Newington Town Crier 05-31-2013

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Mike Orazzi | StaffAbove, the Newington Volunteer Fire Department Color Guard march at the start of the Newington Memorial Day parade Saturday morning. Bottom left, members of the Newington High School marching band march on Garfield Street. Bottom right, Newington Soccer Club members. See more photos on Pages 4-5.

Marching proud

Town expected to move forward with plan to relinquish Rt. 9 land

The Town Council will con-sider passing on possession of 15.5 acres of state land in town needed for the development of a Costco store in New Britain, at its June 11 meeting.

Councilors received an agree-ment at Tuesday’s meeting that would move the deal for the property on Route 9 along. No councilor expressed opposition to it.

New Britain would be deed-ed the property after the town signs the agreement and pro-posed legislation before the General Assembly is signed into law by the governor. The state Department of Transportation has signed off on the plan. If

this deal is consumated, the city would pay Newington property taxes on the assessed value of the land, and Newington residents would be charged the same rate as New Britain residents to golf at Stanley Golf Course, which abuts the development. The land is needed to replace several of the course holes that will be absorbed by the Costco site.

Town Attorney Peter Boorman,

By ERICA SCHMITTSTAFF WRITER

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Connecticut Trails Weekend events encourage healthy habitsThe weather has finally warmed

up just in time for Connecticut Trails Weekend, which will be celebrated here in Newington with a variety of activities.

The highlight of the weekend will take place at Mill Pond Park Saturday, where a family-friendly gathering is planned for nature lovers of all ages and abilities.

The flat and paved four-mile long trail around the park, which lis ocated in the center of town, is even accessible to strollers and wheelchairs.

Two footbridges accommo-date walkers – one overlooking the picturesque Mill Pond Falls.

Visitors are invited to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in the park’s gazebo after the walk.

The town’s Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with the Central Connecticut Health District to host the walk, as part of CCHD’s A.C.H.I.E.V.E. coalition.

“We received a grant from the CT Cancer Partnership and the CT Dept of Public Health to look at policy change that would posi-tively affect the health outcomes of our residents by addressing physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use,” said Paul Hutcheon, CCHD Director of Health. “We plan on this being a sustainable event in our communities.” he

added.Walkers can even enjoy creat-

ing their own trail mix before the walk.

The $50,000 in grant fund-ing has been implemented over the last two years in a variety of capacities in the CCHD’s four towns. Residents may remember CCHD hosting gardening and cooking classes this year. Those who use the town’s food pantry may be surprised to find some new items on the shelves very soon.

“We’re having farmers donate their produce to the towns’ food banks so lower-income folks get access to fresh fruits and veg-etables, which aren’t always affordable,” explained Hilary Norcia, community health coor-dinator, who is hoping to secure more funding to continue these efforts well into the future.

Facilitating this weekend’s out-door fun is a simple way for the CCHD to improve residents’ health.

“We just want to promote healthy activity and getting fami-lies together to walk and we want to make people aware of the trails in their towns because a lot of people don’t know they exist,”

Norcia added.Celebrate CT Trails Weekend

this Saturday, June 1 at Mill Pond Park from 10 a.m. to noon.

For more information, please call Newington Parks and Recreation Department at (860)

665-8666. In case of inclement weather the event will be held Sunday.

Erica Schmitt can be reached at (860) 225-4601, ext. 210, or [email protected].


Mill Pond Park will host a family friendly gathering, the highlight of Newing-ton’s participation in the Connecticut Trails Weekend. The weekend event will include a number of events designed to encourage hiking, bike riding and other healthy activities.

Compliance with anti-bullying law questionedHARTFORD — Roberto has

put up with all kinds of abuse from his classmates over the years. The 18-year-old high school senior recently spoke at a state forum on bullying using only his first name, saying his tormentors have called him degrading names, pushed him around and thrown things at him.

He said school staff could be doing more to deal with the bullying problem that afflicts schools nation-wide, and the state Commission on Children agrees with him. Commission officials believe many school districts aren’t fully complying with the state’s 2011 anti-bullying law.

“On some levels I do kind of feel they don’t do enough,” said Roberto, who is gay and Hispanic — two groups he says are frequent targets of bullies. “Some teachers, you can obvi-ously tell they don’t want to hear your story. Some feel it (bullying) is part of high school.”

The Commission on Children has

received a variety of complaints in recent months on how school officials have handled bullying.

Commission attorney Steven Hernandez said the complaints suggest there are varying levels of implementation of the 2-year-old state law, different interpretations of the requirements and possible under-reporting of local bullying data to the state.

The 2011 law expanded the definition of bullying to include cyberbullying and other acts. It also imposed a host of requirements for bullying investigations by school offi-cials, training for all school staff, “safe school climate” bullying prevention plans for all schools and keeping records on bullying episodes and investigations. There are no penalties for failing to comply with the law.

“We’re still getting calls from par-ents about school leaders not being responsive to bullying complaints,” said Hernandez, who declined to name the school districts criticized in the complaints. “What we’re hearing is that depending on the school, there

are varying levels of implementation (of the law) or a reluctance to imple-ment.”

Data isn’t yet available on which school districts are in full compliance with the law and which are not.

The state Department of Education is surveying schools state-wide on their anti-bullying actions and compliance with the law for a report it must submit to state law-makers by February.

Statewide data for the previ-ous school year compiled by the Education Department show that verified bullying incident totals for similar-sized cities and towns varied widely, which Hernandez said could be indicators of different interpreta-tions of the law or a reluctance to report incidents.

Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, for example, have popu-lations in the 120,000 to 130,000 range.

While Hartford reported 153 bul-lying incidents in the 2011-12 school year, New Haven reported 72 and Stamford reported seven.

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Chamber of Commerce awards community membersNewington’s business com-

munity thanked residents and business owners yesterday for their efforts over the past year, to make the town a special place to live and work.

Five awards were given out at the Newington Chamber of Commerce’s 68th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, held at the Hartford Saengerbund Thursday evening.

Before announcing award win-ners, Chamber officials elected a new 2013 Board of Directors.

The Chamber Member of the Year was Michael Montgomery, of Picture This Productions.

As a new member, Montgomery has already taken on a lot of responsibilities, accord-ing to Chamber President Terry Gogluicci, who presented him with the award.

“He has really stepped up,” she said, noting how Montgomery is building the Chamber’s new website and also agreed to serve as Chairperson of the 2014 Home and Business Showcase.

“I see a lot in him and with everything he’s done for us so

far, I just felt he deserved it,” Gogluicci added.

Chamber Executive Director Gail Whitney selected the Business of The Year Award recipient: The Home Depot. The store donated items to the Chamber’s silent auction, spon-sored a networking social, hosted a workshop for kids at showcase events for the last two years, and even helps out at the “Dig into Reading” program at the Lucy Robbins Welles Library.

Senior Center Director Dianne Stone gave a tear-jerk-ing presentation of this year’s Public Safety Award, given to the town’s Dial-a-Ride program which offers upward of 15,000 trips per year to Newington’s senior and disabled residents. .

“For many, it makes the dif-ference between independence and dependence,” Stone said. “For some, it makes the difference between life and death.”

Because many of these residents live alone, Dial-A-Ride staff are sometimes the only people they see regularly and they get to know them well.

Stone recounted a time when a passenger didn’t answer her door

and the driver peered through her window only to find her lying on the floor after a fall. Another time a passenger was behaving oddly on the bus and upon hospitaliza-tion staff discovered they were

suffering from a stroke. During the weather disasters over the past couple of years, Dial-A-Ride has also assisted in evacuating resi-dents in need.

“While Dial-A-Ride is primar-ily a transportation service, it has served time and time again as a critical link to the community for some of our most vulnerable

residents,” Stone said.Chairman of the Newington

Youth Adult Council, Tim Manke was presented with this year’s Youth Service Award by Karen Futoma, director of the

town’s Department of Human Services. As a member of the department’s advisory board for the last 20 years, Manke has planned community preven-tion programs about bullying, substance abuse, the internet, suicide prevention and other topics pertinent to youth. He also organized the annual YAC HOOPLA, a town-wide basket-ball tournament for elementary and middle school students that raises enough funding to provide two to three scholarships to local graduating seniors. Manke also served as chairman

of the Committee of Community Safety, Scoutmaster of Troop 347, a member of the Human Rights Commission and is a part of the newly-formed Newington Community Emergency Response Team.

“He is passionate and deep-ly committed to all that he is

involved with and a wonderful leader and role model for youth and our community in general,” Futoma explained before also presenting the Public Service award to Bob Seiler, a longtime town resident who has served on the Volunteer Fire Department, Police Department, and is now a volunteer with Newington Human Services. He facilitates the food pantry, among many other duties.

Futoma estimated that Seiler offers over 500 hours per year to the department.

“In addition to this he volun-teers in numerous capacities for the town of Newington totaling at least another 800 hours of service to the town each year,” she added.

Seiler is also president of the Kiwanis Club, chairman of the board of Fire Commissioners, president of the Newington Veteran Firefighters Association and treasurer of the Memorial Day Parade Committee.



“For many, it makes the difference between independence and dependence,” “For some, it makes the difference between life and death.”DIANNE STONESenior Center director

4| Friday, May 31, 2013 NEWINGTON TOWN CRIERMemorial Day Parade

From left, Everett Hillman, Ben Burnham, Kyle Burnham and Zoe Hillman try and stay warm and dry while watch-ing the Newington Memorial Day Parade on Main Street Saturday morning.

Above, the Korean War Veterans at the start of the Newington Memorial Day Parade. Below, the Newington Police Department Color Guard at the start of the parade.

Above, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman march in the parade. Below, Honorary Grand Marshal Major Linda Cunha rides in the jeep with military police at the start of the parade.

At left, military vehicles drive down the street during the parade Saturday. At right, Tina Langeuin watches the parade on Garfield Street.

Sphinx Shriners wave to the crowd as they drive down Main Street Saturday.

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Above, Rebecca Papoosha and her pug Pokie cuddle to stay warm while watching the Newington Memorial Day Pa-rade Saturday morning. Below, Members of the St. Peters Drum Corps from Torrington perform during the parade.

Above, Honorary Grand Marshal Major Linda Cunha at the start of the Newington Memorial Day Parade on Main Street Saturday morning. Be-low, members of the Connecticut Blues Fife & Drum Corps from Durham march in the parade.

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Andrew Carter, 19, of 382 Main St., was charged May 16 with sale of marijuana.

Dean France, 48, of 44 Concord Lane, Wallingford, was charged May 16 with sale of narcotics.

Aleksander Gorski, 26, of 65 Ponderosa Lane, was charged May 19 with disorderly conduct and second-degree reckless endangerment.

Arthur Leonardo, 52, of 29 Overlook Road, South Windsor, was charged May 20 with operating under suspension, failure to insure motor vehicle, third-degree forgery and failure to maintain proper lane.

Donna Wynne, 30, of 21 Irving St., Bristol, was charged May 20 with possession of narcotics.

Luis Bracero, 18, of 444 Church St., New Britain, was charged May 20 with third-degree criminal attempt to commit burglary, conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief.

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Community invited to free health fair

Why not keep your health in check in between regular doctor’s visits?

One Newington church is inviting the entire community to a health fair this weekend where they can have free access to various medical, optom-etry and dental screenings conducted by local medical professionals.

The Vallabhdham Temple on Church Street has hosted this event for three years now, in collabora-tion with the Central Connecticut Health District, the National Kidney Foundation and St. Francis Hospital.

“There are a lot of people who don’t have insurance or don’t have access to dental care and eye care and we would love to help those people,” said Roger Desai, the church’s found-er. “Some people have insurance but they don’t go to see the doctor to have these check-ups,” he added.

People of all ages are welcome, from the surrounding towns of Newington, Wethersfield, Rocky Hill and New Britain.

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where they can check everything,” said Desai, who last year welcomed nearly 400 people into the event, and this year expects even more through-out the weekend.

Newington Mayor Steve Woods and State Sen. Paul Doyle will be in attendance.

Last year an individual given an eye screening was found to have a serious condition that would have led to blindness within days, according to Desai. He was rushed to the hospital. Others discovered they were diabetic through in-depth blood checks per-formed.

The Free Community Health Fair will be held Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Vallabhdham Temple, 26 Church St., Newington. Refreshments will be served. Pre-registration for check-ups and screenings is encouraged and should be done so no later than June 6. To register, call Roger Desai at (860) 796-2162 or email him at [email protected].

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The bill, drafted by Democratic state Rep. Diana Urban of Stonington, was developed in response to prob-lems animal-therapy groups faced in attempting to aid survivors of Sandy Hook. It goes next to the state senate.

Kate Nicoll, founder of the non-profit animal-assisted therapy group Soul Friends, said state resources weren’t utilized to their full potential in Newtown.

Urban said she has long been a proponent of using animals to assist children with trauma. “Children have a natural affinity to animals, and animal-assisted therapy makes use of that bond,” she said.

“A trained handler and animal are brought in to visit the child. The child can hug, pet, and speak to the animal about their feelings without pressure, and it will listen to them and show them love. With this bill, DCF (Department of Children and Families) would deploy an animal-

therapy team along with a social worker in the event of, God forbid, another tragedy like Newtown.”

Nicholl explained that “we had a wealth of knowledge and expertise available to provide assistance to the children and families of Newtown. We had a list of 295 volunteers ready to help, but we wanted to go through the official channels. We didn’t want to just arrive on the scene. Instead, it was handled by groups that came in from out of state. That’s why we wanted to institute a system for coordinating a statewide response and establishing training protocols for registered therapy animal teams in state.”

The bill was drawn in response to Newtown, but it would not be restricted to aiding children. It would ease the way for local animal therapy groups to assist anyone — child or adult — in times of crisis.

Sandy Lok, president of the non-profit animal-assisted therapy group Tails of Joy, said she became a sup-porter of the bill after animal-therapy organizations struggled to assist in Newtown.

“At first I just didn’t feel it was necessary,” she said. “However, after the Sandy Hook tragedy, I received

communications from a number or organizations struggling to make contact. I came to recognize there was a need for a coordinated state effort. Rep. Urban was kind enough to meet with me a few times. I pro-vided her materials to help re-word the bill so that it included all animal therapy teams who were properly

trained.”Urban urges people to call their

senators to help get it passed.“Tell them we want our own ther-

apy team,” she said. “The more they know the closer it comes to passing.”

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or call Kate Nicoll at (203) 510-6926For more information on Tails of

Joy, visit http://www.tailsofjoy.org or call Sandy Lok at (860) 646-2460.

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Kate Nicoll and Bear, her 10-year-old corgi-shepherd mix therapy dog. At right, State Rep. Diana Urban, D-Stonington, and her dog, Indiana Jones.

Ginger, Nutmeg and Sandi Lok of Tails of Joy with Adele Martin at Mulberry Gardens at Marian Heights Adult Day Care Center, Southington.

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Pint-sized pilgrimage

On May 15, Grades 6, 7 and 8 religion classes from St. Mary School in Newington took part in a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Litchfield. The students made their journey to pray for the intentions, people, hopes and desires they hold in their hearts and to perform acts of service at the shrine. Upon arrival, students along with their teacher, Mrs. Lori Oleasz and chaperones, planted annual flowers in the beds that surround the Grotto to the “Cathedral Without Walls.” The students also walked the woodland Stations of the Cross, at-tended Mass, visited the shrine gift shop and wrote in their religion journals about this very special experience.

Olivia Rose Zaleski of Newington was awarded a bachelor of science degree summa cum laude in Special Education from Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I.

Keene State College has released the Dean’s List for the spring semes-ter 2013. Among the 1,321 students named to the Dean’s List are: James F. Hepple of Newington; Kathryn S. May of Newington; Justine Nicole Miano of Newington.

A number of Eastern Connecticut State University students were recent-ly inducted into Eastern’s Alpha Epsilon Chi Health and Physical Education Honor Society. Kristina Forsman ‘15 of Newington was one of the inductees. Forsman’s major is Sport & Leisure Management.

Newington resident Abby Barnicle, a member of the Stonehill College Class of 2015, was inducted into the Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society.

Athena Casarotto of Newington was named to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s spring Dean’s List. Casarotto is a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering.

Tanya L. Burton of Newington graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern Connecticut State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders. Burton has been accepted into the gradu-ate program for Communication Disorders and will continue her edu-cation at Southern in the fall.

The following area residents received a degree from Quinnipiac University during a commencement ceremony held May 12 at the TD Bank Sports Center. Robert Bernard of Newington, Sixth-Year Diploma in Educational Leadership; Erin Bernard of Newington, Sixth-Year Diploma in Educational Leadership; Heather Dono of Newington, Master of Health Science in Physician Assistant; Muhammad Zubairi of Newington, Master of Science in Nursing.

Shana Alderman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. Alderman is a resident of Newington; Caitlin Emerson gradu-ated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Emerson is a resident of Newington; Cody Hall graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and

Economics. Hall is a resident of Newington; Ashley Kus graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Kus is a resident of Newington; Stephen Lombardi graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Lombardi is a resident of Newington; George Lopez graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. Lopez is a resident of Newington; Matthew Morrison graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Morrison is a resi-dent of Newington;

Elizabeth Nahorney graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. Nahorney is a resident of Newington; Scott Petit gradu-ated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Petit is a resident of Newington; Julie Pietrycha graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport and Leisure Management. Pietrycha is a resident of Newington; Mark Piombino graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication. Piombino is a resident of Newington; Katherine Roome graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work. Roome is a resident of Newington; Kadeem Thompson graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Thompson is a resident of Newington; Erin Zenzie graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and English. Zenzie is a resident of Newington.

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House OKs driver’s licenses for illegal immigrantsThe push and pull of immigration politics

played out over a marathon House session that began Wednesday with bipartisan con-sensus on one bill and ended Thursday in partisan rancor on another.

In a vote likely to reverberate in the 2014 races for governor and General Assembly, the House voted 74-55 after sunrise Thursday for a bill allowing people in the country ille-gally to obtain a Connecticut driver’s license, beginning Jan. 1, 2015.

The same legislators began their workday a little after noon Wednesday with a 132-0 vote for a bill that limits the circumstances under which state and local law enforcement officers can detain illegal immigrants for deportation.

“The bookends of the day tell a very dif-ferent story,” said House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk.

Democrats led by Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, D-New Haven, worked with the GOP on the detainer bill, but Cafero said Democrats prematurely dissolved a bipar-tisan working group on the driver’s licenses and forced a vote calculated to reinforce the Democratic Party’s support among Latino voters.

Both bills now go to the Senate, where Democrats hold a 22-14 advantage. If passed, Connecticut would join a handful of states to provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Colorado passed a similar bill two weeks ago.

“It’s been a long, exciting, but tiring day,” said Ana Maria Rivera, a legal and poli-cy analyst at Junta for Progressive Action in New Haven, part of the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance. At 5 a.m., she was one of seven spectators in the House gallery, six of whom were awake.

Debate began at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday and concluded at 5:48 a.m. Thursday.

Rep. Juan Candelaria, D-New Haven, who was the lead sponsor of the legislation, said the bill would improve pubic safety by allowing illegal immigrants to drive legally and with insurance.

The nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research estimates that 54,000 immigrants would obtain licenses under the bill over the

next three years.Applicants would have to prove identity

with a passport, consular identification or other document and show that they had been living in Connecticut for at least 90 days. The bill would establish a working group to examine methods to verify foreign documents.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said last month he supports the bill as a matter of public safety.

“I want every driver in the state of Connecticut to prove that they are a safe driver, regardless of where they came from. You are visiting from Australia for an extended amount of time, you should get a license,” Malloy said. “Why even ask where someone is coming from? I don’t feel obligated to do that.” Eleven of the General Assembly’s dozen Hispanic legisla-tors sponsored the bill. The exception was Sen. Art Linares Jr. of Westbrook, the only Republican in the group.

Republicans complained that House Democrats abruptly scheduled the debate at the urging of Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo and the party’s executive director, former state Sen. Jonathan Harris.

“So all of a sudden this went from being a policy debate to a political debate,” Cafero told reporters.

“Total fiction, based on nothing,” House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, said of Cafero’s charge of political interfer-ence by DiNardo and Harris.

The bill was supported by the Service Employees International Union. An SEIU affiliate, 32BJ, represents many contract jani-tors from overseas. Some of their members work the overnight shift cleaning the State Capitol.

“We’re a union of immigrants, low-wage workers, service workres, janitors and nurs-ing home workers, school bus drivers, and they all have family and friends and are close to an issue like this,” said Paul Filson, the political director of SEIU. “There are a lot of folks who care about this issue.” Cafero said Republicans care, too. But he said Democrats rushed passage, rejecting a GOP proposal to conduct a study, then prepare a bill for action in 2014 — still faster than the effective date of Jan. 1, 2015, in the Democratic bill.

“There is a fundamental philosophical difference between the proponents of the bill and the opponents,” Sharkey said. “We’re committed to do it. Republicans want to study it. They are not committed to doing it.” Nine Democrats joined 46 Republicans in opposition. Fifteen Democrats and six Republicans did not vote.

The 74 votes in favor were less than a majority of the House, which has 150 mem-bers and one open seat. But with only 129 members present, passage required only 65 votes.

GOP displeasure over the late-night debate was expressed in a one-sided political talk fest. Speakers peppered Candelaria with questions, trying to demonstrate the bill’s weaknesses as they stretched out the debate.

Others made objections heard in any debate over whether to extend some rights and privileges of citizenship to those with-out legal status.

“We are unfairly rewarding folks who don’t necessarily deseve it,” said Rep. Robert Sampson, R-Wolcott. “I think this bill

encourages illegal immigration. It gives the seal of approval once you get this driver’s license.” Rep. Gail Lavielle, R-Wilton, said she is married to an immigrant who took care to properly navigate the federal immi-gration system.

“They don’t make it easy for you,” Lavielle said. “So I admire anyone who is going through it, but it shouldn’t be given away.” Sharkey, who took over as speaker in January, said he did not see the bill as part of the larg-er national debate over immigration reform.

“I see it as a public safety issue for the state of Connecticut,” Sharkey said. “I think to some extent this is getting drawn into the question of immigration issues. Whether these folks should be here or not is irrele-vant. They’re here. We need to do something about it that’s realistic.”

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.

CT By MARK PAZNIOKASCONNECTICUTMIRROR

CONNECTICUTMIRRORAna Maria Rivera, with hand to mouth, and other immigration activists watch from House gal-lery as roll call is taken on GOP amendment to bill opening driver’s licences to illegal immi-grants. Bill passed on 74-55 vote at 5:48 a.m.

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Friday, May 31, 2013 | 15NEWINGTON TOWN CRIER Local NewsWith town’s increased leverage to fight blight, council updated on offenders

The Town Council was updated on the status of the potentially unsafe and least aes-thetically-pleasing properties in town, those otherwise known as “blighted,” at their meeting Tuesday night.

The town’s code of ordi-nances for blighted properties spent nearly a year in revision and was adopted by the Council last August. Now property own-ers face tighter policies regarding upkeep of buildings, homes and land, and the Council will be updated annually on their recti-fication.

Councilors were presented with a memorandum outlining blight inspection, notification and enforcement Tuesday, along with current statistics gathered.

In the past week, the town has received numerous complaints regarding overgrown grass, which if too long, is now classified as blight.

Blighted premises are defined

by deteriorating building struc-tures, overgrown vegetation, abandoned vehicles, or other con-ditions deemed hazardous to the public.

Its revision made the code applicable to all kinds of proper-ties — residential, commercial, occupied, or vacant. Before the update, the town had very little leverage to remedy a blight situ-ation. Action could only be taken if the blight posed a health risk. Now, violations can also be minor: grass that is five feet high, a bro-ken window, etc.

If a violation is determined, a warning letter is left on the prop-erty giving the owner a deadline to fix the issue. If it is ignored, a citation is issued that may include a fine or penalty. At this point, the owner can contest his liability by requesting a hearing with the citation hearing officer who will make a decision based on the testimony.

“At this time there are sev-eral properties that are in various phases of the process, but none

have reached the appeals phase as of this date,” Town Manager John Salomone wrote in his memoran-dum to the Council.

Councilor Maureen Klett requested the Council receive a full list of properties that are currently on the list, including addresses and names of owners. Councilors are often contacted by residents about such issues, espe-cially those in residential areas. Being able to let them know where their neighbor is in the process of rectifying the blight would be helpful, according to Klett.

“I’ve asked we have a future update identifying the properties on the list, because blight can be a real problem for neighborhoods,” she said.

Newington’s Blighted Premises Code can be found in Town Hall, 131 Cedar St., or on the town’s website, Newingtonct.gov.



After crashes, Blumenthal calls for railroad trust fund

A trust fund should be estab-lished to ensure the upkeep and safety of the nation’s rail system, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday, labeling the recent derailment in Connecticut and other accidents a call to action.

Blumenthal, fellow Sen. Chris Murphy, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch appeared at news conference Wednesday in response to the May 17 accident near the city that injured more than 70 people on two commuter trains.

Blumenthal said the Connecticut crash, a derailment near Baltimore on Tuesday and other accidents point out the need for a fund, which he said would similar to those already in place for highway construction and the dredging of ports.

“Lack of public trust and con-fidence in safety and reliability threaten to undermine the entire rail system,” Blumenthal said.

The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled out foul play

in the Connecticut accident, which occurred on the New Haven line of Metro-North, a rail service used by tens of thousands of commuters north of New York City.

The NTSB has said that a cracked joint bar, used to hold two sections of rail together, had been repaired last month and that rail sections in the area of the derailment have been shipped to Washington for further examination.

Adam Lisberg, a Metropolitan Transit Authority spokesman, said the joint bar was replaced. Metro-North is conducting an inspection and inventory of all the joint bars on its main tracks, said NTSB, which is continuing to investigate the derail-ment.

Authorities also are looking into a fatal accident on the same line Tuesday, when a Metro-North foreman was struck and killed by a train at a station under construction in West Haven.

“The safety of our customers and our employees is the highest pri-ority for Metro-North Railroad,” the railroad said in a statement Wednesday.

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who drafted the agreement after deliberating with New Britain’s corporation counsel, said it was made “in the spirit of cooperation between two towns.”

“The land is still in Newington, so anything that’s done on it has to come before our bodies,” he informed councilors, who have vowed to protect the town’s interests in the deal.

Town Councilor Maureen Klett, who made the original suggestion that Newington receive discounted golf rates, was criticized by another councilor last year for approaching New Britain officials about the issue. But she said it was not her intention to represent the Town Council, just to educate herself on the matter and confirm that Newington residents would somehow benefit from a land swap.

“We didn’t know anything about it at that time; it wasn’t even on our radar screen,” she remem-bered. “I’m happy for the city of New Britain, that they’re able to bring Costco into their community. Its going to be a big benefit to the city. I just want to protect the people of Newington, that’s always first and foremost.”

Councilors Tuesday acknowledged Klett for her ability to garner the discounted golf rates.

“I’m glad for the outcome,” said Councilor Beth DelBuono.

“That’s probably the biggest benefit we’re going to receive out of this,” added Klett, who was less

contented with the writing of the bill itself.“I think it shows great disrespect to the commu-

nity of Newington that people would submit a bill to take control of property that rightfully belongs to Newington,” she said.

In his own dialogue with state Rep. Rick Lopes, D-New Britain, who represents both towns, Mayor Steve Woods determined why the city went down the route it did.

“They were afraid to lose Costco,” he told coun-cilors. “As soon as they knew the bill would go forward they came to us.”

It’s too early to determine how much tax revenue Newington will collect from the land, according to Boorman.

“Right now we’re getting nothing for it from the state, so anything would be an improvement,” said Councilor Clarke Castelle.

The Newington Town Council will vote on the agreement at its June 11 meeting, after which it will be sent to the city of New Britain for action. The General Assembly should act on its measure prior to Wednesday’s adjournment of the legisla-tion season.

Costco construction is expected to begin in the fall.


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Two men arrested at Indian Hill Country Club after burglar alarm alerts police

Two men are facing burglary charges after they were found by police inside the Indian Hill Country Club around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Miguel Sanchez, 23, of 40 Shultz Road, New Britain, and Alan Hopper, 23, of 45 Jepsen St., Meriden, were taken into cus-tody after police used a cruiser PA system to make contact with them. Sanchez sur-rendered peacefully. Hopper was found inside hiding under a staircase during a search, police said.

Officers respond-ed to the club at 111 Golf St. after a bur-glary alarm was activated. The club had recently installed the alarm after a burglary, said food service manager Michael Nefdale, who was called by the alarm com-pany around 3 a.m. “They said a motion sensor went off and I said call the police,” Nefdale said.

He arrived about 30 minutes later to find a heavy police pres-

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alarm found a chair underneath an open window and spotted someone inside the building, reports said.

Officers from Farmington, New Britain, Berlin and Wethersfield were called in to help main-tain a perimeter around the facility due to its size, police said.

Sanchez came out peacefully. Hopper was found during a search of the building, police said. Hopper had previ-ously worked for the golf course connected with the club, Nefdale said. The two men may be suspects in the pre-vious burglary, he said.

Both are facing numerous bur-glary, larceny and trespass charges in Wednesday’s caper. They are being held on $75,000 bond until arraignment in New Britain Superior Court today.

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tinues to struggle after Superstorm Sandy pummeled it seven months ago, tens of millions of dollars in federal assistance the state is eligible for has not reached those who need it.

Some of the delay can be attributed to Congress, which took months to approve Sandy aid. Some is due to the routine bureaucracy of the federal gov-ernment. But some of the lag is unique to Connecticut, which has not yet decided how it will spend any of the money it was awarded from a key part of the Sandy relief bill Congress passed in January.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which will allocate $16 billion of the money from the relief bill, has so far announced $72 mil-lion for Connecticut. Nearly four months after that announcement, the state has yet to submit its plan for using that money, which must then be approved by HUD.

“It’s enormously frustrating,” said state Rep. Diana Urban, D-North Stonington. “Listen, if we don’t get this money on the street, I don’t care how much you say there is, I don’t care how much you say you want to help. Wanting isn’t getting it there.” State officials say they will meet the deadline for submitting a plan, which is June 11. But New York City, New York state and New Jersey submitted theirs months ago, and homeown-ers there are already applying for the billions of dollars in assistance.

“Obviously, we seem to be a little bit behind the curve up here,” said Mark Barnhart, direc-tor of economic development in Fairfield. “I don’t know why that is.” In the town’s beachfront neighborhood, the telltale signs of storm damage -– large dumpsters and storage pods -– are in almost every driveway or backyard. Many homes are marked for demolition or have already become empty lots.

More than 1,300 homeown-ers in Fairfield suffered enough flood damage to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and nearly 900 of those still have “unmet needs,” which means money from FEMA won’t cover enough of their expenses. Many of them are also still wait-ing for that money and fighting

with their insurance companies, Barnhart said.

For them, the possibility of even just a few thousand dollars of the $72 million in federal assistance could be crucial. Barnhart said he knows of dozens of families in the Fairfield beach neighborhood who are staying with family or even in motels, waiting to return to their homes.

The story is very much the same in the neighboring town of Milford, where 1,070 people registered with FEMA and 646 of them are estimated to have “unmet needs.” Tom Ivers, a Milford official, said that number is likely too low.

Waiting for the state to fig-ure out how to administer the Sandy relief money, he said, is “very costly. For every month that goes by, that’s another month’s rent that somebody’s got to find the money to pay…it’s just tre-mendously frustrating.” The state Department of Housing, which is administering the funds, has said it expects to use $56 mil-lion to give grants to owners of single- and multi-family homes to repair storm damage and raise their properties out of the flood-plain. Some $4 million will help small businesses, $2.2 million will go toward repairing public facili-ties, and $6 million will be used for administration and planning.

But the agency has provided

few other details beyond that. It must submit a more formal, detailed “action plan” to the fed-eral government before the money begins to flow and homeowners can apply for assistance.

The Department of Housing’s commissioner, Evonne Klein, said she expects homeowners to be able to apply starting this summer. Still, the agency says it will need 10-15 durational employees to help administer the funds, but has not yet posted any hiring notices.

Klein began working as com-missioner a few weeks ago.

“This was something that, when I walked into the job, I didn’t know would be part of at the time,” she said, referring to the Sandy relief money. She added, “I’m the only employee in the Department of Housing so far.” The agency is racing to complete its action plan in time. It has not yet taken the required step of releasing a draft to the public for a seven-day public comment period. The final draft is due June 11.

Ivers said it’s hard to believe that the state will have any time to incorporate any of the comments into the final plan. But, he said, “I’d rather deal with that than go another week.” Klein and other state officials insist there is no delay in preparing their plan for the Sandy relief money, despite the fact that New York state, New York City and New Jersey are

already beginning to administer their own funds.

“Connecticut was in a very dif-ferent position than New York and New Jersey,” said Andrew Doba, spokesman for Gov. Dannel Malloy.

Not a ‘focal point’ For those states, Sandy was a “focal point,” Doba said. “But for us, it wasn’t. It wasn’t as bad here.” Local offi-cials disagree. They say they are clamoring for help, not just for homeowners who suffered dam-age and want to protect their houses against future storms, but also for their own infrastructure.

They hoped the Sandy relief dollars would also help repair beaches and coastline infra-structure, and to protect critical structures, like sewer treatment plants, power plants and public housing complexes, from future storms.

Norwalk, Stamford and Bridgeport need hundreds of mil-lions of dollars to either raise public housing on the waterfront or move the complexes out of the floodplain altogether. Bridgeport

alone asked for $50 million of the Sandy relief dollars to relocate one of its complexes which suffered significant damage during Sandy and Irene the year before.

In Stonington, as legislator Urban said, “We had significant structural homes to a lot of homes and a lot of businesses. We definitely got slammed.” Urban speculated that the delay in Connecticut’s plan for the money may have something to do with other matters that have been pressing for the governor and the legislature, including gun control and the budget deficit. But that makes quick administration of federal dollars even more impor-tant for the state, she said.

“The state is strapped. You know what’s going on with our budget … we are waiting on that money.”

This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization cover-ing government, politics and public policy in the state.

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CONNECTICUTMIRRORA house marked for demolition in Fairfield Beach, where more than 1,000 homes suffered damage during Sandy.

CONNECTICUTMIRRORA raised house in Fairfield. The Sandy relief dollars will help some homeowners who need to raise their houses.


$43.8B Malloy budget has no new taxes

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday he and legislative leaders have agreed to an outline for a state budget that does not impose new taxes but may extend taxes that are set to expire.

“There’s still work to be done in the next day or so but we’re going to have a budget,” Malloy told report-ers. The legislative session is set to end on June 5.

Malloy’s two-year spend-ing proposal and a plan approved by the Democratic-controlled Appropriations Committee were about $43.8 billion, up about 9 percent. The Appropriations Committee plan would increase total net spending by $49 million beyond the governor’s proposal.

Malloy said the budget does not increase taxes, fulfilling a prom-ise he made after pushing through increases in the state income and sales taxes in his first year in office

in 2011. But he said a final budget to be

voted on by the legislature could extend certain taxes set to expire this year. Those taxes would be imposed on power plants, based on kilowatt hours of power generated, and a surcharge on the corporation tax.

“That is entirely possible, yes, but we are not increasing taxes or creat-ing new taxes,” he said.

A key business lobbyist sees no difference between increased taxes and extended taxes.

“Anyway you call it, it’s still a tax on businesses,” said Joe Brennan of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the state’s largest business organization.

The corporation tax, which is expected to generate about $721 million in revenue, includes a 20 percent surcharge.

Brennan said he hopes nego-tiations in the last eight days of the legislative session will lead to

cost-cutting rather than higher taxes that will dampen a weak economic recovery and stubbornly high unemployment, which was 8 percent in April.

Businesses and Dominion Resources Inc., parent of Millstone

Power Station in Waterford, say the taxes were supposed to be tem-porary and are fighting efforts to extend them.

“It’s harmful for ratepayers in the state and a promise was made,” said Kevin Hennessy, a spokesman for

Dominion. The attorneys general of

Massachusetts and Rhode Island also have criticized the tax on gen-erating electricity, saying it will add to the burden of New England ratepayers.

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Mike Orazzi | StaffGov. Dannel P. Malloy in his office at the state Capitol.

Judge orders state return guns to suspect who allegedly threatened to shoot co-workers

TORRINGTON — A Superior Court judge has ordered the state to return 13 guns to a Torrington man who is accused of threatening to shoot his co-workers.

Robert Zordan was charged in December with threaten-ing and illegal possession of an assault weapon after employees at Connecticut Spring and Stamping in Farmington told police he had threatened to come to work with a gun and “take them out.”

Judge Elizabeth Gallagher ruled last week that police and prosecutors had failed to follow the proper pro-tocol in seizing the weapons without a warrant Dec. 27, the Republican-American of Waterbury reported.

Police said they took the guns because they believed Zordan posed an imminent threat to himself and others. But state law requires that a hearing must take place with-in 14 days after guns are seized under those circumstances. A two-

day hearing involving testimony by several police officers and Zordan’s co-workers began Jan. 15.

“Unless they are being withheld from the respondent for any other legally valid reasons, his weapons must be returned to him,” Gallagher wrote in her decision. “The hearing was not held within the time period mandated.”

Zordan, the former public safety commissioner in Torrington, told police he felt he was being treated unfairly at work, but has denied making the threat.

His attorney, Rachel Baird, said she believes evidence resulting from the gun seizure should be thrown out of the criminal case.

“Anything they found should be suppressed, including any firearms that were seized,” Baird said. “For whatever reason, the Farmington police department didn’t follow procedure, and rushed the process. They didn’t follow the letter of the law.”

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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 sponsor-ing 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 [email protected], 860-558-1560; and Coach Roy Roberts at rroberts@npsct.

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DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP: Going through divorce, thinking about getting a divorce, already divorced, or relationship breakup. There is a car-ing 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.

AUDITIONS FOR NCTC’S TEEN SUMMER PRODUC-TION OF “INTO THE WOODS”: The Newington Children’s Theatre Company will hold audi-tions for their summer teen musical, “Into the Woods,” Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2, by appointment only. Interested teens are asked to prepare a musical theatre song (preferably NOT from the show) and a monologue. Rehears-als begin June 8. Performances are July 12-14 (Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.). Please note while there is no cost to audition, if cast, there is a $250 participa-tion fee. For more information, or to schedule an audition appointment, call (860) 666-NCTC (6282) or visit www.NCTCArts.org.

WEIGHT WATCHERS – LIVE LIFE ACTIVE CEL-EBRATION: The public is invited to join Weight Watchers members from noon to 4 p.m. Satur-day, June 1, at the Newington Weight Watchers Center, 26 Fenn Road, to help celebrate what

its members have accomplished and how their level of activity has improved through the course of its Live Life Active Challenge. There will be demonstrations, samples, and specials — all free of charge.

SPRING CONCERT: A Spring Concert will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at the Church of Christ, Congregational (UCC), 1075 Main St. Songs from “West Side Story,” “Les Misérables,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Freedom Trilogy,” and more will be performed. Senior, junior, and handbell choirs with special guests, soloists, and band perform a delightful program perfect for families. Free-will offering. (860) 666-4689 newingtonucc.org.

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 [email protected]. Walk-ins are welcome, but prior registration is encouraged. Must be 18 years of age or over.

CUB SCOUT PACK 347 TO HOLD RECRUITMENT NIGHT: Cub Scout Pack 347 will hold a recruit-ment night at Martin Kellogg Middle School Thursday, June 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the audito-rium. Boys in grades 1 through 5 are welcome. For more information, contact Cubmaster Eric Rothauser at (860) 666-1685 or [email protected] or Assistant Cubmaster Heidi Bilotti at (860) 665-7880 or [email protected].

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, hang-ing files, computer paper, notepads, envelopes,

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GIRL SCOUT AWARD RECOGNITION CEREMONY: The Newington Girl Scout Service Unit will hold its annual Girl Scout Award Recognition Cer-emony 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. Repre-sentative Sandy Nafis and Sen. Paul Doyle will be bestowing the coveted awards to the girls that evening.

NEWINGTON FARMERS MARKET KICK-OFF: The 5th Annual Newington Farmers Market will kick off Thursday, June 13, from 3 to 6 p.m. and Sat-urday, 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.

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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, the Director of the Julia Brooker Thomp-son 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.

SUMMER READING KICK-OFF: Satur-day, 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!

Groundbreaking Reads — Teens can sign up for summer reading on com-puters that will be available for this special occasion. Teens who register at the kick-off will receive two prize tickets they can use in weekly prize drawings and the grand prize draw-ing. Sign up for summer volunteer opportunities at the teen table. Adults are welcome to register for the read-ing program if they haven’t done so already.

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.

TEEN VOLUNTEER NETWORK: Wednes-day, June 5, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Grades 7-12. Interested in volunteering? Attend this program to sign up for up-coming library volunteer opportunities. Earn community service hours or just volunteer for the fun of it! For more information, email Bailey at [email protected] or call (860) 665-8700. Must be at least 13 years-old to participate.

EVENING BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Thursday, June 6, 7 p.m. This month’s reading is “The Control of Nature” by John McPhee. All interested readers are invited to attend.

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 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.

LUNCH & LEARN: NOVELIST: Wednes-day, 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 learn-ing about this database. Dessert and beverages will be provided. Register at the Adult Information Desk or call (860) 665-8700.

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

FAMILY STORYTIME: Every Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Stories, songs and more for the whole family all year ‘round. No registration is necessary.

CONSTRUCTION CLUB: Saturday, June 1, 1 to 2 p.m. Come to our monthly gathering to build projects with LEGO bricks. Due to safety concerns, only people age 7 and older will be al-lowed in the room. call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

GARDEN CLUB: Saturday, June 1, 1:30 p.m. We’re starting a Garden Club for families and gardeners who will help run the library garden. We’ll schedule classes, assign maintenance shifts and have a lot of fun. A complete

schedule of events will be available in the Children’s Department. 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.

MCDONALD’S FUN NIGHT: Monday, June 3, 5 to 7 p.m. McDonald’s Restaurant Stop in at the McDonald’s Restaurant at 2375 Berlin Turnpike in Newington for a fun night learning about our summer reading program, Dig Into Reading. We’ll share stories, crafts, snacks and more!

PLAY WITH US! Tuesdays, June 4 to 25, 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Join us for this program geared for families with young children who have special needs. Meet with birth to 3-year-old resource professionals and socialize with your peers. All are welcome. No registration necessary.

READ, RATTLE AND ROLL! Tuesday, June 4, at noon. Welcome to a music and movement program for 3 and 4 year-olds featuring books that “sing” and lots of music! Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 to register.

JUST A STORY AND A SONG!: Wednes-day, June 5, 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.

WRITING WITH PICTURES: Thursday, June 6, 7 p.m. Do you have an idea for a children’s book, but don’t know where to begin. J.C. Phillipps will share her road to publication and answer questions you may have about your own work. She has published three books and a fourth is due out in the spring of 2014.

PLAY FOR ALL! Saturday, June 8, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Come join us for a special needs playgroup giving par-ents 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 illustra-tor of “Wink: The Ninja” picture books, will read her new book, “Monkey Ono.” Then she will talk about how she cre-ated the book and give us a lesson on

how to draw the main character. The program is geared for children 3 to 8 years old. Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing.

JUNIOR COOKBOOK CLUB: Wednes-day, 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 DAY – DOUBLE YOUR FUN! Summer Reading 2013 – Dig Into Reading! Together with Touch-a-Truck! Satur-day, June 15, 10 to noon in the Town Hall parking lot.

TECH SANDBOX: Monday, June 17, 6:30 p.m. Children in grades 1 and up are invited to bring their own device or just stop in to our com-puter lab to learn about our website. Databases introduced will be Peb-bleGo, Power Kids, Tumblebooks, Tumblebook Cloud, BookFlix, and PBSKidsGo. Learn how to download audio books and e-books from the library. Please call (860) 665-8720 to register beginning June 3, 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) 665-8720 to register beginning June 5. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

HAVING FUN WITH FOSSILS AND DI-NOSAURS: 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 chil-dren of all ages. Call the Children’s Department at (860) 665-8720 beginning June 11 to register.

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NEWINGTON EVENTS CALENDARsale, 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 inquir-ers should contact Armando Landrian at [email protected]., 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) 670-2652 for a registration form.

MS SUPPORT GROUP: The Newington MS Support Group meets at the New-

ington 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 Connecti-cut residents diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), an oftentimes debili-tating disease affecting the central nervous system. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter offers more than 30 support groups throughout Connecticut. These groups

bring together people who share a common life experience as it relates to MS and its effects. For more informa-tion, contact Charlie at (860) 667-1314 or Tom at (860) 236-2751. For more information on multiple sclerosis and the many ways you can help make a difference, visit www.ctfightsMS.org or call the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter at (800) FIGHT MS.

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