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Volume 19, Number 50
Friday, December 16, 2022
Plainville residents launch new cafe with Mexican flare By Nicole Zappone Record-Journal staff
Shuttle Meadow Reservoir is seen from above from Long Bottom Road in Southington on April 6, 2021. New Britain’s largest holdings in Southington are in the northeast corner of town. They include the Shuttle Meadow and Wassel reservoirs as well as surrounding land. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal file photo
Court ruling results in loss of tax revenue for Southington By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
ington and on which it pays taxes.
SOUTHINGTON — A contested land valuation court case decided against Southington will result in a loss of local tax revenue for upcoming fiscal years.
Southington has valued the land at about $2,500 per acre. In October 2020, that valuation jumped to more than $5,600 per acre. The New Britain Water Department appealed the valuation and the accompanying tax increase.
New Britain’s Board of Water Commissioners contested Southington’s valuation of more than 1,200 acres of land the New Britain Water Department owns in South-
Following a judge’s decision in October, New Britain’s Southington holdings will
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The loss for Southington is threefold, according to Board of Finance Chairman John Leary. The town won’t get the additional taxes from the higher valuation. Southington also had the value of the land reduced from previous years by about $400 per acre. It also must credit the New Britain Water Department for over-
Agustin’s Expresso Cafe, located in the nook of Bristol on Maple Street, opened for business on Sept. 6. It was a proud day for the owner. “This was my dad’s dream,” Agustin said. “He passed away three years ago, and it was something I knew he wanted. I am doing this in his honor.” Expresso Cafe serves breakfast and lunch.
“My husband came from Mexico from a poor family,” Agustin said. “He had five brothers and sisters combined that he needed to help support. So he had to get a job and send money home.” Agustin said once her husband’s siblings were old enough, Miguel could follow his own path. That’s when the couple began looking for a space to start up a restaurant. The process of finding the right location took about three years and came See Cafe, A6
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Plainville resident Jessy Agustin has worked in the food service industry since she was 16. This fall, at the age of 30, she made the leap to owning her own restaurant.
Agustin is a server at the eatery, and her husband, Miguel Angel Vasquez Cabrera, is the chef.