Volume 20, Number 3
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Golf season tees off in region Several local clubs open early due to warm weather By Ashley Kus The Berlin Citizen
Irish folk duo The Vox Hunters -- Benedict Gagliardi and Armand Aromin. Jim Green, of Berlin, putts up to the ninth green on opening day of Timberlin Golf Club in Berlin last Tuesday. | Dave Zajac / For The Citizen ing in Southington opened Middlefield opened earlier last Wednesday and Hunter this month. Lyman officials Memorial Golf Course in expect the driving range to Meriden opened last Friday. Lyman Orchards in See Golf / Page A5
Town departments discuss cuts By Ashley Kus
was concerned with a few budget cuts, one in particular being the tree removal fundDecreases in the Public ing. He stressed that Berlin Works and Highways budgets had a significant amount of raised safety concerns during trees that needed to come a budget meeting Wednesday down, as they were a liability. The Public Works budget night, March 9. Town Engineer and Public is proposed to decrease by Works Director Jack Healy more than $8,000 from last The Berlin Citizen
year. Tree Removal funds remain at $15,000 in the budget, the same amount as last year. Healy cautioned that the service may be currently underfunded. He explained there were liability concerns with trees that had a higher risk of See Departments / Page A4
A musical duo with serious Irish roots Vox Hunters member grew up in Berlin By Nancy Burns-Fusaro
idence, and Gagliardi, a graduate student in the ecology and evolutionary biology deTheir names may not put partment at the University of you in mind of two lads from Connecticut Storrs who plays the Emerald Isle, but the mu- banjo, baritone ukulele and sic of Benedict Gagliardi and melodeon, like to say they Armand Aromin, The Vox are bound by a shared love of Hunters, will have you hum- traditional Irish music, which ming along and tapping your was what originally brought feet just as heartily as if you them together. With a hand-crafted fidwere listening to your favordle, a couple of concertinas, ite Irish musicians. Aromin, a violin maker and musician based in ProvSee Musicians / Page A11 Special to The Citizen
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The unseasonably warm weather prompted golf season to start early in central Connecticut. Timberlin Golf Club in Berlin was one of several that opened Tuesday morning, March 8. “It’s great for the town that we got to open early,” said Marc Bayram, Timberlin head golf professional, who hit a ceremonial tee shot to start the season at the municipal course. “Everyone is excited.” The Tradition Golf Club in Wallingford also opened last Tuesday. Hawk’s Land-