Volume 20, Number 2
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
New position for former veterans commissioner By Ashley Kus
mandate on having a VSCP in each town, Galgano will serve as the main coordinator in serving Berlin has a new veterans and their source, with a familfamilies. He will be iar face, that veterans in charge of assistin town will be able ing veterans as they to use for assistance. adjust to life outside Peter Galgano Jr. the service, and help has officially been apin the transition. pointed as the town’s Galgano’s role also Ve te ra n s S e r v i ce Galgano includes setting up Contact Person. Galgano’s new position the activities involved with means that he will have reg- public and private faciliular contact with veterans in town. According to the state’s See Galgano / Page A7 The Berlin Citizen
The Town Council is looking over the proposed budget and will take action Tuesday, March 15 at its meeting in order to have it ready for the annual public hearing. | Ashley Kus / The Berlin Citizen
Proposed budget released By Ashley Kus
reviewed department requests throughout the town and came to the proposed The budget for the town amount along with Finance of Berlin has been in the Director Jim Wren and Budworks since late last sum- get Chair and town counmer, and now has come cilor David Evans. The last update on the into shape with a total proposal of $85,560,689. Town budget was in January. Manager Denise McNair Since then, the Board of The Berlin Citizen
Education reviewed Superintendent David Erwin’s requested budget and made reductions totaling $415,529, which were submitted to McNair for further review. Reductions were also made to the departmental See Budget / Page A7
McGee madness kicks off By Ashley Kus
The donation totals will be announced next month. Now, the students are taking part The rosters are set, games in all the fundraising events are being played, and McGee that make up McGee March Middle School’s 19th annual Madness. Tuesday, March, 1 was the March Madness has taken beginning of Spirit Week, the court. Last year, the school raised with pajama day. The grade more than $17,000 for chari- with the most spirit on each ties through the month-long day wins 1,000 pennies from program, modeled after the the student government as NCAA basketball championship month. See McGee / Page A7 The Berlin Citizen
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