my crawl space, is hum- alert. It’s exhausting, and at ming along nicely now, and some point I just want to that’s the good news. It has cry. been misbehaving, causing And then, of course, during me an inordinate amount of stress. It’s a fickle thing, a storm of this magnitude, and doesn’t seem to realize there is always the possibilthat it needs to work all the ity of a power outage, and time and not take constant that really sends me into a breaks. tizzy. Because the rain is not taking any breaks. Oh, it starts off well enough, snapping on and off as needed, but then it seems to feel entitled to just stop dead in its tracks and not put in one more ounce of effort, flooding waters be damned. “I’m pooped,” it seems to say. “I’ll just rest for a while.” Then we have its other malfunction. It shimmies over to the wall of the hole it’s in and gets stuck, with its motor just churning away — moments away, I am always sure — from

I have never completely recovered from the extended power outages we had some years ago. A flickering of lights can put me into a tailspin. I don’t have a generator, so I have to tough it out. When the kids were here we played games in the dark, like taking turns going through the alphabet naming, for instance, different fruits. Apple, banana, cantaloupe, etc. Not so much fun by myself. I am bored by the time I get to cantaloupe, maybe even banana.

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I used to be able to call friends on my cordless phone during such events, but since getting switched over to fiber optic that is no longer an option, and I don’t have a Smartphone.

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Really inclement weather just freaks me out. I will worry about an upcoming storm, whether it be rain or snow, ceaselessly. Which makes no sense, I know, because there is not a darn thing I can do about it, other than fill jugs with water. I have yet to learn how to stop the winds in its tracks. When the storm comes I’m even more of a mess. It’s the power outage thing and the sump pump thing that has my knickers in a knot. I get the lowdown on when we can look forward to the storm ending, and then I have my countdown. I constantly check the time. How much longer? Are we almost done with this? This one is slated to last all day. Oh, Lordy! I’ll just hunker down and dream of a better day tomorrow. Meanwhile, I am happy to announce that my sump pump is still behaving. On, off, on, off, just like it’s supposed to. Music to my ears! I’ve learned to thank the heavens for the small and the big miracles. This is one of the big ones, I would say.

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Town of Durham, CT Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Durham that the total Supplemental Motor Vehicle tax and the second half of Real Estate and Personal Property taxes on the Grand List of 2022 are due and payable to the Town of Durham on January 1, 2024.

No bill is sent for the 2nd installment of Real Estate. View and/or pay tax bills online at www.townofdurhamct.org Choose “Online Tax Payments” from the home page, processing fees apply. Payments may be mailed to: Town of Durham, P.O. Box 428, Durham, CT 06422. If not paid by Thursday, February 1, 2024, these taxes will be considered delinquent and interest will be charged at the rate of 1.5% per month from the due date, with a minimum interest charge of $2.00.Note: Feb. 2ND payments will be charged a 3% penalty. (for

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Tax Collector’s office hours are Monday - Friday 8:30 - 4:30pm. Additional hours for this collection period: Saturday, January 27, 2024-10:00am-noon. After-hours appointments upon request. Martin French, CCMC - Tax Collector - Town of Durham, CT

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spread holiday cheer. Durham isn’t the only community that’s brightening up the holiday season. There is a quick list of light shows in Connecticut that remain open to the public: n Festival of Silver Lights, Meriden, 999 W. Main Street – Meriden’s Festival of Silver Lights is held annually at Hubbard Park. Open through Jan. 1. n Fantasy of Lights, New

Haven, 2 Lighthouse Road – One of the most celebrated light displays in the state Fantasy of Lights has over 60 different animated displays to drive by. Open through Dec. 31. n Glow Hartford, 100 Colum-

bus Boulevard – Perhaps not as well known as the Fantasy

of Lights, this holiday market provides seasonal foods, pictures with Santa and interactive illuminated structures. Held at the Connecticut Convention Center, it is open through Dec. 23. n Hebron Lions Lights in Motion, 347 Gilead Street – There are, according to organizers, more than one million animated lights, along with hundreds of installations, along the path of this one-mile, drive-thru light show. Open through Dec. 31. n Holiday Lights at Lake Compounce, 185 Enterprise Drive, Bristol – One of Connecticut’s favorite amusement parks gets into the holiday cheer every year with this lights event. There’s “Connecticut’s largest Christmas Tree,” according to Lake Compounce amusement, as well as rides and meet-and-greets with Santa. It is open through Dec. 31.

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Step back in time with Christmas goose recipe The holiday season is a sentimental time of year. Nostalgia for past holiday seasons and excitement about what's to come make this a particularly special time of year for millions of people across the globe. It's not uncommon for Christmas celebrants to include a little history in their decorations and celebrations each year. Some families may read Charles Dickens' early Victorian novella A Christmas Carol together before watching one of the many film adaptations of the beloved story. Many popular Christmas carols also date back to the nineteenth century if not earlier, adding another degree of nostalgia to the season. Even food can add a touch of the sentimental to Christmas celebrations. This year, holiday hosts can create some nostalgia around the Christmas dinner table by serving this recipe for "Roasted Christmas Goose" courtesy of the Food Network and Mark Slawson of the The Wort Ho- Basting Syrup tel in Jackson, Wyoming. n 1/3 cup corn syrup Roasted Christmas Goose n 1/3 cup cane syrup Yields 6 to 8 servings n 1/3 cup melted butter n 1 14- to 16-pound goose n 1/4 cup sea salt

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er in a small bowl. Stuffing: 7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 8. Coarsely chop the chestnuts and put in a large bowl. Add the stuffing mix, raisins, celery, apple, onion and salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Pour in the chicken stock, butter and cream and mix until evenly moistened. 9. Transfer to a baking dish and bake until the top is browned and crisp, about 1 hour. Cumberland Sauce: 10. In a saucepan, combine the stock, port, vinegar, shallots, peppercorns and orange juice. Bring to a boil, cook until reduced by 2/3, about 25 minutes. Strain and refrigerate. Serve cold over roast goose.

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Tasty tidbits about eggnog Eggnog is a rich and delicious beverage that has become synonymous with the most festive time of year. This milk- and egg-based concoction is tasty on its own, or it can be dressed up with other flavors and spiked with a favorite spirit when celebrating the holiday season with other adult partygoers. December is National Eggnog Month, and December 24 is National Eggnog Day. There is no more perfect time of year to learn everything you can about eggnog - all the while sipping a cup of this creamy concoction. Indulge in these festive facts about the beverage, courtesy of Mental

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cording to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. n There is no right or wrong alcohol to use when preparing eggnog. Distilled spirits like rum, sherry, cognac, and whiskey all have produced suitable eggnogs. n Puerto Rican coquito is a

the medieval period and was known as “posset,” a hot, milk-based drink made of spices and wine. Even n A typical homemade verthough posset could be a cocktail, it also was used as a sion of eggnog has roughly remedy for colds and flu for one egg per serving. However, commercial eggnog is its soothing properties. regulated by the FDA and can only contain 1 percent n Milk, eggs and sherry used in the early recipes were dif- of the product’s final weight in egg yolk solids. That ficult to come by, so when eggnog first appeared it was stems from fear of raw egg and salmonella. a drink only the wealthy

traditional drink that is very similar to eggnog. n Individuals concerned

about eggs or milk in eggnog can enjoy a vegan recipe made from nut milk instead. Commercially produced vegan eggnog offerings are now more widely available. n One of the more notable

flavors in eggnog comes from the use of nutmeg. Nutmeg is a fragrant spice made from grinding the seed n President George Washing- of the nutmeg tree. ton apparently enjoyed servNow that you’ve learned ing eggnog at Christmas, about eggnog, whip up a and even had his own spebatch of George Washingcial recipe (see below), acton’s original recipe this holiday season.

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A few nights before Christmas, Gov. Ned Lamont prefers to talk tax cuts “I turn 70 and become a

grandfather next year,” Lamont said. Addressing the breakfast meeting remains a tradition for governors going back to the administration of Gov. William A. O’Neill in 1989. It has been used to look back, look ahead and, more than once, roast opponents and the press. On Tuesday, Lamont tread

lightly. He is planning an end-of-the-year news conference Wednesday before departing for a family vacation over Christmas and New Year’s. He is to return on Jan. 3, his 70th birthday. Reminding voters of the income tax cut that will take effect in January was on the agenda Tuesday and will be again Wednesday.

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“In about two weeks, we’re going to have the biggest tax cut in the history of the state,” Lamont told the chamber audience. “It sends a signal. I hope it sends a signal to you and the folks you do business with that Connecticut is back.” The two-year budget Lamont signed in June cut the two lowest marginal income tax rates, increased the value of the earned-income tax credit and expanded the exemptions on certain retirement income. Lamont made light of the scandal over the degree to which some State Police troopers falsified records over ticketing drivers, connecting it to complaints about speeding on state highways.

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