North Haven veteran receives his Purple Heart By Bailey Wright The Citizen
They told the 88-year-old Korean War veteran there would be a party to celebrate a family member and instead he was presented with the medal in late-January. “It was a big honor for me,” said Raccio, a North Haven resident. “It brings back a lot of memories.”
Raccio was injured by a concussion bomb during combat in near the border of
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William MacMullen presents North Haven resident and Korean War veteran Nicholas Raccio a Purple Heart at Hard Hat Cafe on Jan. 29. | Photo courtesy of Fred Taylor
South Korea and North Korea. “One day we were getting hit pretty good and (a concussion bomb) exploded not too far to me,” Raccio said. “I ended up in the hospital in Japan for a couple of months.” He also suffered from malaria, but has no permanent injuries from the war. Congresswoman Rosa De-
Lauro’s office also presented Raccio with an Ambassador for Peace Medal from the Republic of Korea. Fred Taylor, one of Raccio’s longtime friends, said he and several others, including Raccio’s sister Joanne Borga, tried for years to get him his Purple Heart. See Veteran, A12
dispatcher, entry level with benefits, is $75,000, according to McLoughlin’s budget proposal. This cost does not include overtime or training.
The request comes after a Board of Finance Fire & Medical Services Workshop Group identified a need for additional dispatchers. The “I think you’ll find that its group also suggested a switch very lean, it’s very responto Emergency Medical Dissible,” McLoughlin told the patch (EMD), which would Board of Finance Wednes- keep medical 9-1-1 calls inday, Feb. 20. “Our increase house instead of sending to our operating budget is them to AMR, which currentapproximately one half of ly takes the calls and then one percent, that’s about as dispatches town fire reflat as you can get with a sources. budget of our size.” The Board of Fire CommisThe total proposed budget sioners has said an increase is $6,323,036, which is in dispatchers and switch to about $28,478 more than EMD would “drastically imlast year’s budget of prove routine fire scene op$6,294,567. erations” and have some imThis total does not reflect a pact on the efficiency of disrequest from the police de- patching fire department repartment, tangentially with sources. the fire department, for four new full-time dispatchers to be added to the police department roster for fiscal year 2019-20.
“A point of transparency: this isn't a cost saving by any means. This is going to be an increase in the personnel line, it'll be an The police department cur- increase in overtime and training as well,” McLoughrently employs four dislin said. patchers full-time and three part-time. The estimated cost for each new
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Police chief presents ‘very lean’ budget Police Chief Tom McLoughlin presented his department’s proposed 2019-20 budget last week, which shows an increase of 0.45 percent in operating expenses.
When Nicholas Raccio’s friends were able to secure him the Purple Heart, they decided to surprise him with a ceremony at Hard Hat Cafe.
Raccio served in the Marines from 1951 to 1953. He remembers being drafted into the service at 21 and being enlisted in the Marines after no one volunteered. He was hoping to stay with his friends in the Army instead, but is happy with how it turned out.
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Santini alleged Brennan struck him with his police cruiser, throwing him from his scooter, during a pursuit on Middletown Avenue on June 21, 2015.
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A colonial home with historic charm and filled with modern amenities is on the market in Augerville for almost $1 million.
Men’s Open Basketball, 18 and older, is scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Ridge Road School, through April 4. The program is open to North Haven residents and those employed in North Haven. Proof of residency and/or employment must be provided. For more information, call 203-2395321, ext. 530.
Built in 1938, the colonial house features five bedrooms, three recently remodeled full baths, and one half bath.
The kitchen is considered the “heart” of this home, with granite counters and One Old Orchard Road is on six-burner Viking range. It the market for $925,000. comes with a Subzero refrigerator and Asko dish“This home has warmth washer. and charm with a modern flair and still retains much “You’ll love the flow of the of its original woodwork home as the kitchen opens with 2 working fireplaces, to a sunlit dining room, a leaded glass windows, built- (front room with fireplace), ins throughout and random the mudroom, laundry width wood floors,” the list- room, sunroom and patio ing states. along with a back staircase The home sits on about half that leads to a 2nd floor office or guest suite,” real esan acre of Old Orchard tate agent Debbie Goldberg Road, which was once the of Coldwell Banker says in orchard of A.C. Gilbert, an the listing. inventor, athlete and businessman best known for Old Orchard is located off his invention of the Erector Skiff Street in Augerville, Set. Gilbert was known to near Ridge Road Elemenhave owned and lived in a tary School. home at 17 Old Orchard bwright@record-journal.com Road.
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Scout’s annual ziti dinner Boy Scout Troop 811 of North Haven has scheduled its annual ziti dinner fundraiser for Saturday, March 30, 5 to 7:30 p.m., at Faith United Methodist Church, 81 Clintonville Road. A fee is charged. Takeout is available. Scouts in uniform eat free.
The North Haven Camera Club has scheduled a presentation by Hazel Meredith, photographer, teacher and workshop leader, on Advanced Techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop, Tuesday, March 5, 7 p.m., at the camera club meeting, at Hope Christian Church, 211 Montowese Ave.
Junior Gardening Club forming The North Haven Garden Club has announced the start of a Junior Gardening Club for area youth. The working club is scheduled to begin in late March or early April and is open to all children. The program plans to engage children in a “hands-on” group learning experience that will promote a love of gardening, develop an appreciation for the environment and culti-
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Fiscally prudent solutions needed By Sally J. Buemi
I was just thinking about the decision announced by First Selectman Michael Freda at the Dec. 19, 2018 Board of Finance meeting to create two new firefighter positions. The positions have already been filled, and the two new personnel are in training. I support additional fire department personnel, but not the original 16 total new positions requested by the fire chief. And I have definite ideas about how additional personnel and fire apparatus should best be utilized. Also, because residents have endured many tax increases during the Freda years, I strongly advocate for the most fiscally prudent solutions. Throwing money at a problem is not necessarily the best first step when so many of our citizens are already at the breaking point. I want to focus on how and when these two new positions were created. First, you must understand one fact: The budget that passed at the May 2018 referendum for the current fiscal year did not include any new fire positions. None. The chief made an impassioned plea for more firefighters, but the BOF put zero in the budget.
The Fire Commission rejected this daytime shift idea. The union refused to amend their contract to allow such a shift. The chief and Fire Commission responded by demanding two new firefighters to serve on one of the four existing shifts – working one 24-hour day then three days off. Mr. Freda authorized this hiring because, as he said, he must listen to the experts. The process of adding these two positions in mid-fiscal year is improper. Voters approved a budget with 32 firefighters. Now there are 34. Mr. Freda points to the $140,000 line item to fund these positions. But that money was for the study group’s recommendations. The study group did not recommend this specific hiring plan. Not even close. Mr. Freda said he must rely on the experts. But last budget season, these same experts asked for eight new firefighters for the 18/19 fiscal year. But the BOF gave them no funding for additional personnel in the fire department budget. The experts didn’t matter much back then. So what changed? And now these two new positions are there, and you, the voters, had no say in the matter. These two positions came in through the back door, and I don’t like it. Do you? The writer is a North Haven Selectman.
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Next, you must understand that in April of 2018, Mr. Freda formed a study group to evaluate the needs of the fire department and make recommendations for improvements. This group had four members: the fire chief, the finance director, and two BOF members: Mr. Hallahan, a Democrat, and Mr. Monico, the Republican BOF chairman. A special line item was included in the budget, $140,000 set aside for “safety issues.” This line item was not in the fire department budget. It was designated to fund the recommendations of the study group.
Fast forward to November 2018, when Mr. Hallahan and Mr. Monico issued a report with about 27 recommendations for the fire department. After exhaustive research, the only recommendation for personnel was to hire two firefighter/paramedics to work on a Monday to Friday, daytime shift only. I advocated this idea last year. All of our current firefighters work in four shifts, with eight men per shift, working 24 hours, then three days off.
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Meriden woman sentenced in crash that killed child By Lauren Sellew Record-Journal staff
NORTH HAVEN — A Meriden woman was sentenced to probation after pleading no contest to negligent homicide and reckless endangerment charges stemming from a 2016 crash that resulted in the death of a 6year-old. Lexsis Walters, 25, of 44 Sophia Court, pleaded no contest Thursday, Feb. 21 to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. During an appearance in Meriden Superior Court she was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence of 2½ years and 3 years of probation. On Christmas Day 2016, Walters was driving on
Interstate 91 south near exit 12 when she lost control of the pickup truck she was operating. The car flipped twice, crossed the median of the highway and came to a stop on the northbound side, according to her arrest warrant.
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A 6-year-old passenger was ejected from the truck and died three days later at the hospital, the warrant said. A second child suffered minor injuries in the crash, and a third child was not injured. Walters told police one seatbelt was not working and she instructed the two other children to hold onto the unsecured 6-year old, the warrant said. lsellew@record-journal.com 203-317-2225 Twitter: @LaurenSellewRJ
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The North Haven High School Sports Hall of Fame banquet is scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 6:30 p.m., at Zandri’s Stillwood Inn, 1074 Colony Road, Wallingford. Tickets are $55.
Thomas William Prefontaine, athlete 1996; Gia Alice Paturzo, athlete 2005; Jessica Leigh Broadbent, athlete 2011; Federico Fiondella, coach’s award; and Rene and Joan Genest, service award.
Inductees are Timothy John Gilbrdie, athlete 1970; David Keith Miller, athlete 1976; Alyssa A. Margi, athlete 1993;
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Other budget increases include the department's custodial contract, which is due to From A1 an expected summer move to the new police department The full-time dispatchers building, which will require would be added two additional cleaning due to the each to the day and increase in size. Under capital evening shifts. The mid- expenses, the department is night shift would remain looking to acquire three new with one dispatcher. police vehicles, two emergenIf the department does not cy lights and sirens packages, make a switch to EMD then McLoughlin said he SUDOKU would only need three adANSWER ditional part-time staff, making it six total parttime and four full-time. “I don't see any way of you not getting four dispatchers,” said BOF Chairman Richard Monico. “I like it staying with police, I like your schedule, the equipment's there ... I think it makes sense to keep it as part of (police) uniform service.”
The proposed budget also reflects a new line item for accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
The national accreditation, which is reviewed once a year, costs about $4,600 per year, according to McLoughlin.
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Dream Big! competition State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden has launched the 2019 Dream Big! college-savings competition that will award up to $1,000 each to 48 students in grades K-8. Four students will be awarded a grand prize of $1,000, while the others will be awarded $500. A total of $26,000 will be awarded statewide in the form of a contribution to a new or existing CHET account. The competition asks students to use a creative outlet, in the form of a drawing or essay, to answer the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Kindergarten through third grade students are asked to share artwork depicting what they want to do after they go to college. Fourth through eighth grade students are asked to answer in a 250word essay how they will change the world after college.
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