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Volume 23, Number 3
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Rec. teams can return to action
CIAC UPDATE
‘Game on’ for most
Record-Journal staff
By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
Youth and adult recreational sports, on pause since mid-November, are back. At least most of them are.
While games will start a week later than expected and there will be no state tournaments and some teams won’t compete at all, last week a modified winter season was approved by the CIAC Board of Control for basketball, ice hockey, gymnastics and boys swimming. The board determined that practices could start Tuesday, Jan. 19. That’s the start date the CIAC had been eyeing since suspending the winter season in midNovember. Games can start as early as Feb. 8. That’s a one-week delay on the projected start of Feb. 1. The postseason, slated for March 15-28, will be staged by individual conferences. It replaces the traditional state tournaments the CIAC had hoped to run March 8-21. See CIAC, A17
Local residents Pam and Wes Zinn, the owners of Provision State Coffee. Photos by Nadya Korytnikova, The Citizen
Kensington couple opens Farmington Ave. coffee shop By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen
If you want to sip a hot coffee, meet up with friends or get some work done, Provision State Coffee might become your new favorite spot. Founded by husband-andwife duo Wesley and Pam Zinn, the new shop at 848 Farmington Ave., features coffee, tea, a full range of espresso beverages, hot chocolate and matcha and chai latte. Customers can pair their drink with a fresh-
ly baked pastry or an item from the breakfast selection, including yogurt with house-made granola. Warm colors, plants and aesthetically-pleasing woodwork give off cozy, welcoming vibes. The 1,700 squarefoot-space is wrapped with windows, allowing an abundance of natural light. The cafe also offers a semi-secluded table, which can be reserved for book clubs, meetings and other social Barista Sarah Kavarnos gatherings.
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While activities considered to be high risk for the spread of COVID-19 continue to be sidelined, the rest were allowed to resume this week. That announcement, made by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development on Friday, dovetails with the green light the CIAC got from the state to start the high school winter season. Recreation teams were allowed to practice Jan. 19 and can resume contests Feb. 1. Like high school athletes, rec. athletes must wear masks. The rule applies indoors and outdoors, except in cases where participants aren’t expected to come in close contact, such as tennis and running. See Sports, A20
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CHESHIRE — A Connecticut high school winter sports season is officially a go.