Volume 13, Number 46 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, November 19, 2015 Peter F. Chase, director of Plainville Public Library for the past 35 years, has been preparing to close the book on a long, satisfying and sto- ried career. Chase, who came to the Plainville post in early 1981, recently reminisced about the many changes he’s seen at the local library, and in library technology. Chase, 65, will be honored at a reception Thursday, Nov. 19, 4 to 7 p.m., at the library, 56 E. Main St. “It’ll give a chance to say goodbye to the people in the community,” he said, adding he enjoyed his stay. He invited anyone interested to stop by. Refreshments will be served. Chase said the local li- brary and its technology have changed much since he first walked through the door at Plainville Library. Back then the library was 13,000 square feet. Today it is 30,000 square feet. “There was a large mail slot in the front door,” Chase re- Retiring library director moving on to ‘new chapter’ By Ken DiMauro Special to The Citizen Peter F. Chase, who is retiring Nov. 20 after serving as director of Plainville Public Library after 35 years at the helm of the local entity. | Photo by Ken DiMauro See Chase / Page A2 There were Veterans Day activities at all five Plainville public schools on Wednes- day, Nov. 11, from flag-waving ceremonies to school band performances, a breakfast for veterans and school assemblies. A highlight of the day was the assembly at Linden Street School, where each class performed in front of an audience that in- cluded Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Kitching and a number of veterans who were recognized by school principal Paula Linden Street School assembly is Veterans Day highlight By Ken Liebeskind The Plainville Citizen Linden Street School second-graders hold up the U.S. flag as they sing “You’re a Grand Old Flag” at the Veterans Day assembly. | Ken Liebeskind / The Plainville Citizen See Assembly / Page A3 ESCO Energy Services, the Massachusetts com- pany awarded the LED street lighting project in Plainville, began converting more than 1,400 high-pressure sodium lights with LED street lights on Nov. 2. “They started at the north end of town and they’re do- ing about 60 to 80 lights per day and should finish the job around Thanksgiving,” Town LED street light installation underway By Ken Liebeskind The Plainville Citizen See LED / Page A4 6567-01 6567-01
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Volume 13, Number 46 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, November 19, 2015
Peter F. Chase, director of Plainville Public Library for the past 35 years, has been preparing to close the book on a long, satisfying and sto-ried career. Chase, who came to the Plainville post in early 1981, recently reminisced about the many changes he’s seen at the local library, and in library technology.
Chase, 65, will be honored at a reception Thursday, Nov. 19, 4 to 7 p.m., at the library, 56 E. Main St. “It’ll give a chance
to say goodbye to the people in the community,” he said, adding he enjoyed his stay. He invited anyone interested to stop by. Refreshments will be served.
Chase said the local li-brary and its technology have changed much since he first walked through the door at Plainville Library. Back then the library was 13,000 square feet. Today it is 30,000 square feet.
“There was a large mail slot in the front door,” Chase re-
Retiring library director moving on to ‘new chapter’By Ken DiMauroSpecial to The Citizen
Peter F. Chase, who is retiring Nov. 20 after serving as director of Plainville Public Library after 35 years at the helm of the local entity. | Photo by Ken DiMauro
See Chase / Page A2
There were Veterans Day activities at all five Plainville public schools on Wednes-day, Nov. 11, from flag-waving ceremonies to school band performances, a breakfast for veterans and school assemblies.
A highlight of the day was the assembly at Linden Street School, where each class performed in front of an audience that in-cluded Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Kitching and a number of veterans who were recognized by school principal Paula
Linden Street School assembly is Veterans Day highlight
By Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen
Linden Street School second-graders hold up the U.S. flag as they sing “You’re a Grand Old Flag” at the Veterans Day assembly. | Ken Liebeskind / The Plainville Citizen
See Assembly / Page A3
ESCO Energy Services, the Massachusetts com-pany awarded the LED street
lighting project in Plainville, began converting more than 1,400 high-pressure sodium lights with LED street lights on Nov. 2.
“They started at the north
end of town and they’re do-ing about 60 to 80 lights per day and should finish the job around Thanksgiving,” Town
LED street light installation underwayBy Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen
See LED / Page A4
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Chase
called, describing the large laundry basket that was placed behind the door after business hours to catch re-turned books.
Today the library is a com-fortable, bright, state-of-the-art building that is decades different than the complex Chase knew in 1981. The orig-inal 1931 brownstone edifice was updated and renovated, but the 1960s addition was re-moved, replaced with a new wing that will last well into the 21st century.
The 1960s addition had issues, Chase said. He was happy local officials were able to save and incorpo-rate much of the original 1931 building into the design.
Chase came to Plainville af-ter a stint as director of the public library in Old Lyme. In his career, he also worked as a librarian or researcher for
different organizations and libraries, including the Pratt Library in Baltimore, Mary-land, and doing research li-brary work at Gulf Oil Co.
Originally, Chase wanted to be a history teacher, receiv-ing his undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island and his master’s in li-brary science at the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh.
When he first started his long career in library work, he helped with a bookmobile that provided a much-needed service to a large city.
“Today’s library is much like a community center,” Chase said, adding that many people have come to depend on it for research and cultural assistance. Chase predicts there will always be a need for books. While electronic versions of books and maga-zines are readily available, he said many people prefer tra-ditional books. Currently, Pla-inville Public Library boasts some 90,000 books and that number has stayed fairly con-stant during the past several years.
The local library has seven full-time and 12 part-time em-ployees. An elected library
board with six members oversees the library with 85 percent of the library bud-get coming as a department of the town government. The other 15 percent of the bud-get comes from endowments and grants. Plainville also has a very active Friends of the Library group that helps to provide items and help with needed programs.
While Chase has known for several months that he would be ending this chapter of his life in Plainville, just recently did it begin to sink in. On Oct. 27 he led his final book dis-cussion group, something he has done regularly through-out his tenure. “We were looking at ‘Practical Magic’ by Alice Hoffman,” he said. He said he will miss the inter-action with library patrons.
Chase and his wife, Re-becca, have two sons. The longtime library director said he will remain active in re-tirement, working around his home in Bristol. He refuses to be shelved, wanting to stay busy doing volunteer work and with the Plainville Cho-ral Society and local AARP. “I’m looking forward to the next chapter,” he said.
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Originally, Chase wanted to be a history teacher, receiving his undergraduate degree at the University of Rhode Island and his master’s in library science at the University of Pittsburgh. When he first started his long career in library work, he helped with a bookmobile that provided a much-needed service to a large city. “Today’s library is much like a community center,” he said, adding that people have come to depend on it for research and cultural assistance.
A Paderewski Pond Pub-lic Forum is scheduled for tonight, Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m., at Town Council Chamber at Municipal Center.
All Plainville residents are welcome.
Town staff plans to pres-ent the history of Paderewski Pond and its sources of water.
Members of the Conserva-tion Commission and Parks & Advisory Board are also
expected. The public forum will be
hosted by Robert Lee, town manager.
Residents will be given the opportunity to ask questions and to make suggestions re-garding the maintenance of Paderewski Pond.
For more information, call the town manager at 860-793-0221, ext. 201 or email him at [email protected].
Paderewski Pond forum tonight
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by honoring veterans on the important day and then in-troducing each class, which gathered on a stage at one end of the gymnasium to perform. The kindergartners began the festivities, singing “Thank you, Soldiers,” and the first graders followed by singing a poem, “See the Veteran.”
The second graders sang “You’re a Grand Old Flag” as they held up small flags on stage.
The third graders recited a brief history of Veterans Day, which started as Armistice Day after World War I before becoming the holiday we know now celebrated every year on Nov. 11, the day the armistice that ended World War I was signed.
The fourth graders read a
Veterans Day poem that in-cluded the line, “The future is up to me, but I have veterans to thank for all that I can be.”
A group of fifth graders played “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” on recorders.
Eshoo concluded the event by naming the veterans in the audience, who then stood up and waved to the crowd of young students, who ap-plauded enthusiastically.
All 440 Linden Street School students participated in the Veterans Day event. “It was very good and the chil-dren worked hard on it,” Es-hoo said. “It was heartfelt and well done. I was very proud of everyone.”
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At right: Plainville fifth-graders play “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” on recorders on Veterans Day. | Ken Liebeskind
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LED
Manager Robert Lee said.Plainville is the first Con-
necticut town to install LED street lights with ESCO in a program that was coordi-nated by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
Kevin Maloney, a CCM spokesperson, said, “Plain-ville is a model that encour-ages other towns to go this route. They’re the first to take this important progressive step to provide lighting in a more cost effective way that will generate long and short term savings.”
Jack Hanley, director of business development at
ESCO said the cost of install-ing LED lights is $304 per fix-ture, which will cost the town $467,000. But $187,000 will be saved through an Eversource rebate, reducing the cost to $280,000. The town will also save $77,000 annually on the reduced energy cost of LED lights – $33,000 for LED lights compared with $100,000 for sodium lamps.
Lee said the move to LED lights “is a better way to do
things. We’ll save money on electric costs and get better performance from the LED lights.”
Plainville also plans to in-stall chips in some of the LED lights in the downtown area that will enable free Wifi ac-cess for residents. “We’re looking for advertisers who want to be on the network so we can generate revenue to pay for operational costs,” Lee said.
ESCO will work with the town to negotiate an agree-ment with Comcast, ATT or another Internet carrier to provide Wifi service.
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Left: A member of an ESCO street crew installs a LED light in Plainville.
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Plainville has set leaf collec-tion through Dec. 1, weather permitting. Leaves should be raked to the curb as early as possible. No sticks, stones or grass clippings. If your street has an island, do not rake leaves onto the island.
Bagged leaves will not be collected at curbside. Bagged
leaves may be brought to the drop-off center on Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the month of November the drop-off center is scheduled to be open Monday through Friday, 2 to 4 p.m., for leaves only.
For more information, call the Public Works department at 860-793-0221, ext. 208.
Leaf collection runs through Dec. 1
A Bristol man faces charges after po-lice conducted an investigation into por-nographic and racist material being distributed around Berlin for two years.
Gilbert Levesque, 58, of 44 Spel-man St., Bristol, was arrested Mon-day, Nov. 9 and charged with 44 counts of second-degree breach of peace from Berlin police. He was charged with six counts of breach of peace, one count of risk of injury to a minor and impairing the mor-als of children from Southington police.
Deputy Berlin Police Chief John Klett said there have been numerous incidents of an individual distributing pornographic material and trash with “offensive and rac-ist remarks” handwritten. Klett said the incidents have been happening in the Sav-age Hill Road area for about two years. He added that similar incidents have been oc-curring all over the state for 13 years, in-cluding in Plainville.
Levesque was determined to be a sus-pect and served a search warrant for his home, Klett said. Police seized a significant amount of evidence. It appeared the dis-tribution was random and not targeted to-ward individual homes, Klett added. The items seized include the same type of im-ages police found distributed, such as por-nographic images and hand-drawn images.
Levesque was distributing materials in Southington because his brother lives there and they had issues with one another, Klett said.
Levesque was determined a suspect af-ter a detective conducting surveil-lance in an area where the material was previously dropped witnessed a man drop papers on the ground. The detective obtained a license plate number.
“It’s not a heinous crime against humanity,” Klett said. “It’s a quality of life issue.”
Southington Police Lt. Michael Baribault said on May 18 the de-partment received four complaints
from residents who found pornographic materials in front of their homes. Each piece of material had “vulgar and racist” sayings handwritten over an image, Barib-ault said. On May 21 and 24, more incidents of the materials were found, and in one in-cident the materials were found near an el-ementary school, close to young children, Baribault said.
Baribault noted the incidents have been happening for 13 years and there have been other similar crimes in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Old Saybrook.
Levesque was released on $5,000 bond from the Berlin police and was due in New Britain Superior Court on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Levesque was released on $5,000 bond from Southington police and is scheduled to appear in Bristol Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 23.
Man faces charges after allegedly distributing pornographic materialBy Lauren SievertSpecial to The Citizen
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A local woman faces charges after police said she assaulted a 62-year-old neighbor and kicked the neighbor’s chihuahua.
Lynn Mansfield, 56, of 234 East St., Apt. 8, Plainville, was arrested Monday, Nov. 9 and charged with third-de-gree assault on an elderly person, third-degree assault, cruelty to animals, interfer-ing with an officer and sec-ond-degree breach of peace. She was released on $10,000 bond and is due to appear at Bristol Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 23. At the time of the incident, police described Mansfield as “in-coherent” and took her to an area hospital for an emer-
gency committa l based on her behav-ior. The incident be-gan on Oct. 23 around 6 p.m. when Mans-field knocked on a neighbor’s door, said police Lt. Nicholas Mullins. The woman, who was home alone, opened the door and was not familiar with Man-sfield. The woman’s chihua-hua got loose and ran outside the apartment. Mansfield kicked the dog twice and pushed the woman, caus-ing her to fall, Mullins said. When the woman got up and tried to get her dog, Mans-field grabbed the woman’s arm and closed the apart-ment door on it, Mullins said.
The resident was able to free herself, and Mans-
field began scream-ing expletives and punching the door. The woman went to another neigh-bor’s home for help once Mansfield left. The dog suffered minor injuries. The 62-year-old suffered a sprained wrist and
hematomas to her arm and shoulder, Mullins said. Po-lice described the incident as “random and unprovoked.”
While officers tried to talk with Mansfield, she opened the door of the police cruiser and said she wanted the po-lice dog inside to be “free.” Officers physically restrained Mansfield when she tried to open the door to the police cruiser a second time, Mul-lins said.
Police: Woman assaulted neighbor, dogBy Lauren SievertSpecial to The Citizen
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Lynn C. Mansfield, 56, 234 East St., Unit 8, third-degree assault of victim 60+, cruelty to animals, interfering with a police officer, second-degree breach of peace, third-degree assault, 8:38 p.m.
Hector Rodriguez, 39, 124 Monroe St., Unit 2, New Britain, illegal possession of heroin, pos-session of drug paraphernalia, 4:15 p.m.
Kiara A. Bennett, 18, 11 Max-ine Court, New Britain, sixth-de-gree larceny, conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny, 9:36 a.m.
Dana L. Petruzielo, 22, 235 East River Drive, Apt. A503, East Hartford, sixth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit sixth-de-gree larceny, 9:04 a.m.
land St., illegal possession of narcotics, possession of drug paraphernalia, assault on an of-ficer, interfering with an officer, engaging police in pursuit, 10:33 p.m.
Richard F. Pawlina, 54, 255 Wooster St., New Britain, illegal possession of methadone, pos-session of drug paraphernalia, 5:52 p.m.
Joseph Bernhardt, 38, 17 Hanson Place, three counts al-lowing a dog to roam, owning a nuisance dog, 9:32 a.m.
second-degree breach of peace, reckless driving, 8:06 a.m.
Nov. 13:Victor J. Daesener, 22, 222
W. Main St., first-degree forg-ery, third-degree identity theft, third-degree larceny, 2:24 p.m.
John T. Zevoteck, 54, 492 East St., interfering with a police officer, 11:06 p.m.
Kathleen A. Fantarella, 52, 26 W. Pearl St., New Britain, second-degree harassment, second-degree breach of peace, 10:53 a.m.
Jason V. Michaud, 39, 70 Woodford Ave., Unit E., sixth-de-gree larceny, 11:18 a.m.
Nov. 15:Carlos Camacho, 47, 199
Broad St., disorderly conduct, 3:25 a.m.
Nancy M. Bell, 72, 92 Indiana, Bristol, driving under the influ-ence of drugs or alcohol, travel-ing too fast, 12:32 a.m.
Nov. 16:Paul J. Raymond, 46, 107
Pine St., Bristol, illegal posses-sion of heroin, possession of heroin with the intent to sell, possession of drug parapherna-lia, 2:28 a.m.
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Obituaries
PLAINVILLE — Rose (DeVi-vo) DeMarco, 94, of Plainville, passed away Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at the Pines at Bristol. She was the wife of the late Frank De-Marco.
Mrs. DeMarco was born Oct. 7, 1921, in Newark, N.J. a daughter of the late Vincenzo and Maria (Lombardi) DeVivo. Rose was a very social person who en-joyed all of the daily activities at Mulberry Gardens and later the Pines. She loved reading and card games, but mostly enjoyed spending time with her family.
Rose leaves her daughters, Stephanie Lombino, of Plainville and Mary Ellen Burgos, of Bronx, N.Y.; her grandchildren, Mary Ellen, Philip, Stephanie and Jo-seph; and her great-grandson, Christian.
Funeral services and burial in Saint Anthony Cemetery in Glenridge, N.Y. will be held pri-vately. The Bailey Funeral Home 48 Broad Street in Plainville has care of arrangements. For ad-ditional information or to leave words of condolence please visit www.Bailey-FuneralHome.com.
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Y D J H A F H C H H B A F G A K H G B Q U L M B B X Q Q D Q R U A B H G N U, U M N K U M X Y D U K H G B Q D Q R L M B K M X, N K R M C; N K U M X Y D U A F D B U A D Q R L M B R M C. ----- S U G Y N 42 CLUE: K = Y
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Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God; my soul is thirsting for God. Psalm 42
Religion Puzzle
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Bahá’í FaithFor more than 100 years, the Bahá’í community in the
U.S. has sought to build a model of racial integration and race unity, embracing people from all backgrounds and classes of society.
To wage peace and establish racial unity in the greater community, contact the Baha’is of Plainville at [email protected] or 860-747-2918, or visit www.bahai.us.
The Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC
The Congregational Church of Plainville, UCC, 130 West Main St., has scheduled the following:
Wednesday, Dec. 16 - Service of Light at 7 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Family Service at
5 p.m.; Lessons and Carols with premier of “The Inn-keeper’s Wife” at 9 p.m.; and Traditional Christmas Eve Service with Communion at 11 p.m.
For more information, call 860-747-1901 or visit uc-cplainville.org.
Grace Lutheran ChurchGrace Lutheran Church, 222 Farmington Ave., has
scheduled its Holiday Craft Fair for Friday, Nov. 20, 5:30 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event features handmade ornaments and crafts, a white elephant sale and gift baskets as well as food for purchase.
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United MethodistWeekly events - Sunday
worship at 10 a.m.; church school at 9 a.m.
Tuesday Ladies Meeting - Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.; Boy Scouts - Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; AA - Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Al-Anon - Mondays, 7 p.m.; Choir re-hearsal, follows worship.
Special events:Friday, Nov. 20 through
Tuesday, Nov. 24 - “Fill the Truck” at Gnazzo’s. All food donations benefit the Plain-ville Food Pantry.
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Town Council members were sworn in for a new two-year term at the organiza-tional meeting at Town Hall on Monday, Nov. 9. The coun-cil members voted for Re-publican Katherine Pugliese to serve as chairwoman and Republican Scott Saunders as vice chair for another term.
All council members from the previous term were re-elected with the exception of Democrat Patrick Kilby who will be replaced on the coun-cil by Rosemary Morante, the Democratic Town Committee chairwoman.
The Republicans retain their 4-3 council majority.
Treasurer Duncan May and town attorney Michael Mas-trianni also were sworn in on Nov. 9.
Prior to the organizational meeting, the Board of Edu-cation swore in its members: Foster White, Deb Hardy, Lau-rie Peterson, Mike Giuliano and Crystal St. Lawence, who is new to the board.
Town officials sworn in
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Knitting and Crocheting Circle
For all ages - Fridays at 3 p.m. Meets in the children’s department.
Children’s programs
Two Much Fun , for 2-year-olds, is scheduled to meet on Thursdays, at 10:30
a.m. This storytime, geared toward the terrific 2’s, fea-tures movement and music, as well as handouts for fami-lies supporting early literacy activities at home.
Flying Fingers, a drop-in inter-generational knit and crochet group, is scheduled to meet Fridays, 4 p.m.
Learn to knit or crochet, or bring a current project. Mem-
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Library hours
The Plainville Public Li-brary, 56 E. Main St., is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (children’s room closes at 8 p.m.); Fri-day and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 860-793-1446 or
Library Briefs
Transition night
Plainville High School has scheduled its annual Eighth Grade Transition Night and Plainville High School Show-case for Thursday, Nov. 19, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
The eighth grade transi-tion program for students and their parents is planned for 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
School counselors from the high school will share valu-able information about this important transition.
At 6:30 p.m., parents and students of all grades may tour the high school building for a variety of presentations, activities, demonstrations, and highlights of the aca-demic, co-curricular and extra-curricular programs available to PHS students.
Academic achievements
Shelsy Hernandez of Plainville was named to the honor roll for the first mark-ing period at University High School of Science and Engi-neering, an all honors STEM and Early College Model Magnet School on the Uni-versity of Hartford campus.
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CalendarThursday, Nov. 19
Tip-A-Cop - The Plain-ville Police Department has scheduled a Tip-A-Cop fund-raiser for Thursday, Nov. 19, 5 to 9 p.m., at Applebee’s, 270 New Britain Ave. Officers will take orders and serve meals to restaurant patrons. Proceeds benefit Special Olympics Connecticut.
Friday, Nov. 20Holiday Fair - Grace Lu-
theran Church, 222 Farming-ton Ave., has scheduled its Holiday Craft Fair for Friday, Nov. 20, 5:30 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be hand-made ornaments and crafts, a white elephant sale, gift baskets and food for sale.
Saturday, Nov. 21Bowling - PARC has
scheduled its 13th annual Thanksgiving Bowling Clas-sic for Saturday, Nov. 21, 4 to 7:30 p.m., at Laurel Lanes, 136 New Britain Ave. A fee is charged. Proceeds ben-efit PARC, family centered services for people with development disabilities. To register call 860-747-0316 or visit www.parcctdisabilities.org.
Holiday Fair - Grace Lu-theran Church, 222 Farming-ton Ave., has scheduled its Holiday Craft Fair for Satur-day, Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event features hand-made ornaments and crafts, a white elephant sale and gift baskets and food for sale.
Thursday, Nov. 26Football - Plainville vs.
Farmington, 10 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 29Benefit Holistic Fair - A
Benefit Holistic Fair is sched-uled for Sunday, Nov. 29, noon to 4 p.m., at The LOOP Banquet Hall, 161-B Wood-ford Ave. Over 35 vendors, demonstrations and speak-ers are expected. Free ad-mission, with donations for the Plainville Food Pantry
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or CT Pet Food Pantry. For more information, contact Shirley Bloethe at 860-989-0033 or [email protected].
Friday, Dec. 11Party with Santa - The
Wheeler Regional YMCA,
149 Farmington Ave., has scheduled Party with Santa for Friday, Dec. 11, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Admission is free with a non-perishable food item to benefit the Plainville Com-munity Food Pantry. The event features holiday crafts, elves playground, movie and refreshments. For more infor-mation, call 860-793-9631, ext. 109.
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The Festival of Trees, the Plainville Historical Society’s annual fund-raiser, is sched-uled for Saturday, Nov. 21 through Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Historic Center, 29 Pierce St. Trees and wreaths and a number of baskets are up for bid.
Music, door prizes and re-freshments are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, 6 to 9 p.m. An admission fee is charged. Tickets for opening night are available at Gnazzo’s Food Center and The Historic Center.
In Brief
Festival of Trees
Health
Eat holiday favorites guilt freeIt’s totally possible to have
healthful and fun holiday celebrations. The key is to focus on balance and avoid overindulgence. Go ahead and eat some cookies or other holiday treats — just don’t eat everything in sight. Enjoy the treats you really love in moderation. If you try to be a martyr and avoid all “the bad stuff” it could end up backfiring and cause you to toss your healthy diet out the window. I’m not sug-gesting that you give your-self a full pass, but go ahead and have a little bit of your holiday favorites.
Here are a few simple tips to make the holiday season more healthful and less guilt ridden.
Make realistic goals. The holiday season is not the time to place added stress
on yourself. Use smaller plates if avail-
able when at a buffet-style party.
Try eating a healthy snack before going to a party to ease your hunger.
Conversation is calo-rie-free, but move away from the buffet so you won’t be tempted to eat while you talk.
Scope out the buffet be-fore you go up to make your selections.
Balance what you eat at parties with what you eat during the day.
Remember that bev-erages contain calories as well. Alcoholic bever-ages, home-made punches, and chocolatey beverages tend to have sneaky calo-ries that you may not bar-gain for. Consume these in moderation!
Watch your portion sizes
and take small “tastes” of high calorie dishes.
If you’re cooking your hol-iday favorites try tweaking the recipe.
There are plenty of ways to replace certain ingredi-ents in recipes to make your traditional holiday favorites more healthful. With these substitutions, I promise, no one will know the difference. In some cases it’s not even what you’re taking out but what you’re putting in that counts.
Try these …Replace heavy cream with
fat-free half-and-half or evaporated skim milk.
Replace a portion of white flour with 100 percent whole wheat flour.
In most recipes, you can slightly reduce the amount of sugar. Compensate with an extra dash of sweet fla-
vorings like vanilla extract or cinnamon. These give a hint of sweetness without the calories.
Use fewer chocolate chips or substitute dried fruits or nuts instead.
Combine 1/4 cup Greek yogurt with 1/2 cup butter to replace one cup of butter in a recipe.
Use two large egg whites in place of one whole egg.
There are lots of tips out there for ways to modify recipes without sacrificing flavor. So go ahead and give it a try.
Eat, drink and be merry without all the guilt and weight gain this year.
Happy holidays!The writer is a regis-
tered dietitian. She can be reached at Grant’s Nutrition and Wellness, in Berlin, at 860-357-2282.
By Jane Grant
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Green Olive Diner and Pizzeria RestaurantTown Line Square Shopping Center477 S Broad St., Meriden, CT 06450(203) 379- 0927 greenolivediner.comGreen Olive creates a memorable dining experience for each guest. This comes from great cuisine, fine wine, comfortable ambiance and impeccable service.
Adelphia Café476 Washington AvenueNorth Haven, CT 06473203-535-0149Family owned/operated. Former propri-etors of the Neptune Diner in Wallingford. Extensive menu for all tastes. Breakfasts, luncheons and special dinners. All baking on premises.
Colony Diner611 N Colony RoadWallingford, CT 06492(203) 269-9507 colonydiner.comWallingford’s place to go for old-fashioned breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Proudly serving up delicious and hearty meals daily. Voted Best Diner 4 years running by Record Journal. Open seven days. Breakfast served all day.
Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant519 West Main StreetMeriden, CT 06451203-235-9123Open Tues-Thurs 11am-10pm. Fri & Sat 11am-11pm. Sunday 12 noon - 10pm. Closed Monday. We deliver (delivery charges apply). Minimum order of $12 or more.
Jalisco Mexican Restaurant140 Franklin StreetWesterly, RI 02891(401) 315-5828 jaliscowesterly.comCome visit and enjoy what we have to offer. All of our authentic Mexican meals are prepared fresh daily, with tasty meats and vegetables. We also have a full bar with great frozen drinks, and an unrivaled selection of tequila.
C.C. O’Brien’sIrish Sports Café8 Mechanic St, Pawcatuck, CT 06379(860) 599-2034 ccobriens.comFriendly Irish sports cafe serving great Burgers, Wings, Nachos and Philly’s and 28 draught beers. Watch all sports on 21 TVs. Serving food Sun-Thu 11am-11pm, Fri & Sat to 12 midnight
Double Play Cafe320 Main StreetWallingford, CT 06492203-265-2599www.doubleplaycafect.comCome visit us at Double Play Cafe, 12 BIG Screens, K LaMay’s Steamed Cheeseburgers, Award winning wings and over 100 seats. Open 7 days, serving food till late!
E.J. Nevins Pub630 Washington AvenueNorth Haven, CT 06473203-234-0690ejnevinspub.wix.com/ejnevinspubOffers fresh homemade pub food. Kitchen stays open until 12am! Happy Hour Spe-cials weekdays 4-7pm, Sun 10-1am. 40 plus Beers! Featuring traditional Irish food.
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Kender’s Indian Palace833 East Center StreetWallingford, CT 06492203-793-7926Lunch Buffet Mon-Sat 11:30-2:30. Dinner Mon-Sun 5-10pm. Authentic Indian food from Chicken Tiki Masala to Brinjal Patial, featuring many vegetarian dishes options. Something for everyone!
Libby’s Italian Pastry Shop310 Washington AvenueNorth Haven ,CT 06473203.234.2530www.libbyscookies.comA family owned and operated bakery locat-ed off I-91 in North Haven. We specialize in Italian pastries, pies, cakes, ice cream and traditional holiday desserts.
Mexicali Fresh Mex Restaurant163 S Broad StreetPawcatuck, CT 06379(860) 495-5758 mexicalisfreshmex.comAuthentic Mexican Cuisine, from our family to yours. Tacos, Enchiladas, Mexicali Stir-Fry, Grilled Salmon, Fajitas and more. Join us for lunch, dinner 7 days a week. Happy Hour and Daily Specials.
Noodle Revolution87 Oak StreetWesterly, RI(401) 596-9559Noodle Revolution consists of several differ-ent dishes including dumplings, Revolution taco, Revolution burger, noodle bowls like Drunken, black noodles, and Bangkok street pad thai, and a variety of pastas.
Silver City Sports Bar & Grill275 Research PkwyMeriden, CT 06450203-608-7157www.facebook.com/SilverCitySportsBa-randGrillThe place for all your favorite Sports. New Happy Hour menu & drink specials. Relax and enjoy spending time with your friends and family.
Spartan II Pizza Restaurant & Lounge930 Old Meriden-Waterbury RoadPlantsville, CT 06479860-276-0090Come enjoy our extensive menu offering everything from pizza, pasta, seafood, prime rib, grinders & club sandwiches & more. Restaurant, lounge and banquet room.
The Galleria RestaurantBar & Patio2 Spring LaneFarmington, CT 06032860-404-2871www.galleriact.comOffering casual Italian food, a variety of wines in a welcoming atmosphere with at-tentive & personal service.
The Restaurant at Weekapaug Inn25 Spray Rock RoadWesterly, RI 02891(401) 322-0301 www.weekapauginn.comDiscover a modern interpretation of New England coastal cuisine utilizing traditional native foraging, local produce, and fresh “off-the-boat” seafood to create a unique and unforgettable dining experience.
Joyces Everyday Gourmet105 Franklin StreetWesterly, RI 02891(401) 596-8700 joyceseverydaygourmet.comRunning late from work? Stop at Joyce’s Everyday Gourmet where Joyce has a vari-ety of prepared foods for take-out. With a variety of pasta, lasagna, beef, seafood and much more!
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In November, 2014, res-idents rejected a proposal to demolish the Old Linden Street School at a cost of $2.6 million. This past April they voted to approve the town budget which included funds for demolishing the school.
After all attempts to defray demolition were rejected, the town established plans to do it, and at the Town Council meeting on Nov. 16, Town Manager Robert Lee announced a demolition timetable that will see the old school taken down next summer.
“We expect the state to ap-prove our plans next week and then we’ll go out to bid,”
Lee said. Once the state ap-proves the plans, the town will receive a reimbursement of 64 percent of the money it spends on the demolition, which the town has budgeted $2,635,813 for.
“We expect to get the bids back in January,” Lee said.
The town plans to hire a single contractor to perform three phases of the job: sep-arating the old building from the new Linden Street School, removing hazardous waste materials from the old build-ing and completing the demo-lition of the old building.
“We can separate the build-ings over April vacation, re-move the hazardous materials in May and June and begin
OLS demolition timetable announced
By Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen
See OLS / Page A15
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Ciao Bello Pizzeria970 N. Colony RoadWallingford, CT 06492203-269-2426ciaobellowallingford.comTwo authentic Italians make real pizza & wonderful Italian dishes, Rico & Alphonso’s love of food shows in all they do.
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Sports
Playoffs conclude for Blue Devil squads
Boys soccerThe Blue Devils were
bounced from the Class M state tournament on Satur-day, Nov. 14 with a 1-0 quar-terfinal-round loss to Tolland.
Tommy Leahy scored the deciding goal in the first half of the contest to send the Ea-gles to the semis. PHS keeper Sergio Zaldivar recorded 12 saves in the game, while Pla-inville put just three shots on goal.
Plainville, the 12th-seeded team in the tourney, fought its way to the Elite Eight with victories over 21st-seeded Killingly, 4-1, and an upset over fifth-seeded Watertown, 2-1 (7-5 advantage on penalty kicks.)
In the team’s home playoff game, the Blue Devils made short work of Killingly thanks to two goals from Patryk Wn-orowski and two assists and a goal from Adnan Sadiku. Dan Costantini also found the back of the net for Plainville while Zaldivar made three saves in goal.
In the second round, Plain-ville, once again, stymied its opponent, holding the pow-erful Watertown squad to only one goal in regulation. Zaldivar made eight saves in the contest as Juan Torres scored the equalizer to push the contest to overtime and, eventually, penalty kicks.
The quarterfinal matchup with Tolland proved to be the most difficult test for the Ea-gles to date, as they breezed through their first two match-ups: 9-1, 6-1.
Plainville wrapped up its 2015 campaign with a mark 12-6-1 (7-2-1 in the CCC South White.)
Girls volleyball
Despite playing host in their f irst-round playoff matchup, the Lady Blue Dev-ils fell to Haddam-Killing-worth 3-1 in their opening Class M state tournament contest, eliminating the girls from postseason play and ending their year.
Plainville lost the match by a game count of 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21.
Even with closely con-tested sets, the 15th-seeded
Lady Blue Devils couldn’t overcome a strong 18th-seed Cougars team that was clearly better than their rank-ing. H-K upended Bullard Ha-vens Tech, the second seed in Class M, in the second round of the tourney, 3-1.
The loss concluded a sea-son that saw the PHS girls finish 10-10, providing quite a turnaround for the program. The Blue Devils finished their 2014 campaign with a 2-15 record.
The return to the postsea-son for the 2015 squad, the in-
augural season for new coach Jen Gombotz, was the team’s first playoff appearance since 2011.
Football
The Blue Devils dropped their third straight game on Saturday, Nov. 14, falling to the Avon Falcons 35-14 in the team’s final road contest of the year. The loss dropped Plainville to 3-6 on the year.
It was the most points scored against the Blue Dev-ils since a 48-20 loss against
Rocky Hill back on Oct. 2.While Plainville has done
a better job in recent weeks of keeping foes from finding the end zone, the Blue Devils themselves have struggled to put points on the board. Pla-inville has only averaged 13.3 points per game during its recent three-game skid. The team has averaged 15.8 points per game in its six losses this year. In the squad’s three vic-tories, the Blue Devils have averaged 34.3 points.
Plainville will look to fin-ish its season on a high note when the Blue Devils host Farmington (3-6) on Thanks-giving morning. The Blue Devils are scheduled to play the very first game, of any kind, on the new turf field at PHS. And Plainville looks to continue its success against the Indians. The Blue Dev-ils smacked Farmington last Turkey Day, besting the Indi-ans 37-6.
Girls swimming and diving
The Lady Blue Devils were set to compete in the Class S final on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at Wesleyan University in Middletown.
Football drops third straight
By Nate BrownThe Plainville Citizen
Brianna Lagassey digs out a shot from the Cougars during Plainville’s first-round matchup in the Class M state tournament against H-K. It was the team’s first postseason appearance since 2011. | Patrick Matthews / For The Citizen
See Notes / Page A15
Devil Notes
The Pee Wee Division Colts fell short against New Milford in the Northern Con-necticut Pop Warner Cham-pionship on Sunday, Nov. 15, as the Bulls walked away with a 24-13 win and the title.
A back and forth affair for most of the contest, the Bulls pulled away late with two touchdowns to seal the contest.
On offense, Plainville’s Ja-van Paradis threw the ball 30 times and racked up close to 200 yards passing. The youngster connected with
Tyler Stickels for a 12-yard score and also scampered 46 yards for the Colts’ other touchdown. Tanner Callahan knocked home an extra point to complete the locals’ scor-ing. Plainville’s Alec Couture and Dominick Chambrello each caught four passes to keep the defense honest while the offensive line – led by D.J. Cassone, Jacob Cipri-ano, Justin Emery, Cameron Lamothe and Alan La Oz –
created space for rushers and provided plenty of pass-ing time.
Defensively, the Colts were led by Callahan’s eight tackles and an interception. Bobby Mosback, Dakota Di-nielli, Ramon Ambert, Matt Lagassey and Chambrello all recorded five tackles. Connor Matthews and Ryan Stickels were stout in the secondary, tipping passes throughout the contest to disrupt the Bulls’ passing game.
Colts lose championship boutYouth Football
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Notes
Sydney McGough had a strong qualifying meet to set herself up for a big day by competing in four separate events. The senior helped the 400 yard freestyle relay that included Audrey Gediman, Is-abella Bantz and Lydia Wein-berg to finish 12th with a time of 4:15.90. McGough was also a part of the 200 free relay – a quartet that also featured Ge-diman, Lynda Weinberg and Abby McGough – to finish 13th in the preliminary meet in 1:52.42.
Sydney McGough qualified for the 100 backstroke (11th with a time of 1:04.57) and 100 free (15th; 59.28).
Gediman also qualified in two individual events, as the
junior placed 19th in the 200 free (2:11.57) and 23rd in the 500 free (5:57.24).
Lauren Acey competed in the diving final on Wednes-day, Nov. 11 at Middletown High School. The Blue Devil finished 14th out of 25 divers with a score of 280.95.
From Page A14
Kristen Whalen looks to set up a teammate while Jessica Gorski looks on. The Blue Devils lost to H-K, 3-1, to end their season. | Patrick Matthews / For The Citizen Youth
Plainville fought its way to the title game with an 8-0 conquest over Pomperaug on Sunday, Nov. 8. The Colts struck early, scoring on a 12-yard run by Christian Collin to take the lead as the defense played strong throughout to preserve the shutout. The Pee Wee team finished the season with a stellar 10-1 record.
From Page A14
The Connecticut Cab-aret Theatre, 31 Webster Square Road, Berlin, is scheduling auditions for men, ages 18 to 35, by ap-pointment only, for the mu-sical “The Cardigans.”
Those auditioning must prepare two songs, in the style of the show, show-
ing vocal range, and a monologue.
Rehearsals for “The Car-digans” are scheduled to begin in February.
Performances are sched-uled for Fridays and Satur-days, April 1 to May 7.
For information, call 860-829-1248.
Cabaret Theatre auditions
OLS
demolition when school lets out; which should take five to seven weeks,” Lee said.
The town’s plan to demol-ish the old school originally arose when the $6-to-$8 mil-lion cost of renovating the building was deemed too high.
After voters rejected the
proposal to demolish the building for $2.6 million, the town held an open forum to discuss solutions for the school, but rejected a vari-ety of resident ideas, from converting OLS into senior housing, a recreation center and a day care center. Cost, lack of parking and its loca-tion next to the new school were reasons for rejecting
residents’ ideas and proceed-ing to demolition.
“We held several public meetings to talk about the problem and, ultimately, in-cluded money in the budget for demolition,” Town Coun-cil chairwoman Katherine Pugliese said. “The money will come out of the fund bal-ance and will be reduced with the state reimbursement.”
From Page A12
The Plainville Recreation Department has scheduled a basketball program for boys and girls. A fee is charged.
Co-ed youth basketball for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade begins Saturday, Dec. 5, noon to 1 p.m., at
Plainville High School. All participants will play re-gardless of ability.
Men’s basketbal l is scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Plainville High School. Plainville residents
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LEGAL NOTICEPLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUTOn Tuesday, November 10, 2015, the PlainvillePlanning and Zoning Commission took the follow-ing actions:APPROVED a Special Exception for Bianca Signs,Inc. to install more than one sign per business (2)at 20 Race Avenue in a General CommercialZone.APPROVED a Site Plan for Industrial Develop-ment Corp. to construct a 25,000 SF building andrelated parking and storage for Ducci Electric at 0Unionville Avenue (MBL 10-E-01) in a RestrictedIndustrial Zone.APPROVED with modification a Site Plan Modifi-cation for LS & MS, LLC to locate a previously ap-proved diesel pump to the northeast corner of theproperty and revise parking layout at 380 NewBritain Avenue in a General Commercial Zone.Respectfully submitted, David Thompson, Secre-tary, Plainville Planning and Zoning Commission.Dated at Plainville, CT this 12th day of November,2015. 31429
LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF PLAINVILLE
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALSThe Plainville Zoning Board of Appeals conducteda Public Hearing on Monday November 9, 2015and rendered the following action:Application #15-11-02, Topflight Realty LLC,Plainville, CT - APPROVED - variances to Article 4Basic Standards, Section 4.01 Off Street Parkingand Loading, Sub-section 8b Limitations on Park-ing in Required Yards - Proposed Parking in Re-quired Front Yard for a property known as 90 Rob-ert Jackson Way.Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 10Th day ofNovemberGail Pugliese, SecretaryPlainville Zoning Board of Appeals 31299
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