Volume 13, Number 36
cheshirecitizen.com
Thursday, September 8, 2022
A greener Fall Festival kicks off Friday evening
IT’S ‘GO TIME’
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
The Cheshire Fall Festival is going green this year, thanks to the support of the Cheshire Chamber of Commerce and the generosity of a local non-profit, Generation Prime Education Foundation.
The Cheshire High School football team compiled a record of 6-4 in 2021 and graduated 20 players from that squad. The new-look Rams open their season at home Friday, Sept. 9 against New Milford. “I’m feeling good. We are getting close to ‘go time,’" CHS coach Don Drust said last week. See more about the CHS football team on Page 5. Pictured: Cheshire quarterback Michael Simeone prepares to pass during practice Monday, Aug. 29. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Libraries primed for storytime By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff
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A staple program at area public libraries, Christine Richards, youth services librarian at the Cheshire Public Library, said storytimes help children socialize, which is important for kids, especially now due to the pandemic.
“It’s a time to help socialize, which is so needed right now after going through the pandemic not only for the babies and the kids but also for the parents and the caregivers,” Richards said. “It’s hard being cooped up all the time and not having that interaction.” See Storytime, A13
educational non-profits in an effort to provide safe, inclusive learning opportunities for those with autism spectrum disorder.
Generation Prime’s founder Linda Blackburn, a member of the town’s SustainableCT committee, has rallied around efforts to educate Cheshire residents about The festival kicks off Friday food recycling. As part of that at 5 p.m. at Bartlem Park push, Generation Prime with food trucks and musical brought in Blue Earth Comentertainment, EIght to the post, a food recycling service, Bar, at 7 p.m. Activities go all to help limit food waste genday Saturday, starting at 9 erated at this year’s festival. a.m with hot air balloon rides and finishing with fire- “I was very interested in addressing the topic of comworks at dusk. A car posting, especially with reshow, demonstrations, and spect to getting food out of more, are on the schedule. the waste stream. Hauling With food a major attraction food waste to the trash costs at any festival, all those food money and it’s not productrucks and food stations tive. This will not only save have a downside — a lot of residents and the town monwaste. And that’s a situation ey, but it’s good for the envithat Generation Prime want- ronment,” said Blackburn. “It ed to help address at this would be great if Cheshire year’s Fall Festival. could lead this movement to composting food waste.” According to its website, Generation Prime provides assistance and resources to
See Festival, A11
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