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Barbers, salons start to see a return to normal By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff
Even though she works with a face shield and her shop is capped at half capacity, Maria Perez feels like the Cheshire Barber Shop is returning to normal.
Gianna Martone, 8, of Cheshire, freshens a brush with brown paint while working on her owl project during an art camp at Catalyst Art Studio, 88 Center St., Wallingford. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Art studios adapt to pandemic By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal
Even in a pandemic, art studios and art organizations are providing ways to unleash creativity, including paint nights, at-home art kits and art camps. Cheshire’s Artsplace teachers have been designing new ideas to reach the art community even though the building has been closed to visitors up to this point. “A combination of Zoom online workshops have been filmed and we have creatively set up two large classrooms to use when we reopen for teen/adult programs,” said Artsplace Director Joan Pilarczyk, adding, “We have several exciting program art challenges in the final stages of prep before offering to the public.” Cheshire Art League also has reworked its usually busy schedules. “Our league has a virtual art book club that we
Emily Wargo, 8, of Cheshire, paints at art camp at Catalyst Art Studio.
are doing through the library, said CAL President Dale Spaner. “I am trying to line up a virtual demo for our September meeting. I think right now everyone is staying away from any social events,” she said. Spaner also announced that the group rescheduled its annual October exhibit at Cheshire Nursery until next year.
Before COVID-19, many area art studios offered paint night classes for customers to spend time with friends and learn how to paint. At Board & Brush in Southington, the customers would take a piece of raw wood and turn it into something beautiful.
“One of the first things we say to them is ‘take a picture See Studios, A11
with a touchless thermometer the Cheshire Fire Department gave out to local businesses. She was able to acquire extra masks and face shields from the Chesprocott Health District.
The flood of customers at reopening prompted Sa“Business was booming lon Nathaniel in Meriden the first month. I feel like I to extend its hours. Owner cut everybody’s hair in the Nathaniel Bottone world in the first month said even operating at half and now everything is a capacity, the salon had little back to normal,” she around 50 percent more said. business last month than The state allowed haircut- in June 2019. ters to reopen June 1. Since stylists already reAfter months of not being ceive training in sanitation able to get haircuts, Perez during certification, Bottone said getting used to said her clients seemed masks was the biggest like a throwback to the 1970s, when long hair was hurdle. more common. “We were already used to the sanitation protocols,” For hairstylists the new normal includes having to he said. cut around face masks Keeping up with the deworn by customers, single mand for equipment and use capes, closing waiting sanitizing supplies and areas, requiring customers operating at half capacity to make appointhas forced some shops to ments and increased sani- increase prices. They are tation of equipment and also hurt financially besurfaces. cause open time between appointments is no longer “It’s a pain, it’s not easy,” filled with walk-ins. Perez said. “But at the same time I was so ready “There’s much more costs to go back to work and so that we never had before. grateful that I was going You always had a cost, you back to work, that I told had your sanitizing prodmy customers if I had to ucts, lights; now you have wear a suit of armor, I a lot more with the disinwould wear a suit of arfectants, laundry,” said mor to go back to work.” Louie Lumani, owner of L ouie’s Barber Shop in Perez also takes the temperature of each customer See Barbers, A3
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Most community parks now open Year Round Tree Service The dog park, skate park and tennis courts are all open.
The local softball and baseball fields have also opened, allowing for teams to meet for weekend tournaments.
Mixville Park is considered an interior recreation water area and will follow the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection recommendations. The town's Parks and Recreation Department is working to get the area up and running within the next few weeks.
Despite the town parks reopening, Parks and Recreation cautions that people still need to follow appropriate safety guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control as well as the local health district.
This includes social distancing and sanitizing hands and equipment. The Cheshire Community Pool is open and has a brand-new pool liner. The facility asks swimmers to reserve a time to come swim. There will be 3 hour and 15 minute blocks to be at the pool before the next group comes in. The pool will be shut down for a period of time for cleaning before the next group comes into the facility. — Record-Journal staff
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Southington, who increased the price of haircuts by $3. His shop saw a rush of customers the first few weeks of June, but things have calmed in July. Without events to spruce up for, Lumani believes people will be waiting longer between cuts. Dino Fernicola, owner of Dino's Modern Barbershop in Wallingford, estimated each barber went from seeing between 15 to 20 clients a day to around 10 to 15. He increased the price of haircuts by $2. “Your output is changed completely in terms of how many haircuts you do in a day,” he said.
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Effectiveness of distance learning difficult to measure Board colleague Anne Harrigan, in response, suggested board members and the public need to be mindful of what schools provide for their community. “It’s not just education, it’s health, it’s social emotional well-being, it’s safety, it’s many, many things that our public schools do for our children,” Harrigan said.
The conversation came as Cheshire and other school districts in the Meriden area assess the effectiveness of the distance learning programs they rolled out last spring and prepare for the physical reopening of their school buildings in September. True cohesive measures of how much learning was lost and the extent of student participation during remote
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learning will be difficult to ascertain. In Southington, school officials had leaned on classroom teachers to check in with students to make sure they were logging into remote learning programs and participating in their academic lessons throughout the spring, according to Steve Madancy, the district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. If teachers were unable to reach families, then school administrators and counselors would make attempts to follow up with families.
By taking a supportive, rather than punitive approach, educators learned that some students were not logging on because of a range of difficulties. Some were as simple as technology. While others were because families faced economic and other hardships that were more pressing than academics. By reaching out to families on a case-by-case basis, educators were able to connect with and engage with most families. See Learning, A11
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The likely toll of distance learning on the well-being of students, through social isolation and loss of learning, is not lost on some members of the Cheshire Board of Education.
earlier this month, discussed state officials’ plans to fully reopen schools this fall, and the impact of distance learning over the last months of the school year that had just ended.
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Have you filled out your Census form? Over the next decade, lawmakers, business owners, and many others will use 2020 Census data to make critical decisions.
Meanwhile, Cheshire is well ahead of the national and state rate, as 78.7 percent of residents have responded to the census.
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Sepsis, an infection of the blood, can be life threatening. A free webinar on Tuesday, July 21, 1 to 2 p.m., will provide information about this topic. Nicholas Arsenault, transitional care nurse with Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging, will facilitate this program. Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging and Cheshire Senior Center are hosting this event. No registration is required. To join the webinar, use the Zoom See Elections, A16 link https://hartfordhealthcare.zoom.us/j/ 97583223625.
Once you have completed the registration process, you will receive a letter in the mail confirming your registration and where you will go to vote. There are two primaries on Aug. 11 – one for the Republican Party and one for the Democratic Party— but Connecticut is a “closed” primary state so that only those registered in those two parties may participate.
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Help paying utility bills is under-utilized in state By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
Financial hardships experienced by residents and business owners as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to unpaid bills for utilities, like electricity, gas and water over the past four months. But it has not led to disruptions in services. And residents need not worry about being disconnected — yet. Statewide moratoriums on disconnections due to financial hardships remain in
place until September for residents and until August for commercial customers. Still, utility service providers are asking residents and businesses experiencing hardships to contact them — because assistance, including repayment plans, is currently being under-utilized, according to the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. PURA Chairwoman Marissa Gillett pointed to electricity and natural gas provider Eversource as one example.
Although Eversource services more than one million electric power customers and more than 200,000 natural gas customers across Connecticut, as of May, only around 4,000 residential customers had arranged payment plans due to COVID19 hardships. Only 196 commercial customers had made similar arrangements.
Eversource, according to its website, is offering customers COVID-19-related payment plans that would give customers 24 months to pay off outstanding balances, interest free. But customers must enroll by Nov. 1. Additional financial assistance is available for lower income households, according to Eversource.
Meanwhile, for that same month, Eversource had also reported more than $3.5 mil- “We certainly understand and recognize how challenglion in unpaid utility ing these times are for some bills, Gillett said. of our customers,” Eversource spokesman Mitch Gross said. “And we continue to stress any customer who has had a difficult time paying their electric or natural gas bill because of the
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Hope to raise awareness Whether the moratoriums on utility shutoffs continue past their current expiration dates will depend on conditions due to the pandemic and the status of the state’s recovery. See Utilities, A16
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Connecticut builds stockpile of PPE By Susan Haigh Associated Press
The state of Connecticut has so far built up a stockpile of personal protective equipment that can last about 60 or 70 days, with plans to eventually have enough for 90 days in case there is a second wave of the coronavirus, Gov. Ned Lamont said last week.
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While it’s the responsibility of nursing homes and businesses to secure their own PPE, the state has been a “backstop” for those entities during the pandemic. Lamont noted how the state “did a lot of backstopping” over the past few months and is now trying to replenish its stock of gloves, masks, gowns and other protective equipment. “We are now building up our stockpile again,” Lamont said, during an event in Hartford Wednesday, July 8. “As you know, it’s getting a little competitive out there, given what’s going on in the other states.”
Josh Geballe, Lamont’s chief operating officer, told The Associated Press the state has been able to secure new orders with key suppliers that were reliable during the past several months. “We have not heard from our suppliers that the surges in other parts of the country have directly impacted our supply chain yet; however, recognizing the fact that those states will be seeking additional large quantities of PPE, it could play a factor down the road,” Geballe said in an email. “We have aggressively negotiated our needs to ensure we continue to have the product we need.” Geballe said he’s optimistic Connecticut will have a 90day supply of PPE in place by the end of July. “We have commitments from suppliers who are directly working with key factories in China and we also have other suppliers who have product on the ground in the USA,” he said.
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West Main beauty takes me by surprise By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
It is the same sight I have driven past a million times. Today, however, I was struck by how beautiful it all looked. It was like I was seeing it for the first time, with fresh eyes. I’m talking about Route 70, West Main Street in West Cheshire. Yes. Yes, I am. How could that be? Maybe it was the light this particular Saturday morning. After a stormy night with rain, everything was washed clean. The trees and lawns and gardens — they looked fresh and lush. Maybe I saw the street differently because there was not a lot of traffic and therefore not a lot of noise. All I know is that suddenly it hit me how attractive the area has become. It is as though improvements to one property have created a domino effect to create another upgrade of equal or greater measure across the span of Route 70, the West Main Street Business District. The transformation has continued in a number of ways, both big and small, for a number of years since the development plan first created the vision for the revitalization of this formerly neglected side of town. All the work that has been going on for a number of years is taking hold. After a call to Cheshire Economic Development Coordinator Jerry Sitko, I learned that the vision for this area
began well before the first grant in 2006. (Hmm, my kid was … 8-years-old. I was younger, too.) The grants that followed were in 2008 and 2011, according to Mr. Sitko, and I believe I now remember the stages of the work being done. I do seem to recall town residents abuzz about each new project linking and improving the district from one end to the other. The big money that went into the new and improved sidewalks and granite curbing, vintage-look streetlights, brickwork, decorative planters and elegant fencing have paid off. The reseeded lawns have proven their value, especially as the gateway into the Route 70 West Cheshire village. Having the state and town of Cheshire get the beautiful design and landscaping for the walking trail and crosswalk was huge, too. Just a few weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised and super grateful to Lyon & Billard Lumber Co. for residing the lumber sheds along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. What a difference. It looks like a million bucks now, don’t you think? Anchoring it all is Ball & Socket Arts with a vision to bring a world-class art and entertainment complex to Cheshire. It is the heart of the community. The group’s founders and a groundswell of popular support have served to ignite the energy that is happening in this end of town. See Joy, A10
Golf classic: The Cheshire Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its 36th Annual Golf Classic in Memory of Leo P. Lavallee Jr. for Tuesday, July 21, at the Wallingford Country Club, 195 Long Hill Road, Wallingford. Social distancing will be practiced. Register at cheshirechamber.org. Grand openings: Monday, July 20, 12 p.m., at the Blender Bar, 189 Highland Ave.; and Thursday, Aug. 6, 12 p.m., at Your CBD Store, 1072 S. Main St.
Dog licenses Town Clerk Laura Brennan reminds owners of dogs six months or older that their pets must be licensed on or before July 31. Governor Lamont has issued an executive order extending the start date for the imposition of a late fee to Aug. 1. Visit cheshirect.org.
Donations needed The Cheshire Food Pantry is need of the following items: tuna, canned beets, spinach, carrots, frosting, cat food, toothbrushes, paper towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, dish soap and cleaning supplies.
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insight into the progression of COVID-19.
The CDC recommends the use of masks to help control the spread of COVID-19. The Cheshire Senior Center has created a new service: “Masks for Members.” Senior center members or any older person in the community in need of a mask should contact Stefanie Theroux, 203-2723165; stheroux@ cheshirect.org. Leave your name, address, telephone number and email address to have a handmade, cloth mask delivered to you.
How We Feel app People in Connecticut – whether they are healthy or sick – can help inform heath officials and doctors by using the How We Feel app and self-reporting their daily symptoms through a series of short prompts. The smartphone or web-based application was created in response to the need for health officials and doctors to obtain more information on COVID-19 in the face of widespread testing shortages. It only takes users about 30 seconds each day to report any symptoms they may be experiencing. The information shared has the potential to reveal outbreak hotspots and provide
Download the How We Feel app for free in the Apple App Store and the Google Play store or complete the survey at howwefeel.app.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s The Alzheimer’s Association Central Connecticut Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place Sept.13 at Lake Compounce in Bristol. For details, visit act.alz.org/. to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research programs.
Farm to table dinner Join us at the annual Friends of Boulder Knoll Farm to YOUR Table Dinner on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 5:30 p.m. Come to the farm and pick up your dinner, showcasing a delicious menu featuring farm fresh produce prepared by acclaimed chefs Jason and Craig of Olmo Kitchen, Black Hog craft beer, dessert from Cheshire Baking Company and more. Visit friendsofboulderknoll.com for more information.
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Dairy products also are needed. The pantry has plenty of refrigeration. For more information, contact Kerry Walsh, executive director, at kwalsh@cheshirefoodpantry.org, or April Duquette at aduquette@ cheshirefoodpantry.org.
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Libraries continue mission during pandemic The Wallingford Public Library opened for limited computer access July 6 and planned to expand services on July 15, but not to fully reopen the building.
brary — by appointment only, for one hour only, and for Wallingford residents only. Face masks and social distancing of at least six feet will be required. Library staff won't be available to assist at the computers, but patrons who need help can bring a computer-savvy friend or relative. Virtual programs for children, teens, and adults are ongoing.
This is another small step toward what we used to accept as normal life, back when we didn’t have to think about such ordinary things, back before the COVID-19 pandemic.
tor Jane Fisher has said. “We want to accommodate them as soon as we can safely do so.” Indeed, with all of those conditions, reservations and adjustments, our local libraries are trying their level best to continue serving the public.
Southington Library patrons are able to pick up books and other materials through a new on-demand pickup ser“Some of our residents real- vice. They can also call and talk to a librarian, or use the ly need access to computonline Book Matchmaker. Wireers to apply for jobs, benefits, housing,” Library Direc- less printing is also planned.
But, of course, this is not normal at all: A limited number of computers will be available at the li-
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The Cheshire Public Library will continue to offer a wide variety of virtual events and activities throughout the summer. The library’s book drop is open, but all returned materials will be quarantined for seven days before they are checked in — another stark reminder of the difficult time we’re all living in. Librarians “are still available to answer your informational and technology questions by phone or email,” according to a notice on the CPL website, but further expansion of library services will depend on ability to meet local and state safety standards. We commend our local libraries for offering what services they can during this pandemic, and hope to see them fully open — eventually. Previously published in the Record-Journal.
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New businesses Fuoco Apizza (coming soon!) and the salon next door look stunning from the street. Pioneers for this stretch of street, Elle Salon and Brian’s Guitars certainly helped to kick things into gear, along with the renovations done to the building across the street, housing West Main Music Academy and Matthew Scott Barber Shop. Heck, even the gas station looks good.
The individual homeowners along this stretch also afford passersby a lovely sight to enjoy. A number of the homes are historic, done up in a mix of period styles. Some are stately with sprawling porches; others have a few gingerbread embellishments or may be full-on authentic as you can see in Eric Anderson’s Victorian home on 383 West Main St. What a bright spot at New Leaf Dental, already a handsome property, but now with towering yellow-button, white Shasta daisies and the gardens fronting Allison Lee Adams’ property are always lovely. “It’s night and day from where it was,” Sitko said of the work done and yet to be done. “A lot of people contributed to the project. It’s something the town can be proud of — it’s something the people of Cheshire can be proud of, too.” I couldn't agree more. And I am looking forward to further improvements as time goes on. Contact me at jvanderlek@ record-journal.com.
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Meriden Public Schools reported generally high participation numbers based on students’ logins. Weekly attendance figures school officials shared showed at most of the city’s schools more than 95 percent of students were logging into remote learning programs regularly. At several schools those percentages declined by a few points during the final weeks of school.
The State Department of Education, through the Learn from Home Task Force, surveyed school districts
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statewide to determine the extent of student participation in distance learning programs.
The department reported 170 of 201 districts responded to that survey. According to a CTMirror.org report on the survey results, some 137,000 students lost learning, either through minimal participation in remote learning, or because they didn’t participate at all. The Mirror noted that the bar for students to be considered fully learning “was pretty low,” as students simply needed to complete assignments weekly to be considered fully participating.
… most people are used to that now and will expect some sort of distancing.” At Catalyst Art Studio in Wallingford, paint parties and other workshops are held on Zoom. The studio also sells art kits that can be used with a pre-recorded video. Even though it is a virtual experience, people want to do something creative, said Catalyst owner Alyssa Marquardt.
Board & Brush had to discontinue paint nights when the studio closed in March due to pandemic restrictions. Beginning in May, the studio reopened for curbside pickup of at-home kits and backyard games.
“People are bored at home,” Marquardt said. “I’ve seen a huge increase in the desire to do these kinds of things.”
The $25 at-home kits included a stained piece of wood, a stencil, paint brushes, paint cups, sandpaper, cloth, a color mixing guide and instructions. The backyard games include cornhole, backyard dice and backyard towers.
Catalyst is also offering inperson art camps that conform with health and safety protocols. The camp runs 9 a.m. to noon and is limited to 10 children. Tools are disinfected after every use and campers are spaced six feet apart.
Cronin plans to restart workshops at the end of the month. Employees and guests will be required to wear masks. Reusable aprons will be laundered or disposable ones will be provided. Tools will be sanitized and tables will be set up to allow social distancing. There will also be plenty of sanitizer available.
Art Studio of Connecticut in Southington is holding in person paint nights at half capacity. The classes are filling up faster than expected, according to the studio owner Dawn Toce.
“It will be a little bit different. We’ll still have the music,” Cronin said. “It’ll take on a different look and feel
Before reopening, the studio offered free videos from their artists and $10 art kits that included a canvas, paint and brushes. The studio is following sanitary guidelines to keep employees and customers safe.
According to the survey results, 90 percent of students participated in online learning, the other 10 percent received home learning packets or other materials. However, the 90 percent did not necessarily mean those students were fully participating. The survey results found more than 74 percent had fully participated, while another 14 percent of students partially participated. Another 8 percent of students minimally participated.
Solan said despite the sudden disruption in midMarch of in-person instruction to a remote delivery, students continued to learn. “Did they learn our curriculum to the degree we would have engaged them in, if they were in school? No. Does that mean all of a sudden Cheshire students are behind? No. The entire planet is dealing with that.
“They learned. They maybe didn’t learn all of the stuff we had planned they would learn. But our kids will conIn Cheshire, Board of Educa- tinue to grow,” Solan said. tion Chairman Anthony Pe“Our student attendance we rugini praised the school district’s staff for being “able monitored through participation,” Solan said. “When to maneuver so quickly and teachers realized students respond to online learning.” weren’t participating, then “Our teachers had to adapt they would contact school to a new style on the fly. counselors to contact famiThey performed very well,” lies.” Perugini said. Last month Cheshire school School officials in Cheshire officials held 38 virtual didn’t release specific data meetings with parents to indicating how many stugauge how engaged students dents participated or how were in online learning promany were shown as having grams. Questions included what strategies worked best logged into online remote for students. Officials conlearning programs.
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vened similar input sessions with teachers as well. Solan described it as an autopsy of the spring learning experience, as school officials prepare for a return to classrooms this fall with the significant likelihood that educators may need to rapidly activate remote learning programs. “There’s not a lot of time to nail that,” Solan said. Parents and educators provided similar feedback during the sessions: both prefer in-person, in-classroom teaching and learning. “It’s good to see there was a lot of alignment between what teachers said and what parents said,” Solan said. “Relationships really matter between our staff and our students,” Solan said. “One of the things I worry about with the fall return is if it’s not in person to start, how do we build those relationships?” mgagne@record-journal.com 203-317-2231 Twitter:@MikeGagneRJ
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Voters registered as “Unaffiliated” for at least three months may affiliate before the primary but should do so as soon as possible, preferably online, since many town and city halls have limited office hours, and mail-in changes may take additional time.
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Caregivers support groups provide emotional, educational and social support for those who care for an older loved one, particularly those with dementia.
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Like Eversource, most other utility providers have established links on their websites explaining options. Some have also waged their own public awareness campaigns. The Regional Water Authori-
Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging is hosting two call-in caregivers support groups each week led by dementia specialists and resource coordinators.
ty, based in New Haven, is encouraging customers to seek assistance through its program. Temporarily, customers living at or below 250 percent of Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, are eligible for assistance, which includes grants of up to $175 toward residential water bills. A family of four whose annual income is $65,500 or less may qualify, according
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Scam warning At the same time PURA officials and utility company leaders are urging customers to take advantage of available assistance programs, they also warn customers should be vigilant about utility-related scams. PURA urged customers to exercise caution when receiving any solicitation related to their utility bills and to call their service providers directly. Even after those moratoriums on disconnections expire, Gillet said PURA’s goals include making sure the repayment plans remain active and customers are able to rebound financially. “We want to make sure if you are on a payment plan, and you are current with it, it can’t expire,” Gillett said. mgagne@record-journal.com 203-317-2231
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