Volume 19, Number 39
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
www.TownTimes.com
Friday, Februar y 6, 2015
Emergency notification systems keep residents informed Notifications surrounding weather events are the most common uses for Durham’s and Middlefield’s emergency notification networks. | Mark
By Mark Dionne
These emergency notification systems use phone calls, e-mails, and texts to get inforAlthough the storm that mation out to residents about passed through on Jan. 26-27 impending storms, storm did not meet the local pre- damage, shelter openings, dictions of up to three feet, it traffic bans, or emergency was a reminder of the type of situations. Bill Roberts, Middlefield’s weather event that puts the emergency notification sys- Emergency Management ditems of Durham and Middle- rector, told the Town Times that he uses the system “to field to work. Town Times
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Improbable championship run remembered By Mark Dionne
gional High School in the Town Times 1970s, it didn’t take long for the basketball team to win a When Durham and Mid- state championship. As Don Carmichael, a dlefield students combined to become Coginchaug Re- guard on the 1974 Class S
Coginchaug’s 1974 Class S Connecticut championship basketball team was honored at halftime of the boys basketball game on Jan 30. Pictured from left: The Blue Devil mascot, John Lyman, Lance Munroe, Mark Gagliardi, Don Carmichael, Joe Rioux and John Forline. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
state title team, remembered, his class was the first one to go all four years as the Coginchaug Regional High School Blue Devils. That team, the first and only CRHS state championship team for boys basketball, was honored at halftime of the game against Portland on Jan. 30. CHRS announcer Kris Nystrom introduced six members of the team and detailed their championship season. Mark Gagliardi, Joe Rioux, John Lyman, John Forline, Lance Munroe and Carmichael gathered at center court with their championship banner. The players had strong memories of playing for CRHS. According to Rioux, who now lives in Vermont, the Maynard Stender GymSee Championship / Page 13
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READY FOR SPRING?
A deer makes its way across a field in Durham after two recent storms left the area blanketed under deep snow. The storms, hitting within a week of each other, did not cause much trouble in terms of power outages, but did force the school district to call snow days as well as a delayed opening. The weather also created significant snow removal work for residents and town crews. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
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