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Volume 29, Number 7

Friday, February 17, 2023

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Renovate, expand Memorial School

PACKED WITH PINK

The following message by Superintendent of Schools Doug Schuch was shared with the RSD13 community on Feb. 2: The Regional School District 13 Board of Education and Leadership Team have proposed that we renovate and expand Memorial School to serve all learners in Grades Schuch K-5.

The Coginchaug Regional High School boys and girls basketball teams hosted a Pink Out doubleheader against Hale-Ray on Friday, Feb. 10, and the community came out to support the cause. Across the country, sports teams of all levels have taken part in Pink Out games, with the goal of raising funds for the fight against cancer. See additional photos, page A6.

We will be sharing more details about this exciting project during the next several months, but we wanted to let you know why we believe that this is the right decision for our learners, families, employees, and community: See School, A8

Hard Hat Café set to open

By Nicole Zappone Town Times

By the end of the month, a new dining option will be available in Durham, Hard Hat Café. Located at 100 New Haven Road, business owner John Acanfora said the eatery will be a “middle-of-road, blue-collar type of restaurant for people who don’t want to go out and spend $150 on a dinner.”

He added, “What we want to go after is really, good food. We want the experience to be something you remember.”

Acanfora also runs Hard Hat Cafés in North Haven and Wallingford, and said he takes pride in serving high-quality food for an affordable price.

He also operates Sam the Clam Grub & Pub in Southington, a seafood restaurant which has been in business since 1991.

Acanfora’s Hard Hat Cafés feature American bar food classics, local beers and specialty drinks. And the restaurants are known for their “Doob” chicken wings, which are seasoned, fried and grilled; a smokey twist on the classic buffalo wing.

Hard Hat Café’s Durham location, which has housed other restaurants over the years, was recently renovated. The local landmark has seating for 160 in the bar and two dining rooms, along with a sizeable outdoor patio area.

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Hard Hat Café is set to open this month at 100 New Haven Road in Durham.

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Our chance to change course on affordability of and that you have the opportunity to make a decent living, and that your kids have the same chance, no matter what job they do.

These are the messages that shaped my priorities during my first term in Hartford as your representative. During the 2023 legislative session, I am continuing my efforts for the families of the 34th District — now including the families of Northford.

The issue of affordability affects us all. Essential items that were once affordable are now at record highs, and the recent spike in energy rates has added to our challenges. Families are being forced to choose between essential items just to stretch their budgets. This is unacceptable. My goal is to support bills that bring relief to overtaxed residents. While tax holidays are a temporary solution, permanent relief is needed.

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To make the state affordable, we must keep spending in check. I continue to support policies that use your hardearned dollars responsibly and in measured ways. In addition to affordability, public safety is essential to our quality of life and is the most basic duty of our government. We have all seen increases in crime and aggressive driving across the state. That’s why I have had

multiple meetings with local law enforcement to get their professional feedback and develop solutions to address these trends.

As the ranking member of the Public Safety and Security Committee, I have offered these solutions through the Senate Republican SaferCT plan. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their homes, at the grocery store, gas station, or while driving to work.

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Book, bake sale. Friday, March 24, 12 to 5 p.m., $10 entry fee; Saturday, March 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., no entry fee; Sunday, March 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., no entry fee.

Storytime at the Library.

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Crafting with Susan. Sign up on the library’s Facebook page for an adult/teen takehome craft.

Durham Public Library Book Club: Wings of Fire.

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Also, Acanfora said he is in the process of expanding the parking lot.

The 4,620 square-foot New Haven Road facility, set on 1.9 acres, was sold to Hard Hat Tavern LLC for $700,000 on Nov. 18, 2022.

“Durham will be slightly different because it’s a much bigger location than our oth-

er restaurants,” said Acanfora, who hopes to introduce live music that would be suitable for people to listen to while eating. He said Durham currently lacks an entertainment option such as that.

Acanfora said the new Hard Hat Café is already fullystaffed. Now, he waits to see how the community responds to the place.

School Notes

The Coginchaug Basketball Booster Club would like to thank everyone who attended our Pink Out doubleheader on Friday, Feb. 10. It was a huge success and we’ll be donating all proceeds to Smilow Cancer Center, in memory of Brenna Zettergren, and St. Jude Hospital, in memory of Debbie Sokol.

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Mercy High School named the following local students to its honor roll: Durham – Grade 10, highest honors: Angela Thiel; high honors: Lila Clark, Julia Salley; honors: Mercedes Artaiz and Anna Pizzo; Grade 11, high honors: Morgan Hoppes, Mya Seymour; honors: Marie Kane, Erin O’Connell.

Middlefield – Grade 9, highest honors: Sarah Roberts; Grade 11, highest honors: Nicole Yusza; high honors: Eliana Fraschilla; Grade 12, high honors: Piper Griffin.

Parents/guardians of children living in Durham and Middlefield who will be 5 years old on or before Jan. 1, 2024 must register to attend kindergarten in the fall of 2023 or apply for a waiver of attendance.

In Regional School District 13, children may attend kindergarten at Brewster School or John Lyman School. Both schools will post detailed information about kindergarten on their respective websites. The school choice decision for kindergarten needs to be made by Friday, March 10.

Locals in college Parents/guardians of an eliWestern New England Uni- gible kindergarten child who versity, Springfield, Mass., wish to hold their child out named Kayla Wickham to its of school for another year president’s list and Ralph Al- must sign a waiver of attenbanese to its dean’s list for dance at the Office of the Suthe fall semester. perintendent of Schools.

Middlefield Community Center AARP tax prep. Tuesday, Feb. 21 and Tuesday, March 21. Call 860-349-7121 to make an appointment.

Senior Lunch Bunch. Join us Monday, Wednesday and Friday for lunch at the Middlefield Café. Lunch is provided by CRT for a suggested donation of $3. For more information, call 860-3497121.

Energy assistance. Applications are being accepted inperson for energy assistance.

Call 860-349-7121 to make an appointment.

Food bank. The food bank is open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., by appointment only.

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Coginchaug Regional High School Honor Roll Grade 9, high honors: Sophia Auger, Alexander Augustine, Spencer Babbitt, Madelyn Benbow, Jacqueline Bernard, Addisen Buckheit, Alexander Castiglia, Kaelyn Connell, Jacob Crocetto, Charles Dalles, Isabella DeRenzo, Regan Dills, Tea DiPietro, Abigail, Dunnigan, Ariana Eddinger, Ava Ekblade, Ariana Evans, Scotland Forbush, Hope Giammatteo, Matthew Kobus, Jacob Kosienski, Quinn Kursawe, Maggie Li, Andrew McDowell, Hayden O’Sullivan, Paul Oakley, Tanyon Paganetti, John Parmelee, Ella Raney, Kate Roraback, Sydney Ross, Keirra Sartor, Jonathan Turchi, Thomas Wickwire, Eli Wiseman, Charlotte Young, Jenny Zaclli; honors: Addison Costa, Carson DiNallo, Kaden LeDuc, Gianna Mazzetta, Joseph Meliso, Taylor Minogue, Jacob O’Rourke, Teighan Taylor.

Grade 10, high honors: Emily Allen, Josephine Belisle, Hanah Bugai, Ruby Cella, Morgan Cesario, Wasim Chater, Colton Climie, William, DeCarlo, Scarlett Doyle, Breanna Drzewi, Graham Eddinger, Sophie Farr, Liam Fitzpatrick, Brianna Gerardi, Paige Kaliszewski, Ashley Kijewski, Hailey Kijewski, Brooke Konefal, Ethan Kowal, Sophie Kulas, Lauren Kurtin, Annika Liss, Tessa Lussier, Addison, Martin, Jack Martin, April Meneses, Ember

Merrill, Lily Montemurro, Lillian Montgomery, Hannah Nelson, Julia Palo, Hazel Palo-Mack, Emily Parmelee, Estella Perez, Nicholas Piscitelli, Alec Rodrigue, Claire Roraback, Charity Skinner, Ryan Sullivan, Jack Tobin, Alexandra Vestergaard, Abigail Waterman, Isabelle Weissberg, Chase Willett, Cole Wright, Winifred Zhou; honors: Alexandra Corona, Rachel Dills, Angelina Hanks, Yusha Hossain, Marissa Inglis, Elizabeth Nick, Luke Poturnicki, Nico Prifitera, Jessica Rybak, Ashley Tarquino, Liam Ullman, Matthew Yale, Logan Young.

Grade 11, high honors: Faith Corona, Samuel Daricek, Tiana DiLeone, Carter Fudge, Grace Harkins, Natalie Hayward, Rachel Hayward, Norah, Healy, Sofia Hurlbert, Kayla Kearns, Serra LeDuc, Jason Letourneau, Lilliana Mach, Abigail Meliso, Claire Overton, Devan Patel, Diya Patel, Corey Quincy, Jake Raney, Piper Remillard, Sophia Reny, Justin Rowe, Sophia Stephan, Molly Stoetzle, Sawyer Stone, Drew Turner, Allison Vigue, Christos Wheatley; honors: Riley Biro, Katherine Colwell, Marlee Geyser, Paige Konopka, Roberto Rivera, Clayton Wiseman, Alexandra Woznyk.

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Grade 12 high honors: Lauren Acevedo, Anna Amendola, Caleb Baker, Chris Barrett, Dalton Bates, Holly Brunelle, Zoe Carpentino, Marina Chanthinith, Joseph DePaolo, Robert DePaolo, Jenna DePonte, Katherine Farr, Delilah Ferreira, Alyssa Ficara, Vanessa Ficara, Serena Fournier, Grace Gaffey, Monica Garbacz, Hayden Gonzales, Emilie Hatje, Arianna Holahan, Tatum Hultgren, Braden Johnson, Lauren Konefal, Amanda Kowalczyk, Douglas Kozik, Kiyah Kulpik, Alexander Meisenkothen, Susan Meneses, Samantha Miltenberger, Angelina Monarca, Shannon Moore, Hannah Nielsen, Melana O’Sullivan, Gwynneth Palo-Mack, Jayson Penney, Nadia Piascik, Rachel Plaskett, Mia Poturnicki, Emma Samperi, Blake Sartor, Chloe Shafir, Jaide Stach, Tyler Stagon, Allison Strang, Alyssa Szymaszek, Julia Talbert-Slagle, Catherine Taylor, Tyler Warner, Christine Waterman, Sophie Whittle, Penelope Wickwire, Hope Wondolowski, Allyson Woodward, Hannah Wright; honors: Alison Albanese, Ethan Bufford-Cournoyer, Autumn Fisher, Colin Glidden, Katelyn Grenier, Elizabeth Sorensen, Conor Ullman.

Wesleyan open house Wesleyan University has scheduled a Archaeology and Collections open house Saturday, March 4, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Exley Science Center (third/fourth floor). Explore archaeological artifacts, fossils, bones and more.

Vaccine clinic A walk-in vaccination clinic will be held Tuesday, Feb. 21, 8 a.m. to noon, at The United Churches Hall, 228R Main St., Durham.

COVID-19 boosters, flu, pneumonia and shingles vaccines available. Bring your insurance card. For more information, contact the Durham Health Department, 860-349-8253.

Legion meeting Durham American Legion Post 184 will meet Thurs-

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Compost program Currently, more than 120 local families/households participate in the Coginchaug Area Transition compost program. CAT aims to see that number rise to 300 by spring.

Compost kits ($25) and extra bags ($3) are available at the Middlefield Building Office in the Community Center and at the Durham First Selectman’s office in Town Hall. Payment can be made with cash, or check (written out to Coginchaug Area Transition; “compost kit” in the memo line). For further information, email carolbufithis@gmail.com.

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Throughout the week, a total of 75 learners in third, fourth and fifth grade gave speeches and shared posters that highlighted their core values and reasons why they thought they were the best candidate to represent their homeroom.

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On Jan. 26, all members of the 11 classes cast two votes apiece to elect one student senator and one alternate for their homerooms.

Balances experiences in Durham and Middlefield — Both of our towns will host all of our learners for about the same number of years.

Aligns with our vision for Learner-Centered Education — All of our K-5 staff, resources, professional learning will focus on a single school.

In addition to all of these educational benefits, this plan will bring significant savings to the budgets and taxpayers of Middlefield and Durham by:

Greatly reducing operational costs; Improving operational efficiency and services to learners; Taking advantage of state funding, currently estimated at 52% of the total project cost.

Please be on the lookout for future project updates, and also let us know what you think about expanding and renovating Memorial School [via] ThoughtExchange.

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Lanze Su Carrera con CT State Un nuevo año frecuentemente significa nuevas resoluciones y un nuevo comienzo. Si ha estado considerando un cambio, no tiene que ir más allá de las 12 localidades de las universidades comunitarias de CT State. Si planifica cambiar de carrera, ascender en su carrera actual, o simplemente continuar su educación, CT State le puede ayudar a obtener sus metas.

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Visite https://www.ctstate.edu/ce para aprender como CT State puede apoyarlo en su jornada educativa en cada esquina de Connecticut. CT State le ayudará a comenzar su nuevo año en la dirección correcta.

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