The North Haven
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Volume 6, Number 11
Another I-91 rollover
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Friday, March 18, 2011
New police: New Haven’s loss is North Haven’s gain By Kyle Swartz The North Haven Citizen
Citizen photo provided via Facebook by Mark Lesage
After a tanker overturned between exits 12 and 13 last week on I-91 and caused extensive delays, a tractor trailer rolled over into the median near exit 11 outside North Haven on March 13, stopping traffic once again. Pictured: Nelcon Towing arrives on scene to help clean up.
Montowese School parents seek upgrades to playground By Kyle Swartz The North Haven Citizen
Mirroring recent initiatives at other North Haven schools, a group of parents is seeking upgrades for Montowese Elementary School’s aged and potentially unsafe playground. “We’re just trying to raise some money to build a better playground,” said Tammy Wilson, co-chairman of the Montowese Playground Committee. “Our main goal is to raise funds to get new equipment installed correctly for kids.” Wilson believes Montowese needed $80,000 total for improvements. The school has three play
zones – one for kindergarten, one for first and second graders and another for third through fifth grade. Each displays distinct problems, according to Dyann Vissicchio, Montowese Playground Committee and North Haven Board of Finance member. Fencing wrapped around the kindergarten section requires repair. In front of Montowese, first and second grade students have a full allotment of equipment, including swings, a jungle gym and other apparatuses. However, the equipment is old or out-dated, including a bumpy, metal slide and a junSee Playground, page 6
If they pass pre-employment tests, three New Haven police officers laid off amidst budget crunches will be hired by North Haven’s law-enforcement department, aiding local finances and safety, according to officials. Finances “Running short-staffed by three people would have cost North Haven a sizeable amount in overtime, probably to the tune of excess of $100,000 in overtime replacement costs,” Police Chief
James X. DiCarlo said March 14. In February, New Haven officials dismissed 16 officers as city-wide budgets shrunk. “Our Police Commission chairman, Joseph D’Errico, informed the officers who got laid off that North Haven would be seeking certified officers,” DiCarlo said. “Six of the New Haven officers applied here. We gave three of them conditional offers. They still have to pass a full background text, a polygraph exam and an agility test.”
See Police, page 12
Environment experts survey Quinnipiac River State Park By Richie Rathsack Special to the North Haven Citizen A red-tailed hawk swooped through the trees, hovering briefly over a group of hikers at Quinnipiac River State Park in North Haven on March 13, before soaring off on a gust of wind. The Quinnipiac River Watershed Association hosted its annual Winter Wildlife Hike at the park Sunday afternoon, guided by Department of Environmental Protection wildlife biologist Peter Picone, of Southington. Snow cover in the park
Citizen photo by Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
Wildlife biologist Peter Picone, who guided the March See Park, page 9 13 hike, displays a saw-whet owl.