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Best friends found theater company Kelly Boylin Surette and Teddy Hall grew up in Durham and attended Coginchaug Regional High School and The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. They have shared their love of musicals Surette since they met in fifth grade at Memorial Middle School. After almost 25 years of friendship, Surette and Hall are still best friends – who have now co-founded their own theater production company, Surette Hall & Hall Theatricals, LLC. Their first endeavor? An investor workshop of Surette’s “Moms: The Musical” set to launch in New York City. The creative team behind “Moms : The Musical” hope the workshop will be a first step towards an Off-Broadway or Broadway run. “Moms” is a fast and furious ride through the uproarious and heartfelt journey of becoming a new mom. It follows two first-time mothers who, from an unlikely friendship, discover how strong they are as they take on their role as mothers while unapologetically preserving who they are as individual women. The show honestly addresses the long overdue representation of motherhood and women in the theater through female empowerment. Additionally, it positively normalizes LGBTQ+ representation in family structure while challenging cultural and gender norms. “Moms” originated from Surette’s personal experiences as a mother of two little girls as well as her desire to illuminate the voices of the women See Theater, A9

Marijuana legalized in Conn. This week, Connecticut became the 19th state to legalize adult, recreational use of cannabis. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont signed the bill into law Tuesday, June 22.

The Board of Selectmen in Durham are considering making an exception to the town’s herbicide application prohibition to address invasive Japanese knotweed. In this photo, a bicyclist in Southington passes an area overrun with invasive plant species, including Japanese knotweed and garlic mustard, near the train depot along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail on April 20. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

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Durham officials are considering using herbicide to combat a Japanese knotweed infestation. Earlier in May, the town Conservation Commission asked the Board of Selectmen to lift its moratorium on using herbicides for town property and roadside maintenance. The commission requested an exception in order to eradicate spreading Japanese knotweed since the invasive species doesn’t respond well to organic treatment. The commission reviewed instances of Japanese knotweed throughout the town before concluding it poses a significant problem. The knotweed is spreading near a storm drain on Parmelee Hill Road near Wildwood Lane; along the guardrail on the east side of TriMountain Road, and along Seward Road to the east of Saw Mill Brook. Knotweed is also spreading on the

east side of Howd Road and extends into the town-owned parcel there. Conservation Commission member Lorrie Martin noted that there are towns that have been taken over by knotweed. During a recent Board of Selectmen meeting, Luke Johnson, owner at Johnson Environmental LLC, advised using thin invert emulsion herbicides to treat an infestation of Japanese knotweed. The herbicide breaks down the waxy cuticles of the plants faster than just water-based formulations. That allows using a much lower percentage of the herbicide over a larger area. “Using that thin invert emulsion, you are using at most five gallons an acre,” said Johnson. “You can go as low as one gallon an acre, depending on the mixture that works best for that particular site.” See Knotweed, A10

The Senate approved the legislation – An Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of AdultUse Cannabis – Thursday, June 17 on a 16 to 11 vote. Four Democrats joined all the Republicans in attendance in opposition, including Christine Cohen, whose district includes Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison and North Branford. Another local Democratic senator, Mary Daugherty Abrams, was a yes vote. She represents the communities of Cheshire, Meriden, Middletown, Middlefield and Rockfall. Nine senators were absent for the June 17 vote, including Republican Paul Cicarella, who represents the towns of Durham, East Haven, North Haven and Wallingford. Beginning July 1, people age 21 and older will be allowed to possess and consume marijuana. Also, the law lays the groundwork for a new cannabis industry in the state and attempts to address racial inequities stemming from the nation’s war on drugs. “We had a chance to learn from others, and I think we’ve got it right here in the state of Connecticut,” said Lamont, referring to the See Marijuana, A17

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A year like no other Last week we celebrated the 2021 graduates of Coginchaug Regional High School, a group that experienced their entire senior year of high school in the shadow of COVID-19. We also ended this most unusual school year for learners at all five of our school campuses, along with others who opted to learn remotely during the pandemic, with field days, class picnics, step-up ceremonies, music performances, and a flurry of athletic contests culminating in two state championships (baseball and softball) for our Blue Devils! As we bring 2020-21 to a close, I want to thank and recognize those that worked so diligently to make in person and remote learning available in Regional School District 13 over the past year in spite of the many obstacles and challenges that we all faced.

I would also be remiss if I didn’t thank those that worked tirelessly to develop and administer the COVID vaccines that are so readily available in our state and local communities. I was thrilled to be able to participate in the district clinic for employees in March and April, and I am encouraged by the number of learners, families, employees, and residents, who have also been fully vaccinated. Though there are still many unanswered questions about exactly how we will operate schools when we reopen in August, I know that our best chance of returning to “normal” will depend on how many of us get vaccinated during the next several months. Please help our schools and our local community by getting vaccinated if you haven’t done that already. We learned many lessons over the past 15 months, and I hope that we will use this new knowledge to improve See Schuch, A9

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First, I want to thank our learners of all ages, who faithfully followed new mandates around health screenings, face coverings, physical distancing, and many other protocols that were necessary to keep our schools operational. Next, I want to thank parents and families for their flexibility with our daily schedules, calendars, and for playing their part in supporting remote learning, whether as a choice or as a result of a quarantine. Next, I want to thank our teachers and other employees for adapting our classrooms, schools, and their own instructional practices to meet the academic and socialemotional needs of our learners, while honoring the established COVID-related health guidelines.

None of the people I just mentioned would tell you that the school year was ideal, but I hope that most Schuch will appreciate that we did the best that we could given the circumstances. I am proud of our commitment to in person learning, something that was led by our board of education and my predecessor, Dr. Serino, long before I arrived in January, especially when so many schools in Connecticut and across the United States opted to keep their learners at home.

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Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Have I told you lately how much I adore you? If I haven’t, that’s my bad. Every year I am tickled pink when you show up, but soon enough I start taking you for granted. As if you being here is a permanent thing, and we all know that it isn’t. And then when you have gone your merry way, making room for autumn and winter, I wish I had treasured all those magical moments more, instead of pretending that the trees would always be green and the flowers would always be blooming and the birds would always greet my day and the butter-

flies would always be flitting about. All too soon there will be a dearth of life when I gaze upon my backyard. This year I will try to do better. I will hold your treasures in my heart every day. Well, that’s the plan anyway. Because when I am not paying attention and not relishing the good stuff, it all just zips by. And then I am lamenting, “Summer, where did you go?” But I know that if I slow down, and give you your due, it will feel like you are slowing down, too. You won’t be, but it will feel like

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Pack 33 Scouts come through for local nursery school The North Guilford Nursery School, serving students age 2 to 5, has been expanding their science and playbased curriculum through experiential lessons including STEM activities, mindfulness outdoors, and even harvesting syrup by tapping local maple trees. During a chance conversation between NGNS Outdoor Program Director Donna King and Cub Scout Leader Carolyn Janis of Pack 33, based in Middlefield, Durham and Rockfall, King noted a desire for garden beds at the school.

At the same time, the Pack 33 Bear Den was seeking out a crafting project to complete their “Baloo the Builder” adventure. Under the direction and creative vision of George Alvarez, whose son Ryan is a Pack 33 Scout, the Bears secured a generous donation from Lowe’s as well as from family and friends to create the garden beds and prepare the soil at the North Guilford Nursery School. The Bear Scouts created the beds alongside their parents. Scout Zoe DiPetro said, “My favorite part was using the saw.” Mary Jane Breault, whose granddaughter Alexa is a Pack 33 Scout, helped with the donations, saying she was drawn to supporting the project, as her sons had been Scouts. “Scouting just encouraged the best out of my kids,” she noted.

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James Daniel Veronick GREENVILLE, SCJames Daniel Veronick, age 34, passed away on June 20, 2021 in Greenville, SC. Born in Meriden on February 18, 1987, Jim was the beloved son of Daniel and Beverly (Wysocki) Veronick of Durham, CT. He grew up in Durham, CT and graduated from Coginchaug Regional High School in 2005. Jim earned his BS in 2009 and MS in 2010 in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, and in 2017, he earned his PhD, also in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on bone regenerative engineering. Jim was employed most recently by Luxor Scientific in Greenville, SC, as a technical diagnostics coordinator and previously at Lucideon in Greenville, SC, as an orthopedics wear test engineer. Jim loved basketball and was a walk-on for UConn during the 20072009 seasons. In 2008, he received the CPIA’s Men’s Basketball award for Academic Excellence. The 2008-2009 season culminated with a trip to the Finał Four. His favorite pastimes included fishing and working out at the gym, but nothing was more important to Jim than his family whom he loved more than anything. Besides his parents, Jim is survived by his sister, Sharon Veronick, her fiancé Tom D’Onofrio, their children, Riley and Ryan D’Onofrio, and also aunts, uncles, and cousins. He

was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Stanley and Stephanie Wysocki, his paternal grandparents, John and Mary Veronick, all of Meriden, and his aunt, Daria Cusano. Family and friends are invited to attend calling hours at the John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home, 88 East Main Street, Meriden, CT on Sunday, June 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. A memorial service for the departed will be held at 4 p.m. The funeral will be held on Monday, June 28, at 10:30 a.m. at SS Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, 54 Park Avenue, Meriden, CT. Everyone is asked to meet directly at the church. Burial will follow at the SS Peter & Paul Cemetery in Meriden. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to SS Peter & Paul Endowment Fund, 54 Park Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450. For online condolences, please visit, jferr yfh. com.

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that the Mantzarises have since retired and moved out of town.

WALLINGFORD — The local farmers market is set to open for the season Saturday, with a new supervisor bringing his experience running Durham’s market.

The market supervisor is a paid position. Scagnelli is responsible for soliciting and scheduling vendors, designing the market layout and attending each Saturday.

The Wallingford Garden Market is scheduled to run 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays from June 26 to Sept. 4 at Doolittle Park.

Scagnelli kept the Durham Farmers’ Market going all winter, moving operations indoors to the Durham Activity Center.

Jon Scagnelli, the new market supervisor, lives in Durham but grew up in Wallingford and graduated from Lyman Hall High School.

Scagnelli contacted Bjorkman about running Wallingford’s market and began working on a plan in mid-March.

In addition to being Durham’s market master, he’s chairman of the town Recreation Committee and coordinates craft vendors for the Durham Fair. Scagnelli said Tuesday that it was vendors in Durham who approached him about becoming Wallingford’s market master, which wouldn’t have happened this year otherwise, he said. “I figured, this is my hometown,” he said. The town Parks and Recreation department took over the market in 2017 from Wallingford Center Inc. and moved it from the train station green to Doolittle Park. The former market managers, Jessica and Adam Mantzaris, ran it until last year, when COVID-19 hit. The market operated in a truncated form, without crafts, candles, live music or demonstrations. Michelle Bjorkman, the Parks department’s superintendent of recreation, said

“It was kind of late in the season,” he said. “I had a scramble to get all these vendors, because most vendors, by the time we coordinated, already have markets picked out. For Durham, I started looking for vendors in December.” Despite the time crunch, Scagnelli rounded up about 30 food and craft vendors, local eateries and community groups to participate, including David and Donna Terrell of Meadow Walk Farm in Cheshire and Nick Imbriglio of Passionately Pasta in Wallingford. All three vendors said it was Scagnelli that made them want to participate in the Wallingford Garden Market this year. Donna Terrell makes non-traditional jams by incorporating other foods like tomato, onion and cloves. David Terrell can trace his family’s history on their 22-acre property back to 1747, nearly 275 years.

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the way that we support learning. In spite of the major technological advances in our world, our schools still basically operate the same way they have for more than 100 years. My hope is that Re-

gional School District 13 will use this moment in time created by COVID-19 to examine our education system, and to take bold steps to transform our schools to best empower learners to thrive and contribute as global citizens. Doug Schuch is superintendent of Regional School District 13.

A variety of piano music was presented by students of local teacher Susan Gregory Sunday, June 6 at The United Methodist Church of North Haven. The event showcased the dedication of each student who remained committed through 15 months of online lessons. Those students are Claire Roraback, Ellory Connell, Claudia Loebick, Katey Talbert-Slagle, Taylor Connell, Abby Cyrus, Liam Fitzpatrick, Ellie Nick, Lena Liesener, Daphne Liss, Dylan Ram, Jacquie Predom and Eric Liesener.

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New government role for former senator Bartolomeo By Nick Sambides Jr. Record-Journal staff

MERIDEN — Longtime city resident and former state senator Dante Bartolomeo has been appointed to immediately succeed retiring state Department of Labor Commissioner Kurt Westby, Gov. Ned Lamont said last week.

winning team that helped the labor department dig out from under the coronavirusengendered collapse of the state economy a year ago.

“This past year has tested us immeasurably and Connecticut Department of Labor staff rose to each challenge – for that, they have my deepest respect and gratitude,” Lamont said in a Westby will leave by July statement Thursday, June 1. Bartolomeo will serve as 17. “The whole team … did interim commissioner until whatever they had to do to the General Assembly conget the job done and get firms her appointment. Lam- benefits out to the residents ont described Westby and who needed them.” Bartolomeo as part of the

Bartolomeo has a lengthy political history in Meriden. She represented the 13th District in the state Senate for two terms beginning with her election in 2012 but lost to Republican Len Suzio in 2016. She previously served on the Meriden City Council. Following U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, the state’s former education commissioner, Bartolomeo is among several Meriden leaders to rise to prominence lately in state or federal government positions, said state Rep. Michael Quinn, a Democrat repre-

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By mid-May, the department had processed about 480,000 of the 515,000 applications received since March 13, or about 93%, Bartolomeo said, also achieving its goal of a one-week average processing time.

Bartolomeo “is the real deal, like Miguel Cardona, someone who worked up through the ranks and got a lot of experience in a lot of different positions,” said City Councilor Michael S. Rohde. “She is a very hard worker. She put in a lot of hours to address constituent requests. I think the world of her. She will do an extremely good job in that position.”

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Bartolomeo was often the face of the department through the coronavirus crisis. In May 2020, at the start of that deluge, she reported that applications for unemployment since mid-March 2020 had exceeded 500,000.

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“She is a very intelligent and caring person and clearly those traits will serve her well in the Labor Department,” Quinn said. “She certainly got a baptism by fire in the department last year. I don’t think there’s any challenge that she can’t beat.”

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“Jon has been a phenomenal market master,” Imbriglio said. “He’s very much committed to local, which I think is important, and that was one of their big reasons why I wanted to come back into the market scene with him, because I know that if he does the Wallingford market, he’s going to do it the best he can.”

Donna Terrell said Scagnelli is “the whole reason we’re coming, because we do three other markets,” including Durham. “We used to do the Wallingford market when it was down in the center of town,” she said. “Jon is very organized. He has a keen eye for detail.” Imbriglio, a Wallingford native and artesian pasta maker, begins his process from scratch, milling the flour himself and sourcing local ingredients. He said he’s

Scagnelli said he has a love for farming, with a vegetable garden and egg-laying chickens at home.

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ways had a garden. My grandparents had a garden. So I was around a lot.” With COVID-19 cases declining and more people venturing out, Scagnelli hopes to line up live music and demonstrations “If I want to come down on a Saturday morning,” Imbriglio said, “you get to see people that you keep in touch with all the time, it’s a wonderful feeling to see that your town supports you and supports others, so I try to keep that in mind.”

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Spanish Conversation (Zoom). Fridays, 4 p.m. All levels welcome. Email kmcnally@durhamlibrary.org. French Conversation (Zoom). The first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. All levels welcome. Email kmcnally@durhamlibrary.org for the weekly meeting link.

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COVID testing. This service provides free transportation within the Middletown Area Transit service area seven days per week. The trip must begin in Middletown, Middlefield, East Hampton, Portland or Durham. You may book a trip by calling the taxi provider, Curtin Transportation, at 860-4431655. Reservations may be made between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

My dear girl, I make this commitment to you. I will continue to cherish you, every moment if I can, for your entire stay. Because way too often I have regretted not holding onto life’s juiciness, and when those precious moments were gone I wondered why I had not given them the attention they deserved. But with you I am turning the page. I believe I am becoming more present to my life, and to yours.

Kudos on all the honeysuckle you brought to my backyard this year. I don’t ever remember you gracing me with so much of it. I sit in my chaise lounge and I put my nose up in the air and just sniff and sniff, like a bloodhound on the scent

Just a suggestion, if I may be so bold as to offer one. And this is probably just me. As I write this, the nights, as of late, have been a smidgeon on the cool side. I do not relish waking up to a cold house. But what cheers me up is knowing that we are going in the right direction. A cold house in the fall feels almost unbearable to me, because we know where we are headed. It’s only going to get worse.

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