Volume 28, Number 2
Friday, January 14, 2022
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Compost program is living up to its promise By Sue VanDerzee
The almost 100 families participating in the compost pilot program at the DMIAAB transfer station made December the most successful month yet with 1,990 pounds of compostable trash diverted from the local waste stream.
Laura Cuadriello-Arreguin, life coach and owner of Avanza con Laura.
Photo by Antonio Arreguin
Local woman offers life coaching to Spanish-speaking individuals By Jareliz Diaz Record-Journal staff
When Laura Cuadriello-Arreguin came to the United States from Mexico six years ago to be with her husband, she wanted to find a way to continue her work.
She opened Avanza Con Laura in 2016, offering life coaching for Spanish-speaking individuals. The services include therapy, emotional support and relationship coaching. Individual and group sessions are available.
The purpose is to help clients manage emotions, improve selfesteem and better relationships with family, friends and coworkers, said Cuadriello-Arreguin, a Middlefield resident. See Life coaching, A8
CIAC updates its winter protocols By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
WALLINGFORD — The CIAC on Tuesday updated its winter sports guidance to bring scholastic sports in alignment with the national Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the Connecticut Department of Public Heath standards for K-12 schools.
Among the headlines are changes in quarantine periods, return-to-play rules and testing protocols.
Trifone said. “We want to make sure we are doing this right.” As for coaches, Sheehan girls basketball skipper Mike Busillo said he’s happy with the reduction in quarantine from 10 days to five, but wishes it happened sooner.
Mirroring the CDC’s recent move, the CIAC is now requiring only a five-day quarantine period, “Better late than never,” Busillo said. “They were very slow to react down from 10 days. to the new CDC guidelines and “My initial reaction is a little incost kids numerous games and conclusive,” Cheshire AD Steve
See CIAC, A3
Over the four months the program has been operating, a total of 5,858 pounds has been diverted. That amount of trash is equivalent to saving 3,280 pounds of CO2, planting 27 seedling trees or saving 767.4 kWh of electricity. And it’s so easy. Participants have purchased home composting containers arranged for by Coginchaug Area Transition (CAT). Kits include a countertop container with a roll of compostable bags and a garage or basement container into which filled bags are placed before residents deliver them to the transfer station any time during regular DMIAAB hours. Any kind of food waste can be composted; including meat, poultry, dairy, bones, shells, coffee grounds and spoiled food, as well as paper napkins and towels used in food preparation and serving. Folks at the transfer station have been very helpful in making this program as easy as possible for residents. Any person or family who would like to become part of this sixmonth pilot, which has now passed the halfway mark, is invited to visit the Durham or Middlefield town website. Kits are available for $25 at the Middlefield Building Office in the Community Center or Durham Town See Compost, A5