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Residents’ Approval Sought on 2017 $31.3M Town Budget
Somers
By Linda Tishler Levinson
SOMERS -- Residents will be asked to send the proposed $31,396,041 budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year to a referendum at the May 3 Annual Town Meeting. “We are recommending a slight increase of 0.85 mills to the current mill rate of 23.37, bringing the new mill rate to 24.22. This represents the first mill rate increase since the 2013-2014 fiscal year,” the Board of
Selectman wrote in its budget presentation. The proposed spending plan is an increase of 2.28 percent or $699,938 over the current year’s budget. For a homeowner with an assessed property value of $200,000, the proposal would bring property taxes of $4,844, an increase of $170 a year. The proposed General Government budget includes $7,410,849, the same as the current budget; $22,014,859 for the Board of Education, an increase of
$550,933 or 2.57 percent; $1,720,333, an increase of $99,005 or 6.11 percent; and $250,000 for capital projects, an increase of $50,000 or 25 percent. The selectmen said the increase in mill rate is due to a 2.31 percent reduction in projected tax revenues. The Annual Town Meeting will be at 7 p.m. May 3 in the Town Hall auditorium. The referendum will be from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 10, also in the Town Hall auditorium.
Honor Students for Third Quarter Named at Mabelle B. Avery School SOMERS - The following students have been named to the honor roll for the third quarter at Mabelle B. Avery School. Grade 7 High Honors Brent Arcari Adam Argiro Simon Banas Miranda Barresi Benjamin Bolduc Emily Brayton Cecelia Bruel Julia Catellier Angelina Chapman Keira Clark Aidan DevineBaillargeon Jeffrey Devlin Sarah Finnegan Jack Gebo Shawn Gentilcore Giovanna Gioscia Jaydon Griger Alexander Grzelak
Ethan Haluch Andrew Hartman Adam Hinds Danielle Hoague Caelyn Hoffman Maeve HoranPortelance Keeley Joyal Morgan Juzba Emily Karabinis Conner Kocot Madeline Mancuso Lindsay Masamery Alexandra McLellan Mallory Murdza Ayden Paulo Halle Raina Hannah Renzoni Emily Reynolds Laura Riley Serena Robidoux Lilly Saunders Maggie Settje Samuel Shlafstein Andrew Skalski
Nolan Soule-Rondeau Sheridan Speight Olivia Suter Janellyvet Toledo Sophia Tomko Gabrielle Tullock Kylie Twiss Tyler Watt Shannon Whalen Khadija Williams Angela Young Carson Yurgaitis Dominic Zuccalo Grade 7 Honors Jack Brunt Claire Bruso Marisa Cardinale Ryan Cashman Paige Clark Connor DeAngelis Zachary Delskey Hanna Dempsey Benjamin DuPerre Mckenzie Fitzgerald
FINAL PLANT SALE sponsored by
Somers Beautification 30 North Central News May 2016
at Grower Direct Farms - 164 Hampden Road, Somers
MAY 14 8am to 12 Noon
+ Cash, Checks & Credit Cards Accepted + Shrubs & Trees from Pell Farms + Vegetable Plants from Meadowbrook Farms
Ta'Daysia Floyd Brian Garrow Megan Gaskell Alexander Golden Tanner Hammond Jake Hearn Ethan Kay Caleb Kmon Jesse Kowal Megan Lafayette Cailyn Lippe Colin MacLeod Vincent Mazza Sydney McIntyre Brandon Minukas
Reghan Morin Isabel Munson Brady Palazzesi Tyler Poulin Kyiah Rice Nathan Rouette Michaela Scully Mackenzie Spaner Alana Sweat Lilly Tisdale Madison Totten Eric Zheng
Grade 8 High Honors Taylor Althaus
Athena Baumann Brieanna Bernier Emily Carra Aidan Case Fiona Cheyney Christian Chlebowski Rachel Cranna Amit Deonarine Matthew Grandpre' Zachary Hojnowski Jonathan Kelly Miranda McCarthy Nathan Mothes
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Somers Recreation Department presents the first ever
Celebrate Somers GOLF TOURNAMENT
at Cedar Knob in Somers, Connecticut Join us at Cedar Knob Golf Course in Somers on
Saturday, June 25 • 12:30pm four-person scramble format
The event includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, a buffet dinner with awards and prizes, as well as additional games and prizes offered throughout the day.
Visit the Somers Recreation Department’s website somers.recdesk.com for more information and to register.
Cost is $110 per player Registration deadline is June 3. Proceeds support Somers Parks and Recreation. Sign up today to enjoy a fun Saturday in Somers and promote local Parks and Recreation.