Volume 20, Number 8
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
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A COLORFUL OCCASION
Divers recover boater’s body at Lake Beseck By Bryan Lipiner Special to Town Times
Emergency divers recovered the body of a man who drowned after jumping off a boat Tuesday at Lake Beseck in Middlefield, fire officials say. Gregory Davoren, 52, of Middletown, was pronounced dead at the scene. At about 5:30 p.m., the fire department received a call that a person in the water had gone under, Middlefield Fire Chief Peter Tyc said. Witnesses told emergency personnel they saw someone
A few days before the Fourth of July holiday, a roomful of children created patriotic wreaths at the Durham Public Library. Under the direction of Children’s Librarian Christine Michaud, the youngsters used red, white, and blue yarn in their crafts. It was one of the library’s planned activities, which focus this summer on heroes. — Mark Dionne
Friday, July 10, 2015
jump into the water and not surface. Fire officials called in mutual aid from the Durham volunteer fire company and Middletown’s South Fire District for divers. State police and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection also responded. Tyc was not sure why the man jumped out of the boat or if he was wearing a life vest. Two other people were in the boat at the time. Conditions on the lake weren’t bad, according to Tyc. “Like anything else, [if ] See Lake / Page 2
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Joey Albert, 5, of Middlefield, concentrates on positioning the white part of his wreath.
Allison Lazor, a summer intern at the Durham Public Library, watches over Hannah Stern, 5, of Durham, as she makes her craft. | Photos by Mark Dionne / Town Times
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New playscape for Peckham Park By Mark Dionne Town Times
If all goes smoothly with selection and construction, Peckham Park will look different by the end of summer with a large new playscape in place.
The current wood structure, which connects the small slide on one side of the playground with the large slide on the other, will be replaced. The plastic structures, such as the dinosaur and the climbing rock, were put in recently and will re-
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