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in the press
Officials keep
eye on proposed
permit changes
Officials are waiting to see what
alterations may come down
from the DEEP regarding proposed changes to permit regulations that could be costly for
the town. “Overall, it’s a permit
that already exists,” West Hartford Director of Public Works
John Phillips explained, noting
changes in the proposal that
would increase the frequency
of required road sweeping in
town and catch basin clearing,
among other things. PAGE 7
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Music, words and art celebrate life of MLK
Hall High School students Kaylah Johnson and Destiny Fuller, both 14, welcome guests to the Jan. 19 celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. In back of them is some of the artwork created by West Hartford students showcasing what they learned about the life and work of the great civil
rights leader. See more on page 6.
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benefit is, assuming the
right rail service comes
along with the station,
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“Who is going to deny the
need for clean water? The
program, in general, its
chartered mission, is in the
right place. It comes down
to, how do we get there?
How do we implement it?”
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-John Phillips in “The cost of
stormwater management” on
page 7
Mary Kay Curtiss, Andrew Curtiss, Robert Laurie and Tamara
Laurie pose for a photo.
Marty and Nancy Coursey pose with Sherri and Patrick
Thompson.
Alicia Haffner and Alecia Hogan pose for a photo.
Scenes from
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The Children’s Charity Ball
he Bridge Family Center held its annual gala, the Children’s Charity Ball, at the Hartford Golf Club Saturday, Jan. 17.
The evening featured a black-tie cocktail reception, sit-down dinner, live and silent auctions, music and dancing.
Matt Winter and Jane Lehman of the Allstate Insurance Company served as honorary chairs, while Scot Haney,
Channel 3 meteorologist and co-host of “Better Connecticut,” reprised his appearance as emcee. Last year, the Bridge
served approximately 7,100 people through school-based services, counseling for young people and stressed families, the
West Hartford Teen Center, Family Resource Center, eight residential programs for youth and community events, according to information from the Bridge. The total raised at this year’s ball was not available as of press time, but previous years’
events have netted more than $275,000.
Heather and Mike Clifford pose with Paula Stabnick.
Bob and Barbara Burke with Chris and Donna Tharau
Photos by Abigail Albair
Shelley and Greg Mendoza, along with Laura and Tony
Giannone, enjoy the ball.
Kristin and Jeff Anderson found a bottle of wine
up for auction bearing their last name.
Right: Tyler and Heather Polk chatted with Cathy
and Tom Mancini during the black-tie cocktail
reception portion of the evening.
Far right: Liz Wilcox and Alessandra Eisner look
over silent auction items.
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PRESSARTS&ENTERTAINMENT
Competition winners’ concert
The winners of the
39th annual Musical Club
of Hartford High School
Scholarship Competition
for Voice, Piano, Strings,
Brass and Woodwinds will
perform Sunday, Jan. 25, 2
p.m., at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 2080
Boulevard. Admission is
free. For more information,
call 860-233-8486. Two of
the winners are Hall High
School students. Yoshino
Toi, a 12th-grade student at
Hall, won first place in the
Piano Competition She will
perform Chopin’s “Grand
Polonaise Brillante” in the
winners concert. Toi was
selected to perform in the
Hartt School Community
Division’s Piano Department’s Honors Recital from
2012-14. She has won several competitions – first place
in the Renee B. Fisher Piano
Competition and first place
and third place, respectively,
in the Audrey Thayer Piano
Competition (2011, 2012)
as well as in the Virtuoso
Pianists Competition (2013,
2014). Maggie Kinabrew, a
junior at Hall, was the first
place winner in the Vocal
Division. In 2014, she won
the Bel Canto voice scholarship thru the Hartt School
Vocal Honors Recital and a
summer 2015 scholarship
to the Westminster Choir
College Vocal Institute. She
has been a soloist in Hall’s
Pops ‘n Jazz for the past
two years. She has sung in
the Connecticut Children’s
Chorus since 2005.
Voce Concitato to perform in the Center
Voce Concitato, an
early music vocal ensemble based in Hartford, will
perform at the First Church
of Christ Congregational,
12 South Main St., Sunday,
Jan. 25, 4 p.m., as part of
the Arts in the Center concert series. The program,
entitled “Henry Rex: Tudor
Music for the Chapel Royal,” will feature the music
of Tudor England as heard
through the ears of Henry
VIII in his Hampton Court
chapel. Suggested donation
is $10 for adults; children
are free with a donation
for the West Hartford food
pantry. Voce Concitato
was formed in 2013 when a
group of friends who shared
a mutual love of early music
began to explore the genre
more thoroughly, at first
rehearsing for their own
enjoyment, then realizing
they had something to offer
the community of Hartford. Characteristic of the music
vocals of Voce Concitato
are dramatic color, precise
tuning and an intimate vocal blend and covers music of the Renaissance and
early Baroque periods. For
more information call 860233-9605 or www.whfirstchurch.org.
The Silk City Chorus hosts world class
entertainers from Sweden
Be S#arp to perform during same production
The Silk City Chorus
continues its 50-year tradition of staging original
shows with another memorable production Saturday, Jan. 24 at 1:30 and 7:30
p.m. at Manchester High
School, 134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester.
As usual, the chorus will be hosting two
a cappella groups that
have achieved world class
recognition – the young
up-and-coming
group
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ternational
Collegiate
Quartet champions and
2014 5th place bronze
medalists, from Sweden,
and guest quartet Main
Street from Florida, 2014
International third place
bronze medalists. All four
members have also been
or are currently performers
at Walt Disney World with
the Dapper Dans of Main
Street USA. Also performing on the show will be Be
S#arp, the highly regarded a cappella group from
Conard High School.
The show is entitled
“I’m Your Puppet,” an entertaining joint performance with students and
faculty of the University of
Connecticut Puppet Arts
Program. The performance
will feature students from
the university’s puppet arts
program and unique puppets they have created just
for the show. Many aspects
of the art of puppetry will
be featured as an artistic
component of the host Silk
City Chorus’ musical performance. All seating for both
shows is reserved. Advance
seating pricing is: Primary
( front 4 rows): $28; Secondary: $23; Classic: $20; Standard: $17. Seating prices are $3
higher at the door on the
day of the show. For tickets
visit www.silkcitychorus.
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860-298-8820.
Celesti Sondato winter concert
Discover Seabury and Seabury At Home at our
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Chamber Choir will present
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25 at 7:30 p.m., at St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church,
285 Church St., Hartford.
Celesti Sondato is an
auditioned, mixed SATB
choir directed by Bryan Zaros. The group performs choral music from a wide range
of styles and periods, from
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spring, and often takes part
in additional performances
throughout the year.
The High School Chamber Choir is a small mixed
ensemble for students in
grades 9-12. Under the direction of Jack Pott, the choir
offers a place to experience
challenging choral music in
a small group setting. Membership in the group is based
on teacher recommendation and an audition with
the director.
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The Golden Thread Gallery’s ‘ORDER & CHAOS’
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will be at the Sounding Board
Coffeehouse at The Universalist Church of West Hartford, 433 Fern St., Saturday,
Jan. 24, at 8 p.m. Based in the
New York/Connecticut area,
Cricket Tell The Weather is
an indie string band rooted
in the bluegrass tradition, but
tinged with elements from
rock, pop and chamber music. Committed to respecting
and furthering the traditions
of American music, the quartet’s voice carries a new spirit
that explores a century of influences, owing as much to
the traditions that inspired
bluegrass to the journey that
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The event is free and
the public is invited to
attend. “ORDER & CHAOS” is the 3rd exhibit in
the “YIN &YANG: A SEASON OF CONNECTION
& BALANCE” exhibits.
The Noah Webster
House & West Hartford Historical Society, 227 South
Main St., recently opened
an exhibit titled “At Home
in Noah’s House.”
The exhibit focuses
on original artworks from
the tablet tour of the same
name. It includes paintings
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of the project directors said,
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West Hartford celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Photos by Lisa Brisson
Above, left: Linda J. Kelly, president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, served as the keynote speaker. She talked
about growing up in segregated North Carolina and how today it relates to Dr. King’s last book, “Where Do We Go From Here:
Chaos or Community”; Above, right: Conard High School’s Voices of the World Choir sang two spiritual songs.
W
est Hartford Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an inspirational program that filled the West Hartford
Town Hall Meeting and Conference Center with joyous music and the words of the late civil rights leader.
The program, held Monday, Jan. 19, was sponsored by the West Hartford African American Social & Cultural
Organization, the town of West Hartford, West Hartford public schools and the West Hartford Human Rights Commission.
Hall High School Jazz Combo bass player Nick Paul
and substitute drummer Ben Bilello
Frederick J. Streets, adjunct
associate professor of pastoral
theology at Yale University,
Audrey Washington of NBC
Connecticut served as the
emcee of the program.
Conard High School student Kaitlyn Jones was one of the
students chosen by her school staff to read a speech from
the Student Perspective. She spoke about Dr. King’s use
of the word “dream” and employed it as an acronym in
speaking of how his work has shaped her life and the lives
of so many others. She spoke of Determination, Resilience,
Emancipation, Altruism and Magnanimity.
Left: The West Hartford Town Hall Meeting and Conference
Center was packed with a diverse audience coming together
to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Hall High School student Lydia Henning, a Student
Perspective speaker, spoke of Dr. King’s principle
of nonviolence, about stereotyping others based
on their race or appearance, and how upsetting
it is to her and other students to see the Native
American used as a school mascot.
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The cost of stormwater
management
Officials keep an eye on proposed changes
to DEEP permit requirements
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Photo by Allie Rivera
The construction of 10 townhome units within two new buildings at 747 North Main Street and an upgrade to an
existing 12-unit apartment structure (pictured) was approved by the Town Council last week.
New townhome development approved
By Abigail Albair
Editor
The Town Council unanimously approved an application
for townhome units on North
Main Street last week, with many
council members citing neighborhood support as a positive factor.
The application, brought by
DHR North Main Street, LLC, the
contract purchaser and developer, and sisters Sandra Mitchell and Antoinette Henning, the
co-owners of 747 North Main St.,
proposed the construction of 10
townhome units within two new
buildings on the site and an upgrade to an existing 12-unit apartment structure.
Lighting, signage, additional
and improved parking and land-
scaping were also included in the
application.
The final proposal was the result of multiple meetings with the
Design Review Advisory Committee and several iterations of the
plan, the applicants’ attorney, Robin Pearson, told the council during
the public hearing that preceded
See TOWNHOMES on page 10
Officials are waiting to see
what alterations may come down
from the DEEP regarding proposed
changes to permit regulations that
could be costly for the town.
The General Permit for the
Discharge of Stormwater from
Small Municipal Separate Storm
Sewer Systems, also known as an
MS4 permit, resulted from a mandate by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as part
of its Stormwater Phase II rules in
1999. Phase I, published in 1990,
addressed runoff from medium
and large municipal storm sewer
systems with populations greater than 100,000, as well as runoff
from industrial and construction
activities, according to information from the DEEP.
The second phase addressed
municipalities with populations
less than 100,000 and permits
were first issued by the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection in 2004.
The permit requires each small
MS4 – a municipality that owns
and operates a storm sewer system
in an urbanized area – to take steps
to keep stormwater entering its
storm sewer systems clean before
it reaches water bodies.
The permit, which has remained unchanged since 2004,
currently requires the development and implementation of a
stormwater management plan by
each town, but proposed changes offer much more detail on required steps.
“Overall, it’s a permit that
already exists. What the DEEP is
doing is a normal upgrade on our
MS4 permit program,” West Hartford Director of Public Works John
Phillips explained. “Who is going
to deny the need for clean water?
The program, in general, its chartered mission, is in the right place.
It comes down to, how do we get
there? How do we implement it?”
He detailed changes in the proposal that would increase the frequency of required road sweeping
in town and catch basin clearing.
See DEEP on page 9
Funding approval brings rail station in town closer to reality
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Funding for initial steps toward bringing a railroad station to
West Hartford has been approved.
According to a press release
from Gov. Dannel Malloy’s office,
the State Bond Commission approved $5.75 million earlier this
month to be used to advance design plans and address environmental issues for new railroad
stations on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line and the New
Haven Line.
The funding will be combined
with $4 million in previously approved funding, according to the
release.
Called the “Hartford Line,”
the new NHHS line stations will
be in Enfield, West Hartford, Newington and North Haven, the release explains. Enhancements will
be made to existing stations in
Windsor Locks and Windsor, and
a location study for a future Hamden station will be done.
The West Hartford station
will be across from the Flatbush
Avenue CTFastrack busway station.
“This is a very good first step,”
Mayor Scott Slifka said. “I think it
reflects the work that those of us
who have advocated for a rail stop
for many years have done.”
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idea of rail service, specifically
bringing a rail stop to town, due to
the state’s positioning with regard
to major cities and the number
of commuters that live in or may
want to live in West Hartford.
“We are well positioned between Boston and New York, so
the first obvious benefit is, assuming the right rail service comes
along with the station, we’ll have
a great expansion of our transportation options, and it would be a
much greater convenience for our
residents who go to Boston and
New York with any regularity,” Slifka said.
The mayor repeatedly expressed concerns with the busway
project that has two stops in town
when it was initially proposed.
He expressed disappointment in a letter to the governor
when Malloy threw his support
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International Night
with Hello! West Hartford
Join the Noah Webster
House & West Hartford Historical Society, 227 South
Main St., for its 11th season
of Tavern Nights. On Jan. 24,
the museum will kick off the
season with A Taste of Culture with Hello! West Hartford. Sittings will be offered
at 6 and 8 p.m. Reservations
are required.
The evening will feature
cuisines and entertainment
from three prominent West
Hartford cultures. Enjoy
Asian, South American and
Russian foods, music and
dancing. Tickets are $40 per
person and $35 for museum
members. The evening will
also feature a special drink
tasting and tavern games.
Tickets include dinner,
one complimentary drink,
live music and tavern games.
Additional beverages will
be available for purchase. A
valid ID is required for alcoholic drinks. Vegetarian
options must be requested
at the time reservations
are made. Reservations are
available through the museum’s website at www.noahwebsterhouse.org, or by
calling 860-521-5362, ext. 10.
The Noah Webster
House & West Hartford Historical Society is located in
the restored birthplace and
childhood home of Noah
Webster.
The historic house
and exhibit spaces are
open daily 1 until 4 p.m.,
Thursday through Monday. For information visit
www.noahwebsterhouse.
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Seventh-grader Matthew Marottolo placed first in Kingswood Oxford Middle
School’s Geography Bee Jan. 7 and will now continue on to statewide competition. Matthew, the son of Elisa Griego and Paul Marottolo of Wethersfield, was the
top finisher among 11 finalists from the entire Middle School. Tom Betts ’19, son
of Michael Betts and Eileen Godbout of Wethersfield, and Calvin Beck ’19, son of
Jonathan Beck and Jodie Sprague of Tolland, came in second and third, respectively. In the next round of the competition, which is sponsored by the National
Geographic Society, Matthew will take a statewide written exam. The other finalists in KO’s Geography Bee were Ned Blanchard ’19, Eryk Jones ’19, Josh Leshem
’19, Ethan Levinbook ’20, Ahana Nagarkatti ’21 and Jacob Scheinblum ’21, all of
West Hartford. Pictured above: Tom Betts ’19 of Wethersfield, Matt Marottolo ’20 of
Wethersfield, and Calvin Beck ’19 of Tolland were the top three finishers in Kingswood Oxford Middle School’s Geography Bee.
The West Hartford
Chamber of Commerce
will host the annual State
of the Town Address presented by Mayor Scott
Slifka Thursday, Jan. 29.
“The Mayor will give
a candid talk about West
Hartford over the past
year and will review the
town's plans for the future,” according to a release from the chamber.
Questions will be
taken at the conclusion of
the presentation.
The event will be held
at Wampanoag Country
Club, 60 Wampanoag
Drive, and will include a
buffet lunch from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Barbara Lerner at the West Hartford
Chamber, 860-521-2300.
For complete coverage of the mayor’s address, pick up the Feb. 5
edition of The West Hartford Press.
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Currently, streets in
West Hartford are swept on
an as-needed basis, Phillips
said, but under the proposed permit requirements,
mainline roads – which
equates to 19 miles of road
in town – would need to
be swept weekly, 37 miles
of roads would need to be
done monthly, residential
streets would need to be
swept quarterly and all other streets twice annually.
Five miles of road, the
business districts, would
need to be swept daily.
“We own sweepers
in West Hartford, and we
sweep basically as a proactive measure,” Phillips said.
“We do sweep our business
districts on a regular basis
throughout spring and early fall, but [current] staffing
levels do not allow what
would be required.”
Organic debris is often something swept away
through the regular process, though Phillips said
in recent years, sweeping
for this reason has fit nicely
into the DPW plan just before the winter, on the tail
end of the town’s leaf pickup
program.
In the spring, there
hasn’t been a need to sweep
away sand left on roadways
for ice melting purposes
because the town has utilized salt.
“For the better part of
10 years we’ve been a salt
priority town, so we don’t
have sand. Sands aren’t
coming into our town [because they aren’t used by
the state Department of
Transportation], so they
aren’t just sitting in our gutters or catch basins, they’re
not winding up in our waterways. The need to clean
up the residue just isn’t
there, so we’ve been able to
concentrate on road maintenance right after winter
instead of coming out with
a hard press for sweeping,”
Phillips said.
When it comes to catch
basins, all 7,375 in town
would need to be cleared
once a year and 5,600
would need to be cleared
biannually.
“That’s something we
don’t do on a regular basis,”
Phillips said. “I don’t have
the resources. We go at our
catch basins as a maintenance task. If it becomes
full, we go out there and
clean the lines. … That piece
I don’t even have the right
kind of equipment to do
that efficiently or effectively,
so there [would be] a capital
expense plus labor.”
Phillips estimates the
cost of the altered regulations would be $600,000 in
the town of West Hartford,
not including capital expenses.
The
requirements
would require additional
staffing to be met, he said.
While West Hartford
already has a leaf pickup program, many towns
would incur the cost of developing one.
Long Island Sound – the
water bodies that make
Connecticut a special place
to live and the places where
we all want to enjoy swimming, fishing and boating,”
Inglese said in the release. “We must take steps to reduce the level of contamination discharged into our
into larger water bodies.
Under the current
draft, the new permit regulations would be in place
for reissuance of permits
in early 2016, meaning they
would have an impact on
the fiscal year 2015-16 budget.
“We need to find a bal-
ance in how we get there,”
Phillips said regarding improved stormwater management. “There is not a
magic solution that will
solve all the waterway issues. … The results of any effort we do moving forward
probably won’t be seen for a
decade to come.”
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State legislators representing the towns of West
Hartford and Farmington
recently told the Town
Council in the latter town
that they would work to
soften the regulations to
strike a balance between
the environment and the
economic impact the regulations would have on municipalities.
In a late December
press release, the DEEP said
it is considering modifications to provisions of the
new requirements in an effort to address concerns expressed by cities and towns.
A revised draft is expected to be circulated by
Jan. 26, and DEEP staff, the
Connecticut Conference of
Municipalities, the Council of Small Towns and the
Connecticut Fund for the
Environment are scheduled
to meet with a hearing officer for a “status conference”
Feb. 4 regarding the process
toward finalizing the new
requirements.
Oswald Inglese, DEEP’s
director of water permitting and enforcement, said
in the release, “We understand that our cities and
towns are facing tough
budget times and, through
our public hearing process, local officials told us
about the potential costs
of implementing the new
stormwater requirements.
That is why we will continue a dialogue with our
municipal partners in an
effort to reach agreement
on final language for this
permit that strengthens environmental protection in a
common sense and fiscally
prudent manner.”
Inglese said while the
DEEP considers the ability
of cities and towns to meet
new requirements, it is obligated to move forward because of the toll stormwater
takes on the quality of the
state’s waterways.
“Stormwater carries
contaminants into our
lakes, rivers, streams and
water from stormwater systems.” Phillips said a point of
discussion among DPW officials statewide has been
whether or not the proposed requirements can be
quantified in a direct reduction of nitrogen and phosphorous that makes its way
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the Jan. 13 council vote.
Pearson detailed the
history of the property, including the fact that an additional eight units were initially approved for the site in
the 1960s when the building
was constructed.
They were never built,
and the north portion of the
site where the new buildings
will be remained undeveloped.
She noted the longtime
relationship regarding management of the property that
exists between the manager
of DHR North Main Street,
David Raisner, and the
mother of the buildings’ current owners, as well as the
owners themselves, which
has spanned more than a
decade.
“For all those 13 years,
he worked with the mother and sisters to get to this
point,” Pearson said. “For the
past seven years after [the
RAIL
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behind the project in April
of 2011, but said in his letter,
following a meeting with
Malloy regarding his concerns, that providing a rail
stop in West Hartford in any
plans to construct a Springfield/New Haven railway
would soften the blow.
“When the busway
was asked to be a reality,
I got a commitment from
Gov. Malloy that a rail stop
would be included when
that time would come,” Slif-
mother] died, he has continued that relationship with
the sisters.
“He helped them manage the property, he managed it during transition,
screening tenants, hiring
contractors,
negotiating
with vendors. … He did all
that as a friend.”
The first building of the
new development will be
10,419 square feet and the
second will be 9,650 square
feet.
Both buildings will be
three stories, though the
second building will be set
in the hill with only two stories above grade on the west
side and three on the east. A
courtyard will separate the
two buildings.
The units will range in
size from 1,500 square feet to
2,200 square feet.
Raisner intends to sell
the townhome units and
continue to manage the
apartment building and the
property.
The application requested a change in zone
from R-13 and RM-3 to RM-2
and for the 1.46-acre property to be placed within a special development district.
Pearson explained that
the site buffers commercial
locations, as it is nestled at
the edge of Bishops Corner,
and repeatedly referred to
it as a “transition location
with regard to the commercial sites and residential sites
beyond.”
The application received support from the few
residents who spoke during
the public hearing.
Peter Mehlman who
lives in the neighborhood
said he was happy to see a
potential location for residents looking to downsize
and stay in the area of town
they call home.
Jeff Rheiner, whose
property abuts the site, said,
“I think it’s going to be a nice
addition to the neighborhood.”
He noted accommodations Raisner agreed to make
with regard to trash pickup
to minimize noise impact to
nearby homes and said, “He’s
done just about everything
he can to satisfy everybody.
… It’s a good project and it’s
going to make the neighborhood that much better.”
During the council
discussion, Leon Davidoff
shared a personal story
about the many years his
grandmother lived in the
ship in terms of townhomes,
where there is no opposition
from the neighborhood,
speaks volumes to me,” he
said.
Deputy Mayor Shari
Cantor thanked Raisner for
the years he invested in the
property thus far and concurred with speakers that
the development will be a
nice addition to the area.
“This is a trend we’re
seeing … coming back to a
walkable community,” she
said, noting that Bishops
Corner was designed for automobiles.
She said the new development will allow people to
live close by the shopping
area offerings, adding that
she believes people of all different age groups will have a
“wonderful quality of life” living at the property.
Mayor Scott Slifka said
the project has “great vision in that this fits exactly
with the grander economic
[goal]” for the town with regard to developments.
He added of Raisner’s
years invested in the site,
“The thing that makes West
Hartford so special, is when
people who’ve owned property for a long time reinvest
in their property.”
ka said, adding that he appreciates the governor living up to the commitment.
Slifka said both he and
former state Rep. Dave McCluskey, who was also a
longtime advocate of bringing a rail station to town,
felt it would be a step backward to build the busway
but not utilize the rail line.
Slifka noted Brunswick, Maine, as a town that
has “capitalized on being a
great place to live with great
schools and a nice, entertaining commercial district
… that has residents who are
working in another place.”
He said this type of
capitalizing could be done
in West Hartford with a rail
stop as a reality.
“With the rise of telecommuting, we have more
and more residents who
either have a job that has
migrated to Boston or New
York or have some type
of creative employment
where they only have to go
to the main office on occasion, maybe once or twice
a week,” he noted. “[With
rail availability], someone
can choose to remain in the
home they have in a community, while working at
least, in part, in another city.
They keep their job, but get
to maintain the quality of
life in their home community as well as a lower cost
of living. The cost of living
in West Hartford is certainly more affordable than the
immediate New York and
Boston suburbs.”
The busway is scheduled to open in March, and
the town is now looking
ahead to transit-oriented
development opportunities
around the stations.
“Transit-oriented development can happen with
the busway alone, but is
even more likely to occur if
there is a train station,” Slifka said.
He noted that changes
in zoning codes in recent
years allow for mixed-use
development, which he
called “a much more attractive vehicle for investment.”
With regard to the rail
line, the release from the
governor’s office said the
state Department of Transportation anticipates much
transit-oriented development in the 62-mile corridor between New Haven
and Springfield “as a result
of more robust service.”
The state will add 22
trains per day to the 12
trains Amtrack currently
operates on corridor, according to the release.
“Creating a commuter
rail line along the I-91 corridor is part of our transformative transportation
vision for Connecticut,”
Malloy said in the release.
“This bond authorization
will give this important
project needed momentum.
Completing environmental
work and design is what
will propel the projects toward reality. This $365 million project will improve
the quality of intercity service along the corridor and
enhance regional rail connections.”
Mayor Scott Slifka said the project has
“great vision in that this fits exactly
with the grander economic [goal]” for
the town with regard to developments.
“The thing that makes West
Hartford so special, is when people
who’ve owned property for a long time
reinvest in their property.”
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on the site and praised the
plan for adding to the variety of housing types in town
“that improve the quality of
living.”
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People on the move
Fringe Hair Works relocates to North Main
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
Fringe Hair Works has
relocated into a larger space
to better suit its staff and clientele.
The salon, which celebrated its fifth anniversary
Jan. 5, moved from 900 Farmington Ave. to 7 North Main
St., on the corner of Brace
Road. Co-owners Shane Sayer
and Paul Aligata, who are life
partners as well as business
partners, opened the salon in
its former location, but it outgrew the space.
“We have four styling
chairs right now and seven
hairdressers,” Aligata said in
a phone interview with The
West Harford Press before the
move. “A few of us work part
time, a few work full time. We
made it work with seven, but
we don’t have any room to accommodate any more clients.
We have to turn them away.
We need more space.”
Aligata and Sayers wanted to keep Fringe Hair Works
in West Hartford close to its
current location. They had
always liked their new build-
ing because of its historical
nature. It was formerly a bank
and the library.
“We always thought it
would be a beautiful salon,”
Aligata said. “We went online,
saw it was still available for
rent and talked to the landlord.”
Along with more space,
the new location offers designated parking spots for
clients, which he said is important because they will no
longer have to deal with trying to find parking in the busy
public lots in the Center.
The new space boasts
two fireplaces, crown molding, large palladium windows
on both sides of the space and
barrel-vaulted ceilings.
Fringe Hair Works’ former space had a warm color
palette, with rich oranges
and yellows accented by dark
wood, but Aligata said he and
Sayers wanted to try something different with the North
Main Street location.
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The salon has relocated to this building at 7 North Main St.
accent pieces, such as in the
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The floors are dark, and
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“It’s a wonderful mix of
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Local pair opens second location of WIP Fitness
By Alicia B. Smith
Staff Writer
There it is, written in
black and white: “You have
arrived.” The message is written on the doormat of the
newly opened Work in Progress Fitness studio in Avon.
The message should not
intimidate at all, but rather
serve as a reminder that you
are there for something positive, to get in a good workout
and meet fitness goals.
Owners Mary Kate Doyle
and Laura Keever are bringing
with them their enthusiasm
for this type of workout, one
that has made a huge difference in their own lives.
The pair opened their
business in April 2013 in West
Hartford and drew clients
from throughout the region.
They have opened a second
location to reach more people.
“These workouts are for
everybody,” Keever said, adding that they help with those
looking to lose weight, overcome an injury or even those
who are just getting into an
exercise regimen after a hiatus.
Both Doyle and Keever
are clients at their own gym.
They pay a membership and
are right there in the studio
working out alongside everyone else in the class. This
enables them to have a full
understanding of the fitness
program and get a sense of
how various trainers approach
their work.
“All of our trainers work
out at WIP. It definitely makes
it a more community feel.
When coaches come to each
other’s classes, they can learn
from one another,” Doyle said.
WIP Fitness has classes
throughout the day. In Avon,
the earliest class is at 5:30 a.m.
and the last class is in the evening at 6:45. The gym will be
closed on Sundays.
The women will split
their time between the two locations and are committed to
working out together weekly.
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“I have a dream that my four little children
will one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Have those iconic words of Martin Luther
King led to a dream realized?
King gave us a lasting message of hope, love,
the power of embracing differences, and believing in the possibility and the power of change.
He rose above violence and fear to lead people forward and taught us the true meaning of
finding ourselves and our personal strength in
trying times.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only
light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only
love can do that,” he said.
Although he spoke at the time about overcoming racism and ending segregation, his message was one that spoke to the heart of humanity
and all human interactions: one of tolerance that
is still sorely needed in society today.
King’s life was celebrated earlier this week
in schools and in town ceremonies. His wisdom
lives on years after his death in the lessons we impart to today’s children.
The Simsbury community once again celebrated the summers early in King’s life that he
spent in town, working in tobacco fields. During
that period, he sang in the church choir and later
spoke fondly of his experiences in town in recorded correspondence.
In a ceremony in West Hartford celebrating
King’s life held Jan. 19, Conard High School student Kaitlyn Jones spoke of the impact King’s legacy had on her personally and offered a message
to the crowd.
“In spite of our greatness, America is still devided by our different beliefs,” she said. “Unfortunately, at times, people lash out using violence to
express their frustrations against one person or
an entire group of people. We must learn to be
magnanimous like Dr. King and have more forgiving hearts. ... I think rather than fighting against
one another, we should all try to educate ourselves by thinking of the past and open our minds
to understanding each other’s views.”
Hall High School student Lydia Henning astutely observed the importance of confronting
injustices as a means to achieving equality.
She quoted Dr. King: “The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community. It is this type of
spirit and this type of love that can transform opponents into friends. It is this type of understanding goodwill that will transform the deep gloom
of old age into the exuberant gladness of new age.
It is this love which will bring about miracles in
the hearts of people.”
Often in today’s ever-shrinking society, the
lines become blurred and we forget the immeasurable impact we can leave, for worse or for better, in a moment.
It is important to remember the message
King taught us, not just as it applies to skin color but also as it applies to all elements of human
differences.
Has the dream been realized?
Not yet. Great progress has been made, but
the broader implication of King’s dream that all
people be judged solely by the content of their
character is still something yet to be wholly
achieved.
Working together, however, the dream can
be made real. While we celebrate his life one day
a year, we should remember his lessons always.
“With this faith,” he said, “we will be able to
transform the jangling discords of our nation into
a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.”
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By Scott Gray
Photos by David Heuschkel
Left: Northwest Catholic senior Christian Thomas (3) was too quick for Simsbury’s Jack Patrina and the Trojans to handle. Thomas scored
a career-high 38 points in a 71-64 overtime victory Jan. 13 in Simsbury. Right: Northwest junior Aaron Renker shuts off Simsbury’s Rayon
Christie as he drives to the basket.
Christian scores a career high to lead NWC to OT win
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
SIMSBURY – As Luke Gorkofsky
launched a desperation shot from behind
the timeline just before the buzzer, Northwest Catholic senior Christian Thomas, who
was guarding the Simsbury junior, turned
to watch the ball hit the backboard and fall
through the cylinder, sending the CCC West
boys basketball game into overtime.
“I had a feeling,” Thomas said later. “You
get a feeling when a shot goes up. As soon as
he shot it, I thought it was good.”
Apparently, some students mistakenly
had thought Simsbury had won the game
and rushed onto the court. A few Simsbury
players appeared headed to the locker room
on the opposite side of the benches even
though the score was tied.
Northwest Catholic and Thomas wasted no time, literally, regaining the lead. Because the game was not over and spectators
ran onto the court, Simsbury was assessed
a technical foul for excessive celebration
to start the overtime. Thomas made a free
throw to start the 4-minute OT, breaking the
tie, and Northwest went on to a 71-64 win
Jan. 13.
Thomas finished with 38 points, a
personal high mark in his high school career.
He made six of eight free throws in overtime,
making his last four to give Northwest a
66-61 lead with 39 seconds remaining. As a
team, the Indians were 11 of 14 from the line
in OT.
“He was being very aggressive offensively,” Northwest Catholic coach John Mirabello
said. “He was very confident with his game
and we needed that tonight because a few
guys were a little bit off their game. He’s a
senior leader who has been in all these situations before. It’s a good feeling to know you
have a guy who can make those plays, and
he did. He kind of put the team on his back.”
With a mostly inexperienced team,
Northwest has needed that type of leadership from Thomas and Owen Tyler, the team
captains and only seniors on the squad.
Mirabello especially needed it following a
devastating one-point loss to unbeaten East
Catholic in late December that dropped
Northwest Catholic to 1-3. The Indians had a
nine-point lead with 90 seconds left, only to
have the victory slip away.
See NW CATHOLIC on page 14
Conard girls move closer to state tournament berth
David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
The Conard girls basketball team
began this week just one win shy of eight.
The next win will secure a spot in the Class
LL state tournament for the Chieftains,
who last qualified in 2004.
Based solely on records, Simsbury
(10-1) figured to pose a bigger challenge
for Conard on Jan. 20 than Hall (4-7) three
days later. The biggest challenge this winter
came last week against one of the best
teams in the state.
But a 78-44 loss to Farmington Jan. 13
did not discourage Conard coach Colleen
Duggan.
“It’s definitely a good learning experience for us,” she said afterward. “It’s not
every game, thankfully, that you play a top
team in the state. I think it shows us where
we need to grow the most.”
Three days later, the Chieftains defeated Newington 38-27 to improve to
7-4 overall. So, as the season reached the
midway point last week, Conard was the
most improved team in the CCC West. The
Chieftains were 4-16 last year.
“There is a huge improvement in that
Conard team. I think the coaching staff is
doing a great job,” Farmington coach Russ
Crist said. “They have a really nice mix of
some older experienced players and some
freshmen who are going to be phenomenal
basketball players. That program is definitely on the upswing.”
But the Chieftains are not ready to
challenge Farmington, ranked third in the
state poll. That was apparent early as the Indians built an 11-0 lead just two minutes in.
Following a timeout, Conard regrouped and answered with a 7-2 spurt to
cut the lead to six points. However, as great
teams tend to do, Farmington had its own
answer and the Indians finished the first
half with a 12-0 run, taking a 49-25 lead at
the break.
Farmington, which improved to 8-0,
was coming off a 55-48 win over Southington. The seven-point win raised some
eyebrows, given that Farmington had a
30-point average margin of victories in its
first six games.
“Not only can we learn from them, if
we are smart, we steal some of the stuff that
they are doing and implement it in our program,” Duggan said.
Senior Shelly Rodgers led Conard with
11 points and freshman guard Delaney
Connors scored nine.
“Shelly is always key for us,” Duggan
said. “Delaney played well tonight. She
pushed the ball. She played well on defense.
She found our open shooters. She definitely
played well once she got rid of the jitters of
her first varsity start.”
Last week marked a major anniversary in Connecticut sports. Forty years ago Sunday, Jan. 11 1975, the
New England Whalers hosted the San Diego Mariners
in a World Hockey Association game to open the Hartford Civic Center. Farmington’s Garry Swain scored the
first game winning, and first overtime, goal, in building
history. Since then, it’s been quite a ride for the old digs
on Trumbull Street.
In February of 1978, then just three years old, the
roof collapsed under a mass of ice and snow, just
hours after UConn defeated UMass in a college basketball game. A few days later, hard hat in place, I toured
the wreckage and got a close look at the beam that
crashed into my seat at the press table. When the facility re-opened two years later, the Whalers, who’d spent
those years in Springfield, were in the National Hockey
League, thanks in great part to the collapse. The original Civic Center failed to meet NHL requirements of a
minimum capacity of 15,000. The original infrastructure
only allowed for expansion from its original 10,507 to
between 12,000 and 13,000, still below NHL standards.
The reconstructed capacity was nearly 16,000.
In the ensuing years, the building has undergone
a series of renovations and a name change, to the XL
Center. The latest renovation was last year’s $35 million
upgrade that led to wider and better marked concourses, concourse level luxury seating and a fan zone for
enjoying a drink and apetizers while watching the game
at concourse level. A new synergy has been created
between the arena and the concourse, where fans at
concession stands feel like they’re still in front of the
action. A locker room was added for the new homeaway-from-home team, the UConn hockey team, and
existing locker rooms were upgraded.
The original Civic Center was just that, a civic center,
where trade shows, boat shows, car shows and concerts complemented the sports that were the centerpiece of the venue, keeping the building hopping at near
capacity in its early years.
Through it all sports were its bread and butter. I’m
the only media person to have covered opening night
for every team that has called the Civic/XL Center home
or “home away from home.” The buidling has been
called home by men’s and women’s national basketball
champions, a WHA AVCO Cup champion, an NHL Adams
Division champion and a world welterweight champ
and “home away from home” by the NBA’s most storied
franchise, the Boston Celtics. For years it was home to
the Aetna World Cup Tennis Tournament, which once
gave me the opportunity to skinny dip with the Australian
team in the pool at the adjoining hotel over a couple of
cases of Foster’s Lager at 2 in the morning. When the
CBL Hartford Hellcats first called the Civic Center home,
they became the only basketball team with a head coach
and a beat writer both named Randy Smith. They later
became the more family friendly Connecticut Pride.
There were the World Team Tennis Boston Lobsters
and the Arena Football Connecticut Wolves. For a while,
even the University of Hartford men’s basketball team
called the Civic Center home away from home, following
their games with concerts by such music industry luminaries as Dionne Warwick and the Beach Boys. Sports
and music often shared the bill, as Sammy Davis Jr. hosted his annual GHO Eve concerts at the Civic Center, giving
me my one chance to see Frank Sinatra in person. The
Civic Center housed the longest, and one of the greatest,
matches in Davis Cup tennis history when John McEnroe
battled Boris Becker for nearly seven hours.
The first team I’m asked about whenever I make my
claim to have been credentialed to every home team in
Civic Center history is the Hartford Hellions.The wags
think they have me when they bring up the Major Indoor
Soccer League team, but I leave them dazzled when I
mention that I not only covered the team from its inception to its demise, I still have a Hellions T-shirt. I knew the
owner, Glastonbury’s Bill Chipman, who eventually ran
out on a major team-induced debt, and I lived across the
hall from Hellcats captain Keith Tozer in a condo complex
in Manchester, where we spent many a pleasant summer
afternoon checking out the local talent at the pool.
I knew first Civic Center Director Byron Trimble very
well, I called many a high school basketball game there,
and I stood my ground against a verbal assault from
Red Auerbach in the Celtics locker room long enough
to earn his respect.
Forty years later, I’ve had a long, loving relationship
with the Hartford Civic/XL Center. I’m not sure which one
of us is showing our age more. Happy Birthday old girl.
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NW Catholic bounces back with win over Hall
By Brendan Driscoll
Correspondent
After a promising start to
the season, the Northwest
Catholic girls basketball
team had a two-game hiccup. A loss to Conard was
somewhat of a surprise,
considering Northwest had
beaten the Chieftains 10
straight games and last lost
to them in 1983. Then, four
days later, Simsbury handed
Northwest Catholic its second straight loss.
Northwest coach Sean
O’Brien was not happy with
the direction his team was
headed.
“I would say the last 10
days has been a step back – at
best. It’s been rough,” he said.
The Indians got back
on the winning track Jan.
16 with a 74-55 victory over
Hall, though the game wasn’t
as easy as the 19-point difference suggests.
Northwest trailed by a
point after one quarter, but
took control in the next two
quarters, outscoring the
Warriors 43-25.
“I’m pleased. We haven’t
played a team game like that
in a long time. We were balNW CATHOLIC
from page 13
“I think it made everyone just mature, even myself,” Thomas said. “During
that game, I made some bad
plays, got into foul trouble.
Everybody had to step up.”
Thomas stepped up numerous times against Sims-
anced,” O’Brien said. “They
played us tough, but we kept
pulling and pulling away.”
Four Northwest players
scored double figures. Natalie
Lorenzo had 20 points, Erin
Feeney 13, and Mackenzie
Tibball and Maddie Borowiec 10 each. In all, 10 players
scored for the Indians.
Northwest Catholic had
a 14-point lead in the third
quarter, but Hall went on a
10-2 run, trimming the lead
to six points.
O’Brien was not surprised to see his team’s lead
shrink in the third quarter.
“We tend to give up a
run in the third quarter for
whatever reason,” he said.
“That’s kind of our thing.”
With the lead cut to
six, Lorenzo drew a foul and
made one of two free throws.
On the next possession, she
hit a long shot to bump the
lead up to nine.
Two possessions later,
Tibball drove to the basket
and was fouled as she made a
shot. She proceeded to make
the free throw as Northwest
began to widen its lead.
Two minutes later,
the lead was up to 17
points after Tibball hit a
three-pointer from the corner to complete a 15-4 run
to close the quarter scoring.
“It was badly needed,”
O’Brien said of the victory. “I
didn’t think we played well
the past week. To get a win
was a relief, and to have everyone kind of look and feel
good was nice.”
Hall (4-7) lost its only
returning starter from last
year’s team in the season
opening game, when junior
Mel Binkhorst suffered a
torn ACL. Hall has been relying on three freshmen. Amber Raisner led the Warriors
with 18 points while Madison Mandyck scored 14 and
Lexi Gellerman added 7.
“Not having Mel hurts,
but we are beyond that
now,” Hall coach Jeffrey Kaplowitz said. “I get spurts
of really great play out of
them. I get spurts of great
shooting and spurts of good
defense. But I understand
that I have very young players on the court, who are
gritty and competitive, but
are very young in comparison to the competition.”
bury. With the score tied at
48, he made a three-point
play with 5:08 left in the
fourth quarter.
Simsbury took a 5554 lead on baskets by Riley
Shanley and Rayon Christie.
With less than a minute left
and the Trojans still up by
one, Thomas picked up his
fourth foul that sent Jack
Patrina to the line, but the senior guard missed the front
end of a 1-and-1. Seconds
later, Thomas drove down
the lane and zipped a pass
to junior Patrick Lazor (13
points), who hit a short baseline jumper to put Northwest
up with 30 seconds left.
Following a timeout by
Simsbury, the Trojans used
another one with 14 seconds
left to set up a shot. With
time winding down, Northwest trapped Christie (17
points) and he threw a pass
underneath that was intercepted. Thomas was fouled
and made both ends of a
Photo by Brendan Driscoll
Northwest Catholic junior Mackenzie Tibball goes in for a layup
past Hall freshman Amber Raisner as Lexi Gellerman looks on.
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Class: 2015
Also plays: Football
Keys to success:
“Work hard, stay
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Hidden talent:
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Christian Thomas
Favorite snack:
Northwest Catholic
Oreos
Best word that describes me as an athlete: Competitive
Favorite quote: “All men are created equal; some work
harder in preseason.” – Emmitt Smith
Pre-game ritual: “Eat an Oreo McFlurry from McDonalds
and have a grilled cheese at teammate Owen Tyler’s house.”
Favorite meal: Lasagna and sweet potato
Song that pumps me up: “All About the Money”
by Troy Ave
Favorite movie: “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Favorite book: “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss
TV show character who makes me laugh: Patrick Star
from “SpongeBob SquarePants”
Favorite pro team: Oklahoma City Thunder
My NBA Dream Team: Derrick Rose, Allen Iverson,
Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal
My dream job: Head basketball coach at the University
of Kentucky
My dream vacation: Cruise to the Bahamas
My dream car: Tesla Model R
My time machine is set to: “1997 to witness Michael
Jordan’s Flu Game and see my newborn self.”
1-and-1, giving his team a
58-55 lead with 1.1 seconds
left on the clock.
With Lazor defending the
inbounds pass by Simsbury
under its own basket, Shanley
lobbed the ball to Gorkofsky.
He caught the pass, bounced
the ball once, and threw up a
two-handed shot from beyond
midcourt to tie it.
“The way we sent it
into overtime, that would
have been a win for the ages
if we had pulled it out,” Simsbury coach Greg Stillman
said. “But Northwest Catholic played fantastic and they
deserved to win that game.”
Northwest held the
ball for nearly the first two
minutes of overtime before Lazor (13 points) hit a
jumper to make it 61-58. On
defense, Lazor forced a turnover to give his team the ball
back. Thomas made the first
of two free throws, but Christie made a three-pointer to
trim the deficit to 62-61 with
1:17 left. Gorkofsky missed
two three-point shots in the
final minute, and Northwest
made 9 of 10 free throws to
seal the win.
“I just told the kids how
proud I was of them to overcome a lot,” Mirabello said.
“We had a game in hand and
a kid hits an unbelievable
shot from three-quarters
court. It’s kind of deflating.
You’re like, ‘Geez, we had it
right there,’ but they hung in
there and they took a nice little lead in overtime.”
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Slow start costly for NWC
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
SIMSBURY – Northwest
Catholic hockey coach Don
Melanson wants to play the
best teams in the state. He believes that is the fastest way to
become one. To be mentioned
in the same sentence with the
top programs, you must beat
them.
Last week, Northwest
took on Notre Dame of West
Haven for the first time. And
from the drop of the puck, the
Green Knights took it to the
Indians.
Northwest’s four-game
winning streak came to a sudden halt. A 6-0 loss illustrated
what can happen to a team
that isn’t immediately up for
the challenge posed by a perennially strong opponent.
“We didn’t show up to
play in the first period,” Melanson said.
While it may be a game
that some coaches would like
to forget, Melanson wants his
players to remember it.
“It teaches our guys a
good lesson, where they need
to go,” he said.
Notre Dame’s Alec Andreucci scored just 15 seconds
in. Just 39 seconds later it was
2-0 after Northwest Catholic
inadvertently shot the puck in
its own net.
Andreucci scored his
second midway through the
period and set up Joe Ansaldo
less than three minutes later
to make it 4-0.
Notre Dame scored what
amounted to insurance goals
in the second and third periods.
“We were coming off a
tough 2-1 loss to New Canaan
[Jan. 7], and we hadn’t been
playing the best hockey,” Notre
Dame coach Tim Belcher said.
“Tonight, we came out and
skated hard. When we want to,
we can be a pretty good team.”
Notre Dame had gone
through a five-game stretch
where the Green Knights were
outscored 16-11. That included a 7-2 loss to Fairfield Prep,
ranked first in the state poll.
The stretch also included a 3-2
win over Simsbury, which beat
Northwest Catholic 4-3.
So, neither Melanson nor
Belcher anticipated a lopsided
game, certainly not a six-goal
difference.
“I thought it would be a
relatively closer game,” Melanson said. “When we give up a
goal within the first [15] seconds and then we score on ourselves [39 seconds] later, now
you’re down 2-0. I think that
was a shell shock right there.”
Belcher pointed out
that Northwest Catholic had
beaten Glastonbury 2-1 and
the Green Knights played a
preseason scrimmage against
the Tomahawks, ranked No. 6
team in the poll.
“Glastonbury,
they’re
a pretty good team. So, we
knew coming in that we were
facing a team that has the capability to spring an upset on
us,” Belcher said. “Not that it
would have really been an upset. We were under .500 until
tonight.”
Following the game, both
teams were at .500. Northwest
was 5-5 and Notre Dame 4-4-1.
“Their kids know how to
play at that high level. They
play a very tough schedule,”
Melanson said. “Our guys got
to learn that in order to be
good, we got to play at that
level consistently. There were
times when we had a couple chances to score and I
thought we played better as
the game went along. We still
made a lot of mental errors, a
lot of mistakes.
“If anything, maybe it will
light a fire under their butts to
refocus and [realize] we have a
lot more work to do. We won
four in a row before this. I
think the kids maybe got a little cocky when they shouldn’t
have. I think it puts them in
their place. It’s all about hard
work at the end of the day.
We’ve got to come and work
for 45 minutes.”
Notre Dame has won
seven state championships, its
last in 2012, and advanced to
the final 10 other years.
“You got to play with the
best if you want to be the best,”
Melanson said.
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Jan. 13 at Whiting Lane Elementary School. The
Warriors will host Conard and Farmington Jan.
22 at Whiting Lane.
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Join us at our
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Senior Center events/programs
West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road,
860-561-7583
• Thursday Afternoon Movies at 1 p.m.: Jan.
22, “A Most Wanted Man” and Jan. 29, “The
Hundred-Foot Journey”
• Fitness Center Open House Saturday, Jan.
24, 8:30 a.m.-noon, sign up for a new fitness
membership and get the first month free; free
classes: 8:30 a.m. Zumba, 10 a.m. yoga, 10:30
a.m. Melt Method, 11 a.m. meditation, 11 a.m.
Osteotap
• Super Bowl Party Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1 p.m.
Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave., 860-561-8180
• Free trial class How to Hot Hula Friday, Jan.
23, 10 a.m., low-impact workout, pre-register
• Movies & Munchies Friday, Jan. 23, 1-3 p.m.,
“The Way”
• Mardi Gras Luncheon and Dance Tuesday,
Jan. 27, 1-3 p.m., $14/$16
• Breakfast with Benefits – Connecticut fastrak
– Get Ready to Ride Wednesday, Jan. 28, 10
a.m., bring an item or two to help feed the hungry for the Town That Cares pantry
Newcomers events
The West Hartford Newcomers Club events
include: Thursday, Jan. 22, Monthly Girls Night
Out, Manicures and Pedicures at Silk Nails, and
monthly adult social event, Game Night, Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m.. For information, go to
[email protected].
Duncaster’s Great Courses
Duncaster’s Great Courses will look into the
lives of 12 of the greatest U.S. presidents Fridays thru Feb. 20. The sessions, open to the
public, will take place from 2-3:30 p.m. at
Duncaster in Bloomfield. With professor Allan
Lichtman, the second course will be Friday,
Jan. 23, Lecture 3 will be George Washington
– American Liberator, and Lecture 4, George
Washington – The First President. Duncaster
will also present a course to Look at Facts and
Myths about Islam Mondays from 3-4:30 p.m.
On Jan. 26, Lecture 7 will be Islamic Revivalism – Renewal and Reform and Lecture 8, The
Contemporary Resurgence of Islam. Advance
registration is required by contacting Fran Kent
at [email protected] or by calling 860-3805006. Those interested may participate in the
full series or in individual sessions.
Winter Masquerade
Combat the winter doldrums at the LGBTQ
Winter Masquerade for ages 13-18 Friday, Jan.
23, 7-11 p.m., at the West Hartford Town Hall,
50 South Main St. $15 at the door. There will
be live entertainment, food, prizes for the best
masques. (560-278-4163, ext. 26)
Holy Family retreats
Holy Family Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road,
welcomes men and women to one of its upcoming retreats. Register by calling 860-7609705 or at www.holyfamilyretreat.org:
• Women’s Weekend Retreat: Know Greater
Joy Friday-Sunday, Jan. 23-25 beginning with
dinner at 6 p.m., $295, more if you can, less
if you can’t
• Men’s Weekend Retreat: Know Greater Joy
Friday-Sunday, Jan. 30-Feb. 1, $295, more if
you can, less if you can’t
Noah Webster House’s Tavern Night
Join the Noah Webster House & West Hartford
Historical Society, 227 South Main St., for its
11th season of Tavern Nights. On Saturday, Jan.
24, the museum will kick-off the season with
A Taste of Culture with Hello! West Hartford.
Sittings will be offered at 6 and 8 p.m. Reservations are required. The evening will feature
cuisines and entertainment from three prominent West Hartford cultures. Enjoy Asian, South
American and Russian foods, music and dancing. Tickets are $40 per person and $35 for
museum members. The evening will also feature a special drink tasting and tavern games.
Reservations are available through the museum’s website at www.noahwebsterhouse.org,
or by calling 860-521-5362, ext. 10.
‘A Chance to Dance’
The 2nd annual “A Chance to Dance” fundraiser will take place Saturday, Jan. 24 at West
Hartford Town Hall beginning at 7 p.m.
It is a part of the annual campaign “A Chance
to See” supporting Tri-County ARCs’ efforts in
making a difference in the lives of adults with
special needs. Come for a night of live music by
the Crossroads Band, great food, auction items
and dancing. Tickets are $50, with a special
rate of $30 for the under 30 crowd. For tickets
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e-mail Sally at
[email protected]
or sponsorship opportunities go to the website,
a chancetosee.us.
Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy events
The Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy, 53
Gabb Road, Bloomfield, 860-243-8333, will
present the following programs
• Dor L’Dor Saturday, Jan. 24, 7-8 p.m., presented by the academy where parents and children in grades 1-8 study together at Hebrew
High School of New England, 300 Bloomfield
Ave. Other dates will be Feb. 7 (special time
6:30-7:30 p.m.) and 21.
• Playful Pals Playgroup Tuesday, Jan. 27, free
playgroup for children ages birth-5 with caregiver Tuesdays from 10-11 a.m. until Feb. 24
• Wednesday Afternoon at the Academy, an
invitation to the visit the school Jan. 28, 2:403:40 p.m., open to students grades K-8 along
with their parents, to be held every Wednesday
until Feb. 25
Beth El Temple events
Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave., 860-2339696, will offer the following:
• Shabbat Family Experience Saturday, Jan. 24,
11 a.m., grades K-2, learn about the weekly Torah portion and enjoy special activities, call for
more info
• Junior Congregation (grades 3-6) Saturday,
Jan. 24, 11 a.m., read from the Torah, looking
for students of all ages to participate, contact
Rabbi Howard Rosenbaum at 860-233-9891
• Tumbling with Torah Saturday, Jan. 24, 11
a.m., for children up to age 5, service and Torah
story, snack, tumble on equipment
• The Shabbat Zone Saturday, Jan. 24, 11 a.m.,
grades 3-6 to experience Shabbat: snacks,
prizes, games and fun
• “Israel’s Safety & Security: A Call to Action”
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m., to welcome Elon
Stricker, AIPAC New England Synagogue initiative director – Learn about the importance
of a strong U.S.-Israel alliance so one can
help meaningfully impact Israel’s safety and
security by getting involved in the American
political process. RSVP at 617-399-2553 by
Jan. 22.
College Goal Sunday
On Sunday, Jan. 25 from 1:30-4:30 p.m., students and their families can receive expert advice about financial aid and planning for college
during the statewide College Goal SundaySM.
Held at Hall High School, College Goal Sunday
features financial aid counselors and college
staff to assist students and their families with
college entrance requirements, planning for
college and completion of the FAFSA, the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid. Families
are encouraged to register at www.collegegoalsundayct.org.
Celtic service
A candle-lit Celtic Evening Eucharist service
will be held Sunday, Jan. 25, at 5 p.m. in the
Chapel at First Church of Christ Congregational, 12 South Main St., West Hartford Center.
The intimate worship service will focus on the
mystery of God’s presence through scripture,
prayer and communion. Beautiful, ethereral
and mystical melodies of Celtic music will be
central to the service. All are welcome. For
more information, go to www.whfirstchurch.
org, or call 860-233-9605. The service is held
once a month thru May.
Blood donation opportunities
The American Red Cross encourages eligible
blood donors to become regular blood donors
during the year starting with National Blood Donor Month in January. To celebrate Blood Donor
Month, the Red Cross and Dunkin’ Donuts have
launched a campaign to help increase donations and reward generous donors with a $5
Dunkin’ Donor Card. Upcoming blood donation
opportunities will be Monday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m.4:15 p.m. at UConn Greater Hartford, 85 Lawlor
Road; Tuesday, Jan. 27, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
and 2:30-7:30 p.m., at the University of Hartford Konover Center, 200 Bloomfield Ave. To
schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.
org or call 1-800-733-2767.
Plates of love workshop
Create a valentine plate using potter’s clay, texture tools, glaze and love for a special someone.
The two-week class is for ages 3-12. The first
class will be Monday, Jan. 26, 4-5:30 p.m. at the
Elmwood Community Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave. Call 860-561-8160 for more information.
Eight Pillars of Health
Learn basic, natural ways to improve one’s
January 22, 2015
health at the Eight Pillars of Health workshop
Monday, Jan. 26, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Elmwood
Community Center, 1106 New Britain Ave. The
workshop will address eight fundamentals of
health including: diet and nutrition, hydration,
exercise, sleep, stress management, balanced
internal environment, external environment
and more. It will be led by naturopathic physician Dr. Sharon Hunter from the Connecticut Center for Health. Fee is $5 resident/$7
non-resident. Register online or call 860-5618161.
Chorale open rehearsal
The Connecticut Women’s Chorale will hold
open rehearsal for the spring concert in May
on Monday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Church in Bloomfield. All are welcome. For
info, call 860-243-0556 or email pickettbarb@
gmail.com.
West Hartford Regents meeting
On Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 1:30 p.m., the West
Hartford Regents will be entertained by the
Senior Serenaders choir from the Rocky Hill
Senior Center. All retired men are invited to
the Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain Ave. The primary objective of the Regents
is to bring together retired men for fellowship,
sports, volunteer services, exchange of ideas,
and other activities of interest and benefit to its
members and the Greater Hartford community.
Meetings are held at the Elmwood Senior Center on Tuesdays from 1:30-3 p.m. with a coffee hour following the meeting. For additional
information call 860-236-2704 or visit www.
whregents.org.
Small business assistance classes
The Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business,
The Hartford and Accion will host a series of
classes to help micro-enterprises (businesses
with 10 or fewer employees) with the issues
that are keeping them from achieving their full
potential. From Jan. 27-March 3, there will a
six-session program costing $99 on Financial
Fitness for the Micro-Enterprise. For more information visit www.hartford.edu/ec/services/
technical-assistance/financial-fitness.aspx.
Super Bowl Party
Sports enthusiast and former Senior Center
Director Ned Skinnon will host the first Super
Bowl Party Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. at the
West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road.
The event will feature summary of the playoffs, preview of the teams, Super Bowl trivia
contest, best-dressed fan contest and football
fare of pizza, chicken wings, chips and soft
drinks. Cost is $3 for members and $4 for
non-members. Register in advance by calling
860-561-7583.
Women in Networking planning meeting West Hartford Women in Networking is starting
off the new year by hosting a presentation by
Deanne Shapiro of Life Skills Associates, LLC
Thursday, Jan. 29, 7:30-9:45 a.m. at Chatfield, One Chatfield Drive. Her presentation is
titled “Beyond the Crystal Ball: How to Be a
More Strategic Thinker.” Some of the topics
covered will be: defining strategic thinking,
action steps with a “road map,” harnessing
your passion, fear of failure, fear of success,
redefining the way you see things, and more.
Meeting cost is $2. For further information call
Dianne Rechel at 860-573-3501, or check the
website www.westhartfordwomeninnetworking.com.
Arts & Events
Playhouse on Park’s “Proof” preview show
Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m., at 244 Park
Road, West Hartford, opening night Friday, Jan.
23 at 7 p.m. with a pre-performance wine and
cheese reception, and continues thru Feb. 8
with performances Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at
8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. with talk back
following all Sunday performances, tickets
$25-$35, www.playhouseonpark.org or call
860-523-5900, ext. 10
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro:
20 Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk, 860542-5531: Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Gypsy Layne
Cabaret; Jan. 23, 8 p.m., The Amazing Larry
Campbell and Teresa Williams; Jan. 24, 8 p.m.,
The Subdudes; Jan. 25, 1:30 p.m., “Rave On”
A Tribute to Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison; Jan.
29, 8 p.m., Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion
32 Front St., Hartford: Jan. 22, 8 p.m., Comedy Night with Dan Naturman and Shaun Eli;
Jan. 23, 8 p.m., The Subdudes; Jan. 24, 8
p.m., Voyage – The #1 “Journey” tribute band
in the world
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St.,
Hartford:
• Gallery Talk, “Heaven and Earth,” Friday, Jan.
23, noon-1 p.m., with curator Oliver Tostmann
looking at European tapestries and paintings
from the Renaissance to Impressionism that
depict heavenly and earthly realms, free with
admission
• Member Preview & Reception, “Coney Island &
Contemporary Art,” Friday, Jan. 30, 5-7:30 p.m.,
RSVP by Friday, Jan. 23 to 860-838-4174 – docent-led tours, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails
The Gospel Musical Festival of New England
Friday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m., Hoffman Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave., West
Hartford, $15 in advance (860-231-5555/tickets.
usj.edu), $20 at the door – musical assembly of
gospel choirs from Hartford and Springfield
Hole in the Wall Theater’s “Through A Glass
Darkly” Jan. 23-Feb. 14, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees Feb. 1
and 8 at 2 p.m., at the theater , 116 Main St.,
New Britain, tickets $20 general admission,
$15 students and seniors, 860-229-3049,
Friday, Jan. 30 and Sunday, Feb. 8, pay-whatyou-can nights
“The 39 Steps” Friday and Saturday, Jan.
23 and 24 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 25 at
2 p.m., at the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre,
68 Main St., Torrington, 860-489-7180
Connecticut State Button Society winter
meeting Sunday, Jan. 24, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,
at Grace Lutheran Church, 222 Farmington
Ave., Route 10, Plainville, program by George
Gauthier on “Buttons, A Fashion History 18001950” at 1 p.m., walk-ins welcome (www.
connecticutstatebuttonsociety.org)
The Chaparrals performing Saturday, Jan. 24,
7-11 p.m., at the New England Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Road, Bristol, tickets $12
per person at 860-585-5411, reservations
suggested, walk-ins welcome if space
Guitarist/singer Beppe Gambetta in
concert Saturday, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m., at
Roaring Brook Nature Center, 70 Gracey
Road, Canton, 860-693-0263, $20 in advance, $22 at the door
Connecticut Guitar Society presenting
Freddie Bryant Saturday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m., at
Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Ave., Hartford, tickets $30/$25 at www.
ctguitar.org or call 860-249-1132 – jazz and
Brazilian-infected rhythms
Cromwell Record Riot Sunday, Jan. 25. 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m., at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 100
Berlin Road, Cromwell, admission $3 (860635-2000)
Baby Grand Jazz Series featuring Tarantino/Terefenko Duo Sunday, Jan. 25, 3-4
p.m., in the library atrium of the Hartford
Public Library, 500 Main St., Hartford – Alexa
Tarantino on saxophone and Dariusz Terefenko on piano
At the Mark Twain House Museum Center,
351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, 860-2803130:
• An evening with authors Amy Chua and Jed
Rubenfeld discussing their controversial book,
“The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits
Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups
in America,” Thursday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m., free
BOOK/MARK event followed by book sale and
signing, reservations recommended
• Twain on Stage Festival: R-Rated Twain
adapted by Jacques Lamarre and Julia Pistell with special performance of “Mark Twain:
Ladies Man” performed by Sea Tea Improv
Saturday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., tickets $20/$15,
adults only
PRIMO, WEHA Artists Emporium premier
Collaborative Show thru Sunday, Jan. 25 at
Salon Medusa, 13 South Main St., West Hartford
At the Library
Noah Webster Library,
Noah Webster Library,
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980,
closed Sundays until Oct. 19:
• Qigong for Beginners Friday, Jan. 23,
8:30-9:30 a.m., focusing on movements
which are gentle, slow, smooth and suitable for all adults, space limited
• New: Script at 6 Wednesday, Jan. 28,
6-6:50 p.m., to discuss “Her” by Spike
Jonze before the Connecticut Screenwriters meeting, all who have read the script
from last year are welcome to attend
• Film “Slacker” Monday, Jan. 26, 6:35 p.m.
• Connecticut Screenwriters meeting
Teen Gym Night
A Teen Gym Night with dancing and games for
special needs friends ages 14-21 will be held
Friday, Jan. 30 from 7-9 p.m. in the Elmwood
Community Center’s gym, 1106 New Britain
Ave. There will be games like bean bag toss,
ladder ball and other fun activities set to music.
Guests are encouraged to have their friends
enroll. Pre-registration is required; no tickets
will be sold the night of the event. Call 860- Mandell JCC’s Parenting Conference
The Mandell JCC’s annual Parenting
561-8160.
Conference offering expert advice on raising children and adolescents that can manIncome tax preparation
A free IRS-certified tax assistance program – age stress and thrive in a challenging world
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide – is available for will take place Feb. 4 in the Herbert Gilman
low-to-moderate-income taxpayers, especial- Theater at the Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus,
ly those 60 and older. The program will begin 335 Bloomfield Ave. The morning keynote
Feb. 2 at West Hartford Fellowship Housing, will be at 9:30 a.m., evening keynote at 7
24 Starkel Road, and Feb. 5 at the Elmwood p.m., and a special program for seventh and
Senior Center. To schedule an appointment, eighth graders at 3 p.m. Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg,
call the West Hartford Senior Center at 860- M.D., M.S.Ed., will be featured. Tickets are
561-8583, or the Elmwood Senior Center at $30 for both sessions. The teen session is free
with a suggested donation of school supplies
860-561-8180.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m.
• Teen Open Mic Saturday, Jan. 31, 3
p.m., ages 10-18, register online or call
860-561-6996 by Thursday, Jan. 29
• Gallery exhibit: Industrial Planes of
Michael Hanna thru Saturday, Jan. 31
• Free tickets now available for Family Concert Series Feb. 7 with Caryn Lin
(tickets required)
Bishops Corner Library,
15 Starkel Road, 860-561-8210
• “Fish in a Tree” Book Launch Party Feb.
1, 2 p.m., register
to be distributed to Greater Hartford area
schools in need. To register, call 860-2364571.
‘Parenting the Love and Logic Way’
The Love and Logic six-week course called
“Parenting the Love and Logic Way” will begin a new session Feb. 4 from 7-9 p.m. Love
and Logic is a common-sense approach, providing parents with easy-to-learn skills that
create respect, responsibility and good decision-making in their kids. Registration is open
online at www.WHLifeLearn.org. Spouses/
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HOME IMPROVEMENT
HOME IMPROVEMENT
BARRETT ENTERPRISES LLC
Home Improvement Contractor
So Many Amateurs . . . So Few Professionals!!
• Complete Basement Renovations
• Kitchen & Bathrooms Updated
• Windows/Doors Installed
• Pre-Finished Floorings • Custom Ceramic Tile
• Maintenance-Free Decks • Finish Carpentry
• Complete Painting Service • Custom Countertops
Jim Barrett, Owner
CT. LIC. #602130 • Office (860) 796-0131
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HOME IMPROVEMENT
ONE CALL
DOES ALL
HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC
There’s nothing we can’t do!
Jobs done right the 1st time!
Free Estimates • Senior Discounts
860-502-9527
860-379-4594 • 860-307-5592 Fully Insured
HOME IMPROVEMENT
McNally’s
MODERN MAINTENANCE, LLC
• Gutter Cleaning, Installation and Repairs Professional
and
• Interior Painting and Wallpaper
Courteous
• Kitchen and Bathroom Restoration
• Carpentry Work • Additions
Free Estimates
Insured
• Grab Bar Installation
Lic#569912
• Odd Jobs - no jobs too small!
West Hartford Connecticut
860-561-9654
Email: [email protected]
www.mcnallysllc.com
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Home Improvement
BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY
$29-1 week $150- 6 weeks $300-13 weeks Add THE VALLEY PRESS for 1/2 Price!
JUNK REMOVAL
JUNK REMOVAL
JUNK REMOVAL
FREE Scrap Metal Removal
Junk Removal
$149
For single truck load up to 1 Ton
Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Grills, Propane Tanks, Refrigerators, Microwaves, Dishwashers,
Hot Water Tanks, Furnaces, Boilers, Car Batteries, Bicycles, A/C Units, Metal Car parts, Old VCR’s,
DVD’s, Wires, Stereos, Computers, Lap Tops, All Electronics, Mowers, Tractors, Weed-Wackers,
Blowers, Snow Blowers, Exercise Equipment, Metal Bed Frames, Sinks, Cast Iron Tubs, Heavy
Equipment, Heavy Machinery, and much more. If it contains metal or a cord - we take it.
Give us a call for FREE PICK-UP. Point it out and we take it out.
Price includes dump fees,
labor and fuel cost. We will
remove junk from basements,
attics, and garages
Mattress & Box Springs
$50 extra.
Need your basement, attic, or garage cleaned out? We also do junk removal. Call for FREE estimate.
REDUCE
LJ Home Improvement & Recycling LLP
RECYCLE
REUSE
CT HIC LIC#0637925
Call for an appointment: 860-595-6612
“Building Trust By Doing Jobs Right!”
P.O. Box 791
[email protected] Farmington, CT 06034
www.pinnaclemaintenancellc.com T 860-284-8975 Fax: 860-255-7900
JUNK REMOVAL
JUNK REMOVAL
MASONRY
Pro House Cleanouts
& Dump Runs
KC MASONRY
Stonewalls • Brick Walls
Bluestone • Steps
Fireplaces • Chimneys
Patios • Sidewalks
We can also do all
Masonry Repairs!
Winter Special
Whole Trailer Load - $150
• Downsizing • Moving
• Foreclosures
Dump Trailer Rentals
Fully Insured • Senior Discounts
Call Rich
Fully Insured
Quality Workmanship
Free Estimates • Lic#0604514
860-881-4745
Ken (203) 558-4951
PAINTING
PAINTING
PAINTING
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR
Services Provided:
1) Powerwashing, decks, patios, and houses
2) Deck staining
3) Caulking, puttying, scraping, and sanding
4) Popcorn ceiling repairs, sealing, and removal
5) Polyurethaning trim
6) Drywall repair and exterior board replacement
7) Wallpaper removal
HIC#0673463/INSURED
Free estimates. You can count on us for a precise &
excellent job! 20 years experience. HIC #0575928
Cell 860-916-6287
Free
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PLUMBING
PLUMBING
MARK’S PLUMBING
860-236-8450
Complete Plumbing Service
AFFORDABLE, PROMPT &
DEPENDABLE
Repair or Replace all
your plumbing needs.
Lic. #277593 & Insured
For immediate response anytime call 860-712-9461
ROOFING
ROOFING
HIC#0629057
Lic #:HIC0607969
Interior & Exterior
• Aluminum, Vinyl & Wood Siding &
Shingles • Good painting preparation,
trim, window painting & glazing,
shingle repair • Power Washing.
Interior work:
walls,
trim,
molding,
Interior
work:repair
repairceilings,
ceilings,
walls,
trim,
molding,
baseboards, doors, windows
baseboards,
doors,
windows.
Exterior
work: Small
masonry
repair
T.C. Home Improvement
FREE ESTIMATES
[email protected]
ZB PAINTING
Small renovations,
home repair, carpentry
& painting.
Complete prep.
Book your 2015 winter and spring projects now!
860-416-3413
PAINTING
PAINTING &
CEILING REPAIR
GREGORY C. HAINS PAINTING
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MASONRY
Pro Quality
Painting & Home
Repair, LLC
860-201-7788
www.pqpainting4u.com
The best decision you’ll ever make
PLUMBING
ROOFING
ROOFING • SIDING
• WINDOWS • & more...
ANDY WOTTON
PLUMBING &
HEATING, LLC
(860) 833-8153
Old fashion, honest, reliable
service at a reasonable price.
All residential plumbing, repairs
done from leaky faucets to
snaking your main drain.
HARMONY
Call now.
Roofing
& Siding
Sale!
Home Improvement (860) 645-8899
Call today and we will
show you quality still
makes a difference!
Creating HARMONY
between customer,
contractor & community
TREES
Fully Insured
FREE Estimates
Lic. #604200
TREES
When It Comes To Tree Service
We Run Rings Around The Competition.
TREE CARE OR TREE REMOVAL
Grimshaw Tree Service
and Nursery Company
Call 860-521-8858 for a free
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• High Quality interior/exterior painting
• Remodeling • Interior/exterior restorations
• All home repair • Fully licensed and insured
Call: Zenon 860-518-0630
Bogdan 860-518-2625
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PINNACLE
MAINTENANCE,
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JUNK REMOVAL
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Land O Lakes Pre-Sliced White
HALL’S MARKET
Freshly made in store
Black Angus Ground Sirloin
or Meatloaf Mix
American Cheese
1 lb. min.
2.99 $3.99
3.99
$
ESTABLISHED 1935
WWW.HALLSMARKET.NET
$
lb.
3 lbs. or more
lb. 3+ lbs.
lb.
Ten Pack - Ten 1”
Fresh
Filet Mignon Steaks
USDA Choice Whole Peeled
Beef Tenderloins
Custom cut and freezer
wrapped free of charge
8.99
$
49
$
Fresh Hand Sliced Thin
Chicken Cutlets
90
3.99 lb.
$
ea. 6oz. avg.
10 lb.Pack
bag All- Natural
Skinless
Ten
Ten 1”Boneless
Filet Mignon
Waybest All Natural Split
Chicken
Breast
Steaks
Chicken Breasts
Flash Frozen
For Your Convenience!
Bone-In
$
90
$
$
Take advantage of
44
1.89
lb.
ea. 6oz. avg.
Store Made Italian
Fresh Whole
19.95
1.99
2.49 lb.
Winter Pricing!
lb.
Top Sirloin
Ribeye
Meatballs Pork Butts Back Ribs Steaks Steaks
5 lb. bag frozen
8-10 lb. avg.
Bone-In
$
$
$
$
$
ea.
Chicken Breast
9
BUY ONE
GET ONE
FREE
lb.
Pork
Ready to Cook
Waybest All Natural
BUY ONE
GET ONE
3.99
$
FREE
$
1.49
lb.
Fresh Atlantic
DELI
HALL’S SEAFOOD SALAD ...................... $4.99/lb
Convenient parking in the rear & our lot to the east of Hall’s
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lb.
Extra Lean
2.99
$
lb.
Grinder of the Week
Italian Meatball
Sale! All Frozen Dinners
BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
this week only
Gourmet Sandwich
Philly Cheesesteak
Fresh from Hall’s Kitchen,
this week’s features:
$5.99 ea. +tax
store made roast beef sliced thin and
grilled with peppers, onions and topped with
melted swiss on a grinder roll
Chicken Noodle
Cream of broccoli
Tuesday:
Creamy tomato basil
Beef stew
Wednesday: Cream of Potato & Bacon
Pasta e Fagioli
Thursday:
Sausage & Kale
Chicken & Rice
Friday:
New England Clam Chowder
Minestrone
Saturday:
Soup du Jour
** We have Dave’s famous chili
everyday at the deli
Prices good from January 22nd
through January 28th, 2015.
4.99
$
PREPARED FOODS
$3.99 ea. +tax
Monday:
lb.
Sandwich of the Week
Bologna
SOUPS
OVEN ROASTED TURKEY BREAST ......... $6.99/lb
HALL’S STORE MADE ROAST BEEF
ALL NATURAL MADE IN STORE ............ $8.99/lb
DOMESTIC HAM ................................... $4.99/lb
BOLOGNA ............................................. $3.99/lb
GENOA OR HARD SALMI ....................... $5.99/lb
PROVOLONE CHEESE ........................... $4.99/lb
SLICING CHEDDAR ............................... $5.99/lb
HALL’S RED POTATO SALAD ................. $3.99/lb
HALL’S TUNA SALAD ............................ $5.99/lb
HALL’S MEATLOAF................................ $5.99/lb
331 Park Road, West Hartford, CT • 860-232-1075
20
lb.
Lean
$1.99 ea. +tax
Swordfish
Steaks
Salmon
Fillets
$
$
6.99 lb.
10.99 lb.
$2.99/gal
5.99
$
lb.
lb.
Roast
Tenderloins Stuffed Peppers Chicken Legs Ground Pork Rump
Great for Pot Roast
Fresh Atlantic
Hormone Free
Skim or
1% milk
only
Buffalo Chicken or
Chicken Parmesan Meatballs
9.99 5.99
3.99
SEAFOOD
Mountain Dairy
Hall’s Store Made
Extra Tender Baby
lb.
Cheddar Broccoli Stuffed
3 lbs. or more
Chicken Parmesan
with Spaghetti
Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin
with Fire Roasted Apples
Sauteed Chicken Breast
with Roasted Tomato
Parmesan Cream Sauce
Clsssic Eggplant Parmesan
Roast Turkey with Stuffing &
Mashed Potatoes
Chicken Picatta with Linguine
Classic Shepherds Pie
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 8am to 6pm; Closed Sundays
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