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Newington Youth Ballet show to benefit animal rescue charity By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Massachusetts. Each show she puts together goes to benefit a different cause or non-profit organization. Last year Newington Human Services was a beneficiary. Levin, who has performed professionally with The New York City Ballet and as a soloist with
Next Wednesday evening is an opportunity to witness first-hand the talent of acclaimed dancers and simultaneously help rescue abused and neglected animals. About 25 nationally and internationally award-winning young dancers from the Newington See BALLET, Page 2 Youth Ballet will take to the stage at Newington Town Hall to per- Volume 53, No. 22 Free form for a local audience. They hail from across the state and beyond, as the ballet’s artistic director and founder Jane Alissa Levin, a Newington resident, teaches in five different dance studios in Connecticut and
On Monday, June 3, The Lucy Robbins Welles Library hosted a McDonald’s Fun Night at the McDonald’s Restaurant on the Berlin Turnpike. The event was orchestrated by children’s librarian Michelle Royer and Pat Michell, McDonald’s marketing and training manager. Children were able to hear a story, make various crafts, have their face painted and have a balloon animal made for them. McDonald’s also gave each child a free ice cream cone. The event was part of the library’s Dig into Reading theme.
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Ballet Atlantic, focuses on building self-confidence in her dancers rather than a competitive edge. Many have gone on to professional careers in the performing arts, at the Royal Ballet of London, the Rockettes, hit TV shows “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Dance Moms” as well as music videos and commercials. It’s these young starlets who will grace the stage in Newington Wednesday. “We have some really fantastic dancers performing, national champions, beginners, intermediate students, we’re very pleased with the dancers we have,” Levin said Monday.
This particular show won’t be an episodic ballet like last year’s “Legend of the Magical Forest,” but instead will feature the solo acts that won the students their various accolades. Styles range from lyrical-contemporary, to tap and acrobatics. “They’re using their solos with various choreography that they’ve won national and regional championships with,” Levin added. The Middletown-based nonprofit, Running for Rescues, will be the beneficiary of 100 percent of funds raised through admis-
sion. transportation, boarding and food With the help of her volunteer for foster animals. team, founder Jodi Dougherty resLevin discovered Running for cues dogs, cats, horses and other Rescues last year while preparing for another show. She learned about a pit bull puppy at the Newington Human Society that was awaiting adoption and would soon be put down if nobody stepped forward. Levin couldn’t take the animal in herself, so she began looking for help animals from shelters who prac- elsewhere. tice euthanasia; saves others from “I started frantically calling abuse or neglect situations, like places and I came across Jodi,” she dog-fighting rings, for example; explained. and also funds shots, neutering, “We found a foster and she paid
With the help of her volunteer team, founder Jodi Dougherty rescues dogs, cats, horses and other animals out of highkill shelters, saves others from abuse or neglect situations...
for him to get out of there, along with all his vet bills.” That was all it took for the Newington Youth Ballet to establish a partnership with the organization. They will present “Dancing for Rescues” Wednesday, June 12, at 6:45 p.m. in Newington Town Hall Council Chambers, 131 Cedar St. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 each. For further information on the performance or classes, contact Jane Levin at balletmaster@snet. net or call (860) 986-9847. Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or eschmitt@newbritainherald.com.
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From left, Newington Youth Ballet members Lauren, Tatyanna and Elana. The ballet company will perform their show “Dancing for Rescues,” Wednesday, June 12,at 6:45 in the Council Chambers in Newington Town Hall.
IAC announces 2013 scholarship winners The Italian American Celebration Honoring Christopher Columbus Committee (I.A.C.) has announced the recipients of its scholarships for 2013. The recipients were selected by a Scholarship Committee headed by Professor Dario Del Puppo of Trinity College, Hartford. The scholarship recipients are as follows: Rachel Forte, East Hartford High School; Michael Massaro, Xavier High School;
Samantha D’Agostino, Rocky Hill High School; Gabriella Capossela, Newington High School; Stephen Lamari, Rocky Hill High School and Jennifer Inho, Rocky Hill High School. The six scholarship recipients will each receive their $1,000 award at a fundraising event to support Columbus weekend activties in October. The I.A.C. presents its fourth annual “an Evening on Franklin Avenue” Thursday, June
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DiBella’s Old-Fashioned Submarines opening shop on Berlin Turnpike By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
“We’re not your typical momand-pop sub place,” they’ll tell you, before you look around and notice Mom and Pop DiBella’s pictures on the walls. DiBella’s Old-Fashioned Submarines will open the doors to its newest location on the Berlin Turnpike this Wednesday, June 12. And when they do, Central Connecticut will be introduced to a new concept in sandwich shops. “One thing that makes us special is our atmosphere,” says Mark Steinmetz, DiBella’s district manager. The ceiling is classic, glossy-black tin and the booths are roomy, with the large space accommodating up to 110 people. The music is 1940’s Big Band and the walls boast old photographs of DiBella family ancestry. The highlight of the Rochester, N.Y. sandwich-shop’s simple menu
is their Italian bread, baked fresh throughout the day using an old family recipe. “It’s our secret,” says Steinmetz. Sandwiches range in price from $5.99 to $10.99, and their largest is 14”. Cold and hot varieties include the classic DiBella’s Cheesesteak, or S t e i n m e t z ’s personal favorite, “The Godfather.” It’s topped with salami, spicy ham, capicola, and any other toppings that spark your interest, off a long list of veggies, cheeses, sauces and dressings. Their signature “Famous Oil Dressing” is a customer favorite. Sides include potato, pasta and macaroni salads or garden salads. “Our menu concept is simple but what we do I feel is quite special,” Steinmetz added. When DiBella’s opens next Wednesday, June 12, the first 30 customers will receive free subs for a year, with a limit of one sandwich
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per week. “We expect people will camp out in the parking lot here, it should be a lot of fun,” said Steinmetz. This will be DiBella’s second Connecticut location. They opened their first in Milford last year, and plan on opening stores in Wallingford and Hamden later this year. DiBella’s Subs is located in the same plaza as Stew Leonard’s, at 3583 Berlin Turnpike, Newington. Caroline Krawczynski Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days District Manager Mark Steinmetz at DiBella’s Subs’ newest location in Newington. a week.
Leo Club members raise more than $1K for Out to Pasture animal shelter To the editor:
The Leo Club members at Martin Kellogg Middle School raised $1,075 for the Out to Pasture animal shelter! How did they do it? They took donated Beanie Babies and Webkinz stuffed animals and “injured” them! “Injure animals”? Yes! Leo Club members had worked together to make eye patches, slings, diapers, wrapped bandages around “wounded” animals, and they even made dog cones to represent the different types of injuries that the Out to Pasture animals might suffer from. In addition, each “injured” stuffed animal has a dog tag. One side thanks the Martin Kellogg students for their support. The other side is a picture of one of the actual animals at the shelter, their name, and their affliction. After the Leo Club members came up with their idea, they then
broke into separate groups; the eye patch crew, the sling makers, the cone guys, and the diaper kids. There were also dog tag designers. Not only did those students design the dog tag, but they had also gone on the Out to Pasture website getting pictures and information about each animal listed to go on the dog tags! These young folks are very computer savvy! Students were very enthusiastic to make these “injured” animals. Many students reserved an “injured” animal because they found them too cute to pass up! After all of the stuffed animals were “injured” and had their tags, different Leo Club members took turns in selling them during their lunch waves. We Leo Club members are so very proud of all of the Martin Kellogg Middle students! Even though we had no Leo Club members in eighth grade,
students in the eigh th grade volunteered to help out selling the animals during their lunch waves! In addition, a wonderful lunchroom volunteer asked if she could help. She donated dozens of large stuffed animals that we raffled off. What a great, heart-warming response from the Martin Kellogg community! One by one, the wonderful Martin Kellogg students adopted these “injured” animals! There is even a stuffed dog with a dog cone and his dog friend with an eye patch in the main office, near the nurse’s station. With these great efforts, the Leo Club wants to thank the Martin Kellogg community for helping to raise $1,075 to be donated to Out to Pasture. Not only are the students of Leo Club helping to raise funds, they’re helping to raise awareness of a very good cause!
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POLICE BLOTTER Alan Hopper, 26, of 45 Jepson, Meriden, was charged May 29 with third-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief, interfering with a police officer and first-degree criminal trespassing. Miguel Sanchez, 23, of 40 Schultz St., New Britain, was charged May 29 with third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief, interfering with a police officer and second-degree criminal trespassing. Alanna Carey, 37, of 420 John Fitch Boulevard, South Windsor, was charged May 29 with violations of condition. Willard Morin, 20, of 601 Griswoldhills Drive, was charged May 29 with criminal violation of a protective order. Vanessa Torruella, 21, of 65 Walcott St., Willimantic, was charged May 29 with first-degree criminal mischief. Anny Ortiz-Dulanto, 21, of 50 Clinton St., Manchester, was charged June 4 with failure to drive in the proper lane and driving under the influence. Willard Morin, 20, of 601 Griswold Hills Drive, Newington, was charged June 4 with criminal violation of a protective order.
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Chamber of Commerce welcomes new business owners Middlewoods of Newingotn hosts annual New Member Recognition Social By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
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“People can lose a few sizes there then come sell their old jeans to me and pick up a new pair,” said Reney, whose store offers consignment of brand-name clothing and accessories, along with vintage furniture. Other new businesses who joined the town and the Chamber this year were: The Black Rose, Sloppy Waffle, Farmington Bank, East Cedar Dental, Ivy Bound and Picture This Productions. The Newington Chamber of Ben Jordan Commerce will present Newington This year’s new members of the Newington Chamber of Commerce joined longtime members Tuesday evening for Night at the New Britain Rock the 12th Annual New Member Recognition Social, held at Middlewoods of Newington. Cats Thursday, June 27. For more information call (860) 666-2089.
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Two Newington Girl Scouts among 70 Conn. Gold Award recipients
Kristina Maria DeConti and Alyssa Vereneau of Newington, Jackie Clark of Farmington, and Jacqueline Ford of Southington have earned their Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. In order to earn the Gold Award, Senior and Ambassador Girl Scouts between the grades of 9-12 spend at least 80 hours researching issues, assessing community needs and resources, building a team, and making a sustainable impact in the community. A Gold Award recipient’s accomplishments reflect leadership and citizenship skills that set her apart as a community leader. Kristina Maria DeConti’s Gold Award project sought to raise awareness of the risks of premature birth. She presented on the topic to middle school girls at the New Britain YWCA. The YWCA has incorporated this presentation into their STRIVE program Kristina refinished a rocking chair that was given to Saint Francis Hospital’s Nenoatal Intensive Care Unit, while enlisting the Newington Senior Center Knitting Club to knit blankets and hats. She will attend the
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$100K DEEP grant funding program By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
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From left, Girl Scout Gold Award recipients Alyssa Vereneau, of Newington, Kristina Maria DeConti, of Newington, Jackie Clark, of Farmington and Jacqueline Ford, of Southington.
University of St. Joseph in the fall. Alyssa Vereneau’s Gold Award project, “Wii Love Kids,” benefitted children at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. She earned money to purchase a Wii game system for the center. Alyssa coordinated three community workshops and educated parents and children on the benefits of using the Wii for physical therapy. The Wii game system will remain at the center for future use. Alyssa will attend the
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University of St. Joseph to study biology. The Gold Award is the highest achievement a girl can earn in Girl Scouting. Since 1916, girls have successfully answered the call to Go Gold. This year, 70 young women from around the state earned their Girl Scout Gold Award, an unprecedented number and the most recipients in Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s history.
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Town planning officials are resuming efforts to reduce the environmental impact of construction projects using a $100,000 grant they were awarded two years ago. Funding from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will be implemented in two phases to introduce Newington to an alternative approach known as “Low-Impact Development.” An upcoming public information meeting kicks off the first phase, to educate residents, local contractors and business owners on low-impact development practices, which utilize the natural landscape and unique features of a site to avoid flooding, unnecessary water pollution, and degradation of the environment. Phase two will be facilitated by Town Engineer Chris Greenlaw, who will design a project to be led by public works staff, to demonstrate these low-impact development practices somewhere in town. “A number of years ago, some major manufacturer out of Texas was caught by the DEP violating state and federal pollution laws and as a penalty they were required to pay a large sum of money to the state, so now the state is paying for towns to look into using low-impact development techniques,” explained Town Planner Craig Minor, who is leading this initiative. Newington received its grant immediately prior to the departure of Minor’s predecessor, former Town Planner Ed Meehan. It was put on the back burner for nearly a year before officials resumed efforts, hiring planning and development firms Fuss & O’Neill and Planimetrics to assist
in the process. The problem in Newington, like a lot of other towns, is that runoff from development is polluting rivers and streams. Some of those impacted in Newington include Piper Brook and Mill Brook. Sources can range from commercial and industrial properties to residential neighborhoods. According to Minor, the Metropolitan D i s t r i c t Commission, which provides N e w i n g t o n’s water, is overwhelmed by the amount of storm water that ends up in the sanitary sewer system. Co-mingling with sewage, rain and melted snow nearly doubles the system’s workload. Homeowners are invited to the meeting to learn what they can do to reduce the amount of storm water going into rivers or streams and how to make additions on their homes using low-impact techniques. One simple example is to create a rain garden, a low-lying area designed to receive storm water running from nearby parking lots, roofs or streets. Water feeds plants and then slowly percolates into the soil below rather than flowing into a catch basin nearby. “As a society we got away from using natural techniques like this and have been instead using more engineered techniques,” said Minor. The goal of LID is to “design with nature in mind” by retaining more water on the site where it falls, rather than funneling it into pipes that drain into local waterways. The town of Newington’s Low Impact Development Committee’s Public Information Meeting on Low Impact Development will be held Monday, June 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Newington Town Hall, 131 Cedar St.
The goal of LID is to “design with nature in mind” by retaining more water on the site where it falls, rather than funneling it into pipes that drain into local waterways.
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Hundreds expected at Race to End Domestic Violence Second annual Lavery/McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence set for Saturday By LISA BACKUS STAFF WRITER
Several hundred runners and walkers will line up Saturday morning to help raise awareness and funding during the second annual Lavery/McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence. Officer Peter Lavery was killed in the line of duty in 2004 while responding to a domestic violence call. Officer Ciara McDermott was killed by her ex-boyfriend at her West Hartford home less than a year later. The annual race memorializes both officers who served the local department and helps spread awareness and raise funds for programs and agencies that work to end domestic violence. “The committee which sponsors the race is made up of family and friends of both who wanted to raise awareness for domestic violence,” said Officer Jamie DeSimone. A third of the money raised from this year’s race will go to The
Prudence Crandall Center, New Britain, which supports victims of domestic violence. The other twothirds will be split between the Peter J. Lavery Memorial Scholarship Fund which provides scholarships to area students seeking a career in law enforcement and the Officer Ciara McDermott Scholarship Fund. During Saturday’s event, runners and walkers will receive information on domestic violence through pamphlets and vendor booths. “We try to use as many resources as are available to us to gather information on domestic violence for people,” DeSimone said. Publicity surrounding last year’s event prompted Tasha Carey of California to fly to town for the race and produce a video posted now on YouTube, “The Good You Do Matters,” describing her experiences with domestic violence and the warm welcome she received from local residents as she ran in her first 5K - the Lavery/McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence.
The sign across Main Street in Newington advertising last year’s Lavery/McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence.
The race, which has garnered wide support from area sponsors, will kick off at 9 a.m. at John Wallace Middle School, 71, Halleran Drive, with a 5K Trail Run followed at 9:30 a.m. by a 5K Trail Walk. Registration begins at 8 a.m. followed by a warm-up with Carla
Mohegan spokesman says keno will help offset plunging revenues By STEPHEN SINGER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Keno games coming to Connecticut promise to add more gambling to a market that already is adding casinos and table games. The $44 billion, two-year state budget sent by the legislature to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for his expected signature includes authorization for the game of chance around the state. The state estimates keno, based on the drawing of numbers, will generate about $31 million over two years from locations around the state. That total is after the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, which runs Foxwoods Resort Casino, and the Mohegan Tribe, which operates the Mohegan Sun, each receives up to 12.5 percent of gross operating revenue from the game. Chuck Bunnell, spokesman for the Mohegans, said the share of keno proceeds earmarked for the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resorts Casino is fair and will help the casino weather a possible drop in casino revenue due to the availability of keno throughout Connecticut. “We think it will offset the potential impacts to us,” he said.
Revenue at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun has plunged during the recession, the weak economic recovery and in the face of fresh competition in the Northeast, particularly in New York. Three resort casinos are expected to open in Massachusetts in a few years and voters last fall approved Twin River’s request in Rhode Island to offer table games. And Resorts World Casino’s racino, so called because it overlooks the Aqueduct thoroughbred track in New York City, is drawing billions of dollars. “We believe there certainly is a finite amount of disposable income that people would spend in gaming,” Bunnell said. “There is potential impact.” The 25 percent payment to the two casinos was not “totally pulled out of the air,” Bunnell said. The Mashantuckets and Mohegans each pay the state 25 percent of monthly slot machine revenue in their gambling compacts with Connecticut. Malloy and legislative leaders took a new look at keno to help generate revenue after opponents refused to consider a proposal by the governor to auction off electricity services for about 800,000 customers who haven’t yet chosen a power company.
Rodriguez at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $35 for adult participants and $10 for children. An awards ceremony with trophies and medals will immediately follow the trail walk. For more information, call Susan Hilerio at (860) 983-7493 or Officer Jamie
DeSimone at (860) 594-6232 or visit the Lavery/McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence page on Facebook. Lisa Backus can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 306, or lbackus@ newbritainherald.com.
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Roma Taylor and Dry Cleaning: A community fixture for over 30 years By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Not much has changed since Roma Custom Tailors and Dry Cleaning opened on East Cedar Street in Newington back in 1975, and that’s why owners Walter and Marisa Roma have so many loyal customers. Because the craft of tailoring has become less popular, there aren’t too many places left people can bring their clothing to be altered, to fit better. Walter’s father Claudio, an Italian immigrant, needed his son’s help translating for their American customers back when he opened up shop. Walter was 18 at the time, and after he and Marisa were married, they took over the family business. Claudio is now 84 years old and still helps out there. The tailoring work is done the very same way it was done more than 30 years ago. “Nothing changes,” says Walter. “We provide consistent quality.” They fit shirts, pants and jackets, shorten and lengthen sleeves, hem pants, take the waist of pants or the sides and chest of shirts in and out, replace zippers, cuffs and collars. They also cater to other types of fabric repair needs, especially for
regular customers. They’ve made drapes, pillows, dog beds and even fixed broken dolls. “With stuffed animals kids want them back that same day,” Walter said, chuckling. The couple knows almost all of their customers by name, and some of them are three generations of families. Around prom season, they alter dresses for young girls whose mothers’ prom dresses they altered decades ago. This year they had a record amount of prom dresses come in before the big night. While most alterations take a
week or more to complete, they will do one-day service to accommodate emergencies. “We’re a great place to leave your clothes,” says Walter. “We’ll treat them like they’re ours.” Roma Custom Tailor and Dry Cleaning is located at 33 East Cedar St., Newington. Call them at: (860) 666-9813. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Sundays. Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or eschmitt@newbritainherald.com.
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Lawmakers pass bill preventing release of crime scene photos By SUSAN HAIGH ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARTFORD — State lawmakers passed an eleventh-hour compromise bill early Wednesday morning, the final day of the legislative session, preventing the release of crime scene photos and video evidence from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and other Connecticut homicides, concerned such records would be spread on the Internet. The negotiated bipartisan legislation came after days of closed-door talks and speculation about whether an agreement could be reached before the Wednesday’s midnight adjournment. But once agreement was reached, the bill was quickly and overwhelmingly approved. It passed the Senate 33-2 shortly after 1:30 a.m. The House of Representatives then passed it a half hour later by a vote of 130-2. It now moves to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s desk for his signature. According to the bill, a new exemption is created under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. It prevents the release of photographs, film, video, digital or other visual images depicting a homicide victim if such records “could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of the victim or the victim’s surviving family members.” With several family members of the 20 first graders and six educators killed in Newtown on Dec. 14 looking on, Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr. said the bill closely tracks language from an exemption in the
federal Freedom of Information law. “We have tried our best as Democrats and Republicans to work together to protect the interests of these families, these parents, these relatives sitting behind me, at the same time honoring our tradition as a free and open democracy,” he said. The bill also creates a one-year moratorium on the release of certain portions of audio tape or other recording where the condition of a victim of a homicide is described. The exemption does not include 911 emergency call recordings, however. Additionally, it creates a task force to consider and make recommendations about the balance between victim privacy under the FOI Act and the public’s right to know. It must submit its recommendations by Jan. 1, 2014. Members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus had voiced concerns about the legislation only preventing the release of photos from the Newtown massacre and not other homicides, prompting the Wednesday’s bill to be broadened to include crimes other than Newtown. But lawmakers acknowledged the Sandy Hook crime prompted the legislation. “One does not need to see the photos to understand the unwarranted pain and anguish it would cause a parent or other family member to see such photos published and appear on the Internet every time someone searches Sandy Hook or school shooting,” said Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district includes Newtown.
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On the last day, a final gesture to the families of Newtown By MARK PAZNIOKAS CONECTICUTMIRROR
The Connecticut General Assembly’s annual session is ending Wednesday as it began, with a focus on the grieving families of Newtown, who pleaded for legislation that might give solace. And once again, lawmakers found it impossible to deny them. In the first hours of the final day of the 2013 session, the Senate and House quickly voted to close public access to police photographs of the carnage at Sandy Hook Elementary School and, at least temporarily, an audio account made by police as they stepped among the 20 dead children and six educators. The legislation applies to all homicides. It is a major new exemption to the state’s Freedom of Information Act, a 40-year-old monument to transparency in government, a simple concept grown complicated in a digital age when everyone with a smart phone or a laptop can be a publisher. The Senate passed the bill, 33-2. The House quickly followed with a vote of 130-2. The dissenters were Sens. Edward Meyer of Guilford and Anthony Musto of Trumbull and Reps. Stephen Dargan of West Haven and Peter Tercyak of New Britain, all Democrats. None of them spoke on the floor, but Tercyak grew emotional speaking to reporters after the vote, saying such a dramatic limit on the public’s right to know should have been considered for months, as were the gun-control measures adopted in April. “Open government’s the bedrock, sorry,” Tercyak said. “Some principles are always there, and the reason people can trust our government and police departments is because we don’t have secrets.” His voice broke. “It’s never easy. I don’t know that it’s ever harder than this,” he said. “But that’s why we do it. That’s what we’re about.” Tapes of 9-1-1 calls will remain public records. The bill creates a task force to search for a balance between victim privacy and the public’s right to know. “Thirty years ago, this wouldn’t be an issue,” said Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, who was a small-town radio reporter before studying the law at Washington and Lee University and politics in Hartford. No newspaper would publish photos of children and women mutilated by the high-volume and high-velocity rounds of an AR-15 rifle. And even if one did, its reach would be
finite, limited by a press run. On the Internet, those photographs would live forever, go everywhere. Two parents told legislators the pictures effectively would pry open their child’s coffin, exposing disfiguring wounds, haunting them. And so the web, the most efficient and quickest way ever devised to transmit information, became the rationale to withhold photographs taken by public officials in a public place performing a public duty. “This has been a wrenching process,” Williams said. Meyer, a former federal prosecutor, urged his colleagues in private conversations to reject the bill. He carried into the chamber a folder of iconic photographs of violent incidents that changed American public opinion, including the image of a naked girl running down a Vietnamese highway, her body burned by napalm. He remained silent during the debate, making his only statement by casting a no vote. “We’ve been asked to be respectful of the families,” he said. Some members of the Senate had sought a narrower bill, one that would have applied only to Sandy Hook. Members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus objected to the special treatment, even while expressing sympathy for the Newtown families. They said every family of a homicide victim should be given the same consideration. Rep. Angel Arce, D-Hartford, was a convincing voice in negotiations, others said. A security video of his father being struck by a hit-andrun driver in Hartford in 2008 was broadcast widely and still pops up on television and the Internet, he said. “Trust me when I tell you if these kind of picture are posted, it’s going to change their lives,” Arce said of the families. “I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody didn’t end up in the hospital with major depression. It happened to my family.” Arce said his mother still doesn’t watch television. The video clip of his father flying after being struck was aired as recently as two weeks ago, he said. “They keep showing that thing, any little thing that has to do with motor vehicles,” he said. His niece called him Tuesday, upset over a video posted on Facebook of a motorcyclist who plunged through the side window of a cab in Hartford. She posted a message asking that the video be taken down in deference to the motorcyclist’s family.
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As Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr. explains a bill exempting Newtown crime photos from the FOI Act, an aide distributes copies to family members.
Arce said he expects the video already has gone viral, never to be retrieved. Williams took the floor of the Senate after 1 a.m. to explain the compromise bill negotiated over recent days with people like Arce, who watched. In the end, the legislators settled on a broad exemption covering any video or photograph “to the extent that such record could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of the victim or the victim’s surviving family members.” Seated in the chamber behind Williams were Newtown family members, some of the same mothers and fathers who successfully lobbied for gun control and watched Gov. Dannel P. Malloy sign the bipartisan measure into law. “We have tried our best as Democrats and Republicans to work together to protect the interests of these families, these parents, these relatives sitting behind me. And at the same time honoring our tradition as a free and open democracy,” Williams said.
He yielded to Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, his opponent on most things, his partner on issues relating to Newtown. “This is a narrow protection offered in this bill, and it is not unusual or novel,” said McKinney, whose district includes Newtown. The bill follows privacy protections for crime victim in the federal Freedom of Information Act and reflects the similar protections in English common law, McKinney said. He thanked his colleagues in the Senate and House and Malloy, the Democrat he is considering opposing in 2014, for coming together one more time for Newtown. He singled out Mark Ojakian, the governor’s chief of staff, who stood in the chamber. Ojakian was a party to the negotiations. Malloy promised days ago to sign an FOI exemption. He said Wednesday in a statement: “Those who lose loved ones to violence have a right to protect themselves against further anguish.” The House debate was as brief. The Newtown families who watched in the Senate sat in the
well of the House. When the final vote was tallied, House members stood and waited quietly, giving the relatives time to leave. Rep. DebraLee Hovey, R-Monroe, whose district includes part of Newtown, walked over and briefly spoke to them. Arce shook hands with other legislators. House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, waited for House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, to step down from the dais. They hugged, nodded to each other and joined the silent procession of tired legislators exiting the House. The family members declined comment. Nicole Hockley, whose son Dylan was among the victims, said they were too exhausted to take questions. “Maybe tomorrow.” This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.
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State Senate votes Senate approves $750M in to allow unlimited borrowing for state’s checkbook spending by parties By MARK PAZNIOKAS CONNECTICUTMIRROR
By MARK PAZNIOKAS CONNECTICUTMIRROR
Under legislation approved early Tuesday on a partisan vote in the Senate, state parties would be able to make unlimited expenditures on Connecticut legislative races next year, weakening a campaign finance reform passed in 2005. The Senate voted 21-14 for final passage of legislation intended to tighten disclosure rules on independent expenditures, while expanding the role of the parties in legislative races. The House passed the bill Saturday, 71-59. The legislation, which did not attract a Republican vote in either chamber, was sought by the Senate Democratic majority in reaction to independent groups’ spending $500,000 to defeat a handful of Democrats in the closing weeks of the 2012 campaign. By beefing up the role of the parties, the legislature is seeking a counterweight to big money after Citizens United, a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing unlimited campaign spending. But Republicans unanimously opposed the bill, as did the League of Women Voters, saying the new disclosure rules were confusing at best and, possibly, even weaker than existing law. “This bill has so many new aspects to campaign finance rules in Connecticut that I wonder if we are creating a whole new legal practice for people,” said Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury. “This is a case of rushing into something that we might really regret,” said Sen. Joseph Markley, R-Southington. “It’s a very serious step we are taking with little reflection.” Christine Horrigan, the government affairs director for the nonpartisan League, said before the vote, “If they pass this bill, it’s going to put our campaign finance system on the ropes.” After a corruption scandal forced the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland in 2004, his successor, Gov. M. Jodi Rell, and legislators agreed on sweeping reforms, including a ban on state contractor contributions and the creation
of the Citizens Election Program. The program created a system of public financing in which candidates for legislative and statewide office can obtain public grants – but only if they agree to spending limits ranging from little more than $15,000 for a state House race to $6.25 million for governor. But the system has no flexibility for participating candidates to respond to a late infusion of dollars by outside groups on negative ads, as occurred two years ago. Most of the candidates already had spent their public grants and were barred from raising more money. The law originally allowed for supplemental grants, triggered by a non-particpating candidate’s excessive spending or by independent expenditures. But a court decision forced the legislature to abandon triggers in 2010. State parties were limited in the help they could offer: $3,500 in expenditures on a House race and $10,000 on a Senate race. Their expenditures under the new law would be limited only by their ability to raise money. The legislation doubles to $10,000 the maximum donation the state parties can accept. Sen. Steve Cassano, D-Manchester, said he was one of about a half-dozen Democrats subjected to last-minute spending of $50,000, mostly on negative mailers and cable commercials. “We can’t go without providing some protections against what took place” in 2012, Cassano said. “It was wrong, it was sneaky and it was last minute.” But it didn’t work, said Senate Minority Leader John P. McKinney, R-Fairfield. All the targeted Democrats won in 2012, and in the 2010 race for governor, the winner was outspent in the Democratic primary and general election, he said. “We’re told it’s a crisis?” McKinney said. This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.
The Senate adopted a bill late Tuesday that would ensure the state pays its bills promptly – while shifting the cost of one of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s biggest campaign promises onto Connecticut’s credit card. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 21-14 along party lines to approve a major bond package that includes $750 million in financing to assist the conversion of state finances to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The governor’s fellow Democrats in the Senate insisted the borrowing would force state government to face a problem it has long ignored. But Republican senators countered that the state is running up $218 million in interest charges to cover a debt it effectively owes itself. Republicans also noted that the measure delays the start of repaying this debt until after the first budget after the 2014 gubernatorial election. The bill now heads to the House of Representatives. “This adds a significant amount (of debt) to the balance sheet of the state of Connecticut,” said Sen. L. Scott Frantz of Greenwich, ranking GOP senator on the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee. Not only is the state borrowing to cover a debt it owes itself, but it is running up extra interest so it doesn’t have to begin repaying that bonding for two more years, added Sen. Robert Kane, R-Watertown, who called it “kicking that can down the road.” During
the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, Malloy used the “kicking the can” expression to describe how one-time revenues used by then-Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the legislature had helped create the mammoth-sized, $3.7 billion annual budget deficit he inherited in 2011. Also during that campaign, Malloy pledged repeatedly to immediately begin converting state finances to GAAP, an accounting system that promotes accountability and transparency. Unlike the modified cash basis system currently used, under GAAP, expenses must be promptly assigned to the year in which they were incurred. In the context of the state budget, that would end an array of accounting gimmicks that have pushed current expenses into future years. If GAAP standards are used, state finances are deep in the red. State analysts recently pegged the GAAP differential at $1.2 billion. Malloy originally planned to close that margin by setting aside $80 million annually for 15 years starting this July. But the governor and legislature had to close a big projected deficit just to balance the next budget, and the idea of paying cash to build the entire GAAP reserve was scrapped. This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.
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A $2.1 billion plan for UConn moves forward By JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS CONNECTICUTMIRROR
The General Assembly has paved the way for the University of Connecticut to begin dramatically expanding enrollment at its Storrs and Stamford campuses. “This is one of the greatest investments we can do,” Rep. Betty Boukous, D-Plainville, said. The state House of Representatives voted Wednesday morning on a bill to borrow $1.6 billion to overhaul the state’s flagship university over the next decade. The initiative -– dubbed “Next Generation” by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy who proposed it -– will provide UConn with the funding to construct state-of-the art science, technology and engineering classrooms to accommodate a 30 percent jump in enrollment over the next 10 years. “This is one of the largest investments any of us are ever going to vote on in our entire legislative careers,” Sen. Gary LeBeau, the chairman of the legislature’s Commerce Committee, said before the Senate voted on the initiative earlier this week. “It’s about providing the future for the state of Connecticut… This is going to transform us.” The state budget approved by the House and Senate also provided $15 million for the university to hire 66 new faculty and counselors to accommodate an estimated 650 additional students starting in the 2014-15 school year. “Next Generation will create breakthroughs for the state,” UConn’s Provost Mun Choi, a
mechanical engineer, said after watching the state Senate approve the construction package. When pitching the $2.1 billion construction and faculty plan to the legislature during his budget address in February, the Democratic governor said while people from the state may have invented the submarine, typewriter, anesthesia, helicopters and the Frisbee, Connecticut is no longer a world leader. “This funding will drive innovation, enhance job creation and spur economic growth… Together, we will fuel Connecticut’s economy with new technologies and new employers; with more highly skilled graduates, more patents, more licenses and more highwage jobs,” Malloy said. Business agrees. More than 100 businesses have thrown their support behind the initiative. But not everyone is supportive, including some Republican legislators who are concerned with the price tag and what this growth will mean for the state’s other public college system, which is struggling to cope with declining enrollment. “I simply don’t believe we have the money… The cost [of borrowing] has created a tax burden that has killed economic growth,” said Sen. Joe Markley, R-Southington. Concern was also raised over why the state is left picking up almost the entire bill for construction. Rep. Gail Lavielle, R-Wilton, and the
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Gov. Malloy in January with UConn President Susan Herbst proposes ‘Next Generation.’
minority leader on the Commerce Committee, said she thinks UConn’s foundation and endowment should pick up some of the bill. “I think I would like to see more effort on UConn’s side,” she said. With a 29-5 vote in favor in the Senate and a 120-21 vote in the House on the construction package, the bill heads to the governor’s desk for his signature. This bill fully funded his requested construction package, and funded $15 million of the $17.4 million he had requested for faculty and staff to accommodate the influx of students for the fiscal year that begins July 2014 . Future increases in state appropriations will
be necessary to hire about 400 faculty and staff needed to fill these new and renovated classrooms. The plan estimates an additional $95 million a year in operating costs will be needed for staff by the 2023-24 school year. “We are going to start with some renovation of facilities that were in the pipeline, but accelerate it because of the new funding that is now available,” Choi said. “The effects of this will be seen as soon as next year.” This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.
LIBRARY EVENTS CALENDAR HANDS-ON COMPUTER CLASSES: Class size is limited to 10 and reservations are required. Registration begins two weeks before each class is scheduled. Basic keyboarding skills, familiarity with Windows and proficiency using a mouse are required for all classes. Call (860) 665-8700 to register. If you register for a class and do not attend or fail to give 24 hours notice, you must wait 60 days before you may register for another class. All classes are two hours. Excel and Word programs are the MS Office 2003 version. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
of the Julia Brooker Thompson Library, University Connecticut, Torrington, will be the presenter. ADULT SUMMER READING KICK-OFF & REGISTRATION — GROUNDBREAKING READS! Tuesday, June 11, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Join us for the start of this year’s reading event. Drop-in to register, receive a free gift and a chance to win the kick-off gift basket. Many reading suggestions will be available. Light refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
library’s Adult Information Desk. TEEN GAMING AFTERNOON: Monday, June 24, 3 to 5 p.m. Grades 6 to 12. Stop by to play featured games such as Zombie Dice, Settlers of Catan, Small World, and Ticket to Ride. We will show instructional video clips to help you get started. We have a collection of other board games that you can try, too. Feel free to bring your favorite board or card games! Snacks will be available. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Word Templates and Tables — Wednesday, June 12, 6:30 p.m. Learn how to download, create and use templates to streamline Word document preparation. Use tables inside Word documents to arrange text and content neatly. Experience with Microsoft Word is required.
TECH TROUBLESHOOTING WITH TEENS: Thursday, June 20, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Attention all adults! Drop by with the gadgets that drive you crazy and let our teen techies help you. Gadgets can include but are not limited to cell phones and text messaging, e-readers, Facebook, cameras, email, video games and iPods.
LUNCH & LEARN: NOVELIST: Wednesday, June 26, 1 to 2 p.m. Need help finding a good book to read? Want to find a list of books similar to books or authors you like? Bring your brown bag lunch and spend one hour learning about this database. Dessert and beverages will be provided. Register at the Adult Information Desk or call (860) 665-8700.
Online Genealogy Research — Monday, June 17, 6:30 p.m. Learn how to use Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest and FamilySearch.org. This class will be a lecture format. Sheila Lafferty, Director
BUS TRIP TO NEWPORT: Saturday, June 22. Join the Friends of the Library for a day in Newport, R.I., where you may spend the day as you wish. The cost of the trip is $30. Register at the
TEEN GAMING NIGHT: Wednesday, June 26, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Grades 6 to 12. Play on the library’s Xbox Kinect and Nintendo Wii! A variety of video games will be available. Feel free to
bring your own video games! Snacks will be available. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. TEEN HORROR MOVIE MARATHON: Friday, June 28, 6 to 10 p.m. Ages 13 to 19. After hours scary movie marathon for teens! Come hang with your friends, snack and watch horror movies. We’ll be viewing “The House at the End of the Street” and will vote on the second film. Feel free to bring bean bag chairs, pillows or blankets. All movies are rated PG-13. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS GARDEN CLUB: Schedule of events is available in the Children’s Department. We’re starting a Garden Club for families and gardeners who will help run the library garden. Call the Children’s Department to register at (860) 665-8720. Children must be accompanied by an adult. The garden will be planted with donations from the Eddy Farm, Home Depot and Frink Garden Center. The programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
FAMILY STORYTIME: Every Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Stories, songs and more for the whole family all year ‘round. No registration is necessary. JUST A STORY AND A SONG!: Wednesday, June 19 and 26, 10:15 a.m. (NOTE: No program June 12) Join us for a 30-minute all ages storytime. We’ll enjoy a story (or two) and a song (or two) to welcome in the morning. No registration required. PLAY FOR ALL! Saturday, June 8, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Come join us for a special needs playgroup giving parents the opportunity to talk, support and encourage each other, while allowing their children time to play and socialize together. Co-sponsored by Newington UNICO. MONKEY ONO: Saturday, June 8, 1 p.m. J.C. Phillipps, author and illustrator of “Wink: The Ninja” picture books, will read her new book, “Monkey Ono.” Then she will talk about how she created the book and give us a lesson on how to draw the main character. The
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LIBRARY EVENTS CALENDAR Continued from Page 20 program is geared for children 3 to 8 years old. Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing. JUNIOR COOKBOOK CLUB: Wednesday, June 12, 6:30 p.m. Get ready to Dig Into Reading! Join us as we read “Buster and Phoebe: the Great Bone Game” by Lisze Bechtold, and then we’ll make our own bones. Junior chefs entering grades K-2 may call (860) 665-8720 to register. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. SUMMER READING KICK-OFF: Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m. to noon. Town
Hall parking lot (Rain time and place: 10 a.m. to noon at the Mortensen Community Center Gym.) Dig Into Reading — Children can help us kick off a great summer of reading! Sign up for our online summer reading program, play games with D.J. Bob, go crazy in the Bouncy House, and more! Sign up for summer reading online at www.newingtonct.gov/library or come down to the library to register. Groundbreaking Reads — Teens can sign up for summer reading on computers that will be available for this special occasion. Teens who register at
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from the library. Please call (860) 6658720 to register, and, most importantly, bring your library card and device, if you have one, to the class. COOKBOOK CLUB: Wednesday, June 19, 6:30 p.m. How does a cocoa bean become chocolate? We’ll find out. Then we’ll mold soft delicious chocolate into shapes. Chefs in grades 3 to 6 may call (860) 6658720 to register. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. HAVING FUN WITH FOSSILS AND DINOSAURS: Monday, June 24, 10:15 a.m. Fossil hunter Paulette Morin will introduce us to the wonders of
dinosaurs and their fossils. Using a five foot tall book, she will describe these prehistoric creatures, and then let us examine her collection of fossil specimens. Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register children ages 4 and up, beginning June 10. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. MAGIC WITH MARISSA: Tuesday, June 25, 6:30 p.m. How does she do that? Newington’s own Marissa Michaels will perform magic for children of all ages. Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 beginning June 11 to register.
EVENTS CALENDAR BIG K FLEA MARKET BARGAIN SHOPPING: New vendors-New ProductsCrafts-New Tag Sales — Every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Market Square free parking lot, 39 E. Cedar St., Newington. Admission is a $1 donation to the Kiwanis Club charitable fund. Spaces $15. For more information or directions, call (860) 6672864, or (860) 839-1597. NEWINGTON HIGH SCHOOL GOLF FUNDRAISER: The Newington High School football team booster club, Friends of Football, will host a fundraising golf tournament this year Saturday, June 22, at Indian Hill Golf Course, Newington, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Included in the registration fee of $125 will be a luncheon, cart and green fees, practice range, great raffle prizes and contests, one hour cocktail hour, and will end with an awards BBQ banquet with a variety of foods. This year’s proceeds will be directed to replacing the sound system at Alumni Field where a variety of both boys and girls play sports. Besides the sound system, the Friends of Football assist the coach and team by sponsoring game meals, supplemental equipment, assisting in after school study halls, scholarships and other needs as determined by the coach and school. For further information, and to register and/ or sponsor your business for a $100 tee sponsorship, contact the following: Dave Pruett, event chairman, at pruett.d@cox.net, 860-558-1560; and Coach Roy Roberts at rroberts@npsct. org, (860) 965-4290. DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP: Going through divorce, thinking about getting a divorce, already divorced, or relationship breakup. There is a caring group of people who have been exactly where you are now, this group meets every Friday night at 7 p.m. (except Good Friday and the Friday after Thanksgiving) at First Church of Christ, 250 Main St., Wethersfield. KIDNEY HEALTH SCREENING: A Kidney Health Screening will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at Vallabhdham Temple, 26 Church St. To register, contact Marcia Hilditch at (203) 439-7912 or e-mail Marcia. hilditch@kidney.org. Walk-ins are welcome, but prior registration is
encouraged. Must be 18 years of age or over. TOWN OF NEWINGTON FREE COMMUNITY SHRED EVENT: The Town of Newington free community shred event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 8, in the lower lot of Newington Town Hall. (next to the police station) Bring your confidential documents to shred. What can you bring — All paper, file folders, hanging files, computer paper, notepads, envelopes, CDs/CVDs. No need to remove staples, paper clips and fasteners, or rubber bands. SECOND ANNUAL LAVERY/MCDERMOTT 5K RACE TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: The Second Annual Lavery/ McDermott 5K Race to End Domestic Violence will take place June 8, at the John Wallace Middle School at 9 a.m. This event seeks to raise awareness, provide support and remember those affected by domestic violence in honor of Master Police Officer Peter Lavery and Officer Ciara McDermott. Registration information is available at www.active.com, www.peterlavery. org or Lavery/McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence on Facebook. The proceeds for this event will be distributed to organizations that support victims of domestic violence, The Peter Lavery Memorial Scholarship Fund and The Officer Ciara McDermott Scholarship Fund. GIRL SCOUT AWARD RECOGNITION CEREMONY: The Newington Girl Scout Service Unit will hold its annual Girl Scout Award Recognition Ceremony of 2012-13 Monday, June 10, at 7 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers, Newington Town Hall, Newington. Newington will be awarding the Bronze, Silver & Gold awards this year. Representative Sandy Nafis and Sen. Paul Doyle will be bestowing the coveted awards to the girls that evening. NEWINGTON YOUTH BALLET BENEFIT PERFORMANCE: Newington Youth Ballet, a local non-profit organization, will hold a benefit performance Wednesday, June 12, at 6:45 p.m. at The Newington Town Hall Council Chambers Auditorium. The performance, “Dancing For Rescues” features members of The Newington Youth Ballet who are National Champions, including Jade
Cloud who appeared on the Lifetime hit TV reality show, “Dance Moms” this season. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door. Proceeeds will be donated to help rescue neglected and abused animals. NEWINGTON FARMERS MARKET KICK-OFF: The 5th Annual Newington Farmers Market will kick off Thursday, June 13, from 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market is located behind the municipal parking lot in the center green. The market will run from June until late October. Please contact Val Ginn at (860) 571-0084 (h) with any questions. ANNUAL NARL ELECTRONIC FLEA MARKET AND HAMFEST: Newington will become a target for hundreds of electronics communication people and amateur radio buffs from Southern New England and nearby New York for one day at the Annual NARL Electronic Flea Market and Hamfest (www.narlhamfest.org.) Saturday, June 15, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s School Exhibition Hall, 625 Willard Ave. Admission is $5 which benefits NARL’s scholarships and civic and educational activities. Each paid admission will receive discount tickets to two electronics outlets: Lentini Communications and Cables & Connectors, and a free raffle ticket for door prizes throughout the show. Vendors will display all sorts of electronic components, antennas, hardware, computers and peripherals, amateur radios, wire and antennas, also used wares for sale, and displays to explain what they are all about. Experts will lecture and demonstrate a variety of radio and electronics related topics; Indoor vendor tables are $15 per 8’ table (supplied). Outdoor tailgate spaces are $12. Prospective exhibitors and inquirers should contact Armando Landrian at kb1prp@arrl.net., by phone (860) 805-3107, or write to NARL, P.O. Box 310133 Newington CT 06131-0133. UNICO 39TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT: The Newington Chapter of UNICO National, in partnership with the Greater Hartford Chapter, is sponsoring its 39th Annual Charity Golf Tournament to be held Thursday, June 20, at Indian Hill Country Club.
Registration is at 10 a.m. followed by a barbecue luncheon. A shotgun start is at noon with dinner following at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $150 per player, or $50 for dinner only. Tee signs and sponsorships are also available. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Manchester Police Activities League and Autism Speaks. Call (860) 6702652 for a registration form. MS SUPPORT GROUP: The Newington MS Support Group meets at the Newington Senior and Disabled Center, 120 Cedar St., from noon to 2 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month. There are more than 6,000 Connecticut residents diagnosed with
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