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Volume 14, Number 44

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Candidates differ on the issues at Chamber forum

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By Peter Prohaska Herald Staff

On Oct. 18, the Cheshire Chamber of Commerce hosted a Candidate Forum for those seeking election to the Town Council. Currently, the Council is controlled, 7-2, by the Republicans, so the event offered Democrats a chance to highlight recent controversies, such as the flag-flying policy and the proposal to leave Chesprocott Health District, while the Republicans pointed to a record that they claim shows their competence and responsibility. It was a collegial affair on the whole, with widespread agreement on most topics. The event was broken up

into roughly hour-long AtLarge and District sessions, but a major theme for both was the $166.6 million referendum item passed by voters last year that will see two new elementary schools constructed in Cheshire.

David Nastri, a Republican who is running in the Fourth District, mentioned being part of Highland’s first graduating class and a member of the Cheshire High School Hall of Fame, and drew one of the rare laughs of the event when he joked that Darcey and Chapman Schools could be turned into pickleball facilities once the new schools are ready. In response to a question about creating more “inclusion” See Election, A7

“Mast year” likely underway in New England, experts say By Joy VanderLek Special to The Citizen

It’s a familiar sound in Autumn — the clink, thump and ding on the hood of your car, the roof of your house or on your noggin. Jocelyn Otero and her husband were looking out the window to their backyard off Percival Drive on Wednesday, Oct. 25, when they saw a large black bear roaming around. As quickly as he wandered in, he wandered away without causing any damage. No word on whether he returned in costume for some trick-or-treating on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Jocelyn Otero

It’s the annual phenomenon of falling acorns and nuts. Many times, it can be a sign that a mast year is underway. What exactly is a mast year? Gen-

erally, it refers to an overabundance of mast, or fruit, produced by trees. In some years excessive nuts cover the ground and make walking precarious at times. It seems to be a big mast year for oaks and other species from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic states, according to various See Weather, A10

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As CT kindergarten age changes, worries about transition emerge By Jessika Harkay and Erica E. Phillips © The Connecticut Mirror

Beginning next fall, Connecticut will join the majority of other states in requiring children to be 5 years old before enrolling in kindergarten in September 2024. But while there’s strong support for that age requirement among educators and developmental experts, the state’s transition to the new system has generated a flood of questions and concerns. Lawmakers approved the measure during the 2023 legislative session. Under the new law, children entering kindergarten will need to have turned 5 years old by Sept. 1. The previous cutoff was Jan. 1. That means about a third of

all kids born in 2019 will have to wait a year longer to enter primary school or will have to apply for a waiver. That’s left families, school district leadership and many in the child care sector — even those who agree with the developmental reasons for the change — scrambling to get things in order. “There may be an undue financial burden,” said Diane Gozemba, the Director of Early Childhood Initiatives at EASTCONN. “[Another] burden is that the districts really need to think about an intentional process.” “The transition part is the hardest, because when the legislation passed, there wasn’t really a planning period,” Gozemba said. See School, A15

Principal Christine Laferrierre waves at kindergarten students entering Casimir Pulaski Elementary in Meriden in 2021. Yehyun Kim, The Connecticut Mirror

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The Legend of the Kye Witch Thursday, Oct. 26, from 6 - 8 p.m. An infamous Cheshire legend brought to life in vir-

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You’ll play from the perspective of Nathaniel Ives as you and your wife make their way to a lonely widow’s house in 18th century Cheshire. These real-life Cheshire residents had charitable intentions, but were these Samaritans rewarded for their generosity or forever changed by their experi-

rience levels are welcome! Computers will be provided Register for a 30-minute spot or you may bring your own. at 6, 6:30, 7, or 7:30 p.m. If Bring a flash drive to save your preferred time is full or your work. To register, visit Thursday doesn’t work for https ://bit.ly/46GKxeu you, come to the After Hours Nov. 16 – “The Twist of the Halloween Bash where you Knife” by Anthony Horowitz can experience The Legend of the Kye Witch on a dropDecember – No meeting in basis! To register, visit https ://bit.ly/3tLXPry Open Art Studio – Fridays October’s Pick: Fast Pitch by from 1 to 3 p.m., in The Loft, upper level. Bring your Nic Stone works in progress and supplies to this weekly drop-in Halloween After Hours art program, an opportunity Bash to create in a collaborative Friday, Oct. 27, from 5:30 to environment with other 7:30 p.m. All ages, no regisartists. No formal instruction tration. Come get spooky af- will be provided, but inforter hours at the Library! mal critiquing for those who want it is encouraged. Table Highlights include: An infamous Cheshire witch legend covers will be provided, and brought to life in virtual real- there is a sink in the room for basic cleanup. (Do not ity! (geared to ages 12 and up); DJ/Music, games, activ- bring turpentine; turpenoid is an odorless agent to use in ities and refreshments! its place.) Make sure to wear your cosNovels the group will be tume, we’ll have a Halreading for the year are: loween Costume contest where you can win prizes! Mango Language Learning – No registration required. Just Take your career to the next drop-in! level, plan the trip of your Explore Your Family Tree Friday, Oct 27, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. Our monthly genealogy group is fun, informative, and genealogists of all expe-

dreams, or get in touch with your heritage. Challenge yourself to learn something new about the world we share by learning a new language. Mango even has En-

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“Light the World in Teal” kicks off in CT today Landmarks across Connecticut, including the Bushnell Performing Arts Center and the Mohegan Sun Hotel, together with more than 1,000 buildings and landmarks around the world, will be lighting up teal on Nov. 2 to raise Alzheimer’s awareness as part of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s (AFA) Light the World in Teal program.

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In Brief Cheshire Symphony Orchestra The Cheshire Symphony Orchestra opens its 35th Season with a Fall Concert on Friday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Church, Cheshire. Under the direction of Dr. Hilarie Clark Moore, the orchestra will be performing Verdi- La Bataglia di Legnano Sinifonia, C.P.E. Bach's Sinfonia in F, Grieg's Concerto for Piano in A Minor, Op 16 Allegro molto moderato, Braeden Shizume, piano and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite. Admission prices are $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, children 5 and under are free. Tickets may be

purchased at the door. St Peter's Church is located at 59 Main St. Masks are suggested. For more information you can find them on Facebook or check out their website https:// www.cheshiresymphonyorchestra.org.

Cheshire Human Services Celebrates Opening of New Office Space There will be an opening reception to celebrate the new location of the Town of Cheshire’s Human Services Department on Thursday, Nov. 2, from 3 to 5 p.m. at 19 Wallingford Road. To RSVP, email cheshirehumanservices@cheshirect.org or call

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for the youth of Cheshire, he answered that he would reach out to youth groups “to make them aware of how important it is for all of us to be together.” His opponent, Democrat Patricia Cramer, who spoke of her experiences as a parent, criticized the school modernization process by suggesting that she would have started with the middle school. “All of the schools are in desperate need of repair," she opined, mentioning transportation infrastructure as another area of concern.

and therefore they’re going to want to stay. I think encouraging people to get into the profession is important as well, so that we get a renewal,” he said. Sustainability was another major theme of the evening. Democrat Peter Talbot, who is the current Councilor in the Fourth District but is running this year for an AtLarge seat, was asked about the pace of development. "It is critical that we maintain that open space but we have to be strategic about the way we do it.” Bartlem Park South, he added, “is a perfect example of a piece of property that we purchased and is now going to be passive recreation.”

Cheshire Land Trust and the Town, to acquire and protect open spaces.

David Veleber, First District incumbent who is running unopposed, was asked the same question about how to protect open space, before it all becomes “McMansioned.” He referred, as others did, to keeping Cheshire’s “small-town” appeal. He also pointed out that there had been many efforts, including by the

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“I believe that it needs to be said that the policies that are “We as a Council have tried driving the decisions that to create budget amounts so the community makes have that we can acquire property been misconstrued. We're when it becomes available to being lied to on many isadd to our already-large amount of open space,” he said.

(Note: The full version of this story appeared in the Oct. 26 edition of The Cheshire Herald. For more or to subscribe, visit www.cheshireherald.com.)

A question about how to promote town-wide sustainability initiatives went to Democrat At-Large candidate Gregory Wolff, who spoke of waste disposal issues. “To reduce the cost of waste disposal, we need to work on how we get the food waste out of our system,” Wolff pointed out, referring to a recent compost program at Chapman School as one example of how it could be accomplished.

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Republican Tucker Deming, the District 2 challenger, spoke broadly of energy policy in his responses, expressing skepticism of “geothermal energy” and climate change, as well as warning of the effects of “outside influences” on issues within

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Linehan helps secure grant funding for local groups State Representative Liz Linehan and The Housing Advisory Panel, to which Linehan was appointed earlier this year, voted recently to approve one-time grant funding awards as part of the Interest on Real Estate Brokers Trust Account (IOREBTA) Program, which includes $15,000 to Cheshire Interfaith Housing, $10,000 The Osterman Foundation of Cheshire, $20,000 to The ARC of Southington (serving Cheshire and Wallingford) and $10,000 to BH Care in Hamden.

State Rep. Liz Linehan (D103) speaks at the Cheshire Senior Center, Thursday, April 27. Linehan spoke to seniors on how to combat potential scams.

(DAP) Loan was suspended. The IOREBTA Program has also funded the purchase of mortgages from Connecticut chapters of Habitat for Humanity and other housing subsidies. This year’s grant awards include help for intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) and Veterans’ housing, low-income and affordable housing, and homelessness assistance and prevention programs.

The grants secured for the in-district non-profits noted above will go toward energy and rental assistance, propIOREBTA Program funds an- erty improvements for disnually support appraisal gap abled individuals, housing financing for first-time assistance for domestic viohomebuyers, development lence victims, and more. of affordable housing proResidents in Cheshire jects, counseling for lowshould reach out to Cheshire and moderate-income Human Services for inforhomebuyers, and second mation on how to apply for mortgage down payment as- the assistance, while the sistance when the Down ARC of Southington and BH Payment Assistance Program Care in Hamden will admin-

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ister funds to constituents directly. “I’m incredibly proud and thankful for the work these non-profits do in our community, and it was an honor to help secure funding to aid residents in ways that matter,” remarked Rep. Linehan. “Thank you to Chairman

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Advocates: Minimum arrest age should rise to 14 A prominent youth justice organization in Connecticut is calling on lawmakers to increase the minimum age of arrest from 10 to 14 during next year’s legislative session. The Connecticut Justice Alliance made the call during a virtual press conference on Monday, which was announced as part of the group’s legislative priorities for 2024. The current minimum age of arrest — despite an increase from 7 to 10 as recent as 2021 — “is still too low and needs to be raised,” said Christina Quaranta, the policy organization’s executive director.

do we need to improve our behavioral health and mental health system for young people and the resources that are available for them and their families?” Children from ages 10 to 17 at the time of an arrest are typically processed in Connecticut’s juvenile court system. Minors who are 15 or older and charged with what are recognized as “serious juvenile offenses,” such as murder, are either automatically transferred to adult court or may be transferred there at the discretion of a prosecutor. By law, a Class A or B felony or arson murder could trigger a child’s automatic transfer to adult court if the state finds that, in part, “the best interests of the child and the public will not be served by maintaining the case in the superior court for juvenile matters.”

“If a child is committing a crime at that age, it’s likely that they have a huge unmet need that needs to be addressed,” said Quaranta, adding that the question people should ask is, “Where Children spared from the ju-

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youth service bureaus or a juvenile review board, or they have received services in their communities.

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wildlife organizations and news outlets. Certain oaks populations in Massachusetts may also be on trend to have a bonus year, according to Martin Feehan, Mass Wildlife Deer and Moose Biologist in an interview with Mike Sullivan from CBS Boston. In CT, mast reports have not been uniform. “This year is unfortunately another down year for oaks throughout our region,” said CAES Research Technician and Forester Joseph P. Barsky. “The only bright spot was some chestnut oak (Quercus montana, a type of white oak) in southeastern CT.”

“One significant difference between observing trees in the forest and those in front yards is that the trees in the forest are competing for reInformation coming from sources such as sunlight, residents measured against water, and nutrients. The those reports made in forests trees in one’s neighborhood might obscure outcomes. “I generally have ample refrequently receive comments sources and much larger from residents who often crown projections than disagree with our observathose in the forest and are tions, based on their obsertherefore able to produce vations of trees in their more acorns more routinely neighborhoods,” said Barsky. and abundantly.”

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The state has an oak monitoring program in place. Begun in 2007 by CTDEEP, the program transitioned to the Agricultural Experiment Station in 2021, said Barsky, adding that the effort is one coordinated with six states throughout the eastern United States. The 2023 CT Oak Mast Survey results are derived from mature trees. Trees in the group include 300 red oaks

may potentially impact the 2024 red oak acorn crop. It should be realized that white oak acorns mature in a single growing season, however, red oak acorns require two seasons. The time it takes to mature, along with challenges including deer browse and pests such as the Spongy Moth also contribute to acorn crop failure and oak mortality.

Repeated acorn failures over a prolonged period, said Barsky, impact short term wildlife population trends, and can have significant long-term impacts to our forest composition, which is and 275 white oaks spanning shifting from oak dominated to maple and birch. the state and the crop is assessed in a short period in “Oaks are a foundational August. The CAES Report component of many forested found continued widespread ecosystems in southern New acorn crop failure with red England and their health is and white oaks throughout directly correlated with the the state, but Middlesex health of the forest,” Barsky County’s white oak acorn said. “Acorns are a primary crop is average for the first fall food source for over 80 time since 2016. wildlife species in our area, including white-tailed deer.” Additionally, lower New That connection leads London County is experiencing a good red oak acorn Barsky to warn motorists to be wary this autumn. “Withcrop. CAES also notes a late out a consistent source of season frost in our region may have negatively impact- acorns, deer may wander in ed pollination of oak flowers search of alternative food sources resulting in inand leaf emergence this creased potential for colliyear, which contributed to this year’s widespread white sions with vehicles.” oak acorn crop failure and

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Though only a junior, Stacy Casorla is one of Sheehan’s most experienced players, and the Titans rely on her heavily in both a midfielder and forward capacity. Casorla has carried the weight. She scored twice in Thursday’s 4-1 win over Lyman Hall in the first game to be played on the new turf of Riccitelli Field and has 16 goals on the year heading into the postseason.

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A 7-win season in CIAC sports is one of the cruelest. It leaves you one win shy of the state tournament. Such was the fate this fall for Maloney volleyball. The Spartans will return a solid group, though, led by Ava Matias. The junior outside hitter/opposite registered a team-high 53 aces and 378 serve receives this season. She was second in kills (67) and third in digs (152).

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Child care challenges Early childhood educators and parents of infants and toddlers are particularly concerned about the additional strain the requirement will place on the early childhood education system, soon forced to accommodate 4-year-olds with fall birthdays for another year. And without the funding to hire more teachers, the slots those older children remain in will no longer be available for new babies to enroll, meaning many new parents could have a harder time returning to work as they wait for their children to be accepted off growing waitlists. The annual cost of one year of child care is about $13,000 in Connecticut. On Thursday, a broad coalition of more than 100 child care providers, advocates, parents, workforce development groups and others sent an open letter to Gov. Ned Lamont and legislative leaders, calling for an additional $50 million annually to support the early childhood education system in the state. The group, which included Child Care for Connecticut’s Future Coalition, Women’s Business Development Council, United Way of Connecticut and Social Venture Partners CT, said the legislative change could affect as many as 9,000 families. “We commend the spirit of this policy change, which brings our state in alignment with most other states and aims to create conditions in which children enter kindergarten ready to thrive,” the letter states. “However, the short timeline and lack of resources identified to support effective implementation will have dire consequences on lower-income families, early childhood educators and the children this policy change aims to support.”

— Westport Public Schools her organization has heard from a wide array of educators and parents with concerns about the change. The open letter was a way to get the issue on lawmakers’ radar ahead of next year’s legislative session, she said. “We as a coalition want to encourage and motivate legislators to act, to take this issue up early in this coming session and to identify resources [needed] to implement this change,” Parkerson said. “The implementation is what we’re focused on and getting that right.”

School district woes Public school districts face the challenge of navigating and effectively communicating the new changes without much guidance from the state.

The department did not provide specific guidelines about what assessments must show or how they must be tested but did say “schools have discretion in determining whether ‘an assessment’ will be a stand“Any child who is not 5 years alone tool or a holistic meaold on or before September sure of a child’s develop1, 2024 but turns 5 before mental level.” January 1, 2025, may be admitted to kindergarten upon Westport Public School offiwritten request by the child’s cials did not respond for parent or guardian to the comment regarding the new school principal,” the district guidance from the state. said. “The process for early entrance to kindergarten be- And although the document from the Department of Edyond the 2024-25 school year is currently under con- ucation provided some additional direction for how dissideration and a specific procedure will be forthcom- tricts may tackle waivers, it’s also left many unanswered ing.” questions, Gozemba said, The state Department of Ed- including when waivers ucation issued further guid- need to be applied for or isance soon after, about two sued, when assessments weeks after Westport anshould be conducted, nounced its plan, but told whether a waiver would be the CT Mirror it had been in transferable to another district, and what kind of budthe works since the legislative session ended in June. get implications may arise.

pretation. Earlier this month, Westport Public Schools announced it developed a “transitional plan” because the “timing of this change” could cause challenges for families.

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The bills were proposed just two years after Gov. Ned Lamont signed Public Act No. 21-174, a law that, among other things, raised the minimum age of arrest from 7 to 10. The original version of that legislation sought to increase the age to 12. The Connecticut Justice Alliance’s renewed call to increase the minimum age of arrest to 14 comes as the state, ranked ninth in the country for child well-being, continues searching for answers on how to best assist the most vulnerable children and young people placed under its care. The cost of detaining a young person in a residential center is $1,347 per day,

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dence, misrepresenting the law or making false promises of leniency. Legislators also gave the final nod to broadening parole eligibility to include certain people serving long sentences for crimes they committed before turning 21. Experts and advocates saw the move as further acknowledgement of the developing brains of young adults and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. Alabama, which struck down mandatory life imprisonment without parole for youth. can we give them or what more mental health help do And earlier this month, legthey need, we should also be islators heard testimony from various officials on the thinking about them in the state’s response to a Harwin- juvenile system lens.” ton group home that’s facing Between 2010 and 2019, allegations of physical and there were more than 2,000 sexual abuse, a lack of sucourt referrals for children pervision of kids and insuffi- under the age of 12, accordcient therapeutic care for ing to data from the Judicial children with histories of se- Branch’s Court Support Servere trauma. vices Division. Each year, Black and Hispanic children Quaranta said in an intermade up the majority of review with the Connecticut ferrals. Mirror on Monday that the conversations about child “We should be raising the well-being are connected age that they can be arrested with her organization’s reat because we know that arnewed effort to increase the rest causes all of these negaminimum age of arrest. tive mental health, physical health outcomes,” Quaranta “I’m hoping to leverage added. some of that and really humanize these children,” Rep. Anthony Nolan, who Quaranta said. “The same serves on the legislature’s kids that we’re concerned Juvenile Justice Policy and about that are disconnected, Oversight Committee, introdisengaged in school, suffer- duced the legislation earlier ing with mental health isthis year that would have insues. Instead of just thinking creased the minimum age of about what more programs

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grams … that’s the solution.” Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, the West Hartford Democrat who proposed the bill earlier this year to increase the minimum age of arrest to 14, did not immediately return a call for comment. Connecticut’s child advocate, Sarah Eagan, also couldn’t be reached. Quaranta said that she prefers to start with raising the age to 14, which would put the state in line with the United Nations’ recommendation, but she’s willing to do what it takes to get there, even if it means incrementally.

arrest to 12. The New London Democrat said in an interview Monday afternoon that he fully supports the Connecticut Justice Alliance’s proposal to raise the age to 14, though he believes it may need to increase gradually, starting with 12, given the legislature’s reputation for incremental progress.

“There should be no reason why a child that age should be getting arrested and going to jail or getting locked up,” said Nolan, who spent more than two decades as a New London police officer. “That’s the push for me trying to eliminate that from happening. It helps out the courts, it helps out the kids, it helps out the families. So less court referrals, investing more in diversionary pro-

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