A classic country store brings a message By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
It is easy to see why Old Bishop Farm is irresistible to so many. Driving along South Meriden Road, the view across the property’s iconic pond is of a bucolic 12plus acres planted in apple trees, blueberry and raspberry patches, a bold and colorful cutting garden, and a designated vegetable and herb garden. Anchored in the middle of it is a burgundy red building with white railings. This is the Old Bishop Farms country store. The property, farmed since the 1700s, and the former site of
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John and Carolyn Torello at Old Bishop Farm. The Torellos needed something on the larger side of their country store and chose Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen “Believe,” as it has a special meaning.
country stores, is still in its nascency, during this reincarnation, as the Torello family take the time to “get it right.” John Torello is the planner, according to his wife, Carolyn, adding that he plans everything out. The couple bought the property in 2017. “We used to come here all the time, as customers, like everyone else,“ said John Torello. As new owners, they saw the work that needed to be done. They shut the property down for two years, to take a pause, in order to “make
it what is now,” John Torello said, proudly looking at the updated surroundings and pointing out new high ceilings in the renovated country store’s ice cream shop. The ice cream is John’s specialty. He makes it. Ice cream aficionados have the usual choices, along with flavors like s’mores, peach, sweet corn and according to the website, lemon ices with a hint of basil just like they make on the Italian coast. Folks seem to love See Store, A5
Passion for native plants motivates this local advocate for biodiversity By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Joanna Giddings is out to change the world ― a few gardens and a few minds at a time. The high school biology teacher is an energetic advocate for the native plant movement with an eye to educate gardeners and homeowners alike. Giddings moved to Cheshire three years ago but has been
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Joanna Giddings in one of the many gardens she has created on her Cheshire property. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen
Historian collecting material on how COVID impacts the community By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Cheshire Town Historian Jeanne Chesanow is seeking information on how local residents are faring during the pandemic in order to document life in the time of COVID The COVID-19 pandemic has reached around the world and in the United States has taken the lives of more than 180,000 people. Connecticut has seen 52,000 COVID-19 cases and recorded 4,400-plus deaths. Chesanow is an anthropologist and former Quinnipiac University professor. After reading accounts of how towns across the country want to record personal experiences of their community members during COVID, she was prompted to do the same in Cheshire. The individual stories are crucial, as they will “allow us to recall the deep influence that communities have on history, which is why this project is so necessary right now,” was a comment Chesanow read with interest from a Mill Valley, California library archivist. Chesanow also wondered, “Will future generations be able to understand what was experienced here in Cheshire at this time of uncertainty? What is life really like for people during the pandemic?” Chesanow had been using word of mouth and posted a sign in her front See Historian, A2
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News Briefs Teacher tests positive for COVID-19 On Sunday, teachers and staff received two emails from Superintendent of Schools Jeff Solan informing them that one school administrator from "the secondary school" was experi-
encing COVID-19-related symptoms, and another teacher had tested positive for the virus. The teacher is asymptomatic. The administrator has been tested but results were not back, as of Monday. The school system is following the protocol recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and the local health district.
According to Solan, the two individuals will self-quarantine for 14 days and are able to work remotely. He said these two cases will not impact the start of school.
Facilities assessment continues The newly formed School Modernization Committee received a status update from consultants Colliers International and Milone and MacBroom in regards to recent site visits to the school buildings. Site visits included all the schools, except for the high school.
summary, the biggest issue with Cheshire schools across all buildings lies with the “building envelope,” which includes the roof, windows, and doors. Warrington noted that the buildings cannot be properly renovated until there is “exterior envelope renovations.” Chapman Elementary and Dodd Middle School both have temperature issues. Chapman has one side of the school hotter than the other and Dodd’s second floor is hotter than the main floor on any given day. Other issues discussed included a lack of adequate parking at all the buildings, and the lack of ADA compliance for Humiston, which hosts Cheshire’s Alternative High School program.
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Divorce pitfalls: Options and restricted stock higher, the employee makes money by exercising the option and selling the stock. An By Lisa J. Cappalli employee with restricted stock has possible dividend income and an ownership Businesses can reward and stake in the business. Inretain valuable employees by giving stock options or re- creasingly, employees at all levels, not just executives, stricted stock. With a stock are receiving these “stock option, the employee has benefits.” Experts predict the right to buy stock in the stock benefits will become employer at a specified even more popular as emprice. If the market price is
ployers strapped for cash due to the pandemic turn to other ways to reward and retain employees. Because they can have substantial value, they can play an important part in the divorce settlement.
ber of years. They may be forfeited if employment is terminated or become worthless if the employer goes out of business. So, there is risk in reliance on them in divorce settlement negotiations.
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We wanted to create something that when he gets older, would be nice for him and other special needs kids in the community, said Carolyn. Michael is limited in what he can do, but “he sits behind the counter and greets people with us,” they said.
volunteers. It’s done in an organic process and not as part of any organized group, they said. “We have several kids that come here, she said. “They volunteer, do work, pick berries,” John said, adding that it gives them a sense of purpose and fulfillment.
Almost immediately, the Torellos were approached by families with special needs children. They loved being on the farm. The families came to us and asked to volunteer, said Carolyn, a former teacher in New Haven. Currently, the Torellos have welcomed a few
“As long as they have their helper with them, we’re all for it,” Carolyn said.
his work. There is a steady stream of customers. John makes it a point to personally greet his customers, especially those who are firsttime visitors. Old Bishop Farm baked goods also get raves. This is Carolyn’s department. She and her staff begin to bake at the crack of dawn each day. She makes cinnamon rolls and assorted pastries. Among the pies and individual hand pies are key lime, apple crumb, nectarine and berry combinations that have created a following big enough to keep the bakers busy. They will be busier yet with the return of Old Bishop Farm original cider donuts. The Torellos want Old Bishop Farm to be known as a “classic New England country store,” as a destination farm for those families in the community and surrounding towns. We want families to come here and make memories, said John, adding that he personally would like his ice cream to be a tradition with families. Carolyn would like to see families come to the farm to picnic and enjoy the beauty of the farm.
As for "Believe"; it's on the side of their country store at the farm and they have it throughout their home. Carolyn said, “We have been told too many times that
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Michael wouldn’t survive. But we kept faith and believed. It wasn’t his time. This past year was particularly difficult one for us and Mike who suffered severe injuries after a fall last summer. When we discussed the sign this past winter, we thought of a number of things but always came back to ‘believe’. Even though it has a specific meaning for us, it can mean something different to whoever reads it. It can be so many things: Believe in miracles, believe in yourself, believe in magic, or just believe that everything will be alright. It’s up to you.”
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The pause the Torellos took was also helpful in other ways. Carolyn and John have four children. One of them, Michael, has severe cerebral palsy and many of the Torello’s choices made after they bought the property were a result of what they want to accomplish for their family and for Michael.
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said. “As a teacher I naturally integrate an understanding of the importance of native plants into my students’ study of ecology and human effects on the environment,” Giddings said. “My awakening as a native plant gardener happened in the 1990s, when friends introduced me to the work of Sara Stein,” Gidding said, of the early pioneer in the planting of backyard ecosystems. “I was amazed by the increase in biodiversity when I added native plants to my tiny yard in Old Greenwich. First the insects came, then the birds, amphibians, reptiles, and finally the mammals.” Moving to Cheshire was driven by a desire for more room to garden and more public green spaces, Giddings said. “This is a great place to live for people who enjoy interacting with nature. I had been gradually
increasing the size of my pollinator garden by reclaiming lawn, but my growing concern about the insect apocalypse and environmental degradation have motivated me to pick up the pace.”
many species of butterflies and moths that are new to me and had dozens of baby birds raised in my yard this summer,” she said. “The established native plants are making it through this drought without a problem.”
Giddings believes environmental challenges are so great, that in the future “large lawns will become obsolete.” She explained that “turf grass provides little benefit to the ecosystem, and lawn chemicals negatively affect wildlife and pollute our groundwater.”
Why native plants? It’s because Connecticut’s plants and animals, including insects, evolved together, explained Giddings. “They have specialized relationships,” she said. “Insects need foliage, nectar, and pollen from the plants they evolved with, and they need those resources from early spring through late fall.
For her own Cheshire home, Giddings is replacing her lawn with native plants, using trees and shrubs to create a woodland on one side of the yard and a meadow garden on the other side with wildflowers, native grasses, and shrubs. “These native plants are drought tolerant, sequester carbon, and provide food for wildlife,” she said. “The increase in biodiversity in my yard is already remarkable. I've observed
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Giddings is currently working on her Master Gardener certification through UConn’s program. She is active on social media sites, sharing ideas to incorporate native plants into the home garden. Additionally, Giddings is with Cheshire Land Trust’s team working on the September is a great time to Pollinator Pathway, a native plant new shrubs and peren- pollinator plant installation at Lock 12 on North nial flowers, said Giddings. Brooksvale Rd. Giddings was also a co-host with CLT vice-president Karen Schnitzer for the land trust’s pre-COVID Pollinator Pathway presentation at First Congregational Church of Cheshire.
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Rediscovering the beauty of Mixville By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
I look at it this way, in the “new normal” of COVID-19, at least I have been able to revisit many Cheshire open spaces and town parks. The latest one is Mixville Recreation Area. I am embarrassed to admit that it took years after moving to Cheshire to find this place. I am directionally challenged and believe I ran into it by mistake. It’s located in a neighborhood that is onto itself. It has a whole different feel to it, too. Originally called Murphy’s Pond, the area was a key component in mills and manufacturing in the 19th Century. Since it’s hard to keep a good spot secret for too long, over the years the pond became more and more popular, a recreational magnet, and by the early 1960s, the town acquired the pond and land for the public’s use. Good move on their part.
Mixville was ready for its closeup on this particular visit. It was strikingly beautiful for our visit (the kid was there, too). The light was filtered, I think because a strong storm was expected by the afternoon. But the soft blue sky held fast against the incoming clouds and it made the pond, beach and field look all that more inviting. The kid and I headed straight to the top of the dam to begin our walk. We stopped for a moment
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rates (ordinary income or capital gains). A thorough understanding of taxation rules and a well-written agreement are needed so that the tax burden is where the divorcing spouses agreed and expected it to be. Stock benefits sometimes don’t appear on paystubs or tax returns and rarely provide immediately usable cash that can fund a divorce settlement. They can easily be overlooked or deliberately not disclosed. If you want to avoid leaving money on the table or, worse, having expectations of financial security thwarted, it is smart to use the services of qualified legal and financial professionals to look for, account for and divide stock options, restricted stock and other forms of employment stock interests. Bottom line: dealing with employment stock benefits is not a “do it yourself” project. Lisa J. Cappalli is Counsel at the law firm of Freed Marcroft, LLC, which has offices in Cheshire and Hartford. She can be reached at lisac@freedmarcroft.com or 203-271-3888. This column should not be construed as legal advice or legal opinion by RJ Media Group, Lisa J. Cappalli or Freed Marcroft, LLC on any specific facts or circumstances. The content is intended for general information only and you are urged to consult an attorney to advise you personally concerning your own situation and any specific legal questions you may have.
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prolific sight of cattails, sumac and pink-headed, spotted Joe Pye weed stretching up to the sky. Lily pads are dominant on the water with a few flowering, white lilies. Before you can count to 10, you must take a turn to the right and round the corner to follow the mowed grass that is the unmarked walking trail. It wraps around the pond. Towering white pines and hemlocks edge the leftside of this wide grassy expanse. I am surprised by the riparian border surrounding the pond. We see native flowers, shrubs and trees. Among them are summer sweet, silky dogwood, black cherry, hazel alder, fox grape, black walnut, black locust, boneset and New York ironweed. There’s also chokeberry and buttonbush and other pollinator selections. (If I sound like a forester, do know that I have a plant app on my phone.) There are some of the usual bad guys, too, the invasive plants. These I know by heart. It is oriental bittersweet and autumn olive and mugwort. Stroll along the riparian buffer and catch breaks in the plantings that allow for scenic views across the lake to the forested ridgeline (probably the lower portion of Prospect Ridge), the beach and beyond.
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I must have stopped every other step just to check out a plant or flower or admire this and that. I am sure I was probably annoying, dawdling as I was (does anyone say “dawdling” anymore?), it was a short amount of time before we had to make a choice. Remember this trail is unmarked and if I forgot to mention it, there is a whole neighborhood on the perimeter of the property. There are no fences, and the expanse of mowed grass now sweeps from the line of houses to where we stand on the trail.
see that angry swan?” my kid asks. “Yes, but why do you say angry?” “Aren’t all swans angry,” she said. Hmm. I believe she might be correct.
I am unsure if we go straight or turn the bend to follow the water’s edge.
We spy another swan. This one is in front of a cute little island. “Hey, it’s Angry Swan Island,” I quip. The kid points out another even smaller island, and she says snidely, “There’s actually two islands.” Yes,” I remark. “That’s for when the angry swans get really ticked off at each other. After a big bickering, they just stomp off to their own island to cool off.”
Commonsense overturns my idea of boldly going where no mom has gone before and I follow the kid and around the bend toward the water. Just as well. We walk into a narrow corridor, squished between an unkempt area and more native and invasive shrubs along the water. There are more viewing portals. We see a lone white swan. “Do you
We reach a “T” in the trail and since the left is blocked by a fallen limb, we go right, which leads us onto a platform of sturdy steppingstones, stamped with a Boy Scout emblem and the numbers “198.” It takes us to dry land where you can walk over to the sandy beach, or go to the fishing area, take a seat and look out over the water.
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A community with no local A new kind of school bus safety newspaper? That’s bad news. One of many uncertainties surrounding the opening of school in the era of the coronavirus pandemic is the school bus. It’s going to be a different experience for students and those in charge of seeing them transported to and from school safely. That means masks, obviously. Students will be required to wear them, and officials from local school districts say a mask will be provided on board the bus if a student doesn’t have one.
Another added expense this year will result from the twice a day cleaning following morning and afternoon runs. The aim is to establish safe routines. “The key priority here is just to help ensure that students are boarding the bus with their masks on and to serve as overseers of the mask wearing during the bus ride,” said Vincent Masciana, chief operating officer for Cheshire schools.
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when a newspaper disappears may be the most devastating to a community.
Researchers in 2018 found that when a local newspaper closes, municipal borrowing costs — and therefore residents’ taxes — go up. Why? Losing a paper, the study Because the doleful fact is, said, creates a “local infortoo many small towns and mation vacuum.” It turns out mid-sized cities are losing that lenders depend on local their newspapers right now. reporting to judge the value An extensive study from the of government projects — University of North Carolina and the officials in charge of released in January found During this pandemic and in them. Without that informathat by last year, 2,100 news- spite of their deep financial tion, lenders tend to charge papers had disappeared, or troubles, newspapers contin- higher rates. almost 25% of the 9,000 ue to provide the unique loCommunities without newsnewspapers published in cal news and information papers are also more likely 2004. That translates to 1,800 about COVID-19 — from to be victims of corruption communities that 15 years testing spots to restrictions petty and grand, local inciago had their own newspaand openings to dining opdents the national media pers that now have no origi- tions — unavailable from will never uncover. The most nal local reporting, either in any other source. print or digital. But the less obvious losses See Newspapers, A12 Note that this report was released just weeks before the coronavirus pandemic swept up newspapers in the same financial catastrophe that’s Any Condition, As-Is, Hassle Any Condition & Situation, As-Is, Hassle Free, Free, Fast Closings, devastated businesses of all Fast Closings, LocalLocal, & Professional. Licensed & Professional, Family Business types and sizes and thrown millions out of their jobs and , LLC households into terrifying economic uncertainty.
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What would my town be without a newspaper? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, perhaps it is time to consider just what the newspaper means to this community.
The most obvious is the community’s access to news about itself: The workings of its town hall; information about taxes and property values; the operation of schools for its children; the achievements, or the criminal activities, of local residents; the scores of local ball teams; schedules and reviews of movies, concerts, restaurants and books; and the offerings of local small businesses.
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Another difference school districts will have to conThere’s also social distanc- tend with is the increase in ing. It will involve boarding the number of parents takstudents from back to ing care of transportation front, with one student per on their own. “I anticipate that will be a challenge we seat. have to work through,” said The number of students Tim Connella, Southington taking advantage of school school superintendent. busing is expected to drop. Like the opening of school In Meriden, Michael itself, getting students safeGrove, assistant superintendent for technology and ly to and from school has required a lot of new operations, expects the thinking this school year. number of 5,000 during a The cooperation of parents typical school year will and students will make a drop to about 3,000 students as this very not typi- difference in what needs cal school year gets under- to be a community effort way. There’s no plan to re- to keep everyone safe. duce the number of bus routes or stops, but there is This editorial was previa plan to add more adults on board buses to serve as ously published in the Record-Journal. monitors.
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deadline is Sept. 28. Scarecrow Competition Rules and Guidance 1. Anyone is welcome to enter the scarecrow competition. Scarecrow must be displayed within Cheshire. 2. To participate, entrants must submit a $25 entrance fee and a completed registration form at https:// cheshirechamber.org by Sept. 28. Proceeds from the contest will go to support Cheshire Chamber of Commerce activities and to Cheshire Human Services to help support residents in need. 3. When registering, indicate whether you wish to display your scarecrow in front of your home or business or if you would prefer to have an assigned space with a preinstalled stake at a public location. 4. Scarecrows in assigned spots can be installed beginning on Saturday Oct. 3 at 9 a.m. All scarecrows must be on display by 6 p.m. Oct. 5. 5. Organizers will take pho-
12. All scarecrows must be displayed either in their designated public spot or at the front of your property, positioned so as it is unneces6. An online map will be sary for anyone to access available for those who your property to view them. would like to explore the They must be secured in a town searching for scaremanner that they will not crows. blow away and will not be a 7. Minimum height for danger to anyone. Be sure scarecrow is 4 feet and maxi- your scarecrow can withmum is 10 feet. Maximum stand the weather. The width for a scarecrow disscarecrow display may inplayed at a public installaclude a sign with your famition is 4 feet. ly, organization, or business name. 8. All scarecrows should be constructed by the entrant. 13. Contest organizers will 9. Use creativity and originality. Judges will be looking for scarecrows with that little bit extra. It may be the materials used, the way a scarecrow has been made, how the scarecrow is displayed, or simply a fantastic idea that catches the judges’ eyes. 10. You can use any materials you like to build your scarecrow. There are no restrictions. 11. All scarecrows must be made and displayed in good taste. Any entrant designing their scarecrow to cause deliberate offense will be disqualified, and the scarecrow
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glaring example comes from the small California city of Bell, where — without the eyes of a local newspaper on them — the city council engineered passage of a virtually unnoticed referendum to get around a new state law capping council member salaries. Within five
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years, council members were taking home a cool $100,000, the police chief was being paid $450,000 — and the city manager of this municipality of just 37,000 souls was making nearly $800,000. Losing a local newspaper, another study found, can also lead to more political po-
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Blood donation The American Red Cross donation appointments can be made by downloading the larization — something no community, nor our nation, needs now. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to avoid becoming another “news desert.” For one thing — subscribe. But there is also pending bipartisan legislation that deserves your support. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (H.R. 7640) provides for tax credits that support the three pillars of trusted, fair and accurate journalism: people who subscribe to newspapers or other local media; businesses that advertise in local newspapers; and newspapers that staff their newsrooms with journalists who cover the community. The tax credits aren’t permanent and sunset after five years. In a nutshell, this bill would provide every taxpayer tax
free Blood Donor app, visiting redcrossblood.org, calling 1-800-733-2767 or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device. Individuals who have fully recovered and received a verified COVID-19 diagnosis are urged to sign up to give convalescent plasma now by completing the donor eligibility form at RedCrossBlood.org/plasma4covid.
painting or movie. Deadline for Challenge 3 submission: Sunday, Sept. 13. Challenge 4: “Design a Halloween outfit.” Scary or silly, complete this final challenge with fun and originality. Deadline for Challenge 4 submission: Sunday, Oct. 4.
To register, call Artsplace Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 203-2722787. To view the rules, visit the Artsplace website, artArtful Attire splacecheshirect.org. Registration is first come/first Artsplace, The Friends of served. Registration of $15 CPFA/Artsplace, Inc. and the includes one doll to be used Cheshire Public Library are for all challenges and a box sponsoring a design chalof fabric and adornments. lenge. Inspired by the popu- Participants may use their lar reality TV show “Project own doll if desired, or if the Runway,” this contest is Artsplace supply of 75 dolls scaled for Barbie/Ken sized is depleted. Regardless of dolls of 14 inches or smallwhether using an Artsplace er. Participants, divided by doll or your own, a $15 regage into three groups: 4-9 istration fee is required. If years, 10-15 years, and 16 doll/fabric is requested to be years through adult, will be mailed, an additional fee of challenged to design $10 is required. Once regisclothes/costumes to transtered a pick-up time will be form a doll. Answer the arranged upstairs at Artfour challenges below by splace Tuesdays/Thursdays submitting emailed photos from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or to win a prize. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 12 Challenge 3: “Dress a recog- p.m. to choose a doll and box of supplies. Selection nizable character.” Go wild with creativity from your fa- will take place upstairs in a vorite book, cartoon, song,
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credits up to $250 a year to spend on subscriptions to qualified local newspapers. It would give businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees tax credits of up to $5,000 the first year and up to $2,500 for the next four years for advertising in local newspapers or local media. And it would give local newspapers a tax credit of 80% of its compensation to journalists in the first year and 50% for the next four years.
you can take to help your community from becoming yet another news desert. There’s a simple way to take that step, too: Just go to usa.gov/elected-officials for contact information for your legislators. Your right to fair and trusted local news and information is worth the effort.
Dean Ridings is CEO of America’s Newspapers. On behalf of its approximately 1,500 newspaper and associThese are tax credits — not a ate member companies, America’s Newspapers is handout, not a bailout. And the tax credits go away after committed to explaining, defive years. But this legislation fending and advancing the provides a lifeline for every- vital role of newspapers in one affected by the pandem- democracy and civil life. We put an emphasis on educatic: local readers, local businesses, local news providers. ing the public on all the ways newspapers contribute to Asking your legislators in building a community identiWashington to support the ty and the success of local Local Journalism Sustainbusinesses. Learn more: ability Act is a simple step newspapers.org.
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Eversource contends it was not unprepared for tropical storm By Susan Haigh Associated Press
Top officials from Eversource defended the electric, gas and water utility’s response to Tropical Storm Isaias, which knocked out power to about 1 million homes and businesses across Connecticut this month, arguing Thursday, Aug. 27 it was well-prepared and has taken steps to improve its reliability since prior major storms. CEO Jim Judge told state legislators he understands many customers are angry about the company’s response, but said the storm turned out to be “more impactful and widespread than anybody expected,” creating three times the maximum damage that had been projected. “Nobody, nobody that I’m aware of, predicted that Connecticut people would see a storm with impacts significantly bigger than Superstorm Sandy or Irene,” Judge said, noting there was a “huge logistics effort” to restore power that was made more challenging because of coronavirus safety protocols. Some customers lost power for more than a week. “We had more line crews working the restoration effort than we’ve ever had before on an event on our system — more than Irene, more than Sandy and more than the October 2011 storm,” he said, adding how the number of restoration crews was tripled within the first 48 hours after Isaias hit Connecticut on Aug. 4. Judge was one of several top Eversource executives who testified during a virtual informational hearing, originally organized by the General Assembly’s Energy and Technology Committee to examine a controversial electric rate increase that occurred shortly before the storm hit. Connecticut regulators in July ordered Eversource, the state’s largest electric utility, to temporarily suspend a rate increase that appeared in customers’ July bills and immediately restore rates to their June 30 levels so an investigation could be conducted into whether customers were being overcharged. The Public Utilities Regulatory Au-
thority, which is also examining Eversource’s storm response, had received numerous letters and complaints from customers shocked by their larger-than-normal electric bills, some twice as much as they usually pay. Eversource has said were driven primarily by a significant increase in summer energy use and two recent delivery fee increases. On Aug. 27, Judge said the average bill increased by $62, with $55 of that attributed to increased usage when many people were working from home during hot weather. But much of the discussion during last week’s hearing focused on Eversource’s response to the storm. Legislators accused the company of not communicating well with municipal officials about restoration efforts, not giving restoration crews clear orders on where they were needed, and creating a perception that the company cares more about shareholders than customers. There were also concerns raised that not enough improvements have been made since a state panel released a report in 2012 that included dozens of recommendations for improving emergency preparation in Connecticut, including improved worst-case planning and staffing by the state’s utilities. “It is very frustrating to read some of their findings that could have been easily applied to the storm response here. So what’s changing with this company in the culture?” asked Rep. David Arconti, D-Danbury, the committee’s co-chairman. “These are the same things that have been said for the past few years,” he added. State Sen. Norm Needleman, D-Essex, the committee’s other co-chairman, said legislators hope to enact some immediate reforms that strengthen regulators’ powers and send a “clear message to all the ratepayers in the state and to the utilities” in a planned, upcoming special session. He said larger changes will likely be addressed when the General Assembly is See Storm, A16
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Road closure Due to bridge reconstruction, West Johnson Avenue is closed to all through traffic, including buses and emergency vehicles, day and night, between Dickerman Road and Reinhard Road, through Sept. 30. Access to local businesses up to the barricades will be maintained. Peck Lane and Schoolhouse Road have been designated as the detour route during this construction period. Check the town website, cheshirect.org, to view a map showing the road closure and detour. Questions may be directed to the Department of Public Works and Engineering at 203-271-6650.
Grocery delivery College student Brian Fox has organized a volunteer initiative called Project Support CT that focuses on contactless grocery delivery for senior citizens. To request a grocery order, email us at projectsupinitiativeCT@ gmail.com, be sure to include your address, grocery list, phone number and desired drop off time. Venmo, Cash App or check.
Cheshire MediQuick Hartford HealthCare is now fully transitioning urgent care services in Cheshire from the MediQuick at 680 South Main St., to Hartford HealthCare-GoHealth Urgent Care, which is located at 1008 South Main St. Effective immediately, the MediQuick at 680 South Main St., is closed. GoHealth is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, including holidays. For more information, visit GohealthUC.com/CT.
Dog licenses Town Clerk Laura Brennan reminds owners of dogs six months or older that their pets must be li-
censed 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. Dairy products also are needed. For more information, contact Kerry Walsh, executive director, at kwalsh@cheshirefoodpantry.org, or April Duquette at aduquette@cheshirefoodpantry.org.
Masks for members 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, 203-272-3165; 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. Download the 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/.
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‘We think it’s safe; we think it’s logical’ Fall sports will proceed, including football, but COVID numbers will dictate how far the season advances By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — Tackle football is a go. Ditto for indoor girls volleyball. Every fall sport, for that matter, got the green light in the new high school sports reopening plan the CIAC unveiled late Wednesday night, Aug. 26 and further explained in a press conference the following morning.
Football, recommended to be 7-on-7 by the state Department of Health, will be the traditional full-contact 11-on-11. The CIAC maintains the state’s low COVID numbers justify trying to play a season now, as compared to waiting until late winter or early spring, when the numbers are projected to be higher.
Department of Education’s “Indicators for Consideration of Learning Models,” which give guidance for in-school, hybrid and distance learning.
point, we’ll decide whether it’s appropiate or not to be move to moderate-risk activities and then high-risk activities.”
The debate is not over and the plan unveiled on Aug. 26 gives the CIAC and DPH more time to hash out differences.
The leading indicator in that model is the seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 people. The secondary indicators are seven-day averages of percent test positivity, new hospitalizations and COVID-like illnesses reported at emergency rooms.
Lungarini noted that providing sports for athletes through school is less risky than kids playing on their own, where social distancing and other precautions are less likely to be followed. In that regard, Lungarini made an appeal to athletes.
At the press conference, Lungarini made it a point to stress that the CIAC is not defying the state’s wishes.
A color-coded chart included “We have an opportunity to in the CIAC plan breaks play together, but to do that you have to commit to Volleyball, recommended by down the numbers: school, your family and DPH to be played outdoors, n Low-risk (favors in-school your team and you have to will remain indoors for safelearning): Less than 10 perBottom line? Scholastic footforego those social expericent new COVID cases per ball, soccer, volleyball, swim- ty, weather and space conences where you’re getting cerns, though perhaps with 100,000 with secondary indi- together in these unstrucming, field hockey and cross players wearing masks. cators trending down to flat; tured environments, because country teams could start practicing in cohorts SaturWhile the CIAC is moving that is where the risk is more n Moderate risk (favors hyday, Aug. 29 with an eye to forward with a fall season, likely.” brid plans): 10-24 new cases starting full team practices whether teams ever get to As for specific sports, the on Sept. 21 and games on practice as full units or actu- per 100,000 with secondary indicators trending flat to up- CIAC and Department of Oct. 1 — so long as COVIDally play games depends on Public Health have been in 19 case numbers in Conthe COVID-19 case numbers ward; agreement over cross counnecticut remain low enough. the CIAC will monitor n High risk (favors distance try, soccer, swimming and Underscore that last part sev- throughout September. learning): 25 or more new field hockey. eral times over. Nothing is set Don’t be surprised if there cases per 100,000 with secTheir differences have been in stone. As the CIAC likes to continue to be changes in the ondary indicators trending over football and volleyball. say, the sports situation is plan like the ones that have upward. The DPH recommended fluid because the coroncropped up since the CIAC moving both to spring or, if avirus pandemic is fluid. first unveiled its fall strategy If the state’s case numbers they were to remain in the COVID will steer the course. on July 30. remain low after schools fall, going 7-on-7 in football have been open for two As schools reopen and the “From the start of this, we’ve weeks, the shift will be made and outdoors in volleyball. calendar moves deeper into reminded everybody that our to full team practices on the The CIAC countered by September, the CIAC’s plan plan will be fluid; it will 21st. pointing out discrepancies will be continually re-evaluchange as the information between the DPH’s stance ated based on the state’s changes, as the metrics If they start to rise to a modfor scholastic sports and the virus data. change,” Lungarini said. erate level — or if they do so ReOpen CT guidelines for in a significant number of Cohort practices, which alOne key date is Sept. 18, non-high school programs. school districts to the point low conditioning and nonroughly two weeks after most where maintaining game During the summer, Recontact skill work in groups districts start school. That’s OpenCT allowed moderateschedules is not possiof no more than 10, will con- when the CIAC will let risk sports like volleyball to will revert ble —activity tinue for three weeks. schools know if Connectibe played indoors starting back to cohort conditioning cut’s COVID numbers alJune 17 and high-risk sports “We believe our kids, our and skill work practices. like football to be played outathletes and our schools de- lows athletic programs to move ahead with the fullIf numbers spike into highdoors starting July 6. serve the value of time and risk territory, all activities deserve the opportunity to at team practices scheduled to begin on Sept. 21. will be shut down. Sports will Given that COVID-19 cases least begin under low-risk also stop if schools close and have remained low, the CIAC activities and then assess as “The CIAC believes that a argues, why should the landgo to distance learning. we move forward,” CIAC Ex- minimum of two weeks of scape be different for high ecutive Director Glenn Lun- COVID data is necessary to A review of COVID data will school? garini said during an Aug. 27 determine whether the rebe conducted again before press conference. turn to on campus instrucgames commence on Oct. 1. Football, the CIAC further argues, is unlike other sports in impact extracurricution will “We think it’s safe, we think “We’re giving the time for that it does not have AAU or lar offerings,” the CIAC plan it’s logical, we think it gives a kids to get back on campus club options. The high reads. “Therefore, no full progression. We think it adunder low-risk activities, and school game is the only one team practices will occur pridresses the social, emotional then take a very deliberate for players of that age group, or to September 21.” and mental health needs of look to see if there is any im- the only avenue to college reour kids as well as their deThe CIAC will marry up its pact to the COVID metrics,” cruiting, and every effort has sire to compete.” assessments with the state Lungarini said. “At that to be made to play it.
“We want, very clear, our message to be: We are listening to the recommendations that are coming from the Department of Health, we are aligning in many ways with the recommendations of the Department of Health,” Lungarini said. “We still have some questions and we still have some areas that we feel need to be explored as we go forward.” The DPH is sticking with its stance on football and volleyball. Acting Commissioner Dr. Diedre Gifford said, “Those recommendations are unlikely to change. We’ve been consistent.” The state appears to be entrusting the CIAC to make the call. Gov. Ned Lamont echoed the DPH position on football and the decision in other states to push football to late winter/early spring. “That said, we do tend to leave these decisions up to the local leads and I think what they prudently said is, ‘Let’s do some practice for the next few weeks, then we’ll make up our mind in terms of competition later on in September,’” said Lamont. “I hope they make the right decision.”
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Captain Morgan...........................1.75L......$26.99 Bacardi Silver/Gold......................1.75L......$19.99 Captain Morgan White.................1.75L......$19.99
Gin Bombay Sapphire.......................1.75L.....$34.99 Bombay Gin................................1.75L.....$28.99 Tanqueray Gin.............................1.75L....$31.99 Hendricks Gin.............................750ML...$29.99 New Amsterdam.........................1.75L.....$21.99
Wines 750ML Jordan Cab. Sauv..................................... $54.99 Justin Paso Robles Cab........................... $23.99 Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio.................. $19.99 Caymus Conundrum Red......................... $19.99 K. Jackson Cab. Sauv./Merlot/V.Res........ $16.99 Layer Cake Shiraz.................................... $13.99 St. Francis Cab. Sauv............................... $20.99 Coppola Claret......................................... $17.99 Louis M. Martini Ca. Sauv. Sonoma......... $17.99 K. Jackson Chard..................................... $11.99 Meiomi Belle Glos Pinot Noir................... $19.99 La Crema Sonoma Chard......................... $17.99 Erath Pinot Noir........................................ $18.99 Primarius Pinot Noir................................. $15.99 Dr Loosen Riesling................................... $11.99 William Hill Merlot/ Sauv. Blanc/Chard..... $12.99 Ruffino PG...................................................$8.99 Toasted Head Chard...................................$8.99 Menage A. Trois All Type.............................$9.99 Cup Cake Still Wine.....................................$8.99 Josh Cabernet Sauvignon........................ $14.99 Hob Nob Red........................................... $11.99 Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio...........................$9.99 Mark West Pinot Noir/Chard.......................$9.99 Apothic Red.................................................$9.99 Blackstone...................................................$7.99 Beringer White Zin.......................................$5.99 Tisdale All Types..........................................$3.99 Oyster Bay S/Bl........................................ $10.99 Barefoot Cellars...750ML.............................$6.99 Bogle Chard/Merlot...750ML.......................$9.99 Decoy Cab/Merlot...750ML...................... $19.99 14 Hands...750ML...............................All $10.99 Sonoma Cutrer Chard R.River.................. $22.99 Br Cohn Cab Sav Silver Label.................. $19.99 Crane Lake All Type.....................................$3.99 Caymus Cab/Sauv................................... $79.99 Charles Krug Cab/Sauv............................ $29.99 7 Deadly Zins............................................ $14.99 La Crema Monterey Chard....................... $14.99 Matua Sauvignon Blanc........................... $10.99