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Durham’s POCD adopted By Mark Dionne Town Times
After months of work and numerous and sometimes difficult meetings, Durham has a new, officially-adopted Plan of Conservation and Development. Durham’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted to accept the document, which describes the state of the town and lays out a vision for the future. Cities and towns in Connecticut are required to have a POCD and to update it every 10 years.
John Lyman III, executive vice president of Lyman Orchards, looks out over his family farm’s corn maze, being watered by a large irrigation gun, on Monday. After multiple days with temperatures in the 90s, local officials and farmers are keeping an eye on the horizon, hoping for some rain. | Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
“I want to thank each and every one of you for your hard work because you really came through and put in the hours,” P&Z Chair Frank DeFelice told the commission members after the vote. See POCD, A4
Local farmers, towns coping with heat, drought conditions Lauren Sievert Record-Journal staff
After multiple days with temperatures in the 90s and no end in sight, local officials and farmers are keeping an eye on the horizon hoping for some rain. Gary Lessor, a meteorologist at Western Connecticut State University, said the heat wave will continue through the weekend, with the heat index possibly hitting 100 degrees this week. Lessor said the high temperatures combined with humidity make it feel even hotter. “The humidity makes it feel oppressive,” Lessor said on Monday. “If your going to be outside for any duration stay hydrated.”
So far this year, the area is six inches below the normal rainfall level, Lessor said. Some areas are experiencing passing showers or brief thunderstorms, but for the most part the drought conditions continue, Lessor said. The initial summer forecast called for a hot and dry summer, and there is no end in sight, Lessor said. The only thing that would alleviate the conditions would be a tropical storm, and there are none on the radar, Lessor continued. The drought is normal for this time of year, however, Lessor said. Wallingford Public Utilities Director George Adair said the town’s reservoir levels are such that the drought plan has not been put into effect. Adair said in the 10 years he
has been with the department he hasn’t seen the drought protocol activated yet. Adair said it would take three to four weeks of continued dry heat to reach the point where the protocol would be put into effect. Southington issued a mandatory water restriction on June 29, limiting residents’ use of water for non-essential outdoor purposes such as watering lawns or washing cars. Adair said they are monitoring the situation daily and are ready to enact the protocol in Wallingford if need be. Steven Jensen, spokesman for the Department of Agriculture, released a report on Monday showing that 23 perSee Drought, A5
A proposed Public Safety Complex would renovate the firehouse, at left, and the town-owned properties on either side. | Mark Dionne, Town Times
Public Safety Complex under consideration By Mark Dionne Town Times
The town of Durham will continue to consider the renovation of three Main Street properties into a Public Safety Complex with a Public Hearing on Wednesday, August 3 at 8 p.m. in the Durham Public Library and an information hearing in September. The buildings to be renovated include the Firehouse at 41 Main St. and the two adjacent properties at 37 and 51 Main St. See Complex, A6
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Calendar Theater - Durham Middlefield Youth & Family Services Summer Stock has scheduled a production of “High School Musical 2 Jr.” for Friday, July 29, 7 p.m., at Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main St. A fee is charged. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call 860-349-0258. Tot Time - MOMS Club of Durham/Middlefield has scheduled Tot Times for Fridays, 10 a.m., at Peckham Park, Middlefield. Durham
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Saturday, July 30 Theater - Durham Middlefield Youth & Family Services Summer Stock has scheduled a production of “High School Musical 2 Jr.” for Saturday, July 30, 1 and 7 p.m., at Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main St. A fee is charged. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call 860-349-0258.
Tag sale - Notre Dame Church, 272 Main St., has scheduled a tag sale for Saturday, Aug. 6, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Antiques, tools, plants, produce, furniture, crafts, records, jewelry, yarn, greeting cards, handmade items, toys, Christmas, jewelry, china, linens, brass, holiday items, kitchen supplies, clothing, craft supplies and more. Refreshments offered for purchase.
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Farmers Market - The Durham Farmers Market is scheduled for every Thursday, 3 to 6 p.m., on the Durham Green. For more information or to participate, contact Meghann at durhamctfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.
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Concert - The Four Seasons Plus Summer Concert is scheduled for Sunday,
Aug. 7, 4 p.m., at Emmanuel Church, 50 Emmanuel Church Road, Killingworth. A fee is charged. The event features Allison Messier and Paul Cienniwa. For more information, call 860-663-1109 or visit www.churchinthewilderness.org.
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Women’s hike - Join Women of the Woods at 5:30 p.m. for a 2-plus mile hike up Mt. Pisgah to watch the sunset. Visit www.EveryoneOutside.org for details. For more information, or to register, contact Lucy: Lucy@EveryoneOutside.org; 860-395-7771.
Get Stitchy - Durham Recreation has scheduled Get Stitchy for Tuesday, Aug. 16, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St. All are welcome. Bring your material, projects and sewing machine (with extension cord). For more information, contact Pam Carey at 860-349-9453, carey_clan@ sbcglobal.net or Vicki Berry at 860-343-0879, vberry11@ comcast.net.
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Selectman Steve Levy successfully pushed for an amendment stating that Mixed Use is allowed in Commercial Zones, as long as it is less intensive than the commercial enterprises. The second part of the amendment states that Mixed Use is allowed in non-conforming parcels, meaning businesses in residential zones that have effectively been “grandfathered” in, but can not become a more intensive use.
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The process of updating Durham’s POCD was a difficult and occasionally contentious one, with P&Z and Board of Selectmen meetings crowded with residents concerned that business development near and within historic homes would diminish the value and charm of the Historic District. During the process, some residents accused the P&Z of not listening to the public and individual members of having conflicts of interest. Several times, DeFelice spelled out the chances for public input, including public meetings, Public Hearings, surveys, and a Visioning Charrette held in February. DeFelice also opened one P&Z meeting with a defense of the integrity of the P&Z members, who are volunteers.
Commission member Joseph Pasquale questioned parts of the document that highlight deterrents to business growth. “Why are we highlighting deterrents?” Pasquale asked. “Just the wording of it insinuates ‘Don’t come here.’”
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The final meeting to accept the POCD had fewer than 10 members of the public in attendance and opened with no one taking advantage of public comment.
Pasquale suggested describing the conditions but leaving it up to readers to determine what is or is not a deterrent.
First Selectman Laura Francis attended the meeting and thanked the commission for its work.
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cent of the Northeast was experiencing a drought as of July 14. In Connecticut the intensity ranges from “abnormally dry” in the eastern portion of the state to moderate drought levels in the center and western portion of the state. Local farmers are starting to see some effects from the long dry heat. John Lyman III, executive vice president of Lyman Orchards, said the crop in general is holding up so far this summer though some crops are stressed with the high heat during the day. “Every year has its own challenges and this year is no different,” Lyman said. “We’ve had hot spells over the years and dry periods.”
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Both adjacent properties are unoccupied homes owned by the town of Durham for about 20 years. The redesign would be a full interior and exterior renovation. Cost estimates connected to design plans from 2011 total $13,433,752.93. According to Durham First Selectman Laura Francis, the project has changed considerably since then and updated cost estimates, not yet available are expected to be lower. In January of 2014, when Durham approved spending $42,000 on design services, Selectman Steve Levy, former Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director, said, “It’s time to do what we need to do to take care of our property, to preserve the historic quality of Main Street, to move forward serving the emergency services.” Since that time, more allocations have been made and the town has spent $53,300 to date for design
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Paul Jorgensen of the design firm Silver/Petrucelli + Associates told the Planning and Zoning Commission on July 20 that the plans have been approved by the Inland Wetlands Committee and were conditionally approved by the Historic District Commission.
The main Firehouse, at 41 Main St., would also be expanded for an additional pull-through bay with 14 by 14 foot doors, compared to the current 12 by 12 foot doors. The new exterior would also match the existing exterior.
The vacant houses would not be razed but renovated. The proposal dedicates the building at 37 Main St. to ambulance services with a new front, but “made to look the same,” according to Jorgensen, and new paving and interior facilities. The building at 51 Main Street would become the new resident trooper’s office and would also house conference rooms and other offices. A proposed new carriage house, behind 51 Main Street, contains three bays for emergency vehicles. To accomplish this, part of 51 Main St. would be removed. “It’s a fairly small footprint compared to what you see now,” Jorgensen
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Religious Briefs Church of the Epiphany Services – The Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal, 196 Main St., Durham, schedules Sunday worship service of the Holy Communion at 9:30 a.m. All people of faith are welcome. Prayer Group – The Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal, prayer group will resume in September.
United Churches of Durham Services - The United Churches of Durham, 228 Main St., schedules Sunday worship in August, and Sept. 4 at 9:30 a.m. Holy Communion, open to all, is scheduled for the first Sunday of each month.
Middlefield Federated Church Rental opportunity — The Middlefield Federated Church, 402 Main St., offers the free use of its building to community-based groups that need a place to meet or host activities. The church has several spacious meeting rooms of different sizes and includes carpeted parlors for smaller gatherings, as well as a large open hall with tables, seating and a fully equipped kitchen attached. There is also a spacious parking lot. For more information or to reserve a space, call the church office at 860-349-9881 or email office@mfcct.org.
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a.m., at the Durham Activity Center. Participants are welcome to stay for lunch. Reservations are required. Call 860-349-3153.
Bocce, horseshoes Bocce and horseshoe games are scheduled for Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Courts are located behind the Community Center. For more information and to register, call Jaclyn at 860-349-7121.
Caregivers Support Group meets every Tuesday, 11 a.m. to noon, Durham Activity
Center. Free. All are welcome. For more information, call Amanda, 860-349-3153 or Kathy, 203-626-5226.
Bus trip to Saratoga Race Track The Durham Fair 100the celebration FUN Raising Committee has scheduled a bus trip to Saratoga Race Track for Saturday, Aug. 20. A fee is
charged, which includes bus, program and entrance to park. For more information, call Wendy at 860-538-1221.
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Slow down, summer By Diana Carr Special to the Citizen
I always feel a touch of melancholy when August rolls around. I know that summer is now racing toward the finish line, and I’m mourning its demise. I rise with the chickens, and I think that already it is not quite as light as it used to be, and my mind runs ahead to the dreaded time when I get up and it is pitch dark, and I just want to go back to bed and bury myself under a ton of covers. The first cool morning we have, which could, conceivably, be in August, especially at the end of it, has me thinking about the winter jacket that is right around the corner. And you know I can’t bear the thought of putting on shoes! I actually start to slip into this downward spiral as early as June. While everyone else is celebrat-
ing the first day of summer, I’m thinking, “Oh no, now the days will be getting shorter!”
IT’S ALL GOOD
I do this with everything – this tallying of the days and the hours and the minutes. It lends itself to a life only half-lived. When I’ve gone to Sweden to visit my son, the first moments were always the best, because I had the whole thing ahead of me. I’d be good until about halfway through the visit, and then I would start marking time. It was a slippery slope. Now I have four days left, now I have three days left, now I have two days left. And now it’s my last day and I don’t even want to look at the time, because this day absolutely must not end. I cried a lot. As you can see, the entire second half of my visit was spent in a state of angst. Wouldn’t it have been nice if I had let myself enjoy all
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Monday, Aug. 1 Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.
Historic District Commission, Durham Public Library, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 Clean Energy & Sustainability Task Force, Library, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3 Planning & Zoning, Library, 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8 Public Safety Renovations Planning Committee, 205 Main St., 6:30 p.m.
Board of Selectmen, Town Hall, 7 p.m. Inland/Wetlands, Library, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9 Economic Development Commission, Durham Activity Center, 7 p.m.
Conservation Commission, Library, 7 p.m. Library Board of Trustees, Library, 7:30 p.m. Durham Vol. Fire Company, Durham Vol. Firehouse, 8 p.m.
of it?
I’ve done this with vacations from jobs, too. I would be loving life until the Day That Marked the Halfway Point, and then the fretting would begin. The remaining days would be pretty much of a blur, because all that fretting just gobbled them up. And the last night before it was “back to the salt mines,” was nothing short of tortuous, my spirits were so low. I never want Christmas to be over, either. I realize the folly of all this. Of frittering away the awesomeness of “where I am right now,” with sadness about a future that hasn’t even arrived yet. The thing is, once I have bid a tearful goodbye to summer and had the appropriate period of mourning, I am delighted with the fall, with its crisp days and pumpkins and apple cider and scarecrows and Thanks-
giving, and then comes Christmas. It’s all good. I need to remind myself of that, and often. Sometimes, in my more lucid moments, I tell myself that there will be other summers, other visits, other Christmases, and I am comforted. I really don’t want to whittle my happy days down to a bare minimum, hounded by the ever-present specter of their passing. So for the remainder of the summer I will try to immerse myself fully in each moment, and not suck the joy out of these glorious days by missing them while they’re still here. Seriously, though, have you noticed how early it gets dark now? Diana Carr, a resident of Durham, is the author of “Everything Things: A Year of Reflection on Just About Everything.” This collection of her columns is available on Amazon. You can contact Diana at princessdi7@sbcglobal.net.
VETERAN VISIT Jason Coppola, a veteran who fought in Afghanistan, recently visited the BASREP program. He showed the children his medals and shared his honorable experience in the military. Reegan Lynch, one of the students who tried on some military garb, poses in a military backpack.
Wednesday, Aug. 3 WPCA Meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8 Board of Educational Resources Committee, 6:30 p.m.
Planning & Zoning, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 Board of Finance, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16 Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17 Inland/Wetlands and Watercourses, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 DMIAAB, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 Economic Development Commission, 6 p.m.
Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24 Board of Education District Meeting, 7 p.m.
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Durham Recreation Fun Run results: Week 4 Age Group 1: 0 – 4 years old – 0.12 mile (New Race category) First place - Cece Morello; 1:19 Second place – Sophia Dabney; 1:20 Third place – Teddy Holt; 1:21 Fourth place – Oscar Davis – no time Age Group 1: 0 – 4 years old – 0.25 mile First place – Brynn Gerry; 1:57 Second place – Alexa Lucy Saraceno 2:17 Third place – Laina Debowsky; 3:11
Anastasia is a 2-year-old brown tabby. She loves attention and head scratches, but does not like to be held. She is very curious and loves to play. Anastasia is fine with children who understand cats. No dogs. For more information, visit http://www.cattalesct. org/cats/anastasia-2, call 860-344-9043 or email info@CatTalesCT.org.
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Third place – Abby Gerry; 2:14 Fourth place – John; 2:16 Fifth place – Bethy Sorensen; 2:21 Sixth place – Jake Crocetto; 2:22 Seventh place – Tatum Hultgren; 2:37 Eighth place – Thomas Wamester; 3:00 Age group 4: 11 – 14 years old - 0.66 miles First place – Aidan Driscoll; 4:58 Second place – Analiese Driscoll; 7:24
Fourth place – Kendall Holt; 3:17
Age group 5: High School & Adult – 2.0 miles
Fifth place – Dani Greco; 3:35
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Age group 6: Adults & High School – 3.47 miles
First place – Macy Gerry; 1:31 Second place – Emerson McGoldrick; 1:32
First place tie – Christian Alberico and Ben Taber; 19:53
Third place – Charlie Wamester; 1:46
Second place – James Peters; 22:18
Fourth place – Aiyana Donecker; 1:47
Third place – Matt Woznyk; 22:22
Fifth place – Henry Davis; 1:48
Fourth place – Josh Stoeckdale; 22:39
Sixth place – Tucker Morello; 1:53
Fifth place – Owen Gonzales; 22:45
Seventh place – Taryn Adams; 1:57
Sixth place – Noel Roberts; 23:52
Eighth place – Liam Tietjen; 2:05
Seventh place – Declan Keenan; 24:13
Ninth place – Gavin Farnsworth; 2:07
Eighth place – Garret Basiel; 24:15
10th place – Bradley Seales; 2:12
Ninth place – Jeff Lower; 25:53
11th place – Matt Thiel; 2:13
10th place – Samantha Vigue: 26:01
12th place – Genevieve Kilroy: 2:14
11th place – Matt Taber; 27:04
13th place – Julianna Fuggi; 2:16
12th place – Kevin Vigue; 27:07
14th place – Conor Driscoll; 2:30
13th place – Josh Mann; 27:10
15th place – Archie Davis; 2:37
14th place – Adam Copeland; 27:16
16th place – Isla Seales; 2:39
15th place tie – Kevin Seales and Dave Asplund; 29:26
17th place – Jeremiah Fuggi; 2:42 Age group 3: 8 – 10 years old – 0.33 mile First place – Michael Wamester; 2:07
This summer race series is scheduled for Tuesdays, 6 p.m., at the Coginchaug track. Registration is free to all.
Second place – Kieran Driscoll; 2:12 Oliver is a 4-year-old boy who has had a rough life. He likes to be petted and likes when volunteers socialize with him. He have stomatitis (inflammation in the mouth, which can be sore) and needs to have regular vet check ups. He occasionally needs medication. Oliver needs a patient, cat-experienced person who’ll give him time to adjust to a quiet new home. He would be fine as an only pet, but would do fine with a non dominant cat. For more information and to meet Oliver, call 860-344-9043, email info@ CatTalesCT.org or visit CatTalesCT.org/cats/OLIVER.
Durham Farmers Market The Durham Farmers Market is scheduled for every Thursday through mid-September on the Durham Green, 3 to 6 p.m. Meghann Eckenhoff Nuzzo has been named as market master. A diverse group of vendors plan to offer vegetables, fruits, flowers, spices, honey, Italian ice, shellfish, raw milk, yogurt and
cheese, baked goods, breads, quiches, pies, kettle corn, and more. Weekly guest vendors will offer information on their non-profit organizations or their products and services. For more information or to participate, contact Meghann at durhamctfarmersmarket@gmail. com.
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Welcome to On The Menu. Let us help you find the perfect place to eat.
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Find great local eats - MenusCT.com Adelphia Café 476 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 203-535-0149 Family owned/operated. Former proprietors of the Neptune Diner in Wallingford. Extensive menu for all tastes. Breakfasts, luncheons and special dinners. All baking on premises.
Athena II Diner
320 Washington Ave, North Haven, CT 06473 203.239.0663 www.athena2diner.com Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Serving breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Accept Q Cards. Serving North Haven for 30 years. Daily specials and full liquor available.
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142 Hanover Street Meriden, CT 06451 203-634-4912 facebook.com/ajsoasiscafe Family owned, operated. Daily Lunch specials serving American Cuisine. Recipient of Record-Journal’s Peoples Choice award Best Wings. Kitchen open M.-Sat. 10 - 10, Sun. 11-10
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126 Middletown Ave North Haven, CT 06473 203-239-3515 giuliospizza.com Your hosts, the Gagliardi Family, welcome you. Proudly serving pizza, sandwiches, appetizers & dinners. Enjoy a drink at Top Shelf Lounge, adjacent to Giulio’s!
540 Washington Ave North Haven, CT (203) 239-5548 www.dinosseafood.com Dino’s, a family business has the highest quality seafood at reasonable prices. We offer eat-in or take-out and a private banquet room for any occasion.
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Welcome to On The Menu. Let us help you find the perfect place to eat.
Whether it’s a celebration, date night, or just grabbing a bite to eat, this list of local restaurants is sure to satisfy your taste buds.
Find great local eats - MenusCT.com Green Olive Diner and Pizzeria Restaurant Town Line Square Shopping Center 477 S Broad St., Meriden, CT 06450 (203) 379- 0927 greenolivediner.com Green Olive creates a memorable dining experience for each guest. This comes from great cuisine, fine wine, comfortable ambiance and impeccable service.
Ridgeside Tavern
99 Powder Hill Road Middlefield, CT 06455 (860) 852-5444 www.fireattheridge.com Causal neighborhood dining with beautiful mountain views. Craft beers/ cocktails specials, weekly live music and tap takeovers. There’s always something special going on inside the Tavern!
Hard Hat Cafe 181 N. Colony Road Wallingford, CT 06492 203-626-5190 hardhatcafect.com 15 beers on tap, 12 large screen TV’s, happy hour, drink specials and world famous wings.
Soga Sushi
170 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 203-239-3355 www.sogasushi.com New owner! Authentic Japanese and Asian cuisine. New style, great service, more surprises! Check out our menu and like us on Facebook to see our specials!
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Local students recognized as leaders and achievers
Library Briefs Levi E. Coe Library Library hours - Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Friday and Saturday. Summer reading program Notary Public available, by appointment only.
Durham Library Comcast NBCUniversal awarded $54,000 in scholarships for the 20162017 school year to Connecticut students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills.
Comcast, joined by several Connecticut elected officials including state Sen. John Fonfara (D-Hartford), state Sen. Tony Guglielmo (R-Stafford), state Rep. Devin Carney (R-23), and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, recognized the students at a special event at the Connecticut State Capitol recently.
Library hours: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Jillian Jordan, of Wallingford, Sheehan; Jameson Kief, of Plantsville, Xavier High; and Shaun Whitaker, of Durham, Coginchaug Regional High School.
Mystery Craft - The Durham Public Library has scheduled a Mystery Craft program for Aug. 9 through 31, 10:30 a.m. Parents and caregivers of children of all ages are welcome to drop-in to make a self-guided mystery craft. This program is free and open to the public.
Since 2002, Comcast has awarded over $600,000 in Leaders and Achievers Scholarships to almost 550 students in Connecticut. To date, more than $25 million in scholarships has been awarded to approximately 25,000 students nationwide.
Connecticut recipients are Megan Daniel, of Meriden, Lyman Hall; Victoria Fiore, of Southington, Mercy High;
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Down for the count National High School Federation requiring pitch limits starting in 2017; CIAC looks for logical way to satisfy baseball mandate
umpires do it. We’re working through the administrative part. The implementation may be cumbersome, but I think the byproduct should be that pitching will improve.” The CIAC previously used innings as a guideline. The rule in the 2016 tournament packet said that “the pitcher my not pitch more than 10 innings in any three consecutive calendar days,” which was much easier for coaches to monitor.
By Ken Lipshez Record-Journal staff
The National Federation of State High School Associations mandated Tuesday, July 12 that the CIAC and all state bodies that govern scholastic baseball must implement pitch counts by next season in an attempt to reduce the number of injuries that require surgery. Gary Costello, left, and Ben DeLaubell, right, of Cheshire, along with all high school pitchers in the nation, will be under pitch limits starting next season thanks to a mandate handed down Tuesday by the National Federation of State High School Associations. The NFSHSA is requiring all states to draw up their own guidelines to meet the mandate. | Justin Weekes / For the Record-Journal
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Balsamo said the committee is expected to adhere to the NFHS directive by associating the number of pitches thrown on a given day to mandatory rest time. For example, 60 pitches thrown might dictate two days of rest, or 100 pitches could require four or five.
Some states have established the pitch limit at 125. Balsamo said Connecticut’s committee chose to rely on coaches’ common sense rather than establish a hard and fast barrier. Who would officially count pitches at each game, he said, requires further discussion.
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Sheehan coach Matt Altieri said the official counting of pitches is likely to pose some clerical issues in dugouts across the state, but limiting pitches should not affect the Titans’ pitching efficiency. The Titans’ demanding SCC schedule and the need for pitching on the sub-varsity level have shaped his theories on developing pitchers.
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Coginchaug wins second straight state title Kolby Pascarelli and John Vumback teamed up for a pair of solid pitching performances as Coginchaug swept the Connecticut Intermediate (50-70) Little League state championship over Fairfield American on Sunday at Peckham Park in Middlefield. Coginchaug, which won its first state title in baseball last year, repeated with wins of 14-4, and 9-4 in the best-
of-three series with Fairfield American. Pascarelli pitched a five-inning mercy rule-shortened game in the opener, striking out 10 batters, and allowing four runs on just five hits.
With two outs, Pascarelli hit his first of two homers to make it 6-0. Faiella then singled in Owen Clancy as Coginchaug expanded it lead to 7-0 after two.
Rhys Davies of Fairfield hit a two-run homer in the top of After picking up two runs in the third to close the gap to the first, Griffin Biro led off 7-2, but in the bottom of the the bottom of the second inning, Blake Courschesne with a double, and followand Pascarelli each hit ing a Christian Sawka single, two-run homers to expand Evan Faiella singled to make Coginchaug’s lead to 11-2. it 3-0.
Fairfield closed the gap to 11-4 in the top of the fifth, but in the bottom of the inning, Justin Penney led off with a double, Pascarelli walked, and T.J. Isleib blasted a three-run walk-off homer to end the game. Vumback got the start in Game 2, and struggled in the opening inning, allowing a Chris Domizio double and a three-run home run by Jakab Bermudez, as Fair-
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Owen Clancy, Vumback and Christian Sawka had a string of hits in the bottom of the third to put Coginchaug ahead 5-4, and in the fourth, Isleib sent another ball way over the centerfield fence, scoring two, to make it 7-4.
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After his rocky start, Vumback settled down and handled Fairfield beautifully the rest of the way, allowing just one hit while striking out 10, and falling just one batter short of a complete game.
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“I’m wondering if there will be a pitch registry?” Altieri said. “Who’s going to keep it? What happens if there’s a controversy? Are you going to keep track of the other team’s pitches, too? “It won’t have any effect on us. Our guys don’t throw that many pitches anyway.” The NFHS decision was based largely on the medical findings that surgery on teenaged arms have increased. Much of the data came from studies made by the American Sports Medicine Institute, founded by one of the nation’s leading orthopedic surgeons, Dr. James Andrews.
Invoking the number of pitches as the reason why arm injuries have proliferated has its detractors. Altieri said that poor mechanics rather than overuse is at the core of the problem, citing the findings of former professional scout Paul Reddick, who has written a book and has a YouTube segment with infielder-turned-analyst Harold Reynolds on the subject.
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“Mechanics and being physically sound: It’s both,” Altieri said. “[The screener] caught Brandon Rentas a few years ago and may have saved his But the NFHS, CIAC and other season. There could be physstate organizations are conical, mechanical and genetic cerned with safety, which the limitations. Mom and Dad new regulation ostensibly addon’t always give their kids a dresses. Altieri doesn’t dismiss body meant for pitching.” the safety issue, but offers
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He also said the mental strain that comes with pitching under pressure heightens the importance of distribution in reaching a pitch limit. It all comes down to mechanics,
“There’s an old saying that pitching is not throwing and throwing is not pitching. Our guys don’t throw enough,” Altieri said. “I make our guys throw [long toss]. How often do these guys just throw? The dichotomy that you have the rest kills us. The important part is kids don’t throw enough between starts.”
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Altieri also stressed that how a pitcher reaches a pitch limit has an effect.
“Pitch counts per se are only a slice of the pie,” Altieri said. “They don’t tell you anything about a pitcher. Guys who throw with better mechan-
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“A lot of this is coming from national research that is being accumulated with the medical profession,” Balsamo said. “Research indicates more shoulder and arm surgeries, but it’s not specific to high school athletics. I’d like to think, especially in Connecticut, that we do not have as significant a problem as statistical data would indicate. Connecticut doctors tell us they’re doing more surgery than ever before, but we don’t regulate American Legion or if a kid gets into fall league, not just because of what he did in high school.
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Closed as a school in June, the Korn Elementary School building will be used for three months for state police training. | Mark Dionne, Town Times
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For a three-month period starting in August, Connecticut State Police will conduct training at Korn Elementary School, bringing over 1,000 state troopers through Durham.
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use. “There should be some monetary value going back to the municipality” even if it’s work hours going back to the district, said Szewczyk, himself a police officer. “I have no problem with them using the empty building,” said Szewczyk. “It’s frustrating, they continue to raise the cost [of Durham’s resident state trooper program] every year and ... they’re not paying us for the building.” Francis noted that the state police have offered to contribute consultation to the district. “I don’t disagree ... but I do think it will be a good thing for us to do,” said Francis. “They’ve offered to help the schools in other ways ... I think it’s a favor that will get returned in other ways.”
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BUBBA Sen. Ted Kennedy, Jr. (center) was joined by Sen. Minority Leader Len Fasano and Sen. President Martin Looney in presenting hundreds of books to the “Read to Grow” program. The books were donated by legislators and senate staff. The Read to Grow program provides free books and reading materials to families of newborn babies before they leave the hospital and makes free books available in the offices of various nonprofits and social service organizations. With Kennedy, from left: Myra Healy, Elizabeth Cech, Len Fasano (R-North Haven) and Martin Looney (D-New Haven).
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