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State Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams (D-Meriden, Middlefield, Rockfall, Middletown, Cheshire), state Rep. Michael D. Quinn (D-Meriden, Middlefield, Rockfall), and Amy Poturnicki, president of the Lake Beseck Association, applauded the Environment Committee's unanimous passage of House Bill (HB) 6384.

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CHESHIRE — The games are coming back in full and the masks, for the most part, are coming off. The CIAC released its COVID19 safety plan last Thursday for the upcoming spring season and there were no surprises. It reflects the improving landscape of the pandemic, the public health threat that still remains and the precautions that should continue to be taken to ensure a safe season. In the big picture, the plan released March 11 reads like a long-shuttered window being thrown open — apropos for a day that felt like spring. There will be a full spring 2021 season, complete with state tournaments. Also, athletes can go back to competing without masks so long as they’re playing outdoors — and so long as they want to. Masks in the spring season are optional. Outdoor athletes can wear them if they want to. They’re just not required. Not so for boys volleyball, the spring’s lone indoor sport. Like girls volleyball players in the fall and most athletes here in the winter season, boys volleyball players will be required to compete wearing masks. Whether indoors or outside, the CIAC is requiring masks to be worn at all times by coaches, players, officials, game workers, spectators and by athletes when they’re not in active competition. See CIAC, A12

The Pixellot automated camera in the Coginchaug High School gymnasium. Photos by Nadya Korytnikova

Automated cameras allow CRHS to broadcast events By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times

Streaming high school sports live isn’t new but it became a necessity thanks to COVID-19. When the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference released guidelines restricting the number of spectators at fall and winter sporting events, Coginchaug Regional High School had to grapple with the best way to proceed. During the fall season, the school’s athletic department utilized Facebook Live to broadcast sporting events. This winter the school joined the National Federation of State High School Associations, which provided Coginchaug with two Pixellot automated-production cameras. The Pixellot unit uses AI-powered algorithms and computer vision to track the ball without a human camera operator. The system can turn on and off by itself and is pre-programmed to cover events.

With the installation of Pixellot automated camera units, sporting events at the CRHS gymnasium and football field can be live streamed See Cameras, A14 without the help of human operators.

This piece of legislation, "An Act Concerning Aquatic Invasive Species Effects on Lakes and Related Funding," will require the commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to enter into an agreement with the town of Middlefield and the Lake Beseck Association regarding a schedule for annual water level drawdowns of Lake Beseck. "I am pleased the Environment Committee moved this legislation along unanimously," said Daugherty Abrams. "This intervention is needed to begin to rid the lake of harmful invasive species that can make Lake Beseck unsafe for native species and people who enjoy it. This collaboration among the town, commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and Lake Beseck Association will lead to a drawdown schedule that is best for the town, those who frequent and enjoy the lake, and ensures an even safer aquatic environment. I am grateful to have been able to work on getting this done with Amy Poturnicki and the Lake Beseck Association, whose commitment to the lake and our community are second-toSee Lakes, A20

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The state’s most recent COVID-19 statistics, representing two weeks of cases, found that 381 patients were hospitalized with laboratoryconfirmed COVID-19.

The latest tally showed 22 positive cases in Durham and 10 in Middlefield, which works out to an average of 21.8 daily cases in Durham and 16.3 in Middlefield.

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Middlefield Federated Church, 402 Main St., will host a blood drive Wednesday, March 31. Schedule an appointment by downloading the Red Cross Blood Donor app, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1800-733-2767 or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.

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Soles 4 Souls On Saturday, April 3, members of the Model United Nations Club at Coginchaug Regional High School will collect new and gently used shoes for Soles 4 Souls, an organization that distributes footwear to people in need in the U.S. and around the world. Model UN club members will be stationed outside Strong School, 191 Main St.

As of March 11, the total of laboratory-confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported among Connecticut Easter flowers residents was 290,577, inThe Durham Middlefield Excluding 270,354 laboratoryconfirmed and 20,223 prob- change Club will host its Annual Easter Flower Sale April able cases. 2 and 3, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Strong School, 191 Main St. President Joe Biden’s adSocial distancing is required, ministration has informed the state that it should be re- with masks. Curbside service is offered. ceiving a “significant” increase in vaccine doses over the next several weeks. The state expected to receive Adult education about 130,000 doses this week, a figure that Gov. Ned Middletown Adult Education has joined a national camLamont predicted could climb to about 200,000 doses paign to enroll adult learners into programs that equip by early April. them with skills that lead to “This allotment, combined high school equivalency and with our state’s strong exejobs that pay a family-suscution over the past several taining wage. Adult educaweeks, allows Connecticut to tion provides on-ramps to significantly accelerate the better jobs and to college. schedule so that we can equitably and efficiently vacci- Free academic programs are offered days and evenings, nate as many residents as and are open to area resipossible,” Lamont said in a dents. For more information, statement, noting it’s “still call 860-343-6044 or visgoing to take some time to it maect.org. get the vaccine to everyone who wants it” and urged people to remain patient.

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Face-offs in girls lacrosse were being reviewed by that sport’s CIAC committee and an update is expected. As for the number of spectators who can and can’t come in, there’s no change there. The CIAC leaves it up to individual schools and districts to set their own policies. The CIAC is recommending teams continue to condition and practice in cohorts for the sake of limiting COVID spread and the number of

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Such water level drawdowns are designed to balance the various concerns of the lake community, including: recreational needs, preservation of lakefront infrastructure, fisheries habitat and other natural resource concerns. — Press Release

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“I have been working closely with Sen. Daugherty Abrams on H.B. 6384 which looks to modify the Lake Beseck drawdown. Sen. Daugherty Abrams and Rep. Quinn know how much this bill means to the Lake Beseck community since it is a way to improve one of the few tools we have to manage aquatic plants in the lake," said Poturnicki. "I am encouraged by the tremendous amount of support it has received, and optimistic that it will pass both the House and Senate and be signed by the Governor.”

Per the drafted legislation, "Water level draw downs shall be three feet during even-numbered years with completion achieved by December first of such year and maintained until March first of the following year. Water level draw downs shall be six feet during oddnumbered years achieved by November first of such year

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"This legislation is important to the health of Middlefield's Lake Beseck and I am pleased to see it moving forward and out of committee," said Quinn. "Giving the town more flexibility as to when and how much to draw down will help ensure the lake remains safe and enjoyable for everyone. This project has been in the works for quite some time and I am glad the measure we introduced this session will make it closer to becoming a reality. Many thanks to my predecessor Buddy Altobello for his steadfast efforts to maintain and protect the lake.”

and maintained until [December] January thirty-first of [such] the following year; a three-foot water level draw down shall be maintained thereafter until March first of the following year."

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