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221 new COVID cases reported in area
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The state’s latest COVID-19 report, which includes two weeks of data, showed 146 positive cases in Durham and 75 in Middlefield, which kept the towns in the coronavirus red zone. The previous report showed 115 cases in Durham and 80 in Middlefield. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. One of the popular winter activities offered at Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort is Interstellar Tubing, a unique “sledding” experience featuring neon lighting and music. This group from Portland — Charlotte Carroll, Danica Strayhorn, Eli Carroll and Gabe Aponte — did some Interstellar Tubing on Thursday, Jan. 20, and it looks like they had a great time.
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Yamartino begins tenure By Nicole Zappone Special to Town Times
Middlefield officials announced earlier this month that Robert Yamartino was the town’s new first selectman, replacing Edward P. Bailey, who died Dec. 8. Yamartino served alongside Bailey on the Board of Selectmen. “When we lost Ed, I lost a friend. We worked closely together for many, many,
years. It was so sad,” said Yamartino, a Middlefield resident for more than three decades. Yamartino, a Republican, indicated that he isn’t looking to shake things up as first selectman. “Ed and I had been working on the Board of Selectmen since 2015, as we were in agreement that our town has been run very well,” he said. “When I view my role, it is to make
sure that our employees, staff, elected officials, and volunteers all have what they need. We give them the tools and resources and let them go. That is how our town works.” Along with his work on the Board of Selectmen, Yamartino also has served on the Board of Education and the Board of Finance. He will serve out the remainder of Bailey’s term and could run for the seat in 2023.
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dation to bring a Gold Star Families Memorial Monument to town.
This spring, one year after breaking ground, the Connecticut Gold Star Families Memorial Monument will be dedicated. A celebration marking the structure’s completion is scheduled for Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
The CT Gold Star Families Memorial Monument will stand at Veterans Memorial Park, 51 Lower Lane, Berlin.
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Letters to the Editor Move forward Editor : This is in response to the letters “Enough is enough” and “Vote no” which appeared in the Jan. 21 edition. I fail to see how helpful it is
to keep revisiting the issue of closing Lyman school, especially as this is not what we will be voting about on Feb. 8. My town, Durham, has benefited for years from regionalization of schools and we should not be pitting the two communities against
each other in talking about this issue. Rather, we should honor the desires of our partner town. I bristle at the idea that we should be paying attention to what an unnamed “former Board of Education” member
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some hoped Lyman school would close. If there is an alternative to spending the money on maintenance that also honors the vote to keep Lyman open, I’m all ears. Unfortunately, those writing to recommend voting “no” have no such plan. Without an alternative plan, a no vote on Feb. 8 is just an obstructionist vote on the will of the people; the cost of such will be borne by the children who attend Lyman school. In my view, that is untenable. Sarah Robertson
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says about voting “no” when our current board recommends spending the money. Further, it is unfair to want to change the regionalization agreement because some people didn’t get what they wanted. Not to mention, it’s highly unlikely that such a measure would pass.
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In Brief
Connecticut law allows you to receive an absentee ballot if you cannot appear at your assigned polling place on referendum day because of active service in the military, absence from the town during all of the hours of voting, illness, religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an official at a polling place other than your own during all of the hours of voting, or physical disability.
Absentee ballot applications can be found online at portal.ct.gov/SOTS.
It’s Girl Scout cookie season The Girl Scout Cookie season has kicked off in Connecticut. If you know a Girl Scout, reach out to her. If you don’t know a scout, visit gsofct.org or contact Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s Customer Care Team at 800-922-2770 to find cookies in your area.
Composting kits Composting kits are available for $25 at the Middlefield Building Office in the Community Center or Durham Town Hall in the Selectman’s office. 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. Payment can be made by cash, check, or VENMO, accessed through the “Compost Pilot” section of the town websites.
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A referendum has been scheduled, for Tuesday, Feb. 8. Local voters will be asked: “Shall Regional School District No. 13, comprised of the Towns of Durham and Middlefield, appropriate $7,500,000 for renovations and improvements to John Lyman Elementary School and authorize the issuance of bonds, notes or temporary notes in an amount not to exceed $7,500,000 to finance the appropriation?” Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The polling locations
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Obituaries Barbara Sloat Rowe MIDDLEFIELD- Barbara Sloat Rowe, of Middlefield, CT, passed away January 12, 2022, at Wadsworth Glen Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, in Middletown. Born October 22, 1934 in East Hodgdon, Maine, Barbara moved to Connecticut after graduating from Ricker Classical Institute High School in 1952. Barbara had lived in Middlefield since 1958, raising three children with her husband, David, while taking an active role in many aspects of the town’s cultural and political life. She was a longtime member of the Middlefield Federated Church, as well as a member and board member of the Levi E. Coe Library. Beginning in 1982, Barbara also served more than 25 years as Registrar of Voters for the Town of Middlefield, often working long hours alongside elected officials and municipal colleagues to ensure orderly and transparent elections and referenda. An avid reader, Barbara worked part-time for several years at the Levi E. Coe Library, then worked several more years as librarian’s assistant at the then-elementary Middlefield Center School. She and David were enthusiastic square dancers, dancing for over 20 years with a
local square dance club and also taking several square dance club trips throughout the northeast. The couple also took numerous trips around the United States following David’s retirement. Finally, following David’s death from colon cancer in 2002, Barbara was an active member of a Colon Cancer Survivor’s group. Barbara enjoyed traveling by car with family and friends throughout her life and took a keen interest in meeting people, making friends of all ages. She avidly watched UCONN Women’s Basketball, loved chocolate, and was possessed of a sharp mind, dry wit, and warm heart. Predeceased by her husband David M. Rowe, brother H. Douglas Sloat, and sister Lee Quinion, Barbara is survived by her three children, David Michael Rowe of Middlefield, CT, Jeffrey C. Rowe of Bowdoinham, ME, and Kimberly B. Rowe of Boston, MA. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Samuel, George, Abigail, and Nell, one great-granddaughter, Anna, and many nieces and nephews. A funeral and burial service will be held for Barbara in the spring. To share memories or send condolences to the family, please visit www. doolittlefuneralser vice. com
Library Durham Public Library Life As An Expat (Zoom). Saturday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. Ever wondered what it’s like to live abroad? Join us for a talk with an American expat living in Italy. Registration is required. STE(A)M Activity Kits. Grades K through 5. Registration is underway for the February kits. Artists Only Activity Kits. Grades K through 5. Registration is underway for the February kits. Teen Self Care. Grades 6 through 12. DIY projects, surprise treats and recipes for yummy comfort food. Registration is required.
Fair recycling efforts making a difference Bottle recycling at the Durham Fair was started in 2006 by Boy Scout Troop 27 and the CRHS ECO club. The groups place approximately 130 blue recycling barrels throughout the fairgrounds and collect, on average, 32,000 bottles and cans for the five cent redemption. The funds raised help support the groups’ activities. Another 5,000 to 8,000 bottles are collected for general recycling. This stops recyclable products from going into the waste stream. Two of the best years, collection-wise, were 2014 and 2017, when around 45,000 bottles and cans were taken from the fairgrounds. Each year, about 40 scouts, students and adult leaders participate in the recycling project. The Durham Fair composting project started in 2013 with a grant from the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation. Since the
project began, 31.21 tons of food waste (62,420 pounds) has been diverted from the waste stream. At the 2021 fair, nearly all food vendors participated in the composting project. Seventy-eight vendors took part, and 33 volunteers helped distribute buckets and collect 3.45 tons (6,900 pounds) of food waste. The food waste is shipped
to Quantum BioPower in Southington, where it goes through a bio-digestion process to create natural gas, which is used to generate electricity. The composting project is a multigenerational effort, drawing volunteers from Sustainable Durham, the CRHS ECO club, Boy Scout Troop 27, Coginchaug Area Transition, and the general public.
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Lyman Orchards to bake pies in New Haven By Thomas Breen New Haven Independent
erties from a holding company controlled by Something Sweet’s Mary Ann Montesano.
A Middlefield-based apple orchard company is moving some of its pie-baking business to New Haven, after purchasing three industrial buildings in Wooster Square and Long Wharf.
Lyman Farm Executive VicePresident John Lyman said in an interview that his company plans on relocating its wholesale pie business from its Apple Barrel facility in Middlefield to the newly-acquired properties. “We’ve outgrown our space,” he said.
That company is Lyman Farm Incorporated—better known as Lyman Orchards—which has been growing apples and selling fruit pies from its Middlefield farm for the past nearly three centuries. According to the New Haven land records database, on Dec. 20, the Lyman-controlled holding company Middlefield Real Estate Holdings LLC purchased the industrial, storage, and warehouse buildings at 724 Grand Ave., 106
For the past year and a half, Lyman’s been looking for “off-site production locations” within a 30-mile radius of Middlefield. When his company saw that Something Sweet had filed for bankruptcy, he said, they zeroed in on these New Haven properties as the ideal spot to set up business.
In this 2016 file photo, John Lyman III, executive vice president of Lyman Orchards, talks about the farm’s long history during its 275th celebration. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Food Terminal Plaza, and 108 Food Terminal Plaza for $3 million. The city last appraised those three properties as worth a combined $3,462,900.
The buildings themselves formerly housed the local bakery company Something Sweet, which filed for bankruptcy last summer. Lyman Farm bought the prop-
Lyman said that the Grand Avenue and Food Terminal
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“You start with the dough making, then lay it into the pans,” Lyman said. “Then it’s baked, and then you go through a process of filling.
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Plaza properties will host two different pie-production set ups. The Grand Avenue facility will be home to Lyman’s new cream-filled pie business, which includes pumpkin pies. That facility has been up and running since late December, Lyman said. He said roughly 15 employees are currently working out of that Grand Avenue site.
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“Then, depending on the pie, there’s another brief bake for the topping, to brown it. “Then you take it to a spiral freezer to freeze it.” Then Lyman packages the pies and sells them as a frozen product to the end customer—such as the Big Y supermarket chain. Customers won’t be able to just walk up to these sites and buy a pie fresh out of the oven. These are “strictly production facilities,” Lyman said, with “no retail capacity.” Customers interested in buying a Lyman pie to eat then and there still have to go to the Middlefield site for that. A longer version of this story originally appeared on the website of The New haven Independent, newhavenindependent.org.
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Schools Locals in college American International College, Springfield, Mass., named Riley Carey and Owen Clancy to its dean’s list for the fall semester. Curry College, Milton, Mass., named Sarina McCoy and Taylor McDermott to its dean’s list for the fall semester. Palmer College, Davenport,
Iowa, named Amelia Gagner to its dean’s list for the fall semester. Roger Williams, Bristol, R.I., named Samuel Castiglia, Jason Salley, Noah Shoudy and Hannah Racki to its dean’s list for the fall semester. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., named Julia Kosienski and Lindsay Peach to its president’s list for the fall semester.
University of Delaware, Newark, Del., named Alexander Infeld to its dean’s list for the fall semester.
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