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Volume 20, Number 19

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Friday, May 12, 2023

Elementary school renovation project delayed

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By Christian Metzger Record-Journal staff

SOUTHINGTON — The Southington Board of Education has opted not to move forward with an elementary school renovation project, delaying the motion to go to a referendum until next year to more thoroughly evaluate the options and outline the plan’s necessity to the community.

Back in February, the board was presented with four plans by architecture firm SLAM Collaborative,

assessing the district-wide impacts on elementary schools and the students based on plans to potentially renovate Kelley Elementary and other schools.

The plans with the largest overall impact toward greater efficiency in student distribution involved the complete closure of Flanders Elementary, as the building is seen as largely outdated and on a site that’s poor for construction or expansion.

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Southington Drive-In names summer lineup Daniela Ciriello of Berlin-based Dance Legacy, LLC was selected to represent Connecticut in Showstopper Magazine’s spring 2023 Dancers Across America feature. “These showstopping dancers have been chosen from across the United States as exemplary members of the dance world who use dance to better themselves and their communities and to bring kindness and inspiration to others,” Showstopper Magazine states. Ciriello, who resides in Plainville, has a rare blood disorder, but that has not stopped her from pursuing her love of dance.

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Guiduce had sighted the building.

SOUTHINGTON — Town officials approved the first step of a 123-room hotel proposal on Queen Street near the Interstate 84 exit.

The property is triangular in shape with the Quinnipiac River as the southern edge.

“He and his people do a good job of not trying to squeeze out the most square footage on the ground,” Ives said.

In April, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved a height variance for the proposed hotel. The appeals board unanimously agreed to allow “It’s a nice looking building,” a hotel there to be 10 feet higher than usually allowed. Guiduce said.

Stephen Guiduce, a planner with Harry E. Cole & Son representing the developers, said building a taller building would allow a smaller footprint on the site and minimize impact to nearby wetlands.

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“It think it’s a great asset that another hotel wants to come into Southington,” Ives said. “I’m looking at Queen Street as a mini Boston Post Road… It’s a busy road down there now but it’s a testament that small businesses, large businesses want to come in.”

“We just want to make sure they’re adhering to the rules as best as possible. If there’s a little give and take, that’s what we’re here to do,” Ives said.

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“Instead of expanding the footprint out and pushing it into the wetlands areas, we wanted to go up and keep a

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Ives is a former conservation commission member and said the wetlands disturbance under this plan appeared marginal.

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Following the recent Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, the hotel can be 50 feet tall rather than the previous 40 foot maximum. Guiduce said the hotel proposal has to now get approval from the town’s Conservation Commission which handles wetlands matters as well as the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission. He’s pleased with the plan though and believes it will be a good addition to the Queen Street area.

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‘Connecticut Architecture’ the topic of May 24 talk Press Release

The Plainville Historical Society will present the program “Connecticut Architecture” with author and architectural historian Christopher Wigren Wednesday, May 24 at 7 p.m.

Wigren will discuss his book “Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places,” published in 2019 by Wesleyan University Press.

One of the sites Wigren will discuss at his upcoming historical society talk is the Plainville Campgrounds and its distinctive gingerbreadstyle cottages.

Christopher Wigren, author of “Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places,” will speak at the Plainville Historic Center on Wednesday, May 24.

Wigren is deputy director of Preservation Connecticut, a non-profit established to “preserve, protect and promote the buildings, sites and landscapes” that have contributed to our state’s heritage.

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CT Senate votes to expand parole eligibility for young adults

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Lawmakers in the Connecticut Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would broaden parole eligibility to include certain people serving long sentences for crimes they committed before turning 21 years old.

The legislation, Senate Bill 952, passed on a 23-13 vote

along party lines, with Democrats in the majority, after it was amended to lower the proposed age from 25.

long as the individual has already served a bulk of their incarceration for the corresponding charges.

Under current law, minors cannot serve life without parole. And the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles has discretion to consider parole for people serving sentences of more than a decade for crimes they committed before their legal adulthood, as

Tuesday’s bill would increase the age from 18 to 21, a move that experts and advocates see as further acknowledgement of the developing brains of young adults.

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Having heard the objections of the other side and wanting to make progress … stopping at 21 was the decision that was made.”

It’s unclear how much money the legislation would save the state annually with its passage, partly because it would depend on how many people the state granted parole. But, on average, the annual marginal savings to the state for releasing a person from incarceration is $2,500, according to the Office of Fiscal Analysis.

Republicans introduced an amendment to the bill that sought to exclude people who were under 21 at the time they committed certain crimes, such as murder with special circumstances, from parole consideration. The amendment was necessary, they said, to hold accountable young people who commit serious crimes, and preserve the rights of victims, a concern Republican lawmakers often express in their opposition to criminal justice reform.

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CT moves to end unregulated sales of marijuana gummies Connecticut moved Tuesday towards banning synthetic marijuana and limiting the sale of sleep aids and other consumables containing THC that are being sold outside the state’s tightly regulated medical and recreational cannabis industry.

The House of Representatives voted 148-1 for a bill that represents the first in what lawmakers expect will be an annual exercise in revising Connecticut’s rules governing the production and sale of cannabis products.

“This is a set of laws that we were going to be looking at and updating every year,” said Rep. Mike D’Agostino, D-Hamden, co-chair of the General Law Committee.

“It’s an evolving market. It’s an evolving regulatory scheme.”

House Bill 6699 now goes to expected passage in the Senate, and D’Agostino said Gov. Ned Lamont is prepared to sign the bill.

“I’m glad to see that this is both sides of the aisle, plus the governor’s office, all agreeing that we should limit the amount of THC that should be in one container,” said Rep. Dave Rutigliano, the ranking House Republican on General Law. Republicans opposed the legalization of recreational cannabis, but they were willing to work with Democrats on regulations, he said.

In a press conference with House Democratic leaders, D’Agostino displayed a large canister of oversized gummies containing tetrahydrocannabinol, the mood-altering substance in marijuana known as THC, that he purchased at a CBD, or cannabidiol, product store.

Unlike the state’s cannabis dispensaries, there is no age requirement for purchase or limit on the quantity, and therefore total THC content, in any single package of CBD gummies derived from hemp, D’Agostino said. The minimum age for dispensary customers is 21.

“These are gummies that

anyone can purchase right now in the state of Connecticut — no age limit — that are not individually packaged,” D’Agostino said. “And one of these has almost double the milligrams of THC that you can buy in our regulated stores.”

Connecticut limits THC to five milligrams per serving

and 100 milligrams per package, he said.

The limit is a child-safety provision. D’Agostino said research shows that when children get access to cannabis gummies, they tend to consume the contents of the package.

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Cadillac Ranch plans deck expansion

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The country dancing hall and banquet facility wants more space for tables, increasing the dance floor area of its 1,000-person capacity building.

Graham Nicholson, Cadillac Ranch owner, said the deck will overlook the highway — and be seen by the thousands of drivers that pass by every day.

“That’s probably our best advertising and we haven’t utilized it much in the whole 30 years” Cadillac Ranch has been in business, Nicholson

The restaurant and dance hall used to have a deck in the back of the building but Nicholson said it was rarely used. He enclosed that deck to provide more interior space.

Town approval Nicholson applied to the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission to add a 12 foot by 48 foot deck to the west side of the building.

Robert Hammersley, commission chairman, allowed town planning officials to handle the matter rather than having a full commission vote during its May 2 meeting.

“I had no problems with him

administratively working with the applicant to accomplish what they were going to do,” he said. Other commission members agreed.

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“We’re trying to make people realize it’s an event center as well as a country dance place. People walk in and say, ‘You couldn’t find a better place to do a country wedding or other types of things,’” Nicholson said.

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Nicholson hopes to have the deck built by the middle of July. He plans to outline it in LED lights and decorate it.

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Cadillac Ranch was closed for a year and a half during the pandemic, although dedicated dancers used the hall’s parking lot for dances.

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Fifteen films will be shown this year including more recent movies like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Elvis,” alongside drive-in favorites like “Jaws” and “Grease,” as well as animated hits such as “Moana,” “Puss in Boots,” “Aladdin” and “Zootopia.”

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Largely the board seemed to favor this option, along with the renovation of Kelley into a completely new facility, which would go to referendum in November of this year.

The board needed to file its intention to proceed with the renovation in June to receive state funding for the project, but with the pressing time constraints involved, members decided to delay their plans for the following year.

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Other concerns were around the cost of the project, which is estimated around $495 per square foot and how that would impact the town budget.

Members also cited complications with the library construction project, which had to be downscaled significantly after construction costs increased, not wanting to find themselves in a similar situation with any new school building.

“If we try to go out and sell this right now, there’s not been enough information for this board to make a decision — let alone try and sell it to the community. And the They cited concerns about worst possible thing that being able to properly put could happen is to go to reftogether a comprehensive erendum in November and plan in that short time, for it to fail. Because if it fails along with putting together it’s never going to pass an analysis of other potential again. And we experienced scenarios and options for that last year,” Board Memthe Flanders school site if ber Zaya Oshana said. they decide to proceed with the closure.

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Part of the failure of the plan, Superintendent Madancy said, was likely due to their inability to market the necessity of the improvements to the town effectively ahead of the referendum.

The board could hold a special referendum in May of next year ahead of the June deadline for the state grant application.

The additional year gives them time to prepare a more comprehensive plan and cost evaluation that they aim to present to the residents to fully inform them about what they plan to do and why.

With a May referendum, the board would also get ahead of the November political season, where there is a fear that the plan may be turned down when placed next to other issues like road im-

provements.

Barring that, the approval of improvements to elementary facilities could be pushed well into 2025.

“We want to be careful that we don’t continuously delay this to a point where it doesn’t matter what inflation is doing, the costs may never come down, or at a point where we’ve waited too long and the schools fall into a state of disrepair. They’re older schools right now, but they’re well-maintained, but they’re absolutely not the same as the other schools,” Madancy said.

David Derynoski, a member of the school board for 30 years, cautioned against waiting too long to commence the plan.

As improvements to the schools suggested in a 15year plan when he first got onto the board in the 1990s still haven’t been finished 30 years later.

“It seems every time we get the enthusiasm going and we get everyone all pumped up, we hit a stumbling block.

And I can see one happening again,” Derynoski said.

“We’ve been talking about school renovations for over 30 years, 30 years from now we’re still going to be talking about it.”

The decision to delay was met with concern by some members of the public.

Seth Korn, a Southington resident, noted the board still had ample time to make a decision and apply to the state — and that uncertainty with how to proceed would always be present.

He noted that the condition of Kelley school was not equitable to others in the district and implored the members to consider improvements as soon as possible.

“Seeing the actual buildings would convince you not to delay any further,” Korn said, “You’ve had months to review the report and now you need to make a decision how to proceed that is in the best interest of our students.

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Obituaries RichardD. D.Adams Adams Richard — SOUTHINGTON SOUTHINGTON Richard D. D. Adams, Adams, 69, 69, of of Richard Southington, passed passed away away Southington, unexpectedly on on Sunday, Sunday, unexpectedly May 7, 7, 2023, 2023, atat Mulberry Mulberry May Gardens. He been the Gardens.

Hehad had been loving husband of the late the loving husband of the JulieJulie (Kubala) Adams for late (Kubala) Adams over 30 years.

Richard was for over 30 years.

Richard born born on November 28, was on November 19531953 in Southington, to the 28, in Southington, latethe Joseph and Adeline to late Joseph and (Bieluczyk) Adams and had Adeline (Bieluczyk) Adams beenhad a lifelong and been aSouthinglifelong ton resident. Rickresident. worked Southington as a worked Lead Inspector at Rick as a Lead Pratt and Whitney, Inspector at Prattretiring and Mulberry Gardens for their after 41 retiring years ofafter service.

Whitney, 41 her husband Gary of Simsand compassion bury, nephew and niece, He loved the outdoors and kindness years of service.

He loved In lieu Justinshowed and Lisahim.

Pawlik and wasoutdoors an avidandfisherman, the was an they many loving family and of flowers, donations in gardener and golfer.

He alavid fisherman, gardener friends, including Nancy Rick’s memory may be so enjoyed hiking and and golfer. He also enjoyed Chute to Streeter, Deanne the Meriden bowling. and Rick is bowling. survived made hiking Scaringe and Glenn Klocko Humane Society, 311 by his daughter;byKayla Rick is survived his and his gang Pratt Ave.,from06450 Adams of Southington, sis- Murdock daughter; Kayla Adams and Whitney. In addition to ter, Southington, Christine Pawlik and (https://www. of sister, meridenhumane Christine Pawlik and her s o ciet y re s cue.c om / ). husband Gary of Simsbury, nephew and niece, Justin Calling hours will be and Lisa Pawlik and many held from 5-7 p.m. on May 17, loving family and friends, Wednesday, including Nancy Chute- 2023, with Words of at 7 Streeter, Deanne Scaringe Remembrance and Glenn Klocko and p.m., at the Plantsville his gang from Pratt and Funeral Home, 975 S. If you need a tub St., Plantsville.

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his wife Julie, Rick was predeceased by his brother, Mark J. Adams. Rick’s family would like to extend a special thank you to the entire staff at Mulberry Gardens for their kindness and compassion they showed him. In lieu of flowers, donations in Rick’s memory may be made to the Meriden Humane Society, 311 Murdock Ave., 06450 (https://www.meridenhumane societyrescue.com/). Calling hours will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, with Words of Remembrance at 7 p.m., at the Plantsville Funeral Home, 975 S. Main St., Plantsville. Burial will be private. For online condolences and directions, please visit www.plantsvillefuneralhome.com.

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Carol was born on July 31, 1953 in Torrington to the late Richard and Margaret (Jarmyczik) Robinson.

She worked alongside her husband at CC Precision Products Company in Plantsville for 43 years.

Carol loved traveling, trips to the casino and going to the beach; especially looking forward to her trip to Aruba every year.

Carol loved all animals, especially dogs and birds.

Most of all, Carol cherished the time she spent with her family. In addition to her husband Charles, Carol is survived by 2 children; daughter, Sarah Labbe and son, David Labbe and his wife Lorissa and 4 grandchildren: Jackson, Sophia, Katrina and Emily and her sister, Kim Rugh and husband Tom, all of Southington. In lieu

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lea Jahn of her Manchester especially social and her close Rita worker Adele,friends, for their Darton and Steve Michaud. kindness, compassion She the wasexcellent predeceased by and care they her brother-in-law, John provided to her.

Jahn, 3 brothers, George, Memorial donations may Walter and Chester Morribe made to Boy’s Town, National Headquarters, 14100 Crawford St., Boys Metal Products until (www. he reTown, NE 68010 tboystown.org). ired.

Funeral After retirement, he worked services will be celebrated part time as a groundskeeper privately.

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SOUTHINGTON -— Alma Alma SOUTHINGTON - Rose SOUTHINGTON L. (Morrison) Olsen, “Myrt” Myrtle (Hanson) L. (Morrison) Olsen, 97, 97, of of Southington, Griffin, 95, of Southington, Southington, passedpassed away away peacefully on April Sunpassed away peacefully peacefully on Sunday, day,2023 Aprilat30, at the surrounded by her family 30, the2023 Summit of Summit of She Plantsville.

She on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at Plantsville. had been hadbeloved been the beloved wife Southington Care Center. the wife of the late of the late Olsen, She had been the loving Herbert J. Herbert Olsen, J.Jr., for Jr., for 40 years. wife of the late George P. over 40over years.

Alma Alma was was born in New Hartford, Griffin for 64 years. Rose born in New Hartford, CT, CT, September on September 28, was born on September on 28, 1925, 1925, theNelson late Nelson 16, 1927 in Waterbury to the tolate and and Augusta (Smith) MorriAugusta (Smith) Morrison. to the late Harry and son. She enjoyedspending spending She enjoyed Catherine (Baker) Hanson. time atatthe Calendar House time the Calendar She attended Waterbury in Southington, where she House in Southington, schools and graduated had many esshefriends had and many as the Salutatorian of Judy Germano of Wolcott where pecially loved Binand playing especially Leavenworth High School, and daughter, Cynthia friends go. Alma willBingo. be rememplaying Alma Class of 1945. Rose Griffin and Gary Szlachetka loved bered for her big heart and be remembered for her graduated from Waterbury of Plantsville. She was the will generosity. was a heart andShe generosity.

Hospital School of Nursing loving grandmother to ten big beautiful Alma is wasperson. a beautiful in 1948 where she was grandchildren: Ben Flis, She survivedAlma by herissister, Marsurvived trained as a cadet nurse Rebecca Ballard, Philein person. and went on to work at the Griffin, Tory Griffin, Shawn by her sister, Marlea Jahn VA Hospital. Rose loved Sebastian Berarducci Griffin, Jasmine Folan, of Manchester and her shopping, crafting and TJ Griffin, Hattie Griffin, close friends, Rita Darton PLAINVILLE - and Steve Michaud. She was a talented sewer. She Nena Greene and Corinna Sebastian Berarducci of was predeceased by her was famous for her banana Schumacher, passed several away brother-in-law, John Jahn, bread and blueberry cake Plainville great-grandchildren, one on Friday, 3 brothers, George, Walter and enjoyed sailing on unexpectedly great-great granddaughter March 31, 2023, at the age the weekends with her and many nieces and and Chester Morrison and 86. He was the loving her sister, Muriel Aldrich husband George. She ofnephews.

In addition to to Rebecca and her husband Leonard. also enjoyed traveling, husband her husband George, (Kalisz) for Alma’s family would like especially to Norway Berarducci Rose was predeceased Sebastian was where she was able 51byyears.

3 brothers, Stanley, to extend a special thank born to the late to spend time with her Edward and CarlCarmello Hanson, you to the entire staff at Josephine (Weyant) extended family. Rose and one sister, Marie Venter the Summit at Plantsville, in Middletown, spent much of her time Berarducci and her cherished greatHe spent much of volunteering, dedicated to CT. granddaughter, River. his younger years inIn the American Red Cross lieu of flowers, donations Southington, before and the Literacy Volunteers in Rose’s memory may down in Plainville, of Central Connecticut settling be made to the Literacy CT. for many years. She Volunteers of Central he Sebastian Berarducci was an amazing also known also volunteered at voter Sebastian, Connecticut (LVCC), 20 father, grandfather PLAINVILLE — Sebastian was a registration at various asHigh“Hoppy”, St., New Britain, and greatBerarducci of Plainville dependable local election sites. Rose’s hardworking, CT 06051 (https://www. grandfather.

He will be passed away unexpectedly and supportive family man. family was most important literacycentral.org/).

A greatly missed by all his on Friday, March 31, 2023, at loved the outdoors, to her. She was the “Best He funeral service will and be family. the age of 86. He was the lovenjoyed fishing, hunting Grandma Ever,” paying celebrated at 11:00 a.m. ing Sebastian survived Beby husband is to Rebecca In his attention and keeping and on gardening.

Tuesday, May 16, early 2023 his wife, Rebecca, his son rarducci (Kalisz) for 51 years. worked Funeral at the track of the busy lives of years, at thehePlantsville Sebastian, two born daughters, Sebastian was to the Morris Company, her children and her many Robert Home,E.975 S. Main Street. Rayna late Carmello andand Josephine Garcia Lisa Stanley Works and then grandchildren. They will Burial will be private. Torres (Weyant) Berarducci in Midand her husband, Metal Products all miss her dearly. Rose Cold Calling hours will be until held Rob, dletown,7CT.grandchildren: He spent much he retired. is survived by her son, from 4 - 7 p.m. on Monday, of his younger years in SouthSkye, Antonio, he John, David P. Griffin and his wife After May 15,retirement, 2023 at the ington, before settling down Jayden, Devyn, Landyn partFuneral time Home. as a Deborah of Danvers, MA; worked Plantsville in Plainville, CT.and 2 greatand Graesyn; groundskeeper at Tunxis son, Patrick Griffin and For online condolences Sebastian, also known as Alexia and He took grandchildren, and Plantation. directions, his wife Denise Rose of Golf “Hoppy,” was a hardworking, Aaliyah. great pride in his work visit www.

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He loved the outa private service for part of a new wonderful com. son, Terrance J. Griffin and doors, andatenjoyed fishing, “family”. Besides working, Sebastian a later date. hunting and gardening. In his early years, he worked at the Robert E. Morris Company, List Your Items To Over Stanley Works and then Cold 300,000 Local Readers.

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The amendment was voted down 24 to 12.

As the bill outlines, the Board of Pardons and Paroles would only consider parole for the eligible indi-

Neither current law or the bill proposal guarantees that

the board would grant parole, nor would the bill erase the years a person already spent behind bars or the barriers some may encounter after their incarceration.

Sen. Martin M. Looney, the highest ranking legislator in the General Assembly, also said the legislation would already likely exclude people who shouldn’t have parole.

“What this means is that there would be an opportunity for an evaluation 20 or 30 years down the road, as to whether the original sentence is still just,” said Looney, D-New Haven. “If there is indeed a transfor-

mation in someone’s life, over the course of 20 or 30 years, that transformation should create an opportunity to be recognized, and to be documented, and to have the case be made that the time the person has served is sufficient to meet the interests of justice.”

the board, as chair.

Lamont announced the decisions to remove Giles and pause commutations, the shortening of one’s sentence, after Republicans caused an uproar about the number of people approved — 71 in 2022, or 16% of requests, compared to a halfThe Senate’s passage of the dozen in the previous six legislation comes as criminal years combined. Black resijustice advocates are condents made up 45 of the cerned about the state’s commuted sentences. pause in commutations, a The governor’s decision to different process under the purview of the Board of Par- remove Giles, who is Black, after the clamor from Redons and Paroles. Gov. Ned Lamont recently opted to re- publican lawmakers and some victims of crime, who move Carleton Giles, who were mostly white, in a state spent 33 years as a Norwalk that disproportionately inpolice officer before joining carcerates Black people, has raised questions among academics and advocates about Connecticut’s status as a leader in criminal justice reform.

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The bill approved by the Senate doesn’t have any bearing on the current status of the commutations process, but its full passage in the legislature would put it in line with other reforms made in recent years. Black residents benefit the most from parole in Connecticut, according to data from the board.

On Tuesday, lawmakers greenlighted two additional criminal justice bills: Senate Bill 1194 and Senate Bill 1195.

S.B. 1194 would end sex offense registration requirements for people convicted of a sex crime prior to the expansion of the registry, while S.B. 1195 would prohibit law enforcement officers from stopping a motor vehicle for a secondary traffic violation.

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D’Agostino said the soon-tobe-banned CBD products are legal to sell due to a conflict in state and federal laws and the general inconsistency in how federal law defines CBD and measures THC. When derived from hemp, it is legal; from marijuana, it is not.

“I want to be fair here. These people selling these products are not criminals. These are legal products right now,” D’Agostino said. “It’s a problem where we’ve got this conflict between federal law and a regulated marketplace that we’ve established in Connecticut.”

Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, even if legally sold in Connecticut and other states. Hemp was removed from the list of controlled substances by the Farm Bill of 2018, legalizing its cultivation and sale.

Legal hemp, often called a cousin of marijuana, can have a THC concentration of no more than 0.3% as measured by what federal law defines as a “dry weight basis.”

“The problem with that is it’s a door you can drive a truck through,” D’Agostino said of the dry-weight measurement, as opposed to Connecticut’s requirement for disclosing THC content by milligrams.

D’Agostino drew a distinc-

Synthetic marijuana contains delta-8 and delta-9 THC, which actually is a naturally occurring chemical compound found in hemp and marijuana plants. Its sale would be banned under the bill passed Tuesday “There are a number of products coming in where we don’t frankly know where they’re made. And those products not only exceed the THC limits, but from a packaging and labeling perspective, they completely violate our laws” by appealing to children, he said.

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LEGAL NOTICE INLAND WETLANDS AND WATERCOURSES COMMISSION

LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

On May 4, 2023 the Town of Plainville Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission took the following action:

The Plainville Zoning Board of Appeals conducted Public Hearings and other actions on Monday May 8, 2023, and rendered the following decision(s):

PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT

Approved the following: • A permit for activity within the upland review area (pool) for Pools by Murphy at 126 Red Stone Hill.

• A permit for activity within the upland review area (pool and deck) for R. Paradis at 124 Ledge Road.

• Issued a jurisdictional ruling in favor of K. Rosa and R. DaSilva for landscaping in an upland review area at 181 Stillwell Drive.

• A permit for activity within the upland review area (storage and drainage) for Ferguson Realty at Lot 10-E-01 Unionville Avenue.

• Issued a jurisdictional ruling in favor of the Town of Plainville for Conservation activities at Tomasso Nature Park in an upland review area at Lot 09-C-09 Granger Lane.

Respectfully submitted, Patrick Kilby, Chairman Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission Dated at Plainville, CT this 4th day of May 2023 R261158

LEGAL NOTICE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

1. Application #23-05-01, Amy Palumbo, 125 Red Stone Hill, Plainville, approved a variance to Article 2 Business Zones, Section 2.02 Permit Uses and Structures, Sub-section 13.2 Mixed Use to permit oneand two-bedroom dwelling units above commercial units in a General Industrial Zone for a property known as 27 West Main Street 2. Application #23-05-02, David Rogers, 67 North Washington Street, Plainville, approved a variance to Article 4 Basic Standards, Section 4.07 Fences, Sub-section 3a to permit the installation of a solid vinyl fence of a height of six (6’) feet in front yard setback sixteen (16’) feet from the property line in leu of the maximum permitted height of three (3’) feet in the front yard setback for a property known as 67 North Washington Street Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 10th day of May Peter Autunno, Chairperson Plainville Zoning Board of Appeals R261386 Autos Wanted

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The Town of Plainville Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. at the Plainville Municipal Center, One Central Square, Plainville, CT to consider the folTOP CASH PAID For any lowing item: 1. PZ 02-23 #16 – Resubdivision – Trumbull Homes, LLC – 8 Lots – 161 Camp Street in an R-20 Zone.

Information is available for public inspection in the Planning Department. At this hearing, interested persons may appear and be heard, and written communications may be received.

Respectfully submitted, Mathew Weimer, Secretary, Plainville Planning and Zoning Commission. Dated at Plainville, CT April 27, 2023.

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LORENZO DEFILIO

STELLA BLANCHARD

Lorenzo DeFilio is all about filling up nets for Sheehan, whether it’s in hockey or lacrosse.

Last Saturday, the sophomore had his most prolific varsity lacrosse game to date, going off for seven goals in a 17-10 win over Holy Cross. It was Sheehan’s fourth straight win, and DeFilio has had 15 goals and 4 assists in that run. For the season, he’s at 24 goals in 12 games played.

There was no mercy-rule repeat when Southington and Bristol Central met Monday in a rematch of last year’s Class LL final. But with Stella Blanchard in the circle, the Rams still came up on the short end and suffered their first loss. Blanchard threw six scoreless innings vs. a team averaging nearly 10 runs a game, allowing just two infield hits and striking out 13 in a 3-0 SHS win.

DYLAN MILLER

MAYA MASSORES

The first Meriden city match of the season went to Maloney last Tuesday with a familiar name at the top of the card: Dylan Miller. The city’s reigning junior champ earned a share of the medal with a 40 a week after blazing the back nine at Hunter with a 1-over 37. His round of 41 Monday at Chippanee GC led the Spartans past Bristol Eastern and improved their record to 9-1.

Tears were plainly visible on the cheeks of Maya Massores as she rounded third base Friday afternoon at Platt. Make no mistake: Those were tears of pure joy. Massores had just put a ball over the fence for her first varsity home run. The junior went 2-for-3 on the day and drove in five runs in Maloney’s 22-5 rivalry romp, raising her batting average to .424 on the season.

NATHAN RININGER

AZAYLA YEARWOOD

Nate Rininger is doing pretty good for himself considering he just started playing tennis last year. More than pretty good: The sophomore has elevated to No. 1 singles and, after going 3-1 last week, he’s 10-5 on the season. He certainly learns quickly. The one loss Rininger suffered last week came Wednesday vs. West Haven. In a rematch Saturday, he won in straight sets.

The azaleas are in bloom and so is Wilcox girls tennis — in particular, Azayla Yearwood.

The sophomore opened May winning three of four matches, each of which featured a tiebreaker. Alternating between No. 2 and 3 singles, Yearwood posted wins vs. Platt Tech, Abbott Tech and East Haven. The latter win avenged a three-set loss the day before.

She’s 10-2 on the season.

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