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Enfield Town Ponders Purchase of Property for Hazardville Parking By Linda Tishler Levinson ENFIELD — The town may purchase the Connecticut Valley Oil Co. property to provide more parking in the Hazardville section of town. Town Manager Matthew Coppler said the Town Council has been working on a plan to acquire the land and provide for more parking for Hazardville. The Town Council held a public hearing Sept. 19 on the proposal. The property is located at 317 Hazard Ave.
According to a resolution passed at a Sept. 6 council meeting, “The Enfield Town Council has determined that a public need exists to secure sufficient public parking for the Hazardville Institute to function as a public facility, which will benefit the Enfield community and desired to purchase the above referenced property for use as a public parking lot.� The council is requesting a transfer of $157,476 to the Capital Improvements Account to fund the project.
CRRA contract The town manager said the town is evaluating its solid waste disposal contract with the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority. The contract is set to expire in November 2012. Coppler said the town is planning to put the contract out to bid soon, since CRRA is offering incentives to towns that renew their contracts early.
ETC Billboards Urge ‘Love Them Enough to Say No’ to Buying Teens Alcohol ENFIELD – The Enfield Together Coalition (ETC) has placed billboards outside of Enfield and Fermi high schools, as well as JFK Middle School, to discourage parents and other adults from purchasing alcohol for teens as part of a back-toschool awareness campaign. The billboards, featuring the message “Love Them Enough To Say No,� tie in to the state’s SetTheRulesCT public awareness campaign, developed by the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) and the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (JJAC)’s Subcommittee on Combating Underage Drinking. Tom Arnone, ETC chairman, explained: “ETC was established to assess the extent of substance use in Enfield and to develop ways to reduce the use of alcohol and other drugs by Enfield youth. By raising awareness, educating parents, youth, and retailers and supporting the enforcement of
underage drinking laws, the coalition is united in the commitment to preventing and reducing underage drinking in Enfield.� “Studies have shown that kids in Enfield start to experiment with alcohol as young as 11 or 12 years old,� said JFK Middle School Resource Officer George Marusak. “Educating kids and parents in middle school can help prevent problems in high school and later on in life. Start as young as you can and teach parents it’s their responsibility too.� “Studies also show that the younger a child is when he or she begins to use alcohol, the greater the chances are of developing abuse problems later in life,� Marusak said. Studies have shown that those who drink alcohol prior to age 15 are more likely to have risky alcohol problems later in life. According to statistics on
www.SetTheRulesCT.org, 70% of eighthgraders across the state believe that alcohol is either “very easy� or “fairly easy� to obtain. “If parents don’t talk to their children about drug and alcohol abuse, their children’s friends will,� Marusak said. “Parents should talk to their children about choosing friends carefully as they begin their middle school years because it is perfectly normal for middle school friends to become a central part of their child’s life. Choosing friends who make bad choices, perform poorly in school, and abuse alcohol and drugs can influence their children to do the same. Friends who encourage others to make poor choices are really no friends at all.� In addition to putting up billboards,
ETC also works with the Youth Council, community members, and Police Department to distribute postcards featuring the laws about teen drinking, give presentations to parents and youth about the effects of alcohol, and enforce underage drinking laws. Coalition members include representatives from Enfield Youth Services, East of the River Action for Substance Abuse Elimination (ERASE), the Youth Advisory Council, parents, school personnel, Town Council, Enfield Police Department, Police Steering Committee, substance abuse counselors, the faith-based communities, business owners, and more. For more information or to get involved, please visit www.EnfieldTogether.org.
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