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Students who participated in this year's Memorial Middle School Trout in the Classroom program pose for a photo after releasing the fish at Wadsworth State Park on May 10. | Bailey Wright, Town Times

Middle school students release trout they raised By Bailey Wright Town Times

School “Trout Club” or Trout in the Classroom program.

In a bittersweet moment Friday, May 10 about 15 Memorial Middle School students said goodbye to the 180 trout they’d been raising since the start of the year.

“They were definitely looking forward to this day. There were a few tears this morning ... since (the trout) have been in the classroom since January, it's really been a part of our classroom,” said special education teacher Mike McGrady, who coordinated the program this year.

The fifth and sixth-graders traveled to Wadsworth State Park and with help from a few Trout Unlimited volunteers, released the fish one by one into the stream. The students were part of this year’s Memorial

Trout Unlimited supplies the equipment and the eggs. These usually arrive midSee Trout, A10

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About 200 trout raised by the Memorial Middle School Trout in the Classroom program wait to be released on May 10. | Bailey Wright, Town Times

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With a two-vote margin, Durham resident Melissa Booth became the newest member of the Regional School District 13 Board of Of the 246 people who voted, 74 voted for Booth Education Monday. and 72 for Augur. Friedrich More than 200 residents won 100 votes. voted during the annual town budget meeting May On Tuesday, Augur extended his congratulations 13, to elect incumbent to Friedrich and Booth. Victor Friedrich and new member Booth to the “Both are clearly commitboard’s two expiring ted and I am confident terms. Booth narrowthey will do their best!” ly won over incumbent Augur said in an email. A Philip Augur, who was vy- business trip kept him ing for a second term. away from the Monday Booth, a resident of Durham since 2004, has two children in district schools. She will start her three-year term at the board’s first meeting in July. Augur will continue his term through June. In her remarks before the vote, Booth said she has the “utmost respect” for everyone on the board and recognizes the time commitment. “I think it's a time of change right now as we're moving to one program and there's probably going to be some bumps in the

meeting, but he called in through First Selectman Laura Francis to make remarks and answer audience questions before the vote.

Augur said over the course of his term on the board some people believed his actions were personally motivated. However, he said he had firsthand experience growing up in a district that started combining younger grades and saw how “the ability to more efficiently expend See BOE, A11

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Durham, Middlefield residents approve budgets By Bailey Wright Town Times

Durham and Middlefield residents passed both their 2019-20 town budgets in respective annual town meetings Monday night. MIDDLEFIELD About 40 residents passed the Board of Finance’s proposed budget Monday, but not before a motion was put forth to move a line item related to the new shared town planner position.

Likewise, First Selectman Edward Bailey said the decision to put the line item under professional services was based on legal counsel and the example of other towns in similar situations. He expects the Planning and Zoning Commission will be included in the hiring process.

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penses, coming in at $4.9 million, and around $820,000 in capital expenses. Next week the Board of Finance will meet to set the See Budget, A16

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Board of Finance Chairman Jim Irish said the budget vote, taken by voice, passed unanimously.

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The plan is to share a town planner with the town of Durham, who would work 20 hours a week in both towns, aiding commissions such as planning and zoning and working as a zoning and wetlands enforcement officer. Resident Mary Johnson proposed moving the appropriation of $60,000 for the position from the professional services line to the Planning and Zoning Commission instead, making the argument that the commission relies heavily on the advice of the town planner and should be the entity that hires the new one.

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Lamont ratchets up the pressure for a vote on tolls By Keith M. Phaneuf Record-Journal staff

Hartford’s South End near the junction with I-84. “I’ve tried everything I could to get the legislators willing to step up and cast a tough vote. They don’t always like a tough vote.”

Gov. Ned Lamont urged business and labor groups Friday, May 10 to ratchet up pressure on fearful legislators to vote on his tolls proposal before the session The governor said Connecticut has had a longends on June 5. running and detailed deThe Democratic governor bate about the best way to also disclosed he would pay for a rebuild of its support a temporary trans- transportation infrastrucfer of $100 million per year ture, and the time for talk in bonding from other pro- is over. grams to transportation to Business and labor leaders accelerate construction stood with the governor work until toll receipts arlast Friday to press for an rive in 2024. immediate vote on tolls. “I have reached out to Republicans and Democrats,” Joe McGee, vice president Lamont said during a press of the Business Council of conference overlooking on- Fairfield County, called Connecticut’s aging transgoing reconstruction of a portation infrastructure “a section of Interstate 91 in

bigger issue than taxes” as far as impediments to economic growth go. “The status quo has shrunk us into a no-growth strategy.” Don Shubert, president of the Connecticut Construction Industry Association, said “unless with invest in infrastructure, Connecticut has a very bleak future.” Nate Brown, a spokesman for the Connecticut Building Trades Council and political director for Local 478 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, said Connecticut’s highways, bridges and rail lines have become “a hindrance for our economic development, public safety and quality of life. … You have See Tolls, A13

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wife Dawn of Sumter and Kimberly Anne Cordon of Moneta, VA; one brother, Anthony Blanchard and Deborah Sullivan of Ellicott City, Maryland and Ft. Myers, Florida; four grandchildren, James, Benjamin, Isabella and Elizabeth and four great grandchildren, Cordellia, Hadley, Rosalee and Camden. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 18th at 10:00 am at Notre Dame Church, 272 Main Street, Durham, CT. Burial will follow at Mica Hill Cemetery in Durham. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 566 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3A 0G7, St. Jude’s Children Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the charity of one’s choice. To share memories or send condolences to the family, please visit www. doolittlefuneralser vice. com.

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CAT wants to hear from you As the Coginchaug Area Transition Giving Garden working group moves forward with the Durham-Middlefield Giving Garden at the Middlefield Community Center, we would like to invite anyone interested to come to every-other-month open meetings to chart the way forward into more exciting programs leading to sustainability in our communities.

Provide more extensive bike/walking trails? Educate people about organic lawn and garden care? Start a tool lending library? Just talk and support each other on the way forward? Anything else?

CAT is an open and welcoming organization, and you Come join us at the Middle- are invited to be part of field Community Center, 6 to it. We are hoping to have regular community CAT 7:30 p.m., Monday, May 20. gatherings planned by and CAT founders will supply a light supper, but the evening for the people who live here. is yours to discuss where you Come join us. would like our communities to go as we move forward in For further information, contact Carol Bufithis at 860challenging times. 209-8497, Joanne Nytch at 860-682-5375 or Nancy WinFor example: ship Poole at 860-539-1466. Do we want to encourage – Submitted waste reduction, recycling and up-cycling?

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No need to arrest reporter doing her job Police officers face difficult, stressful and even lifethreatening situations all the time, everything from domestic disputes to armed robberies to street demonstrations. And we have no doubt that most police go to work each day intending to do the job correctly and honorably. But to do so, they need not only the support of their department’s leadership, but also the proper training to face each day’s challenges. That training seems to have failed some members of the Bridgeport Police Department during a public demonstration last Thursday, when Tara O’Neill, a re-

porter for the Connecticut Post, part of Hearst Connecticut Media, was detained, patted down, handcuffed, put into a squad car, taken down to the station house and relieved of her belongings, ready to be booked. Although she was later “un-arrested” and released, a statement from City Hall noted that she was not wearing “clearly-visible identifying markers” — other than her prominently displayed press credentials. O’Neill said she also told the officer who detained her that she was a member of the press. Since journalists generally don’t wear uniforms, See Editorial, A14

It’s still sweater season Kitty Shiloh has been complaining that it has been some time since he starred in one of my columns. He’s such a diva! Well, I must admit that he does give me a lot of material to work with. He is a character, that one. This is the kitty who has always had an affection for my refrigerator. Let me refresh your memory. As soon as I would open the fridge door he would make a mad dash for it and jump onto one of the shelves, and curl up as if he was snoozing in front of a warm fire on a cold winter night. I never saw the draw. He did this in the winter, too, so he was obviously not looking for air conditioning. He would nestle

way in the back, behind the yams and the kale and the split pea soup, and really dig in when I tried to get him out. I had to lure him out with treats on this some other unusual behavside of the refrigerator iors. Never a dull moment door. with this boy! He now seems to be having a torrid love afI thought he was done fair with one of my sweaters. with this, but the other I had my pink sweater out day he dove in, faster than on the bed one day, when I a speeding bullet, and his noticed that he would body language (back to snatch up a piece of it in his me, completely ignoring mouth and knead the rest of my pleas) clearly showed it with his paws, all the that he had no intention while purring so loudly that of leaving any time soon. I’m sure people in the next Maybe he was trying to county could hear him. This decide what to have for has continued. The sweater supper. It would have stays on the bed at all times been slim pickings for now, for his purring/kneadhim, though, as he’s a caring/snatching pleasure. I nivore and I’m not. wouldn’t dare remove it, as I And he has taken up

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REBEL WITH A CAUSE

Finding hidden gems in the age of streaming By Bronwyn Commins

I’m taking a break from writing about one specific movie to comment on why all movie lovers should be spending more time perusing the shelves at the local library.

there is more waiting for you than there is at home.

All of us have been blessed with the technology to choose and watch enough movies to fill any free time we have. With Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Kanopy, On DeMy family only went to mand, and more, we church when my elderly could probably keep ourgrandmother visited, but selves entertained without we pretended that we went ever leaving the house every week. Maybe your again. No one wants to get family did the same. rid of that technology, but we are doing ourselves a Either way, I guess the indisservice if we limit our termittent visits were too much for me, because I re- choices by ignoring the inperson, no remote-needed member asking my mom why we had to go to church browsing that comes between the shelves at the liat all, and she replied, “To brary. pray.” I countered that we could do that at home, but If you are blessed enough of course she was right. to be a part of the preSometimes you need to get Blockbuster generation, out of the house, because you can probably remem-

Bronwyn Commins, a movie buff from way back.

ber finding a VHS movie calling to you from the shelves of the library. Perhaps you can’t recall what caught your attention, but more likely than not, you See Commins, A9

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ing my puzzle it might be better if he helped me construct it. Really, I could use the help.

think he would find the quality of his life much diminished.

Oh, and let’s not forget the times he sees his reflection in the window and gets all hopped up about it. He He almost always does it at charges the window and night, while I’m sleeping. races back and forth, as he The purring, which reaches engages in a boxing match the decimal level of a mowith the interloper. He’s tor boat, wakes me up. But probably thinking, “I must I see him having such a admit, he’s a handsome fellovely rapport with my low. And oddly enough, he clothing, so zoned-out in seems to be doing everything absolute bliss, that I feel I do. Go figure!” that all is right with the world. A happy kitty is no So here’s my boy doing all small thing. Actually, my these non-kitty things, and donation of my sweater to the truly kitty thing – mouse him shows how much I hunting – seems to escape love him. I really liked that him. Not on his to-do list. sweater, and sometimes I The other night, while watchmiss wearing it. But I love ing TV, I thought I heard a him that much. ruckus in the kitchen, with something like scurrying There’s more. A friend resounds. I paid it no mind and cently gave me a puzzle, went back to my show. But which thrilled me to no the other day I realized just end. I used to love doing what those scurrying sounds puzzles when I was a kid. meant. I opened up my silSo I rushed home with it, verware drawer, only to find and laid out the pieces on that mice have been partying the table, and tried really in there. They left their callhard to make them hook ing card, if you catch my drift. up with each other. Well, Ugh, ugh, ugh! that rascal Shiloh hopped up onto the table and I can’t help but wonder how grabbed two of the pieces, the presence of these “house hopped back down, and guests” has escaped both proceeded to gnaw on Shiloh and my other kitty, them. I did manage to get Dakota. (Well, she usually is them away from him beoblivious to such things, bless fore any damage was done. her heart.) I do hope he But I think instead of eat-

catches wind of the situation soon, and deals with it promptly. I hate for anything to bite the bullet, but mouse poo just does not work for me. Maybe he would save the day, mouse-wise, if he wasn’t so busy with such things as getting cozy with my sweater and eating my puzzle. Or maybe he is up nights trying to put the pieces of that puzzle together, which makes him too tired for anything else. (I may get up some morning and find a completed puzzle on my table. That would be nice.)

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found a movie that is still among your favorites. I can still remember discovering a movie called The Crowd at the Farmington Library. To say that it changed my life is no exaggeration, simply because I stopped to glance and see what the library had to offer. I had HBO at home, and I was not at a loss for “something to watch,”

but I knew there was more out there than cable could offer. (Sadly, The Crowd is almost impossible to find, but I will loan my copy to anyone who wants to experience it.) While you’re waiting for the next movie to come out on DVD, stop at the library. Then do one more thing: walk right by the “New on DVD” section, and see what else is out there. Remember that great used car you had as a teenager? It didn’t matter that it wasn’t new; it was new to you. It was probably the best car you ever drove.

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November, but came close to Christmas this year. The kids get to watch the trout grow from eggs to about two-inch fish, all the while taking responsibility for their care.

els and counting fish. McGrady said some of the kids would race into the classroom every morning hoping to be the first one to feed them. “They wanted to be part of it,” McGrady said.

Fifth-grader Tatum Sass would often be the first Raising the trout has been a to the classroom for feeding daily job since January, with in the morning, her favorite feedings, checking water lev- part of the process was get-

ting to see the fish every day. “I love trout and I love to fish,” Sass said. “As soon as I heard there was a trout club I said 'I need to be in this or I will die.’” Although the students were sad to see the fish go, McGrady said they were looking forward to seeing them in their natural environment. Because the kids are

so familiar with the Wadsworth State Park area, he believes they’ll be thinking about the fish every time they visit. “I think bringing the trout in is just a way for them to see what is actually in these resources that they have … and that could become even more important to them,” McGrady said. Fifth-grader Xavien

Rosario said he enjoyed testing the trouts’ water. The students were responsible for making sure the water was kept at an optimal temperature for the fish and had proper ammonium and pH levels. A large part of the program is promoting conservation and environmental protection. Program coordinators say they hope the practice of caring for living creatures, learning about their habitats, diets and behaviors, will foster a lifelong appreciation for nature. Trout Unlimited is a national organization that promotes the preservation of clean, cold water and sponsors the Trout in the Classroom program. “You don’t know when you’re going to light a fire in a child who’s going to remember this and somebody become a member of the legislature, doctor ... and he’s going to be a strong supporter of environmental clean water,” said Bill Glueck, Trout Unlimited volunteer and founder of the Memorial School program. Memorial School was one of

Memorial Middle School students in the Trout in the the first Trout in the ClassClassroom program released their fish at Wadsworth State room programs in the state, Park on May 10. | Bailey Wright, Town Times starting off around 2005, ac-

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Glueck helped coordinate Trout in the Classroom programs with his longtime friend Hugh McCutchen, who died late last month. Both men won the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation’s Howard Kelley Community Service Award in 2016 for their efforts with Trout in the Classroom.

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scarce resources across a single program is self-evident.” “Many people thanked me for helping the district finally take the step to move forward with a single program. I am content to have played my small part in that process and am thus satisfied with my time in office,” he said. Augur, a supporter of the “Portrait of the Graduate” program, encourages everyone to participate in guiding

“I'm happy that I will be able to continue to serve our community and our children,” Friedrich said. Middlefield board members Lucy Petrella and Robert Yamartino were voted back onto the board with no opposition. Both members’ terms were set to expire this June and will be renewed for another three-year term.

Some 30 Middlefield residents gathered at the community center, 405 Main St., on May 13 to vote on the Board of Finance's proposed 2019-20 and elect members to several boards. | Bailey Wright, Town Times

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massive problem in the short term, that makes our long term challenges even more difficult to address.”

Tolls would raise $800 million per year by 2024 or 2025. But Lamont had been criticized for proposing no additional sources to cover the interim.

The GOP plan, “Prioritize Progress,” would combine $700 million in annual borrowing repaid out of the General Fun with the $700 million-to-$800 million it’s already borrowing and paying off out of the Special Transportation Fund. Added to that is $750 million per year in federal grants.

The governor said Friday he would be willing to transfer $100 million per year away from other borrowing programs to support transportation. Connecticut also borrows funds for school construction, state building maintenance, clean water projects, open space and farmland preservation, and economic development initiatives.

It would have more than $2.1 billion each year to spend on transportation projects — without tolls. But Lamont said Connecti-

cut would rack up a huge amount of debt under this plan, and could avoid a lot of it by paying cash for some projects with toll receipts. In addition, as much as 40 percent of toll receipts would come from out-of-state motorists, he said. House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, praised Lamont’s willingness to compromise, but didn’t comment on the governor’s charge that lawmakers are afraid to vote on the tolls issue. “I applaud Governor Lamont for taking steps to incorporate Republican ideas and commit general bonding

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That’s less than the $250 million annual transfer that legislators from both parties endorsed in 2017 to keep the transportation capital program afloat until a long-term funding plan could be resolved. “Unfortunately, that $100 million is nowhere near what Connecticut needs to improve infrastructure today,” Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, said last Friday. “What the governor appears to be proposing still leaves a

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Horse riders advance to nationals Movado Farms, Inc., of Durham, is proud to announce that two of their Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Alumni Division riders qualified to compete in the IHSA National Final Championship.

After accruing the necessary points during their regular competition season, riders Melissa Korteweg and Stephie Harnois moved on to the regional finals. At that event, Korteweg placed first in the Alumni fences divi-

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we would argue that O’Neill’s press credentials should have been enough to identify her as a neutral figure, not a participant in the incident. O’Neill had been covering the Bridgeport police for more than two years, most notably since the killing by police of 15-year-old Jayson Negron on May 9, 2017. Thursday’s demonstration marked the second anniversary of that killing, which had angered many in the community. Police ordered the crowd to clear the street, and then advanced after one or two bottles or other objects

were thrown in their direction. Certainly a demonstration can’t be considered entirely “peaceful” if anything that could cause injury is being thrown at the police. But when it comes to the detention of the reporter, two other factors bear mentioning: First, O’Neill was standing on the sidewalk and filming the action with her phone, something that any citizen has a right to do as long as they don’t hamper the police in doing their job. But some police agencies seem to ignore that fact, and have been known to confiscate cameras or phones, or arrest peaceful observers for recording what happens. We are not claiming a special right for journalists here; rather, we are concerned See Editorial, A18

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mill rate for the 2019-20 fiscal year at 33.47, a drop of 2 mills from the current rate.

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A homeowner with a property assessed at $161,000 would have their taxes cut by about $326. A mill equals $1 in property tax per every $1,000 of a property's taxable value.

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“The Board of Finance is happy to be able to offer the voters a significant reduction in the mill rate,” Irish said Tuesday.

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The budget, presented in April, calls for $7,335,884 in general government expenses, a $323,330 increase from current year. With $2,038,411 in “less state and local revenue,” the net town budget comes to $5,297,473.

Enter your favorite pet photo in our Cutest Pet Photo Contest! Simply go to our webpage myrecordjournal.com/CUTESTPET to submit a picture of your Cutest Pet now through May 19th!

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This year the town is also responsible for about $20 million in education costs to Regional School District 13. The voice vote did include some opposition. Two residents spoke during public comment to express their disagreement with the town’s choice to increase the salaries of non-union employees at the same rate as union employees, and with the town’s ambulatory services funding. Board of Finance Chairman Bob Donahue said the board was proud of what it brought forward to residents to adopt. “This fiscal year has been a challenge ... but it’s also gone very well because of the fact that we've all worked together and we worked bi-partisan, which is something that is very unique right now to the situation that's going on in many different places,” Donahue said. The mill rate is expected to be set at a stable 36.50 mills, which would have no affect on taxes.

Vote on your favorite pictures May 20th through the 26th.

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The three pet pics earning the most votes will be the 2019 winners. Those three pics will be printed in the Record-Journal and also featured on this page May 26th.

About 240 residents attended Durham's annual town budget meeting at Coginchaug Regional High School on May 13. A majority approved the 2019-20 budget and elected members to several boards. | Bailey Wright, Town Times

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These programs were developed in response to earlier research suggesting that grief-related challenges can occur among bereaved military survivors, even many years following a loss, and that many surviving loved ones desire additional support. The study is now open to close friends and family members of those who died before or after Sept. 11, 2001 while serving in the military or as a result of their military service.

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Second, given that this reporter had been covering the Bridgeport police for some time — doing her job by reporting news that has sometimes cast the depart-

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For these reasons, we endorse what the Connecticut Post said in an editorial on Sunday: “There is no reason to arrest a journalist in the course of doing her job. Freedom of the press is enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution to ensure that the people will always know what their government is doing in their name.” We also endorse this statement from the Connecticut chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union: “We rely on police to uphold public safety, but we also entrust police with extraordinary authority, including the powers to use deadly force and to decide who gets stopped, searched, arrested, and funneled into the criminal justice system. This must be balanced by accountability and transparency.”

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Groups spread positive message during Mental Health Month their lifestyle affects their health.

Mental Health America has developed a series of fact sheets (available at mentalhealthamerica.net/may) to help people understand how

When you or someone you love is dealing with a mental health concern, sometimes it’s a lot to handle. It’s important to remember that mental health is essential to everyone’s overall health and well-being, and mental illnesses are common and treatable.

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