The North Haven
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Volume 7, Number 35
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Students aren’t the only ones returning to school By Kyle Swartz The North Haven Citizen
Students aren’t the only ones going back to classrooms after summer break. Before kids returned to schools across the town on Aug. 29, the local education district staff convened the day before in the North Haven High School auditorium for Convocation 2012. “I hope that summer gave all of you the opportunity to replenish and renew yourselves in order to return here and take on new challenges,” said Dr. Robert Cronin before an auditorium packed with school employees.
The convocation included speeches by several officials, introductions of new personnel and acknowledgement of tenure-earners and longtime teachers. “I know you’re all excited for the new year,” said Board of Education Chairwoman Anita Anderson at the speaker’s podium. “The board and I have been working with Bob and his staff over the summer. This is really going to be a great year for North Haven. I see new synergies coming into our board and in the school system.” Anderson, a public face for local education See Returning, page 5
‘A legacy of generosity’ By Kyle Swartz The North Haven Citizen Over 1,500 people came out to the North Haven Green on Monday for a community celebration of the 80th birthday — and 55th anniversary of opening shop — for a local businessman. Born Aug. 27, 1932, Arnold Lazaroff was the child of Russian immigrants who relocated to America with little money or fluency in English. Arnold grew up working in his uncle’s jewelry store, sold his first watch at age nine and later became a professional watchmaker. Five-and-a-half decades ago, he opened his own shop in Hamden as a 25year-old. Ten years later, he moved the business to 117 Washington Avenue in North Haven, where Arnold’s Jewelers has since remained for 45 years. “I didn’t think I’d be alive this long,” joked Arnold,
Over 1,500 people converged on North Haven’s Town Green on Monday to celebrate the 80th birthday — and 55th anniversary of opening shop — for See Event, page 8 local businessman Arnold Lazaroff.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Car show this Sunday
Citizen photo by Kyle Swartz
North Haven Police personnel and Police Benevolent Association Car Show co-chairs Chris Thorpe, left, and Ted Stockmon stand before Stockmon’s 1976 Plymouth Fury NYPD police cruiser. Incorporating hundreds of new and old vehicles, the 2012 PBA Car Show will be this Sunday, Sept. 2, at the North Haven High School. For more information, see page 3.
Local store sells $2 mill lottery ticket By Russell Blair Special to The Citizen For one Wallingford couple, a trip to a North Haven liquor store turned into a $2 million payout. Kim and Robert Fetera were winners on a “Max-AMillions” scratch lottery ticket and claimed their prize last week at Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill. Raj Krishna, manager of Aircraft Package Store, where the ticket was purchased, said he couldn’t be happier for the couple. The business received a $20,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. “We are so delighted that Mr. Fetera came by the store to validate his ticket and share his joy with us,” Krishna said in a press release. “This is by far the biggest prize we have ever had. We
feel so blessed that we can be a part of this.” Krishna said by phone on Tuesday that Fetera was a regular customer and they double-checked the ticket to make sure it was genuine. “I was shocked, I had never had that kind of amount before,” he said. “After we checked it we hugged and he thanked me for everything.” Krishna said Fetera bought the ticket on a Tuesday and found out he was a winner the next day. “He’s a middle-class guy with two kids,” Krishna said. “They’re nice people; it’s good to see this happen for someone like him.” The prize is payable as a 20-year annuity or a one-time lump-sum payment. The Feteras took the $1,223,800 lump sum, and received $835,862 after taxes. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 510,000.