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Friday, October 11, 2019
NASCAR star gets the corn maze treatment By Everett Bishop Town Times
Kathleen Erikson ran over dirt paths lined with corn, turning to her friends every now and then to yell out “This is the way! I promise.”
Students from Coginchaug and Tongji high school broke bread at a community potluck dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Photo by Everett Bishop, Town Times
Chinese students visit as part of school partnership By Everett Bishop Town Times
A total of 22 students and two educators from China stayed in Durham and Middlefield recently as part of a partnership with Coginchaug High School. The students and faculty members from Tongji High School in Ningbo lived with host families.
“Part of our mission is really to help prepare our students to be thriving and contributing local citizens,” said Regional School District 13 School Superintendent Kathryn Veronesi at a community potluck dinner welcoming the Tongji students on Oct. 1. “What we realized is, unless our students have some authentic experience with students from around the world then we’re really
For the past 20 years, Lyman Orchards has been creating corn mazes with designs taken from national or regional headlines. This time, the honor went to NASCAR star and Middletown native Joey Logano. “It had been awhile since we did a sports theme. And we thought, well, NASCAR is one of the top spectator sports, and
thought it might have a wide appeal,” said Executive Vice President John Lyman III. “The fact that Joey Logano was born in Middletown and happened to be the NASCAR Driver of the Year last year, it was a great local tie to a national sport.” Lyman also said that the maze gave Lyman Orchards a chance to promote the Joey Logano Foundation, which has invested $3 million in community organizations across the country, according to the foundation’s website. See Maze, A15
limited in our ability to achieve that.” Veronesi, Board of Education Chair Robert Moore, Board of Education Secretary Norm Hicks, Coginchaug Principal Brain Falcone, and World Language Teacher Kate Germond visited Ningbo last December with a consultant from ACES International to facilitate the partnership. See Students, A17
A tribute to 2018 NASCAR Champion Joey Logano was the inspiration for the 20th annual corn maze at Lyman Orchards. Photo courtesy of Lyman Orchards
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The Durham 60+ Club and Travel will meet Monday, Oct. 14, 1:30 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center, second floor, 350 Main St. Officers will be installed for the upcoming year. Following the meeting, refreshments will be served. Bingo will be played at $1 per-card (open to the public). Seniors from surrounding towns are welcome to join this social, active, travel club. For more information, contact Sue Giuffrida at 860346-0724.
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Library Durham Public Library
Programs for teens (Registration required):
Programs for kids (Registration required): Preschool Art Workshop. Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Ages 2.5-plus; Author Brendan Wenzel. Thursday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. Celebrating Wenzel’s new book, “A Stone Sat Still.”
Movie Matinee Thursdays, 1:30 p.m. See durhamlibrary.org for the list of movies.
Teen Mythos: Urban Legends. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m. This is a 3-week series. Grades 6 and up.
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Programs for adults (Registration required):
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m. Join Lynn McPhelimy as she discusses decluttering, organizing and simplifying.
Author Talk–Stephen Gencarella. Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. Gencarella
will discuss his book “Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut: Hiking the State’s Legends, Hauntings, and History.” See Library, A9
Call 860-349-3857 or stop by the library to register.
Nature Walk with Lucy Meigs. Saturday, Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m. Meets at Mica Ledges Preserve.
Library closed Monday, Oct. 14, for Columbus Day. Life Organizer & Coach.
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Flu Clinic & Hearing Screening: Free. Friday, Oct. 11. Call 860-349-7121 to register.
AARP Driver Safety Course: Tuesday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 860-349-7121 to register. Laugh out Loud with Lynn McPhelimy: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m., at Levi E. Coe Library. Learn to declutter, organize and understand your treasures. Call the library at
860-349-3857 or the Senior Center at 860-349-7121 to register. Middlefield & Durham Senior Bus: Note that 48 hours notice is required for medical trips. Call Middletown Area Transit at 860346-0212, press 2.
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The Senior & Social Services Department is open Monday and Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to 3: 30 p.m., Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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The Connecticut Legislature continues to increase pressure on our town’s finances! In fact, revenue from the state to Middlefield has been reduced by over $400,000 since 2015. So it’s more important than ever to manage Middlefield’s budget with maximum efficiency. As a member of your Board of Finance, I pledge to: • Actively work to reduce expenses and lower taxes on homeowners and businesses. • Ensure our capital funding is well-positioned to meet our Town’s infrastructure needs. • Use strict financial restraint while continuing to provide essential services for all residents. • Ensure our Rainy Day Fund is sufficient to cover unanticipated and emergency expenses which can and will arise. • Work collaboratively with our Selectmen and other Board of Finance Members to ensure your tax dollars are spent wisely.
I’m asking for YOUR vote on November 5, so I can help keep Middlefield’s finances on track! Paid for by the Middlefield Republican Town Committee, Charles Schmaltz Treasurer. Approved by Mike Skelps
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Notre Dame Church, 272 Main St., Durham, and St. Colman Church, 170 Hubbard St., Middlefield, 860-3493058. Mass schedule: Monday and Tuesday 8 a.m. at Notre Dame; Wednesday and Friday 8 a.m. at St. Colman; Saturday 4 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 a.m. at
350 Main St., Durham, 2nd floor, 860-704-0477. A non-denominational Christian/Pentecostal Church. Sunday service at 11 a.m., Tuesday prayer meeting at 7 p.m. Women’s Bible study meets the first and third Wednesday at 7 p.m., Men’s Bible study meets
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Educator Spotlight: Justine Plourde By Bronwyn Commins Special to Town Times
Compatissante et inspirante. I had to rely on Google for those words, because I haven’t been in a French class since the 1980s, but don’t pick up your phone just yet. I will share what they mean: compassionate and inspiring. Both words were chosen to describe Coginchaug’s newest French teacher, Justine Plourde. Plourde is a graduate of CRHS, and so many of her co-workers happen to be those very educators who inspired her to become a French teacher. Ms. Cashore and Ms. Kuzman: those of us who have worked with them know how amazing they are.
Coginchaug’s newest French teacher, Justine Plourde.
Those who haven’t should be grateful that they led this devoted educator to find her way into teaching. At one time, Plourde was considering a career in family counseling or psychiatry, until she realized that she
could have the same impact on young people as a teacher, and as a French teacher, there was an added bonus: speaking French every day. Not to say that her other inSee Plourde, A16
COMMENTARY
Good talk, Mr. Robot I realize that I am out of step with our modern day era. Technology-wise, I am back in the Middle Ages. And I am constantly being surprised by the marvels breath. No one seems to of the day which, in some appreciate the poor thing. fashion or other, always I, for one, felt a little intimseem to be talking to me. idated at first upon laying eyes upon him/it. I felt like For instance, there is a robot-looking thing at Stop I was in a science fiction movie. But I have gotten & Shop that rolls up and down the aisles, announc- used to the ‘ol boy and now I get a kick out of ing to whoever needs to him. know these things, that clean-up is needed on Of course, there was that aisle such-and-such. The time when he blocked the looks on people’s faces as aisle and would not let me they encounter this conby. I kept saying “Extraption are priceless. cuse me,” but he turned a Some shake their heads, some mutter under their
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Thursday Board of Directors: Oct. 17, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort, 99 Powder Hill Road, Middlefield.
Friday Forest Fridays (ongoing playgroup): Oct. 11, 10 11:30 a.m. The Red Barn in Durham, 352 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Oct. 11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield.
Saturday Applesauce Canning Workshop: Oct. 12, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Middlefield Federated Church, 402 Main St. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Oct. 12, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Salty Yoga: Oct. 12, 10 - 11 a.m. Soulshine Salt Cavern, 352 Main St., Durham.
Sunday Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Oct. 13, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield.
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Tuesday Intro to Crystals for Adults: Oct. 15, 6 - 10 p.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Oct. 15, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Women's Business Alliance: Oct. 15, 5 - 6:30 p.m. Indian Springs Golf
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Intro to Crystals for Adults: Oct. 17, 6 - 10 p.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Oct. 17, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Nature Playgroup: Infant/ Toddler (ongoing): Oct. 17, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham. See Things, A9
Intro to Crystals for Adults: Oct. 16, 6 - 10 p.m. The Red Barn, 352 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Oct. 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice: Fall Dessert Board Class: Oct. 16, 6 - 8 p.m. Torrison Stone & Garden LLC, 422 Main St., Durham.
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Himalayan Salt & Sound Therapy with Kelvin Young: Oct. 17, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Soulshine Salt Cavern, 352 Main St., Durham.
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Author Talk–Eric Lehman. Thursday, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. Join us as Lehman discusses his book “Connecticut Vanguards.”
Author Talk–Diana Ross McCain. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 6:30 p.m. Join us for “Creepy Connecticut: Tales of Vampires, Psychics, and Alarming Amphibians,” a talk based on McCain’s book, “New England Myths and Legends.”
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Cinder + Salt Trail Clean-Up and Forage Walk with Chi For Healing: Oct. 19, 9 - 11 a.m. Wadsworth Falls, 721 Wadsworth St., Middletown. Fall Harvest Celebration: Oct. 19, 4:30 - 7 p.m. Church of Epiphany, 196 Main St., Durham. Lyman Orchards: Corn Maze: Oct. 19, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield. Salty Yoga: Oct. 19, 10 - 11 a.m. Soulshine Salt Cavern, 352 Main St., Durham.
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Beware the little kings of the jungle By Mike Roberts
There is really nothing in our great outdoors that bothers me too much. Oh, except ticks and mosquitoes. First, it was the ticks with the dreaded Lyme disease. Now it’s mosquitoes with the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.
John M. Plodzik DURHAMJohn M. Plodzik, 56, of Durham, husband of Joyce L. (Roberts) Plodzik, died Friday, October 4, 2019 at Middlesex Hospital. He was born in Hartford, the son of Linda (Tourtellotte) Plodzik of Florida and the late John K. Plodzik. John served with the US Navy. He was a mechanical engineer with Oxley in Branford and most recently with Direct Color Systems in Cromwell. In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by stepson, Robert Yelle; stepdaughters, Jodi Butler and her husband John, and Kacie Varner and her husband Steven; step grandchildren, Keagan, Bobby, Maggie, Pennie, Grace, and Zackery. A memorial service will be held at a future date and burial will be at the convenience of his family. There are no calling hours. Those who wish may send memorial donations to a charity of the donor’s choice. Biega Funeral Home has care of the arrangements. To share memories or express condolences online please visit www. biegafuneralhome.com.
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play host to ticks that lie in wait for a warm body to come close enough to attach themselves to.
Fortunately for me, the doctor in charge that day was an authority on ticks — I believe his name was Dr. Kenyon. He assured me that it was indeed a Lyme tick and proceeded to use a scalpel to remove the critter. Then it was a 10-day regime of huge pills to fight the Lyme disease and, at that time, it seemed to work.
home to really impress your better half. Even as I write this column. I have a tendency to glance down at my arms just to make sure that there are none of those nasty critters looking for a place to put the bite on this old writer.
The deer tick, the primary transmitter of Lyme disease, is a very small tick. Larva are about the size of It looks like insects will be The thing about a tick bite the period at the end of this taking over our outdoor — and I say this from expe- sentence. Nymphs are world if we are not careful. rience — is I have never felt about the size of a poppy them when they bit me. I seed and adults are about 1/ Having spent a good part of only found them by seeing 8 of an inch long. my life in the outdoors, I them on my body (or havhave become very familiar Adults may feed in the fall ing someone else see with ticks. I have been bitor in warm weather in winthem). ten more times than I can ter and early spring. count, and while I seem to Glenn Agnew, the wellNymphs are active all sumharbor many symptoms of liked village barber in mer and feed on many aniLyme disease, all of my South Meriden who passed mals, while larva like to tests come back negative. away recently, once found a feed on mice. Adults feed I do have to tell you that on deer and other large anfinding a tick stuck to your tick imbedded in the back I even had inoculations torso does come as a shock, of my neck while giving me imals, but the bad part that were advertised as a about the whole Lyme scea haircut. Glenn skillfully and many times removing Lyme disease preventive removed it. I never knew it nario is that ALL stages of it is no easy feat. (three of them) only to be this dangerous pest, espewas there. told later that they were not My very first encounter of cially nymphs and adults, an effective preventive They tell you to keep your the Lyme tick kind came have been found feeding measure. Oh, well. shirt tucked inside your many years ago, when I on humans. first started to pen this col- trousers and to tuck your Now the big worry, and pant legs inside your socks, Removing a tick that has umn. rightfully so, is the EEE been found attached to and many times this does virus caused by mosquito Back then I was using a your body can be a tedious work, And sometimes it bites, and sorry to say I do typewriter and was sitting task, but I have found one does not. As long as the not have any information at my desk, pondering my solution that seems to work weather allows, I tuck my on this. However, I do see next sentence. I had my trouser legs into knee-high quite well. It is called RIDthat many evening outdoor arms crossed and felt a A-TICK. It is a small patch rubber boots and spray activities have been moved small bump under my arm them copiously with a tick that you place over the to daytime hours as a proabove the elbow. Try as I whole tick for about 30 spray. tective measure against might, I could not get a minutes. When you take kids involved in sport getBut even then, I have found the patch off, the dead tick look at it. So I went to the ting bit by an EEE-carrying bathroom mirror and put them crawling around my comes with it without leavmosquito. wrists looking for a spot to my arm up to it and still ing any contaminating tick grab onto my skin. And that parts in your skin. had a hard time seeing Regarding the Lyme-carryin itself is odd, because what it was. ing ticks, I have become while I could not feel them It has worked well for me. VERY familiar with them Then I found it. biting me — most of the and ways to prevent them, The only place in our area time around my belly on It was a TICK! Ugly and although even then quite a that sells RID-A-TICK that I the belt line — I could feel back and stuck into my number of them got know of is the Fishin’ Facthem as they crawled on skin. through my protective eftory in Southington (860my wrists and face. Just forts. I called Edna for some help about all of the times I no- 621-8145). ticed them was when I was That’s it gang, gotta run. This year, deer hunters will in removing it. She tried Vaseline and that did not sitting in my treestand be a prime target for ticks. See ya’ and God Bless work. Tweezers would not hunting deer. But it is not only deer America and watch over remove it. hunters who need to be our troops wherever they If you are a deer hunter or wary of these blood-suckSo the next move was a vis- follow any outdoor pursuit, may be serving this great ing insects. Golfers and country of ours. Freedom is it to the Emergency Room for that matter, just come homeowners should be, as at the former Veteran’s not free! home with some ticks and well. Many of our yards Memorial Hospital on Pad- let them drop off in your dock Avenue. In my personal experience with ticks, I have found that I never noticed them when they attached themselves to my body. I usually found them by visible means. One practice I have used to try and protect my Darlin’ Edna and our dog Charlie is to shed any clothes that I have worn out in the woods in the garage before I go into the house. This has seemed to work pretty well, so far.
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Another look at transportation
Build now, pay later? It’s not going to be that easy
It’s worth noting — after the General Assembly this year shot down any version of Gov. Ned Lamont’s plan for imposing tolls on Connecticut’s highways — that there is still a 10-year plan on hand for rebuilding the state’s transportation infrastructure. It’s called CT 2030, and it involves both highways and railroads. The governor is updating CT 2030, because hardly anyone disagrees that this state’s transportation system needs a lot of work. The AAA recently listed the BridgeportStamford corridor as one of the worst urban roadways in the nation, with 40 percent of the roads in the area in “poor” condition and only 31 percent ranked as “good” or “fair.” This aging transportation infrastructure is widely seen by both Democrats and Republicans as one of the obstacles to sustained economic growth in our state. But how to pay for the needed work? Widespread tolls may not be the only way.
That doesn’t mean that some level of tolling and/or tax increases might not be needed in order to accomplish big transportation goals, but House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said the federal program essentially offers nocost financing for 15 years. That could take the state beyond the period when its crushing pension and debt liabilities are expected to abate. Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, and House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, said they saw potential areas of consensus, even if the GOP remains opposed to tolls. Klarides said the briefing could be “a game-changer.” Lamont, a Democrat, said this could be “the critical first step” toward a bipartisan approach to addressing
Morteza Farajian, executive director of the federal trans-
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By Keith M. Phaneuf © The Connecticut Mirror
As Gov. Ned Lamont fishes for legislative support for his new transportation plan, he’s dangling some juicy bait: hundreds of millions in low-interest federal loans that can rebuild infrastructure and jump-start Connecticut’s economy now — but don’t come due for 10 or 15 years.
If that sounds a little too good to be true, however, you wouldn’t be wrong. That’s because while the governor reels in lawmakers with visions of new bridges and wider highways, his plan also comes with a hook: Connecticut can’t leave the entire bill for its children to pay off.
For Lamont, that new source of revenue is a network of tolls – albeit a much smaller one than he proposed in February.
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“What we’re seeing now is what the Republicans wanted all along, and that’s longterm planning for infrastructure,” said Deputy House Minority Leader Vincent J. Candelora, R-North Branford.
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And while his administration briefs lawmakers on the transportation plan in hopes of securing a special session later this fall, legislators have Though the governor hasn’t come within nibbling disreleased many details of his tance — but haven’t yet bit. plan, sources familiar with it say it involves a 10-year in“What’s very important to vestment of about $18 bilthe governor is to do two lion, or an average of $1.8 things at once,” Ryan Drabillion per year. jewicz, Lamont’s chief of staff, said Friday, Oct. 4. “We Connecticut currently want to be fiscally responsi- spends about $1.5 billion ble, but also to recognize the annually on its infrastrucreality that we have within ture, a roughly equal mix of the legislature.” state borrowing and matchThat “reality” is a Democrat- ing federal grants. ic majority in the House that Lamont wants to suppleproclaims it’s ready to adopt ment that foundation with tolls now, and a Democratlow-interest federal financcontrolled Senate that might ing available for highway, be able to pass tolls by the bridge and rail work. Interest narrowest of margins — but rates are close to 2%. doesn’t want to do so withEqually important, the state out Republican support. could defer making any payThe GOP remains wary of ments — or accruing any inany tolling network, even terest — on the debt until one much smaller than the five years after completion of system Lamont proposed in a major project. And given February. But Republican that larger projects could leaders also concede there’s appeal in the governor’s plan to leverage huge sums of federal money — cheaply — right now.
take 5 to 10 years to finish, Connecticut might not have to start paying off this debt for 10 to 15 years.
debt costs far into the future, Lamont hopes to entice lawmakers wary of a major tolling system.
That means if the state starts paying off this obligation around 2030 or 2035, and follows the typical 15- or 20year schedule, the full debt might not be paid off until 2045 or later.
And by acting now, the governor also said Connecticut could inject about $300 million more into its construction economy each year, on average, over the next decade.
Federal transportation officials wouldn’t approve such financing unless Connecticut dedicates revenue now to be pledged against the debt, Drajewicz said.
“Transportation infrastructure is the horse and everything else is the cart,” Drajewicz said, “If we transform our infrastructure, what will follow will be an economic rebirth for the state of Connecticut.”
And while he didn’t offer specifics of the governor’s plan, sources said it involves electronic tolling tied to about 16 to 18 aging bridges. That’s far less expansive than Lamont’s February plan, which involved tolls on four major highways involving about 50 gantries. Therein lies the balance the administration is trying to strike. By scaling back the tolling system, and shifting some
Don Shubert, president of the Connecticut Construction Industry Association and a longtime advocate for tolls, said the plan only works if Connecticut raises some new revenue now to cover the debt payments that would arrive many years into the future. “You have to be responsible and balanced,” Shubert said, urging Lamont and lawmakers to find the right mix of
“The sooner we start addressing the shortfall, the better off we will be in terms of providing safety, relieving congestion and [spurring] economic growth,” he said. House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said recently that the governor’s plan should draw bipartisan support — if Republican legislators practice what they preach. “There is no disagreement among any of the caucuses that we need a massive infusion of cash” into the capital program,” Ritter said. But Candelora said tolls remain problematic, and cautioned that Connecticut cannot afford to shift too much transportation debt into the future. See Later, A14
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Scheckman and Comess recently spoke with the Record-Journal’s “On the Record: Music” podcast.
A free concert by the Spin Doctors is slated for the anComess said that after 30 nual Southington Apple Harvest Festival on Saturday. years, the band members still “have a great chemistry” The New York-based band, and this year “we’re soundwhich formed 30 years ago, ing better than we’ve every peaked in popularity in the sounded.” mid-1990s when “Two “Even when we play those Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” topped the old songs, we tend to improvise a lot and play different rock charts. set lists in our shows,” he The concert is scheduled for said, “and we mix it up with 7:45 p.m. Oct. 12 on the the newer material … so evmain stage. erything just stays really fresh.” The band’s lineup includes all four original Scheckman said the band members: singer Chris Bar- plays shows mostly on weekron, guitarist Eric Scheckends from March through man, bassist Mark White November, hopping from and drummer Aaron town to town. Comess.
Why not? For one reason, required contributions into pensions for state employees and teachers are projected to rise significantly between now and 2030, despite the recent refinancing of both systems.
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“The sound is kind of iconic,” he said, adding that the band members together “just have the craziest combination of styles, and that’s what keeps it fresh.”
If the governor’s plan locks Connecticut into hefty transportation debt payments in the 2030s, Candelora said, legislators then may have no fiscal option other than to order a much more expansive tolling network than Lamont is seeking now.
Comess said the band tries to give a great show wherever they play, so playing an outdoor festival isn’t that different from a club venue. “As long as the people are there and into it, we have a great time,” he said. Making a living in the music industry for 30 years is a difficult thing to do, but the band members keep themselves busy, sitting in on session recording and creating solo projects.
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Lamont said he is determined not to hand future governors a transportation debt balloon payment. “Yeah, isn’t that what every governor does to the guys that come after him?” he said. “That seems to be an old habit around here. I want to break people of that bad habit.” This story originally appeared on ctmirror.org.
“Our caucus wouldn’t be interested in forcing tolls down the road,” he said. “Whatever is done for transportation, it needs to be intellectually honest.”
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Sounds like the wisdom of a veteran teacher to me. While Plourde’s background in language is extensive, and we reminisced about the Mandarin Chinese program
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Thanks to the dedication of this remarkable teacher, I think we can be very certain that, yes, there is a lot of learning (and fun), for the very fortunate French students at Coginchaug.
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