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Thursday, May 9, 2019
Historian to discuss town’s connection to slave trade
Barber Maria Mazzacane Perez prepares a haircut for longtime customer Andy DeBoer on her last day at the Cheshire Barber Shop, April 30. The business is closing after decades of service.
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Things are not always as they appear. It’s also true that sometimes the things you think you know—well, they might not really be the reality. Just ask Christine Pittsley.
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Pittsley, project director for the Connecticut State Library’s World War I programs and a Cheshire native, has researched Cheshire’s cultural and societal history for many years. It began when, as a student
Longtime barber shop shuts doors By Jeniece Roman Record-Journal staff
Town native and local barber Maria Mazzacane Perez spent the day Tuesday, April 30, cutting hair and saying goodbye to longtime clients on the last day of her barber shop — a business her father started nearly 70 years ago. Joe Mazzacane opened the Cheshire Barber Shop in 1951 and ran the business until 2016. Perez, who took over from her father, wiped away tears as she swept the floors.
“It’s just emotional because I love what I do and I love being a part of the old time barbershop and keeping the old time barbering alive,” Perez said. “I feel like I’m being hugged by my father while I’m here.” See Barber shop, A7
Barber Maria Mazzacane Perez hugs longtime customer Andy DeBoer, of Cheshire, on her last day at Cheshire Barber Shop, April 30. The business is closing after decades of service.
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Cheshire Academy hosted an Earth Day Fair on Thursday, April 25, in honor of the 49th national Earth Day. The celebration kicked off with a keynote speech by James Albis, special advisor to the Commissioner, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
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Students also participated in workshops, discussions and got a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather and fresh air on the academy’s Sevigny Field. Representatives from various environment groups were on site to talk with students about recycling, conservation, water quality and wildlife issues. The groups included Cheshire Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, CT Fund for the Envi-
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Feral cats support group receives Big Y aid Friends of Feral Cheshire Cats, a nonprofit committed to the humane treatment of feral cats through trap-neuter-return and placing friendly cats and kittens into homes, has been selected as a beneficiary of the Big Y Community Bag Program for the month of May. The Big Y Community Bag Program, which launched in January 2019, is a reusable bag program that facilitates community support with the goal to make a difference in the communities shoppers
live and work in. The program features the reusable Community Bag with a special tag attached that allows customers to direct a donation to a nonprofit of their choice upon purchase. FFCC was selected as the May beneficiary of the program by store leadership at the Big Y located at 1021 S. Main St., Cheshire. FFCC will receive a $1 donation every time the reusable Community Bag is purchased at this location during May, unless otherwise directed by the
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customer through the Giving Tag attached to the bag. FFCC has a goal of raising $250 during May. FFCC is a nonprofit based in Cheshire. Founded in 2006, FFCC has spayed/neutered and provided rabies vaccines for over 3,000 cats and has place close to 500 cats and kittens into homes. Learn more about FFCC by calling 844-3372528 or visiting www.feralct.org. For more info, visit bigy.bags4mycause.com.
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ticipating with friends and family for the first time after being diagnosed with MS a year ago. She was impressed by the turnout and support. The walk is typically the largest of nine held across Connecticut by the state chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, said chapter President Lisa Gerol. She estimated at least 1,000 people walked in a loop from Cheshire High School, onto the linear trail and back through the Patton Drive neighborhood. Over 90 teams participated, many with a friend or family member with MS. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune condition that damages the nervous sys-
"In spite of the rain they came and they are just so generous in so many ways,” Gerol said. “Generous with their time, generous with their money ... because they know that every dollar they contribute will help make a difference in the lives of people that are affected by multiple sclerosis. Tim and Winora Orcutt, of Cheshire, said the soggy conditions weren’t enough to pause their eight-year tradition of walking to show support for four friends with multiple sclerosis.
A group of walkers on South Main Street during the annual Walk MS:Cheshire, held May 5. Organizers estimated that over 1,000 partipicated in the fundraiser for multiple sclerosis research. Devin Leith-Yessian, Record-Journal
Cheshire resident Paula Langlois, who has MS, appreciated the support from her students and their parents. While the disease makes She teaches fifth grade in teaching more difficult, she’s New Haven. determined to not let it stop her. Her wheelchair has been modified to allow her to write on the whiteboard more easily and her school has become more handicapped accessible.
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The Voice of Art Gallery recently announced its New Juried Artist Members' Show 2019 Part II beginning May 18 and running through June 15.
The Y will host its first Walk with Ease program beginning in late May/early June. (Start date will be determined based on registrations.) The class will run every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday According to the Centers from 2 -3 p.m. The fee is for Disease Control and $10 for current YMCA Prevention, 52 million members and $20 for the Americans have arthritis, public. In addition to the including about half of all group exercise sessions, adults over age 65. Almost participants will also re23 million Americans receive a program manual, port that the condition and an end-of-session cellimits their physical activiebration. For more inforty, and members of racial mation contact the John and ethnic minority comPhillips at 203-272-3150 munities tend to suffer disext. 511. proportionately. Research has shown that low-inten-
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Invited artists include: Pat Baldin, of Scarsdale New York, painting; Lisa and Tom Cuchara, of Hamden, photography; Letitia McPhedran, of Cheshire, painting; Michele Tragakiss, of Southbury, painting; Joan Jacobson-Zamore, of Milford, printmaking.
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Capitol police investigating reported online threat By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Capitol Police are investigating whether a recent Twitter message directed at two General Assembly Democrats was a threat. The message to state Rep. Liz Linehan, DCheshire, and House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, D-
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sents parts of Wallingford and Southington, responded on Twitter that “threatening our children will get you nothing except a visit from” Capitol Police. Linehan and Ritter have been two of the most vocal Democrats calling for the elimination of the religious exemption to children’s vaccinations. Proponents of the
exemption and Linehan have sparred online.
sage and why Linehan felt it was a threat to her children.
Capitol Police Lt. Glen Richards said Linehan made the department aware of the Twitter message.
Richards said Capitol Police are providing Linehan with extra security and Cheshire police are paying more attention to her home.
“On the face of it, it doesn’t appear to be a true threatening,” he said. Police will investigate further and try to find out who wrote the mes-
He said it’s often difficult to find the author of an online post. Often they are just “people spouting off” anonymously. “A lot of times we don’t even know who it was,” Richards said. As a member of the legislature’s Education Committee, Linehan on Tuesday urged members to support a bill that would alert school nurses and others who can sign off on requests for religious exemptions that they can't be fired for refusing to do so. The bill passed 19-13. Ritter, meanwhile, has said he wants a vote by the end of the 2020 session on eliminating the religious exemption for vaccines. Linehan said the Twitter account had been “very very vocal, very often,” on the vaccination issue. She took the message to be asking where her children went to school and said she wouldn’t tolerate such threats to them.
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Barber Maria Mazzacane Perez gives a haircut to longtime customer Andy DeBoer, of Cheshire, on her last day at Cheshire Barber Shop, April 30. The business is closing after decades of service.
Perez said that the majority of her clients date back to when her father ran the shop. At the end of March, Perez received a letter saying she had to vacate the property by April 30. The building was purchased in January by Napolitano Dietrich 1030 LLC, according to town property records. Perez tried to convince the building owners to reconsider.
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the front main office building. It’d be an enormous boost to the entire project,” said Erin Fink, communications manager for the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, which administered the grant. “The community can see they ‘re working on this. It’s just going to make the building
look a lot better.” The grant will fund the restoration of the ornate front door, entrance columns, five panel stone arched frame diamond pattern windows, lights and the factory sign. The trust previously awarded the arts group $50,000 for a market feasibility study that determined an arts center would work in the location.
“We just saw they’ve been working so hard at this project since 2014. They’re very committed,” Fink said.
In requesting the grant, Somogyi said it would give a morale boost to the project.
Ball & Socket Arts have received state grants for remediation work and are pursuing more money to renovate the sprawling facility.
“The frequent critique we hear from our town’s denizens is that nothing seems to be happening, because the buildings still look sad,” she wrote.
Ilona Somogyi, a founder of the arts group, wrote in the grant application that the group has faced “resistance and misunderstanding” from construction professionals on their desire to preserve as much of the historic building as possible.
Fink said the society recommended the arts group get bids from several contractors experienced with historic preservation.
They’ve had to “fight hard and hold firm to our insistence that what can, must be restored.”
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What a dandy stretch for Dani Fuentes as April turned to May. The Platt senior clubbed two home runs, then drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to lead the Panthers to a 7-6 victory over East Hartford on April 29. Fuentes finished with five RBI, though could have had more. Her game-winning gap-shot came with the bases loaded. Fuentes came back on May 1 and went 3-for-4 with a RBI double in a 6-3 loss to Maloney.
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Here’s the girl to watch once the postseason state tournaments roll around. Junior Abby Murphy, in her second year as Southington’s No. 1 singles player, remained undefeated on the season (11-0) with wins last week over Berlin, Glastonbury and Simsbury. The biggest victory came against Glastonbury’s Catherine Zak. Pushed to three sets and match point for the first time all season, Murphy pulled out a 7-5, 2-6, 11-9 decision in 2½ hours.
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at CCSU, she was researching Native American history in Cheshire for a college archaeology class project. “I didn’t find any Native Americans, but I kept finding references to slaves,” said Pittsley.
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minating moment. From there, Pittsley said it became “a calling” for her to keep digging.
Pittsley was intimately involved in a recent presentation, during the Amistad Sunday service at the First Congregational Church of Cheshire, which revealed the town’s slave history, as well as the church’s connections. The church and residents reShe was perplexed and skepsponded by asking to hear tical. “Being born and raised more. “It’s the right time,” here,” she was adamant this said Pittsley. was not true. “We didn’t have slaves here.” Pittsley Building on that presentawent to her professor, Dr. tion, Pittsley will speak on Warren Perry, determined “Unremembered Stories of that she knew better. He set Slavery in Cheshire,” on her straight. Monday, May 13 at 7 p.m. at First Church. Her years of re“He knew Connecticut was a search will shed light on slave holding state,” said Cheshire’s involvement in Pittsley, who additionally the West Indies slave trade learned that Connecticut and tell the important stoand Rhode Island were ries of individuals and fami“huge importers of human lies who were enslaved. beings in the 17th and 18th century.” It was quite an illu- After spending 15 years re-
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searching, Pittsley said, “Just when I think I’ve found everything, I find something new. It’s as if they are waiting to tell their stories.”
The story of Hosea Rue is one. Was he born into slavery? It’s not known. We do know he was born to Ruel Africa, a Revolutionary War solider. Hosea’s mother was Osse. We also do not know if she was enslaved when she gave birth to Hosea or his sibling, said Pittsley. What we do have is this picture of an African American man born in Cheshire in 1783, she said. “By 1820, he starts showing up in the census as a free man.” Hosea eventually moves to New Haven and becomes the town crier. A photo of Hosea was taken
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shortly before his death in 1865. Rue’s story has more to reveal. Rue had several children and both he and his children went to sea with some of the Cheshire ships, Pittsley said. “There were a lot of men in Cheshire who owned or owned parts of vessels that went to the West Indies,” said Pittsley. The connection leaves nothing to be imagined. It’s the slave trade. There are other stories to hear, more truth to reveal in Pittsley upcoming First Church talk, including a real-life dramas about Cheshire’s role in slavery; stories that include armed raids, kidnapping and civil suits and important families, “names you know” from Cheshire and how they were involved in the slavery issues of the time. Hosea Rue
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Memories of the circus program Cheshire Grange has scheduled "Remembering the Circus" for Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grange Hall on Wallingford Road, presented by the Cheshire Grange Women's Activities committee. The featured speaker will be Gary C. Payne, a circus enthusiast, and a past president of the Circus Fans Association of America. He will bring some of his circus
memorabilia as part of his presentation. He believes that the key reason for being a circus fan is having a lust for life. Also as part of the program, Cheshire Grange will be donating food, toys, and used blankets/towels to the Cheshire Animal Shelter. A Tea Cup Auction and refreshments will conclude the program. The public is invited. For any questions, contact Jane Miller 203 272-8255.
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April among the rainiest ever By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
The greater Hartford area set a record last month for the number of days with measurable rainfall. The area saw 21 days where more than one one-hundredth of an inch of rain fell, beating the previous high of 18 days in 1929, according to Gary Lessor, assistant director of the Connecticut Weather Center. Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, topped Hartford with 22 days of measurable rainfall. Although it might have felt like the wettest April on record, it wasn’t. The record was set in 1983 when 9.9 inches of rain fell topping the 8.06 inches that fell last month. After Monday’s blue skies and sunshine, the area can expect 10 days of rainfall and warming temperatures. “We’re going to have temperatures that are much milder than before,” Lessor said. “It’s going to go back and forth over the next week.” Those tired of the wet soggy spring might might want to reconsider if we are following the lead of spring 1983, which was followed by a dry, hot summer. ”In 1983, we had 38 days that were 90 degrees,” Lessor said. “Keep in mind with El Nino, we typically end up with hot, dry summers.”
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Author Talk: Soldiers of a Foreign War – Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 p.m. Vietnam veteran, Dr. Charles McNair, shares his novel that presents the Vietnam War in all its conflicted complexity. It
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The Women's Club of Cheshire, Inc. will host its games luncheon on Monday, May 20. It will be held at 257 Maple Ave. The luncheon will start at 11:30 a.m. Hours for the games will be 12 to 3:30 p.m. Admission is $22. Coffee, tea and water will be available. Open to the public. For more info call Barbara at 203-272-4622.
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