Volume 19, Number 50
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Books, treats and tradition found at Levi E. Coe sale By Mark Dionne Town Times
Coginchaug New Horizon members, from left, Bruce Schmottlach, Dina D’Amato and Dan Shoemaker. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Band presents New Horizons for adult musicians Town Times
Set up in a school room, the concert band’s rehearsal looks and sounds like a typical band rehearsal. At the start, there is a lot of instrument unpacking and clashing sounds as multiple instruments warm up. Band members whisper to their neighbors, groan at the harder pieces, and lobby the band conductor to play their
favorites. The difference with this concert band, Coginchaug New Horizons, is that all of its members are adults, most of them picking up their instruments for the first time since they left school years ago. Led by conductor and Memorial Middle School teacher Tim Fisher, the band is entering its third year.
Combining a trip to play soccer with the book sale, Kate and Claire Roraback check out children’s books like “Knuffle Bunny.” See more photos on page 12. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Although it is a private funding. Zawacki said, “We library, the Levi E. Coe re- try to supplement it [the ceives town support and also tries to raise its own See Sale / Page 12
Middlefield BOF looks at revenue, salaries By Mark Dionne Town Times
At a regular Board of Finance meeting last week, See Band / Page 13 Middlefield BOF members
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and Tax Collector Anne Olszewski examined the expected tax revenue for the town and discussed a planned study of town salaries.
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By Mark Dionne
Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18, the Levi E. Coe Library in Middlefield held its traditional book sale for readers to stock up on used books and support the library at the same time. According to volunteer Chris Zawacki, who took over running the event about seven years ago, the book sale has a long history at the small town library. “It’s been going on for years and years, way before I was involved,” Zawacki said. “There’s such a following for it.” Volunteers at the most recent sale could remember book sales dating back to the 1980s.
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