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Friday, March 28, 2014
Costco deal gives town residents, workers a break on Stanley Golf fees
By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
To anyone who works along the Berlin Turnpike in Newington or at any business in town, those who own property here, pay taxes and of course, residents themselves: shine up your golf clubs and head over to the Stanley Golf Course in New Britain. Anyone with these ties to Newington can now pay the heavily discounted green fees Volume 53, No. 63
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that before this season had only been available to city folks. To facilitate the complicated construction of Costco along the Route 9 corridor in New Britain, city officials made a deal with Newington officials last year for land caught within the building site. Now their treaty is coming to fruition just as Stanley is set to open for its 2014 season this Saturday. Last May Newington agreed to give up a 15.5-acre parcel of vacant state land it had first rights to developing in order for construction on the worldwide membership warehouse club to commence. It was then that officials negotiated the tradeSee STANLEY, Page 8
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Members of the Newington/Wethersfield Woman’s Club gathered at the Newington Senior and Disabled Center Tuesday night for their Annual Art Contest.
Woman’s club celebrates the arts By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
It’s never too late to reignite the passions of your youth, and the ladies in the GFWC Newington/ Wethersfield Woman’s Club are doing just that. Members gathered at the Newington Senior and Disabled Center Tuesday evening to celebrate their talent in the arts. For some that translates to photography, others painting and many
still, crocheting. “I think it keeps us in tune with the fact that art and craft are important things and we don’t want them to die,” said Celestine Bernard, chair of the club’s art committee and judge of the annual art contest. She chose first, second and third-prize entries Tuesday and the top winners will move on to the district-wide show, which is composed of winners from five
other woman’s clubs. After being judged there, the further scaled-down list of contenders will head to the statewide show to vie against the top entries from clubs across Connecticut. Not only is the event a fun way for women from all over the state to meet, but it’s also a chance for them to delve back into hobbies they put on the back burner years ago. See WOMAN’S, Page 9