Volume 27, Number 16
Friday, April 16, 2021
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Lawmaker touts bills addressing landfills
The Durham Farmers Market opened for the season Thursday, April 8 and will run on the Town Green Thursdays through the end of November. Photos by Nadya Korytnikova
Farmers Market kicks off season By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
The Durham Farmers Market held its opening day last week accompanied by blue sky and a warm breeze. The popular market will run on the Town Green Thursdays from 3 to 6:30 p.m. through the end of November. Market Master Jon Scagnelli managed to open the market a month earlier than last year. “We’re very excited to start in April,” he said. “This is another textbook perfect day, just like our opening day last year. The sun is out, the temperature is just right, everything is perfect.” Many farmers and vendors are excited to be back, with several listing the Durham market as their favorite spot to sell goods. Jane Sibley, whose Auntie Arwen’s Spices booth features more than 500 blends, said the market is well organized. See Market, A8 Mason Smith from Frank's Wood Fired Pizza.
The GuilState Sen. Christine Cohen praised several bills ford Democrat reprepassed by the legislature's Environment Committee sents the 12th Senate so far this session that she District, says will help address Connecticut's growing criwhich is sis of – and the potentially comprised of Branfinancially crippling prob- Cohen lem of – disposing of all of ford, its weekly household Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison and North garbage. Branford. As Connecticut's landfills fill up, as its trash to ener- "This isn’t an issue that is looming in the coming gy plants age and close and as otherwise reusable years or decades. This is an issue that is happening food waste continues to provide a larger and larger right now – as in, today. portion of our state's And this is an issue that weekly trash collection, the Environment Committhe legislature must protee has made some good vide solutions to save local progress on over the past taxpayers money and pro- several weeks," said Cotect the environment, said hen. Cohen, who is Senate Chair of the Environment Committee. See Cohen, A8
Diversity committee prepared to tackle uncomfortable topics By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
cussed whether residents should have an option to send emails to the group’s According to its charter, account anonymously. the aim of Durham’s new- While some members said ly-formed Equity, Diversity stating a full name in an and Inclusion Committee email is necessary to avoid is to “educate, promote harassment and bullying, and encourage diversity Donahue favors allowing and inclusion.” Committee people to send anonyChair Bob Donahue bemous messages. lieves creating a communication pipeline between ‘We definitely want to hear residents and board mem- from people who don’t bers is part of that process. mind being recognized,” he said, “but if there is At its last meeting, Equity, confidentiality that needs Diversity and Inclusion Committee members disSee Diversity, A15