Friday, January 1, 2021
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Volume 27, Number 1
Durham officials considering Farmers Market Committee By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
Durham officials are considering a Farmers Market Committee to assist Market Master Jon Scagnelli. Since the Durham Farmers' Market's inception in 2008, the number of vendors has doubled from 15 to 30, which led Selectman George Eames to express doubt about whether Scagnelli is capable of running the Durham Farmers’ Market on the town green. market alone.
Seven-year-old Lillian McMinn raised more than $1,000 through her “Walter Project” fundraiser and will donate the money to the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen in Middletown. Photos by Rachel McMinn
Local 7-year-old raises funds for soup kitchen By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
Lillian McMinn raised the money by selling wooden ornaments with hand-drawn nordic bears.
The “Walter Project” was inspired by an encounter Lillian and her mother Rachel
McMinn had in December. While visiting Starbucks, they spotted a homeless man in the adjacent parking lot. They asked for his name and offered to buy him food. The man, who said his name See Lillian, A9
Along with forming the committee, Eames suggested hiring traffic control personnel and changes to traffic flow. Additionally, Eames said he wanted Scagnelli to be mindful of complaints and go before
the Planning and Zoning Commission each year to ensure the market abides by all necessary regulations. In his reply, Scagnelli assured town officials that he See Market, A8
Durham poet’s work picked for Art in Public Places project By Bronwyn Commins Special to Town Times
A local soup kitchen will receive a donation of over $1,000 from a 7-year-old girl on a mission to help the homeless.
“It feels really good because I know it's a great project,” the Middlefield resident said. “Whether you are young or old — you can still make a difference in a whole wide world.”
During the November Board of Selectmen meeting, Eames presented a list of recommendations that he believes should be adopted before the market opens for the 2021 season.
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Diane Alderete, of Durham, was recently selected by the West Hartford Art League for its Art in Public Places program, bus shelter project. Her poem, written in various languages and complemented with a reflective panel, graces a bus shelter near New Britain Avenue and Newington Road in West Hartford. The art league commissioned artists to create designs for 10 bus shelters in West Hartford. The project received funding from the
Edward C.& Ann T. Roberts Foundation as well as from the Goldbeck Family. Alderete’s insights into the benefits and challenges of public transportation did not begin in the suburbs of Connecticut. She grew up in Wisconsin, attended college in Minnesota, and did not have a car until she was 23. Some of the stresses associated with those regular trips on the bus inspired lines in her poem, particularly with regard to inner dialogue she’d had about whether See Poet, A6
Diane Alderete poses at the bus shelter in West Hartford where her poetry installation is on view. Photo by Bronwyn Commins