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Volume 23, Number 50
Friday, March 13, 2020
Lyman Orchards to celebrate Entrepreneurs gather for EDC workshop Pi Day, local non-profits By Everett Bishop Town Times
This year, Pi Day in Middlefield just got a little bit sweeter. Dubbed Pi Day after the eponymous mathematical symbol whose first three digits are 3.14, Lyman Orchards is celebrating this Saturday by opening the Apple Barrel and serving up sweet, delicious pie specials and samples. “What’s not to love about Pi Day? We get to bring awareness to the mathematical constant of 3.14195 by serving our award-winning, handmade fruit pies. Everyone loves pie, and it’s a fun – and delicious –way to celebrate Pi Day with pie,” said John Lyman, executive vice president. But the celebration doesn’t end with pie. In fact, community organizations are joining Lyman Orchards throughout the weekend in order to partake in the festivities. Lyman Orchards’ Pi Day festivites will feature a story time and a craft with the Levi E. Coe Library, a
The Apple Barrel market at Lyman Orchards will open for the season on Saturday, March 14. Bailey Wright, Record-Journal
firetruck and fire safety lesson with the Middlefield Fire Department, face painting, vendors and a performance by the traditional Irish and Celtic musical group Dublin Down. The fun begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. Then, Sunday, beginning at 10 a.m., Lyman Orchards will be hosting the first ever Durham Middlefield Community Day. “We’re going to have local non-profits coming into the Apple Barrel to talk about
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prise. More than a dozen participants attended.
Starting a business is a challenge but a recent workshop hosted by the Durham Economic Development Commission aimed to help new entrepreneurs find success.
“The thing I see the most when someone comes to my office with an idea is that they don’t even have a plan and they certainly don’t have the money,” Jackson said.
On Thursday, Feb. 20, Jim Jackson of the Connecticut Small Business Development Center led a workshop at the Durham Public Library for aspiring business owners. The goal was to provide resources and some direction to those taking the first steps towards a new enter-
According to Jackson, the importance of a concrete business plan is more than just securing a loan to jumpstart an idea. “A business plan allows you to test the process on paper,” he said. “It should help guide you along.” See EDC, A16
what they do and give them a chance to interact with the customers,” said Lyman Orchards spokesman Tim Burt. Organizations in attendance will include: Levi E. Coe and Durham Public libraries, the Middlefield Lions Club, the Durham Middlefield Exchange Club, Go Far, CT Forest & Park Association, Willy’s Friends, Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation, DMYFS and the Middlefield Fire Department.
Jim Jackson of the Connecticut Small Business Development Center spoke to a group of hopeful entrepreneurs about the first steps they will need to take in order to start their business.
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Photo by Everett Bishop, Town Times
Lamont declares health, civil emergency over coronavirus By Pat Eaton-Robb Associated Press
Gov. Ned Lamont said the move will allow him to take faster action to protect pubHARTFORD — Connectilic health and safety, includcut’s governor declared both ing suspending certain laws a public health and civil pre- and regulations. Most noparedness emergency Tues- tably, he said it helps the day in response to the coro- state ramp up its testing canavirus, similar to actions pacity faster. taken during hurricanes.
The move comes after a sec- problems, it can cause more severe illness, including ond person tested positive for the virus in Connecticut. pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from For most people, the virus the new virus. causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever Here is a look at some of the and cough. For some, espe- steps taken in Connecticut cially older adults and peo- on Tuesday. ple with existing health
Emergency The emergencies declared by Lamont will ease regulations to allow additional entities to conduct testing. The action also allowed Lamont to authorize the state’s public health commissioner to See Coronavirus, A9