Volume 19, Number 34
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
Students may have changed grad decision School officials say having student representation on the Board of Education may have altered the decision to change the location of Berlin High School’s graduation. During the Tuesday, Oct. 11 Board of Education meeting, about a dozen
The decision may have been different had there been student representation on the Board of Education, said board President Tim Oakes. See Students, A11
Adult club fighting license suspension By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
Centerfolds, an adult entertainment club on the Berlin Turnpike, will continue its hearing next month to appeal a license suspension.
Dan Valuk stands next to his flying saucer as part of his Halloween display, ‘Spiders in Space.’ The display is on his lawn on Carriage Drive.
The Town Council agreed Thursday night, Oct. 13 during a special meeting to keep the public hearing open. Several witnesses testified in the council chambers against See License, A12
| Ashley Kus, The Berlin Citizen
Spiders go to space in Halloween display By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
There are no ghosts, goblins or ghouls in Dan Valuk’s Halloween display this year, just lots of flying spiders. “It just came to me one day,” the Berlin resident said. “I wanted to do something unusual for Halloween.”
Valuk, a retired McGee Middle School teacher, decided to create an entire space scene with spiders wearing mini jet packs in his front yard on Carriage Drive. The project was completed last week, and it’s getting plenty of attention. “It’s amazing,” said his neighbor Norm Dickinson. “He does something different See Spiders, A13
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By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
students expressed their disappointment after a decision was made to move graduation from Welte Hall at Central Connecticut State University to the high school’s Gibney Gymnasium.