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Volume 20, Number 33
Friday, August 18, 2023
THANKS, CORPORAL
Henry and Diane Bendlin, pictured on the deck of their Southington home, were treated to a landscape and home treatment from “Team Depot,” with assistance from Hayley Falk of the Cheshire non-profit “Because the Brave.” Bill Kiely, from the Southington Home Depot, said “Team Depot” averages a half-dozen outdoor projects for service personnel and non-profits each season. Henry Bendlin served in the Marines from 1963 to ‘68, and attained the rank of corporal. Photo by Joy VanderLek
Schools to offer free breakfast By Rachel Wachman Record-Journal staff
REGIONAL — Gov. Ned Lamont and state Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker announced last week that Connecticut will offer free breakfast to all schoolchildren in Connecticut and make lunch free for students who previously
qualified for reducedprice lunches. With this announcement, Connecticut became the seventh state to institute free school meals, with Massachusetts joining the ranks as number eight on Aug. 10. To make the program possible, Connecticut allocated $16 million from funding the
state received under the America Rescue Plan Act. During the pandemic, both breakfast and lunch were free for students in Connecticut thanks to federal funding, but this ended when the pandemic program expired. See Food, A50
All aboard? Trolley bus considered By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON – Should the town introduce a trolley bus to Southington and Plantsville downtowns? That’s the question Town Councilor Jack Perry is putting to residents and business owners through a survey on a potential trolley’s uses and costs. See Trolley, A8