“She has taught many women in this community and state about golf,” Malcolm added.
Lyman golf instructor named National Teacher of the Year State tax Sunstarholidaytsday
Town Times report Connecticut’s annual Sales Tax Free Week, which runs Sunday, Aug. 21 through Saturday, Aug. 27, exempts retail purchases of most clothing and footwear priced under $100 from Connecticut’s 6.35% sales and use tax. “Having this tax-free holiday helps working families stretch their dollar a little bit more during the busy back-to-school season, while giving businesses an extra boost to their bottom line,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in 2021. “I also encourage everyone taking advantage of this tax-free holiday to consider shopping at some of our locally-owned retailers and support Connecticut ‘s small business com Themunity.”exemption applies to each eligi ble item costing under $100, regard less of how many of those items a See Golf instructor, A6 See Tax holiday, A6 See Durham Fair, A5
Nicole Zappone, Town Times Crowds filled the fairgrounds during the 99th Durham Fair on the Durham Fairgrounds in Durham in September 2018. file photo
Lyman Orchards golf instructor Marissa Kulig Crow is the 2021 LPGA National Teacher of the Year.
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The Durham Fair, one of the state’s largest and longestrunning agricultural fairs, re turns for its 102nd year next Themonth.fair will run from September 22 to 25 at the fairgrounds on Town House Road, near the junction of routes 68, 17, and 77. The Durham Agricultural Fair Association operates the fair, which features music, food, motorized events, ani mal pulls and novelty events. Opening day on Thursday will feature rock band Kings of Karma on the Center Stage, Echoes of Sinatra and Dean on the International Music Stage, an antique farm equipment demo, de molition derby and more. On Thursday night, there will also be a fireworks show. On Sunday, there will be a monster truck show.
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Marissa Kulig Crow, an instructor at the Lyman Orchards Golf Club since 2013, was named 2021 Ladies Pro Golfer Association Na tional Teacher of the Year. “Crow is a remarkable instructor at Lyman Orchards,” said local golfer Hannah Malcolm, who was trained by her. “She is known across the country as a phenome nal golf teacher.”
Well, we just finished anoth er heat wave, and you can probably understand when I say that you could have wrung me out like a wash Endlesscloth. days, or so it seemed, of this scorching heat had turned me into one big puddle. I had no idea that I had such a plethora of bodily fluids inside me, most of which found their way to the outside of me. I might have even shrunk a little. This summer seems to be one for the books. My house is comfy, with all the fans and with the multitude of trees that surround it, until the temps climb into the 90s. At which point it is time to snap on the air conditioner that is perched in my kitchen window. In times gone by I only had to do this a handful of times throughout the summer. A good thing, since I hate be ing closed in. The winter sees us locked in for months, and I want no more of it. I want fresh air, and lots of it. Oh, but this summer that air conditioner has been getting quite a workout, and I do not like it one bit. I tended to become optimistic in the evening, though, thinking I could turn it off and open the windows. I knew that kit ty Dakota and kitty Shiloh would like that, too, as they sorely missed climbing into their window boxes. But it was always a no-go. Before long I was sweating buckets and had to go back to the air conditioner. Then I would think that surely it will be cool enough, by the time I go to bed, to open the window boxes that are in my bedroom and get some fresh air. It wasn’t. Poor Shiloh did not understand why I did not open his window box. (He has one and Dakota has one.) He just sat there and stared at it, as if that alone would make it magically pop open. It was a sad sight. I tried, during these scorch ing days, to sit outside and read, come late afternoon. Yes, there is the doggie pool, but it needs to be scrubbed and filled up, and it seemed like so much work, so I fig ured I could manage the 90 degree weather on my own. I couldn’t. Almost instanta neously every part of my body was dripping wet, and back into the air conditioner I went. This was just too much “inside time” for my Theretaste. was no relief to be had in my car, either. Mice (Harold, is that you?), for some reason unbeknownst to me, have seen fit to climb into my air vents and die, so that a refreshing blast of cool air was not in the offing. Be cause when I turn on the air vent the car reeks of decom posing rodents. I could have stuck my head out the win dow, like a Labradoodle, but then I might not have been able to keep my hands at the suggested 10-and-2 posi tions on the steering wheel. And we certainly don’t want Goodthat. news. As of this writ ing the weather forecast says that we are coming up to some cooler temps. In the 80s. It will feel like a fall day. I look forward to it. I would do a somersault, but at this stage of the game I don’t think that’s a good idea. Or even possible. And by the way, I have de cided that I have not been sweating. I have been glow ing. A lot.
The Lower CT River Council of Governments will host a household hazardous waste collection Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Haddam Elementary School, 272 Saybrook Road, Hig ganum. The collection is open to residents of the RiverCOG region, which in cludes Middlefield and Durham. No commercial or business waste allowed.
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The GivingDurham-MiddlefieldGardenissporting a bumper crop this year, and continues to welcome week ly Saturday speakers from 11 a.m. to noon. Hard rain/ thunderstorms cancel. On Aug. 20, Joy Starratt of Durham will demonstrate and help attendees create a pounded flower/herb/leaf craft. She will provide all ma terials, but asks you to bring a small hammer if you have one. Giving Garden talks are free and open to everyone. Bring your own chair and a sandwich if you’d like. Drinks provided. For questions re garding the speaker series, call Sue at 860-836-1768. Cat fundraisTaleser Cat Tales’ annual Cats in the Castle fundraising dinner and silent auction will be held Saturday, Aug. 27, 6 to 10 p.m., at the Aqua Turf Club, Plantsville. For more infor mation, visit cattalesct.org. Farmers Market The Durham Farmers Mar ket has returned for its 14th season. The popular market is held on the town green Thursdays through the end of October. It runs from 3 to 6:30 p.m.
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A new online system for spe cial education data, includ ing individualized education plans, is set to launch this school year. The new system promis es greater access for parents and school staff and more consistency across school Thedistricts.state Department of Ed ucation’s Bureau of Special Education partnered with the PublicMassachusetts-basedConsultingGroup on the system, known as CTSEDS. SEDS stands for Spe cial Education Data System. The project began about two years ago to support “goals and vision of developing a comprehensive statewide special education data sys tem (CT-SEDS) to make available to all of its local school district partners in 2022,” according to the Con necticut State Department of Education’s website. The new system includes a parent portal so families can access an individualized ed ucation plan, or IEP. The lan guage translation feature al lows families to access infor mation in their native lan guage. CT-SEDS will also help planning and place ment teams (PPTs) “in navi gating the special education process, leading to the de velopment of high quality IEPs for Connecticut’s stu dents,” according to the state Department of education “website.Inaddition to developing a universal system, the IEP was modified with some sig nificant changes,” said Aimee Turner, assistant su perintendent for special ed ucation for Wallingford Pub lic Schools. “The IEP itself is easier to read and much more parent friendly al though the content remains the same as the components of the IEP are federally man Thedated.”document in the system will be in a different format, said Rebecca Cavallaro, di rector of pupil services for Southington Public Schools. Southington schools have used a third party vendor’s system, while the new sys tem will be used statewide. “It will really allow for greater consistency across the state and throughout districts,” Cavallaro said. “So if a student moves from Southington to Waterbury, that information just carries over and everybody is in the same system, which is kind of Robin-Annecool.”
Carey, director of pupil personnel services for Cheshire Public Schools, said she thinks the new for mat is “more parent-friend “ly.”The previous forms had lots of information that was writ ten in very small writing,” Carey said. The Public Consulting Group provided each school district with training for a certain number of staff members that will train oth er staff. “During the summer, the state put out multiple train ings. They are virtual,” Carey said. “The staff that were identified to be trainers reg istered and were able to then access the training. So they go through the training and then as a district, we’ll put together a training pack et, like a training presenta tion, and then that will be shared with all the trainers. Then they will be training smaller groups within each Careybuilding.”said she has noticed some glitches with the pro gram, but said the state is “trying to respond to them in a timely fashion.” “As with any new program there have been many changes as it has been de veloped and implemented,” Turner said. “It will be a learning curve for all staff.”
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Growing up, Crow played Ju nior golf, with the boys. “Golf was always a part of my life, as my father and his father played the sport. I knew it would be a matter of time before I played it as well,” said Crow, who at tended Cathedral High in Springfield, Massachusetts. She went on to compete on the men’s golf team at Springfield Technical Com munity College, before transferring to Bryant Col lege in Rhode Island. There, she was named captain of the women’s golf team. While Crow has held many positions in the golf indus try, teaching the game is her passion. She teaches begin ner to advanced golfers, and also helps other golf instruc tors grow their programs. At Lyman Orchards, Crow has built a formidable wom en’s program. Her offerings include yoga for golfers, car diogolf and swing analysis. “We had a record high of 530 students in the last session,” Crow pointed out. “We are tracking to having over 1,500 students this season alone, possibly 2,000.” In 2019 and 2021, Crow was named the LPGA Northeast Teacher of the Year. Also, in 2021, she earned the Golf Fitness Association of Amer ica Award. To learn more about Crow’s programs, visit marissasgolf movement.com. nzappone@record-journal.com203-317-2212
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Las escuelas han añadido servicios para apoyar a los estudiantes que regre san como Guided Pathways Advising, los cuales ayudan a los estudiantes a re inscribirse y a escoger las clases correc tas; también ofrecen consejería gratuita y una nueva plataforma virtual, la cual le provee servicios de tele salud y servicios de salud mental. También hay cuidado de niños disponible, asistencia de transportación, acceso a despensa de alimentos, y personal dedicado para los veteranos, como también personal bilingüe presencial. Para regresar, puede ser que necesite un horario de tiempo medio o de corto tiempo, o un programa que no otorga créditos, pero ofrece credenciales o destrezas para el empleo. El cuidado médico, manufactura y cursos de computación están en alta demanda, incluyendo las certificaciones de Goo gle y Amazon Web Services (AWS). La universidad también ofrece certifica dos de Inglés como Segunda Lengua, la cual se puede aplicar hacia títulos Paraacadémicos.aquellos interesados en completar su título universitario, los créditos de la universidad comunitaria se pueden transferir a las cuatro universidades estatales de Connecticut, a UConn, y la mayoría de las universidades privadas en CT, como también a muchas otras universidades alrededor de los Estados Unidos. Esto puede reducir el costo de la educación universitaria por más de la mitad.
Las 12 universidades se unirán el 1 de julio de 2023, cuando se volverán en CT State Community College. Los estudi antes harán la transición sin inconve nientes a CT State en ese momento, y disfrutarán de los beneficios de las universidades unidas con registros unificados y paquetes de ayuda finan ciera, y la habilidad de tomar cursos en cualquier universidad. Las localidades incluyen Asnuntuck (Enfield), Capital (Hartford), Gateway (New Haven & North Haven), Housatonic (Bridge port), Manchester, Middlesex (Mid dletown & Meriden), Naugatuck Valley (Waterbury & Danbury), Northwestern (Winsted), Norwalk, Quinebaug Valley (Danielson & Willimantic), Three Rivers (Norwich & Groton) y Tunxis (Farm ington). Universidades Comunitarias Ayudan a los Estudiantes a Regresar a las Clases este Otoño con
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Community colleges have long been the most accessible, affordable high er education option in Connecticut. But mirroring national higher educa tion trends, many students had to put their education on hold in the last few years. The community colleges have invested in ways to help begin, restart or finish college. Many students’ lives changed consid erably during the pandemic, accord ing to Michael Buccilli, Assistant Vice President of Student Success Management for the 12 Connecticut community colleges. “Their families may have grown, they may have left a job or started a new business. People have different reasons for leaving and different reasons for coming back, and we have ways to support them Theall.” campuses have added services to support returning students such as Guided Pathways Advising to help re-enroll and choose the right class es; plus free wellness counseling and a new virtual platform that provides free telehealth and mental health services. Childcare, transportation assistance, food pantry access, plus dedicated veterans and bilingual staff are also on site. Services (AWS). The colleges also offer English as a second language certificates, which can be applied toward academic degrees.
Desde hace mucho tiempo, las uni versidades comunitarias han sido la opción de estudios universitarios más accesible y económica en Connecticut. Pero, replicando las tendencias de estu dios universitarios nacionales, muchos estudiantes tuvieron que suspender su educación en los últimos años. Las universidades comunitarias han invertido para ofrecer formas de ayudar a comenzar, reiniciar, o terminar la Launiversidad.vidademuchos estudiantes cambio considerablemente durante la pandemia, según Michael Buccilli, Asistente Vice Presidente de Gestión del Éxito de los Estudiantes para las 12 universidades comunitarias de Con necticut. “Algunas de sus familias han crecido, pueden haber dejado un traba jo o empezado un nuevo negocio. Las personas tienen diferentes razones por dejar los estudios y diferentes razones para regresar, y nosotros siempre tene mos maneras de apoyarlos a todos.”
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CT Community Colleges Get Students Back to Class This Fall With Enhanced Services, Flexible Schedules
El semestre de otoño comienza el 29 de agosto. Muchas de las universidades tienen eventos para Inscribirse en un Día (Enroll in a Day), los sábados, y en las tardes en agosto. Los estudiantes que están regresando también pueden programar citas para recibir orient ación. Visite ct.edu para la lista de las universidades y los enlaces para sus sitios web, para obtener detalles.
For those pursuing a bachelor’s degree, community college credits transfer to all four Connecticut state universities, UConn and most private colleges in CT, plus many others across the U.S., which can cut the overall cost of a college education by more than half. Fall semester starts August 29. Many campuses have Enroll in a Day events on Saturdays and evenings in August. Returning students can also make advising appointments. Visit ct.edu for a campus list and links to websites for Thedetails.12community colleges are merg ing on July 1, 2023 to become CT State Community College. Students will seamlessly transition to CT State at that time and will enjoy the bene fits of a merged college with unified transcripts and financial aid pack ages, plus the ability to take courses at any campus. Locations include Asnuntuck (Enfield), Capital (Hart ford), Gateway (New Haven & North Haven), Housatonic (Bridgeport), Manchester, Middlesex (Middle
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The other transmission methods include respiratory secretion, skin-to-skin con tact with infected body flu ids or lesions and sharing items such as towels and linens. It can also spread through domestic pets, but he explained that these transmission methods are not as concerning.
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In general, symptoms start within three weeks of expo sure, but symptoms can show Riverasooner.gotthe virus from one of his sexual partners, who he had seen four days be fore. The pair met through the dating app Grindr; this was their second time. He explained that during June, his sexual activity increased. “I played, I paid,” Rivera said. At the time, his partner showed no symptoms and didn’t have any lesions but complained about feeling Tolethargic.minimize possible expo sure, the DPH recommends washing your hands often, limiting sex partners, avoid ing close skin-to-skin con tact with people who have a monkeypox-like rash and avoiding touching their linens, towels, clothing, fetish gear or sex toys. A person can only be tested for the virus if they have a rash consistent with mon keypox or have had close contact with an infected per son. The DPH states that testing is available at the state Public Health Labora tory and five commercial labs. What to do if you test positive When symptoms begin showing, the CDC recom mends immediately isolating from people and pets until all lesions have healed and a new layer of skin is formed, which can take upwards of a Ifmonth.aperson is required to leave for a medical check-up or an emergency, the DPH recommends wrapping up lesions, wearing long-sleeve shirts and wearing a mask around others. The treatment available for active monkeypox is TPOXX, which is often used to treat chickenpox. TPOXX is still considered an experimental drug but was streamlined by CDC as safe for use. However, Wu said that many people recover without med ication for this strain. The CDC monkeypox web site has an extensive list of recommendations to prevent reinfection while in quaran tine. This includes properly disinfecting tables and coun tertops, disposing of contam inated waste and cleaning bedding and towels. Those without in-home laundry machines should coordinate with their local public health department.
The primary vaccine avail able in Connecticut is JYN NEOS. It is administered in two doses over four weeks. A person isn’t fully immunized until 14 days after the sec ond Theredose.are currently 19 mon keypox vaccine distributors in the state. According to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, the state currently has 6,298 allocated doses of vaccine “available.Theproblem is that we don’t have enough,” Wu Onsaid.Aug. 9, the FDA ap proved emergency use of the available vaccine to extend Thisuse. allows providers to use a smaller dosage between the layers of the skin rather than underneath it. Due to the limited supply, vaccine is mainly restricted to close contacts and people with a high risk of exposure. Other vaccine eligible crite ria include men 18 and up, transgender and/or gender non-conforming people who have sex with men and peo ple with multiple sex part Accordingners. to DPH, the JYN NEOS vaccine is safe for people with HIV and atopic dermatitis. Although a per son is not infectious until they are symptomatic, Wu recommends those receiving the vaccine quarantine until they are fully immunized to prevent further spread. “Vaccines are not 100%,” he said. “If you were exposed to somebody who had it and you had close physical con tact and you received the vaccines, there’s no guaran tee that you’re not going to get it. So it just really de creases your chances; but, if you develop symptoms, you could also expose somebody else.” Local efforts Lea Crown, director of the Meriden Department of Health and Human Services, said her staff is monitoring a handful of monkeypox cases in the Followingcity.the infectious dis ease protocol used for COVID-19, the department is contact tracing both for Johnny Rivera discusses his experience with monkeypox as part of a state Department of Public Health webinar to raise public awareness about the disease. See Monkeypox, A10
“I thought going into it that I was going to do this solo, own my own, like any other problem that you would in your mundane life as an adult. I was rather optimistic that this was only going to last for a week or two,” he said. “Later, it was quite clear that this was going to be a long road and I needed to reach out to people and utilize all the resources I could.”
Rivera was one of the first Connecticut residents to contract monkeypox and the numbers have steadily in Ascreased.ofFriday, there were 11,177 confirmed monkey pox cases nationwide, ac cording to the CDC. In Con necticut, 59 cases have been confirmed. President Joe Biden officially declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Aug 4. Dr. Ulysses Wu, director of infectious disease, chief epi demiologist and chief micro bial steward of Hartford Healthcare, said that the rate of increase is more concern ing than the current num “bers.We’ve only had a handful of cases every year in the world,” he said. “So, clearly, this is something that is much bigger than previous years.” How does it spread? A person with monkeypox isn’t infectious until the first symptoms begin showing. After that, the virus can spread in many ways, but the primary method of transmission is through pro longed close contact, like during sex, said Wu.
Rivera recommends that people experiencing symp toms rely on their support system to get essentials without leaving quarantine.
When Johnny Rivera got his positive monkeypox result, he laughed at his doctor be cause his symptoms were undeniable at that point. The test was just a confirma tion of what he already knew, he said at a webinar hosted last week by the state Department of Public FourHealth.days before getting tested, he found his first le sion on July 11, which he initially thought was an ingrown hair; by the next day, the lesion had engorged and hardened. He was also expe riencing other symptoms such as chills, headaches, abdominal cramps and swollen lymph nodes. During the hardest part of his illness, he had a fever of up to 102.5 degrees lasting five days, rectal bleeding, nerve pain, cold and hot flashes and exhaustion. On day six, Rivera started finding more lesions. He counted a total of 22. “The lesions were really itchy and bothersome, but they were almost like my last concern,” he explained. “It was almost like these were a reprieve compared to the intense [previous] six days.”
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However, he recognized the importance of getting mon keypox information to the LGBTQ+ community since the virus is circulating cur rently in that community. Health Equity Reporter Cris Villalonga-Vivoni is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journal ists into local newsrooms. To learn more about RFA go to www.reportforamerica.org or to donate go to https://bit.ly/ 3dtcJdS
TownTimes|towntimes.comA10 Friday,August19,2022 people testing positive and any close contacts. Crown said if someone tests positive, the department will check in with them to see how they are doing and if they need any essentials un til they are out of quaran tine. Then, the department will reach out to those iden tified as close contacts to check in and make a vaccine Crownreferral.also said they are connecting with other local health departments to find best practices for interview ing and creating workgroups to prevent further spread. “This is obviously a new dis ease for us,” she said. The department is also up dating its numbers daily as more monkeypox informa tion and statistics are re leased on its website and so cial media. Public education to curb LGBTQ+ stigma Rivera, who identifies as gay, said he had received nothing but support during his re covery; however, he recog nizes that is not the case for others in the LGBTQ+ com Accordingmunity. to the DPH, all of the Connecticut cases as of Aug. 8 are people who iden tify as male and almost all identify as LGBTQ+. Howev er, anyone can contract the Riveravirus. explained that one of his friends overheard a group of men making homo phobic remarks in down town Hartford. They re marked that they couldn’t understand why gay men were proud since they were spreading monkeypox. “The [LGBTQ+] community, with good reason, is con cerned that [monkeypox] can be used to stigmatize the gay community and be weaponized against us to strip us of our rights,” Rivera Wusaid.said that one of the best methods of prevention and curbing stigma is through public education and easy access to monkeypox infor “mation.Weare dealing mostly with a group that this is predomi nantly a cohort of [men who have sex with men] and be cause of that a lot of people think that [monkeypox] doesn’t concern them or that this is not a disease that they have to worry about nor do they have to be educated about,” he said. “Public health education only works when everyone is involved.”
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Now The Cove is offering services to families who have experienced a close family death due to COVID19. Since COVID-19 was first tracked, more than 11,000 people in Connecticut have died due to the virus or re lated complications. The eight-week session begins Sept. 15 and runs through Dec. 15, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Children will attend four of the sessions. Caregivers will attend all sessions. An application is required for attendance. “The Cove Center for Griev ing Children understands the impact COVID related deaths has had on so many families here in Connecticut. We are here to support those families,” said Cove’s Execu tive Director Allison Gam ber. “We are grateful to the Brave of Heart Fund, Foun dation of New York Life and Cigna for funding this new Theprogram.”“Confronting COVID” program will run for eight weeks and include a combi nation of activities. These might include music, art, dance, and peer-to-peer dis Deathcussions.from COVID-19 can result in a variety of impacts on the grief process, accord ing to Gamber. Using a wide range of modalities, the pro gram is designed to support and help heal grieving fami lies. “As part of the intake process, we will ask the fam ilies what kinds of activities they enjoy. This will allow them to have some control over this process,” she said.
A facilitator with The Cove, Rosemary Huber, LPC, said, “I hope families that partici pate in the ‘Confronting COVID’ program will find comfort in community. COVID-19 has impacted so many, by coming together to talk about the death of a loved one, families can learn about the grief process and leave the group with not on ly a better understanding of grief, but an action plan on how to move forward. Life will never be the same, but we can learn to live with grief and joy side by side.”
This program will be held at The Cove’s office in Cheshire and is open to all Connecticut residents. There is no charge. Interested fam ilies can complete an appli cation at covect.org. Call 203-634-0500 for more infor mation.
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The Cove Center for Griev ing Children has five loca tions throughout the state, including a branch in Cheshire at 1113 South Main St., Suite A. The other sites are in Guilford, New Haven, West Hartford and Meriden.
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The Cove for Grieving Children will offer a free program at its Cheshire office in September for children and caretakers who lost a family member during the pandemic. Cove facilitator Rosemary Huber is pictured with a client.
Helping children grieving from COVID loss
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The Cove Center for Grieving Children is offering a free program to help youngsters who have lost a close family member, due to the pandem ic, cope with the experience. “Confronting COVID” will commence in September and provide support through a variety of activities geared to wards healing.
A non-profit, The Cove Cen ter provides direct services to families who have experi enced the death of a loved one. The Cove has been in operation for 27 years and also provides outreach ser vices to communities and schools, as well as virtual programs for teens, young adults and male caregivers.
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6. Look for discounts fol low stores on social media for special flash sales and 7.coupons.Waititout especially for clothing. Labor Day/ Columbus Day sales are the best time to buy cold weath er clothes, not now when it is still hot outside. 8.Shop second hand cloth ing or do a clothing swap with friends who are differ ent sizes. There is nothing wrong with a good handBonus:me-down.Don’t forget to check for any Tax Free Week sales. Connecticut’s 2022 Sales Tax Free Week runs from Sunday, Aug. 21, through Saturday, Aug. 27. This tax is an entire week with no sales tax on clothing purchases. Shoppers can buy clothing items for under $100 each as well as some school supplies. Houston’s daughters, Ailey (right) and Annabelle. of Caitlin Houston
8 Tips for Frugal Back to School Shopping
1. Take stock of what you have at home Did you buy a big box of glue sticks last year and shove them in a closet somewhere? I know I did. Amazon always has in expensive items in bulk we need throughout the year (or donate to the classroom) that I stock up on.
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By Caitlin Houston Special to the Record-Journal Have you started back to school shopping? This year is supposed to be one of the most expensive yet for school supplies. We have just a couple weeks left of summer here in Con necticut, but I’ve already started shopping to save Imoney.liketo shop for the new school year over the course of a few weeks (sometimes Insteadmonths).of shoving all of our shopping into one or two days, I shop smart by waiting for sales to make purchases. This year Ailey starts kinder garten and Annabelle starts third grade in the upper ele mentary school so they both need new backpacks. I am so happy I waited until their favorite backpacks and lunchboxes went on sale. My favorite stores are having sales: pricier, high-quality items at 40 percent off and less expensive but good quality end of season finds. We will buy a few warm weather outfits for the new school year, but will wait to buy cool weather items until Theremid-September.isnopoint in pur chasing long sleeves, pants, and sweaters when it could be 80-degrees the first few weeks of school.
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The Town of Durham Public Works Department’s annual chip sealing project was slat ed to begin Wednesday, Aug. 10, weather permitting. The following roads are scheduled: Powder Hill Road, Wheeler Drive, Daisy Lane, Hilltop Drive, Hickory Hill Drive, Guire Road, Shuler Lane and Little Lane. The chip sealing process in volves the laying of oil and stone and is expected to take approximately one week. Residents are reminded to adhere to the posted 15mile-per-hour speed limit on freshly-sealed roads and to use alternate routes during working hours to avoid de Thelays.Public Works Depart ment can be reached at 860349-1816. Help wanted Join a wonderful and dedi cated group of people a few hours a week to help care for homeless cats at Cat Tales’ main shelter. Must be age 15-plus or be accompanied by a parent/guardian. A min imum three-month weekly commitment of two-to-three hours is required. The volunteer application can be found at cat (referenceemail:tion/.talesct.org/shelter-applicaFormoreinformation,info@cattalesct.orgShelterVolunteer).
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