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Volume 23, Number 42
Friday, January 17, 2020
Future appears bright for Coginchaug football
RECORD-BREAKER
By Everett Bishop Town Times
Despite turning in a solid 7-3 campaign, the 2019 Coginchaug co-op football team fell short of the Class S playoffs. The team’s stellar play was not overlooked, however. For the first time in the team’s history, the coop had six players named to the All-Pequot League team. They are: quarter-
back Aaron Faiella, wide receiver Jackson Moore, offensive lineman Zak Cunningham from Hale-Ray, defensive back Evan Faiella, linebacker Tyler Garretson and defensive lineman Eli Ripper from East Hampton. In addition to scoring a spot on the All-Pequot team, Evan Faiella and Moore earned Hartford Courant and New Haven Register All-State recogni-
tion. Faiella was a first- and third-team selection on defense and Moore earned honorable mention for offensive players. “Aaron, Evan and Jackson have broken numerous school records this year with their performances,” said Nicholas Faiella, president of the Coginchaug Football Club. See Football, A8
Cohen to seek re-election By Everett Bishop Town Times
First-term state senator Christine Cohen will seek re-election in 2020. “I’ve always felt a call to service,” said Cohen, who represents the 12th District, which includes Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison and North Branford. A Democrat, Cohen serves as Senate Chair of the Environment Committee, Vice-Chair of the Com-
Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
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According to her senate website, during her first term, “Cohen focused her public policy energies on protecting Connecticut’s environment, preventing gun violence, making Connecticut healthier, and strengthening the state’s economy.” Cohen’s bio states that she
“helped pass new state laws to ban single-use plastic bags beginning in 2021, to ban the production of untraceable ‘ghost guns,’ to raise the smoking and vaping age to 21, to reduce business taxes, expand workforce development training, institute a paid family and medical leave system beginning in 2022, and allow for the planting of hemp on Connecticut cropland – a brand new industry for our state.” See Cohen, A12
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Elyse Boothroyd set a new Coginchaug six-dive record in a SCC crossover meet at Sheehan on Tuesday. Boothroyd, a junior, compiled a first-place score of 269.85, but the Lyman Hall/Coginchaug swim team was bested by Xavier that day 92-84.
merce Committee, and sits as a voting member on both the Planning & Development and Children’s committees.