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Still time to enroll Access Health CT fair Saturday
By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
There’s still time to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, and an enrollment fair will be held in Newington Saturday to help those interested. The deadline to enroll in Access Health CT, the state insurance exchange, is March 31. However, a lot of people are finding it difficult to navigate the website themselves. That’s why Carol LeBrecque, social services coordinator with the Newington Volume 53, No. 58
IF YOU GO WHAT: Access Health CT Enrollment Fairs WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Newington Town Hall, 131 Cedar St., the Helen
Erica Schmitt | Staff
Bob Cassin, left, and Rob Perkoski, Newington natives and friends since childhood, are running in the 2014 Boston Marathon and are hosting a fundraising benefit March 1 at The Bar & Grill on Cedar Street.
2 town natives fundraising for Boston Marathon By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Department of Human Services, will be there to help Saturday along with four to five trained assistors. “The system is somewhat intimidating so it’s helpful to Free sit down with someone one-onone and go through the process,” explained LeBrecque, who along See ACCESS, Page 10
Call it what you wish — a high school and family reunion combined into one; a way to help children in the Greater Boston area and honor the victims of last year’s Marathon bombings, or a fun night out at the bar. Newington natives Rob Perkoski and Bob Cassin had all those things in mind when they decided to plan their 2014 INSIDE:
Boston Marathon Benefit March 1 at The Bar and Grill, 512 Cedar St. in Newington. The pair are lifelong friends and Newington High School graduates from the Class of 1995, who are both running the marathon this April 21. Their inclusion in the Boston Bruins Foundation team means all money raised will go to benefit the non-profit, which provides funding to enhance the quality
of life for children across New England in athletics, academics, community outreach and health. “We thought it would be cool for our hometown to rally behind the marathon after what happened last year and Nick, the owner, has been gracious enough to open up the whole bar to us that night,” said Cassin, who was having lunch on Boylston Street in Boston when two bombs went See MARATHON, Page 10
Newington High School freshman figure skater Tedy Markova now a champion in Bulgaria. Page 8
“Winter Willies” volunteers
UNICO hosts “Winter Willies” clothing drive Saturday at Lucy Robbins Welles Library. Page 9