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Volume 13, Number 51
Thursday, December 22, 2022
CHESHIRE ATHLETE MAKES HISTORY
Yes, Virginia, you are the goaltender By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — Ginny Curello became the first female to start in goal for the Cheshire ice hockey program when the Rams opened the season Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Louis Astorino Ice Arena. The junior helped Cheshire earn a 4-3 non-conference win over the SouthingtonCoginchaug-Westbrook coop. But it did not start well for Curello. She gave up a goal on the first shot she faced.
her team responded with a pair of goals from seniors Will Gaudet and Rocco Ocone-Krause. Curello is between the pipes year round. She was an AllState and All-SCC goalie on the SCC champion field hockey team that went 14-51. In the spring, she’s goalie of the Cheshire lacrosse team and also plays club ice hockey. This winter, she switched to the boys team at Cheshire after playing for the Blades, the co-op girls team that combines Amity, Cheshire and North Haven.
“That was hard,” Curello said. “I just had to bear down “I wanted to get the opportuand stay with it. We still had nity to be out here with the rest of the game to go.” them,” Curello said of her Curello surrendered another move to boys hockey. goal in the first period, but
Cheshire goalie Ginny Curello makes a save against the Southington-CoginchaugAaron Flaum, Record-Journal See Goalie, A9 Westbrook co-op during Wednesday, Dec. 14’s season opener.
Missing persons legislation, related to Cheshire case, moves forward
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WASHINGTON — Legislation aimed at improving how information on missing persons cases is coordinated passed recently in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Help Find the Missing Act, also known as “Billy’s Law,” has its origins in a Cheshire case. The legislation led by Congresswoman Jahana Hayes passed 422 to 4.
to navigate a complicated system, often without answers. Unlike with missing children, federal law does not mandate law enforcement to report missing adults or unidentified bodies.”
According to a press release from Hayes’ office, each year, tens of thousands of Americans go missing “leaving loved ones
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