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Holding hope
Newington woman with PLS serves as voice for rare disease
the disease and reaching out to others with the disease who think they are going through it alone. Saturday, Nov. 5, Carron and more than 20 others will get together again to share in their struggles By ERICA SCHMITT and triumphs. STAFF WRITER PLS symptoms vary from person She spends much to person, but often of her time on her begin with difficulty computer, using only in balance and weakher left hand to write ness in the legs and to others in her supcan escalate into more port group who have severe problems, like from the same physilosing the ability to cal symptoms. talk or walk and difNewington resificulties in swallowing, dent Dolores Carron Dolores Carron laughing, crying, and was diagnosed with more. Carron uses a Primary Lateral Sclerosis in 1996, wheelchair to get around her home a rare neuromuscular disorder simi- as she is unable to walk and experilar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ences chronic pain. “My progression has been relaknown as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Since then, she has dedicated her tively slow compared to some other life to increasing public awareness of people,” she said, “but I have had symptoms since 1985.” Carron does physical therapy at least twice a week, uses a heated pool for exercise, and is cared for by
Vote of approval TPZ accepts Cedar Mountain subdivision, with conditions By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
At its meeting this week, the Newington’sTown Plan and Zoning Commission approved the plan for a 62-lot subdivision on the 73-acre Balf property on Cedar Mountain, proposed by national developer Toll Brothers. Town Council came to a tentative deal prior to TPZ’s decision to purchase the adjoining 28-acre site known as the Marcap
piece for approximately $2.6 million. They bought it to preserve for use by Newington residents, as the mountain has long been enjoyed by hikers, bikers and walkers, although it is private property. The development plan was widely opposed by town residents, denied by the town’s Conservation Commission in late September and this past Wednesday night, approved with conditions by all but one member of TPZ.
Their sanction was made wearily, as they felt they were acting in the town’s best interest but would have rather the mountain be left untouched. If they had chosen to deny the proposal, Toll Brothers could appeal the decision in court and return with a conventional R-20 plan, which town officials said could limit the amount of open space donated to the town to 11 acres, versus the 44 to be dedicated See TPZ, Page 9
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POSTAL CUSTOMER Newington residents give a big hug to the Lucy Robbins Welles Library Oct. 15. It was part of the festivities for We LOVE Lucy day, which concluded the Friends of the Library s 50th anniversary celebration. Company 1 of the Newington Fire Department provided the ladder truck for the photograph. See more photos, Page 14.
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Program provides guidance for parents with teens
Human Services offers ‘Staying Connected with Your Teen’ By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
The teenage years are a tough time for kids, but maybe an even more difficult one for their parents. The Newington Department of Human Services is offering parents a program that will help make this period easier and more successful for them and their families. “Staying Connected with Your Teen� is a video and discussionbased parenting course, hosted by licensed clinical social worker Valerie Dripchak, Ph.D. She is a professor at Southern Connecticut State University and also serves
as a parent educator and therapist provide parents with skills in comwith Newington munication and Human Services. discipline, teach them the best “Valerie faciliway to talk about tates the program alcohol and using a variety of drugs with their techniques from teens, eliminate discussion to role power struggles, playing,� said and improve Ken Freidenberg, communication. director of Dripchak has Human Services. held the course “There’s video, in Newington there’s tapes, for more than homework, too 15 years, where — they might it has helped discuss a particubetween 150 and lar technique or 200 parents. strategy to use KEN FREIDENBERG “This program and the parents Director of Human Services has taught me might go home and try it and come back and dis- new ways to deal with my teenager’s behaviors and mine as well,�said one cuss it.� The purpose of the program is to parent who attended the program. “The good thing I learned is I don’t have to do the same things my parents did. I started using the problem-solving plan and it changed things,� said another parent. “It provides different areas of
“I think the course is beneficial for any parent. With single parent families there are special issues. With two parents, it could be about how to get on the same page with certain issues.�
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“Staying Connected with Your Teen” will be held on four consecutive Monday nights Nov. 7-28 at Newington Town Hall in the Human Services Conference room from 6 to 9 p.m. The cost is $45 per person or $65 per couple; educational materials are included and complimentary pizza and soda is provided. To sign up, submit check or cash to the Newington Department of Human Services by Nov. 3. Partial scholarships are available to those who meet income eligibility guidelines. For more information, call Karen Gagliardi at (860) 665-8590 and press 1.
value,� Dripchak said of the course. “Parents are able to get together and share, but also learn from each other.� For those who are too proud or timid to sign up for a parenting course, Newington Human Services wants them to know that all parents need help from time to time. “Adolescence is a difficult time period to be a parent,� Freidenberg said. “We struggle with how independent they should be, try to make them as responsible as possible and make sure they do well in school. Teens are changing and the rules seem to be changing in terms of
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Newington residents, officials weigh in on Busway project By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
The Busway project is stirring up residents and town officials in Newington, where two stops along the transit route are planned: one near Fenn Road and Cedar Street, and the other at Newington Junction. The nearly $570 million project is 14 years in the making, and the state Department of Transportation is just a few steps away from making it happen. It would run 9.4 miles between the cities of New Britain and Hartford. DOT expects to be granted $267 million from the federal New Starts program and $193
million from other federal sources, leaving the state with $113 million of the cost. Congress is expected to approve the final piece of federal funding by Nov. 7, and construction would then start later in the year with buses running at some point in 2014. There are both Busway advocates and opponents in Newington. A few town officials have decided that although the matter is touchy, they are in favor of the Busway because it can help bring redevelopment to town. The supporters include Mayor Mike Lenares and Deputy Mayor Scott McBride. “I am in support of this project because it’s going to give us the
best chance for our area to get redeveloped,� Lenares said. “We have National Welding there.Tying these two projects together is the best way we can get that whole place back on the tax rolls, but we’re not in favor of any high-density housing on the site,� he clarified. McBride agrees. “While the busway has increased in cost since it was first proposed, it continues to be the most cost-effective solution to the congestion on Interstate 84 west of Hartford,� wrote McBride in a recent letter to the editor of the New Britain Herald. “This is the most congested corridor in the Hartford region, accounting for more than 50
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When they started this in 1998 and it was $75 million and they were going to get 30,000 riders a day, that was defendable.� Newington Town Council member Maureen Klett has also expressed her opposition to the Busway. “I don’t believe it’s going to create the ridership they say it will create,� Klett said. To increase ridership, the state is supposed to build up “transit-oriented development� near Busway stops. In Newington, this would be at the National Welding site, which the town applied for a grant to demolish recently. Klett pushed for the council to have the grant application altered to make clear it did not want highdensity housing at the site. “I wanted to make sure we weren’t caught in the battle of housing,� said Klett. “I don’t want to see what ends up there affect the quality of life in town, I hope it has the least negative affect on the community as possible.� Opponents also say that most of the 4,000 jobs supposedly created are only temporary construction positions that will disappear once the Busway is built.
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U.S. Rep Murphy advocates for juvenile justice funding By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
WETHERSFIELD — U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy met with state juvenile advocates on Thursday to discuss the affect of planned cuts by Congress to funding for juvenile justice programs. The federal budget for the next fiscal year will likely be passed by mid-November and Congress has planned to reduce juvenile justice funding from $180 million to $40 million. “This is a huge cut to programs that fund a variety of interventions that basically keep kids out of prison,” said Murphy, a Democrat representing Connecticut’s 5th District. He said that’s one of the reasons why he recently introduced legislation aimed at restructuring the juvenile justice system. The legislation, in the form of
separate bills he’s submitted,looks to provide incentives to states to eliminate practices in juvenile facilities that can prove harmful; address the mental health needs of juveniles; prevent states from terminating Medicaid benefits for minors when they enter a detention facility; and allow states to use federal money to implement educational services. “Our hope is that this could be less controversial than the other pieces (of legislation),” Murphy told the 14 juvenile justice and education officials at Thursday’s roundtable discussion at the Wethersfield Library. Abby Anderson, executive director of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, was one of the advocates who attended the forum. She and several others raised the issue of prevention techniques. “Let’s identify mental health treatment for youths early on,”
she said. “Let’s reduce schoolbased arrests, suspension and expulsion.” Merva Jackson, executive director of African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities, focused on community outreach. “Once we’re able to create diversion programs,” Jackson said, “the money going into processing a young person through the courts and the system is saved.” Murphy’s proposed bills have to go through many hearings and committees before any action is taken on them. He encouraged the group Thursday to seek the support of U.S. Sens. Joe Lieberman and Richard Blumenthal. “This is as important as it gets over the next 30 days,” Murphy said. “It would be good to let our leaders know what we’re going to lose if we lose this funding.”
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NHS Marching Band gears up for regional competition
The Newington High School Marching Band is preparing for the annual “Music of the Knight” marching band competition at Southington High School Saturday. The band, which includes 85 musicians and 15 color guard members,is under the direction of Band Director
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The Newington High School Marching Band salutes the crowd at Alumni Field.
“It takes a lot of practice and coordination in order to pull off a seven- or eightminute show of music and drill.” KENNETH BELL NHS Marching Band director
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TPZ accepts Cedar Mountain subdivision, with conditions Continued from Page 1
under the open-space subdivision plan. “I can’t stress enough that by approving this petition in front of us it’s achieving the maximum amount of open space,”said Commissioner David Lenares before the vote was made. Other commissioners agreed. “In some ways, not all ways, this was a victory for the people of Newington,” said Gary Turco. “We’ve gained 44 acres people can legally enjoy.” Although they approved the plan,Town Planner Ed Meehan submitted a lengthy list of modifications that Toll Brothers needs to make before they put any shovels in the ground. According to the text of the draft motion,“Prior to the Open Space Subdivision becoming effective, the single family lot subdivision design modifications required by companion Petition 13-11 shall be completed and re-submitted to the Commission for its approval.” These changes include, but are not limited to: making the Homeowners’Association responsible for maintaining the Stormwater Management Basin areas, no construction or tree clearing in the Old Highway Greenway, reducing tree cutting along Russell Road and eliminating retaining walls. In addition, all blasting activities will be carefully monitored as to follow the Newington Fire Marshal’s requirements, and the proposed street name “Cedar Mountain” must be changed “to a name that does not sound similar.” With these conditions, the plan was passed by all but Commissioner Carol Anest. “I feel the stability of the land is not conducive to building,” she said of her decision. “… the health and safety of our residents should be priority … blasting and drainage concerns haven’t been addressed adequately,” Anest told the commission. “Just because we give our approval doesn’t mean they start digging tomorrow morning,” said Lenares, also pointing out that the town’s Land Use Attorney told them to make a decision independent of that of the Conservation Commission’s, as Anest also mentioned that due consideration wasn’t given to their denial of the plan. Upon closing Chairman Pruett told the room, “It’s been a long journey; the public deserves high marks for their involvement …” He highlighted the fact that those who attended the last six months of hearings brought many crucial issues to the commission’s attention, prompting some of the modifications. “I’m hoping there’s still some way to prevent this,” said Newington resident Marty Dabrowski, who hastily left the meeting upon hearing the decision. Toll Brothers still needs to address the Conservation Commission’s denial to go forward and to accept the conditions proposed by town officials.
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After reading a number of letters and articles that criticized Mike Lenares’ promise to not raise taxes on Newington residents I felt the need to add my opinion to the discussion. I am not running for office and have no political affiliation but I do know that more taxes are not something that any of us need. The Democratic candidate says we should not use funds from the “town’s savings account� to fill any theoretical budget gap. My interpretation of that is that
Recently, I spoke at the New Britain Common Council meeting where the merits of selling city land to build a Costco was discussed. As a Newington Town Council member, my concern was that Mayor Stewart had misled his council members into believing that our council was in agreement with handing over 15 acres of land to complete this business transaction. We have not agreed to any such thing. Even after I publicly spoke and told them that Newington’s elected officials hadn’t made a decision to give up our right of first refusal on the land located in Newington, if it became available, Mayor Stewart insisted he had the support of Mayor Lenares and our town manager. Mayor Stewart is a seasoned politician; it is hard for me to believe that he is unaware that a decision involving Newington land would have to be made by the entire Town Council. It wouldn’t be made as a result of an agreement between him and Mayor Lenares in a room somewhere outside our
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he is prepared to use “my savings account� to fill that gap. Given a choice between using some of the “rainy day fund� (which is tax dollars we have already paid) and paying in still more tax dollars the decision should not even be close. The town needs to learn to live within its means like the rest of us and if necessary dip into its savings account when times are lean and rebuild when things improve for everyone. The people in Washington are trying to figure out how to get a little more out of each of our pockets and the new governor has
already gotten his hands a little deeper into all of our pockets. It is refreshing to hear a candidate that is willing to say to his constituents that we have given enough and we need a break from the continued parade of politicians who want to take just a little more from everyone. Mike Lenares has my support this election and I urge all of you to think before you vote because your decision will impact your bottom line. Lawrence Griffin Newington
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have lived in Newington all their lives. Steve listens to each and every one of you! When Steve has a decision to make, he does the research and makes an intelligent, informed choice. Steve Woods is a man of his word. This is the person I want to be my Mayor! Steve has
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Carron,who has spoken to groups of medical professionals and students, senior citizens, and much of the media, hopes to make life with PLS better for others who have it. “I know how my life was changed by this disorder. I was forced to give up my career much earlier then I should have,”she said.“I liked to play the piano,do cross-stitch and needlepoint, cook and clean my own house. … I can no longer do all that stuff.”
She and her husband take day trips in their wheelchair-accessible van on occasion and Carron still tries to do a little cooking. Before her life changed due to PLS, she worked as a registered dietician at Hartford Hospital. People with an illness or handicap that makes them dependent on a caregiver share a similar burden as Carron, and she encourages their loved ones to visit often simply to
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Mary Welles Rast Kennedy was born in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 9, 1930, to William and Katharine Rast. Mary grew up in Newington. She was named after her Great Aunt, Mary Welles, for whom the Newington playground is named and who was instrumental in passing Connecticut’s child labor laws. These were the first child labor laws in the nation and the model for such laws in many other states. Mary died with grace and dignity in her home surrounded by loved ones July 25, 2011. Formerly of Littleton, Mass., and Laramie, Wyo., she retired in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Married to Donald Alexander Kennedy for 51 years and widowed in 2002. Mary received her nursing
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Newington can’t keep up with Manchester By CHRISTOPHER MCLAUGHLIN CORRESPONDENT
MANCHESTER — It was a clash of Indians, as the Newington Indians fell victim to the Manchester Indians’ 58-35 onslaught Oct. 21. Despite the score, Newington still got solid production from its players. Jonathan Snyder threw and rushed for more than 100 yards each and had four touchdown passes. Newington had little difficulty on offense, but nothing could be done to stop Roy Richards. The Manchester running back’s monster game dashed all hopes of a Newington victory. “This is one of those nights where we didn’t have a lot of guys play well,” coach Roy Roberts said. “We didn’t coach that well. It wasn’t a good night for the program, but we had some young guys who grew up tonight.” While Snyder was able to be effective for Newington, there was no player more effective in the
game than Richards. He ran the ball seemingly at will. With his play, he quickly became the focus point of Robert’s defense. However, even singled out, Richards continued to have his way for much of the game, racking up well over 300 rushing yards and four touchdowns. “Richards is a good player and sometimes you have good nights and he had a great night,” Roberts said “We came in looking to stop the run, but he ran his tail off and our hat goes off to him.” Down 52-14 after three quarters, Newington continued to scrap. Snyder connected with Morris for two more touchdown passes, and then special teams was able to recover a fumble on the kickoff giving Newington great field position. Snyder then found Morris for his third touchdown in the quarter. “That has to be the expectation,” Roberts said. “You’re supposed to play to the end, whether that’s on the football field or in life, you never give up.”
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DeBlois, Martin, Bernacki all tally double-digit kills By JOE FORTUNATO STAFF WRITER
NEWINGTON — The New Britain Golden Hurricanes had an opportunity to extend the game. Down 2-1 and leading 24-23 in the fourth game the Hurricanes seemed to have all the momentum. But Newington hunkered down and reeled off three-straight points to take the decisive game 26-24 earning a 3-1 victory over New Britain Monday afternoon at Newington. In the final game, the Hurricanes hurt themselves with errors, making seven serving errors in the fourth game alone. New Britain coach Michelle Abraham attributed the miscues at the serving line to mental mistakes. “It was a lack of concentration,” she said. “It’s just like a foul shot. You’re there, there’s no pressure in front of you and you just have to
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get the ball 60 feet over the net and force the other team to play defense. But it wasn’t happening at the end.” Abraham wants her team to simplify things when they get ready to serve. “They just need to get the ball over and look for their teammates at the front to help them out,” she said. “We’re not looking for aces on all our serves. We’re simply looking to keep the ball in play.” That’s not to take anything away from the Indians. Newington got fantastic performances offensively by Roxanne DeBlois (15 kills, six digs), Mitzie Martin (12 kills) and Krystin Bernacki (10 kills) in the win. Indians’ coach Jennifer Micowski was very pleased with her team’s total effort against New Britain. “I think that over the course of the season we have made progression in the right direction,” she said. “It’s happened slowly but I think we’re starting to see it click. To have three players getting 10 or more kills in a game, it’s tough not to come out with a win in that situation.” Micowski was particularly pleased with Newington’s ability to get kills,
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The Hurricanes had their moments as well. Down 1-0, New Britain dominated the second game, cruising for an easy 14-25 win to even the score at one. The Hurricanes would not be able to hold onto the momentum for much longer, however.
The Indians would respond by dominating the third game, routing the Indians 25-8 to take a 2-1 lead. Abraham thought the offense losing its stride was the biggest culprit of the let-down third game. “We were able to put our offense into effect the second game,” she said. “Then in the third game our passes never got to our setter, she was too close to the net and you can’t put her that tight. There’s nothing you can do from there, so our passing was not sharp at all the second game.” Micowski, on the other hand, thought controlling emotions was key to the Indians rebounding. “It’s a game of momentum, and if you can control your momentum you will come out on the winning side,” she said. “We didn’t do that in game two, we took too many steps backwards from winning game one. And we gave up too many opportunities to them.” Faith Ford (nine kills and eight blocks), Daniella Markowski (five kills and six blocks) and Juliette Thuillier (nine blocks) all had a solid night for the Hurricanes in the loss.
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