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PZC nixes db Mart drive-thru plan By Bailey Wright The Citizen

Amazon’s Building 3 at 409 Washington Ave. in North Haven is seen here on April 30. Photo by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

Amazon on pace to open in North Haven this summer Economic Development Commission’s spring breakfast. “We’ll be able to supThe 1.2 million-square-foot port a larger volume. We will Amazon eyed the former Amazon plant on Route 5 Pratt & Whitney site in North continue to grow in the state will be equipped to ship over Haven, less than a mile from of Connecticut.” 1 million items per day dur- the Wallingford line, for its ing the peak holiday shopAmazon also has a sortation proximity to a major highping season. center in Wallingford, a fulway and ability to serve fillment center in Windsor, a the New York City and Richard Dyce, director of op- Boston markets. The plant delivery station in Bristol, erations at the new plant, and a hub at Bradley Interwill have almost 2,000 emtold about 180 area business ployees. national Airport. leaders late last month that the Amazon robotics fulfill“This version of the Amazon “Amazon has invested more ment center set to open in than $500 million into the building is far beyond any August is more technologiother building at this time,” cally advanced than any cur- Dyce said during the town See Amazon, A16 rently in operation throughBy Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

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Data: Some schools have high level of unvaccinated By Kathleen Megan and Mark Pazniokas © The Connecticut Mirror

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A Master Gardener will be on hand to answer any gardening questions. Also, the club will be selling note cards with pictures from members’ gardens, as well as butterfly and flower designs. In addition, there will be outside vendors. In the case of heavy, steady rain, the May Market will move indoors at the North Haven Congregational

Church, across from the green. North Haven Garden Club has hosted its May Market for more than 43 years. The club is a member of The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut Inc., New England Garden Clubs Inc., and The National Garden Clubs Inc.

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Lamont’s budget more of a tax burden By Len Suzio

If you detest the new tax burden that will be imposed by the Legislature if they pass toll legislation, you will absolutely hate Governor Ned Lamont’s proposed budget. Although I did not vote for Governor Lamont, I had hoped with his business background he would bring some commonsense budgeting to Hartford. But the Governor’s proposed budget dispelled me of that delusion. Facing a $3.7 billion projected deficit for the biennium budget, the governor disdained spending cuts and chose to balance the budget with record-breaking tax increases and cost shifting, with only a smattering of spending cuts (which may turn out to be unrealistic because they require state employee union approval which is not likely).

I have a limited number of words here, so I can’t list all 57 tax increases, but I will highlight a few. This short list is taken from the complete list in the Office of Fiscal Analysis Synopsis of the governor’s proposed budget: See Suzio, A6

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As I reviewed the Office of Fiscal Analysis Synopsis of the governor’s proposed budget, I discovered 57 tax increases! That’s right, 57 tax increases are in the proposed budget. The increases come in various shapes and sizes. Seniors and retired folks will be disappointed to learn that the governor has proposed eliminating the scheduled changes to exemption thresholds that would have reduced seniors state income tax burden. Likewise, the Governor proposed eliminating the increased income exemptions for retired teachers.

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Some of the foregoing are “nickels and dimes” taxes, but others are serious tax increases. For example, the elimination of the sales tax exemption on automobile trade-ins can mean more than $1,000 of extra sales tax to be paid by someone purchasing a car. And anyone selling their home also will see a big tax imposed on their real estate commissions fee (a house sold for $250,000 will likely result in almost $1,000 sales tax on the real estate commission).

Aside from the 57 tax increases and the paid sick leave payroll tax, the tolls will be another added burden to Connecticut families. So, add that to your annual tax burden proposed by Governor Lamont.

The foregoing tax increases do not include the proposed paid-sick-leave “payroll tax” that will take an extra 0.5% from your paycheck. If you are making $60,000 per year that will be another $300 you will pay in taxes annually. Double-income couples will pay even more. Based on my review of the OFA synopsis and adding in the paid-sick-leave payroll tax the average annual tax burden of taxpayers would be increased by almost

But that’s not the end of the story. When we look at the governor’s proposed spending “cuts” it becomes evident that much of the spending cuts are really cost shifting that will be passed on to taxpayers indirectly. For example, the governor has proposed shifting 25% of the normal cost of teachers retirement obligations to cities and towns. This means Meriden, Cheshire, and Middlefield will be forced to pick up that “spending cut” that is really another cost-shifting shell game gimmick. And who do you think will pay that added cost? Another example is the governor’s interception of automobile taxes intended to be transferred to the Special

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‘Free college’ proponents say it would not strain finances By Kathleen Megan © The Connecticut Mirror

A proposal for free college is nowhere to be found in the governor’s budget bill or in the budget under discussion in the General Assembly, but proponents of the measure have not given up. They say new numbers showing the possibility of a dramatic surge in enrollment and large revenues make the plan too promising to abandon. “Ordinarily I would say the mountain is getting too steep,” said Rep. Gregg Haddad, D-Mansfield, co-chairman of the legislature’s higher education committee. “But a fiscal note that came out [recently] actually looks very encouraging.” Those numbers show that if a free or debt-free two years of community college is offered to all recent high school graduates who would be first-time, full-time students — regardless of income — enrollment could surge anywhere from 10 percent to 45 percent over current numbers. If the higher estimate is reached, the program — if started in the fall of 2020 — would cost $8.9 million in Fiscal Year 2022, but would bring in an estimated $10.7 million that year.

come limit.” Haddad said the program would address the state’s lagging enrollment problems at the colleges which is contributing to the system’s fiscal distress. With more students enrolling, the revenue gained mainly in federal Pell grant funds would range from an estimated $2.3 million to $4.9 million. But in a program with no family income limit, Haddad said, the Office of Fiscal Analysis has estimated the numbers on additional enrollment of full time students range from 10 percent to as high as 45 percent.

Morley Winograd, president of the national Campaign for Free College Tuition, said there are 12 states that offer a free college program. “States really can’t afford not to do it,” he said, “because you use up the capacity of your community colleges that are currently facing declining enrollment and you make an investment in the state’s future. So it’s a double-barreled benefit.”

Lawmakers looked at what happened in Rhode Island as evidence of the strength of this plan for Connecticut. In 2017, Rhode Island startAs part of its calculations, ed a free community college the Office of Fiscal Analysis plan similar to the one being estimated that the loss in considered here. In the first revenue at the state universi- year, the state reported a 43 ties — the result of students percent increase in enrollchoosing the free communi- ment. ty colleges for their first two years — would be about $2.8 If that increase is calculated over two years — from 2016 million. If subtracted from to 2018 — the increase is the revenues, that would 113 percent. leave the program with a $1 million price tag, though Critics of free college plans proponents note that any loss may be offset by a grow- say they benefit the middle and upper middle classes, ing number of community but provide no additional college graduates going on benefits to community colto the state universities. lege students who are low“This has the potential to in- income and have their tuition costs covered by Pell crease the number of community college students at a grants.

Steve Minkler, academic dean and interim president of Middlesex Community College, left, and Platt High School Principal Robert Montemurro talk in the media center at Platt High School in August 2017. | Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

But Amy Kempe, spokesman for the Community College of Rhode Island, said that over the past two years of the Promise Program, the number of low-income, first time, full-time students has gone up 143 percent, while the number of students of color has gone up 164 percent.

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Their revised approach would cover community college tuition costs for any recent graduate — regardless of income — who aren’t already covered by federal Pell grants, institutional aid, or other government or private grants. For students who are Pell-eligible and thus have all of their tuition costs covered, a minimum annual grant of $500 would be provided to cover costs for books, transportation, food and child care. “If we have income limits, we’re sort of mitigating the size of the wave of new students because it just sounds less exciting,” Haddad said. “It’s not a true free college program if you have an in-

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community college students are already attending for free, covered mainly by federal Pell grants. Ben Barnes, the chief financial officer for the CSCU system, said he has concerns about whether the estimated surge in enrollment will actually materialize at hoped-for levels.

Rev. Boise Kimber, center, flanked by Hamden Acting Police Chief John Cappiello, left, and Hamden Mayor Curt Leng, right, addresses the media outside of the Hamden Government Center after a meeting between the town officials and local clergy concerning the recent shooting by a Hamden police officer, Friday, April 19 in Hamden. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

With an expected shortfall of $30 million next year and a reserve fund of less than $40 million, Barnes said, “In our current circumstances, for us to take a gamble … The risk of us not getting that revenue in the short run is very difficult for us to accept, given that we are likely to to be drawing down on our reserves just simply to run our current organization and we don’t have enough reserves to draw down on them for more than a year or two at this stage.”

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Ojakian has said additional funding is “an important step forward,” but even with the increase, “our institutions — particularly the community colleges — will continue to face a significant shortfall that will need to be closed by tapping into reserve funds.” Haddad said he doesn’t see a free college plan as a gamble. “I think [Barnes] should be concerned about how we design the program to make sure we realize the enrollment that we think we could realize.” “I don’t think free college alone will solve their problems,” Haddad said, “and I don’t think additional public dollars will solve their problem. I think we need to do a combination of both.”

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Local sports fields contain product at center of lawsuit By Lauren Takores Record-Journal staff

Regional School District 13 Superintendent Kathryn Veronesi said in a statement that she was not aware of the lawsuit, and that she has not been contacted by FieldTurf.

DURHAM — Several artificial turf athletic fields statewide, including at Coginchaug Regional High School, contain a product at the center of a lawsuit over its alleged defectiveness.

The turf is slated to be replaced in the 2022-23 school year, she added. The lawsuit against FieldTurf was filed in October 2017 in the District of New Jersey and seeks class-action status.

FieldTurf, the manufacturer from which CRHS purchased an outdoor artificial turf field in 2010, currently faces a federal lawsuit that claims the company sold an artificial turf product, called Duraspine, to schools and towns across the country from 2005 to 2010 despite knowing the product was defective.

Duraspine turf disintegrates prematurely, the complaint states, and “by design and composition, did not have the qualities, properties, and lifespan FieldTurf continuously represented in its sales and marketing materials and pitches.”

A spokesman for the manufacturer has denied the claims in the lawsuit, adding that state and federal investigations found no wrongdoing on the part of the company.

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Notre Dame, St. Helena, and Mother’s Day By Rev. Lord Roy

An exception is St. The world can seem like a Helena who mess with the disastrous fire can be conat the Notre Dame Cathedral, nected to the slaughter of Muslims in the Notre New Zealand and of ChrisDame tians in Sri Lanka, the latest Cathedral attack on a synagogue in the and to key Roy United States, the serious im- relics that migration issue that creates have been chaos on our southern border, venerated there and elsebitter political wrangling where. While her story inamong Americans, and other cludes pious legends, she was crises in different parts of the an important figure in early globe. Amid all this, Mother’s church history. She was born Day is approaching, and we in about 248 in Asia Minor want to pay tribute to mothers (now Turkey), apparently into everywhere. a poor family, yet married the Roman emperor Constantius. Few of the female saints celeSome scholars have suggested brated by Catholicism have that she was his concubine been mothers. It seems that rather than his wife. In any virgins, many of them nuns, case, they had a son who behave been preferred. In an incame Constantine the Great, terview with Serene Jones, the first Christian emperor of carried recently in the New Rome, who elevated his York Times, she suggests that mother by declaring her Emthrough the centuries Chrispress Augusta. The church tianity promoted the view that designated St. Helena as a sexuality is sinful which led to saint before the current prothe historic oppression of cess of canonization was women, an oppression which adopted in the 12th century. had the strong support of the church. Dr. Jones is president St. Helena spent considerable of Union Theological Semitime visiting the Holy Land nary in Manhattan, where I (326-328), and financing studied for the ministry. churches there, among them

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the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, built where tradition says Jesus was crucified and buried. She also is credited with bringing back the True Cross on which Christ died. How was it identified? St. Helena allegedly found three crosses buried at Calvary and took a critically ill woman to them. Two crosses had no effect, but she was cured immediately when she touched the third one. Part of that cross has been kept at Notre Dame Cathedral, along with the Crown of Thorns, pressed upon the head of Jesus at his crucifixion. Religious statues atop the cathedral had been taken down a week before the fire, to be returned later as part of an on-going restoration. The fire likely was related to the restoration, perhaps ignited by some electrical mishap, possibly by a worker’s cigarette.

years old, claimed to have been visited eighteen times by the Virgin Mary. Bernadette died at age 35 in a convent and, while ridiculed at first, she was canonized in 1933 by Pope Pius XI. A grotto at Lourdes contains water which many believe has curative powers. Despite such piety, France officially has been a very secular nation since 1905. Among issues still vigorously debated is whether Muslim girls should be permitted to wear the hijab to cover their heads when in school. There is some hostility toward Catholicism and 900 antiChristian acts were reported in France in 2018, including the decapitation of a statue of the Virgin Mary. This may be traced in part back to the French Revolution when anti-clericalism was rampant, the cathedral was temporarily rededicated to the Cult of Reason, and the Goddess of Liberty replaced the Virgin Mary on some altars.

Many relics were rescued by a human chain, organized under the heroic leadership of Fr. Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the firefighters. About 500 firefighters fought the blaze and saved the main towers and other important parts of what has been regarded by many as the world’s finest example of Gothic architecture. The extent of damage done to the huge organ, to some of the windows, and to other parts of the cathedral is still being assessed.

In 1831 the popularity of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” by Victor Hugo brought the cathedral new and positive attention.

The name Notre Dame, of course, is the French rendition of Our Lady, and there have been 37 representations of the Virgin Mary in the cathedral. Except for Paris, more tourists, about seven million annually, travel to Lourdes in southern France than anywhere else in that country. It was at Lourdes in 1858 that Bernadette Soubirous, 14

As Mother’s Day nears, we mourn the damage to the Notre Dame Cathedral, remember St. Helena and her role in church history, and salute all mothers, whatever their faith, race or nationality.

The recent fire stirred millions of the French who never attend mass. They regard it as a beloved and proud symbol of French history and culture. The Cathedral was built over 800 years ago on the site of a Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter, and is owned by the government of France, not by the Catholic Church.

Ralph Lord Roy of Southington is a retired United Methodist minister. E-mail: ralphlroy@aol.com.

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vice president of marketing, said in April that FieldTurf discontinued the sale of Duraspine in 2010 “and transitioned fully to its own self-produced fibers in 2011.”

“The Duraspine issue has not impacted safety, only how a field looks as it wears,” he added. “We are committed to honoring our warranties and working with our customers to address any issues if they arise.” FieldTurf sued synthetic grass supplier Tencate Thiolon Middle East, formerly Mattex Leisure Industries, in March 2011. The complaint alleges Mattex used a “baitand-switch scheme” to secure a contract with FieldTurf. “Mattex changed its fiber formula and the manufacturing process that it used to create the fiber,” the complaint stated. “Upon information and belief, Mattex stopped supplying the monofilament fiber that it had provided to FieldTurf to secure its business and, for some period of time, supplied a less expensive, less durable fiber.” Besides CRHS, Duraspine fields were installed at several schools statewide, including Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Central Connecticut State University, Yale University, the University of Connecticut and the University of Bridgeport. LTakores@record-journal.com 203-317-2212 Twitter: @LCTakores

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Business, municipalities advocates yet to take a stance on tolls By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

As Gov. Ned Lamont pushes for highway tolls, groups that advocate for businesses and municipalities haven’t declared support or opposition. Both the Connecticut Conference for Municipalities and the Connecticut Business and industry Association have rarely avoided taking positions on controversial issues. But since tolls were raised in Lamont’s budget in January, neither group has taken a stance. “We’ve been quiet on tolls because we have a level of frustration,” said CCM executive director Joe DeLong. “Tolls, like sports betting and legalized marijuana, are taking away from the number one issue, unfunded pension liabilities.” DeLong added that CCM wants to see a toll plan before taking a position. “We’ve made it clear our leadership supports this conversation (on tolls),” DeLong said. “But they don’t want to sign off until we have a plan.” As the main lobbying group for the state’s towns and cities, CCM has felt some pressure to take a stand, especially following a growing number of anti-toll resolutions passed by town gov-

ernments. ”My own town of Cheshire took a vote,” said Sacred Heart political science Professor Gary Rose. “The Town Council was … opposed. CBIA doesn’t surprise me, their membership is divided. I’m a little puzzled by CCM, it’s difficult for me to explain.” The Lamont administration rebooted its lobbying team and is talking to lawmakers about a series of changes intended to increase the consumer and political appeal of implementing tolls, according to the Connecticut Mirror. Some possible changes include a small reduction in the gasoline tax, cheaper inner-city bus fares, ways to provide discounts for drivers who lack the credit or checking account necessary for an EZ pass, a list of specific transportation improvements, and limits on pricing and the number of tolling gantries, the Mirror reported. CBIA expects to issue a statement on tolls, said the organization’s president Joseph Brennan. The membership is reportedly split on the issue. “...this isn’t going to be decided within the next week or two,” he said. mgodin@record-journal.com

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Aquatic class helps people with Parkinson’s disease By Ashley Kus Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD — The YMCA therapy pool turned into an exercise studio on a recent Monday morning as participants of all abilities stretched, floated and worked out in the heated water as part of a class designed to ease symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. “It’s a completely different medium and it really helps to loosen the tight muscles,” said Howard Inglis, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s seven years ago. Inglis said he hadn’t been swimming in years before attending the weekly class. The program began last year as a way to aid symptoms of the neurological disease, which affects movement and causes stiff muscles, tremors, and can impact speech.

From left, instructor Phyllis Drescher, Lauri Kapozzi and Jane Pinciaro exercise during a Parkinson’s aquatic class in the therapy pool at the Wallingford YMCA. Photo by Ashley Kus, Record-Journal

would be helpful to this community,” she said. “It’s been very interesting to watch the benefits of doing water with people with Parkinson’s. On Monday, April 29 three of the regular participants, including Inglis, worked on movements in the water, including rolling their shoulders front and back, walking back and forth on the pool floor, stretching their legs with the help of a pool noodle, twisting their hips and other exercises designed to help flexibility and strength.

Instructor Phyllis Dresch- “Something about the water er introduced the Parkin- allows us this pathway to communicate that normally son’s aquatics class to we can’t do,” said Laurie the YMCA after years of Kapozzi, a helper for particiteaching water aerobics and Parkinson’s exercise pant Jane Pinciaro. classes at the YM and the Kapozzi aided Pinciaro in exlocal senior center. tending her legs and floating. “I decided maybe water

tion created by the disease. The group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Middlefield Federated Church, 402 Main St., Middlefield. Parents, guardians, siblings, partners and all others living with a loved one’s substance abuse disorder or addiction are invited to attend.

For Larry Kozlowski, the water was less limiting as he walked five-feet deep forwards and backwards. “I swam a lot when I was younger,” he said. “I enjoy this immensely, it makes movement a lot easier.” Participants have the opportunity to free-float or swim for a few minutes at the end of class. The program runs once a week for 45 minutes in the therapy pool at the YMCA on South Elm Street. More information can be found by contacting Drescher at 203265-0223

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The poll is the first to measure public opinion in Hamden, where Quinnipiac is located, after two officers, one from the Hamden Police Department and one from Yale University, fired their guns into a car in New Haven on April 16, seriously wounding one of the vehicle’s two occupants.

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Authorities said Hamden officer Devin Eaton and Yale University officer Terrance Pollack stopped the car while responding to a report of an attempted armed robbery in Hamden. Police body camera video shows the driver, 21year-old Paul Witherspoon III, trying to get out of the car and raise his hands. He told police he opened the car door Only 29 percent of responbecause the window didn't dents said they don’t approve

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Within the last three years and four months, 60 motor vehicle accidents were reported in this area, according to McLoughlin in a letter to the commission dated May 2. Owners of the K Brothers, LLC. site at 224 Quinnipiac Ave. were proposing the expansion of the onsite db Mart convenience store from 2,000 square-feet to about 2,730 square-feet, including a drive-thru window, and adding a third gas pump island. The application was prepared by Godfrey-Hoffman & Hodge Associates. The commission granted the applicant a continuance after its site plan proposal elicited some confusion and opposition from the commission, including concerns about traffic.

Quinnipiac surveyed 1,699 Hamden residents between May 2 and Monday for the survey, which has a margin of error of 3.1 percent.

Land Use Administrator Alan Fredricksen said he set up a meeting with the applicant and traffic engineers, Town Engineer Andrew Bevilacqua and McLoughlin, during which the police chief expressed willingness to deploy officers to the area for further inspection.

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69.3 percent of its kindergarten students had received the MMR shot for measles, mumps and rubella, but no exemptions. “This data is startling and needs to be addressed,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement. “This cannot become a public health crisis as we have seen in other states. Making sure all of our young students in Connecticut are safe is the number one priority.” Religious exemptions to vaccinations for students entering kindergarten remain relatively rare, but they have nearly quadrupled since the 2003-2004 school year, from 316 to 1,255.

At Greenwich Catholic School, 7.3 percent of the students had religious exemptions allowing them to enter school without vaccinations for measles, mumps, rubella and other infectious diseases. The Catholic Church has no religious strictures against vaccination, as is the case every major religious denomination in the U.S.

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“Today’s data from the state Department of Public Health bears out what many The release comes as the United States is experiencing of us feared,” said Senate President Pro Tem Martin the worst outbreak of M. Looney, D-New Haven. measles since it was elimi“The immunization level is nated in 2000. Almost 700 dangerously low in a significases of measles have been cant number of schools and confirmed in 22 states, including three in Connecticut. communities putting the public’s health at risk. This Renee D. Coleman-Mitchell, is a matter of grave public the newly appointed public- health concern.” health commissioner, announced earlier this week in Ritter, the House leader, said a letter to school superinten- he and his staff were trying to digest the data, which he dents that the department would be posting the school- says must be reviewed with level detailed information to

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Clean your garage, basement Keep outdoor debris or dead or other storage areas of vegetation away from the stored newspapers or other house. rubbish that can fuel a fire. Properly dispose of oily or greasy rags. If these items Clean lint filters every time before you use your dryer. must be stored, they should Also check the outside exbe kept in labeled, sealed, metal containers. If you store gasoline for lawn mowers, keep it outside your home in a shed or detached garage. Keep only small quantities in tightly sealed

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public-health and education officials. “But there is no question the number is shocking,” Ritter said. Rep. Vincent Candelora, RNorth Branford, cautioned against an overreaction. There have been only three reported measles cases in Connecticut, and he has yet to see a rationale for the state to overrule parents

containers. Use gasoline only as a motor fuel – never as a cleaning agent. Use outdoor barbecue grills with caution. Place them in a safe area away from buildings, windows, heating, ventilation and air conditioning units or places with high/ dead vegetation. Use barbecue grills outside only – not under overhangs or balconies, and away from combustibles. Never use gasoline to start a fire, and don’t add charcoal

who object to some or all childhood vaccinations. Despite a widespread medical consensus about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, some parents question their need or their safety. “It’s about balancing the public health with the individual right to choose,” Candelora said. As Coleman-Mitchell explained in her letter to superintendents, a disease outbreak is less likely to occur in schools where high numbers of students have

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been immunized and “herd immunity” is established. “[W]hen almost all the children have immunity, a disease is much less likely to appear at the school and infect children who have not been vaccinated,” she said in the letter. “Herd immunity is achieved when the vaccination rate in a community is high enough to protect unvaccinated children.” She said that this is especially important for medically fragile children who cannot be safely vaccinated but are less able to fight off illness if they are infected.

Parents are now able to exempt their children from the vaccination requirement for medical or religious reasons. In addition, students with proof of immunity to certain diseases such as measles or mumps may be counted as vaccinated.

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The data show that many of the schools with high rates of unvaccinated students are Christian academies and Montessori schools.

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“It was an opportunity to do something with high growth,” he said. Dyce trained at Amazon’s New Jersey operation in 2016, and went to the Windsor plant prior to its opening in 2017 to prepare for the North Haven plant’s opening. “We led that building through two peak seasons. It was the number one building in productivity among like-sized buildings,” he said about Windsor. Amazon is in the final months of construction and is working closely with job training and placement specialists to have 1,800 fulltime workers in place when the trucks start rolling. Amazon starts its pay rate at $15 per hour for tier one workers.

“Hundreds of people are applying for jobs and attending workshop sessions” said First Selectman Michael Freda. The jobs range from entrylevel warehouse workers who pick, package and send products, to second and third-tier process assistants, and operations managers in a variety of different roles.

events the Workforce Alliance hosted at the New Haven and Meriden American Job Centers. A total of 150 were hired or extended job offers, said Workforce Alliance spokeswoman Ann Harrison.

“As the North Haven facility prepares to open, the Workforce Alliance is setting dates for hiring events at the American Job Centers, but The fulfillment center will al- also at other locations in so have human resource and surrounding towns,” Harriinformation technicians, son said in a statement. “As full-time emergency medical soon as the new job descriptechnicians available 24 tions are available, we will hours a day and physical be finalizing dates for events therapists to offer injury pre- in North Haven, New Haven, vention training. Meriden and possibly Wallingford.” ”There are a variety of different roles,” Dyce said. “It will During the EDC event, Dyce run the spectrum.” also talked about Amazon’s plans for community enTo date, more than 300 peo- gagement. ple attended Amazon hiring

“Volunteerism is something we’ll really be focused on inside the building,” he said. “I am the point of contact for community engagement ... I look forward to partnering with a lot of you...” Work to connect the Valley Service Road to the facility has been delayed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the work through a wetland area and won’t have it completed by the August opening, said Richard Lopresto, chairman of the Economic Development Commission. The service road was to provide delivery trucks and Amazon employees an entrance to the facility without clogging Route 5. Lopresto said it probably won’t be completed for a year. mgodin@record-journal.com 203-317-2255

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