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Library awarded $147K state grant This month, the Durham state legislative delegation announced the approval of a state grant to support renovations to the Durham Public Library. State Sen. Paul Cicarella (R34), House Republican Leader Vincent Candelora (R-84), Sen. Christine Cohen (D-12), and Rep. JohnMichael Parker (D-101) thanked the State Bond Commission for approving the allocation of $147,000 to support library improvements. “The Durham Library is a fixture of our community and this funding enables it to best serve our community as a center of learning and conversations for years to come. I thank the state for recognizing the importance in investing in our libraries to promote literacy, community, and education access,” said Cicarella. The Durham Public Library developed a plan to update

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the building’s interior. Upgrades will provide new quiet study areas, community gathering spaces and updated technology access. The project will also add automated entry doors and ADAcompliant furnishings to improve access.

The state’s most recent COVID-19 report, which includes two weeks of data, showed 67 positive cases in Durham and 37 in Middlefield, which kept the communities in the coronavirus red zone. The trigger for topof-the-chart red status starts at 15 cases per 100,000 people per day. The previous state report showed 57 positive cases in Durham and 36 in Middlefield.

“We listened to local officials, did our due diligence, and worked together as a team for the benefit of the people of Durham,” said Cohen. “I want to thank my legislative colleagues and Governor Lamont and the State Bond Commission for seeing the value of this public project and for bringing it over the goal line.” Earlier this year, Cicarella, Candelora, Cohen and Parker penned a letter urging state support for the project. “The library is dedicated to providing the residents of Durham with reliable access to books, programming, and other informational re-

Connecticut has seen its positivity rate move over 5 See COVID, A2

Thanks to a bipartisan effort, upgrades are on tap for the Durham Public Library.

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Middlesex Health will assume ambulance coverage in Durham On Jan. 3, 2022, Middlesex Heath will become the basic life support ambulance provider for the Town of Durham. This means that Middlesex will assume responsibility for all 911 ambulance coverage in the town. “This arrangement is in the best interest of the town,” First Selectman Laura Francis said. “In recent years, our town and Durham Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc. have faced significant challenges with providing

However, Durham Volunteer Ambulance Corps is currently responsible for providing basic life support level service, and that will change in 2022. 24/7 ambulance service. We approached Middlesex for help and have the utmost confidence in the health system’s ability to care for our residents.” Middlesex Health already provides paramedic level service to Durham.

Earlier this year, Middlesex applied for the basic life support level primary service area agreement with support from both the town of Durham and the Durham Volunteer Ambulance Corps. See Ambulance, A4

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Masks are still required Record-Journal staff

With COVID cases continuing to climb, the Connecticut Department of Public Health announced that all high school, recreational and youth athletes in Connecticut must continue to wear masks while competing this winter. The mask requirement was due to end Dec. 23 in CIAC See Masks, A5

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Happy New Year, my friends help us grow and evolve. I’m not sure how well I am doing on that score. As 2021 rolled out, I had a fairly good attitude. But I was not able to maintain it. I got a bit worn down. More than a bit.

Onward and upward. The road ahead is shiny and new, and beckoning us to a life of awesomeness. Troubles begone! We are facing the sun, and the wind is at our back.

We’ve had it rough lately.

So here’s New Year’s Eve, and it is a testament to the human spirit that hope springs eternal. This is the night that we feel we can cast our troubles behind us — hopefully, far, far behind — and carve out a magnificent future for ourselves.

I, myself, am loathe to make any predictions for the coming year. I failed miserably at that two years ago. I crowed about how 2020 was going to be a fantastic year, I could just feel it. I believe that column may have been used to line people’s bird cages. Understandable.

It seemed 2020 really had it out for us, although I don’t know what any of us did to deserve such wrath. 2021 was a smidgeon better, but there was definitely room for improvement. So I am hoping that you will swoop in and save the day. You might want to dig out your cape.

I never used to understand what all the hooting and hollering were about at the I am always hearing how the stroke of midnight, but now I challenges, the obstacles, the get it. We turn a page. It’s a new chapter in our lives. difficulties are in place to

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percent for several weeks. “We think (the numbers) are going to continue to rise at the moment and hopefully settle down sometime in early January with a plateau and then see a decline,” said Dr. Ajay Kumar, chief clinical officer for Hartford HealthCare. “But we need to take a deep breath. We know how to manage. We are fortunate to be in Connecticut where we have a high vaccination rate. It’s going to be challenging over the next several weeks but we are in a position to manage.”

tion, COVID-19 symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Symptoms may include fever or chills, coughing, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea.

So I’ve gotten away from the fortune-telling. I’ve learned that there will always be ups and downs. There’s no way around it, such is life.

people to wear masks indoors and social distance if among unfamiliar people.

Now my fervent prayer is that I relish the ups and do not take them, for the teensiest minute, for granted. And that I weather the downs, coming out the other side stronger and wiser and better. Not falling apart. Just knowing that those troublesome times are there for a reason, and if I dig really deep, I will find the pearl. There’s always a pearl. And the next “up” is already on the way. Just stand firm. Steady as she goes. I will consider it to be a good year if, by its end, I will have learned to wear life a bit more loosely. To go with the flow. To make peace with uncertainty.

So, my friends, come 2022, may you have more ups than downs, and when the downs come, may you see them more as a friend than the enemy. May we all find the gifts — in everything. Happy New Year, everybody.

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am not so inclined to hope only for smooth sailing. Now I hope I have the wherewithal to navigate the rough waters, too. I think I do. I think we all do.

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HARTFORD — A special commission plans to review Connecticut’s laws that govern public health and civil preparedness emergencies — in light of the COVID-19 pandemic — and make recommendations for how they might be changed. The five-member group created by the state’s Legislature met on Tuesday, Dec. 21 for the first time. It includes a lawmaker, legislative attorneys, staff and others.

Rep. Michael D’Agostino, DHamden, the panel’s cochairperson, said one of the “little silver linings” of the pandemic is the opportunity to reexamine old statutes that were “probably born of the atomic age” and now should be updated so the General Assembly and the administration can better respond to emergencies in the future. While there was bipartisan agreement during the early days of the pandemic that Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont needed extraordinary

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emergency powers, the legislature’s minority Republicans and some Democrats have more recently pushed back on attempts to extend those powers. Currently, they’re scheduled to expire on Feb. 15.

The legislation creating the Bipartisan Commission to Study Declarations of Public Health and Civil Preparedness Emergencies set a Jan. 1 deadline for the group to report its findings to the General Assembly.

However, D’Agostino said given the group’s late start, it likely won’t complete its work until closer to Jan. 21, which is allowed under the law.

Durham officials voted recently to merge two local transit districts for the purpose of improving service. Estuary Transit District, better known by the moniker "9 Town Transit," will now absorb the Middletown Transit District, which includes Durham and Middlefield.

First Selectman Laura Francis said the decision to merge was based on a study funded by the state Department of Transportation. The study, which began in early 2019, was completed in the fall of 2020. It recommended that the Middletown Transit District and Estuary Transit District merge to achieve a more efficient and sustainable approach to delivering transit service across the Lower Connecticut River Valley region.

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It is possible six other Connecticut River Valley towns may be added in the future. Francis said the membership fees for the town will not increase as a result of the merger. “Voting to join the two districts will not increase the membership fees that we already pay,” Francis said during the Dec. 13 Board of Selectmen meeting. “Any costs that are associated with expansion have been funded by the state of Connecticut.” Any potential fee increases will be voted on by the transit board, on which Durham will have representation. No existing positions will be lost as a result of the change, said Joseph Comerford, the

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The Estuary Transit District currently serves Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westbrook. The consolidation would add Middletown, Middlefield and Durham.

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While its application awaits state approval, the new arrangement will still move forward. Middlesex will assume its new responsibilities after the start of the new year under a memorandum of understanding until the arrangement is formally approved by the Department of Public Health.

The Town of Durham will not incur ongoing costs associated with this arrangement, and patients will not automatically be taken to Middlesex Hospital in Middletown. Hospital destination can be impacted by several things, including, but not limited to, the patient’s choice, their condition and current state protocols.

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high school sports for vaccinated athletes. Those not vaccinated were going to be required to keep wearing them while playing.

The mask requirement continued in the spring with boys volleyball and in the fall with girls volleyball. With COVID numbers declining through the fall after the Delta surge of summer, the CIAC and DPH relaxed the mask policy heading into winter.

But on Dec. 22, the CIAC announced that everyone is back in the same boat. The change was made as COVID numbers spike due to the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant. “We’ve had not had any talks about postponing or putting the season on hold under the guidance we have under the state Department of Public Health,” CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini said last week. “We have monitored COVID every day and every week since March 10, 2020," Lungarini added. “We are watching it very closely and how the cases are coming in. With the data coming in, we are not seeing significant transmission through sport. The numbers remain a very

low transmission risk in athletics, but we continue to monitor it with our Sports Medicine Advisory Committee on a regular basis.” Lungarini did note there have been more postponed winter events than in the fall. “We expected to see an uptick in the winter,” he said. “However, winter sports are much easier to reschedule.” A year ago, with the pandemic in its second wave and vaccines not yet available beyond health care pro-

fessionals and people ages 65 and older, the CIAC, in conjunction with DPH and Gov. Ned Lamont, delayed the start of the winter high school season for nearly two months. When the season did commence, athletes were required to wear masks while competing in basketball, hockey and gymnastics. Swimming was held virtually, wrestling was cancelled entirely and indoor track was limited to some outdoor

While athletes, coaches, officials and fans were still required to wear masks in all indoor settings outside of actual competition — such as in locker rooms and on buses and on the bench — the new rules required only unvaccinated athletes to continue wearing them while playing after Dec. 23. This drew opposition from some school officials and athletes who claimed the rule would reveal vaccination status, thus violating medical privacy, and stigmatize those who chose not to receive a vaccine.

That’s now a moot point. All basketball and hockey players and indoor track runners must continue wearing masks even while competing. Wrestlers, gymnasts and track jumpers/throwers do not have to wear them while competing. In those instances, masks are considered a safety issue. Swimmers, as was the case during the fall season, do not have to wear masks while in the water. “Today’s modification will keep kids safely engaged in interscholastic and youth athletics,” Lungarini wrote to athletic directors on Dec. 22. “Any lack of adherence to COVID-19 mitigation strategies increases the potential of negatively impacting teams and potentially threatens the ability to complete a sports season. Let us all remain committed to providing opportunities for kids by strictly adhering to the amended guidance.”

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Get outside Everyone Outside has been connecting children and families to nature for more than 10 years. Visit EveryoneOutside.org, or email Lucy@EveryoneOutside.org.

Tree hunt DMVFS and DMLWC present a Family Holiday Tree Hunt throughout the month of December. Five trees are decorated around Durham and Middlefield, and include a prevention fact. Can you find them all? Check out Wadsworth Falls, Peckham Park, Lake Beseck, Allyn Brook Park and Millers Pond. Share photos of the decorated trees to be entered in a swag bag giveaway. Visit dmlwc.org/treehunt.

Garden club On March 23, 1933, 12 ladies interested in gardening gathered at the Durham library to organize the first garden club in town. Now in its 88th year, the Durham Garden Club is faced with a dwindling membership. The club invites all who love gardening and nature to consider joining. Contact Karen Pat-

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Also, the online Christmas tree resource states if some tree needles scatter inside, it is better to sweep them up; as needles can clog vacuum cleaners. According to the website, a Christmas tree can be placed in your garden or backyard and used as a bird feeder and sanctuary. Fresh orange slices or strung popcorn will attract the birds and they can sit in the branches for shelter. Within a year, the branches will become brittle and you can break the tree apart by hand or place it in a chipper.

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