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Vol. 6, Edition 29
Thursday
July 16, 2015
in the press
Kids take third
in Lit Quiz
Answers to challenging literary
questions were sought from
perhaps some of the world’s
most well-read children during
the annual Kids’ Lit Quiz, held
in the United States for the
first time last Wednesday, July
8 with the U.S. team – comprised of students from Sedgwick Middle School in West
Hartford – placing third.Teams
from South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and
the United States gathered at
Central Connecticut State University for the event. PAGE 9
Photo by Abigail Albair
Runners hit the road among the roses
Runners in “Team Kim” shirts head to the finish line during the Red Dress Run for Women, held July 11 in Elizabeth Park, after traveling neighborhood
streets and paths along the rose garden. Pictured, left to right, are Mia, Marina, Sarah and Misha Lewandowski and Beata Matukaitis. See more on page 8.
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Wild about animals
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Kids
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Editorial
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Town News
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Sports
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“West Hartford is lucky
that we have a very
vibrant center. With
mixed use, we have
traditional and
burgeoning potential for
transit-oriented
development along the
fastrak cooridor.”
-Todd Dumais in “Mixed-use unit
density...” on page 12
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Quotes
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Reader Miriam Miller sent in a follow-up to her photo of the robin’s eggs that appeared in the paper a
few weeks ago: a newly hatched baby robin. She said a third egg was laid not long after she took the
original photo of the eggs. 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.
“Once a house like
2022 Albany is gone,
it’s gone for good. We all
lose something when
our architectural
heritage is
unnecessarily
removed.”
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to planned...” on page 11
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A resident reads “Concert” by Naomi Perry
on a post with art by Matthew Reiniger.
“Remember That Time” by Daisy Li with art
by Stacey Grindle and Megan Cassidy
The post featuring “Heron” by Marilyn
Johnston with art by Lorelei Chang
“Taking a Photograph” by Christopher Jay
with art by Marty Connors
Laureate’s project brings poetry into town parks
By Abigail Albair
Editor
wonderful,” Connors said.
Her husband, Marty Connors, not only
built the wooden posts, he also served as
the artist for the one featuring the poem
“Taking a Photograph” by Christopher Jay.
“It took me a few days of reading the
poem and thinking about it [to develop an
idea],” Marty Connors said. “There are references to hues of twilight, so my decorations
are based on that.”
Connors gathered the posts from the
various artists for installation, something
he said offered him a special perspective.
“I had the unique privilege of collecting
them from the artists and they each told
their own story,” he said. “It was a great way
to see how the artists reinterpreted what
was in the poem.”
The poets and artists include West
Hartford students, senior citizens, established poets, polished artists and people of
all ages who simply have an interest in the
arts, Ginny Connors said when the completion of the project was announced.
Riverwood Poetry, a group that also
promotes the appreciation of poetry in the
Hartford area, supported the project, Connors said.
Donations, including funding from the
Adolf and Virginia Dehn Foundation, were
also part of its success.
“Poetry, art, nature, and community
involvement are among the strands woven
A project started by West Hartford’s
fourth poet laureate to combine art and poetry in picturesque park settings has finally
come to fruition.
Ginny Lowe Connors, an English
teacher at Sedgwick Middle School and an
accomplished author and poet, celebrated
the installation of poetry posts in two West
Hartford parks last week, less than two
months after completing her term as the
town’s poet laureate and handing the reins
over to Christine Beck.
Connors took on the poet laureate role
in the summer of 2013 and quickly conceived the project with a goal to incorporate artistic abilities of local residents with
poetry written by people with a local connection to town parks.
She put out a call for poets, and once
10 selections were made, put out a call for
Photos by Abigail Albair
artists to decorate posts with their own inLeft: The post for “What Roses Know” by Alice Fairoli with art by Ian Nicastro and Samantha
terpretation of the words. The poems were
Scillia; right: “Again” by Melody Moore with art by JoAnne Bauer
mounted on weatherproof boards on the
posts.
“Literature is so important and poetour public parks.”
wanted to do a response to her poem.”
ry is the literature that is most instilled. It
Fernridge Park posts also include the
She was inspired by the moon image
gets right down to the important things,”
poems “Heron” by Marilyn Johnston with referenced in the poem, so she asked Marty
Connors said when she first announced
art by Lorelei Chang, “Remember That Connors to add a wooden moon to the top
the project. “People turn to poetry at lots of
Time” by Daisy Li with art by Stacey Grin- of the post for her to paint.
different times in their life, even those who
dle and Megan Cassidy, and “Grandfather’s
When a friend suggested that the mesdon’t think of themselves as people
Girl” by Pat O’Brien with art sage of the poem, which talks about the call
who love it. They turn to it for celeby Lisa Pressamarita.
of the moon, could be something that an
“It’s so wonderful to see so many people enjoying
bration, to express what they don’t
Westmoor Park poems owl, instead of a person, is responding to,
have the words for. Poetry and litinclude “What Roses Know” her idea took shape.
them and they seem to fit into the environment
erature have been shown to foster
by Alice Fraioli with art by
She decorated the post with an owl on
of the parks really beautifully. ... What’s been the
empathy in people and that can’t
Ian Nicastro and Samantha the back of the moon, pathways and trees
most fun is a number of people have discovered
be a bad thing.”
Scillia, “Grandchildren” by and vines wrapping the post.
On Saturday, July 11, visitors
Bob Jacob with art by Lisa
“I had so much fun,” she said. “I usually
[the posts] accidentally. You notice people coming
to Westsmoor and Fernridge parks
Pressamarita, “The Violet” do collage or assemblage and don’t usually
into the park, not expecting to see them.
gathered in small groups around
by Samuel Frank with art do painting, so this was out of my comfort
That’s the whole idea: people will come across
the posts to read the poetry and
by Eileen Chen and Daniela zone.”
observe the artistic styling that
Valencia, “Lady Slipper” by
Ginny Connors said there is always popoetry in unexpected places.”
brought the words to life.
Sherri Bedingfield who also tential for the project to expand into other
“It’s so wonderful to see so
served as her own artist, and town parks in the future, but for now she
–Ginny Lowe Connors
many people enjoying them and
“Again” by Melody Moore is happy with what has been accomplished.
they seem to fit into the environwith art by JoAnne Bauer.
“What’s been the most fun is a numment of the parks really beautifully,” Con- together in the Poetry in the Parks initiaBauer, a poet herself and a friend of ber of people have discovered [the posts]
nors said as she stood by the post in Fern- tive,” Connors said in a press release before Moore’s, specifically wanted to give artistic accidentally,” she said. “You notice people
ridge featuring “Concert” by Naomi Perry Saturday’s unveiling. “We hope that people definition to that poet’s work.
coming into the park, not expecting to see
and the artwork of Matthew Reiniger.
will be surprised and delighted by the con“I choose her before I actually read her them. That’s the whole idea: people will
“Each post is unique and each one is fluence of art, poetry and nature in some of poem,” Bauer said. “I’m a friend of hers ... I come across poetry in unexpected places.”
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Festival concludes with ‘Music of Queen’
Ravi Shankar
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Talcott
Mountain Music Festival
concludes Friday, July 24,
at 7:30 p.m. with The Music
of Queen at the Performing
Arts Center at Simsbury
Meadows. Hear the distinctive sound of Queen with
the added musical color
of the HSO. Las Vegas star
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Rock You” to “Somebody
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Sunken
Garden Poetry
Festival
In the historic Sunken Garden on the beautiful
grounds of Hill-Stead, 35
Mountain Road, Farmington, one of America’s most
important poetry events has
delighted audiences since
1992. This event, occurring
Wednesday, July 22, features
poets Vijay Seshadri and
Ravi Shankar, with music by
Mike Assetta. Seshadri is the
author of three collections of
poetry: “3 Sections,” which
was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; “The
Long Meadow,” which won
the James Laughlin Award;
and “Wild Kingdom.” His poems, essays and reviews have
appeared in many publica-
tions and anthologies. Seshadri is offering a two-hour
poetry writing workshop
Thursday, July 23 at 10 a.m.
Seating is very limited for this
unique opportunity with a
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
Cost is $60 adults, $45 college students. Opening poet
is Ravi Shankar, chairman of
the Connecticut Young Writers Trust, professor of English
at Central Connecticut State
College and a faculty member of the first international
MFA program at City University of Hong Kong. He has received numerous honors and
awards for his work, and is
the founding editor and executive of director of the online
Vijay Seshadri
arts journal Drunken Boat.
Admission is $12 in advance
online, $15 at the gate. Gates
open at 4:30 p.m., prelude
conversation with headlining
poet at 5 p.m., opening poet
at 6 p.m., music at 6:30 p.m.,
headlining poet at 7 p.m.
Music will be provided
by Assetta, who was raised
in a family in which music
was a focal point. He chose
the trumpet as his first instrument, later mastering the
bass. Highlights of his career
include performances at the
legendary 880 Club and extended tours with the United
States Air Force Jazz Ambassadors and the Tommy
Dorsey Orchestra.
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the finals of two national
singing competitions. Advance single lawn tickets
are $20 for adults and $5
for children 12 and under.
Adult single lawn tickets
are $25 at the gate. Contact
860-987-5900 or visit www.
hartfordsymphony.org for
more information. Gates
open at 6 p.m.
In case of severe
weather, the concert will
be Saturday, July 25 at the
same time.
Flower-arranging workshop with Haley Billip
A hands-on workshop
under the tutelage of Haley
Billip, owner of Eddy Farm
in Newington, will be offered by the Stanley-Whitman House Museum Sunday, July 26 from 1-3 p.m. at
the museum.
“We are especially excited about this collaboration because it celebrates
the agricultural heritage of
Stanley-Whitman House
as well as Eddy Farm, one
of the oldest working farms
in the state,” said Lisa Johnson, executive director of
the museum.
Billip is well-known for
the stunning floral arrangements she creates and sells.
She grows the flowers on
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her historic farm that first
took shape in the late 18th
century.
For the Stanley-Whitman House workshop,
Billip will supply flowers
from Eddy Farm, and the
museum will also provide
blooms from its own historic gardens. Participants
in the workshop will leave
with three flower arrangements created in their own
vases or containers.
Cost for the workshop
is $45, and registration is
required either through
the museum’s website at
stanleywhitman.org or by
phone at 860-677-9222.
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Herstory
Theater
presents
‘Pierce’
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Eric Michael Smith (Romeo) and Vanessa Butler (Juliet)
‘Shakespeare Under the Stars’
features Romeo and Juliet
Celebrating its 25th
anniversary season, Capital
Classics Theatre Company is
staging the Greater Hartford
Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,”
which runs for three weekends, July 23 through Aug. 9,
outdoors on the grounds of
the University of Saint Joseph
in West Hartford.
“Romeo and Juliet” is
Shakespeare’s classic romantic tragedy that is set “in a
world where violence is a virtue and cruelty is currency,
and where two loving souls
find hope in each other and
desperately try to survive,” director Geoffrey Sheehan said
about the play. Performances
will be Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m,
and Sundays at 5:30 p.m.
The Greater Hartford
Shakespeare Festival will also
feature the following preshow entertainment:
Every performance will
include The Elizabethan
Consort and free access to
the USJ art gallery.
On Thursdays, students
will participate in the “Youth
in Community Arts” program, including Mark Twain
House and Museum’s “Neighborhood Studios: Write to
the Point!” July 23; Hartbeat
Ensemble Youth Play Institute July 30; and Hartford
Stage Company’s Breakdancing Shakespeare: “Hamlet”
Aug. 6.
Also, Ben & Jerry’s
Scoop Shop in West Hartford
will sell ice cream on Fridays.
Saturdays are Be a Winner on “Prize Night” and Sundays include the “Professor
Series” with talks by local
educators.
Tickets: $15 for adults,
$10 for students/seniors. Call
860-231-5555 or visit CapitalClassics.org
The Mark Twain
House & Museum and
Herstory Theater will
present the reading of
the new historical drama “Pierce,” by Jacques
Lamarre, director of
communications
and
special programs for the
Mark Twain House. This
event will take place Sunday, July 19 at 2 p.m. at
the Mark Twain House,
351 Farmington Ave.,
Hartford. It will feature
Rebecca Meakin, Virginia Wolf, Jomarie Pipolo,
Ed Bernstein and Marisa
Clement. With a former
first lady running for
president of the United
States, this tale of a president’s ambition colliding
with a reluctant first lady
makes for a fascinating
counterpoint to current
politics. Franklin Pierce,
the 14th president of the
United States, is one of
the least studied chief
executives in American
history. His wife, First
Lady Jane Pierce, is one
of the most tragic figures
to ever take up residence
in the White House. After
unspeakable misfortunes
shower down on frail
Jane Pierce of Amherst,
N.H., she is thrust on the
public stage in front of a
nation about to be torn
by Civil War. Can she
overcome her grief to assume her duties as first
lady? Tickets are $10/$5.
Call 860-280-3130.
Photo by Rich Wagner
Singers from Playhouse on Park will perform at Avon Old Farms Hotel Towpath Ballroom.
Playhouse on Park cabaret singers
at Avon Old Farms Hotel
Come to the cabaret!
Avon Old Farms Hotel will
host singers from Playhouse
on Park on three different occasions for a Broadway-style cabaret performance. Performance dates
include: Fridays July 24 and
Aug. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m.
The performances will
be held in the Towpath Ball-
room at Avon Old Farms
Hotel, 279 Avon Mountain
Road, Avon.
Although
cabarets
are free and open to the
public, tips for the singers
are encouraged. There will
be a cash bar and complimentary cheese, crackers
and crudités; those interested in something heartier
An evening with author Andrea Mays
The Mark Twain
House & Museum will
present an evening with
author Andrea Mays, who
will discuss her new book,
“The Millionaire and the
Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio.” This
event will occur Tuesday,
July 21 at 7 p.m. in the
Lincoln Financial Services
Auditorium at The Mark
Twain House & Museum.
Today, the First Folio
is the most valuable book
in the world; recently, one
sold for more than $5 million. It is the book that res-
cued the name of William
Shakespeare and half of his
plays from oblivion. “The
Millionaire and the Bard”
tells the miraculous and
romantic story of the making of the First Folio and of
the American industrialist
whose thrilling pursuit of
the book became a lifelong
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Left to right: Past club President Cindy Lang; past district governor Eileen Rau; director-at-large Christine M. Looby;
president Kyle W. Egress; vice president Donna Griffen; Sergeant-at-Arms Roshan Patel; President-Elect Robert Kor, Esq.;
secretary John Smeallie; and treasurer Tom Wood
Rotary Club has new officers, names award winners
At its Club Awards/Installation Dinner June 23 at
the Pond House Café, the Rotary Club of West Hartford
announced its new slate of
directors, bestowed several
awards, and reflected on an
outstanding year of service
locally and internationally. Kyle W. Egress of West Hartford, vice president with The
Perry Egress Group on South
Main Street, was installed as
president of the club’s 20152016 board of directors. Egress named Robert
Kor, Esq. as president-elect;
Donna Griffen as vice president; John Smeallie as
secretary; Tom Wood as
treasurer; Roshan Patel as
sergeant-at-arms; past Dis-
trict 7890 Governor Eileen
Rau and Christine M. Looby as directors-at-large; and
Cindy Lang as past president. Club members David
Mangs and Hap Leabman,
both of West Hartford, were
installed as district governor-elect nominee and
assistant district governor,
respectively. Appointments
became effective July 1.
Past President Cindy
Lang welcomed to the club
new member Tom Wood,
chief financial officer at the
American School for the
Deaf, and honorary member
Bob Rau. Lang then presented
five Rotarians with Paul
Harris Fellows designations: Bob Kiely of West Hartford, Hap Leabman of West
Hartford, Susan Chandler of
Wethersfield, David Mangs
of West Hartford, and Eileen
Rau of West Hartford. The
Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute at a high
level, or who have contributions made in their name,
to The Rotary Foundation of
Rotary International. Paul
Harris was the founder of
Rotary.
Bennett Forrest of West
Hartford, a real estate agent
with Keller Williams, received the “Light Up Rotary”
Award for his stewardship of
the Club’s book drive for the
Hartford Jewish Coalition
Energy specialist reviews town goals
Catherine Diviney, energy specialist and member
of the town of West Hartford’s Clean Energy Task
Force, recently sat with
Eversource-authorized energy auditors at a Municipal
Technical Assistance workshop to review the town’s
energy goals. The MTA
workshop was held at the
new Energize Connecticut
Center in North Haven for
nine Connecticut towns
that pledged to be a part of
Energize CT’s Clean Energy Communities program.
Eversource energy experts
were on-hand to review
each communities’ energy
efficiency goals and provide guidance to help them
achieve 20 percent energy reduction in municipal
buildings by 2018, as part of
the Clean Energy Communities pledge.
for Literacy. Christine M.
Looby of Windsor, director
of community relations for
The Mercy Community in
West Hartford, was named
Rotarian of the 2014-2015
Year. Looby is the Club’s
public relations liaison and
runs the annual winter celebration for the children from
the Hillcrest Avenue Neighborhood Outreach Center
at The New Children’s Museum. Chad Licht of West
Hartford, a program manager with Pratt & Whitney,
received the inaugural Don
Chandler Rising Star Award. Licht serves as webmaster
for both the West Hartford
club as well as for District
7890.
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After 32 years serving
West Hartford and
First Church
Nursery School
families, Annette
Trigila retired June
19. She was honored
at the annual FCNS
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the front lawn of 12
South Main St. June
25 by First Church
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and nursery school
students past and
present, as well as
child advocates from
the state.
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Photos by Abigail Albair
Above: Desiree Coyle of Naugatuck heads for the finish line. She completed the race in 24:56; right: Jessica Gagnon of
Manchester poses with Hadley, who dressed for the occasion to cheer Jessica on during the main event.
Above, left: Lorraine Yu of East Hampton; above, right: Bridget Glasheen of West Springfield,
Mass.; right: Runners race toward the finish line after winding through Elizabeth Park.
Red Dress Run for Women
H
undreds of women turned out to celebrate women’s heart health at the
annual Red Dress Run for Women held last Saturday, July 11 in Elizabeth
Park. e Hartford Marathon Foundation event presented by United
Healthcare is held each year to encourage women’s fitness. e 5k is exclusively
for women of all ages and abilities. A kids fun run is also included as part of the
race, as is a finish line village filled with vendors focusing onwomen’s interests.
is year’s first place finisher was Cheryl Sunshine of Suffield with a time of
19:42. Kathleen Shaw of East Hartland finished second in 20:40 and Nichole
Donzella of Windsor finished third in 21:07.
Above: Jennifer Massey of Springfield and Katherine Massey.
Many mother/daughter teams and large groups participated;
Below: Laurie Olivieri of Norwich with Piper Bishop
Right: Lily Pope of Hamden
smiles as she heads to the
finish line, trailed by Jennifer
Pope.
Left: Janet Garcia of Westfield,
Mass., poses in her red dress
as she runs.
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PRESSKIDS
Sedgwick team takes third in Lit Quiz world final
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Who was the daughter of
Odin, who some say is the Queen
of Ireland? Who was the most
important primal Chinese god,
hatched from an egg, who formed
the Earth and sky? Name the epic
story about a collision between
two lives that is narrated by a
monk who is locked in a tower.
Answers to challenging literary questions such as these were
sought from perhaps some of the
world’s most well-read children
during the annual Kids’ Lit Quiz,
held in the United States for the
first time last Wednesday, July 8
with the U.S. team – comprised of
students from Sedgwick Middle
School in West Hartford – placing
third.
Teams from South Africa, New
Zealand, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the
United States gathered at Central
Connecticut State University for
the event.
The quiz consisted of 10
rounds of seven questions each
in a variety of categories, such as
Dr. Seuss, titles, picture books and
myths and legends.
Quizmaster Wayne Mills, a
senior lecturer at the University
of Aukland in New Zealand and
the founder of the literary challenge, read off statements eluding to books and characters for
the groups, who eagerly buzzed
in as soon as they knew the answer based on the information
provided.
New Zealand took first, while
South Africa narrowly beat out the
U.S. for second place. All winners
were given certificates and books,
while the first place team took
home a trophy and other prizes.
Teams are chosen at a national level competition before advancing to the summer’s international
quiz.
Three teams from Sedgwick –
along with teams from West Hartford’s Duffy and Morley elementary
schools and a total of 200 students
on 52 teams from around the state
of Connecticut as well as two from
Illinois – competed in the national
quiz, held at CCSU in January.
Since their national triumph
there, West Hartford’s now internationally ranked team of Millard
Arnold, Arjun Jagjivan, George
Baldwin and Braden Flowers have
been preparing for the pinnacle
competition.
Throughout the months since
securing their World Finals spot,
the team members have continued
their preparation, reading regularly
and reviewing book facts compiled
by a group of sixth graders to help
the team study.
They tried to predict what
books were likely to be on the quiz,
such as award-winning books or
books that have been turned into
movies, and what type of questions
would be asked.
By the mid-point of the international quiz, the United States
had 17 points, leading Canada
with 13 and the United Kingdom
and Australia with 16 and trailing
Singapore and South Africa with
19 and 18, respectively, while New
Zealand had a large lead on its
challengers with 27 points.
Heading into the ninth round,
the U.S. team had 21 points to New
Zealand’s 29, but rocketed ahead
Photo by Abigail Albair
West Hartford students Millard Arnold, Braden Flowers, George Baldwin (in front) and Arjun Jagjivan (back, left)
pose on stage at Central Connecticut State University with Quizmaster Wayne Mills at the conclusion of the Kids’
Lit Quiz World Finals July 8. The team took third in the competition.
with answers to Dr. Seuss-themed
questions to enter the final round
with 27 points and tied for second
place with South Africa.
The New Zealand team, which
entered the 10th and final round
with 31 points, flew ahead to end
with a total of 37 points, and South
Africa managed to gain just one
point on Segwick’s crew.
“I’m really happy with how
we did,” George said after the
competition.
He was also on Sedgwick’s
team last year when it took first
place at the national competition
and traveled to Cornwall, England
in the summer of 2014 for the in-
ternational event.
“Braden really helped us
pull a comeback,” he said of his
teammate, who took the lead in
answering the questions in the Dr.
Seuss round. “This was definitely
worth it.”
The quiz fell in the middle of
several days of programming laid
out for Lit Quiz participants.
A welcome event in Blue Back
Square Monday, July 6, a visit to
Mystic Seaport, New York City and
Winding Trails in Farmington were
part of the planned activities.
All the members of Sedgwick’s
team said they enjoyed getting to
know the other team participants,
making friends in particular with
members of the New Zealand and
Singapore teams.
“Meeting people who also
love to read: that’s the best part,”
Arjun said.
He, George and Millard all
graduated from Sedgwick this year
and are moving onto Conard High
School next year, while Braden
is entering seventh grade and already hoping to have the chance to
compete in the Lit Quiz again.
“It’s exciting to place,” he said
just after the competition ended.
“It’s the best the U.S. has ever done.
I think our team did really well. I
really want to come back.”
Renbrook School students volunteer in Ecuador during summer program
Sixteen students from the
Renbrook School Summer Adventure program in West Hartford
embarked on the school’s fifth consecutive service trip to Riobamba,
Ecuador last month.
They volunteered with FIBUSPAM, a nonprofit founded by
Simsbury resident Paul Martel that
provides free medical and humanitarian services to impoverished
families living in the Andean region
of Ecuador . Since 2007, FIBUSPAM
served more than 25,000 patients
that would otherwise not have access to healthcare.
While in Riobamba, the Renbrook students worked on building handicap ramps for the Carlos
Garbay School for students with
special needs in order to make the
campus accessible for all children.
The ramps were very much needed
because the campus is spread over
a large hill with many hazards.
They also volunteered in the
Courtesy photos
Students in the Summer Adventure program volunteered with FIBUSPAM
in Ecuador last month.
FIBUSPAM medical clinic, performing eye screenings, observing surgeries and even getting the chance
to pull some teeth.
Before the trip, the students
raised $3,000 for the handicap
ramps by hosting bake sales and
sponsoring a schoolwide dress
down day. They also collected shoes
to hand out to needy children in
Riobamba.
In past volunteer trips with
FIBUSPAM, the Renbrook students
have completed projects like renovating FIBUSPAM’s medical clinic,
updating school classrooms, and
constructing a house for a homeless family.
When asked what she learned
from volunteering abroad, Renbrook ninth-grader Ellie Feltovic
said, “Smile no matter what is going
on because even though the kids
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here don’t have the best clothes or
medical care, they smile more than
anyone I’ve met – they’re so happy.”
For more information or to
make a tax-deductible charitable
contribution, visit www.fibuspam.
org.
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I often think of “Marley & Me” when writing
for my Beyond the Desk of the Editor series.
The story follows the life of Marley, a poorly
behaved but lovable Labrador retriever and the
pet of a newspaper columnist who, despite his
best efforts, often finds it hard to find a better
subject than his canine companion.
I don’t write about my basset hound/golden
retriever mix (read: accident) named Bailey all
that frequently – I recall two previous columns
about him – but he’s always there, laying at the
end of the couch or under my feet when I sit at
the dining room table crafting my weekly piece.
He will stare at me over my laptop screen
while I work. When he was a puppy he’d nibble
at the corners.
“Can I eat this, Mom? Because if not, why are
we still bothering with it?”
No, those are not just the words I imagine
he would say. That’s the sentence my husband
would utter from the other side of the room, giving a voice, or really just words, to our furry friend
who hasn’t mastered the English language but is
quite loud nonetheless.
I write about others because, in most cases,
their lives and accomplishments are much more
interesting than my own.
In the eyes of Bailey, however, there is no one
greater than me and my husband.
He is never as happy as he is cuddling next
to me with his head on me while I fall asleep. He
finds nothing more intriguing than the largely
one-sided conversations I have with him while
writing – his only answers coming in head-tilted
looks and occasional low woofs and whines.
I’ve been humbled and impressed lately
with the clear indication of our readership that
has come in the form of responses to our “Wild
About Animals” segment that appears on page
two. I never imagined the opportunity to submit
photos of animals in their habitat, or, in many
cases, animals trying to enter space occupied by
humans, would become so popular. Each week I
receive dozens of photos – deer, bear, birds, rabbit, fox, bobcat, just to name a few. Think of an
animal, amphibian or even insect that can be
spotted locally and we’ve probably gotten a photo
or two with it included.
I think what it is about these animals that
makes us so apt to take a photo, aside from their
beauty, is our interest in what motivates these
creatures with which we share our world.
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Editor Abigail Albair works under the supervision
of Bailey.
What motivates Bailey is something that often interests me.
I wonder what he’s thinking when he’s following me up and down the stairs. I wonder why
he insists on taking baths, contrary to the logic of
any other dog, and why he feels the need to wrap
his 55-pound self around my shoulders while I’m
sitting on the couch as a cat would.
I couldn’t for the life of me understand his
thinking a few weeks ago when we woke up at 1
a.m. to find he had consumed half the contents of
our bathroom trash can – cotton swabs, tissues,
cardboard, makeup applicators and foil wrappers
– in a relatively short amount of time. We called
the veterinarian, followed their late-night advice
to induce vomiting and managed to save Bailey
from an all-but-certain surgery.
I never understood his puppy antics – the time
he chewed through my laptop cord or the nights
he endlessly howled at me from crawl spaces in
the house for no reason in particular – but I love
the dog he’s become (sometimes unusual appetite
aside) and the little ways I swear he intentionally
chooses to use as a means to steal my heart every
day. Dogs’ lives are short in comparison to our own
and I try to enjoy the moments.
Sometimes he’s all I can think to write about.
Because after long days of telling other people’s
stories, coming home to a loyal, selfless dog is the
most relatable thing I can think of to share in reflection.
When the stories are filed, the pages are designed, the editing is done and my husband has
long since fallen asleep, there is – and hopefully
will be for a long while to come – just Bailey and
me.
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Hartt at ECC
program
will not be
renewed
Fun with foam
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Staff photos by Emily Thurlow
Local children recently attended Camp Ramah in Palmer, Mass., where
Palmer firefighters helped campers have a foam-tastic day on a field full of
foam. Above: The abominable sudman: Aaron Schlossberg, 11; left: Soapy
smiles from 3-year-old Sophie Haaz
The town has decided not to
renew its contract with the University of Hartford for dance programs
at the Elmwood Community Center and will instead explore other
options to offer dance classes.
West Hartford Human and
Leisure Services entered a one-year
contract for professional services
with the University of Hartford,
Hartt School Community Dance
Division in June of 2014 with an
aim to provide a high quality, affordable dance program for youth.
The program, for children ages
2-12, was open to both West Hartford residents and non-residents,
with classes including ballet, tap
and hip-hop taught by Hartt School
dance teachers.
In October of last year, not
long after the program launched,
Lisa Greene, co-chair of the Ballet
See DANCE on page 13
Library opens space geared
toward ‘tweens’
By Abigail Albair
Editor
The West Hartford Library
now has a place made just for
“tweens.”
The “In Be-tween Room,” created for intermediate grade children ready to move on to more
mature, lengthier books – but not
yet ready for teen novels – opened
in recent months to great success,
according to Children’s Services
librarian Carol Waxman.
The room took over the former parent/teacher room and includes an expanded collection of
tween fiction, graphic novels, classics, Cool Lunch Packs filled with
paperback series, Nutmeg books
and a Lenovo Touch Table.
A new gaming system will
also be added in the coming days,
Waxman said.
For families who used the
parent/teacher room as a quiet
space, the library created a new
“Cozy Corner” with a couch, rocking chairs and a dollhouse.
“The new Cozy Corner takes
a place of the quiet play area,”
Waxman said.
“People seem to enjoy all the
changes,” she added, noting that
the transition has been a seamless
one.
It took six months for the library to create the In Be-tween
Room, furnish the space and purchase a new collection to fill the
shelves, along with a few appropriate books from both the teen
room and from younger levels.
“We wanted to create a space
for children who were reading
on a higher elementary level, but
needed the contents to be geared
to their age,” Waxman said. “So,
we created a space for them to
find fantasy, adventure, mystery,
realistic fiction and graphic novels for students in fourth to sixth
grade.”
Not only is the collection
popular, as Waxman said it “has
flown off the shelves,” the room is
also used all the time, she said.
“They are big readers. They
See TWEEN on page 12
WHHDC objects to planned demolition
By Abigail Albair
Editor
The planned demolition of
a 1918 house that West Hartford
Historic District Commission
representatives are calling an
“excellent example of bungalow
architecture,” will be the subject
of an upcoming public hearing.
The 2,652-square-foot home
at 2022 Albany Ave., which sits
on a .56-acre lot, was purchased
last year by a developer who intends to knock it down, split the
lot into two parts and build two
homes on the space.
The building, “a rarity in the
town of West Hartford,” is within
the Hartford Golf Club Historic District, according to a letter
send by Greg Galvin, the chair
of the WHHDC, to Reinhard Von
Hollander of Investment Developers, LLC.
In the letter, Galvin expresses concerns with Von Hollander’s
plans for the parcel.
Although the Hartford Golf
Club Historic District is not one
of the town’s three formal historic districts, it was added to
Photo by Abigail Albair
This home at 2022 Albany Ave. is slated for demolition. The West Hartford Historic District is calling for its preservation and has invited public
comment on the matter July 27.
the National Register of Historic
Places in 1986 “in recognition of
its significance as an extensive,
cohesive and completely intact
20th century neighborhood,” according to Galvin’s letter.
The building is also listed by
the National Park Service of the
United States Department of the
Interior of the NRHP.
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“Properties listed on the
NRHP have architectural and
historical significance and have
been deemed worthy of preservation by the federal government,” Galvin said.
A 90-day waiting period is
required by a town ordinance
See DEMOLITION on page 13
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Mixed-use unit density calculation
change up for public hearing
By Abigail Albair
Editor
An ordinance revising the way unit density is calculated for mixed-use developments
will be reviewed at a public hearing next week.
The change is one town planner Todd
Dumais said he has thought would be beneficial since he began working for the town a few
years ago.
The continued interest in development
opportunities caused the reevaluation of ordinance limits, according to the draft ordinance.
“There is a particular benefit to encouraging further residential development within the
town’s commercial districts in order to ensure
continued year-round vibrance and pedestrian activity within those areas,” the draft reads.
A formula for calculating unit-density requirements currently discourages mixed-use
development, according to the draft.
“One of the goals of the Plan of Conservation and Development is to promote smart
growth, and one of the key components of
smart growth is mixed-used development,”
Dumais said. “The specific standard we’re
amending requires someone to calculate residential density and, once you do that, you have
to separate out that density and what’s left is
available for business use. It’s not truly mixedused because that density calculation favors
one use over another.”
If the ordinance change is approved, Section 177-11 pertaining to dwellings in business
districts, will no longer require a dual floor
area ratio and lot coverage calculation to be
computed for residential and business uses.
All other standards specified in the section
will remain.
“Because each zoning district currently controls the size of a building or structure through maximum floor area ratio and
building height requirements, it shouldn’t
matter how someone internally allocates the
[business and residential uses],” Dumais said.
“We’re allowing the uses, but changing the way
in which they can be allocated and are not
changing the density.”
Development opportunity demand is
increasing around town, he said, noting that
mixed-use development as well as transit-oriented development are two major components of smart growth.
The town is seeing a focus on both with
projects like the West Hartford Housing Authority mixed-use building planned for New
Park Avenue by the CTfastrak stop.
“West Hartford is lucky that we have a
very vibrant center,” Dumais said. “With mixed
use, we have traditional and burgeoning potential for transit-oriented development along
the fastrak cooridor.”
The hearing will be Tuesday, July 21 at
6:25 p.m. prior to the regular council meeting.
American Legion gives school awards
American Legion Hayes-Velhage Post
96 has awarded its 2015 School Awards. The
awards, presented annually, recognize students who posses qualities of courage, honor, leadership, patriotism, scholarship, and
service.
The 2015 recipients are: Conard High
School: Andrew Sesta, medal and Cierra Hungerford, certificate; Hall High School: Kyle
Jeter, medal and Emily DiMatteo, certificate;
American School for the Deaf: Catherine
McKay, medal and Hunter Oren, certificate;
Northwest Catholic: Michael Valentine, medal and Angela Miguel, certificate; Intensive
Education Academy: Jonathan Lambertson,
medal and Max Sznaj, certificate.
Recipients of School Awards for the mid-
dle schools are: Bristow Middle School: Isabella Guajardo-Moore, medal and Bryant Caron,
certificate; King Philip Middle School: Colin
Horan, medal and Elizabeth Pillow, certificate; Sedgwick Middle School: Matthew Vitelli, medal and Annika Ligon, certificate.
With a current membership of 2.4-million wartime veterans, The American Legion
was founded in 1919 on the four pillars of a
strong national security, veterans affairs,
Americanism, and youth programs.
The American Legion Hayes-Velhage
Post 96 of West Hartford is open to military
veterans and military personnel currently on
active duty. Further information is available
at www.post96.org. Visit Hayes-Velhage Post
96 at 45 Raymond Road or call 860-233-9029.
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The West Hartford Public Library has opened an In Be-tween Room in the Noah Webster
Library in the former parent/teacher room and created a Cozy Corner to offer a new quiet
space. The In Be-tween Room has books for children ready for more advanced reading but
not yet teen books, a Lenovo touch table and a new gaming system on the way.
TWEEN
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want to meet their friends in there, talk
about the books,” Waxman said of the
“tweens.”
She said it is also a convenient space
for teen volunteers to meet with the
tweens to play games and do arts and
crafts.
The library is hosting programming
this summer geared toward the tween age
group, such as Boredom Busters, scheduled for Wednesdays, Aug. 5, 12 and 19
from 3-4 p.m. The program, for students
entering grades five and six, rotates participants through three activities including maker activities and brain teasers.
Three “Tween Summer” offerings are
also ongoing, including Wednesdays Makerspace in the In Be-Tween Room from
1-3 p.m. for students entering grades four
through six offering crafts, maker activities and games. Mondays Crafternoons
will be held for the same age group in the
same time slot, as will Fridays Tabletop
Games.
Teen library volunteers will lead
the activities beginning Monday, July 27
through Friday, Aug. 21.
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Other tween summer options
The Bridge Family Center is also offering
programming geared toward the tween
and teen age group this summer, according to the most recent edition of the Town
Council briefs.
The Bridge is hosting a College and
Career Club drop-in program for rising
high school sophomores through seniors
Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pepe’s
Pizza through Aug. 18. The program offers
resume building, volunteer opportunities
and college tours.
The Teen Center at the Elmwood
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basketball and burgers from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at Beachland Park on Mondays and
Wednesdays through Aug. 26.
Lastly, a summer mentoring program
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Theatre Company, spoke to the Town
Council about a variety of concerns with
the community center program being
conducted in partnership with the Hartt
School Community Dance Division.
Greene, who told the council she
spoke on behalf of Alyce Carella Dance
Studio and Estelle Jones School of Dance
as well as BTC, questioned the partnership
between Hartt and the town.
“Since 2008, the town of West Hartford
through the Elmwood Community Center
has been offering combination dance classes that enabled young children interested
in dance to try ballet, jazz and tap all in a
single class. That was a wonderful program
that introduced many students to multiple
dance forms, and frequently these dancers
moved on to take classes with many area
dance companies,” Greene said.
With regard to the programming
change to utilize Hartt instructors, she
said, “We cannot figure out why the ECC
dance program now offers more classes
than previously. These classes are now
focused on a single dance type, and now
they are identical to classes offered by
local businesses. The town of West Hartford has basically opened its own dance
studio at ECC, and is now directly competing with five dance companies within
1.5 miles.”
Greene called the program a “feeder
program,” arguing that ECC students are
given a referral to Hartt classes, and said
the marketing done by the town for Hartt
classes at ECC as well as use of the dance
space, which was upgraded before the program launched, gave Hartt “free access to
the market.”
Class levels offered at the ECC during
the partnership with Hartt included discovery ballet, pre-ballet, elementary foundation ballet, intermediate foundation
ballet, hip hop 1 and 2, tiny tap, and tap 1
and 2.
Offerings in 2013-14, prior to Hartt at
ECC included five levels of “Dancer’s Delight” combination classes of ballet, tap
and jazz, as well as ballet 1 and 2 and hop
hop.
Under the contract, the town paid the
Hartt School an annual management fee of
$4,000 as well as $35 for each hourly dance
class and $26.25 for each 45 minute dance
class.
Greene cited that BTC, Alyce Carella and Estelle Jones all experienced decreased enrollment in the fall, particularly
at the entry level, as an impact of the Hartt
program at ECC, though former ECC facilities director Robin Collins, who disagreed
with the characterization of the program
as one that fed students into Hartt, said
the community center dance programs
also saw a dip.
In response to the concerns, Town
Manager Ron Van Winkle said staff would
consider the contract and meet with the
dance studios about the matter in the
months remaining on the Hartt at ECC
agreement and, ultimately, it was determined that the town would not renew the
terms.
“The contract with Hartt put us in a
position of competing against the private
sector for dance students,” Van Winkle said.
“The intent of our program at the Elmwood
Community Center has always been as an
introductory kind of dance program and
we changed that and turned it into more of
a commercial dance program, which really
put us in unfair competition against both
for and nonprofit businesses.”
Although the town hires many outside contractors for programs such as music and taekwondo, Van Winkle said the
specificity of the dance program was the
problem.
“We were taking business away from
people who make their living doing this
because we changed the depth of the
program and that’s not what government
should be doing,” he said.
Local dance departments were
pleased with the decision.
In the spring, the Ballet Theater Company underwent renovations which were
previously planned, but put on hold due
to concerns with the Hartt at ECC program and the impact it would have on BTC
enrollment.
“We did not oppose the town having
introductory dance classes – our problem
was the connection with an established
studio,” Greene told The West Hartford
Press last month.
The Human and Leisure Services
Department will now seek to hire an instructor that is unaffiliated with any local
dance school in order to continue dance
programs at the community center.
“It is our intention to continue to explore new dance programs at the Elmwood
Community Center,” Director of Human
and Leisure Services Helen Rubino-Turco
said. “Our mission is to provide introductory, high-quality, affordable recreation
programs that are available to all.”
Collins recently retired from the ECC
and a search to fill her position is ongoing.
“As soon as we have a new facilities
supervisor on board, we will begin to explore our options,” Rubino-Turco said with
regard to the dance programs that usually
begin in the fall.
Photo by Abigail Albair
The back view of the home on the corner of Albany Avenue and Steele Road is pictured above.
The WHHDC will hear public comment on the proposed demolition Monday, July 27.
DEMOLITION
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destruction of historic structures and landmarks of the state,” defined as buildings on
the NRHP, the WHHDC does not have plans
to invoke the act at this time, Galvin said.
His letter to Von Hollander asks that the
home be preserved on its original site and a
new home be built on the second subdivided
lot, and also offers support of the WHHDC to
help identify a purchaser who would restore
the building.
The letter, dated June 23, asks Von Hollander to contact the commission immediately, though Galvin said no response had
been received as of press time.
Von Hollander declined to comment on
the matter to The West Hartford Press.
“[The property] is a very handsome
structure with amazing, original details. This
distinctive building is one of the contributors to West Hartford’s beautiful streetscape,” Galvin told The West Hartford Press.
“Our unique, historic streetscape gives West
Hartford its special look and architectural
character, and [is] one very strong reason
for the town’s enduring popularity. Once a
house like 2022 Albany is gone, it’s gone for
good. We all lose something when our architectural heritage is unnecessarily removed.”
The WHHDC will hear public comment
on the proposed demolition Monday, July 27
at 7:30 p.m. in room 312 of Town Hall.
before the demolition of a structure, and a
waiver of that waiting period for an historic
structure can only be granted by the WHHDC.
Von Hollander attended a May meeting of the WHHDC to discuss a request for a
waiver but withdrew the request the following day, Galvin’s letter explains.
“Despite the withdrawal of your formal
request, the WHHDC remains concerned
about your plans to demolish the home,” he
wrote.
The town’s three existing historic districts – within which the WHHDC has the
authority to make decisions about changing
or demolishing buildings – are the Buena
Vista Historic District, Boulevard-Raymond
Road Historic District and West Hill Historic
District.
The WHHDC is looking into adding
other districts in the future, Galvin told The
West Hartford Press.
“West Hartford is fortunate to have a
beautiful[ly] built environment with many
architectural treasures. We would like to expand existing local historic districts and establish some new ones to benefit the historic
homes and their owners,” he said. “Hopefully
we will soon have funds via grants for the
studies, processing and other work necessary to create/expand local
historic districts.”
For now, because the
Albany Avenue property is
not within a town designated district, it is afforded no
formal protection on the
town level.
Although Connecticut’s
Environmental Protection
Act allows citizens to sue to
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Clifford-themed event sponsored by nonprofits draws a crowd
“Reading is the big idea!” A
new collaborative partnership between the Noah Webster House &
West Hartford Historical Society
and Reach Out and Read Connecticut brought Clifford the Big
Red Dog to West Hartford Saturday, June 27.
The two nonprofit organizations with literacy missions
teamed up to offer an afternoon of
fun: Clifford the Big Red Dog story
times, crafts, games, snacks and
free books.
Approximately 100 guests
were greeted by Clifford himself
upon entry to the museum and
followed his big red footsteps to
the event.
Among the various activities, children could play “pin the
bone” on Clifford, try out his doghouse or create a set of red ears.
Kids gathered on the rug for story
times led by museum teacher, and
retired elementary school teacher Mary Driscoll, whom guests
called “a great reader.” Every family
received a free Clifford the Big Red
Dog book courtesy of Reach Out
and Read Connecticut. The star of
the event was, of course, Clifford
himself.
Children flocked to Clifford
to give him a hug or a “high-five,”
and have their picture taken with
him. “Clifford!” said one little boy
upon first sight of the Big Red Dog,
“I read your books every night!”
Noah Webster House & West
Hartford Historical Society’s literacy mission stems from its
namesake: as a schoolteacher,
Noah Webster authored the Blue
Backed Speller that taught generation upon generation of Americans how to read.
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readiness; according to the National Commission on Reading,
literacy is the “single most significant factor” affecting a child’s academic success.
The two groups collaborated to make Literacy Day a family-friendly event that presents
reading in a fun way.
The groups will collaborate
again for another Literacy Day
Saturday, Sept. 19 with a Curious
George theme.
The free event was made possible through the generous support of the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving and the Institute
of Museum and Library Services.
Right: Clifford the Big Red Dog
made an appearance
at Literacy Day June 27.
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Picnic will be held Wednesday, July 22 from noon to 2:30
p.m. in the Town Hall Auditorium with free parking.
Guests will enjoy Hebrew National hot dogs and
hamburgers, grilled up by
West Hartford’s finest. Potato
salad, coleslaw and dessert
will also be served. Entertainment for the afternoon will
be provided by the popular
Elderly Brothers, featuring
T-Bone and Brian Gilley. Tickets are limited to 200
and will be on a first come,
first-serve basis. Cost is $3 for
members, $5 non-members. The West Hartford Police Officers’ Association is a
co-sponsor for the event.
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Hartford’s Human Services
Office is currently in great
need of volunteers for the
West Hartford Food Pantry and as medical escort
drivers.
To apply for these positions or for more information, contact Barbara
Roberts at 860-561-7567
or [email protected].
Monday mornings are
a busy time in the pantry,
where volunteers are needed from 9 to 11 a.m. The
duties will include sorting,
date checking and shelving
food items. Based on availability, volunteers might be
asked to help with other
pantry functions such as
receiving large food donations or setting up for holiday programs. Volunteers
must be at least 18 years
of age and able to lift 25
pounds.
On Wednesdays, the
pantry is in need of a substitute volunteer to help
during the self-select hours
between 9 and 11 a.m. or 11
a.m. and 1 p.m. This person
will cover for when one of
the regular volunteers is
unavailable.
Substituting is on a
fairly regular basis. Must be
at least 18 years of age. On Wednesdays starting in September, the pantry is in need of a volunteer
from 1 p.m. to help restock
the pantry after the self-select pantry closes. Must be
at least 18 years of age and
be able to lift 25 pounds. On Fridays starting in
September, volunteers are
needed to make the prepacked food bags that are
distributed from the Human Services Office.
Volunteers will assemble approximately 30 food
bags. This is a job that can
be done individually or
with a partner. Ask a family
member or friend to join in
helping West Hartford residents with their food needs.
Must be 18 years of age and
be able to lift 25 pounds.
Another way to volunteer in town is as a medical
escort driver.
Drivers take elderly
residents who are no longer
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to their destination. Volunteer time slots are based
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commit to as many or as
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PRESSSports
Gray
Matters
By Scott Gray
Out of reach
Photos by David Heuschkel
West Hartford Post 96 catcher Henry Fracasso cannot make the tag and shortstop Danny Roth, inset, fails to come up with a grounder
against RCP, which swept a doubleheader July 12 in Cromwell to clinch the American Legion Zone 7 championship.
West Hartford Post 96 swept by RCP
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
The years of playing American Legion
baseball for West Hartford have turned to
days for Max Vogel-Freedman, a left-handed pitcher in his final season of eligibility for
Post 96.
Four years ago, Vogel-Freedman was
on the mound for West Hartford’s Junior
Legion (17-U) team and took a shutout –
and a 4-0 lead – into the seventh inning of
a state tournament game. He tired and got
knocked out. Then he watched in horror as
Stamford, down to its final two outs and
still trailing by four, pushed five runs across
the plate to stun West Hartford in the elimination-round game.
Four years older, Vogel-Freedman
is now among the oldest players on the
Post 96 squad this summer. He was on the
mound for the biggest game to date July
12, the opener of a crucial doubleheader
between first-place RCP and second-place
West Hartford.
West Hartford, which had one more
loss heading into the day, needed no worse
than a split to maintain a mathematical
chance to ending RCP’s three-year grip on
the Zone 7 championship. When the hot
day ended, West Hartford had no shot after getting swept at Fran Monnes Field at
Cromwell High School.
RCP won the first game 3-1, scoring all
three runs off Vogel-Freedman in the fourth
after West Hartford scored in the top of the
inning.
With right-hander Patrick McHale on
the mound for the second game, RCP broke a
scoreless game with two runs in the fourth and
put it away with four in the fifth for a 6-0 win.
See SWEPT on page 16
American Legion: Kelley’s act is worth catching
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Neil Kelley knows only two ways
to play baseball: fast and furious. The
speedy leadoff hitter on West Hartford’s
American Legion team is nothing short
of aggressive on the base paths. Patrolling
center field, he
has a tendency
to make catches
that grab your attention.
On any given hit, on any given
play, Kelley is a threat to score from any
base. He’s a threat to steal any base at any
given time, including home, which he unsuccessfully attempted with two outs in
the last inning and his team trailing by a
run against Conard in the annual Mayor’s
Cup Classic this spring.
“That’s what I do. I’m always trying
to look ahead and make a big play like
that,” Kelley said. “I did it because of the
Photo by
David Heuschkel
situation and it was
my last Hall-Conard
game. That was
on me. But I don’t
regret it.”
Last
week in an
American
Legion
game,
West Hartford Post
96 center fielder
Neil Kelley
Kelley used his fast feet to accomplish a
rare feat that helped West Hartford to a
3-1 win over Hartford. He scored from first
base on an infield hit, using hustle and
heads-up base running.
With a runner on second and two
outs in the fourth, Kelley got hit by a pitch
to extend the inning. Carl Francalangia
was at the plate with a full count when
the runners broke on the payoff pitch.
Francalangia hit a blooper to the right side
between first baseman Luis Mendez and
second baseman Alex Sabo.
Mendez apparently thought the ball
was hit harder and going further than it
did. He dashed to the cut-off position in
the middle of the diamond to anticipate a
throw from right field, except the ball never left the infield. Ranging to his left,
Sabo gloved the ball and threw to
first. Nobody was at the bag.
The golf season’s third major, The Open Championship, is this weekend at Royal St. Andrews, a
good time to clear out the Travelers Championship notebook.
Day one of Travelers week, Monday,
June 22: Travelers COO Andy Bessette beamed
over the latest monument to the event’s 63-year
history, the Travelers Championship Memorial
Garden. Adjacent to the practice tee at the TPC
River Highlands, the garden will be paved with
bricks engraved with the names of winners of
the local PGA event who have passed away.
Currently, 10 former champions, including fourtime winner Billy Casper (1963, ‘65, ‘68 and ‘73)
are deceased and will be the first to be honored.
The first two engraved bricks, honoring Casper
and 1967 champ Charles Sifford, the first African-American man to win a PGA Tour event, who
both passed away this year, were on display
throughout Travelers week. Other inaugural Memorial Garden honorees are 1966 champ Art Wall
Jr.; 1957 champion Gardner Dickinson; 1971
winner George Archer; 1964 champ Ken Venturi;
1978’s Rod Funseth; 1954 winner Tommy Bolt;
Ted Kroll, who won the initial Insurance City Open
in 1952; and the legendary “Slammin’” Sammy
Snead, who claimed the 1955 edition.
Jason Day, who suffered a bout with vertigo
at the U.S. Open the day before, withdrew from
the Travelers. No one expected him to make a
cross-country flight after collapsing on the
course at Chambers Bay. Tiger Woods, however,
might have been well-advised to get right back
on the horse after being embarrassed by the
Chambers Bay house of horrors and missing the
Open cut. Hartford, with a competitive field and
a course that brings more of the field into the mix,
might have been just the tonic for what ails him.
Instead, Tiger opted to return a week later on an
easier course against a more watered down field.
Day two: Billy Horshel, the most vocal of
the golfers at the Open in expressing his dissatisfaction with the conditions at Chambers Bay,
apologized for the frustration he exhibited on
the sixth hole of the final round, but repeated his
claim that he did not hit the green with his putter
as had been reported. “I was not the role model in that situation that I needed to be,” Horshel
said. “I did not take a chunk out of the green as
some people reported it. I promise I will do better
in the future.”
Day three, Celebrity Pro-Am Day: Defending champ Kevin Streelman completed a two
under par round playing with UConn women’s
basketball coach Geno Auriemma and declared
the course was in great shape.“The greens are
beautifully smooth,” he said, “but they’re not up
to speed yet. They will be by the weekend.”
Streelman wouldn’t know. He didn’t make the
weekend. A missed birdie putt on 18 in round two
left him one stroke shy of the cut, at two under 138.
Day four, round one: Andres Romero had
his third Tour hole-in-one when his seven iron to
16 found the green, rolled to the hole and disappeared. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Romero, who
earned a Rolex watch from Lux, Bond and Green
for his ace. Bubba Watson, meanwhile, birdied the
14th hole to go to six under and tie for the lead.
See GRAY MATTERS on page 17
See WORTH CATCHING on page 17
July 16, 2015
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Offensive explosion for
West Hartford LL
By Matt Monitto
Correspondent
It took 44 runners
crossing the plate, but after
nearly three hours a victor
finally emerged.
West Hartford’s Little League 12-U All-Start
squad toppled Rocky Hill
29-15 in a hard-fought
game that featured 28 total
hits, including three home
runs. With the victory,
West Hartford advances to
the crossover tournament
in the district playoffs.
Brian Coco, acting as
West Hartford’s head coach
for the game, expressed
pride in how the kids played.
“They knew they had to
win and keep the runs down
and they just played good
baseball,” Coco said. “The
way they hit the ball and ran
the bases was wonderful.”
Assistant coach John
Kinney echoed Coco’s sentiments, saying, “I thought
the kids played their hearts
out. We had a slim chance
of making it to the crossover and nobody gave up.”
West Hartford put up 11
runs in the second inning to
set a hard-hitting, high-scor-
ing tone for the game. The
centerpiece of that inning
was a two-run home run by
center fielder Sean Guavara
that landed in the bush beyond the fence in center.
Rocky Hill nearly
matched that tone, unable to claim the lead but
scoring enough that the
mercy rule never went into
effect. Trailing by 10 in the
bottom of the fourth, Matt
Sapia-Banas spoiled any
thoughts of an early departure by depositing a pitch
over the left-field fence. Despite Rocky Hill’s
scoring threat that inning,
they only tallied one more
run. With the bases loaded and two outs, a runner
was thrown out trying to
score on a wild pitch. They
would not score again, as
Guavara did not allow a hit
over the final 2 1/3 innings.
West Hartford starting
pitcher Evan Smart also
homered. Next up is Newington July 16 at Elm Ridge
Park in Rocky Hill.
“This far in the season,
there’s nothing new to pull
out,” Coco explained. “Just
keep them loose and hopefully they have fun playing.”
Two in a row for Venora
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Venora Electric won the West Hartford Youth Baseball League
championship with a 3-2 victory over Hall’s Market. The win
capped a 17-0 season for Venora, which has won back-toback WHYBL championships. Front row, left to right: Peter
Langevin, Nathan Gallo, Charlie Kristofak, Anthony Mangini,
Jack Kennedy, Matt Shiffman; middle row: Tobey Siegel, Cohl
D’Addabbo, Aidan Foley, Brandon Wolmer, Eli Salomons; back
row: coaches Steve Mangini, Rob Gallo, Mark D’Addabbo,
Adam Wolmer, Andy Schatz
Photo by David Heuschkel
West Hartford pitcher Max Vogel-Freedman had one tough inning that proved to be the difference in a 3-1 loss to RCP in the
first game of the doubleheader.
SWEPT
from page 15
West Hartford dropped
to 13-6 with four losses to
RCP (18-3). One loss was in
extra innings, 6-5, and two
others losses were by two
runs.
During RCP’s four-year
reign as zone champion,
West Hartford has been
runner-up or tied for second
all four times.
“They just have our
number. You’ve got to give
it to them,” Vogel-Freedman
said after the first game. “Every time they come out they
play a little better. On paper,
I feel like we’re the better
team, but they somehow do
the right things. They’re a
scrappy team.”
RCP had 16 hits in the
two games, twice as many
as West Hartford. RCP
starters Tucker Lord and
Tom Seaver outpitched Vogel-Freedman and McHale.
In the first game, Vogel-Freedman struggled the
second time through the order. He gave up four hits in
the three-run fourth inning,
including two doubles.
Nick Queiroz had a RBI
double to deep left that tied
it at 1.
“A 3-2 fastball right over
the plate; it was a terrible
pitch,” Vogel-Freedman said.
“Then I was trying to backdoor a lot of cutters, but they
just kept hitting.”
Queiroz moved to third
on a pitch in the dirt and
scored on a single by Kevin
Radziewicz that gave RCP
the lead.
Cole Ogorzalek hit a
grounder to the right side
that second baseman Francalangia snared with a diving stop. He threw to first
for the out as Radziewicz
moved to second. Cory
Baldwin, the next batter,
slammed Vogel-Freedman’s
first pitch to deep center for
a RBI double to make it 3-1.
“They were reading
the signs from second,” Vogel-Freedman said. “They
would do claps to determine
what pitch it was. So it was
kind of tough. They knew
what pitch was coming.”
Two claps for fastball
and one for off-speed, he said.
“We didn’t realize until
after the fourth inning,” Vogel-Freedman said. “It was
on me. I got to know that
type of stuff. That comes
with changing up your looks
and stuff like that, which I
didn’t do a very good job of.”
West Hartford had the
tying runs on base in the
fifth and seventh innings.
In the fifth, Alex White
grounded out to end the
threat. Then, with runners
on first and second in the
seventh, Francalangia hit a
liner right at the first baseman to end it.
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Clay Felice drove in
West Hartford’s only run in
the first game with a twoout single in the fourth.
In the second game, he
grounded out with the bases loaded to end the second.
The game remained
scoreless before RCP scored
twice in the fourth. Orgozalek reached on an error,
moved to third, and trotted
home on a bouncer through
the hole by Austin White.
Kevin Larkin followed with
a grounder through the
hole, just out of shortstop
Danny Roth’s reach to put
runners on first and second.
RCP scored its second run as part of a double
steal. Catcher Tyler Rice’s
throw to third was low and
skipped past Aaron Renker, allowing White to race
home to make it 2-0. In the
fifth, Baldwin and Bouchard
had two-run singles to make
it 6-0.
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American Legion: Post 96 sweeps Plainville
By Brendan Driscoll
Correspondent
West Hartford got a gift
July 9 when last-place Plainville beat first-place RCP in
an American Legion Zone 7
game. The next night, West
Hartford showed its appreciation by sweeping Plainville in a doubleheader,
9-1 and 13-1, July 10 to
move closer to RCP in the
standings.
“We really got on top
of this team. They are a
young team and we took
advantage of their inexperience a little bit and we
scored a lot of runs tonight.”
West Hartford coach Elliot
Lane said.
West Hartford scored
early and often. In the first
game, Post 96 scored runs
in each of the first five innings. In the second, West
Hartford scored six runs in
the first two innings and
cruised.
Neil Kelley went 4-for6 with two doubles and
scored five runs in both
games. He led off the second game with a single,
stole second and scored on
Alex White’s single to right
field, blowing through the
stop sign.
“He goes at 120 percent. He’s like a roadrunner,”
Elliot said. “There are times
when I’m really trying to
hold him back because he
gets into scoring position
and then he wants to go
beyond scoring position.
He runs through signs and
he scores because he is a
tremendous athlete. He just
wants to win.”
West Hartford scored
seven runs in the fourth
inning, sending 11 batters
to the plate. Kelley had two
doubles and two RBIs in the
inning.
Pitcher Tyler Rice
closed out the first game
and was back on the mound
as the starter for the second
game. In four total innings,
he did not give up a hit,
walked four and allowed
one run.
Third baseman Clay
GRAY MATTERS from page 15
WORTH CATCHING from page 15
He would only be out of the
lead for one hole and just over
20 hours the rest of the way,
when he fell one stroke behind
Brian Harman on the final hole of
round three. He’d birdie the first
and second holes in round four to
reclaim the lead.
Day five, round two: Scott
Brown notched six straight back
nine birds to get into contention
but Bubba was still the story,
with a 67 to go to 11 under before passing a drug test before
an informal chat with the media.
Day six, round three: Harman went to 14 under, a shot
better than Watson and Graham
DeLaet, with a two-stroke swing
at 18. With a late start on Sunday over weather concerns, they
would play as a threesome in the
final round.
Day seven, final round:
Bubba’s 5-foot birdie putt at
the second gave him the lead.
He would never trail again, but
found himself in a playoff when
a stone got between his club
and the ball on a bunker shot
at 17, forcing him to scramble
for a bogey and a tie with Paul
Casey, who charged down the
back nine, roars from his gallery
informing Bubba a challenge
was mounting. Bubba birdied the
second playoff hole for his eighth
PGA Tour win, his second in the
Travelers, his fifth win in six
career playoffs. “It’s just about
staying calm,” he said. “You walk
slower, take some deep breaths
and focus on the fact that no
matter what happens, you’ll still
finish second.”
Now I can put the notebook
away.
As the ball rolled toward the backstop, Aaron
Renker scored easily from
second base. Kelley rounded
second and headed for third,
then made a dash for the
plate when he noticed Hartford didn’t retrieve the ball in
a timely manner.
“I’m about halfway between second and third and
I see the ball go into no man’s
land,” Kelley said. “Now I’m
rounding third. The coach is
telling me to stop. I looked
and saw the ball back there
and they’re kind of lollygagging to go get it. I don’t think
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Photo by Jillian Davey
West Hartford’s Neil Kelley beats the throw to the plate in the second game of a doubleheader sweep of Plainville July 10.
Felice went 4-for-7 and had
three RBIs in total. Tim
Dickson had three hits and
three RBIs. Alex White had
two hits, an RBI, and scored
three runs in both games.
Shortstop Dan Roth had
two RBIs and a triple in the
second game. Catcher Henry Fracasso had two hits, including an RBI double in the
first game.
“The kids are really
starting to get use to hitting
with wood,” Lane said. “We
were able to create opportunities with our tremendous speed at the top of our
order, with Neil Kelley, Alex
White and Tim Dickson.
We have some really good
speed. Playing small ball is
what wood bat baseball is
all about.”
they saw me going until I was
about halfway down the line.
They should have had me if
they were hustling. I just took
advantage of it.”
Kelley crashed into the
back of the catcher’s legs,
scoring his second run of
the game. He also saved a
run with his glove, making a
diving catch in the gap with
a runner on third for the final out of the first inning. He
made another difficult catch
in the fifth inning, charging
in and lunging forward to
haul in a sinking liner that
was hit right at him. That one
didn’t look as spectacular as
his acrobatic snare earlier,
but Kelley said his shoestring
grab was the more difficult of
the two.
Kelley’s coaches have
called him a human highlight film because of all the
diving catches he makes.
His teammates accused
him of being somewhat of a
showboat, claiming he purposely slows down as the
tracks the flight of the ball
and dives at the last second
to make a web gem.
“The guys on the team
are always giving me crap
because I dive for everything
– unnecessary dives,” Kelley
said.
Kelley said he never
slows up tracking a fly ball.
He also said it’s “almost easier” for him to make a diving catch. Switching from
infield to outfield for his
senior year at Hall and this
summer with the American
Legion team, he made the
transition look simple.
“The diving play has
just never been hard for me,”
said Kelley, who was named
to the All-State team by the
Connecticut High School
Coaches Association this
spring. “Ever since I’ve been
little I’ve made every diving
play. … I grew up playing
outfield, not necessarily center. It’s very natural to me.
I had plenty of reps when I
was younger. I played plenty
of baseball. I feel extremely
comfortable and have a lot of
confidence.”
Kelley said he played
year-round in California before moving to West Hartford for his freshman year of
high school. He’s planning to
play in college at Division III
Pitzer College in the Southern California Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference.
“I kind of wish I played
outfield my whole career.
That’s maybe where I should
have been,” Kelley said. “But
I would do whatever is
needed.”
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LIFER Fitness Studio offers exercise for all
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
Deb Fountain is a lifer.
The word has many different connotations, she said,
but for her it’s all about making a lifetime commitment to
working out.
That’s not to say that
once such a commitment is
made, people won’t sometimes fall away from keeping
fit, Fountain said. Rather,
they will always return.
“You’re a lifer,” she says to
her clients at LIFER Fitness
Studio.
The
studio,
which
opened in June at 20 Jefferson
Ave., offers yoga, barre, and
spin classes. Fountain came
up with her catchphrase
when she was offering personal training classes in the
basement of her Washington,
D.C. home.
The idea was to train
women until they reached
their goals and then cut them
loose to continue the training habits they had learned
on their own; however, the
60 clients she had signed
wouldn’t leave when they
reached their goals. Instead,
they wanted to keep working
out with her. The only dilemma was Fountain couldn’t
get any new clients because
there was no room in her
schedule for them.
“I had a waiting list,” she
said. “I could never bring new
clients.”
One day she was talking
to one of the clients she had
already helped and joked
with her about being a “lifer.”
The woman agreed and the
phrase stuck.
Fountain, her husband
and four children moved to
Connecticut in 2002 and she
became a workout instructor
at Big Sky for 11 years.
She began plans for her
own workout studio earlier this year, she said. It was
something she had not previously considered, but she
said she wasn’t going to be
defeated by “a glitch” in a different business venture on
which she had been working.
“It was devastating but
I pulled myself up,” she said.
“It’s a triumphant story.”
Fountain said she was
very grateful for all the community support she has
received. She added that a
blogger who writes at Lucky
Penny Found, who used to
take one of her classes at Big
Sky, has directed a lot of clients her way.
Fountain wanted multiple forms of exercise available
at her studio because they are
all part of overall fitness, she
said. Spinning provides a car-
dio boost, barre incorporates
weights and yoga is good
for stretching and spiritual
grounding.
“I know I need it for my
own body,” she said. “You
need to practice yoga if you’re
going to have a healthy lifestyle.”
A healthy diet is also
crucial, Fountain said.
“If you’re paying attention to all those four pieces,
you’re probably a happier
person,” she said.
There’s also a fifth part.
“Love yourself,” Fountain
said. “It’s really very simple.
It’s all about love.”
The room where barre
classes are held can fit up to
15 people and the spinning
room has 21 bikes, including one for the instructor. As
business has already started
to grow, Fountain plans to get
10 more bikes before the end
of summer.
She uses the Keiser M3I,
which she swears by.
“They’re amazing, [with
a] fly wheel in back. It’s quiet
and Bluetooth capable,” she
said. “It’s a smart bike. It does
so many things that I’m only
doing a quarter of what they
could be doing.”
The bikes are also dependable and rarely break
down. On the rare occasion
there is a problem, the com-
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Cronin and Company
Photo by Sloan Brewster
Deb Fountain poses beside a stationary bike, which she has
repurposed to hold cleaning supplies so clients in spinning
classes at her newly opened LIFER Fitness Studio can clean
up after a tough workout.
pany offers great service,
Fountain said. When one of
her bikes was malfunctioning
because something had gotten stuck in one of the magnets on the back of the bike,
someone came right over,
found the piece of metal and
removed it.
The studio is located
in a renovated ballet studio.
Fountain began renovations
in mid-April and was finished
by June.
In addition to making
use of whatever she could
that was already in the studio,
Fountain bought things that
were once used in other ways
for furniture and things she
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People on
the move
pallet made into a desk and
a portable rack for hard hats
and work boots that was once
used in a factory is now a coat
and purse rack on wheels.
“It was a piece of a factory basically and now it’s in my
studio,” Fountain said. “We
can use stuff that otherwise
would have been in a landfill,
discarded.”
The piece she is most
proud of is an old stationary
bike, the first one ever made,
she bragged.
The piece has been repurposed to serve as a decoration in the spinning room
and a rack for cleaning supplies, which she stacks in a
basket affixed to the back
of the cycle. That way, after
spinning class, clients can
clean up their bikes.
The old bike also has a
different purpose, Fountain
said, laughing.
When she’s teaching
spinning classes, she teases folks going slow, saying if
they don’t speed up, they are
going to be relegated to the
old bike.
Fountain loves the studio because of the skylight
and all the big windows and
likes how, depending what
time of day and if the shades
are drawn or not, the rooms
look completely different.
“If you come at 5 in the
morning, it’s a different ride
from the noon class,” she said.
“You can come here and see
the snow fall and cycle, you
can hear the rain, you can see
the rain.”
Fountain’s daughters,
Taylor, who is 25, and Danni,
who is 20, work at the studio
and have been really supportive, Fountain said.
“I love what I do so
much that I wanted to create
a place where I could do what
I love to do,” she said.
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visit www.liferitswhatwedo.
com or call 860-206-0780.
Cronin and Company,
LLC, the largest full-service independent marketing communications
agency in Connecticut
as well as the state’s “Top
Shop” as declared by
Adweek Magazine, has
continued to expand by
hiring one new employee
and promoting several
others within the agency.
Andrea Riley of West
Hartford has been promoted from digital planner/buyer to senior digital planner/buyer on the
agency’s media and analytics team. She joined
the agency in 2012. Riley
holds a bachelor’s degree
in communications from
the University of Connecticut.
Campbell elected
board president
of Association for
Corporate Growth,
CT chapter
Mark Campbell, BlumShapiro Shelton Office
Partner, has been elected
president of the board
of directors of the Association for Corporate
Growth,
Connecticut
Chapter. Campbell’s term
as board president runs
from June 2015-June 2017.
Campbell became
a partner in BlumShapiro’s Litigation Services
and Business Valuation Group in 2013. He
provides privately held
companies and business
owners with valuation
services for shareholder
disputes, buy/sell agreements, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, gifting interests,
estate planning and taxation, and matrimonial
dissolutions.
Campbell
joined
BlumShapiro as a manager in 2007. He received a
bachelor’s degree in business administration from
the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1992,
majoring in accounting.
He received a juris doctorate and Masters of
Business Administration
from Pace University in
1997 and 2002, respectively. He has also been a
licensed attorney in Connecticut since 1998.
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Giant tag sale
The Emanuel Synagogue, 160 Mohegan
Drive, will have a Giant Indoor AirConditioned Tag Sale. The sale will start
with a preview night Thursday, July 16
from 5-8 p.m., with a $5 admission fee.
The sale will continue Friday, July 17 and
Sunday, July 19 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. with
no admission fee. For sale will be art,
books, collectibles, jewelry, household
goods, furniture, sporting goods, toys,
DVDs, CDs, records, small appliances
and more. For more information call 860236-1275.
Tabor House Giant Tag Sale
The 21st annual Tabor House Giant Tag
Sale will take place at the Sisters of St.
Joseph Convent, 27 Park Road, Thursday,
July 16 from 5-8 p.m., private sale and
silent auction (auction closes out on
Saturday at 10:30 a.m.), admission $10;
Giant Tag Sale and Bake Sale Friday, July
17, noon-6 p.m., admission $1; and final
sale day Saturday, July 18, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.,
free admission
Red
Cross
blood
donation
opportunities
The American Red Cross urges eligible
donors to give blood at the following
donation opportunities: Thursday, July
16, 1-6:30 p.m., and Thursday, July 23
from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at West Hartford
Town Hall, 50 South Main St., To make an
appointment, download redcrossblood.
org, or call 1-800-733-2767.
Aging Care Academy courses
Hebrew HealthCare’s upcoming Aging
Care AcademySM, a service designed
especially to assist family members
caring for older adults, will offer
the following courses at 1 Abrahms
Boulevard, 4-5:30 p.m., Thursday,
July 16, Essential Elements to Avoid a
Nursing Home, and Thursday, July 23,
Myths about Memory Loss. To reserve a
seat call 860-920-1810, or go to www.
agingcareacademy.org.
Events at Blue Back Square
• Thursday, July 16, 12:30-2 p.m., Camp
KO A Cappella concert
• Friday, July 17, 5-6 p.m., Hartford
Stage Teen Musical Show – Hartford
Stage Education Department performing
a free teen musical
• Friday, July 17, 7 p.m., Story Hour
playing rock music
• Saturday, July 18, 3:30-5:30 p.m.,
Student Rock Bands
• Saturday, July 18, 7-9 p.m., Kala
At the Library
Noah Webster Library
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980
• Teen Animal Rights Club Mondays,
July 20, Aug. 3 and 17, 3 p.m., grades
6-12, register
• Fandom Club Wednesday, July 22 at 2
p.m., students entering grades 4-5 passionate about sci-fi, fantasy or anime,
register
• Gallery exhibit: “Stolen Papers” work
by Mark Einhorn thru July 31
• Teen summer volunteers needed
grades 9-12 Mondays, July 27, Aug.
3 and 10 at 1 p.m. (Crafternoons);
Wednesdays, July 29, Aug. 5 and 12,
1 p.m. (Makerspace); Fridays, July
31, Aug. 12 and 14, 1 p.m., Tabletop
Games), if interested, contact kkarp@
westhartfordCT.gov
Faxon Library
1073 New Britain Ave., Elmwood
• Faxon Poets meeting Saturday, July
18, 10 a.m.-noon
Farnham concert, folk-pop music
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
[email protected]
Senior Center events/programs
West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel
Road, 860-561-7583
• Movies Thursdays at 1 p.m.: July 16,
“Taken 3” and July 23, “Foxcatcher”
• Annual Senior Picnic Wednesday, July
22, 2:30 p.m., Town Hall auditorium, free
parking, tickets $3/$5 purchased ahead
of time and limited, call
• Trip: Tanger Outlets in Westbrook
Thursday, July 23, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,
$15/$21/$22
Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New
Britain Ave., 860-561-8160:
• Consignment trip to Old Saybrook
Thursday, July 16, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,
$19/$22/$23
• Summer Sounds concert series
Thursday, July 16, 7-9 p.m., Rob Zappula
(Frank Sinatra Jazz Band)
• Trip to Guilford Art Center Crafts Fair
Sunday, July 19, 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.,
$16/$18/$19
• Sphinx Shriners & Sundaes Monday,
July 20, 6:30-8 p.m., $2/$3, register
• Breakfast with Benefits – “Meet Your
Beat Officer…Meet Your Police Chief”
Tuesday, July 21, 10-11 a.m., register
At Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave.,
860-233-9696:
• PJ Shabbat and Kids Club Shabbat
Friday, July 17, 5:45-6:45 p.m., for
youngest children dressed in PJs with
Rabbi Garber, older children with Barbara
Checknoff, dinner follows for participants
of both programs, chicken nuggets
for kids and Shabbat hors d’oeuvres
for parents, RSVP to Rabbi Howard
Rosenbaum at 860-233-9891
• Weekly programs: Bible and Breakfast
Thursdays, 8-9 a.m.; Lunch & Learn
Tuesdays at noon,; Talmud Study
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.; Beth El
Babies Exploring Fridays at 10 a.m.
Space Month at New Children’s
Museum
The New Children’s Museum, 950 Trout
Brook Drive, will offer the following
programs during Space Month: Moon
Mission Weekend Saturday and Sunday,
July 18 and 19. There will moon crafts
and programming while preparing to
celebrate the upcoming anniversary of
the moon landing. Design and launch
one’s own water rocket.
Moon Monday July 20 – On the
anniversary of the Moon landing, see if
you can land your own spaceship during
the “egg drop.” Then, learn about the
Moon’s resources and discover what
humanity’s future on the Moon might
hold in the planetarium show “Back to
the Moon for Good.”
Duncaster Great Courses seminar
“The Works of Richard Wagner” is the
subject of this summer’s Great Courses
Seminar discussions at Duncaster
Retirement Community in Bloomfield
Mondays thru Sept. 7. The seminar is
being moderated by Duncaster resident
Phil Reynolds and focuses on the story
of Wagner’s life and his influence on
Western music, opera and the complete
spectrum of theater and literary arts.
The fifth two-part lecture July 20 from
2-3:30 p.m. is titled Lohengrin, Part 1
and Lohengrin, Part 2. The discussions
are free and open to the public, however,
pre-registration is required at fKent@
Duncaster.org, or at 860-380-5006.
Breakfast with Benefits
“Meet Your Beat Officer…Meet Your
Police Chief” Tuesday, July 21, 10-11 a.m.
at the Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New
Britain Ave. Bicycle Officer Aaron Vafiades
has been assigned to the Elmwood and
Beachland Park community during the
summer season. Vafiades, accompanied
by Police Chief Tracey Gove, will listen
to concerns, respond to questions,
share information on WHPD programs
and provide updated on local police
activity. Cost is $1 for members and $2
for nonmembers. Register and pay at the
Elmwood Senior Center.
Senior picnic
The West Hartford Senior Center’s annual
senior picnic will be Wednesday, July
22, noon-2:30 p.m., in the Town Hall
auditorium, 50 South Main St. The menu
includes Hebrew National hot dogs,
hamburgers, potato salad, coleslaw and
dessert. Entertainment will be provided
by the Elderly brothers, featuring T-Bone
and Brian Gilley. Cost is $3 senior center
members, $5 non-members. To register,
call 860-561-7583.
Frank Pepe’s fundraiser for ESC
Support the Elmwood Senior Center
Thursday, July 23 by teaming up with
Elmwood restaurants hosting fundraising
meals where a portion of the funds raised
will go to the senior center. Frank Pepe’s,
1148 New Britain Ave., will donate 15
percent of all orders accompanied by
a voucher (for dine in or carry out).
Available anytime during the restaurant’s
normal operating hours on that date. Stop
by the ESC office to get a flyer.
Mandell JCC Sports Jam Camp
The Mandell JCC’s sports camp, Durelle
Brown Basketball Sports Jam Camp, will
be offered July 27-31 (not July 20-24 as
originally scheduled). The August dates
remain the same, Aug. 3-7. The camp
is a full-day camp for children entering
grades 1-9 and is held at the Mandell
JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield
Ave. Registration is now open. For more
information, contact Kate Bodmer at 860652-0396.
NWC All State Youth Football Clinic
Northwest Catholic All State Youth
Football Clinic will be held July 28-31,
8:30 a.m.-noon, at NWC, 29 Wampanoag
Road. It is for those entering third-ninth
grades to teach the fundamentals of
football. For a print out of the registration
form, go to www.northwestcatholic.org/
page.cfm?p=509.
Free computer clinics
For those having problems with their
computer, bring it in on Tuesdays, 4-7
p.m., to the A+ certified technician at
Covenant Congregational Church, One
Westminster Drive, who will fix it at no
charge. Call 860-212-7683 or 860-5212269 for an appointment, or just come in
(first come, first serve).
Farmers Markets
The West Hartford Farmers Market on
LaSalle Road in the Arapahoe municipal
parking lot will be open Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, Tuesdays
and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and
Thursdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., thru Oct. 31.
The Bishops Corner Farmers Market runs
every Saturday thru Oct. 31 from 9 a.m.noon in the Crown Market parking lot.
A Photographic History
The West Hartford Art League,
37 Buena Vista Road, will hold a
photography exhibit based around
West Hartford, past and present, and is
looking for photography submissions.
Photographers can submit up to three
framed images for consideration. Log
onto
westhartfordart.org./upcomingexhibitions. In addition, the league is
looking for old snapshots or photos of
West Hartford.
Arts & Events
Summer Carillon Concert Series
at the First Church of Christ
Congregational, 12 South Main St.,
Thursdays, July 16 and 23 at 6 p.m.,
sit on the lawn in front of the church,
on the Green, in front of the library
and at Blue Back Square to listen to
the 50 bells in the steeple performed
by professional carilloneurs – TinShi Tam July 16 and John Widmann
July 23
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600
Main St., Hartford:
• Gallery Talk “Peter Blume” Thursday,
July 16, noon, with curator Erin
Monroe, free with museum admission,
stay for a free screening of “Without
Gorky” at 1 p.m.
• Film “Dukhtar” Thursday, July 16, 7
p.m., tickets $9/$8/$7
• Summer Sizzle Under the Stars
Friday, July 17, 5-10 p.m., $9/$8/$7 –
a la carte dinner in Gengras Courtyard
accompanied by live Latin jazz with
Alta and Matt DeChamplain and
Jeremy Osterling followed by 1936
film “Libeled Lady”
• Film “Little England” Thursday, July
23, 7 p.m., additional screenings July
25 at 4 and 7 p.m. and July 26 at 2
p.m., $9/$8/$7
• Mark Bradford/MATRIX 172 on
display thru Sept. 6, site-specific wall
drawing
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St.,
Collinsville, 860-693-9762: July 16,
8 p.m., Devon Allman w/special guest
Balkun Brothers; July 17, 8 p.m.,
Comedy Night: Kevin Downey Jr.; July
23, 8 p.m., Larry Kirwan of Black 47
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro:
20 Greenwoods Road North,
Norfolk, 860-542-5531: July 16, 8
p.m., An Evening with Chris Robinson
Brotherhood; July 17, 8 p.m., Marshall
Tucker Band; July 18, 8 p.m., Voyage
– The #1 “Journey” Tribute Band in
the World; July 22, 8 p.m., Rhiannon
Giddens with Bhi Bhiman
32 Front St., Hartford: July 16, 8
p.m., Greater Hartford Jazz Festival
Kick Off Concert; July 17, 8 p.m.,
Draw The Line – Aerosmith Tribute
Band; July 18, 8 p.m., George Clinton
& Parliament Funkadelic; July 19, 8
p.m., An Evening with Chris Robinson
Brotherhood; July 23, 8 p.m., Ladies of
Laughter
The HSO’s Talcott Mountain Music
Festival, Classical Night Fever, Friday,
July 17, 7:30 p.m., and Music of
Queen July 24 at the Performing Arts
Center at Simsbury Meadows, Iron
Horse Boulevard, advance adult single
lawn tickets $20, $5 for kids 12 and
under, adult single lawn tickets $25
at the gate, 860-987-5900 or www.
hartfordsympphony.org
“HAIR” at Playhouse on Park, 244
Park Road, West Hartford, tickets $15$45 at 860-523-5900, ext. 10 – final
performances Thursday, July 16 at
7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, July
17 and 18 at 8 p.m.; Sundays, July 19
at 2 p.m. with talk back with cast after
show, starring Albert Geetter of West
Hartford
Connecticut Theatre Company’s
“Noises Off” thru July 26, shows
Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m.
and Sundays at 2 p.m., at The
July 16, 2015
Repertory Theatre, 23 Norden St.,
New Britain, tickets $18/$15, www.
connecticuttheatrecompany.org or at
the door, starring Alblert Geetter of
West Hartford
At the Mark Twain House & Museum,
351 Farmington Ave., Hartford,
marktwainhouse.org:
• Reading of new historical drama
“Pierce” by Jacques Lamarre Sunday,
July 19, 2 p.m., in Lincoln Financial
Services Auditorium, tickets $10/$5,
call 860-280-3130
• Book/Mark – “The Millionaire and
the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive
Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio”
with author Andrea Mays Tuesday,
July 21, 7 p.m., in the Lincoln
Financial Services Auditorium, free,
book sale and signing to follow,
reservations recommended at 860280-3130
• Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours Friday
and Saturday, July 24 and 25, tours
stepping off at 6, 7, 8, and 9 p.m., tickets
$22/$17/$15, call 860-280-3130
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival
Wednesday, July 22, at the HillStead Museum, 35 Mountain Road,
Farmington, tickets $12 at hillstead.
org in advance, $15 at the gate,
gates open at 4:30 p.m., prelude
conversation with headlining poet at
5 p.m., opening poet at 6 p.m., music
at 6:30 p.m., headlining poet at 7:15
p.m. – headlining poet Vijay Seshadri,
opening poet Ravi Shankar, music by
Mike Assetta
Elizabeth Park Summer Concert
Series featuring Mass Confusion
Wednesday, July 22, 6:30-8 p.m., on
the Rose Garden lawn, 1561 Asylum
Ave., West Hartford, rain date Thursday
and if rain on Thursday, in the Pond
House, picnics welcome at outdoor
concerts only
Summer Concert Series with The
Blue Cherry Band at Elizabeth Park
Thursday, July 23, 6:30-8 p.m., on the
Rose Garden lawn, if rain, in the Pond
House; Movies in the Park July 24, 8
p.m., TBA
Works of Pulitzer Prize-winning
cartoonist Edmund S. Valtman in
the Duncaster Art Gallery in Bloomfield
thru Aug. 27, open Monday-Friday, 9
a.m.-5 p.m.
Brick Walk Fine Art, 322 Park
Road, West Hartford, summer group
exhibition,
“SUNSTRUCK,”
thru
Sept. 5, hours Tuesday-Saturday, 10
a.m.-5 p.m. – works in a variety of
mediums by Eric Aho, James Baker,
Katherine Bradford, Stephen Brown,
Robert Dente, Zbigniew Grzyb, Robert
Harms, Duncan Johnson, Wolf Kahn,
JD Wissler and others celebrating the
warm light and heat of summer
‘Breaking the Glass’ exhibit on
display in the Chase Family Gallery
at the Mandell Jewish Community
Center, 335 Bloomfield Ave., thru
Sept. 30 - highlight of the exhibit
antique wedding gowns from the
UConn Historical Costume and Textile
Collection and reproductions of ancient
ketubot (marriage contracts) from the
Beinecke Library Judaic Collection at
Yale University, info at www.jhsgh.org
or call 860-727-6170
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Classifieds
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS - AVON
CAREGIVERS WANTED
THROUGHOUT CT
We are looking for mature,
responsible individuals.
• Choose your own hours
• FT/PT positions available
• Live-in positions available
• 80% medical/401k
Hiring and training for
September 2015. Four hour
minimum daily guaranteed,
other hours available.
$17.20/hour to start
For details contact
Kim Bush 860-470-7200
Apply Online Today at
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or call 888-844-4442
DCP HCA 0000101
McLean in Simsbury has
the following openings:
Assisted Living Program Coordinator - Responsible for the
development, leading and/or directing the day to day activities
and programs for the Assisted Living program. Prefer degree
in Recreation, Education or Human Service field. Must have
previous experience with creating and running activities with
memory care and assisted living clients. Full-time Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm.
RN Staff Evenings – 3pm-11:30pm includes every other weekend. Must have previous LTC and/or post-acute experience.
Food Service Assistants and Dishwashers needed – 2-3 eves
a week 4-7pm or 5-8pm with day/eve hours every other weekend. Must be available year-round.
Certified Nurse Aides – per diem hours all shifts – must have
prior experience in long term care and/or Assisted Living.
Call McLean, Simsbury, 860-658-3724. EOE
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Seeking talented and caring RN to
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goals in nursing. For more information, please contact Robin Baker RN
at 860-651-3539 or email at rbaker@
farmingtonvalleyvna.org
Farmington Valley VNA
EOE
Old Mill Lane, Simsbury, CT 06070
www.farmingtonvalleyvna.org
Actuarial Managers: Bloomfield,
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exp (or BS & 5 yrs exp) & attainment
of Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
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Saturday, July 18th 8 am – 2 pm
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CEMETERY
4 lots,
prime area.
860-232-9444
Music lessons in the comfort of
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Romanos offers piano and
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ages, and styles of music. Over
40 years experience.
Graduate of Berklee College of
Music in Boston.
Billy 860-978-3333
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Home Improvement
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CEILINGS
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Water Damage
Repair • Plaster
Sheetrock
Specializing In: Cracked And Water
Damaged Ceilings
CT License #557873
Call
Insured • Prompt Service
SPRAY-TEX
28 years experience. Free Estimates. Insured.
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CHIMNEYS
CHIMNEYS
We knock out
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DRIVEWAYS
ELECTRICAL
Brannack Electric Inc.
860-242-6486
35 Peters Road
Bloomfield
HOME IMPROVEMENT
DRIVEWAYS
• Sealcoating
• Hot Crack Filling
• Line Striping
860.953.6519
Call for
Free Estimates
www.renew-asphalt.com
CT Lic. 575422
G R E AT P R I C E
DRIVEWAYS
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CPA REG. #593039
860-521-6942
Senior Citizen Discounts • Insured & Guaranteed
ELECTRICAL
FLOORING
More Like A Friend Than A Company
“WE SHOW UP”
ALISTAR SERVICE CO.
A Professional Cleaning Service • Commercial & Residential
24 Hour Emergency Service
• Generator installations
• Interior & Exterior Lighting
• Remodeling & Additions
• Service Upgrades
• Telephone, Cable TV, &
Computer Network Wiring
• Repair & Upgrades
• Pool & Spa Wiring
860-895-9301
Carpets & Upholstery
No Hidden Charges • No Over Wetting
Pet Stains & Odors
Floors
Tile • Slate • Linoleum • Stone • Stripping
Refinishing • Waxing & Polishing
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Over Three Decades of Service
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VALLEY CHIMNEY SWEEP LLC
Since 1984
CHAMPS
the Competition
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Offer Expires 8/31/15
220 Albany Tpke., Rte. 44, Canton Village, Canton, CT 06019
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232-8002
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• Ceiling Painting • Interior & Exterior Painting
& Refinishing
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In business for a blessed 29 years
(860) 582-0712
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Bruto’s General Services, LLC
LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICES
• Expert Tree Removal
• Pruning
• Stump Grinding
• Landscaping
• Lot Clearing &
Excavation
and much more.
20% off
STONE WORKS SPECIAL
EXPIRES 7/30/15.
• Patios
• Walkways
• Steps
• Retaining Walls
• Driveways
• Chimney Repointing
• Nautral Stone Walls
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860-605-4987
Fully Licensed & Insured
MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED.
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HOME IMPROVEMENT
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CONSTRUCTION
Serving the Farmington Valley
for over 10 years
* Concrete * Stone Walls * Patios
* Bricks * Belgium Blocks * Chimneys
* Wood Fencing
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D.H. RADOMSKI, INC.
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Email: [email protected]
CT License #HIC0616677
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860-296-3405
LANDSCAPING
$149
For single truck load up to 1 Ton
PINNACLE
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www.pinnaclemaintenancellc.com T 860-284-8975 Fax: 860-255-7900
154 Reed Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06110
Quality Top Soil & Mulch
Gravel & Sand Product • Colored Stone
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Construction and Design Services
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When It Comes To Tree Service
We Run Rings Around The Competition.
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Grimshaw Tree Service
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MODERN MAINTENANCE, LLC
Spring Special
• Gutter Cleaning, Installation and Repairs Professional
and
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Courteous
• Kitchen and Bathroom Restoration
• Carpentry Work • Additions
Free Estimates
Insured
• Grab Bar Installation
Lic#569912
• Odd Jobs - no jobs too small!
Whole Trailer Load - $150
• Downsizing • Moving
• Foreclosures
Dump Trailer Rentals
Fully Insured • Senior Discounts
West Hartford Connecticut
860-561-9654
Email: [email protected]
www.mcnallysllc.com
Call Rich
JUNK REMOVAL
Home Improvement Contractor
So Many Amateurs . . . So Few Professionals!!
• Complete Basement Renovations
• Kitchen & Bathrooms Updated
• Windows/Doors Installed
• Pre-Finished Floorings • Custom Ceramic Tile
• Maintenance-Free Decks • Finish Carpentry
• Complete Painting Service • Custom Countertops
Jim Barrett, Owner
CT. LIC. #602130 • Office (860) 796-0131
DELEO
BUILDERS LLC
• ADDITIONS • REMODELING • GARAGES
• COMPOSITE DECKS • PORCHES
Don DeLeo
(860) 883-6703
Ct. Lic. #0626103
LANDSCAPING
LANDSCAPING
203-232-0257 Lic. #0580443
860-810-4196
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203-805-9114
MASONRY
• Complete
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SENIOR
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[email protected]
MASONRY
Serving the Farmington Valley
Insured
FallMowing
Clean-ups
Weekly
• Mulching
Aerating
• Overseeding
Hedge Trimming
& Pruning
• Mulching • Weekly Mowing
Powerwashing
•
Stump
Grinding
Pruning • Hedge Trimming
Complete Landscape
• Powerwashing
• StumpServices
Grinding
Spring Clean-Ups
Weekly & Bi-Weekly Lawn Mowing
Lawn Seeding & Installation
Hedge & Shrub Pruning
Edging, Mulch Installation
ALEX EUROPEAN MASON
Lic #0637257
860-881-4745
BARRETT ENTERPRISES LLC
and Son
• Stonewalls • Sidewalks
• Steps • Chimneys • Patios
• Repairs & more
All work done by Father
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MASONRY
AD MASONRY
All type of Masonry Work
Over 30 years experience
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• Walls
• Driveways
• Pools in Stone
• Brick, Bluestones
& Pavers
• Stairs and Walkways
Retaining Walls, Chimney Repair,
Steps, All Masonry Services
Free Estimates • Fully Insured
Serving the Farmington Valley
for over 17 years!
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CT Lic# 602717
MASONRY
860-368-9486
MASONRY
Dennis Volpe
STONE MASON CONTRACTOR
860.225.3077
cell 860.839.8971
30 Years Experience • License #0630165 • New Britain, CT
SPECIALIZING IN:
Stone Wall Patios & Veneers • Patio Walls - Walk Ways
Chimney Rebuilding - Brick & Block Additions - Partition Walls
Basement Waterproofing - Drainage Work - Pre-Cast Retainer Walls
Pre-Cast Artificial Stone Veneers - Ceramic Tile Installed
Bobcat Service - Snow Plowing - Trucking
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Stone Walls • Veneer Stone
Brick Walls • Blue Stone
Steps • Fireplaces
Chimneys • Patios • Sidewalks
Pavers • Retaining Walls
All Masonry Repairs
Satisfaction Guaranteed ~Free Estimates ~ Lic#0637095
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ZB PAINTING
Interior & Exterior
Aluminum, Vinyl & Wood
Siding & Shingles
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Bluestone • Steps
Fireplaces • Chimneys
Patios • Sidewalks
We can also do all
Masonry Repairs!
PAINTING
PAINTING &
CEILING REPAIR
Small renovations,
home repair, carpentry
& painting.
Complete prep.
• Good painting preparation
• Trim, Window Painting & Glazing
• Shingle Repair • Power Washing
INTERIOR WORK: repair ceilings, walls, trim,
moldings, baseboards, doors, windows
EXTERIOR WORK: Small Masonry Repair
Fully Insured
Free estimates. You can count on us for a precise & excellent job!
20 year experience. HIC #0575928
Quality Workmanship
Call: Zenon 860-518-0630
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Ken (203) 558-4951
T.C. Home Improvement
Cell 860-916-6287
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WATER DAMAGE REPAIR
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• Woodwork – Crown Molding, wainscoting,
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• Drywall & Plaster Repairs
• Wallpaper Removal & Hanging
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Interior Painting
Wall Prep • Skim Coating
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28 years experience. Free Estimates. Insured.
I will respond to all phone calls and will be present on all jobs.
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860-890-6704
Quality Painting by Joseph’s & Co.
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Since 1950
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860-561-0146
OWNER
MR. JOSEPH PONTILLO
MANY SATISFIED CUSTOMERS
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Complete In House Services include:
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Complete In House Services include:
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20 - 1/4 lb. Black Angus
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lb.
West Hartford Press
lb.
10lb bag
Fresh All Natural
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16.90
Butter & Sugar Corn ............................ 8/$2.99
Fresh Green Beans .............................$1.99/Lb
Fresh Summer & Zucchini Squash ........99¢/Lb
LOCALLY GROWN:
Peaches .............................................$1.99/Lb
Musk Melons .................................$2.99 Each
CHIPOLTE BBQ CHICKEN BREAST .............................$6.99/lb
ROSEMARY TURKEY BREAST ................................$6.99/lb
LOW SODIUM TURKEY BREAST .............................$6.99/lb
IMPORTED HAM ....................................................$4.99/lb
SLICING PEPPERONI ..............................................$6.99/lb
BOLOGNA ........................................................... $3.99/lb
PROVOLONE CHEESE ............................................$5.99/lb
MUENSTER CHEESE ..............................................$5.99/lb
HALL’S MEDITERRANEAN PASTA SALAD ...............$4.99/lb
HALL’S SUMMER CAPRESE PASTA SALAD ............$5.99/lb
HALL’S RED POTATO SALAD ..................................$3.99/lb
HALL’S BROCCOLI SLAW .......................................$3.99/lb
HALL’S FRESH FRUIT SALAD .................................$5.99/lb
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Prices good from July 16, 2015
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~ Refreshing Gazpacho
~ Fresh Fruit Plates
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