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Volume 27, Number 45
Friday, November 5, 2021
School closing passes, Bailey is reelected By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
A group of 25 honored Howard Kelley Community Service Award winner Jen Huddleston on Oct. 16 at The Giving Garden. Photos by Annyta Vizard
The majority of voters answered in the affirmative. The unofficial results showed the vote was 1,555 to 1,159 in favor of closing the school.
Giving Garden pioneer honored Where better to honor Middlefield resident Jen Huddleston, recipient of the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation’s 2020 Howard Kelley Community Service Award, then at a reception in The Giving Garden? With about 25 people in attendance on a perfect fall day, CVEF VP Tina Gossner said of Huddleston’s role in the creation of the garden, now in its third season, “Many others would have been overwhelmed by starting The Giving Garden. Jen just jumped in and within a year we had rows, fences, a shed, electricity, a set up for an irrigation system and produce to give away!”
See Election, A11
Acknowledging her award, Huddleston was quick to point out the true community nature of The Giving Garden, noting she had never experienced a project that flowed so easily. Community members, businesses and charities were eager to contribute.
Winter sports plan looks more normal
“Whenever we needed something, that thing would flow to us as a gift,” Huddleston reflected. “All I had to do was be as present and mindful as possible, and orchestrate.”
Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — CIAC leaders met with high school athletic directors last Friday to discuss fall tournaments and the upcoming winter season.
CVEF president Nancy Earls thanked those who attended the Oct. 16 event, including family, friends, CVEF supporters and donors and preSee Garden, A3
This election season, local voters were faced with a referendum question that residents have debated for years: “Shall the Regional School District 13 Plan of Regionalization be amended to authorize the Region 13 Board of Education to close John Lyman Elementary School in the Town of Middlefield?”
According to a preview shared by the CIAC, the winter sports season is expected to start on time, all sports Jen Huddleston speaks.
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