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Volume 13, Number 6 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, February 12, 2015

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Frozen ponds mean ice fishing in New England. Rusty Larsen of Canton drills through the ice on Hamlin Pond in Plainville with an auger as he prepares his fishing hole. Safety on the ice is always paramount. Always check the ice thickness. A minimum of four-inch thick ice is recommended before walking out onto it. | Photo by Francis Rexford Cooley

The murder of Plainville police officer Robert Hol-comb in 1977 is in the news

a ga i n , a f -ter his killer, Gerald Castonguay, was tenta-tively offered parole.

T h e p a -role offer had not been an-nounced to Holcomb’s

family, prompting a fiery pro-test that led the state Board of Pardons and Parole to sus-pend its decision and sched-ule another hearing.

Maria Weinberger, a niece of Holcomb’s who lives in Middletown, said, “It starts

with the fact that nobody knew. The state of Connecti-cut should have let us know, so we called the governor’s office and other politicians.”

Weinberger said the fam-ily learned about the parole “through an anonymous tip to the police department.” She said the state had at-tempted to notify the family by sending a letter to the ad-dress of an aunt who died last summer.

Castonguay killed Hol-comb, 28, during a robbery attempt in town. Plainville Police Chief Matthew Cat-ania said, “Officer Holcomb was in pursuit of two bur-glary suspects fleeing the home. Castonguay shot him and then walked over and executed him. He could

Parole of Holcomb’s murderer suspendedBy Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen

Holcomb

See Holcomb / Page 2

Most residents stayed home to avoid the cold on Feb. 5 but about 50 attended the town forum in the coun-cil chambers to discuss the fate of the old Linden Street School.

Town Manager Robert E. Lee and School Super-intendent Jeffrey Kitching discussed the issue before residents commented on the controversy that followed a town referendum last No-vember that rejected a $2.64 million proposal to tear the school down.

Lee and Kitching supported

demolishing the school, but a few residents argued for pre-serving it. “I’ve always been in favor of saving the build-ing,” John Kisluk said. “I believe it should be rehabil-itated and turned into a com-munity center.”

Kisluk visited the commu-nity center in Elmwood that was built at the site of an old school. “We know Plainville is not an Elmwood, but their community center is suc-cessful and well used and we believe it’s a good way to repurpose the building,” he said.

Lee said building a com-

Linden Street School demolition discussed By Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen

See Linden / Page 3

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have just escaped and Rob-ert might have survived.” Kim Stimac Giove, another niece of Holcomb’s, said, “He shot my uncle once in the arm and then stood over him

and fired four shots into his chest at close range. My uncle Bob died shortly after at New Britain General Hospital.”

The violent murder of Holcomb is one reason many believe Castonguay should never be pardoned. “It wasn’t a crime of passion, it was a very brutal murder,” Plainville Town Manager Robert E. Lee said. “And if you kill a police officer there shouldn’t be an opportunity to get out of jail, period.”

The fact that Castonguay is now 70 isn’t reason to al-low for a pardon, either, Lee asserted. “If you put a gun in anyone’s hand he’s danger-ous, I don’t care how old he is.”

Plainville continues to mourn the loss of Holcomb. The town named the road that leads to the high school Robert Holcomb Way and there is a memorial to the fallen officer on the police department’s web page.

“When I came to town in 2010, some of the first peo-ple I met in the community discussed the impact of that murder, and it’s had an impact on the culture of the depart-ment,” Catania said. “Robert Holcomb was an exemplary human being, a military vet and a fine police officer.”

“It affects more than the Holcomb family and the po-lice department,” Lee said. “It was a crime against the community.”

Castonguay “needs to re-main incarcerated and the process needs to be more transparent,” Weinberger said.

“There’s a serious flaw that a parole can happen with no one’s notice.”

She said, “We’re glad pres-sure was brought on the Board of Parole to suspend their decision. We’re going to have the opportunity to speak for ourselves before the board.”

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Digital Devils prepare for robotics competition

Plainville High School’s ro-botics team, the Digital Devils, is preparing for the NE First Robotics competition that will be held Feb. 28 in Water-bury and March 1 in Hartford. The team seeks to succeed in the district events and move on to the regionals. The Digital Devils are “a well-rounded group of students from grades 9 to 12,” said Mark Chase, the high school technology and engineering teacher. “Last year we did phenomenally well, we took first place in the Hartford dis-trict event,” he said.

The team won the Hartford district event last year by cre-ating a robot that was defen-sive oriented instead of trying to score points with an inflat-able ball. “A lot of teams were trying to score points, but we built a robot to assist and a mechanism that would block the competition ball so the opposite team couldn’t score points. There weren’t many robots like that,” he said.

This year’s competition is completely different. “Instead of passing a ball and trying

to score points, you have to pick up plastic totes, recy-cling containers and stack them,” Chase said. “There’s a point system and different color totes. Some are for the programmable autonomous mode while the others are stacked under human-oper-ated control. We made a lift mechanism that lifts an arm

up and down and latches on to the totes. It allows us to lift it up to various heights and place them down.” “That has been the primary focus we’ve been working on the past three weeks,” he said. “We’re well along but still need to do some fine tuning. We’re painting it, adding de-cals, routing electrical wiring

and components to prepare it for the actual competition.” Plainville High School offers two robotics courses and has an after-school robotics club where the Digital Devils pre-pare for the contest.

Chase said the competi-tion highlights modern tech-nology and engineering. “The competition embraces new STEM components. It incor-porates what they learn in the technical fields and academic classes combining the two. They think about how en-gineers design, develop and problem solve as they learn to work though real-life scenar-ios that engineers deal with.”

By Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen

Plainville High School’s Digital Devils will compete in the NE First Robotics Competition Feb. 28 and March 1. This machine picks up and stacks plastic containers.

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munity center “sounds good on the surface but the cost of renovating it is $6 to $8 million and we have no parking there during the day, so its use would be limited to nights, weekends or summers. If residents want a community center, this isn’t the place to put it. We need to put it on a separate parcel of land in-stead of shoehorning it in a space with too many limitations.”

Lee said the town referendum wasn’t rejected due to an interest in preserving the school or turning it into a community center, but to avoid the expense of demolishing it. The $2.64 million fee stated in the referendum is higher than what the town will pay if it takes advantage of a $1.5 million state grant, which wasn’t well known at the time of the vote. “The cost to demolish the building will be closer to $1 million, so now there is less opposition,” he said.

A resident who supports dem-olition is Tom Sgroi, engineering director of the Greater New Ha-ven Water Pollution Control Au-thority. “There’s no reason to save the building for an unknown use,

there are parking problems and the cherry on top is that it’s attached to a grammar school, so there can be no use for it other than a school itself because we don’t want strang-ers near students,” he said. “The town manager is trying to make a good decision and I want to sup-port him.”

Town Council Chairwoman Katherine Pugliese said the propos-als for alternative uses of the school are misguided. “We have things in place for seniors and young people and we haven’t been hearing from parents about the need for things their children can do,” she said.

The forum was a means of pro-viding information about demo-lition plans and surveying public opinion. “It gave us a chance to sit down and listen to what people have to say about the building. It was a good first step in getting the situation handled,” Lee said.

“The council has to discuss what happened and see if we have thoughts on what the next step shall be,” Pugliese said. “A discussion may take place at the next council meeting.”

That council meeting is sched-uled for Tuesday, Feb. 17.

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PETS OF THE WEEK

Eggroll is a 9-year-old black and white boy. When he meows you would think that he is asking for an ‘eggroll.” Hatrick is a 2-year-old, orange boy. He is loving, quiet and affectionate. Both cats were abandoned outside to fend for themselves. They will be at the pet adoption event on Sunday, Feb. 15, at PetSmart, 278 New Britain Ave., Plainville. View all of the adoptable pets and find an online application at www.fobac.org. For more informtion, call (860) 828-5287 or email [email protected].

A local dog named Bella is missing. She was last seen Jan. 18 in the vicinity of Ben Court/Fawn Drive; the Plainville/Farmington

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SPREADING A LOVE OF READING

Plainville Public Library Children’s Librarian Kimberly White recently visited Danielle Phelan’s pre-kindergarten class at Toffolon Elementary School for interactive story time with students. White also conducts “book talks” with students in the upper grades at each of the three elementary schools in Plainville and collaborates on a variety of programs throughout the year with the schools’ library information teachers.

Winter recess programs

Friday, Feb. 13, 2 p.m. - Go Big, Big Nate! (ages 8 and up). Cartoon drawing and Big Nate games. Space is lim-ited. Registration is required at (860) 793-1450 to register.

Friday, Feb. 13, noon to 1:30 p.m. Splash Party (all ages). Family open swim at the Plainville High School pool. For more in formation, call the Recreation Department at (860) 747-6022.

Saturday, Feb. 14, 1 - 3 p.m. Love Your Library (all ages). Drop in at Plainville Public Library Children’s Depart-ment and make and decorate a heart to hang on our tree. Let us know what the library means to you.

Tuesday, Feb. 17, noon to 1:30 p.m. Splash Party (all ages). Family open swim at the Plainville High School pool. For more information, call the Recreation Depart-ment at (860) 747-6022.

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m. Family Movie Matinée (all ages). Animated family film based on “Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” at the Plainville Public Library. Rated PG, 85 minutes long.

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. You Be…The Toymaker (best for ages 7 and up). A hands-on program of do-it-yourself toymaking. No pre-registra-tion necessary.

For more information, call the Plainville Public Library Children’s Department at (860) 793-1450.

Sunday hours

The Plainville Public Li-brary is scheduled to be open Sundays, 1 to 5 p.m., through April 26 (excluding Easter). For more information, call (860) 793-1446.

Chess clubA chess club for adults is

forming at the Plainville Pub-lic Library. The club, for play-ers of all levels, plans to meet monthly.

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Library Briefs

The Plainville Town Coun-cil conducted a public fo-rum on the Old Linden Street School building on Feb. 5. The purpose of the forum was to explain the process that led to the recommendation by the Town Council to recommend an appropriation of monies to demolish the structure. The forum was also an opportu-nity for residents to give the

Town Council ideas regard-ing the potential use of the building in the event that it is renovated.

The cost to demolish the building is currently esti-mated at $2.6 million, how-ever, the town was able to secure a state grant of $1.5 million bringing the net cost to Plainville of $1.1 million. The estimated cost to ren-

ovate the building for pub-lic occupancy is estimated to range from $6.3 million to $8.4 million. Copies of the PowerPoint presentation and a link to the video of the fo-rum can be found at www.planvillect.com. Plainville residents can should contact Town Manager Robert E. Lee at (860) 793-0221, ext. 201, with questions or concerns.

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GraduatesRoger Williams Univer-

sity, Rhode Island - Michael Thomas of Plainville.

President’s list

Bentley University, Mas-sachusetts - Marisa Rizzo of Plainville.

Western New England University, Massachusetts - Alexis Zysek of Plainville.

Dean’s list

American International College, Massachusetts - Shea Echols of Plainville.

Bentley University, Mas-sachusetts - Thomas Dinda of Plainville.

Bryant University, Rhode Island - Kevin Li of Plainville.

Coastal Carolina Univer-sity, South Carolina - April Lemanski of Plainville.

Eastern Connecticut State University - Morgan Guimond, Shayla Beausoleil, Raymond Carroll, Amanda Perreault, Danielle Angel-illo, Matthew Monteleone of Plainville.

Endicott College, Massa-chusetts - Andrew Hamel of Plainville.

Hartwick College, New York - Nikky-Ann Duncan of Plainville.

King’s College, Penn-sylvania - Katelyn Rivers of Plainville.

Roger Williams Univer-sity, Rhode Island - Amy Urso of Plainville.

Springfield College, Mas-sachusetts - Dylan Chasse of

Plainville.Tunxis Community Col-

lege - Tyler Acey, Lisa Avery, Doreen Barbagallo, Kristen Beausoleil, Melissa Dzierlatka, Adam Foster, Joshua Foster, Jason Glass, Sarah Grady, Ka-

mila Hormoz, Ellen Kwakye, Jakub Marynowski, Holly McIntyre, Rose Medena, Al-yson Molloy, Leslie Mroczek, Heather Needham, Amelinda Picard, Thomas Ratliff, Au-drey Riggins, Tydell Sam-

uel, Zachary Scholl, Margaret Yorski, Alexandra Zaza of Plainville.

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nick D’Onofrio III, Meghan Daniels, Anna Dzilenski, Kelly Farina, Stephen Gallo, Alicia Gorski, Stephanie Laprise, Paul Martin, Cristina Mullin, Brittany Rogan, Amandeep Singh, Tauri Spencer, Tay-lor Varrato, Joy Watts, Kylie Whalen, Michal Zielinski of Plainville.

University of Hartford - Holly Freeman, Katherine McLellan, Rebecka Mousch, Sebastian Olechowski of Plainville.

University of New Ha-ven - Nicholas Giuliani of Plainville.

University of Rhode Is-land - Julia Davidson of Plainville.

University of Scranton, Pennsylvania - Emily Zuck-erman of Plainville.

Western Connecticut State University - Brigid Bednarczyk, Kyle Camerato, Michael Schmidt, Marc Tari-cani of Plainville.

Western New England

University, Massachusetts - Christopher Kuzia, Rebecca Lauzier of Plainville.

Wheaton College, Massa-chusetts - Lauren Mankowski of Plainville.

Project Graduation events

Plainville High School/YMCA Project Graduation has scheduled the following events:

Saturday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m. to noon - Clothing Drive. Drop off donations at YMCA. For more information and to schedule a pick up, contact June Burns at (860) 793-4942.

Scholarships

The Community Foun-dation of Greater New Britain offers several schol-arships for graduating seniors and students already enrolled in higher education. Dead-lines vary by scholarship and town. For more information, visit www.cfgnb.org.

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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.

Special events

Choir rehearsal Sun-days, following worship; Holy Communion, March 1, 10 a.m.; United Method-ist Women, March 29, noon.

Baha’i FaithFor over 100 years, the

Bahá’í community in the United States has sought to build a model of racial in-tegration and race unity, embracing people from all backgrounds and classes of society.

“O Children of Men! Know

ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. Since We have created you all from one same substance it is in-cumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that from your inmost being, by your deeds and ac-tions, the signs of oneness and the essence of detach-ment may be made manifest.” — Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith.

For more information on the Baha’i Faith or to part-ner with the local Baha’i community in our efforts to wage peace and establish ra-cial unity in the greater com-munity, contact the Baha’is of Plainville at [email protected] or (860) 747-2918, or visit www.bahai.us.

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Thursday, Feb. 12Girls basketball -

Plainville vs. Bristol Central, 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 13Boys swimming -

Plainville at Platt/Maloney, 3:45 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14Wrestling - CCC Tourna-

ment, 10 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15Pet adoption - Friends of

Berlin Animals Control have scheduled an adoption event for Sunday, Feb. 15, 1 to 3 p.m., at PetSmart, 278 New Britain Ave., Plainville. Meet the beautiful and friendly cats that are searching for their forever homes including sev-eral senior cats and special needs cats that need homes the most. View all of the pets and find a secure online ap-plication at www.fobac.org. For more information, email [email protected] or call (860) 828-5287.

Benefit fair - Benefit Holistic Fair is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 15 at The LOOP, noon to 4 p.m., 161-B Woodford Ave. The event features vendors, demon-strations, speakers, raffles as well as a free clothing

swap. Clothing must be cur-rent styles.

Proceeds benefit the CT Humane Society Pet Food Pantry and the Plainville Food Pantry. For more in-formation, contact Shirley Bloethe at (860) 989-0033 or [email protected].

Monday, Feb. 16Blood drive - The Amer-

ican Red Cross has sched-uled a blood drive for Monday, Feb. 16, 1 to 6 p.m., at the Plainville United Methodist Church, 56 Red Stone Hill. For information, call 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit www.redcrossblood.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 17Girls basketball -

Plainville vs. Berlin, 7 p.m.Boys swimming -

Plainville vs. Berlin, 3:45 p.m.

Boys basketball - Plainville vs. Bulkeley, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 18Boys swimming -

Plainville vs. Rocky Hill, 4 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 20Boys basketball -

Plainville at Hall, 7 p.m.

Wrestling - Class S State Finals.

Monday, Feb. 23Boys basketball -

Plainville at Berlin, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 24Boys swimming -

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Friday, Feb. 27Wrestling - Plainville at

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Calendar

Hospital has volunteer opportunities

The Hospital of Central Connecti-cut offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities.

Those who enjoy public contact and would like to volunteer, call Vol-unteer Services at (860) 224-5231; or, complete an on-line application at Hospcentralct.vsyshost.com.

Women’s health

The Hospital of Central Connecti-

cut Department of Cardiology has scheduled a StrongWomen-Healthy Hearts program to help women make positive changes to eat health-ier, move more, and improve general health and well-being. Sessions are planned for Mondays and Wednes-day, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., through April 22 at HOCC’s New Britain General campus, 100 Grand St. Sessions will focus on nutrition and exercise and be led by an exercise specialist and a registered nurse. A fee is charged. To register, call 1-800-321-6244.

As part of its emphasis on cardi-

ology care for women, HOCC also has a Women’s Heart Wellness Cen-ter where patients are seen by a board-certified cardiologist and re-ceive a gender-specific risk factor screening to address cardiac risk factors specific to women, symptom assessment and a physical exam. If necessary, tests will be ordered and followed by a personalized treatment plan. To schedule an appointment, call (860) 224-5694. HOCC is also a member of the WomenHeart National Hospital Alliance. WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with

Heart Disease is the nation’s only pa-tient-centered organization serving the 42 million American women liv-ing with or at risk for heart disease. HOCC has monthly WomenHeart of Central Connecticut support network meetings.

MS support group The Plainville MS Support Group

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The Barque Eagle Division of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps and United States Navy League Cadet Corps has scheduled drills for Wednesday, Feb. 18, 6:45 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 21, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Naval Operational Support Center, 1 Linsley Drive, Plainville.

The USNSCC is open to young men and women ages

13 to 17, and the USNLCC is open to girls and boys ages 11 to 13.

Anyone interested in learn-ing more about the cadet corps is encouraged to come to the next scheduled drill.

More information about the Plainville division of the USNSCC and USNLCC is available at www.barque-ea-gle-division.org.

Cadet corps drills set for February

Army Pvt. Alexandria R. Rudzinski has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill

and ceremony, marching, ri-fle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, mili-tary courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Rudzinski is the daugh-ter of Robert Rudinski of Plainville and Linda Rudz-inski of Bristol.

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LOCALS LEARN LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Fifth grade student leaders representing Linden, Toffolon and Wheeler elementary schools recently attended the CAS (Connecticut Association of Schools) 22nd Student Leadership Training Conference at Naugatuck Community College. The goal of the conference was to demonstrate the use of a multi-talented method to find the best approach toward developing quality leadership skills. Students attended at least three workshop sessions that included productive thinking, communication skills, decision making models, and creative problem solving through small group interactive role playing.

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Obituaries

Harold E. WolfPLAINVILLE — Harold

E. “Bud” Wolf, 90, passed away on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. He worked at Peck Spring for many years.

He was born in Pennsyl-vania.

He is survived by his sis-ters, Dorothy Honrberger and Shirley Lever; three brothers all from Pennsyl-vania; step-daughter, Don-na Pisiakowski and she was his Godmother; three step-sons, Edward and his wife, Betty, Robert and his wife, Sharon, and John Pisiakowski. He was also survived by two grand-sons, James Dardis and Joseph Bokanoski and his wife, Rebecca.

Funeral services will be held at a later date.

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To place an obituary, call (203) 317-2240.

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Plainville residents and business owners are re-minded that snow-covered fire hydrants are a major factor in delaying the fire department response to ex-tinguishing fires.

The Plainville Fire Mar-shall, in the interest of public safety, reminds citizens that have a fire hydrant in front of, or located nearby their home or business, that they must clear snow from the ap-pliance (unobstructed for at least three feet around.)

The time that is saved by the responding fire depart-ment may play a part in the saving of life and property.

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TOFFOLON MUSICIANS HIT THE ROAD

The Toffolon Elementary School Select Choir and Jazz Band, under the direction of music teachers Greg Wilfrid and Michael Boncimino, performed at the Hartford Wolf Pack hockey game Jan. 9 at the XL Center in Hartford. The Jazz Band, consisting of second-year band students, performed jazz standards and holiday arrangements featuring several soloists in the atrium of the stadium. The Select Choir, comprised of 91 students from grades 2 through 5, performed the National Anthem in the upper levels of the stadium, overlooking the hockey rink. Students raised $1,260 for the Toffolon School through ticket sales for the event.

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AARP Tax-Aide, a free program, provides income tax preparation assistance for low to middle income tax payers of all ages, with spe-cial attention to those 60 and older.

Appointments are sched-uled for Tuesdays, through April 14.

For more information and a list of required documents, call the Senior Center at (860) 747-5728.

Health care

Flu shots - Flu shots are available for Senior Cen-ter members. To schedule an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

Blood pressure clinic - Blood pressure clinics are scheduled for the second Thursday of each month, 1 to 2 p.m., for Senior Center members only.

Foot care - The Senior Center offers appointments for regular and diabetic foot care for Senior Center mem-bers only. A fee is charged. Call the Senior Center at (860) 747-5728 to schedule an appointment.

Ear wax removal - The Senior Center offers ear wax removal, by appointment, for Senior Center members only. A fee is charged. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

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The following people have been charged by police:

Jan. 5:Irene E. Janelle, 44, 19

Taunton St., Southington, fifth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny, possession of a shoplifting de-vice, 3:33 p.m.

Alicia I. Janelle, 21, 19 Taunton St., Southington, sixth-degree larceny, conspiracy

to commit sixth-degree larceny, possession of heroin, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, nar-cotics not in original container, illegal possession clonazepam, 4:19 p.m.

Jennifer Humphrey, 39, 433 Farmington Ave., unleashed dog, unvaccinated dog, 1 p.m.

Hector R. Vega, 24, 23 W. Main St., criminal violation of a protective order, third-degree

assault, second-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree threat-ening, disorderly conduct, 10:49 a.m.

Adam J. Cuomo, 37, 160 West St., Bristol, three counts criminal violation of a protective order, 7:12 a.m.

Jan. 7:Jayden Lococo, 18, 14 Linda

Drive, third-degree assault, sec-ond-degree breach of peace,

2:24 p.m.Frederick A. Damiani, 73, 492

East St., first-degree criminal mischief, 7:14 a.m.

Jan. 8:Jennifer Souppa, 36, 23 W.

Main St., sixth-degree larceny, 3:22 p.m.

John Delvalle, 29, 29 Mead St., New Britain, driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, 12:31 p.m.

John J. Perrault, 29, 65 Welch St., illegal possession of heroin, possession of drug parapherna-

lia, operating under suspension, emissions violations, second-de-gree failure to appear, 1:24 p.m.

Shyann C. Pagan, 24, 962 Corbin Ave., New Britain, sec-ond-degree threatening, sec-ond-degree breach of peace, 12 p.m.

Jan. 9:Robert L. Schwartz, 47, 5577

Spriggs Meadow, Va., sec-ond-degree failure to appear, first-degree failure to appear, 6:16 a.m.

Sean B. Clouse, 30, 36 Whit-ing St,. third-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, 10:59 p.m.

Nicole I. Mills, 40, 300 Lincoln St., New Britain, two counts sixth-degree larceny, 4:02 p.m.

Nathan Menard, 25, 1341 Silver Lane, East Hartford, sec-ond-degree threatening, sec-ond-degree breach of peace, second-degree harassment, 1:46 p.m.

Jan. 10:Patricia C. Granger, 67, 19

Wagon Hill Lane, Avon, sixth-de-gree larceny, 6:45 p.m.

Edward T. Cooper, 29, 181 Laurel Lane, Berlin, third-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit

Opinion

Friday the 13th – your lucky day?Could tomorrow be your

lucky day? According to a re-cent Harvard study, lottery winners earn an average of

$100 more on Friday the 13th than on other days, hospital ad-missions for illnesses and accidents shrink by 42 percent, and four-leaved clovers a re fo u n d

in fields 89 percent more frequently.

If you find that study reas-suring, perhaps you should stop reading this article here.

The above study is entirely fictional. In fact, a December 1993 Department of Public Health study by Dr. T.J. Scan-

lon et al. found that car ac-cidents resulting in a trip to the hospital may increase by as much as 52 percent on Fri-day the 13th when compared with a previous year’s Friday the 6th. The study’s conclu-sion? “Staying home is rec-ommended.” Google it, it’s real.

It’s also a joke. “It’s quite amusing and written with tongue firmly in cheek. It was written for the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal, which usually carries fun or spoof articles,” one of the study’s authors, Robert Luben of the University of Cambridge, told LiveScience.

LiveScience reports that determining whether this Fri-day will be lucky or unlucky is difficult, as superstition can have a complex effect on be-havior – if more people stay

home, for example, you might expect fewer car accidents.

More insidiously, if re-searchers did find something to suggest folks are more likely to get sick on Friday the 13th, reporting it might just cause harm itself.

You may have heard of the placebo effect – where fake pills can make people better because they think the pills will do so – but its more ne-farious cousin is less well known: the nocebo effect, wherein believing something is making you sick, actually makes you sick.

The New York Times re-ported one case study where a patient swallowed 26 sugar pills in a suicide attempt. Amazingly, the person suf-fered a dangerous drop in blood pressure and medical staff had to intervene.

If you want to test the nocebo effect yourself, watch CGP Grey’s YouTube video titled “This Video Will Hurt.” The video opens by claiming to play an inaudible sound that purportedly causes head-aches before revealing that no such sound is being played.

The video then reviews some nocebo research, in-cluding “mass psychogenic illness,” a phenomenon where a person is convinced they are being made sick by exposure to toxic chemicals and convinces others that they are ill, too.

The condition spreads like a mental virus and is marked by rapid onset and recovery. It is treated by taking sick in-dividuals seriously, separat-ing them, and telling them that everyone else is getting better. Some studies even

show that people can get sick from media reports that say WiFi or wind farms cause illness.

Of course we should also be cautious and remember that most of the time, sick people really are sick for ver-ifiable physical reasons. None of us laypeople are any more qualified to diagnose the nocebo effect than we are to diagnose cancer.

Fascinating and somewhat disconcerting, the nocebo ef-fect serves to illustrate the power of positive thinking. So to support your efforts to approach this Friday the 13th with optimism, I suggest you reread the fake Harvard study in the first paragraph of this article. If you strain to believe it as faithfully as you can, this Friday just might be your lucky day.

Charles Kreutzkamp

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third-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny, 3:45 a.m.

Geoffrey E. Carlson, 37 Bellevue Ave., Bristol, driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, 4:35 a.m.

Edward T. Cooper, 29, 181 Laurel Lane, Berlin, failure to respond to an infraction, 6:07 a.m.

Alexander N. Forte, 123 Church St., Newington, driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, 2:19 a.m.

Jan. 11:Jeffrey W. Ziegenhagen, 18, 66 Atwood St., second-degree crimi-

nal trespass, third-degree criminal mischief, 6:56 p.m. Michael Soneson, 25, 53 Bittersweet Lane, Kensington, driving

under the influence of drugs/alcohol, 1:38 a.m. Jan. 12:Cezary Zaniewski, 38, 5 Whites Crossing, impairing the morales of

a minor, third-degree assault, disorderly conduct, 12:49 a.m. Leah J. Boucher, 22, 733 Jerome Ave., Bristol, second-degree

forgery, third-degree larceny, 6:34 p.m. Tobias H. Johnson, 33, 2 Whiting St., third-degree assault, disor-

derly conduct, 5:07 p.m. Jan. 13:Roderick Mack, 41, 42 Hoye St., Terryville, violation of probation,

interfering with a police officer, criminal impersonation, 7:09 p.m. Jan. 15:Brian S. Hackett, 30, 8 Pratt St., Winsted, possession of oxyco-

done, possession of drug paraphernalia, 11:28 p.m. Joshua Layfulde, 37, 510 Main St. possession of heroin, posses-

sion of clonazepam, possession of drug paraphernalia, 11:06 p.m. Edward A. Cosgrove, 37, 44 Ledgecrest Ave., second-floor, New

Britain, weapon in a motor vehicle, possession of marijuana, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, 8:46 p.m.

Omar A,. Cruz, 24, 67 Martin Luther King, New Britain, sec-ond-degree violation of conditions of release, 1:25 p.m.

Omar A,. Cruz, 24, 67 Martin Luther King, New Britain, sec-ond-degree violation of conditions of release, 12:53 p.m.

Jan. 17:Steven Pietrowicz, 55, 160 Camp St., driving under the influence

of drugs/alcohol, evading responsibility, 7:33 p.m. Alex J. Jutras, 26, no address given, two counts criminal violation

of a protective order, first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal tres-pass, second-degree criminal mischief, third-degree assault, disor-derly conduct, 7:16 a.m.

Jan. 18:Angela N. Gonzalez, 26, 125 Shawn Drive, Unit G10, Bristol, sec-

ond-degree failure to appear. 10:52 a.m. Jan. 20:Mark S. Ostiguy, 54, 20 Pershing Drive, disorderly conduct, 7:01

p.m. Jan. 21:Jacek Ramotowski, 31, 56 Forestville Ave., disorderly conduct,

third-degree criminal mischief, 8:08 a.m. Jan. 22:Darek Tuczapski, 34, 10 Fox Road, unlicensed dog, 12:31 p.m. Jan. 23:Philip M. Frost, 25, 164 Washington St., Unit 1W, New Britain, il-

legal possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, 1:57 a.m.

Kayleigh A. Varela, 24, 220 Lasalle St., 2A, New Britain, operating under suspension, 9:57 p.m.

Jan. 24:Ian T. Angels, 28, 550 Darling St., Unit 42K, Southington, posses-

sion of amphetamine, possession of suboxone, sixth-degree larceny, 10:58 p.m.

Jan. 26:Christopher A. Lonardo, 28, 74 Greenwood St., Unit 3, possession

of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana within 1500 feet of a daycare, 3:49 a.m.

Marvin Mack, 30, 80 Cortland Circle, Hartford, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana within 1500 feet of a daycare, 3:49 a.m.

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READING PARTNERS

Students and volunteers of the Linden Street School and Louis Toffolon Elementary School Reading Partners programs recently gathered for holiday reading celebrations featuring guest readers; Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jeffrey Kitching at Linden and Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dr. Maureen Brummett at Toffolon. The Plainville VFW Post 574 donated copies of “Snowmen at Night” by Caralyn Buehner for all of the student participants.

A WILD TIME AT SCHOOL

Louis Toffolon Elementary School preschool students in Anne Phelan’s classroom recently had the opportunity to put their Winter Animal Unit of Study into action, thanks to a visit from Nick Diaz of the Hungerford Nature Park in Kensington. Diaz provided a demonstration of six animals relevant to a number of books read in the preschool classroom including, “The Mitten and The Hat” by Jan Brett. The students learned about animal habitat, diet and sleep patterns, and had an opportunity to touch and interact with the animals.


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Sunday, March 9 - UConn women’s basketball at Mohegan.

From Page 9

Plainville Community Schools recently kicked off a new peer mentoring program, “Positive Kids Influencing Kids,” bringing students in the middle and high schools together.

The +K.I.K. Program pairs a group of juniors in the high school with eighth grade stu-dents at the middle school. The high school students are bussed to the middle school at the end of the school day to spend the last period of the middle school day with their

mentees. The mentor/men-tee pairs come together bi-monthly to visit, discuss the transition to high school, and socialize. The students follow an informal plan during each visit which includes time for everything from conversation about the various aspects of high school, to recreational sports, games, crafts or just catching up with their new friends.

At a recent kick-off cele-bration, student participants heard from a number of guest

speakers who currently serve as mentors in the school dis-trict’s mentor program in-cluding Plainville Board of Education member Foster White, Plainville High School Principal Steven LePage, and Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dr. Maureen Brum-mett. Additional district staff members who support the new +K.I.K. Program include Dana Ross, Jessica Pepin, and Jeri Lynn Turkowitz.

— Press Release

Students help younger peers

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KNIGHTS EARN STAR COUNCIL AWARD

At a state awards ceremony, Connecticut State Deputy Thomas Vita, left, presented the Star Council Award to the immediate past Grand Knight (2013-2014) Mark Germain, center, and present Grand Knight Ted Doiron.

The Plainville Knights of Columbus Council was re-cently recognized with the designation of Star Council by the national Knights of Columbus organization.

The Star Council Award

is the highest distinction a council can realize. It recognizes outstanding achievement in service pro-gram activities, member-ship, and insurance. Over the past year, Plainville

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YWCA New Britain is accepting nominations of women who exemplify ex-cellence, inspire others or who is committed to cre-ate positive change in the community. Nominees will be honored at the YWCA’s Women in Leadership Lun-cheon, Thursday, May 21, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Aqua Turf Club.

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committee of community leaders who review the nominations and make fi-nal selections. If a nominee has been chosen for recog-nition, she will be notified by April 15. For nomination criteria and forms, visit www.ywcanewbritain.org.

For more information, contact Sarah Bernier at (860) 225-4681, ext. 242 or [email protected].

Women in Leadership nominations sought

The Plainville High School pool is open to Plainville residents, free of charge, as follows:

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The Plainville Community School district is looking for volunteers to serve as mentors to students in grades 1-12. Men-tors serve as an adult friend and role model to student mentees, and typically spend approxi-mately one hour a week meet-ing with their mentees.

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Connecticut Naturalist Scott Tucker recently visited Plainville High School to discuss native organisms in Connecticut with high school science students. Tucker, known for his television program Expedition New England, has done a number of mini documentaries about various indigenous vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds and mammals.) Plainville High School faculty member Melissa Moore, who coordinated the visit, often infuses Tucker’s videos into vertebrate zoology and biology lessons throughout the semester. Students who attended the presentation made a $300 donation to Expedition New England.

Plainville Adult and Con-tinuing Education offers sev-eral adult education classes as well as GED and a Adult High School Credit Diploma Program.

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Preparation and Adult Basic Education classes are offered Saturday afternoon at the Plainville Public Library.

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The Plainville Recreation Department is accepting reg-istration for winter/spring programs.

Recreational programs of-fered include: Co-ed Bas-ketball Clinic grade 4, Ski/Snowboard Lessons, Girls Volleyball grades 5-8, Toddle Time ages 2-3, Kidz-R-Size ages 3-6, Pillo Polo grades 1-7, Gymnastics ages 1-6, Youth/Modern Dance grades 4-8, Tumble Time Gymnastics ages 1-6, Water Safety Instruc-tion age 16 & up, Lifeguard Training age 15 & up, Parent & Child Aquatics 6 months-5

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years, and Red Cross Swim Instruction. New programs include Pillo Polo for sixth and seventh grade students, exploratory Spanish for 5 and 6 year olds and co-ed Dutch and jump rope for ages 8 to 15.

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Registration is accepted in the Recreation Office, 50 Whiting St., Monday through Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon. Fee payment must accompany registration for programs car-rying a charge.

Call (860) 747-6022.

From Page 15

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program pro-vides low-to-moderate-in-come workers and families, disabled and elderly with free tax preparation and filing. The program serves residents of Plainville, Bristol, Burling-ton, and Plymouth/Terryville. Tax-preparers assist in com-pleting federal and state tax returns using online software. Tax preparers receive free training and are certified by the IRS. No tax experience is needed. Volunteers must be available Tuesdays, 4 to 8 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., during tax season and must be comfortable with di-verse populations. All training is provided, bilingual volun-teers are needed. For more information, call Elizabeth at (860) 582-9559 or email [email protected].

In Brief

VITA program needs volunteers

The Plainville Coalition for Positive Youth Development has launched a Facebook page as an additional means to share important informa-tion with parents and the community.

As part of the Facebook page launch, the group is holding a contest for the next several months.

Plainville residents who visit and “like” the Coali-tion Facebook page during the upcoming months will be entered into monthly draw-ings for a variety of prizes, including three Kindle Fires donated by the Plainville Po-lice Union.

The Coalition Facebook page: Plainville Coalition For Positive Youth Development.

Coalition Facebook contest

Lawmaker seeks study of vaccine exemption laws

HARTFORD — A state representative has asked for a study of laws and policies governing vaccine exemption to determine if waivers in-tended for genuine religious objections are being used by parents personally opposed to vaccinations.

The Hartford Courant re-ports that Rep. Matt Ritter, House chairman of the Pub-lic Health Committee, wants a study of exemption laws

and policies in states with the same waivers as Connecticut.

The Hartford Democrat said he wants to know if loop-holes are used and if the med-ical community is concerned about exemptions.

Medical reasons require documentation from a doc-tor and religious reasons don’t require explanation or verification.

Last year, religious waivers totaled 1,028 and 218 medical waivers were granted for chil-dren entering kindergarten and the seventh grade. Reli-gious waivers have increased three-fold since 2003-2004.

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SportsSIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED

Plainville High School senior Meagan Cameron signed a National Letter of Intent Feb. 4 at PHS to play soccer at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Palm Beach, Florida. Cameron, a four-year starter, was named to the All-CCC team her senior year and helped the Blue Devils make it to the Class M state tournament for the second consecutive year.

WrestlingThe Plainville Wrestling Club traveled to

South Windsor to compete in the Bobcat Brawl Tournament.

Deondre Jenkins and Joey Kennedy both took home first place finishes for PWC, while Ali Jenkins, Kyle Voisine, Dom Pedrolini, Alex Hernandez and Kaleb Korona all finished sec-ond. Tyler Babowicz took home a third-place finish.

Basketball

Fifth/sixth grade girls (Blue)The Blue team split its last two games, los-

ing a nail-biter to Barkhamsted, 13-12. Saman-tha Thompson led the way with eight points, with other offensive contributions coming from Emma Lewko and Sydney Ouellette. Tea Autunno and Sarah Ford played outstanding defense in the loss.

In a game against Litchfield, Plainville Blue controlled the game and walked away with a close 16-14 win. Samantha Manafort found Sarah Ford for an assist and late basket to seal the victory.

The team received contributions from Lil-lian Wazorko, Jenna Boucher, Ouellette, Lewko, and Thompson on offense, while the defense held Litchfield to 4-of-33 shooting from the field.

Seventh/eighth grade girlsThe girls lost to Litchfield 60-27. Kori Jones

had a breakout game while Ariana Broderick logged strong minutes on the defensive end.

Sixth grade boysThe boys have been busy as of late, going

1-3 in recent weeks to move to 5-7 on the year.The team began its stretch with a difficult

loss to Enfield, 54-34. Plainville was led by Adrien Marcos’ 10 points. Anthony Lestini added nine points while Jayden Derosier, Mi-chael Zapatka and Ryan Barker all bolstered the final score. Zapatka also had 11 rebounds. Matt Lagassey contributed on both ends of the floor.

In the team’s next matchup, Plainville fell in a close battle with Somers, 44-40. Derosier powered the offense with 18 points. Zapatka had eight points and, along with Lestini, led the team’s defensive efforts. Marcos, Ryan Barker and Jacob Deschaine turned in solid defensive efforts.

From there, Plainville lost to top ranked El-lington 41-27. Derosier scored nine points to lead the team. Barker added seven points and seven rebounds while Lestini put up six. On the defensive end, Zapatka recorded 14 boards. Vinny Dashukewich played a vital role on both ends of the floor.

In a tough battle against South Windsor, Plainville came out on top 33-25. Alec Couture made key free throws down the stretch to help

Youth Sports

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Girls basketball

The Lady Blue Devils are headed in the wrong direction as a 0-2 week dropped the team to 6-11 on the season.

Plainville lost a close matchup with Middletown, 53-47, after hold-ing an early lead.

Despite the Blue Devils’ 8-4 advantage after one quarter of play, the Blue Dragons outscored Plainville in the final three frames to take the “W.”

Senior Deja Nolan scored 14 points to lead Plainville while sophomore Taleah McCrorey added 12. Senior Deja Samuel dropped in 10 points for the local girls.

Things didn’t get much bet-ter for the team in a contest with Bristol Eastern that saw the Lanc-ers stomp the Lady Devils, 67-33.

The recent streak for the PHS

girls is a bad one, as the team has lost four in a row. With only three games remaining in the regular season, the Blue Devils need two more wins to qualify for the state tournament.

Boys basketball

The hard fought contests are finally starting to pay off for the Blue Devils, as two more scrappy battles led to a 1-1 week for the boys.

Plainville began its week with a 45-40 loss at the hands of a strong Middletown team (13-1).

Despite tying the Blue Dragons’ scoring output in both the second and fourth quarters, Plainville couldn’t keep up with Middletown in the first and third frame.

Senior Austin Butler led the charge for the Blue Devils, scoring 15 points. Junior Matt Festa added

10 points while junior Andrew Schuman contributed nine. The Blue Devils only made four free throws throughout the contest.

Plainville ended its week on a much higher note as the Blue Dev-

States still in sight for PHS hoopsBy Nate BrownThe Plainville Citizen

Plainville’s Austin Butler looks to finish between Middletown defenders. Butler and the Blue Devils came up short in their upset bid that night, falling 45-40. | Matt Leidemer / For The Citizen

See Notes / Page 18

Blue Devil Notes


Youth

seal the victory. Derosier (10 points), Couture (eight), Les-tini (five), and Barker (five) all played pivotal roles on of-fense. Deschaine and Zapa-tka contributed on both ends of the floor, and Austin Halat was a defensive stopper for the hometown team.

Eighth grade boysIn the team’s lone matchup

of the week, Plainville fell to Ellington, 52-42. Despite key injuries, the team still received strong offensive contributions from Brady Callahan (19 points) and Pierre Ramirez (6). The de-fense was led by Alec Karal and Peyton Warnat, who also added 11 points.

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Notes

ils took down Bristol Eastern, 59-56.

After the Lancers took a slim 16-15 lead following one frame, the Blue Dev-ils charged back, outscoring their opponents in the final three quarters to come away with the victory.

Butler, once again, led the way, with 18 points, as junior Keandre Blue chipped in 12. Festa and junior Tim Dixon both scored 10 points for the victors.

Plainville currently stands at 4-12 on the season. The team would need to win its four remaining games to qualify for the postseason.

From Page 17

MSP GETS THE ‘W’

The Middle School of Plainville boys basketball team bested HALS Academy of New Britain recently. | Patrick Matthews / Special to The Citizen

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HARTFORD — Gov. Dan-nel P. Malloy says there’s “no doubt” the personal in-formation of thousands of Connecticut residents was compromised when hackers broke into the Anthem health insurance database.

Anthem is the largest in-surer in Connecticut. Offi-cials said Thursday, Feb. 5 that about 1.14 million people in the state, including more than 180,000 state employees and retirees, are covered by Anthem. Malloy says it’s un-clear how many of those peo-ple had personal information compromised by the breach, which Connecticut officials learned about late Wednes-day, Feb. 4.

The state has launched an investigation into the attack. Officials also met with An-them executives and were told credit monitoring ser-vices will be provided to af-fected Connecticut residents, including past Anthem cus-tomers, for the next two years. Malloy, also an Anthem customer, urged residents to register for the monitoring service.


Separate local tax bills, common school calendars proposed

HARTFORD — Connecti-cut lawmakers are consider-ing a number of proposals to make local government more efficient, including legislation requiring regional common school calendars by the 2015-2016 school year.

The package of bills un-veiled Thursday, Feb. 5 was proposed by a long-running, bipartisan commission cre-ated by House Speaker Bren-dan Sharkey.

Other ideas include allow-ing municipalities to issue separate tax bills for educa-tion and local government budgets, allocating state re-imbursements for untaxable property more fairly and cre-ating a new account to en-courage cities and towns to

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regionalize animal shelters.Sharkey said the state can

no longer afford to subsidize inefficiencies through state aid to municipalities and lo-cal schools.

Besides the commission’s bills, Senate President Martin Looney has proposed equal-izing local tax rates. There’s concern about how tax rates on vehicles can vary widely by municipality.


State goes ahead with shoreline park plans

WATERFORD — Connecti-cut officials are still pressing ahead with plans to transform the old Seaside Regional Cen-ter in Waterford into a new shoreline state park.

The push from Gov. Dan-nel P. Malloy comes despite

some local misgivings, a po-tentially expensive price tag and a private developer who contends his contract was il-legally terminated.

Malloy stunned local lead-ers last fall when he an-nounced plans to transform the approximately 32-acre, state-owned vacant parcel into a park. The state has since terminated its con-tract with the developer and

hired consultants to study the property and come up with possible options for a new state park.

Waterford First Selectman Daniel Steward has urged the state to consider a public/pri-vate partnership, with a mix of development and public waterfront access.

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