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Volume 23, Number 25
Friday, December 7, 2018
Residents reject plan to convert Korn into community center By Bailey Wright Town Times
Residents Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected bonding $7 million to acquire the former Korn Elementary School and convert it into a community center. “I’m disappointed, but we are going to regroup, we’re going to refocus … and we’re going to reimagine,” First Selectman Laura Francis said. “It’s gratifying that we brought it to the people and they voted.”
Jennifer Schulten, founder of Go Far, looks at trophies in various stages in the workshop where she and a fellow race coordinator put together unique homemade trophies for the fastest and most festive runners at their annual Go Far Jingle All the Way 5K. Photos by Bailey Wright, Town Times
Residents voted 987-609 against the project, and the 1,596 voters represents a turnout of roughly 30 percent, according to unofficial results from the registrar of voters. Francis said the town is still committed to meeting residents’ programming needs by using the Durham Activity Center and other existing resources. She said it seemed like people were concerned the most about taxes, but noted that the town does have the means to make decisions like this one.
Jingle All the Way 5K is coming to town By Bailey Wright Town Times
The annual Go Far Jingle All the Way 5K, which is on Dec. 16, will features almost 100 homemade and completely unique trophies, made by the founder of Go Far.
Middlefield resident Jennifer Schulten stands at a work bench in her garage, hot glue gun in one hand and fake berries in the other. She glues the finishing touches on a homemade trophy that started as a simple stocking hook. Schulten spends a month each year creating one-of-a-kind homemade
See Korn, A10
See Jingle, A8
School district exploring exchange program with China By Bailey Wright Town Times
A handful of Regional School District 13 administrators and a teacher left last Friday for a weeklong trip to Ningbo, China, to visit a school where students may be able to participate in an exchange program as
early as next fall. “We want our students to understand that the world is actually a small place and that there's a potential for them to make connections in all parts of the world and to have a positive impact that comes from working with others,” School Super-
intendent Kathryn Veronesi said. “I believe regardless of the involvement or exposure to this partnership, that the experience will have a lifelong impact on our students and our community.” Coginchaug Regional High School Principal Brian Falcone was joined
by high school world language teacher Kate Germond, Veronesi and Board of Education members Bob Moore and Norm Hicks. The administrators planned to spend three days in the Ningbo See China, A2