Annual tradition of costumed fun continues

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Thursday
November 5, 2015
in the press
Ground broken
ceremoniously
for fire facility
After 15 years of discussions,
development and fundraising, the
Avon/Farmington live fire training
facility moved a step closer to reality with a simulated groundbreaking at the Farmington Police Department on New Britain Avenue
Thursday, Oct. 29. PAGE 13
Towns honored
for energy
efficiency
Several Farmington Valley communities were recognized last
month for their clean energy
efforts. PAGE 13
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Annual tradition of costumed fun continues
Matt (left) is top banana as he poses with Princess Raelyn at the Tunxis Hose Fire Company 1 annual Halloween Party on Halloween night. For more
photos, turn to page 8.
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Wild about animals
THIS WEEK
A&E
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The Social Butterfly
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Town News
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Business
19
Editorial
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Sports
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Calendar 29
Classifieds
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Quotes
of Note
“As my opinion has been
from the outset, we spent
a large amount of money
to establish the trail and
invite people to utilize it.
This amount of money is
a small amount to help
assure the safety of the
people we’re inviting to
use the trail.”
-Lowell Humphrey in “New signal
needed” on page 13
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As West Simsbury reader Matthew Kombert mowed his lawn, this baby rabbit ran past him and hid in
the flower garden. If you have a photo of a critter that you’ve spotted locally, submit it for this segment to Abigail at [email protected]. Include “Wild About Animals” and the animal spotted in the
subject line, as well as your town of residence. All submissions will be considered for inclusion in a
future edition.
Dare to
dream.
“I want to say thank you
to the firefighters – these
are the folks who save
both towns a ton of
money every year. They
do a fantastic job. They
save property … and they
are willing to put their
lives on the line to save
our lives. To say thank you
is inadequate, but thank
you anyway.”
-Mike Demicco in “Ceremonial
event marks...” on page 13
In recognition of the self-sacrifice veterans of the United States Armed Services have made
and continue to make in the service of their country,
Hartford Gun Club will be holding an open house for our citizen-soldiers.
As a sign of gratitude the Hartford Gun Club will offer a
special shooting day open to the public and all Veterans
Saturday, November 7, 2015 from 10am to 3:30pm. Fun for the whole family!!
Big dreams
start here at the Regional School Choice Office. We help
families like yours make informed choices on the public school options
available for grades pre-K through 12. Learn more at one of our fairs.
Fair Date
Time
Location
Sat., Nov. 14, 2015
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Metropolitan Learning Center
Sat., Dec. 5, 2015
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Connecticut River Academy
Sat., Jan. 9, 2016
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Conard High School
A $5.00 cover charge with proceeds of the money earned from the open house will go to The
Wounded Warriors and other Veteran causes. There will also be a 20% discount on memberships to all Veterans. There will be a demonstration of Military Fire Arms and Rifles from
World War II to present day. Qualified persons attending can participate in the demonstrations. There will also be Military Vehicles displayed. Kanes Market will be providing Food
and refreshments. Torpedoes Smoke Shop will have a concession of Cigars. The proceeds will
be donated to the cause. We will be offering helicopter rides, weather permitting.
This year we will also be honoring the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietman War. Also,
a portion of our proceeds this year are going to American Huey 369. Please come and support all veterans, and help us make this another
successful event.
All strict safety measures and standards will be
enforced. Safety Instructors and Range Officials
will be present at this event.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR SCHOOL FAIRS, GO TO
www.choiceeducation.org
AND GET YOUR DREAMS STARTED TODAY.
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For further information contact the
Hartford Gun Club at 860-658-1614 or visit
our website at www.hartfordgunclub.com
PRESSARTS&ENTERTAINMENT
Art retrospective exhibit at Tunxis
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The public is invited to the retrospective exhibition “John Garvey Timmons – A
Celebration of the Work and Creative Life of
John Timmons” in the Wallace Barnes and
Barbara Hackman Franklin Art Gallery at
Tunxis Community College Nov. 6-Dec. 17.
An opening reception will be held Nov.
6 from 5-8 p.m., which will feature some of
Timmons’ short films in adjacent Room
6-127. Refreshments will be served. Timmons (1954-2014), who was a resident of
Collinsville, was an artist, photographer,
filmmaker and musician. Approximately 70
photographs and collages, selected to tell
his stories and show the images and objects
that had meaning to him, will be on view as
the music he wrote plays in the gallery. Timmons was an employee of Tunxis
Community College for over 30 years, most
recently as a professor and department chair
of the arts and media department. He taught
art history, photography and art appreciation courses until his retirement in 2013. His
work has been described as “a jigsaw of objects that puzzle the mind with aesthetic
harmonies and associative discord.”
The exhibition is made possible with
support from Jerry’s Artarama of West
Hartford. The Barnes-Franklin Art Gallery
is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-8
p.m. and by appointment. For more information, call 860-773-1974 or email asimoes@
tunxis.edu. Tunxis is located at the junction
of Routes 6 and 177 in Farmington.
From right: Gina Sogliuzzo, Rose Nguyen, Sophie Speliapoulos, Sarah DelPrincipe, Jessica
DelPrincipe and Anthony DelPrincipe in “Inherit the Wind”
Granby High School Drama Club fall
show, ‘Inherit the Wind’
Granby Memorial High School Drama
Club will be presenting “Inherit the Wind”
Friday-Sunday, Nov. 13-15. This courtroom
drama is based on the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial,” in which a Tennessee teacher was
charged with teaching that man evolved
from apes, instead of state-mandated Creationism. The drama contains a powerful
confrontation between a character based
on William Jennings Bryan, who believes
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Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2
p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10
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The next event in a multi-part lecture
series organized by the Special Projects
Committee of the Avon Historical Society is
entitled “The Woodford vs. Derrin Farms.” It
will be presented by Janet Carville Saturday,
Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. inside the Marian Hunter
History Room of the Avon Free Public Library. Attendees can also view a new exhibit outside the History Room entitled “Early
Avon Clothing Production Mills.” Carville,
owner of the ‘Pickin Patch’ farm in Avon, is
related to Joseph Woodford, descendent of
Thomas Woodford, who arrived in Hartford
with Thomas Hooker’s expedition.
Joseph started their family farm in
1666, almost 350 years ago, as a regular
family farm. Carville will explain its’ transformation from dairy farm to tobacco farm
to today’s ‘pick your own produce’ farm in
comparison to the Derrin family’s small,
subsistence farms in West Avon. Over a
century ago, Woodford Farm milk would
be delivered via horse-drawn carriages over
Talcott Mountain to the city of Hartford on
a regular basis. Carville, a lifelong resident,
“Avon has always been my address,” still rises at dawn as was the habit of folks living on
a working farm.
A companion exhibit entitled “Early
Avon Clothing Production and Mills” will
explain the process of turning wool from
raw material into finished cloth and, hence,
clothing in the early farming days of Avon.
Many small farms in West Avon had a few
sheep, and the Derrin family had six sheep,
according to agricultural census records.
The production of linen was a labor-intensive process as well to turn flax fiber into
finished cloth and will also be showcased.
The exhibit will feature both an antique
spinning wheel for yarn and a hatchel
wheel for flax. The display will run through
Dec. 16 outside the Local History Room of
the library.
The horizontal glass display case will
feature copies of estate will inventories
(with transcriptions) where the public can
see the number of sheep listed for selected West Avon families and which families
owned spinning wheels, hatchel wheels,
and floor looms.
Since Avon was originally a part of
Farmington, the Clatter Ridge Farm, which
pastures its sheep on Hillstead Museum’s
property, has graciously offered to loan
woolen products made using wool from
their farm’s sheep for the exhibit.
The exhibit is a part of a multi-part
lecture series “One Quilt in Avon’s Heritage Quilt History’ that sets the stage for
understanding the lives of the town’s early
settlers, how Avon became a prosperous
farming community, its growth and place
in Connecticut’s history. The Derrin family was just one of the ‘squares of cloth’ of
families who settled in West Avon and contributed to this community’s economic and
residential success. Their story, starting
with coming to Farmington/Northington in
the mid-1700s, the building of three homesteads along West Avon Road (two extant)
representative of typical town farms up until the mid-1800s, to their eventual further
migration, parallels that of many of this
town’s early settler families that created the
heritage quilt that is Avon today.
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Connecticut beer: history
of Nutmeg state brewing
The Simsbury Public Library and the Simsbury Historical Society
will present a program on
Connecticut beer at the
Simsbury Historical Society Ellsworth Center at
800 Hopmeadow St. Seating is limited to 45 people
(21 years of age or older),
so reservations through
the Simsbury Public Library are required at 860658-7663, ext. 2200, or
www.simsburylibrary.info.
The history of the
frothy beverage in Connecticut dates back to early colonists, who used it to
quench their thirst in the
absence of clean drinking
water.
So integral was beer
to daily life in the colony
that government officials
and militiamen congregated in taverns like the
General Wolfe to talk laws
and business over pints
of ale. Over the next two
centuries, the number of
breweries rose and then
declined, especially after
Prohibition.
It was not until the
1980s that home brewers brought this vital
Nutmeg State tradition
back to life, hatching the
likes of New England and
Cottrell Brewing Companies, as well as brewpubs
including City Steam
and Southport Brewing.
More recently, small operations with one or two
people, such as Relic and
Beer, are changing the
landscape again.
Connecticut
beer
writer Will Siss introduces
readers to the hardworking people who keep the
breweries and beer bars
inviting and the hoppy
history alive. Beer samples
will be served by a local
brewery.
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Avon Garden Club to feature
Kandie Carle
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David Mallett at Roaring Brook
David Mallett will be
at Roaring Brook Nature
Center, 70 Gracey Road,
Canton, Saturday, Nov. 7
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
$20 in advance, $25 at
the door. Call 860-6930263. Right now, Mallett is
hard at work on his 17th
recording.
On this night he returns to Roaring Brook to
perform these new songs.
Maine’s most famous folksinger-songwriter is one
of America’s true original
troubadours. Best known
perhaps for his “Garden
Song,” which was recorded by Pete Seeger, Arlo
Guthrie, John Denver, The
Muppets and 150 other
performers, he is no one
hit wonder. Adopting the
work ethic of his farming
forbears, for 40 years Mallett has worked word by
word, line by line, chord
by chord and melody by
melody to grow magnificent crops of songs.
Through 17 recordings, he captures life with
songs that illuminate and
frequently celebrate working people, family and
friends, farmlands, small
towns, city life, cars, soldiers, seasons and dreams.
With his warm, friendly
voice, solid rhythm and
lead guitar picking and his
stellar bass player, Mike
Burd by his side, hear
these songs performed by
the author himself.
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Nationally
known
Kandie Carle will dress in
Edwardian period attire,
familiar to many through
“Downton Abbey,” at the
Avon Garden Club meeting Monday, Nov. 9 at St.
Ann Church, corner of
Arch Road and West Avon
Road, Avon.
Luncheon is at noon,
followed by a brief business meeting and the program. Starting with the
“unmentionables,”
Carle
will dress layer upon layer,
explaining when and how
each item was used. With
a background in theater, a
passion for history and a
steady dose of humor, Carle
regales her audience with
anecdotes of home life and
gardens in the golden age,
including how flowers and
fans were used in commu-
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Kandie Carle in Edwardian
era fashion
nicating. Seating is limited;
guest reservations required
$15. Call 860-673-1362.
Westminster School to present
‘Baby with the Bathwater’
Westminster School’s
Dramat Association will
present the play “Baby
with the Bathwater” Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 12, 13 and
14 at 8 p.m. in the school’s
Werner Centennial Center,
995 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury. The performances are
free and open to the public
with general admission seating. Doors open at 7:45 p.m.
The satiric, dark comedy by
Christopher Durang, which
is rated PG 13, centers on
new parents, Helen and John,
who are a bit disappointed
that their child doesn’t speak
English and are too polite
to check the child’s gender.
They decide the child is a girl
and select the name Daisy.
This leads to all manner of future concerns when it turns
out that Daisy is actually a
boy. Audiences will witness
the drama unfold in this bitingly funny, skewed look at
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Songs of the First World War
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Anna and the children
Theatre Guild of Simsbury’s ‘The King and I’
“The King and I,” under the direction of artistic
director Doreen Cohn, musical director Will Minton
and choreographer Terry
Rowe, will be produced by
the Theatre Guild of Simsbury at Simsbury High
School auditorium, 34
Farms Village Rd., Nov. 14,
15, 19, 21 and 22.
This classic Rogers and
Hammerstein musical features Dana Culligan of
Simsbury as Anna and Patrick Spadaccino as the King
of Siam. Anna’s son Louis
is played by Declan Smith.
Lady Thiang is portrayed by
Basema Hamied; Tuptim by
Katie Stodd Knapp; Prince
Chululongkorn by Charlie
Uthgenannt; Captain Orton by Wilson Keithline
and Kralahome by state
Rep. John Hampton. Costumer Cindy Braunlich of
Simsbury has chosen re-
splendent colors for the
costumes for the leads and
supporting players, the royal wives, royal princesses
and princes, royal dancers,
priests, guards and deck
hands. Carol Yachanin provides the accompaniment
for rehearsals and will join
an orchestra of 25 musicians who will play for the
performances. Tickets may
be purchased at theatreguildsimsbury.org. Tickets
for adults are $21 in advance; $24 at the door. Seniors and student tickets
are $18 in advance and $21
at the door (seniors 65+,
students 18 and younger).
Tickets may be used for
any performance. Performances are Saturday Nov.
14 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday Nov.
15 at 2:30 p.m., Thursday
Nov.19 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. and
Sunday Nov. 22 at 2:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, Nov.
11 at 7 p.m., Farmington Libraries will host historian
and musician Rick Spencer for a performance of
tunes from the First World
War at the Main Library, 6
Monteith Drive.
The popular and folk
songs of the First World War
were patriotic and inspiring.
Some were filled with pathos, describing tragedy, loss,
fear and hope. Music tied
the men on the battlefield
to their families at home. It
united people in their beliefs,
and inspired those who left
home and family to fight.
To listen to the songs of the
First World War is to hear the
cultural history of the period
brought vividly to life. “To
End All Wars: Songs of the
First World War” is a presentation of period songs, some
well-known, others more
obscure, along with a discussion of the issues, events
and personalities of the war.
Spencer is known internationally for his work as a
historian, researcher, singer,
songwriter and performer of
music in the American folk
tradition.
This event is free. Advanced registration is required. Call 860-673-6791 for
details or register through
the library’s web site at www.
farmingtonlibraries.org. Open Studios art show
Just in time for holiday
shopping,, artists of Simsbury Open Studios will be
holding a two-day art show
and sale at the Simsbury Free
Library, 749 Hopmeadow
Street the weekend of NoNov.
7-8 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. The
show will feature the pottery and welded sculpture of
Vicente Garcia, lamp work
beads of Karyn de Punté
Sweezy, photographs of April
Aldighieri and the paintings
of Rita Bond, Kathleen Dal
Sante,,Lori Racicot, Grace
Epstein, Jacie Jakubowski,
Claudia Ludovici, and Deborah Leonard. Light refreshments will also be served. For
further information, contact
Rita Bond, 860-658.2508 or
visit www.simsburyartists.
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Invitational Art Show at Canton Public Library begins this month
An Invitational Art
Show is in the gallery space
at the Canton Public Library,
40 Dyer Ave. A selection of
work from invited area artists
will be on display throughout
November and December.
The 18 artists selected for
the Invitational belong to the
roster of prior library show
artists or have a special connection to Canton’s and the
library’s art community. They
are Adriance, Loria Bark-
er, Susan Crawford, Nolan
Drummond, Gaye Hooper,
Walter Kendra, Jim Koplar,
Tom Kutz, Sally Markey, Kent
McCoy, Romena Okie, David
Owen, Michael Patnode, Lisa
Sharp, Richard Swibold, Ron
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Squadron Line Assistant Principal Maggie Seidel, left, and Principal Meg Evans,
right, pose with Olivia Birney, 5K, 1st Child Female.
Photos by Maria G. O’Donnell
The Letson family – Mike, twins Mason and Parker, Katrina, Hayden and Charlotte – attend the Monster
Dash in costume.
Monster Dash:
a graveyard smash
J
Andrew Diviney, 5K First Child Male,
powers to the finish.
Charlotte Diviney won the 1 mile race,
first female, 12 and under.
Mitchell Palinkas with his dad, David, accepted an award for
his sister, Sydney, who won the 5K, first female teen.
Some of the littlest runners are ready to go in the
100m dash.
Jane Cramphin as the Wicked Witch of the West sits on a bike built by
Larry Linonis of Simsbury Free Bike.
Squadron Line alumni Ryan and Jessica King ran with their parents, Leigh and Rita King.
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ust follow the big blue monster foot sign
to Stratton Brook Park in Simsbury and
find the first annual Monster Dash. The
PTO-sponsored event served as a fundraiser for Squadron Line Elementary School. The
crisp, clear Halloween morning set the perfect
stage for three planned races: 5K for adults and
teens ages 13-17, a 1K race for children 12 and
under, and a 100m dash for ages 5 and under.
Many dressed in costume, and Halloween music played all morning. Squadron Line parent
and Dash helper Beth Mitra said there were
over 500 participants in the races. She fully
credited Brandy Forward, event coordinator.
“Brandy championed the idea, and the community responded with excitement and enthusiasm. Seeing our principal and vice principal in full costume only confirms the school’s
spirit that ‘we all shine at Squadron Line.’ The
Monster Dash has arrived in Simsbury.” Mitra
thanked Boy Scout Troop 175 for its support
as trail monitors, and both she and Forward
thanked community sponsors. Top finishers’
awards were donated gift cards from RoadID
and Little City Pizza.
The line up for the 100m dash is a cast of characters.
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Photos by Ted Glanzer
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Exchange Club Beer Night
T
he Exchange Club of Farmington hosted its second annual Beer Night at the Garden
Thursday, Oct. 29. About 60 people took part in sampling craft beers that were paired
with food at the Farmington Gardens. Proceeds from the event go toward the community’s child abuse prevention programs and other local charities. It’s one of numerous fundraisers and benefits in which the club takes part to support a wide variety of community initiatives
and clubs, including Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 68 and The Parent and and Child Center
at Bristol Hospital. The club also hands out flags at the town’s annual Memorial Day parade.
For more information on the Exchange Club, visit: farmingtonexchangeclub.org.
1. Aaron Engel, Jason
Newby, Mike Gurski and
Lou Rossitto
2. Skip Mason, Stacey
Dolan, Cheri Joyce and
Dona Waugh
3. Barbara Gurski,
Caroline Rossitto, Kelly
Cruess and Daria Clark
4. From left to right:
Gary Palumbo, Peter
Mastrobattista, Mike Clark
and Phil Dunn
5. John Shea and Amy
Palumbo
6. Elizabeth Alligood,
John McBride, Rebecca
De Almeida and Blake
Hansen
7. Christine Arnold and
Jen and Jeff Hogan
8. A table headed by
Jon Landry (left) at the
Exchange Club of
Farmington’s second
annual Beer Night
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From left: Gracie D., Hunter D., Angelina D. and Nicholas D. form a family of great
costumes.
Robocop (Darren D.) and Darth Vader (Trystan T.) trade
notes on law enforcement and the dark side of the
Force.
A sweet princess (Mackenzie B.) and
Captain America (Austin B.) take time out
of the costume contest for a photo.
Unionville
Halloween Party
T
unxis Hose Company No. 1 held its 55th annual
Halloween Party Oct. 31, with dozens of children
dressed as their favorite characters from Darth
Vader to the very rare unicorn butterfly. The event, also
sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the Unionville Lions Club, included the traditional parade around
the Unionville gazebo, costume contest and refreshments, including candy bars, doughnuts and apple cider.
Firefighter and red Teletubby Matt Natale was in charge
of organizing the event, which brought things full circle
for him. Natale grew up in Unionville and took part in
the event when he was growing up. “I just think it’s great
this has been done for 55 years, where kids can get candy, hang out and have a parade around the gazebo,” Natale said. “It’s good to carry on the tradition.”
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By Ted Glanzer
Staff Writer
rean, not through sheer gumption,
but merely by asking. He called
Universal Studios, who put him in
SIMSBURY — Every year, in touch with Shea, who had an open
early October, Lindsey Bird leaves weekend for the DeLorean to make
a few clues outside his Massaco an appearance. Bird, in turn, used
Street home in Simsbury as to what his display as a way to raise funds
he and his family have planned for for the Michael J. Fox Foundation
their annual elaborate Halloween for Parkinson’s Research. Emma
display.
Bird’s exhortations to “Save the
In the past, Bird turned his clock tower!” were really requests to
house into a zombie apocalypse, a donate to the foundation.
scene from “Sweeney Todd,” and,
The rest is history – or the fufor two years, “Alice in Wonderland,” ture, depending on how one looks
among other things.
at it.
“We’re known as the ‘Scary
Anyway, Bird’s displays have
House,’” Bird, a native of England, become quite an attraction in
said. “I don’t know why we do this. town, with hundreds of people eiWe don’t have Halloween in En- ther walking or driving by to get a
gland. We moved here in 1997, and glimpse of the bigger and better
we thought, ‘Oh, it’s like we’re kids decorations.
again. … After the first year, we de“I always say people must get Above, from left: Lindsey, Rhiannon
cided to make it an event, with ac- a ton of candy, because this street, and Emma Bird pose with “Back to
tors and props.’”
when it gets to be 7 p.m. or 8 p.m., the Future” props; right: the inside
This year, the Easter eggs that will be packed,” Bird said. “There of the DeLorean.
Bird set out for his Halloween dis- will be lines of people trying to get
play included a large clock, set at to the house. This street is one of packed with kids. It’s so fun. Before
10:04, that was hung at the top of the best streets in town.”
we moved in, people would say,
his two-story house, a sign that
Interestingly, the Birds don’t ‘You’re going to live across from the
read “Welcome to Hill Valley – A give out candy to trick-or-treat- best Halloween.’”
Nice Place to Live,” and, the give- ers. Instead, they give out trinkets
“They do a fantastic job, and
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an homage to the iconic film “Back copy of the “Save the Clock Tower” have done a lot of decorations. …
to the Future,” as he dressed up as pamphlet like in the movie.
As it gets closer to Halloween, peoa highly convincing Doc Brown;
Neighbors, for their part, love ple drive by slowly to see what [the
daughter Rhiannon was the lead the Birds’ annual displays, which Birds] are doing for Halloween.”
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Halloween at the Simsbury Meadows Performing
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Hassett & George, P. C. and was a fully-sanctioned International Chili Society cook-off with three categories consisting of true Texas red chili (no beans or fillers), chili verde
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PRESSNews
Towns
honored
for energy
efficiency
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
“It was a struggle, as all good
projects are, but it happened,”
Demicco said. “Through aggressive fundraising and educating
the public … all the money came
together.”
Demicco also recognized the
work of the volunteer firefighters
in general.
“I want to say thank you to
the firefighters – these are the
folks who save both towns a ton of
money every year,” Demicco said.
“They do a fantastic job. They save
REGION — Several Farmington Valley communities were
recognized last month for their
clean energy efforts.
On the list of towns given
the nod at the Clean Energy
Communities Awards Ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 14, hosted by Energize Connecticut
– a partnership between Eversource, The United Illuminating Company and Connecticut
Green Bank – were Avon, Burlington, Granby, Farmington and
Simsbury.
“The Clean Energy Communities program has played a
key role in allowing Connecticut to emerge as a national
leader in energy efficiency,” said
Robert Klee, commissioner of
Connecticut’s Department of
Energy and Environmental Protection, according to a press
release. “Through this program,
cities and towns of all sizes – all
across our state – have banded
together to reduce their overall energy usage and costs, and
established a real model for
tackling the tough energy and
climate challenges facing our
nation. It is inspiring to see the
See FACILITY on page 18
See ENERGY on page 17
Members of the fundraising committee for the Farmington/Avon live fire training facility pose at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Farmington Police
Department Oct. 29. The ceremony was moved from its original location on Round Hill Road to the police department’s community room as a result of
inclement weather.
Ceremonial event marks ‘groundbreaking’ of fire facility
By Ted Glanzer
Staff Writer
FARMINGTON — After 15
years of discussions, development and fundraising, the Avon/
Farmington live fire training facility moved a step closer to reality
with a simulated groundbreaking at the Farmington Police Department on New Britain Avenue
Thursday, Oct. 29.
About 75 state and local
elected officials, firefighters and
employees from both towns were
in attendance for the ceremony,
New signal
needed
which, it was noted, only took
place because of the dogged determination of many dedicated
people, such as Farmington Director of Fire and Rescue Services
Mary-Ellen Harper, Farmington
Fire Chief Rich Higley and members of the fundraising committee, including Carole King, who
together with many volunteers
helped raised $1 million to have
the facility constructed.
State Rep. Mike Demicco
credited members from each
community for their determination in making the facility a reality.
“You’ve all heard the expression, ‘They said it couldn’t be done.’
When I think about this project, it
really rings true,” Demicco said. “I
was on the Town Council when
this project was first brought forward seven years ago. They said,
you’ll never get the land for the
project. Well, it was a struggle, but
we ended up with the right location for the project.”
Demicco said that people
presented other challenges, such
as intertown cooperation and
fundraising goals that also would
never be met.
Fun at Flamig Farm
Board approves new traffic
element as part of development
Selectmen seek money from
fund balance
By Ted Glanzer
Staff Writer
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
FARMINGTON — Charles
House Commons – the 268-unit
townhouse/apartment complex
that a developer seeks to construct next door to Union School
in Unionville – appeared to clear
another hurdle Oct. 29.
That evening, the Board
of Education unanimously approved a new drop-off and
pickup plan as part of the large,
10-acre project during an emergency meeting.
The new plan, proposed by
school board traffic consultant
Michael Galante and Charles
House Commons developer
CANTON — The Board of
Selectmen is seeking money from
the undesignated fund balance
to cover the current shortfall for
the purchase and installation of
a proposed traffic signal at the
intersection of Front and Bridge
streets.
For many years, town officials have been working with local
agencies and the state Department of Transportation to install
See SIGNAL on page 18
Courtesy photo
Students from The Master’s School climbed aboard a hay-filled
tractor for an autumn excursion to Flamig Farm last month. As part
of an integrated and hands-on art curriculum, and inspired by the
artist Henry Moore, students asked questions about sheep, sketched
what they saw, and subsequently created a fiber-arts project using
wool roving.
CenterPlan Development Co.,
calls for a drop-off and pickup loop starting on Mill Street,
wrapping around an expanded
parking lot at Union School.
Galante said the loop could
accommodate 45 cars. Under the plan, parents of
preschool students would park
in the lot and bring their children into the school via a sidewalk connecting the parking lot
to the school, Galante said.
There will also be expanded sidewalks from the Cure
restaurant to the school, according to Russ Arnold, the town’s
director of public works and
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Resident pleads with P&Z to eliminate town exemption from regulations
By Ted Glanzer
Staff Writer
GRANBY — A Hungary Road resident is imploring the Granby Planning
and Zoning Commission to
change the policy that exempts the town from zoning
regulations.
Resident Bill Regan told
the commission at its Oct.
27 meeting that the portable
lights at Ahrens Park, which
is adjacent to his Hungary
Road home, create a nuisance four nights a week.
The lights are used for football practices for the Granby
Youth Football League.
“They shine into the win-
dows of our living room, so it
is bothersome,” Regan said of
the lights. “Imagine the disturbance if the light was right
across the street from your
house four nights a week as
late as 8 p.m., along with all
the cars and accompanying
noise through dinnertime.”
The lights were permitted at Ahrens Park without
commission approval because of the town’s exemption
from the zoning regulations. “[Director of Parks and
Recreation] Tom Tyburski
… never informed any of the
neighbors about the lights
prior to them being installed
in 2013,” Regan said. “Members should drive by at 7 p.m.
some night to get a feel for
the situation.”
Further, Regan said that
the actual construction of
Ahrens Park was done without approval from the commission. Regan said that his
experience with the park
is instructive as to why the
town should not be exempt
from its own regulations.
“We were here before
the park was and have never
been consulted or asked to be
a part of the planning,” Regan
said. “It was only after being
pushed by the neighborhood
that [town officials] agreed
to some plantings along
Hungary Road to somewhat
mitigate the impact.”
Regan said that living
by the park itself has been
a challenge, with the mowings, leaf blowing and other
activity by the department of
public works, including bus
driver training. Director of Community
Development Fran Armentano said that the town is
exempt from the regulations
because subjecting the town
to them could delay projects
by up to several years.
But Regan noted that
neighboring towns such as
Simsbury, Canton, West Hartford, Suffield and Farmington don’t exempt themselves
from their zoning regulations.
Regan challenged commis-
sioner Eric Lukingbeal’s comment that he was not aware
of a town that has rescinded
their exemptions and that 75
to 80 percent of towns had
one. Lukingbeal responded
that he made that estimate
having practiced as a land
use attorney for decades. Regardless, Regan pleaded with
the commission to change its
zoning regulations.
“It is imperative that
Granby adopt this nonexempt status in order to put
the municipal actions on
equal standing with the taxpayers from whose checkbook these activities are supported,” Regan said. In September, Regan
made a similar plea to the
commission to do something
about the lights. In a telephone interview, Tyburski
said that he has worked with
Regan to mitigate any issues
that he has. The fourth light
was permitted, he said, in response to Regan’s complaint.
Specifically, the fields
were realigned and the light
was added so no light was
facing Hungary Road.
“We did that to alleviate
[the concern] and we believe
we achieved that,” Tyburski
said, adding that he has received only one complaint
about the lights in the three
years they have been permitted at Ahrens Park.
DEEP awards land trust grant toward Taine Mountain Preserve purchase
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
BURLINGTON — The
final piece of the financing
for Taine Mountain Preserve
Two has come to Burlington.
At the Oct. 26 Board
of Selectmen meeting, First
Selectman Ted Shafer, after
being prompted by Burlington Volunteer Firefighter Jeff
Bond, announced that the
Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection
had awarded the Burlington
Land Trust a $520,000 Open
Space and Watershed Land
Acquisition Grant toward the
purchase of the preserve.
The grant to the Burlington Land Trust was among
the large grants on the list and
was a high dollar amount for
purchases of similar acreage.
The town, which will
own the Taine Mountain parcel, is currently working on
the last steps for closing on
the purchase, Shafer said.
“It’s a good thing for the
town,” Bond interjected.
In July, at the annual budget meeting, despite the voice
of a single naysayer, residents
voted to spend $250,000 of
town money toward purchasing the parcel.
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ing $50,000 toward the purchase, $40,000 of which will
come out of the trust’s land
acquisition fund, which is
managed by the Main Street
Foundation, said Land Trust
Executive Director Paul
Rochford.
The 105-acre parcel
abuts the Taine Mountain
Preserve, which the Nature
Conservancy owns and the
Land Trust manages. The
sum total of the two properties would make an approximate 300-acre preserve.
Trails already there include
a portion of the Tunxis Trail
that goes up a small but steep
hill to Perry’s Lookout, a vista
looking northwest.
The trust first went before the town seeking funds
toward the $800,000 purchase
after property owners Jennifer Ventres and her husband
Andrew Filler offered up the
land. Two independent appraisers valued the land at
$900,000 - $1 million.
There has also been talk
that Carrier Home Builders
was interested in buying and
developing the land.
In June, Carrier received
approval for a 30-lot subdivision on Taine Mountain.
Washington Farm, as it is
called, is Phase 3 of a larger
subdivision the developer began many years ago.
As with the Taine Mountain Preserve, the Land Trust
will manage the new purchase. There will be a few access points, one of which will
be on Ventres Way with limited parking at the cul-de-sac.
Other access points will
be available online on the land
trust’s website and the land
trust will make an announcement when the property has
been officially purchased and
is open to the public. The
grant comes with a conservation easement from the state,
but the Land Trust is planning
to ask for an additional one
from the town, as an added
buffer of protection.
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
Notice is hereby given that the Farmington Historic District Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 17, 2015
at 4:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers on the following
application:
Ingo Bergsteinsson application for Temporary Certificate of Appropriateness to replace roof at 42 Mountain Road.
At this hearing, interested persons may be heard and written
communications received. A copy of this proposal is on file in the
Planning Department located in the Town Hall, Farmington, CT.
Dated at Farmington, Connecticut, this 29th day of October 2015.
John Bombara, Secretary
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals will
hold a public hearing on Monday, November 16, 2015 at 7:30
p.m. at the Town Hall Council Chambers on the following
applications:
Cumberland Farms Inc. application for sign variance to Article
IV, Section 7.F. for property located at 352 Scott Swamp Road,
B1 zone.
Kyle Mortensen application for yard variance to locate detached garage in other than required yard or rear half of lot for
property located at 345 Meadow Road, R40 zone.
263 FARMINGTON AVENUE, FARMINGTON
uchc.edu
At this hearing interested persons may be heard and written
communications received. Copies of these proposals are on
file in the Planning Department, Town Hall, Farmington, CT.
Dated at Farmington, CT
October 29, 2015
Farmington Zoning Board of Appeals
Sharon Mazzochi, Chairman
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Funds reallocated to multiple
Board of Education capital projects
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
CANTON — The Canton Board of Education unanimously voted to reallocate
funds from the current fiscal year’s Capital
Improvement Projects budget to put toward
a variety of projects.
Superintendent Kevin Case said at this
time of the year, school and town officials
meet to discuss planned upcoming capital
projects.
“What we’ve learned, in order to do
that effectively, is we need to shore up our
capital budget,” he explained at the Oct. 27
board meeting.
The 2015-16 CIP budget has $48,309.01
available to reallocate from a variety of
sources. The funds come from interest from
the CIP budget, savings from the purchase
of a floor scrubber for Cherry Brook Primary
School, savings from the replacement of the
high school’s exterior doors and stairwells,
the purchase of a tractor at the high school,
the installation of a core modular networks
switch, the insulation of the ceiling at CBPS
and the athletic fields.
Out of the $88,000 annual track and
athletic field maintenance fee, $21,000 is
available for reallocation. Case explained
that the district needs to put aside $74,000
of the $88,000 each year – $14,000 was to be
put aside for funding the electricity for the
field lights, which do not exist. The other
$8,000 is for maintenance.
“We want to reallocate $21,000 from
that line item for an athletic field security
camera. We already have one on field, but
we need another one so we can see all aspects of the field clearly,” he said, which will
cost $10,000.
Board members questioned the high
price of the camera, but Assistant Superintendent Jordan Grossman said the installation and wiring carries the bulk of the cost.
Two other track and field projects will be
funded: $6,000 for an additional field groomer and $5,000 for water fountain repair.
Reallocating $3,900 for a roof evaluation at Cherry Brook was also recommended. Case said there is a portion of the roof on
that school that has yet to be replaced, and
the town needs an evaluation of it to determine its status.
“The expense is well worth it to allow us
to move forward with that project,” he said.
At Canton Intermediate School, $3,849
will go toward replacing the curbing at the
parent pickup area, while the concrete pad
at Cherry Brook’s entryway will be replaced
for $3,446. Also on the list is purchasing a repeater for Cherry Brook. Case said the North
Canton Fire Department wants to contribute funding that increases security at the
town’s schools.
“When they asked us to let them know
what projects we had in place they could
contribute funding for, one of them was
to have a repeater at Cherry Brook,” he explained. “A repeater would allow for smooth
communication for our law enforcement
and fire department in the Cherry Brook
area. There are currently gaps in the communication. … The police chief has been
asking us for a while for a repeater.”
The North Canton Fire Department
will donate $60,000, leaving the district with
a balance of $3,816.28
“If you approved all of this tonight, we
could go to town officials with an accurate
account of our budget,” Case told the board.
“It makes it very transparent.”
The board voted unanimously to approve the reallocation of funds.
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The charging station is now operational outside the library.
Car charging station installed at library
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
BURLINGTON — The vehicle charging
station at the library is up and running.
At the Oct. 27 Board of Selectmen meeting, First Selectman Ted Shafer announced
that the station had been installed.
Craig Winter, a member of the library
board of directors and co-chair of the Library
Expansion Committee, said the project took
about three days to complete.
There is a parking space at the library
reserved for cars to be charged and signs on
Library Lane directing drivers to the station,
Winter said.
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection sent Library Director Marie Spratlin Hasskarl an invitation to put in a
charger at the library, Winter said. Hasskarl
then went to Shafer, who brought the idea to
the Board of Selectmen.
In July, selectmen approved an application for a DEEP Electric Vehicle Charging Station Incentive Grant.
The grant, which the town did receive, is
an incentive grant to encourage people to buy
electric cars, Shafer has said.
The grant covered the cost of the dual
Level 2 charger, which offers quick charging
for two plug-in electrical vehicles per unit.
The main purpose of the station is to top
off a car battery between fill ups while drivers are out and about, Winter said. It is not
meant to give a full charge, which can take
between four and five hours.
When Shafer spoke about the station
at the Board of Selectmen meeting, resident
Barbara Pavlik Dahle expressed discontent
that the town will pay for the charges at the
station for the first three years, which was a
requirement of the grant.
“When I put my gas in my car at Cumberland Farms, is somebody going to pay for
it?” she asked. “It’s not fair.”
Shafer said he had spoken to the town
manager in Plainville, where there is also a
charging station, and he said the cost was
negligible and compared it to running an air
conditioner. “This is a town that embraces
clean initiatives,” Shafer said. “[It] makes for a
better green community.”
Selectman David Bereza said the town
should consider charging people to use the
station after the three years are up.
“That’s the plan,” Shafer said.
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 AT 7:00 PM
Attend this meeting to share your voice, as this will be the last public hearing where residents can speak. Or write a letter to zoning board!
Ways you
can help:
1. Attend the next meeting on 11/16/15 at 7:00 PM
at the Simsbury Public Library. If this is approved
that night, it will set the precedent for all future
developments in Simsbury’s residential neighborhoods.
2. Sign-up for our email list to receive future
updates on meetings and/or cancellations.
www.citizensforsimsbury.com
3. Visit our funding web page and contribute towards
the mounting legal and professional service fees
needed to defend and protect our neighborhood and
all neighborhoods in Simsbury. Every dollar counts!
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Using a loophole through the newly adopted Workforce House Overlay
Zone (WHOZ), these developers want to cram 15 new freestanding
houses onto one residential 4.5 acre lot on 80 Climax Road that
currently has just one house. The zoning is way too dense for a R-40
zoned neighborhood. They are exploiting and overdeveloping this land.
If this test case rezoning is approved, it may be YOUR quiet street next!
Call 860.221.4154 for additional information on
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Help us stop this nightmare!
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VFW Post 1926 announces Buddy Poppy Campaign, clothing drive
SIMSBURY — Members of Simsbury’s
Metacomet VFW Post 1926 will be distributing Buddy Poppies in front of Fitzgerald’s Market in Simsbury Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
According to Post Commander John
Romano, VFW bylaws states that proceeds
from Poppy distribution may be used to
benefit disabled and needy veterans and the
widows and orphans of deceased veterans.
Simsbury VFW also supports veteran’s and
local citizenship initiatives such as the Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrations.
“What better way to help our veterans
in the community than by distributing this
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little flower of remembrance,” Romano said.
“We encourage everyone in town to stop by
Fitzgerald’s Market and get a Buddy Poppy
to help honor the memory of those that
made the ultimate sacrifice.”
In 1923, the VFW became the first veterans organization to promote a nationally
organized campaign for annual distribution
of Poppies, which are assembled by disabled or hospitalized veterans. More than
14 million Poppies are assembled today and
VFW and Ladies Auxiliary members raise
more than $15 million annually from the
distribution.
Founded in 1899, the VFW is the nation’s oldest major veterans organization
with more than 1.7 million members.
Donations can also be made directly by
check to Simsbury Metacomet Post 1926,
P.O. Box 211, Simsbury, 06070.
The VFW will then kick off its annual Holiday Clothing Drive for the Veterans
Home and Hospital in Rocky Hill Nov. 11.
Donations will be accepted to Dec. 10.
Annually, the Connecticut VFW and
Ladies Auxiliary help to collect new clothing, accessories, electronics and other
items that are wrapped for holiday presents
for the veterans and widows and orphans
of deceased veterans at the Rocky Hill Veterans Home and Hospital.
In the past Simsbury has given generously to this campaign. Items needed
this year include: new women’s and men’s
clothing such as shirts, pants, sweaters and
accessories; miscellaneous items including rechargeable razors, talking watches,
battery operated alarm clocks and radios, UConn, Red Sox, Yankees and Patriots
items, and rechargeable toothbrushes;
recreational items; sundries and women’s
accessories.
A complete listing is available at various locations around town including at the
drop-off locations. Simsbury Girl Scouts
will be handing out flyers in front of the
Simsbury CVS Nov 7. All items must have
store tags on them as the veterans home
cannot accept used items.
Cash donations can also be made by
sending checks to Simsbury Metacomet Post 1926 and the VFW will purchase
a present for you. Please indicate on the
memo line that the donation is for the Holiday Clothing Drive.
Drop boxes for gifts will be located
at: Eno Memorial Hall main floor, Simsbury Public Library’s lower level entrance,
Simsbury Fire Department in downtown
Simsbury, Simsbury Pharmacy and Melina’s Coiffures (women’s items only) at 1418
Hopmeadow St., Simsbury CVS, Walgreens
in Simsbury Commons and at Fitzgerald’s
Foods in downtown Simsbury.
For more information contact John Romano at 860-671-1083 or John Fox at 860658-0388 or email [email protected] or
find Simsbury VFW on Facebook.
SIMSBURY — The Simsbury Celebrates! Planning Committee has kicked off
its new event and fundraiser: a Lego Building Competition & Exhibit. The committee
invites all ages to participate in this premier
Simsbury Celebrates showcase presentation. This exhibit will be replacing the Gingerbread House Exhibit.
This year the committee has chosen
the theme “Americana” and will accept only
60 entrees. There will be three categories,
and size and height requirements will have
to be met by each entrant. Each entry must
be an original design. Entry forms for this
contest along with the rules and regulations are available at Simsburycelebrates.
com under News or by calling 860-6583836. Entry deadline is Nov. 13.
The annual “Win A Ride in the Simsbury Fire Truck Parade” contest is open to
children ages 5-13. One winner will lead
the parade as Junior Parade Marshal and
ride with two guests (one 18 or older) in a
convertible. The other winner will ride as
a passenger along with one adult in a decorated Simsbury fire truck during the parade. The cost is $3 for each entry, and each
child may enter as many times as they wish.
Entry deadline is Nov. 15. Entry forms are
available at Simsburycelebrates.com and at
several locations throughout town.
For more information on either contest, sponsorships, volunteering or becoming a committee member, send an email to
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progress we are making as a result of the
commitment of our communities, as everywhere I travel in Connecticut I see local energy efficiency and renewable energy projects coming to life.”
Avon received a silver award and Burlington, Granby, Farmington and Simsbury got bronze awards.
At the Oct. 27 Board of Selectmen
meeting, Burlington’s First Selectman Ted
Shafer announced the town had received
a plaque from Energize Connecticut for
its achievement.
The bronze award was given to 89
municipalities that pledged to the Clean
Energy Community Program.
In June of 2014, the town joined the program and is one of the 148 municipalities in
the program that have signed a pledge to reduce municipal energy consumption by 20
percent by 2018, Shafer said.
Collectively, the towns and cities in
the program have saved more than 1.7
billion kilowatt-hours and 18.6 million ccf
through their energy efficiency efforts, according to a writeup from Energize Connecticut.
“Those savings are equivalent to
the amount of electricity 200,000 homes
would typically consume in one year and
result in avoided emissions of approximately 926,806 tons of CO2, which is the
equivalent of taking 159,527 cars off the
road for a year or planting 237,172 acres of
trees,” the writeup states.
According to Mitch Gross, spokesman for Eversource, Burlington was also
in the top 10 percentage of municipalities
based on the percentage of homes with
solar.
Shafer also noted that the town has
installed an electric vehicle car charger on
Library Lane and said it is up and running.
For Simsbury’s bronze achievement,
First Selectman Lisa Heavner credits the
town’s Clean Energy Task Force’s work on
behalf of the town to give residents clean
energy options through their electrical
suppliers.
“Many thanks to the Clean Energy
Task Force for their leadership and initiative in bringing clean energy options to
Simsbury residents. This award was given to the Town of Simsbury for the task
force’s hard work and efforts on this important issue.”
The silver award went to 53 municipalities that completed the requirements
for the bronze level and established an
energy task force, engaged in community
awareness of energy programs, earned a
Bright Idea Grant and completed one full
year of benchmarking municipal energy
usage, according to a press release. In addition, 10 percent of the households and
businesses participated in energy saving
programs and completed 17 percent of
their renewable energy commitment.
Avon Town Manager Brandon Robertson credits the award to a comprehensive energy management plan developed
by the town’s Clean Energy Commission
and adopted by the Town Council in 2012.
“[The plan] provides an excellent
road map,” Robertson said. “Avon’s recognition as a Clean Energy Community at
the silver level is largely the result of the
implementation of the recommendations
in the plan.”
The town used the $10,000 Bright
Idea Grant to replace air conditioning in
one of its buildings, Robertson said.
According to a press release, communities are eligible for the grants for every
100 points earned through participation
in energy efficiency programs. The awards
ranged from $5,000 to $15,000, and were
for use on a community-selected energy
efficiency project.
In addition, for every 100 points
earned through participation in renewable initiatives, communities can receive
rewards of $4,500 for projects involving
energy efficiency, renewable energy or alternative fuel vehicles.
“Energize Connecticut has shown
great leadership on climate change by
bringing the issue directly to communities when developing the Clean Energy
Communities Program,” said EPA regional
administrator Curt Spalding, according to
the press release. “Through this program,
they have 169 communities committing
to energy efficiency and renewable energy
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
improve resilience.”
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Bristol’s Farm is one of many in town that will be protected by the new ordinance.
Town adopts Right to Farm ordinance
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
CANTON — The Canton Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to approve the Right
to Farm Ordinance, which seeks to support
and protect agriculture in the community.
“We want to make sure our farmers are
supported and protected as much as they can
from nuisance suits,” said Conservation Commission member Sara Faulkner at the Oct. 28
board meeting.
The need for this ordinance arose from
the agriculture chapter of the town Plan of
Conservation and Development. The implementation plan of the POCD names the Conservation Commission as the lead agency for
developing a farmland preservation program.
The steps in accomplishing this task included
taking an inventory of farmland, developing
a town farmland preservation plan, keeping
current on farmland protection opportunities or opportunities to help local farmers,
and monitoring and evaluating Canton’s efforts and conditions related to farming.
The commission presented the draft of
the ordinance to the selectmen and the Planning and Zoning Commission in September.
By implementing a Right to Farm Ordinance, Faulkner said the town can improve
success in grant applications, as the ordinance makes Canton a stronger candidate.
It will also support and encourage the many
benefits of agriculture, including economic impacts, aesthetics, rural character and
healthy nutrition choices.
“This makes a statement to the town
that we support agriculture,” she said during
a public hearing on the ordinance at the Oct.
28 meeting.
Selectmen thanked the Conservation
Commission for putting together the ordinance.
“I’m definitely in favor of it,” Selectman
Tom Sevigny said. “I think this, combined
with the existing zoning regulations on farmland, will go a long way in preserving farmland in town.”
“It’s encouraging to see us continue
to knock off little projects on that 10-year
POCD,” First Selectman Richard Barlow said.
“I certainly hope we keep that momentum
going in the future.”
Selectman Stephen Roberto was not at
the meeting and therefore did not vote on the
motion to approve the ordinance.
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a traffic light at that intersection, which
has long been a cause for concern due to
the high number of cyclists and pedestrians
who cross there to access the Rail Trail.
Earlier in the year, the DOT gave approval to put the project out to bid, but
the lone bidder’s cost was projected at
$336,826.75, significantly higher than the
amount of available funding. The project
was intended to be funded by a 2011 Small
Town Economic Assistance Program grant.
In late August, the selectmen gave
Chief Administrative Officer Robert Skinner permission to amend the town’s 2015
STEAP grant to fund the traffic signal instead of the previously proposed project.
It was also requested that the 2011 STEAP
grant be increased to cover the additional
costs, a minimum of $130,000.
Skinner told selectmen at the Oct. 28
meeting that he received a letter from the
state denying both the request to amend
the current grant and modify the 2011
grant.
“I was hoping through the STEAP process we’d be able to cover the shortfall,” Skinner said. “Looking at what other options are
available, we could wait around and apply
FACILITY
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property … and they are willing to put
their lives on the line to save our lives. To
say thank you is inadequate, but thank you
anyway.”
Demicco helped secure a $200,000
grant from the State Bond Commission,
which helped meet the project’s $1 million
goal.
Demicco credited state Rep. Betty
Boukus of Plainville, who serves as the
bonding subcommittee chair in the legislature and told Demicco the time was right
for another STEAP grant, but they are competitive and it’s certainly a time delay.”
The town could also apply for Local
Transportation Capital Improvement Program funding through the Capitol Region
Council of Governments, but the minimum
amount offered is $300,000, and Canton
only needs $130,000. It would require incorporating other projects into the grant, and,
like STEAP, is a competitive process that
would have a time delay.
“Another opportunity would be to wait
and hope that the [axe] factory is developed; we could get it in then. It’s far from a
certainty, and certainly a time delay,” Skinner said.
The “quickest and most assured way”
to cover the shortfall, he said, would be to
transfer the $130,000 from the undesignated fund balance.
“The other option is to do nothing and
hope the status quo [stays].”
Residents who spoke during the public
participation portion of the meeting urged
selectmen not to stick with the status quo.
Ann Winze, owner of Blumen Laden,
said her front door is about 10 feet away
from the crosswalk.
“There are near misses every day that
we witness. We’ve seen four people hit;
we’ve seen the same boy hit twice,” she said.
She also sees, on a daily basis, when
cars in both directions stop to allow a cyclist or pedestrian to cross and some drivers behind them think they are stopping
to turn without signaling. Those drivers
often drive around them, sometimes on
the sidewalk. When people can’t safely
traverse around town, it’s a deterrent, she
said, which conflicts with the streetscape
updates completed this summer to entice
visitors to Collinsville.
“People oppose [the traffic light] because it won’t be quaint, but it won’t be
quaint when someone gets killed,” Winze
said.
Bob Bessel, chair of the Economic
Development Agency, urged selectmen to
move forward with the installation of the
light as soon as possible.
Along with the safety concerns, there is
a commerce concern as well.
“When people come in the area and
see how difficult it is to cross the road safely, they’re hesitant to cross [to patronize
businesses on the other side],” he said.
First Selectman Richard Barlow said it
has been a long time to get to this point and
is in favor of going to the Board of Finance,
“getting this done once and for all.”
Selectman Tom Sevigny said, from a
public safety standpoint, the light needs to
be installed.
“Bike and pedestrian traffic is probably
going to increase. We need to make it as
safe as possible for people to get across that
intersection,” he said.
Selectman Lowell Humphrey also
spoke in support of using money from the
undesignated fund balance.
“As my opinion has been from the
outset, we spent a large amount of money
to establish the trail and invite people to
utilize it. This amount of money is a small
amount to help assure the safety of the people we’re inviting to use the trail.”
The motion to ask the Board of Finance
for the shortfall passed unanimously, save
for Selectman Stephen Roberto, who was
not present. The Board of Finance’s next
meeting is scheduled for Nov. 16.
to submit a request for the live fire training
facility.
The facility, which will be located adjacent to the police firing range on Round
Hill Road off Route 4 in Farmington, will be
used by firefighters from Farmington and
Avon to train in live, Class A fire situations. Having the shared fire training facility
available will make a big difference to both
towns’ volunteer fire departments, Harper
said in an interview over the summer.
Currently, members of both departments travel to the Windsor Locks live
fire training facility to receive their annual
training. That fulfills a requirement, Harper
said, but she would prefer that Farmington
firefighters have proficiency in things such
as climbing ladders, working on ladders
while carrying someone and working in a
building with smoke so black they can’t see.
Farmington Town Council Chair Nancy Nickerson noted the challenges the
town faced in finding a location in town for
the facility.
A parcel by West Woods Golf Course
was considered before neighbors weighed
in with their concerns.
“We talked to many people in the town
about the facility and where it should be
placed,” Nickerson said. “We were able to
come up with a win/win situation. We got a
solution for the building, which we call the
safety complex.”
Nickerson also recognized the $200,000
state grant, as well as the many donations
from the two towns’ residents.
“The generosity of the Avon and Farmington residents is what made us able to
move forward with this building,” Nickerson said. “The hard work, the dedication,
the energy is unbelievable. We can’t thank
you enough for what was raised for this
building. This facility is an example of the
collaborative effort of what towns can accomplish.”
Avon Town Council Chair Mark Zacchio agreed.
“This project between Avon and Farmington will show other communities the
way to collaborate to work together,” Zacchio said. “We spent the right amount of
time finding the recipe that worked for
both the town of Avon and the town of
Farmington.”
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“People oppose [the traffic light]
because it won’t be quaint,
but it won’t be quaint when
someone gets killed.”
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Heirloom Kitchen focuses
on ‘Dinner at Your Door’
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
Those looking for gluten-free, sustainable and
clean foods don’t even have
to leave their homes.
Heirloom Kitchen and
Catering, based in Canton,
is the creation of Chef Jimi
Taylor, whose interest in organics and locally sourced
foods came when he moved
to California for work.
His food is “a bridge”
for people who have been
diagnosed as having gluten
intolerance or new to any
other type of food allergy.
“People who just want
to start eating better are
getting clued into our food
system,” he said. “Good
quality ingredients, prepared simply, results in a
great product.”
Taylor said there is an
undercurrent of people getting excited about the idea
of food as medicine – if you
eat well and follow a healthy
lifestyle, the foods you eat
will take care of you.
In starting out, he
thought he was just going to
be a caterer, but he wanted
an outlet similar to a restaurant that would provide a
nightly special.
The main push of the
business has been Dinner
At Your Door, where Taylor
delivers his foods directly to
customers’ homes.
Heirloom’s menu is
available online, which
enables Taylor to change
things weekly. Since he does
not have a storefront – his
kitchen is an addition off
the garage of his home –
working on a delivery basis
allows him to work at a pace
that is more manageable
than a typical kitchen.
“The idea is that the
food is accessible to different tastes and preferences,”
he explained. “I don’t join
animal protein with the
dish. I offer sides that are, for
the most part, [dairy-free].”
Customers can choose
from three sides – a sauté or
vegetable roast highlighting
local produce, short-grain
fried rice or a potato dish.
Proteins are also available,
which include organic
chicken, grass-fed beef and
wild caught Atlantic cod.
Taylor was initially hoping customers would pair
a side with a protein, but
has moved to an a la carte
style menu where foods are
priced per pound.
“I keep coming back
to sustainability,” he said.
“That’s at the heart of it – the
packaging, the food, making
sure the animals are sustainably raised, composting and
minimizing waste.”
“It’s been very reinforcing that you’re doing something right. I think there’s
a good future here for this
business and this style,” Taylor said.
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By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
The Bees Knees in Avon
will happily plan and put on
your next themed party or
cater that important event.
The Bees Knees opened
at 29 Waterville Road in
Avon Nov. 1.
For the past 10 years,
the husband and wife team
of Heather and Jared Beaghen ran the business in Burlington. They moved to Avon
to expand and open a retail
location with a full liquor
license.
“This offers a little bit
more flexibility for us and for
the customers,” Heather said.
Customers can come
in and plan catering orders
or place a pick-up order for
a party tray for as few as 10
people, Heather said. What’s
more, folks can stop in for a
bite to take out or eat in, or
to schedule a private event at
the shop.
Heather started out as
an event planner and Jared,
who is a chef, joined the business a year later. By 2009, they
were strictly doing catering.
“Everything is prepared
fresh from scratch in house,”
Heather said.
Also, the menu can be
adjusted to accommodate
any special requests based
Courtesy photo
Pictured is the interior of The Bees Knees, located on Waterville Road.
on dietary needs.
Catering menus, which
consist of several courses
paired with the appropriate
wine, can be created based
on themes, if desired, Heather said. There will also be
monthly themed gourmet
dinners in the dining room.
In November, the event
will be Winter of Dinner,
Braise and Booze.
The dishes will be
braised and the alcoholic beverages will be winter
wines that complement one
another and cocktails.
Cocktail
receptions
hosted by The Bees Knees
include a welcome cocktail
such as a St. Germain, which
is made with Prosecco and
St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur.
“It’s excellent,” Heather
said. “That would be paired
with a crostini with figs and
blue cheese and clover honey.”
The menu board of options for ordering in-shop
or for party trays, which can
be prepared with as little as
48 hours notice, will change
seasonally.
Menus also include The
Bees Knees signature house
coffee from Giv Coffee in
Canton. Full service catering
events are custom designed
per the client’s specifications
and can include as much or
as little staff as desired, including servers, a bartender,
valets, coat check or what-
ever else is needed. Services
include coordinating entertainment such as music, magicians, photographers and
florists.
“We have a network of
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PRESSBUSINESS
Celebrate Thanksgiving with your inner pilgrim
Historians
still debate when
and where the
first Thanksgiving actually took
place, but they
do agree on one Nancy Fellinger
thing: the feasting went on for days. This time
of year it’s difficult to reflect on
the journey the Pilgrims made in
1620 and not be inspired by the
extraordinary courage, vision and
determination they displayed.
How might the Pilgrims inspire
you today as you continue to
work through some of the economic challenges and uncertainties of our time?
Plan and adapt. After
planning the voyage, they set
sail hopeful but not at all certain
about what they would find at
the end. They were aware that
their very survival would mean
modifying their carefully crafted plans as their circumstances
changed. Financial planning is
not and should never be presented as a predictor of an outcome,
but rather a course forward. A
well-designed plan helps you explore options and “what-ifs,” and
while it won’t eliminate life’s financial uncertainties, it can help
you be better prepared to deal
with and adapt to them.
Move forward. Facing a
freezing winter ahead and still
hundreds of miles off course, they
didn’t turn back for home, but settled in to try and make the best of
a very bad situation. It seems that
whenever I’m at a social gathering and asked what I do, almost
everyone has a story to share
about what she should have done
with her investments or what he
should have handled differently.
But simply beating yourself up or
second guessing past decisions
serves no useful purpose.
Shouldering on yourself
won’t make the mistake go away.
Instead, reach beyond whatever
mistakes you think you’ve made
and try to understand how they
came to be. And then, armed
with insights, turn your attention
to finding a better way to move
forward.
Perseverance. The Pilgrims
endured months of unrelenting
illnesses in cramped quarters
with wretched water and rancid
food – and that was only the voyage. Their arrival in a new land
was barely an improvement, at
least in the short term. Developing and maintaining a financial
plan takes time, effort and some
perseverance.
Your financial plan should
help you take into account not
only your everyday challenges,
but also life-altering events that
might seem unimaginable. Whatever it is you experience in your
life, chances are that your financial life is impacted as well, even if
along the periphery. Persevere in
your efforts to better understand
your own personal economy, and
with the help of a Certified Finan-
cial Planner™ professional develop a financial plan. The time and
energy you invest in your plan
will be rewarded.
Purpose. Not all of the passengers aboard the Mayflower
were Pilgrims seeking the opportunity for religious freedom,
but everyone on board was very
clear about why he or she was
willing to make that treacherous
journey. Your financial plan must
address not only your financial
concerns, but also what it is that
brings meaning and fulfillment
to your life. Having objectives
and goals that go beyond the
purely financial will go a long
way toward making this not just
an important activity, but an invaluable guide for living within
your financial means on purpose
and for a purpose.
Celebrate the many blessings of this Thanksgiving season
and the gifts of courage, vision
and determination with your
family, your friends and your own
inner Pilgrim!
Nancy B. Fellinger, CFP®
planningWISE for Women
with Coburn & Meredith, Inc.
serves the investment management and financial planning
needs of women nearing or in retirement who manage their own or
their family’s finances. Visit www.
planningwiseforwomen.com or
www.nancyfellinger.com or contact her directly at 860-784-2605
or at nfellinger@coburnfinancial.
com.
People on the move
Brandt achieves certified
consultant status
Taryn Brandt of Simsbury was recognized for achieving Certified
Consultant status of the Association for Applied Psychology at the
annual conference in Indianapolis
this month.
The Association for Applied
Sport Psychology is an international
professional organization that promotes the development of science
and ethical practice in the field of
sport psychology.
Obtaining the CC-AASP credential involves completing extensive educational requirements
along with a minimum of 400 hours
of mentored and applied experience with an extensive evaluation
process.
Brandt is a mental skills coach
and owner of ASPIRE Sport and
Performance where she provides
consulting services to athletes and
performers of all levels. She has conducted group and individual sessions in figure skating, golf, softball,
CrossFit, swimming, triathlon and
gymnastics.
She is currently pursuing a
doctorate in counseling psychology with a concentration in athletic
counseling at Springfield College
in Massachusetts. Brandt earned a
master’s degree in sport and performance psychology from the University of Denver.
Brandt had a longtime successful career in competitive figure
skating, competing regionally and
nationally. She continues to figure
skate as an adult, recently competing at the 2015 Adult Eastern Sectional Championships and Adult
National Championships. Additionally, she enjoys paddleboarding, Pilates, and teaching Zumba classes.
Simsbury Bank hires
Richard Fox
Simsbury Bank announced that
Richard Fox has joined its Simsbury
Bank Home Loans team as a mortgage loan advisor. In this role, Fox
will work one-on-one with homebuyers, advising them on the best
mortgage options for their specific
needs, assisting them with the application process, and ensuring the
progression of the mortgage application through to closing. He will
work closely with clients, realtors,
financial advisors and attorneys in
central and northern Connecticut.
Joseph Pagliarini, senior vice
president, chief mortgage and consumer lending sales officer, said,
“We are very pleased to have Richard join us; he brings a wealth of
knowledge and is a responsive advisor who helps his clients choose
the best financing option to achieve
their goals.”
Fox has over 26 years of mortgage origination experience. Prior
to joining Simsbury Bank, he was
a senior mortgage loan officer with
Bank of America. He lives in Longmeadow, Mass.
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barre3 opening in The Shoppes
The Shoppes at Farmington Valley announced
this week that former NFL
cheerleader and current
Farmington Valley mom
Stephanie Hobbs is set to
open barre3’s first Connecticut studio Monday,
Nov. 9.
The studio will be
located in Lowell Court,
next to American Eagle
at the outdoor shopping
destination in Canton.
“Beyond being just an
effective workout, barre3
is a lifestyle that incorporates nutritional guidance
based on sensible eating
and a community of people who connect, not only
in studio, but online as
well,” according to a press
release on the business.
“Barre3 workouts are also
for anyone. Whether you’re
a turbo athlete or haven’t worked out in years,
barre3’s classes pull inspiration from yoga, Pilates,
and ballet barre to help
attendees transform their
entire body.”
Denise
Robidoux,
general manager for The
Shoppes at Farmington
Valley commented on the
busiiness: “barre3’s unique
fitness concept adds a new
dimension to your experience when visiting The
Shoppes at Farmington
Valley. Offering child care
along with a flexible class
schedule, barre3 will be
the new go-to destination
for health enthusiasts in
the Farmington Valley area
and beyond.”
From opening day
through Nov. 15, barre3
will be offering free classes.
Also for a limited
time, specially priced lifetime memberships will be
available.
On an ongoing basis,
barre3 Farmington Valley
will make its whole-health
lifestyle easily accessible
to all with a robust class
schedule, plus, signature
child care will be available
during many classes each
week. Classes will run seven days a week, as early as
6 a.m. and as late as 7 p.m.
To stay up to date on
grand opening details of
barre3 and other news
at The Shoppes at Farmington Valley, visit www.
TheShoppesatFarmingtonValley.com, or connect with The Shoppes
at Farmington Valley
on Facebook, Twitter or
Instagram.
Boyles Furniture & Rugs to close
Earlier this week,
Boyles Furniture & Rugs
announced the closing of
its Avon showroom, located at 15 Waterville Rd. The
22,000-square-foot
store
will begin its store closing
sale Thursday, Nov. 5.
Three years ago, the
65-year old Boyles brand,
known as a source for the
highest quality furniture
at discount prices, was relaunched via a partnership
between longtime owners,
the Hendricks family and
a group of investor’s led by
Furniture Hall of Fame inductee Gene Rosenberg.
“Closing the Avon store
will certainly present a
wonderful opportunity for
consumers to buy furniture
at unprecedented savings,”
Rosenberg noted. The store
features many of the most
Crown & Hammer will host Chili Fest to benefit food bank
The Canton Food Bank
will be the beneficiary of the
first-ever Collinsville Chili
Fest, set for Sunday, Nov.
8 from noon-4 p.m. rain
or shine in the Town Hall
parking lot, 74 Main St., Collinsville.
Organized and hosted
by Lisa’s Crown & Hammer
Restaurant & Pub, the event
will feature a chili contest
between area businesses and
individuals.
Each will serve up their
version of chili for attendees
to sample and vote on.
Tickets are $25 in advance at Lisa’s Crown &
Hammer or $30 at the door
and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the food
bank. Children 5 and under
will be admitted free, and the
cost is $10 for ages 6-13.
The chili contestants are
Lisa’s Crown & Hammer, The
Village Cafe and Bistro, LaSalle Market and Deli, Kane’s
Market, Jonathan Sablon,
Chris Dwyer and Lisa’s Luna
Pizza. Event attendees will
judge, and prizes will be given for first, second, and third
place.
Music from The Goddamn River Band and others
will be provided by Downright Music during the event,
which is also being supported by donations from HDI
Brett Hollander, Berkshire
Brewing Company, Brescome
Barton, and ROGO. Tickets
cover the cost of one beer or
non-alcoholic beverage.
Lisa Maurer of Avon
took over ownership of
Crown & Hammer last November, hiring executive chef
Michael Alfeld and restaurant manager Emily Thomas,
who is coordinating the chili
fest. Maurer also owns Lisa’s
Luna Pizza in Simsbury.
“We would really like
to help support the Canton
Food Bank, which has been
operating for over 32 years,
by giving back to the commu-
nity that has been a big part
of Lisa’s Crown and Hammer
since it reopened last November as well as helped grow,”
Maurer said. “We have high
hopes for this event and expect to sponsor it annually.”
Tickets are available
at Lisa’s Crown & Hammer
Restaurant & Pub, 3 Depot St.
Collinsville. For information,
call 860-693-9199.
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
TOWN PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION
Notice is hereby given that the Town Plan and Zoning Commission
took the following action on Monday, October 26, 2015:
Approved People’s Choice request for waive of Article IV, Section
5 for sale of alcohol for their business located at 45 South Main
Street, Unionville.
Approved modification of condition of approval number three as
requested in a letter dated September 11, 2015 from Kevin Keenan,
General Manager of Westfarms Mall.
Dated at Farmington, CT
October 28, 2015
TOWN PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION
Donald W. Doeg, Secretary
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iconic brands in the furniture industry, including;
Henredon, Drexel Heritage,
Sherrill, Bernhardt, Hekman, Howard Miller, Marge
Carson, Theodore Alexander, Caracole and Aireloom
Bedding. Boyles also houses
the area’s largest Oriental
rug gallery, with fine rugs
from around the world. All
rugs will be discounted by
65 percent.
“The Avon building
is in a prime real estate
market, so we have decided to sell the property and
reinvest in our hub area
near Mocksville, N.C.,” said
Rosenberg, chairman of the
board, Boyles Furniture &
Rugs.
Senior
Signals
By Stephen Allaire
Veteran’s Day Thanks and Information
With Veteran’s Day approaching, it is appropriate to thank those
who have served, and to remind veterans of programs that may be
available for them and their surviving spouses.
My family recently found letters from my father to my mother
in WWII, placing him at Guadalcanal and Rendova Island. He knew
it was luck of the draw if he returned, and the letters are short and
express hope of a life after the war. He wrote one letter on February 25, 1945, not knowing that I had been born that day. Censors
reduced my mother’s reply to “Baby born”. All dates and my name
were eliminated.
So from all of us who are privileged to be Americans, and who
enjoy the freedoms we have, such as free speech and the right to
vote, thank you. Those freedoms have allowed America’s democracy,
over the decades, to reduce barriers of race, religion, sexual orientation, and places of origin. Veteran’s service is one of the reasons
those freedoms prevail.
The VA has had some significant problems in recent years, but
here are some programs that are available, and do work. “Aid and
Attendance” can pay up to $21,456 per year for a single veteran, or
$25,440 per year for a married veteran, or $13,788 for the widow of
a veteran. The veteran must have served during wartime, which does
not mean in actual conflict, but during the dates set by Congress.
WWII is December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946. Korea is June
27, 1950 to January 31, 1955. Vietnam is August 5, 1964 to May 7,
1975, unless you are like a friend of mine who was not officially in
Vietnam between February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975. The Gulf war is
August 2, 1990 to the present.
The Aid & Attendance benefits are not paid just because a veteran or his widow needs money. It is paid if the veteran or his widow
needs care, such as help with bathing, dressing, and taking medications, and if medical expenses are high enough to reduce their
income below limits which change yearly. For example, if a single
veteran’s net income after medical expenses drops below $1,788 a
month, VA will pay money to bring him back up to $1,788. There is
also a formula for asset limits based on age, but in general countable assets should be below $80,000. This can make the difference
between being able to stay at home, or being forced into a nursing
home.
Here are some tidbits on Aid & Attendance: Family members,
but not the spouse, can be paid caregivers. Assisted living costs can
be reimbursed up to the limits. Your condition does not have to be
result of wartime services. VA compensation is tax free. The surviving spouse does not have to have been married to the veteran during
the time of war, but only married to the veteran and have been living
with the veteran for one year prior to his death. (Believe it or not,
this one year living requirement was established to prevent someone
from marrying a veteran at the last moment just to get VA benefits.
Not kidding.) Vietnam Veterans are presumed to have been exposed
to Agent Orange, and may be able to get benefits if they suffer from
various diseases such as Neuropathy, B Cell Leukemia, Hodgkin’s
disease, Parkinson’s, or Respiratory Cancers such as lung cancer.
A very dear friend, Rear Admiral Kevin Delaney, originally from
Wolcott, Connecticut, and US Naval Academy in 1968, flew 686 combat missions in support of Seals and Navy Reserve forces and Army
Special Forces. He won the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross,
and returned the most decorated officer in the U.S. Navy. He was
also a founder of the very worthwhile Wounded Warrior Project. He
passed away this year from lung cancer caused by Agent Orange. So
say a prayer of thanks for people like Kevin Delaney, and all those
veterans who have done their part.
Attorney Stephen O. Allaire is a partner in the law firm of Allaire
Elder Law, members of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys,
Inc., with offices at 271 Farmington Avenue, Bristol, (860) 259-1500,
or on the web at www.allaireelderlaw.com. If you have a question,
send a written note to Attorney Allaire at Allaire Elder Law, LLC, 271
Farmington Avenue, Bristol, CT 06010, and he may use your question in a future column.
November 5, 2015
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PRESSOPINION
Letter to the
EDITOR
Thanks to the
community
To the editor:
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VALLEY
The Simsbury Woman’s Club’s
annual Arts and Crafts Festival was
a great success again this year, and
the Festival Committee and club
members have many thanks to extend to the community.
This year, Maddie Gilkey joined
Ellie Hoffman (a nine-year veteran
as the festival co-chair) and Jean
Sumner (a five-year festival cochair) in organizing and pulling off
the event. Ms. Gilkey says it literally
“takes a Village to bring this Festival
to our beautiful community year
after year.” This was the SWC’s 46th
consecutive Arts and Crafts Festival.
Ms. Gilkey’s thanks extend
to the town of Simsbury’s departments that issue permits and reservations to facilitate the event, town
law enforcement, which the club
pays for during the Festival hours,
the installation of banners on Hopmeadow and Iron Horse Boulevard
and many other contributions. The
Festival co-chairwomen also thank
“local businesses and food providers” who supply food and beverages
for the event, post festival clean-up
businesses and the Simsbury United
Methodist Church Boy Scout Troup
174, who left the Festival site clean
and neat at the end of the event.
Club members give freely of
their time and energies to make the
event successful. The placement
of sandwich board signs throughout the area, the setting up of the
Festival grounds, the review and
selection of the Festival vendor
applications, and countless other
components are required to make
the Festival happen. The work
to make the Festival a success is
multi-faceted and endless, and the
three co-chairs of the event are very
grateful to all involved.
Perhaps most important, the
co-chairs are grateful to the quality vendors who share their talents
with the club’s Festival, and the
shoppers who come to the outdoor
market each year. The vendors and
shoppers are the event.
Money the Simsbury Woman’s Club raises through its Festival
is given back to the community
in the form of two scholarships to
Simsbury High School graduates,
and donations to local and regional
non-profit organizations such as the
Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance, the
Farmington Valley Visiting Nurses
Association, the Simsbury Social
Services Food Bank and Heating
Fuel Bank, and Hartford area soup
kitchens and homeless shelters.
540 Hopmeadow St.
Simsbury, CT 06070
Phone: 860-651-4700
Fax: 860 606-9599
Letters to the EDITOR
Safety of resident’s streets must be a priority
To the editor:
I would like to comment on your recent article and editorial about traffic issues on High
Street. Although our petition to the Traffic Review Board in May of this year consisted of mainly residents of our street, we are concerned about
the overall traffic problem throughout our town.
The fact is that High Street and other residential streets in Farmington village are being
used as thoroughfares by commuters from other towns, who do not feel they have reasonable
options to travel through our town. Residential
streets should not be used as high volume thoroughfares, making them unsafe for residents –
especially children – and visitors alike.
And I do agree that the traffic pattern all
over our town, including Farmington village,
needs to be comprehensively studied and a plan
developed to manage traffic.
The traffic will only get worse as the new
Gateway Center development moves forward. I
understand that the geographical location of our
town is challenging, due to our proximity to I-84
and the number of businesses within our borders. There must be a workable solution for redirecting the traffic that currently goes through
our town, putting less pressure on our residential
streets.
Traffic data should be gathered and analyzed, and then recommendations made to the
town and the state government. I believe our
town government is already working on this, and
I am looking forward to future improvements so
that all of our residential streets are safe.
YY Shin
Farmington resident
Listen to the citizens on Avon center plan
To the editor:
Thanks to Sloan Brewster for her report on
the town meeting in Avon. While I appreciate her
report does note that two voices spoke in favor of
development, we need to listen to the residents not
the extremely small minority of two with a myopic
or out-of-town agenda.
The meeting room was filled and overflowing
with residents against the current proposal: more
than 98 town residents were in attendance with
many giving up getting inside due to the inadequate space allowed for this public hearing on a
controversial and ill-conceived project. Most of the
participants were against the plan as presented by
the developer from Rhode Island. The developer’s
presentation was focused on a portion of the development, which the attendees were not in favor of.
Kudos to the planning and zoning for expressing what we all thought: what we were shown did
not represent anything that looked like a town center. It was a huge commercial development with
residential spaces limited to apartments to be built
next to the Evergreen Cemetery. The apartment
complex, with a club house and pool bordering the
cemetery property, plans for high-end apartments
three stories high. The Forest Mews condo community would be looking at the back end of two box
stores with truck parking and all that goes with it.
Submitted by Sally Summa
The supposed center as proposed is nothing more
on behalf of SWC
than a huge parking lot with all night lighting. This
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November 5, 2015
is not a town center. This is not what has been previously approved.
Interesting that the one big voice in favor was a
Simsbury resident. Of note here is that the residents
of Simsbury and their planning and zoning recently disapproved one box store on Route 10. Here we
heard of the possibility of two box stores as well as
hundreds of thousands more square feet of office
and retail crammed into wetlands and roads that
cannot handle the traffic that might follow. Route
44 on any given day is already a parking lot during
morning and evening rush hour. Climax Road cannot handle what Route 10 could not accommodate.
I sincerely hope Mr. Hiram Peck and the rest
of the planning and zoning are listening to the residents of Avon, not an out-of-town developer who
is prepared to overlook what the citizens want. The
residents want a town center that works for them.
Let’s not throw away our opportunity to do this
right. Let’s leave a legacy of responsible and forward
thinking development of our precious environment
that helps the town, the residents and business all
feel proud of what we do.
Traffic studies have not been conducted, unless you count the absurdity of two guys in a lawn
chair on a Saturday afternoon on Climax Road giving it their best. Then again, absurd is a good word
for the whole project.
Patricia Ackman
Avon resident
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Matters
By Scott Gray
Photos by David Heuschkel
Navva Sidigh (11) scored three consecutive goals in the first half to
lead Farmington to a 4-1 win over Avon in the final regular season
match Oct. 29 at Fisher Meadows. Farmington (13-3) won its most
games in the regular season since 2007 (13-0-3) and is a team to
watch in the Class L tournament, which starts Nov. 9.
A first for Canton volleyball
David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Some
miscommunication at the administrative level resulted in the Canton girls
volleyball team playing five
matches in five days last week.
Initially scheduled to
play three matches on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
the Warriors had to shoehorn
opponents Med-Ed Prep and
Public Safety into Tuesday and
Thursday because the magnet
schools had to play in their
conference tournament this
week.
This was no big deal to
first-year coach Eileen Holden, who is used to making the
75-minute drive from New
Milford to Canton – either for
matches or practice – five days
a week. Besides, making the
state tournament for the first
time in the five-year history of
the program is a bigger deal.
Canton secured a berth in
the Class S tournament with
3-0 wins over Med-Ed Prep and
Public Safety last week. The victories guarantee the Warriors
of at least a .400 winning percentage, the minimum requirement to qualify.
At 8-10 with two games
left, the Warriors achieved the
most wins in the program’s
short history. Canton began as
a JV club in 2011 and went 0-16
the following season, its first as
a varsity squad. The team won
three matches in 2013 under
Helen Treacy and went 4-16
with Samantha Brady-Harraden at the helm a year ago.
Holden took over this fall
after coaching the freshman
volleyball team at New Milford
High the last two years. Prior to that, the former softball
player at Central Connecticut
State University admits she
had little knowledge of the
sport. She was a three-sport
athlete – soccer, basketball,
softball – at St. Margaret’s
See VOLLEYBALL on page 26
Farmington wins game, Avon takes title
David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
In the anticipated rematch between the Avon and
Farmington soccer teams last
week, both the Falcons and Indians walked off Al Bell Field
at Tunxis Mead Park as winners.
A goal by senior Evan
Hughes in the closing seconds
gave Farmington a 2-1 victory that avenged a loss to its
neighboring rival earlier this
fall. However, as the result of
the tiebreaker, Avon was declared the division champion
and thus earned a spot in the
Central Connecticut Conference tournament.
Farmington and Avon
both finished 9-1 against CCC
Central/White division op-
ponents. The first tiebreaker
– head-to-head competition –
did not apply since the teams
split two games. Neither did
the second tiebreaker – overall
wins vs. division opponents –
because the teams each had
nine wins.
Avon won by the third tiebreaker – least goals against
vs. division opponents. The
Falcons gave up four goals
in 10 games, one fewer than
Farmington. It didn’t matter
that Avon (11-5 overall) had
one fewer win than Farmington (12-2-2), or Farmington
had three fewer losses.
“The good news is we
don’t have to play in the CCC
tournament,”
Farmington
coach Steve Waters said.
Waters is among the CCC
coaches who are opposed to
having a conference tournament because he believes
playing up to three additional
games – quarterfinals, semis,
final – over five days is too
much soccer for players. His
team won the inaugural one
in 2013 and went on to win its
second straight Class L state
championship.
“I think it got too convoluted with the multiple divisions. I think this will prove
that,” Waters said.
From a competitive
standpoint, Waters was
not a fan of the CCC realignment from four divisions to six. The way the
scheduling
was setup,
Farmington,
the only
Photo by
David Heuschkel
Farmington senior
Evan Hughes
See BOTH WINNERS on page 25
I make regular weekly visits to the Dunkin’
Donuts Park site in Hartford to check the
progress of the new home for the Eastern
League Yard Goats.
I’ll have an update later in this column.
One of my concerns since the project was
first announced hasn’t changed. The clock is
ticking. Ironically, it was ticking louder in June
of 2014 than it is now.
I brought up the ticking clock the day of
the announcement, pointing out to city council members that all they had was council approval, yet to be approved by the citizenry, for
developing a site that had yet to sniff a shovel.
Though I was told my ticking clock analogy
was ridiculous, I seriously doubt I was the
only one aware of the hurdle public hearings
can be. Hearing from citizens unhappy about
feeling the hand of government in their pockets again wouldn’t make for a peaceful summer, and on the day of the announcement, it
was probably accurate to say that clock had
already wound down to 18 months before a
single day had passed. I was a skeptic.
By the end of summer, however, it was
evident, ready or not, the project was moving
ahead. There were still obstacles. Nobody, it
appeared, had given serious thought to cost
overruns, which did enter the equation in
the early stages of construction. Be that as it
may, during an appearance on Fox-61’s Stan
Simpson Show, while falling short of giving
the project my full endorsement, I did say
they’d reached the point of no return, the stadium would be built, no guarantee it would be
on time, and the Yard Goats (nee Rock Cats)
would eventually play there. I still believed it
would take more than a stadium to make the
site a linchpin between downtown and the
North End.
Red flags flew when I chatted with city
councilman Ken Kennedy in the green room
prior to a subsequent appearance on the
Simpson Show. Kennedy had already splintered his focus from the stadium to another
project, a multimillion dollar renovation of
Dillon Stadium to attract a North American
Soccer League team. Ambitious, I thought,
for a city government pledging not one penny
more for the baseball stadium that was in the
no-bid contract with Centerplan Construction.
The scenario became more troubling when
we taped the show and I cited clauses in
the contract between the city and Yard Goats
owner Josh Solomon that Kennedy wasn’t
aware of, including one requiring the city to
pay a premium to Solomon for every day from
30 days prior to the Goats first scheduled
game in the stadium is not ready for occupancy.
See GRAY MATTERS on page 26
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Granby volleyball: Two titles is the goal
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Coventry and Granby Memorial were the
top two girls volleyball teams in the NCCC
standings heading into their Nov. 2 rematch.
The way Granby coach David Sprowson saw
it, his team was in a win-win situation regardless of the outcome.
If Granby came out on top, it would
mean the Bears avenged a loss to the Patriots
earlier this fall. If Granby lost, Sprowson feels
it would only make his players hungrier and
perhaps Coventry a bit overconfident if the
teams were to meet a third time in the NCCC
tournament championship this weekend.
“Like I’ve been saying to the girls, it’s not
even about the second time we play Coventry. It’s about who gets the banner at the end,
who gets the plaques,” Sprowson said. “We
want to beat them in NCCCs more than we
want to beat them [in the regular season].
We’ve beaten them before.”
Granby hung its first state championship banner in volleyball last fall and picked
up its first NCCC tournament championship
plaque. The Bears beat the Patriots in both
regular season matches last fall. And in the
2013 season opener, Granby ended Coventry’s
76-match winning streak.
Coventry, a Class S team, and the three
other teams – Lyman Memorial, Torrington
and SMSA – that beat Granby in the regular season are in different classes than the
Bears, who will begin defending of their Class
M state title starting next week. First-round
games are scheduled Nov. 9.
Of the teams that Granby lost to, SMSA
stands out as the biggest surprise. The Bears
won the first match 3-1 but dropped the rematch by the same score.
Sprowson said his team used the second
match to work on certain areas that would
put the Bears in a position to repeat as NCCC
and state champions. So prior to that match he
asked his players if they’d rather win that match
or use it as a springboard for improvement.
“We waste our opportunities [to improve] with our opponents a lot,” Sprowson
said. “We go back to old habits when we get in
game mode and we don’t execute the changes we want to see. We can play a half-decent
game if we go back to what we’re comfortable
with. It’s not going to be what gets us to the
end game.
“I was actually very proud of that [loss
to SMSA]. They came into the huddle at the
end of the game and half of them were in
tears. I was like, ‘Ladies, I’m happy with how
we played today. I was [upset] on Friday with
our win.’ Then the gears were turning because
we played poorly on Friday and won and we
played well and lost today.”
The loss to SMSA came one day after
Granby lost to Torrington, one of the top
teams in Class L. The Bears ended the first
half of the season with consecutive losses
to Lyman Memorial and Coventry, two contenders in Class S. Granby was 8-2 at the
midway point.
Around that time, Sprowson asked
his players what would define a successful
season: the overall record of how the team
performs in November?
“We really got to start talking about what
we wanted to be. The girls are all on-board,”
he said. “We’re working toward the end goal,
the end of the season. We want banners, we
want plaques. We want to be able to say this
is a completely new team, but a strong program. We did it again. We have the tools to do
it. We just have to bring up the consistency.”
Sprowson said the team has improved
its serve percentage. The passer ratings and
side out percentage have also gone up.
“It’s a rush to get as good as you can be.
We’re not going to settle for anything,” he said
after a 3-0 win over Canton last week. “We
want to keep pushing to improve our numbers all the time. If we can get up to near
perfect, that’s what we want to do. A big mentality of the program the last two
years was we don’t want
to leave any point up
to anyone but ourselves. We want
to determine
the outcome
of
every
point.”
Photo by
David Heuschkel
Granby senior
Brianna Hoyt
Avon girls repeat
Photos by David Heuschkel
Elizabeth Krenicky
Solomon Davis
Led by winner Ryley Higgins, the Avon girls cross H-K had four runners among the top nine to beat
country team won its second state championship Canton by 116 points.
The Canton girls had also had a strong showing,
and third in the past four years at the Class MM
finishing third in SS. Emily Briggs was 11th
meet Oct. 31 at Wickham Park in Manchester.
(20:25), beating her time last year
Higgins, a senior, finished the 5K race in 19
by 16 seconds, and Bella Magna
minutes, 57 seconds – 1:25 faster than her
finished 14th (20:56). The thirdtime a year ago – and the Falcons had
place team finish by the Warriors
62 points to beat runner-up RHAM (73)
was the highest since the 2008
and 17 other teams. Sophomore Sarteam came in third. …Farmingah Leavens was the second Avon
ton sophomore Julia Furmanek
runner to cross the finish line,
finished in eighth place (20:14) in
coming in ninth place (20:43). Juthe Class L race. She was 31st
nior Christina Martin (14th, 21:18),
(21:45) as a freshman last year.
freshman Caroline Luby (17th, 21:30)
In the Class LL boys, Simsbury
and junior Gabriella Colletti (26th,
sophomore Solomon Davis made
21:53) rounded out the top five
huge strides with a 15th-place
who scored points for the Falcons.
finish (16:29). He finished 77th
There were 138 finishers.
(17:57) last year.
Elsewhere at the cross country
Lewis Mills freshman Elizabeth
championships, the Canton boys
Krenicky finished 18th overall
were runner-up behind Hadd(21:12) with teammate Kaitlin
am-Killingworth in Class SS for
Sulek (21:17) right behind.
the second year in a row. CanIn the team standings, the
ton senior Jake Whittingslow was
Spartans were eighth out of
sixth overall (17:18), shaving 10
18 teams.
seconds off his 2014 time, but
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David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
In the ensuing days and weeks after
a 1-3 start, Granby Memorial boys soccer
coach Dave Emery continually reminded his
players this is a quality team. A few tweaks
would make the Bears even better, he told
them. Win, lose or tie, he reiterated that
message.
Sure enough, just as Emery predicted,
the Bears improved from the beginning
of the year. Perhaps the most telling sign
was a 1-0 win over Ellington last week
in which Granby avenged a loss to the Purple Knights back in September.
Emery said moving sophomore Ben
Ranicar up to midfield from back four
games into the season has been a “huge
plus.” Emery compared it to finding the final piece of a puzzle.
The switch made the Bears a better
defensive team and allowed them to utilize Ranicar’s ability to distribute the ball
to forwards.
“We had some younger guys in key positions that weren’t in those key positions
at the beginning of the year. I just didn’t
have a handle on what we were capable
of doing,” Emery said. “We just feel much
more confident now. We really feel like
we’ve settled in. We feel like we’re going
to score, we feel like there’s a good chance
BOTH WINNERS
from page 23
Class LL team in the CCC Central/White
division, played four inferior teams –
Weaver Bulkeley, Windsor, and Northwest Catholic – twice and won all eight
games by an aggregate score of 54-2.
The victory over Avon was “our first
significant win” of the season, Waters
said. Farmington’s other three wins were
against teams with a combined record of
24-19-5 in the regular season.
“It didn’t work for us. It’s too much
mental lapse in between competitive
games,” Waters said.
Avon’s two most significant wins were
against Hall and Farmington, both by
2-0 scores. Not surprisingly, coach Da-
Photo by David Heuschkel
Granby’s Adam Holden has the ball knocked away by Ellington keeper Bailey Bassett.
we can shut somebody out or maybe give
up one.”
In its one-goal win over Ellington on
Oct. 27, Granby was very good at both
ends. They were also lucky on offense.
The only goal was the result of what
Emery described as a “brilliant buildup”
with a number of “quality, incisive passes”
as the Bears moved the ball from one side
of the field to the other.
Senior Owen White sent a cross into
the box. The ball was misplayed by an Ellington player and wound up in the net for
an own goal in the first half.
The Bears made it stand up for their
first win over the Purple Knights since
2012. Ellington defeated Granby 1-0 earlier this fall and had won four straight between the teams since the start of the 2013
season.
With the win, Granby improved to
8-4-2 and moved up three spots to No. 13
in the CIAC Class M playoff rankings. The
top 16 seeds will play at least one home
match in the tournament, starting with
first-round games Nov. 10. Ellington (7-44), which won the M state title last year,
dropped to No. 18.
“It should help us a lot in terms of
having that first home game, which is a
real joy,” Emery said. “I think it’s just reward for a well-played season to have one
home game in the tournament.”
vid Zlatin said the first half against Hall
was the best 40 minutes his team played
this season and the best overall game by
the Falcons was their win over Farmington.
“The second half of the year we played
very well against some big teams,” Zlatin
said.
Zlatin embraced the opportunity of
potentially playing some big teams in the
conference tournament. At the start of
the season, however, he felt playing extra games would not be beneficial to his
squad.
“But I think [winning the division]
kind of legitimizes our season,” he said.
“That we came here from the NCCC, people were probably wondering what’s Avon
going to do in the CCC, and we’re division champs. I look at it as bonus soccer.
It’s soccer you get to play without a lot of
pressure on you. It doesn’t affect your state
ranking.”
Farmington and Avon played an identical schedule, save for one uncommon opponent, in the regular season. Farmington
beat RHAM 3-0; Avon beat Plainville 3-1 in
overtime.
Avon, which beat Farmington 2-0 in
the first match, needed to avoid losing
by two goals and being shutout to win
the division. In the end, the highlight goal
by Avon senior Jack Keenan that tied it
at 1 with 28 ½ minutes left in the second
half proved to be the difference. Keenan
took a ball and burst through two defend-
ers into the front third, sending a shot into
the net.
“Jack’s goal in the second half in terms
of all the complicated tiebreakers was
huge for us,” Zlatin said. “We don’t like
to lose. Getting Jack’s goal and not being
shutout put us on a good path to be division champs.”
Farmington pressed for the goahead goal late and got the gamewinner when Jared Lomangino ran down a
ball to the right of the box and sent a ball
toward the net. Hughes booted it past
goalie Danny Magrini with 7.8 seconds
left.
“We were playing for character,”
Waters said. “I think that’s what we did.
We showed that.”
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Under first-year coach Eileen Holden, the Canton High girls volleyball team came together on and off the court. The Warriors
qualified for the state tournament for the first time.
VOLLEYBALL
from page 23
McTernan, a private school in
Waterbury.
Holden, who is the varsity softball coach at New Milford High, received a call from Canton Athletic
Director Craig DeAngelis about an
opening as volleyball coach. The two
are CCSU alums. DeAngelis convinced Holden to accept the job.
“Obviously, I had to learn the
sport before I started coaching [the
freshman team at New Milford],”
Holden said. “But even before I went
into my first freshman season, I didn’t
know rotation. I didn’t even know
there were positions in volleyball.
I knew there were six players on
the court and that was it. My varsity
coach stayed with me for six weeks
on the court while I ran practice. He
taught me rotations. I sat on the varsity bench and just learned. We went
to clinics over the summer together.”
Holden said she has brought a
“large school mentality” to Canton
and believes being an outsider –
someone who isn’t a teacher, parent
of a student, or a town resident – has
benefited her.
Holden adheres to the same
philosophies as coaching her softball
team at New Milford. She expects
players to practice vigorously and
have high expectations. She wants
them to come together as a team,
both on and off the court.
In October, Canton players participated in the Path of Hope 5K walk
at Hammonasset State Park to benefit the CT Brain Tumor Alliance and
as a show of support for 11-year-old
Morgan Platt of Avon as she has gone
through her fight against the disease.
“Just coming together as a team
[off the court] has brought us together on the court,” Holden said.
Another win for Lewis Mills football
The Lewis Mills football team
used big plays – on offense and defense
– in a 27-7 win over Old Saybrook/
Westbrook Oct. 31 in Burlington.
The Spartans improved to 3-3,
setting a school record for the most
wins in one season. The team played
its first varsity season in 2010.
Mills scored three touchdown in
the first quarter, taking a 19-0 lead.
Quarterback Trevor Baker hooked
up with Lucas Lanning on a 41-yard
touchdown reception and Tyler Mello recovered a fumble in the end zone
to make it 13-0. Collin Kennedy’s 57yard touchdown run capped the scor-
ing in the quarter.
Baker completed 7 of 15 passes
for 180 yards, including a 77-yard
touchdown pass to Matt Rinkus in
the third quarter. Rinkus had 114 receiving yards.
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Farmington senior Cheray Saunders has committed
to play college basketball at Nova Southeastern University
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She will sign a letter of intent
in November. NSU, a Division II school, was ranked
No. 3 in the preseason poll of the Women’s DII Bulletin.
The Sharks have advanced to the NCAA tournament Elite 8
each of the last three seasons.
Michaels Cup schools
Canton, Lewis Mills, Northwest Catholic and Simsbury
were among 20 high schools in Connecticut to be selected
as Michaels Achievement Cup exemplary programs for
the 2014-15 academic year. The announcement was
made Oct. 27 by the CIAC, the governing body for high
school sports in the Connecticut.
The Michaels Cup recognizes the outstanding
achievement of athletic programs in sportsmanship,
participation, athletic scholarship, athletic personnel,
equity, chemical free initiates and athletic achievement.
The schools will be honored at the CIAC Sportsmanship
Conference Nov. 19 at the AquaTurf in Southington.
GRAY MATTERS
from page 23
It was troubling because Kennedy had a vote on the proposal, I
did not.
The most optimistic members of the city council would be hard
pressed to say the project has progressed seamlessly. Infrastructure
costs have gone $12 million over the approved budget. True to their
word, the council refused to increase funding. Instead, cuts to the
facility were drawn up, including downgrading automatic toilets to
manual flush and removing the roof from the right field stands. Solomon felt automatic toilets were necessary enough to pick up the cost
difference. We’ll let the fans check in on the value of the roof after
sundrenched or rainy-day games.
This project’s real ticking clock, from day one, was held by Mother
Nature. You don’t install a field in March and play on it in April. It has
to be in place in the fall, allowing it to sit under a blanket of New
England winter before playing on it. When the clock strikes Dec. 1 an
alarm goes off. It wasn’t until my latest visit that I deemed it possible
to meet that most important milestone before the work moves inside
for the winter. The field is far from in place but, for the first time,
I saw heavy equipment moved from the surface where it will go.
There’s still a lot of equipment and construction material to move,
but the focus is where it should be with loam being spread, graded
and leveled. For the first time since I started accessing the project on
a regular basis I believe they’ll bring it in on time and the Yard Goats
will have a home for their April 7th opener.
That’s not to say I’m no longer a skeptic. There’s the other part of
that “If you build it” equation. Will they come? Who knows? Maybe
they can prove me wrong a second time.
Then, of course, there’s that soccer stadium deal. If you’ve
followed the developments you know that’s scary, criminally scary,
with city money going to a developer who turned out to be little
more than a con man. This one doesn’t get built, nor should it.
People who promoted it should lose their jobs.
Athletes of the Week A milestone for Simsbury volleyball coach
David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Connor Kennedy
Lewis Mills Football
Also plays: Lacrosse
Will attend: Johnson & Wales University
Keys to success: “Everyone needs to have a positive attitude,
and mental toughness.”
Honors: 2014 Defensive MVP for football team,
two-year captain of lacrosse team
Words that describes me as an athlete: Mentally tough
My motto: TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More
Pre-game ritual: Listen to music
My breakfast of champions: Team breakfasts at my house
– pancakes, bagels and water
Favorite snack: Carrots with ranch dressing
Favorite meal: Steak with mashed potatoes and A1 Steak Sauce
Favorite movie: “The Wolf of Wall Street”
A famous person I met: Eli Manning
My must-see TV show: “The Walking Dead”
TV show character who cracks me up: Michael from “The Office”
Favorite pro team: Philadelphia Eagles
Dream job: Police officer
Dream vacation: Punta Cana
Dream car: Dodge Challenger
My time machine is set to…: “The ‘90s so I could experience
the whole East Coast/West Coast rap beef.”
My three dinner guests would be: Tupac, Mike Vick
and Bam Margera
Dan Franczek cannot
believe he’s going to be 60
years old next year. He recently reached a coaching
milestone, one that ends
with two zeroes, when his
Simsbury girls volleyball
team beat Wethersfield.
It was the 300th coaching win for Franczek, who
took over the volleyball program in the fall of 1978 when
his predecessor, Sylvia Corley,
abruptly quit in midseason.
“She only coached for
a half season and the girls
drove her out of town. The
kids and parents drove her
out of town,” Franczek recalled last week after picking
up his 302nd win, an easy
straight-sets victory (25-5,
25-8, 25-5) over Bulkeley that
felt more like a practice than
a regular season match.
Franczek has logged a
ton of mileage over the past
37 years. The lifelong resident of Chicopee, Mass., was
a longtime math teacher at
Simsbury High before retiring from the full-time position in 2014. After taking a
year off, he has returned to
the classroom in a part-time
capacity this fall.
Some simple arithmetic
shows that Franczek is approaching another coaching
milestone if you factor in the
number of victories he’s had
as a varsity basketball coach
for 30 years, including 13
with the Simsbury girls hoop
team in which he accumulated 163 wins. He was also a
boys basketball coach for 17
years in his native Chicopee.
“We’re closing in on
600,” he said, estimating he’s
around 590. “For me, what’s
important is that I’m still
Simsbury girls volleyball coach Daniel Franczek recently surpassed 300 coaching wins with the
Trojans, who finished 13-6 to earn a first-round home match in the Class LL state tournament.
able to do this and the kids
are great kids and we have
fun. I think we compete.
That’s a good thing.”
Franczek has had two
stints as Simsbury volleyball
coach, the first from 197894. He took one year off to
attend grad school. He’s
spent so much of his adult
life in Simsbury, making the
45-minute commute from
Chicopee, that he’s taught
some kids and their parents.
He’s even coached a mother
and her daughter.
Nancy Perrotta played
for Franczek when she attended Simsbury High in the
early 1980s. Her two daughters, Laura and Julia, also
played on Franczek’s teams
after he returned to coach
volleyball in 2006, reuniting
him with Nancy, who has
since served as the JV coach
and varsity assistant.
Nancy Perrotta said
Franczek has mellowed
“quite a bit” since she was a
team captain and All-Confer-
ence player her senior year at
Simsbury, class of ’83.
“He was a young coach
then; he was in his 20s. He’s
also used to being a basketball coach,” she said. “In basketball you’re really loud and
you scream at the officials.
It’s all boys and you’re all up
in their grill. Back then it
used to be different. Coaches would yell at you and you
wouldn’t take it personal.
Now you can’t [yell].
“For girls in volleyball,
you have to stay really quiet.
It’s like tennis. You can’t coach
the same. This is a different
culture, and they are girls, so
they take things a little bit
more personally. When I was
young I didn’t take it personally because I knew it always
came from a good place.”
When she was playing
in high school, Perrotta vividly
recalls getting an earful from
Franczek in the weight room.
She was dealing with a personal
issue and Franczek was merely
looking out for her best interests
in a tough-love manner.
“What people need to understand is he always comes
from a good place,” she said.
“He’s not trying to be mean, belittling or anything like that. He
tries to get the best out of you.
I was highly competitive and I
was probably mouthy a little bit.”
Franczek said being a father to five children has helped
him relate to players and
appeal to the sensibilities of
teens. Being in the classroom
around teenagers allows him
to appeal to their sensibilities.
“It’s just a matter of staying in touch with the kids
and making sure you understand what’s important for
them, and having fun,” he
said. “The bottom line is treat
the kids the right way, they’ll
treat you the right way. You
can do it. I enjoy it. I enjoy being out here with the kids. It
kind of keeps me young, too. I
don’t feel like I’m 59 years old.
I can’t believe I’m 59 years
old. I can’t believe I started
this when I was 22 years old.”
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Canton Field Hockey
Other sports: Basketball and lacrosse
Will attend: Muhlenberg College
Key to success: “Maintaining a positive attitude.”
Honors: Lacrosse All-Conference, Academic All-American,
Brown Book Award
One word that describes me as an athlete: Determined
Favorite quote: “Let’s do this” – my travel basketball team
My breakfast of champions: Oatmeal with berries
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Valley Press
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Farmington outlasts Granby
in field hockey thriller
By Matt Monitto
Correspondent
Granby and Farmington have consistently played close field hockey matches
over the last decade. The most recent one,
played Oct. 28, was no different.
Farmington made the most of its one
shot as Sarah Muller’s goal was the difference in a 1-0 win over the Bears.
“I thought that we dominated the
game, but their kids took advantage of
the few opportunities they had,” Granby
coach Sandy Wickman Mason said.
Mason, who has been coaching
Granby field hockey for 13 years, said
her team has played Farmington each of
those seasons. The non-conference series
goes back even further.
Farmington coach Nell Andrews, in
her 14th year, said, “When I first took over
we were in an independent league, so we
scheduled games with anyone we could.
We kept them on the schedule because
it’s been really good competition for us.”
The competition was strong Thursday. Granby had six shots but was unable
to score after having several chances at
the end of the game. With no time left
on the clock, the Bears were awarded a
penalty corner. The game cannot end on
a corner, so Granby would get four more.
After the fifth corner, Farmington
seniors Elizabeth Gurski cleared the ball
out of the circle to end the game.
Farmington’s sole opportunity came
with just over 10 minutes left. A midfielder found Muller open near the goal, and
she knocked the ball in.
“She’s been consistently strong for us
this season, and she was down there just
ready,” Andrews said. “The midfielder was
able to see her there and get the ball down
to her perfectly. She was just in the right
place at the right time.”
With the win, Farmington improves
to 11-2 while the loss drops Granby to 122-1. Both teams will be high seeds in their
respective state tournaments.
“We always have intense matches
against each other,” Andrews said. “We
have competitive teams, and we know it’s
going to be a big battle for us. So it’s been
fun to have that rivalry, you could say, between us, and the kids always rise to the
occasion and play hard.”
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Crew is a big sport in the Farmington Valley, and there are numerous former scholastic athletes
who are now on their respective collegiate rowing teams. Audrey Kelley (Simsbury ’12), a senior
on the UConn women’s rowing team, is the stroke on the Huskies’ varsity women’s A boat that
placed second at the Head of the Riverfront in Hartford Oct. 4. Sierra Mazur (Avon ’14), a sophomore, rowed in the No. 4 spot on the B boat that placed fourth at the competition. … Maggie
Grigely (Simsbury ’15) is a freshman on the University of New Hampshire women’s soccer team.
Grigely has seen some significant playing time in her first year playing Division I soccer, appearing in six matches, including two starts as a defender. She played all 90 minutes of a 1-0 victory
over Albany Oct. 4. She also played 93 minutes in a 2-1 loss to Maine Oct. 15. … Mackenzie
Brower (Granby Memorial ’12), a senior on the Eastern Connecticut State University field hockey
team, helped the Warriors earn a berth in the Little Eastern Conference playoffs by scoring a goal
off a penalty shot in a 2-0 victory over Westfield State University Oct. 20. It was Brower’s third
goal of the year and helped Eastern improve its record to 8-6 on the year, including a 6-3 record
in the LEC. Also at Eastern, Danny Manfredi’s (Farmington ’13) men’s soccer team improved to
12-2-1 on the year with a 4-0 victory over Southern Maine Oct. 17. Manfredi, who is one of just
four players to start all 15 games for the Warriors, has helped lead the team to a No. 4 NCAA Division III New England Regional ranking. … Conor Lanahan (Avon ’12), a senior defender on the
Brandeis University men’s soccer team, scored his second goal of the year in a 4-2 victory over
Carnegie Mellon on Oct. 3. Lanahan, who was named D3Soccer.com First Team All-American
and Defender of the Year in 2014, has helped lead the Judges to a 12-2-1 record on the year. …
Emily Stone (Granby Memorial ’13), a junior at Hartwick College, is a point guard on the Hawks’
women’s basketball team. … Sarah Lipinski (Farmington ’15), a freshman middle hitter on the
University of St. Joseph volleyball team, still ranks second on the team in kills (132) and digs
(210) after 23 matches. Her play has led the Blue Jays to a 10-13 record.
Two former Farmington Valley scholastic athletes were in on one important goal for the Holy
Cross field hockey team. With the Crusaders tied 1-1 against Dartmouth in the second half Oct. 28,
Haley Makuch (Granby Memorial ’12) fed Kaitlyn Murray (Farmington ’12) with a pass off a penalty
corner. Murray fired a shot into the back of the cage to give the Crusaders a 2-1 lead. Holy Cross
went on to win 3-2 to improve its record to 8-9. Murray has two goals and five assists on the year,
while Makuch has one goal and four assists. Holy Cross was scheduled to head into the conference
playoffs last weekend. … Jackson Morrow (Lewis S. Mills ’15), a freshman on the Stevenson University cross country team, is having quite an inaugural campaign. On Oct. 12, Morrow was named
Atlantic Conference Runner of the Week for his performance in the Goucher Invitational. According
to a press release, Morrow placed second in the 8K race with a time of 29:34.3, leading his team to
its first-ever victory at the meet. He also placed second at the first-ever Shannon Henretty Memorial
Twilight Meet in October. He finished the 4K race in 13:01.33, leading the Mustangs to another meet
victory. … Mary Anderson (Granby Memorial ‘14), a sophomore on the University of Saint Joseph
cross country team, placed 45th in the at the Western New England Invitational Oct. 17 with a time
of 21:44 in the 5K race. Anderson helped the Blue Jays to a fourth place finish out of 16 teams at the
meet. In addition to Anderson, sophomore Alexi Beaulieu (Lewis S. Mills ’14) and freshman Anna
Kleis (Granby Memorial ’15) are members of the team. Also at the University of St. Joseph, Amanda
Van Buren (Lewis S. Mills ’14) is a sophomore defender on the soccer team. She scored a goal
and had an assist in a 16-0 victory over Medgar Evers Oct. 26. She has appeared in six games this
season for the 9-7-1 Blue Jays. … Casey Hunt (Granby Memorial ’15), a freshman on the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute volleyball team, had a team-high 19 kills to go along with 17 digs in a 3-2 loss to
Clark on Oct. 27. Hunt, an outside hitter, leads the WPI, 19-7, with 239 kills in 26 matches. … Megan
Osanitsch (Lewis S. Mills ’11), a fifth-year senior on the Quinnipiac University field hockey team, had
an assist in a 3-1 loss to Monmouth Oct. 25. Osanitsch has four assists for the 7-10 Bobcats. She has
started all 17 matches as a defender.
Do you know of a former Farmington Valley scholastic athlete who is currently competing at the
collegiate level? If so, please contact Ted Glanzer at [email protected].
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AVON––––––––––––
Farmington Valley VNA blood pressure
screenings, no appt. needed, Thursday, Nov.
5, 12:15-1:45 p.m., at the Avon Public Library,
281 Country Club Road
First Friday Dinner Nov. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
at Avon Congregational Church, 6 West
Main St., chicken with lemons, garlic and
rosemary, $13/$7, dine in or take out, portion
of proceeds to benefit Food Share
Soup Supper Friday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m., at
Memorial United Methodist Church, 867
West Avon Road, free-will offering to benefit
Farmington Valley Hunger Collaborative food
packaging event, all welcome – five different
soups served, speaker Noora Brown from
Farmington Valley American Muslim Center
Football fundraiser for the Red White and
Blue Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m. – home football
game at Avon High School, all concession
sales, tickets sales, 50/50 raffle and donation
box to benefit Wounded Warrior Project
Avon Garden Club meeting Monday, Nov. 9,
luncheon at noon, followed by brief business
meeting and program by Kandie Carle,
“Dressing from Corset to Gloves: Edwardian
Era Fashion, Life and Etiquette,” seating
limited, guest reservations require $15 (860673-1362)
Avon and Canton Senior Centers and
Avon Organization sponsoring veterans
celebration Monday, Nov. 16, noon, hosted
by Avon Senior Center, 635 West Avon Road,
all welcome, cost $5 per person, sign up at
either senior center, with reservations and
payment by Monday, Nov. 9
BURLINGTON––––––-
Parks & Recreation fall programs
registration at www.burlingtonctparksandrec.
com:
• After School Ski and Snowboard at Ski
Sundown grades 5-12, registration deadline
Monday, Nov. 9
• Holiday Light Competition, enter online or
by mail by Dec. 15
Burlington Garden Club meeting Thursday,
Nov. 12, at the Brown-Elton Tavern, 781
George Washington Turnpike, business
meeting at 6:30 p.m., program by Amanda
Chase on “Growing and Dividing Dahlias” at
7 p.m., guests and new members welcome,
grab bag bulb
Burlington Historical Society Wreath
Contest theme: “North Pole Residents,”
entrance fee $5, submit wreaths Nov. 21,
2-6 p.m., at Tavern, 781 George Washington
Turnpike (860-673-6269)
CANTON––––––––––-
At the Canton Senior/Community Center,
40 Dyer Ave., 860-693-5811:
• Final program in Making It Meaningful:
Planning for the Future educational series
Thursday, Nov. 5 at 4:30 p.m., Hospice &
Palliative Care: Making Informed Decisions,
sign up
• AARP Smart Driver Safety Course Monday,
Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Conference Room F,
sign up
• Fraud Protection Workshop Monday, Nov. 9,
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., hosted by state Rep. Tim
LeGeyt and Sen. Kevin Witkos, lunch free of
charge, sign up as seating is limited, guest
speakers from AARP and Commissioner
John Harris from Department of Consumer
Protection
Dotson, bring $5, 5 food items for donation
and/or 5 friends or any combination of the
three
Native Americans of the Eastern
Woodlands Sunday, Nov. 8, 1-2:30 p.m.,
at Roaring Brook Nature Center, 70 Gracey
Road, 860-693-0263, $6/$8, ages 6 years
and up, pre-registration required – how the
native people lived in the eastern woodlands
600 years ago, visit the longhouse, prepare a
Native American snack, examine collection of
Native American tools and play the “deer &
hunter game
screenings, no appt. needed: Tuesday, Nov.
10, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at Town Hall, 40
Market St., and Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11:30
a.m.-1 p.m., at the Community Center, 40
Dyer Ave.
Flatbread fundraiser to support Canton
Land Conservation Trust Tuesday, Nov. 10,
5-9 p.m., at the Flatbread Company in the
Shoppes at Farmington Valley
NAMI support group meeting Wednesday,
Nov. 11, 10-11:30 a.m., at the Canton
Community Center, 40 Dyer Ave. (860-6939310, 860-371-8111)
Sponsor families in need for holidays with
Canton Social Services holiday gift giving
program; if interested in being sponsored or
sponsoring a family, contact the office at 860693-5811, ext. 6, by Friday, Nov. 6
Retirement reception in honor of Dick
Barlow Thursday, Nov. 12, 5-7 p.m., at La
Trattoria, tickets $30 at CAO office or by
mailing or dropping off payment to Town of
Canton, 4 Market St., Collinsville, 06022
Neighbors Helping Neighbors work day
Saturday, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., to
volunteer call Kathy Corkum at 860-6938612 or Cynthia Politano at 860-693-1210
Veterans Celebration Monday, Nov. 16,
noon, hosted by Avon Senior Center, $5,
reservations and payment by Nov. 9, with
checks made payable to “Town of Canton,”
P.O. Box 168, Collinsville, 06022, or in person,
indicate whether veteran or spouse of veteran
Favarh Family Support Children’s
Playgroup and Activity Club Saturday, Nov.
7, 10 a.m.-noon, at Favarh, 225 Commerce
Drive, for children ages 3-17, parents meet
at same time to discuss topics pertaining to
their children, contact Jean Miller at 860693-6662, ext. 128 to register
“Gimme 5”, exploring the issues of hunger
and food donations for all food pantry
donors, volunteers and clients Sunday, Nov.
8, 11 a.m.-noon, at St. Patrick’s Church,
7 Burlington Ave., Collinsville, with Teresa
Town of Canton Community Cookbooks
for sale at $10 a book, which includes 150
recipes, available at the Senior Center, the
library, town clerk’s office and the CAO’s
office
Medicare eligible open enrollment thru
Dec. 7, free counseling at Senior and Social
Services Department, call 860-693-5811 to
make appt.
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
[email protected]
FARMINGTON–––––--
At the UConn Health Center, 263 Farmington
Ave.:
• Free IVF Information Session Thursday, Nov.
5, 6-8:30 p.m., Cell and Genome Sciences
Building, 400 Farmington Ave., registration
required at 860-679-4580
• Bladder Cancer Support Group Saturday,
Nov. 7, 2-3 p.m., Onyiuke Dining Room (888901-BCAN)
• Free Hospital Maternity Tours Saturday,
Nov. 7, 2:30-3:30 p.m., main lobby, register
at 1-800-535-6232
• Free Discovery Series: “Exploring Memory
Disorders” Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2-4 p.m.,
Outpatient Pavilion, registration fee $30,
1-800-535-6232
Colonial Family Day: Bringing in the
Harvest Sunday, Nov. 8, 1-3:30 p.m., at the
Stanley-Whitman House, 37 High St., $3,
all ages – celebrate the harvest of crops in
the house’s gardens with activities of what
Colonial folk did with apples, pumpkins and
corn they grew, and tour the house
Paint Nite Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. at
Middlewoods of Farmington, 509 Middle
Road, with art instructor Heather Stachowiak,
cost $10 per person with all supplies included,
light refreshments at nominal charge, space
limited, RSVP to Ginny Brown at 860-2845700
Veterans Day dinner to support homeless
vets Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Farmington
Gardens, 999 Farmington Ave., 6 p.m.
cocktail hour (open bar), 7 p.m. dinner, with
special guest speaker Vietnam veterans and
author John Del Vecchio, $70 per person,
RSVP to 860-404-2819
Events at Farmington Senior Center, 321
New Britain Ave., Unionville, 850-675-2490,
ext. 3:
• Center closed Wednesday, Nov. 11 for
Veterans Day
• Need help with changing or selecting
Medicare Part D Plan? Call to schedule an
appt. with CHOICES counselor
• Cooking with Leslie Wednesday, Nov. 18,
10:30 a.m., fee $6, call center for menu
• Co-Ed Pool Mondays 10 a.m., Bridge
Tuesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m., American
Mah Jongg Wednesdays at 1 p.m.
“Faces from the Past – Unionville”
exhibit at the Unionville Museum, 15 School
St., Unionville, thru Sunday, Nov. 8, open
Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 2-4
p.m.
Farmington Chamber of Commerce and
Economic Development Commission
third annual Business Summit Wednesday,
Nov. 18, 7:30-11 a.m., at Hartford Marriott
Farmington, 15 Farm Springs Road, register
for sponsorship or to attend at www.
farmingtoncchamber.com (860-676-8490)
Five Corners Thrift Shop at the First Church
of Christ, 61 Main St., Unionville, open every
Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., offering
selection of fall/winter merchandise and
holiday decorations; holiday fair at the church
Nov. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
GRANBY––––––––––
screenings Thursday, Nov. 5, 11 a.m.-12:30
p.m., at the Granby Senior Center, 15C North
Granby Road
From Bach to Broadway: A Vocal
Feast Sunday, Nov. 15, 4 p.m., at South
Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook
St., part of Bruce Porter Memorial Music
Series, featuring soprano Michelle Fiertek,
baritone Robert Barefield and organist/pianist
Stephen Scarlato (860-653-7289).
SIMSBURY–––––––--
At the Simsbury Senior Center, Eno
Memorial Hall, 754 Hopmeadow St., 860658-3273:
•Informational meeting for people with low
vision Friday, Nov. 6, 10-11 a.m.
• Friday’s Café Lunch at Eno has ended
• Souper Tuesday Nov. 10, noon-1 p.m., sign
up
• Jewelry Making Workshop Monday, Nov. 9,
10 a.m.-3 p.m., cost $5, sign up
•Trips to Super WalMart, East Windsor,
Monday, Nov. 9
•No lunch served Nov. 11, Veterans Day
• USO Style Lunch with On Tap a cappella
group and movie “Unbroken” Thursday, Nov.
12, noon, at the Simsbury Library, sign up by
Monday, Nov. 9
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At the Library
Avon Public Library,
281 Country Club Road, 860-673-9712,
www.avonctlibrary.info:
• Understanding Financial Aid Thursday, Nov.
5, 7-8 p.m., with College Guy Tom Polowy,
M.S., a registered representative financial
adviser
• Evening Book Club, “Tell the Wolves I’m
Home” by Carol Rifka Brunt Thursday, Nov. 5,
7-8:30 p.m.
• The Woodford vs. Derrin Farms – Business
vs. Subsistence Farming with Janet Carville,
owner of Pickin’ Patch, Saturday, Nov. 7, 1-3
p.m.
• Nappy’s Puppets Sing-a-Long to celebrate
the library’s birthday Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m.,
all ages, drop in, cupcakes served
• Marriage Equality: past, present, future with
Anne Stanback Monday, Nov. 9, 7-8:30 p.m.
• Teen Nail Art Tuesday, Nov. 10, 3-4 p.m.
• Hunger Games Trivia Contest Round 1
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6:30-8 p.m., grades 6-12,
top 4 teens go to Round 2 Nov. 19 at the
Farmington Library, register only if able to
attend and get transportation to both events
• Movie Matinee Thursday, Nov. 12, 1:30-4
p.m., “An American in Paris”
• Kids Choice Book Club Thursday, Nov. 12,
4:15-5 p.m., “because of mr. terupt” by Rob
Buyea, grades 4-6
• International Film Series Thursday, Nov. 12,
6:30 p.m., “Golden Door,” story of a Sicilian
family’s journey to America, intro by film
professor Bob Kagan and group discussion
following the film
Burlington Library,
34
Library
Lane,
860-673-3331,
www.Burlingtonctlibrary.info:
• Homeschoolers Book Club Thursday, Nov.
5, 1 p.m., “Scrambled State of America” by
Laurie Keller
• TAC Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m.,
register
• Meet Crosby and Lucy, reading therapy
dogs, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 4:15-5:45 p.m., ages
4 and up, register for 15-minute slot
• The Unbirthday Party Tuesday, Nov. 10, 4:30
p.m., all ages, with Girl Scout Maeve Tucker
working on her Silver Award, decorating
birthday bags, register
• “In the Shadow of Blackbirds” by Cat
Winters ebook discussion Thursday, Nov. 12,
6:30 p.m., grades 8-12, register, Big Library
Read, register
Canton Public Library,
40 Dyer Ave., 860-693-5800,
www.cantonpubliclibrary.org:
• Little Makers Club Thursdays, Nov. 5, 12
and 19, 1:30 p.m., ages 3 and up, register
• Stop Motion Animation Project Thursday,
Nov. 5, 3:30 p.m., grades 4 and up, register
• Music for me Story Time: Friday, Nov. 6,
10:15 a.m., for babies, 11 a.m. for toddlers
and walkers
• Cookies and Coloring for Grownups Monday,
Nov. 9, 1:30 p.m., drop in
• Technology Drop-Ins Monday, Nov. 9, 3-4
p.m.
• Monday Night Book Club Monday, Nov. 9, 7
p.m., “The Burgess Boys” by Elizabeth Strout
• Drop-In Story Time: Colorful Art Tuesday,
Nov. 10, 10:30 a.m., ages 3 and up with
parent/caregiver
• After School Video Gaming Tuesday, Nov.
10, 3-4:30 p.m., grades 4-12
• Town Historian Office Hours Tuesday, Nov.
10, 4-6 p.m., with David Leff
• Teen Movie Night Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6 p.m.,
grades 7-12
• Library closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in
observance of Veterans Day
• For the Love of Poetry – a monthly open
mic and sharing Thursday, Nov. 12, 7-9
p.m., adults only, drop in, moderator Howard
Banow
Farmington Library,
6 Monteith Drive, 860-673-6791, ext. 1,
www.farmingtonlibraries.org:
• Afternoon at the Bijou Thursdays, 2-5 p.m.:
no film Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 “The More the
Merrier” (comedy)
• Friends of Farmington Libraries Fall Book
Sale Friday, Nov. 6, 9:15-10 a.m. exclusive
preview $10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. free, and
Saturday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. free
• Kristallnacht Lecture Tuesday, Nov. 10,
10 a.m., with holocaust survivor and West
Hartford resident Abby Weiner, register
• Free Small Business Workshop Tuesday,
Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m., in partnership with
SCORE, register in advance
• To End All Wars: Songs of the First World
War Wednesday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m., with Rick
Spencer, historian, researcher, singers,
songwriter and performer of music in the
American folk tradition
• Fine Art Photography Gallery Show thru
Nov. 30 with artists Glenn Affleck, Kathy
Conway, Ann Hodgdon-Cyr, Andy Mars, Walter
Schuppe, Megan Stevens and Lou Zucchi,
items for sale
Barney Library,
71 Main St., 860-673-6791, ext. 2:
• Fall Midsomer Murders, the British
television series that chronicles Detective
Tom Baranby, Thursday, Nov. 5, 1:15 p.m.,
“Blue Herrings,” register
• The Irish Diaspora with Tom O’Carroll
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2 p.m.
Granby Library,
15 North Granby Road, 860-844-5275:
• “The Philandering Music Man” with Carol
Laun from the Salmon Brook Historical
Society Sunday, Nov. 8, 2 p.m., with a bit of
Granby history you may not know about
• Writing Sprints! Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m.,
sign up – November is National Novel Writing
Month – Nanowrimo at the Cossitt Library,
388 North Granby Road, North Granby, 860653-8958
• Closed Nov. 11 for Veterans Day
Simsbury Library,
725 Hopmeadow St., 860-658-7663:
• Meet Cookbook Author Karen Covey and
enjoy a sample dish from “The Coastal Table”
prepared by Metro Bis Thursday, Nov. 5, 2-4
p.m., register
• NaNoWriMo Write-In Thursday, Nov. 5,
5:30-8:30 p.m. – work on novel with other
participants, snacks and coffee provided
• Architecture Series: An Education in
Grotesque Thursday, Nov. 5, 7-8:30 p.m., with
Mathew Duman highlighting a selection of
gargoyles and grotesques in buildings on Yale
University’s campus, registration suggested
• Friday flicks: Nov. 6, 1-3 p.m., “Manchurian
Candidate”
• Author Nan Arnstein and Adoption/Foster
Care Panel Discussion Saturday, Nov. 7,
1-4 p.m., Arnstein speaking from 1-1:30
p.m., followed by panel discussion and Q&A
from 1:30-4 p.m., signing books at 4 p.m.,
registration suggested
• Connecticut Beer: A History of Nutmeg
State Brewing Sunday, Nov. 8, 2-3:30 p.m.
• Mystery Book Group Monday, Nov. 9, 11:45
a.m,.-1:30 p.m., “The Way through the
Woods” by Colin Dexter, drop in
• “Letter from Italy, 1944”: Poetry Reading
and Slide Show with Nancy Fitz-Hugh
Meneely Monday, Nov. 9, 3-4:30 p.m., the
effects of war on Meneely’s father and his
family during World War II
• NAMI Book Discussion Group, “A First-Rate
Madness” Monday, Nov. 9, 7-8:30 p.m., open
to the public
• NaNoWriMo: Producing a first Draft Part 2
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 7-8:30 p.m., pre-register
• Simsbury Land trust Green Scenes:
“Ground Operations – Battlefields to
Farmfields” Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
• Library closed Nov. 11, Veterans Day
• Business programs: Getting Started
on LinkedIn Thursday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m.;
Introduction to Using Foundation Directory
Online Thursday, Nov. 12, 1 p.m.
• USO Style Lunch with What’s on Tap, an
a cappella group and movie “Unbroken”
Thursday, Nov. 12, noon-2:30 p.m.
• Adult Book Discussion Group Thursday, Nov.
12, 7-8:30 p.m., “The Sounds of the River”
by Da Chen
• Art on display for month of November: Betty
Warner and her quilts in Program Room;
oils and acrylics of mother and daughter,
Elizabeth and Ellen Maniatty in the West
Gallery; Simsbury Camera Club photographs
in the East Gallery; jeweler and glass artist
Annukka Ritalahti in the display case
Teen programs
• Nerdfest/Fandom Social Friday, Nov. 6, 3-5
p.m.
• Apple Pie Workshop Sunday, Nov. 8, 1:304:30 p.m., RSVP
• Teen Advisory Board Meeting Thursday,
Nov. 12, 7-8 p.m.
• Teen Book Club at Joe Pizza Friday, Nov. 13,
3:30-4:30 p.m., RSVP
Children’s programs
• Lego Mania Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m.-2
p.m., ages 5+, drop in
• Music with Marie Tuesday, Nov. 10, 10:30
a.m. and Saturday, Nov. 14, 10:30 a.m., ages
1-4, drop in
• Chess & Go Club Tuesday, Nov. 10, 4 p.m.,
grades 2-6, drop in
• Mommy & Me Yoga Friday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m.,
ages 2+, drop in
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• Saint Mary’s Thanksgiving Luncheon Nov. 18
at St. Mary’s Parish Center, 946 Hopmeadow
St., doors open at 11 a.m., meal at noon, sign
up by Thursday, Nov. 12
• Pickle Ball Mondays, noon-2 p.m., at the
Farmington Valley YMCA, 97 Salmon Brook St.,
Granby, $3 per day, call the senior center for
info
Events at Simsbury Free Library, 749
Hopmeadow St., 860-408-1336:
• Simsbury Open Studios Saturday and Sunday,
Nov. 7 and 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., fine art show and
sale featuring pottery of Vicente Garcia, lamp
work beads of Karyn de Punte Sweezy, photos
of April Aldighieri and paintings of Lori RacicotBurrous, Grace Epstein, Kathleen Dal Sante,
Jackie Jakubowski, Rita Bond, Claudia Ludovici
and Deborah Leonard (860-658-2508)
• Drop In Book Club, “Caleb’s Crossing” by
Geraldine Brooks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 11:15 a.m.,
new members welcome
• War Film Series in honor of Veterans Day, “Full
Metal Jacket” by Thursday, Nov. 12, 1 p.m., call
for reservations
What’s the Buzz with Pollinators? Monday,
Nov. 9, 7 p.m., at the Simsbury Library,
presented by Lower Farmington River and
Salmon Brook Wild & Scenic Study Committee
with Dr. Kimberly Stoner, who is doing research
on several aspects of pollinators and pollination
including insecticides and alternative ways to
manage insect pests
Simbury Land Trust’s Green Scenes,
documentary film and discussion, “Ground
Operations. From Battlefields to Farmfields,”
combat men and women who served in Iraq
and Afghanistan on why they joined the military,
how the war changed them, their return to
civilian life and when they found organic
farming to be an answer to a dream, Tuesday,
Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m., at the Simsbury Library –
in time for Veterans Day, panel member Lorren
Pogson, a veteran, owner of Maizey’s Market
farmstand in Farmington and a member of
the Farmer Veteran Coalition; due to technical
difficulties, the film “Just Eat It” rescheduled to
Jan. 21, 2016
Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday, Nov.
11, 10:45 a.m., at Eno Memorial Hall, 745
Hopmeadow St., all welcome (860-658-0863)
Simsbury Chamber of Commerce’s
events/programs:
• Job Shadow Day Friday, Nov. 6, in partnership
with The Master’s School, beginning at 8 a.m.
with a light breakfast and welcome at the
school, three hours of mentoring, culminating
with a buffet lunch and address by Scott
Fanning, Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee, at The
Simsbury Inn (860-651-7307)
• Veterans Day After Hours hosted by Red Stone
Pub, D.E. Jacobs Associates and In the House
& Through the Garden Nov. 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
at 10 Gallagher Way, arrive at 5 p.m., to hear
“Stories from a Veteran’s Eye” by Jason Lill,
RSVP by Friday, Nov. 6 at 860-651-7307 or
[email protected], $10 non-members
The Learning Connection workshops at
McLean, 75 Great Pond Road, Burkholder
Community Center, RSVP required, 860-6583741:
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• Thursday, Nov. 5, 1:30 p.m., “Create a Harvest
Floral Arrangement”
• Saturday, Nov. 7, 11 a.m., “Let’s Talk Social
Media” taught by Carolyn Clement-Gilmore,
what is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and
Snapchat
• Thursday, Nov. 12, 1:30 p.m., “Everyone Has
a Story to Tell” taught by TJ Banks, exploring
ways of writing one’s own story, of capturing
one’s thoughts on paper
Art on the Hill featuring work of Stephen
Sottile thru Monday, Nov. 9 at The Simsbury
1820 House, 731 Hopmeadow St. (860-6587658)
screenings Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11:45
a.m.-2:15 p.m., at Eno Memorial Hall, 754
Hopmeadow St.
VALLEY AND BEYOND–
FVAC classes/weekend workshops at 25 Arts
Center Lane, Avon, 860-678-1867, artsfvac.org:
• Painting Classes: Drawing & Painting with
Pastels, Fridays, Nov. 6-Dec. 18, 1-3 p.m., $190;
Acrylic/Oil Painting, Mondays, Nov. 16-Dec. 21,
1-3 p.m., $1 ; Painting Basics, Saturdays, Nov.
7-Jan. 9, 2-5 p.m., $285
• Weekend workshops: Silk Scarf Marbling
Nov. 15, noon-3 p.m., $45; Painting on Wine
Glasses/Vases Nov. 21, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., $45;
Felted Pet Sculptures Dec. 6, noon-3 p.m., $34
Farmington Valley Trails Council annual
meeting Thursday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m., at the Avon
Senior Center, 635 West Avon Road, Avon,
admission free.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m.-noon, at the Simsbury
Public Works Facility, 66 Town Forest Road,
Simsbury, open to all residents of Avon, Canton,
Granby and Simsbury
Copper Hill United Methodist Church annual
roast turkey dinner Saturday, Nov. 7, 5 p.m., at
the church, 27 Copper Hill Road, East Granby,
$12/$6, call Susan at 860-668-1031 for
reservations
My Avenging Angel Workshop offered by
Susan Omilian and sponsored by Hartford
Hospital Domestic Violence Prevention Program
and supported by Connecticut Alliance for
Victims of Violence and Their Families and the
Petit Family Foundation Saturday, Nov. 7 and
14 (plan to attend both sessions) from 10:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Hartford Hospital Avon
Wellness Center, 100 Simsbury Road, Suite 205,
Avon, workshops free, but advance registration
required by calling 860-545-1888
Westminster School open house Monday,
Nov. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m., on campus at 995
Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, to attend, call
860-408-3060, or register online at www.
westminster-school.org/openhouse
Annual Economic Conference of Tunxis
Community College Foundation Nov. 12, 7:3010 a.m., at the Hartford Marriott Farmington,
with George Bodenheimer, former president
and executive chairman of ESPN, as keynote
speaker, tickets $75 purchased by Sunday, Nov.
8, online at www.tunxisfoundation.org
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Arts & Events
University of Connecticut Greater
Hartford Campus Maxwell Shepherd
Memorial Concert Series presents The
Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra
Thursday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., at the UConn
Hartford Library Auditorium, 1800 Asylum
Ave., West Hartford, with a program of
works by 20th and 21st century composers,
free admission
Hartt School events at the University
of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West
Hartford, 860-768-4228:
• An Evening with Guitar Thursday, Nov. 5,
8-9:30 p.m., Berkman Recital Hall
• “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas
Nickleby: Part 1” Thursday, Nov. 5, 7:30-10
p.m., and Part 2, Friday, Nov. 6, 7:30-10
p.m., in Millard Auditorium, single show
tickets $20,
• Senior Dance Concert Friday, Nov. 6,
7:30-9:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 7,
2-4 p.m. and 7:30-9:30 p.m., Handel
Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne
Parkway, tickets $20/$18
• sound & noise & music & Thursday, Nov.
12, 8-10 p.m., Berkman Recital Hall – a
concert of new and recent electronic and
electro-acoustic music, sound and/or noise
pieces that may or may not include video or
other types of performative action
At Lisa’s Crown & Hammer, 3 Depot St.,
Collinsville, 9:30 p.m.: Thursday, Nov. 5,
Bruce Gregori, and Friday, Nov. 6, Meredith
Rose
Christmas Cottage Craft Fair Thursday,
Nov. 5, 3-8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6 from 9
a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9
a.m.-3 p.m., at the Eureka Grange Hall,
Route 2002 at 777 Litchfield Turnpike, New
Hartford/Nepaug
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro
20 Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk,
1-866-666-6306: Nov. 6, 8 p.m., David
Cook; Nov. 7, 8 p.m., The Smithereens; Nov.
8, 1 p.m., When Swing Was King – Tribute
to Benny Goodman with The Boilermaker
Jazz Band; Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Iris Dement
with special guest Pieta Brown
32 Front St., Hartford: Nov. 5, 8 p.m., An
Intimate Evening with Joshua Radin, Anya
Marina to open; Nov. 6, 8 p.m., Aztec Two
Step performs the Simon & Garfunkel
Songbook with special guest narrator Tony
Traguardo; Nov. 8, 3 p.m., Free Wounded
Warrior Benefit Concert featuring 1st
Company Government Foot Guard Band;
Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., Robert Klein; Nov. 10, 8
p.m., Rhiannon Giddens; Nov. 11, 8 p.m.,
“Le Nozze di Figaro” by Connecticut Lyric
Opera and Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber
Orchestra
At the Mark Twain House & Museum,
351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, 860-2803130:
• The Imperial Blood Drive Friday, Nov. 6,
noon-5 p.m., at Immanuel Congregational
Church, 10 Woodland St., Hartford, prior
to Mark My Words V…In a Galaxy Far, Far
Away, Star Wars-themed event with five
“Star Wars” expanded universe authors
Friday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m., Webster Museum
Center; tickets $45
• Bigger Than Hip Hop – A Dialogue on
Hip Hop Culture and #BlackLivesMatter
Sunday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., tickets $20 in
advance, $25 at the door, $15 for students
with ID, hosted by Patrick Williams,
presented by B-side Media Group and
Mark Twain House
• Book/Mark: “Twain & Stanley Enter
Paradise” by late Pulitzer Prize-winner
Oscar Hijuelos discussed with his wife Lori
Carlson-Hijuelos Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.,
reservations recommended at 860-2470998
• Trouble Begins at 5:30 Wednesday,
Nov. 11, featuring Steve Courtney on a
chaplain’s wartime journey, a modern
pilgrimage and what Twain thought of it all,
reception at 5 p.m.
• Mark Twain House & Museum 2015 Gala
Nov. 14, 6-11 p.m., more info and tickets at
860-280-3112
Connecticut
Virtuosi
Chamber
Orchestra’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” (“The
Marriage of Figaro”) Friday, Nov. 6, 7:30
p.m. at Trinity-On-Main Arts Center, 69
Main St., New Britain, 860-229-2072, and
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m., at Infinity Hall,
32 Front St., Hartford, 866-666-6306
At the Warner Theatre, 68 Main St.,
Torrington,
860-489-7180,
www.
warnertheatre.org:
• 14th annual Holiday Wine & Food Tasting
Friday, Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m., tickets $25/$60
VIP
• “Nice Work if You Can Get It” Nov.
7-15, Saturdays, Nov. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m.,
Sundays, Nov. 8 and 15 at 2 p.m. and
Friday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m.
• Auditions for “Rock of Ages” Monday,
Nov. 9, 7 p.m. and Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7
p.m., by appt., callbacks Thursday, Nov.
12, 7:30 p.m., 19 performers, auditions@
warnertheatre.org, performance dates Feb.
6, 7, 12, 13 and 14
• Auditions for musicians for “Rock
of Ages” Nov. 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. by
appointment, callbacks Nov. 19 at 7:30
p.m., performance dates Feb. 6, 7, 12, 13,
14, 2016
Kenn Morr Band Friday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m.,
at Parrot Delaney Tavern, 37 Greenwoods
Road, New Hartford (860-379-0188)
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St.,
Collinsville, 860-693-9762: Friday, Nov. 6,
8 p.m., Dads of Comedy; Saturday, Nov. 7,
8 p.m., Jon Pousette-Dart Band
Little Theatre of Manchester’s “Shrek
the Musical” Nov. 6-8, 13-15 and 2022 at Cheney Hall, 177 Hartford Road,
Manchester, Fridays and Saturdays at 8
p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., tickets $24$29 at 860-647-9824, directed by John
Pike, a professor at The Hartt School
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600
Main St., Hartford, 860-278-2670,
thewadsworth.org:
• Film: “James Baldwin: The Price of
the Ticket” Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m.,
documentary, followed at 3:30 p.m. by
panel discussion, free
• Film: “Black White + Gray: A Portrait of
Sam Wagstff + Robert Mapplethorpe”
Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m., documentary,
free
“Rough Around the Edges VI” featuring
13+ Connecticut artists, live music, silent
auction, Saturday, Nov. 7, 7-9 p.m., at The
Dirt Salon, 50 Bartholomew Ave., Hartford,
suggested donation $10
Connecticut Veterans Parade Sunday,
Nov. 8, Hartford, stepping off at 12:30
p.m. near the state Capitol Building with a
flyover at 1:30 p.m. by A C-130H aircraft
from the Connecticut Air National Guard’s
103rd Airlift Wing – all state veterans and
active military personnel welcome to
participate, visit www.CTVeteransParade.
org or call 860-986-7254
New Britain Symphony Orchestra
concert, “About Space,” Sunday, Nov.
8, 3-5 p.m., in Central Connecticut
State University’s Welte Hall, www.
newbritainsymphony.org
Cultural Cocktail Hour at the Butler
McCook House & Garden, 396 Main St.,
Hartford, Thursday, Nov. 12, 5:30-7:30
p.m., donation of $5
48th Annual Open Juried Exhibition and
solo exhibition by Lori Racicot-Burrous
thru Nov. 14 at Gallery on the Green,
Canton, hours: Friday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m.,
860-693-4102
Theater Guild of Simsbury’s “The King
and I” Nov. 14, 19 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and
Nov. 15 and 22 at 2 p.m., in the Simsbury
High School auditorium, 34 West Street,
Simsbury, advance tickets $21/$18, at the
door $24/$18, theatreguildsimsbury.org
Favarh’s annual fall fundraiser featuring
Michael DelGuidice and Big Shot Friday,
Nov. 20, 6:30-11:30 p.m., at the Riverview
in Simsbury, tickets $150 per person online
at www.favarh.org or by contacting Ronelle
Cipolla at 860-693-6662, ext. 116
Connecticut Cabaret Theatre auditions
for the musical “The Cardigans,” auditions
by appt. only, seeking men 18-35, contact
860-829-1248
The Underground Gallery, 122 Main St.,
Collinsville, paintings and drawings by
Nancy Greco thru Nov. 14
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development services. Citing safety concerns, a majority of the
school board members, however, declined
to support the installation of a bypass lane
to keep traffic flowing. School board member Bill Baker supported the bypass with an
island that separates the vehicles that are
dropping off and picking up students from
those continuing to travel along the road. Nevertheless, a number of school board
members and Superintendent of Schools
Kathy Greider said students could exit out
of the wrong side of a vehicle and could be
struck by cars traveling in the bypass lane.
“The main concern of a bypass lane is
the issue of students exiting on the right
and a car is passing and how dangerous that
would be,” Greider said.
Baker respectfully disagreed, noting
that he didn’t envision a bypass lane that
was just separated by a dotted line.
“With the safety measures in place, the
bypass lane works for the future,” Baker said.
“If we do it right, those safety concerns can
be mitigated. You’re never going to mitigate
everything.”
Overall, however, Arnold said the plan
was a good one from the town’s and the
school’s perspectives.
CenterPlan originally proposed building a larger loop road around school property for parent pickup and drop-off. On Sept.
8, the Town Council voted 5-2 to provide
CenterPlan with a three-acre access drive
easement for the construction of that road.
But a number of Union School parents
objected to the plan and the school board,
through its attorney Thomas Mooney of the
law firm Shipman & Goodwin, called into
question the legality of the Town Council’s
vote. Greider also noted that, from a safety
and security standpoint, a road looping the
school was not ideal.
The new plan, if approved by the Town
Plan and Zoning Commission, would appear
to lay the dispute to rest. The school board
adjourned the emergency meeting noting
that further discussion was necessary.
It marked progress from earlier in the
week, when the Town Plan and Zoning
Commission met Oct. 26 to continue the
public hearing on the Charles House Commons project.
During the meeting, Perry Street residents implored the commission to reject the
project, as they believed it would make traffic, already a problem in the area, untenable.
The school traffic was not the only problem.
“The traffic on Perry Street has nothing to do with the school. Zero,” Perry Street
resident David Byrne said. “What you are
going to do is increase the traffic on Perry
Street, which is already horrendous. … We’re
a shortcut already for people from Burlington, Avon and Canton going to work in
Hartford, West Hartford, Southington and
Plainville. People cut through the center of
town. Unionville is called that for a reason.
And you’re concerned about the school? This
is crazy.”
Byrne facetiously suggested constructing a four-lane road from Unionville directly
to Hartford to solve the issue.
“The speed bumps on Perry Street are
nothing but ramps,” Byrne said. “You’re gong
to create more chaos.”
Carole Langlais, whose family has
owned property on Perry Street for 68 years,
said she doesn’t let her granddaughter chase
balls out on the street.
“I stop her dead in her tracks or she will
be dead in her tracks,” Langlais said. “I love
the idea of development, but 268 units is way
too big for little Unionville. I don’t know what
the best idea for that property is, but it’s not
268 units. For traffic, for whatever. I have a
lot of memories for Unionville and where it
was. I am all for progress. It’s way too big.”
Patricia Karwoski, a former commissioner on the PZC, said she was concerned
that the commission was not following the
plan of development in Farmington. “When you systematically go along,
and make these amendments and permit
these special buildings in certain areas, you
alter and destroy the character of the neighborhoods in town,” Karwoski said. “This is
a neighborhood; this is going to change its
character.”
The meeting also included a testy exchange between PZC Chairman Phil Dunn,
Commissioner David Houf and school board
The new plan, proposed by school board traffic consultant Michael Galante and Charles
House Commons developer CenterPlan Development Co., calls for a drop-off and pick-up
loop starting on Mill Street, wrapping around an expanded parking lot at Union School.
Chair Mary Grace Reed.
Reed was providing an update of the
discussions the school board was having on
the pick-up and drop-off issue when Dunn
asked why the school board hadn’t met on
the issue in public since the project was first
proposed back in April, or at least when the
application was filed in August.
Reed responded that the school district
had other issues it was working on, including the start of the school year, which included the employing of 45 new teachers.
“[The new school year] is a significant
task that was tripled when we have that
many new teachers,” Reed said. “We could
not turn our attention to the project when
the application was filed.”
As for meeting prior to that date, Reed
said the school board’s attorney advised that
the board should wait until the application
was filed before discussing the matter.
But Dunn and Houf pressed Reed why
the school board still hadn’t included the
project as an agenda item for any of its meetings in September and October. The school
board met in executive session for at least
two hours in meetings in October.
School board attorney Matthew Ranelli
intervened and said the school board could
have had an agenda item, but did not want
to bring parents out more than once before
a plan for pickup and drop-off had been finalized.
At the request of the school board, the
Town Planning and Zoning Commission
continued its hearing until Nov. 9.
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Connect with your neighbors and
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Nonprofit ITNCentralCT seeks volunteer drivers for seniors aged 60+ and
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The fair will be held on Saturday,
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for further
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CONTRACTORS
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EROSION CONTROL
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Fully Licensed & Insured
• Walls & Steps
• Yard Drains
• Excavating
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cell: 860-250-2908
• Snowplowing
• Bucket Loading
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Jim Barrett, Owner
LANDSCAPING
Arboretum
BARRETT ENTERPRISES LLC
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Serving the Farmington Valley
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cell 860.839.8971
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PAINTING
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PAINTING
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PLUMBING &
HEATING, LLC
(860) 833-8153
PAINTING &
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Akcent
PAINTING
PAINTING
VALLEY PAINTER BRECHUN
Interior & Exterior Painting
Serving the Valley since 1980
PAINTING
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860-563-2001
WINDOW WASHING
WINDOWS
Lenco
Replacement Windows
Quality Since 1977
860-249-1558
Ct Lic. #547581. Fully licensed & Insured.
860-651-1720
Licensed & Insured
“Residential”
WINDOWS & DOORS
*Sales * Service * Installation*
860-747-8875
thewindowmanofct.com * [email protected]
*Bill Morrell Contractor * Ct Lic.#0509785 * Insured*
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ATTENTION...ALL FURNITURE LOVERS...THIS IS FOR YOU!
BOYLES FURNITURE & RUGS
WN E
KNO
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FOR A
SINCE
1966
STORE
CLOSING
LIQUIDATION
ACT
NOW!
THIS WILL BE
A LIMITED
TIME EVENT!
22,000 sq ft OF QUALITY
MERCHANDISE MUST BE SOLD
IMMEDIATELY!
TOP NAME
BRANDS!
Bernhardt, Drexel Heritage, Henredon, Sherrill,
John Richards, Marge Carson, Maitland Smith,
Howard Miller, Aireloom Bedding and more at
SACRIFICE PRICES!
SALE
WE ARE CLOSING OUR DOORS...
FOREVER! BUT FIRST, COME SAVE
DURING OUR BIGGEST & FINAL
SALE! DOORS OPEN AT 10AM!
65O%FF
ALL H
ORIENTAANDMADE
FROM A L RUGS
ROUN
WORLD D THE
We must sell our complete inventory of quality
Living Rooms, Fine Leather, Recliners, Bedrooms,
Mattresses, Dining Rooms, Grandfather Clocks,
Curio Cabinets, Accent Tables & Chairs, Desks,
Lamps & Accessories. EVERYTHING MUST GO!
WE HAVE THE
AREA’S LARGEST
SELECTION OF
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ALL DISCOUNTED!
SALE HOURS: Monday thru Saturday 10-8; Sunday 11-6
At the corner of Rt 10 & 44
visit us online at BoylesSale.com
15 Waterville Road • Avon, CT • 860-404-5959
CASH, VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER AND APPROVED CHECKS ACCEPTED.
*Discounts are off original and regular prices which may or may not have resulted in prior sales. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. All merchandise sold “as-is”. No Lay-Aways. No new
Special Orders, however all Special Orders prior to the Store closing Sale will be fulfilled. Quantities are limited. First come first to save. All prior sales and previous discounts
excluded. Not responsible for typographical errors. Pictures are for illustration purposes only. See store for further details. COS#0001020. 11/5/15 to 2/2/16.
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