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Volume 28, Number 34
Honoring memory, looking to future
Welcoming state trooper Stefan Inglis By Nicole Zappone Town Times
Durham recently welcomed its newest resident state trooper assigned to the evening shift, Trooper Stefan Inglis.
Annual golf outing shines light on childhood cancer
Inglis, raised in Middletown, started his state police career at Troop K in Colchester before transferring to Troop F in Westbrook in August of 2021.
By Nicole Zappone Town Times
To mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, each September, Lyman Orchards Golf Club in Middlefield hosts an outing benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, while highlighting a local child who has battled the disease.
He graduated from the Connecticut State Police Academy in October 2020. He also served in the National Guard for six years. “My first official day was July 3, and it was a busy weekend,” Inglis said. “I got a lot of experience working out East in Colchester.”
This year, Lyman Orchards will honor the memory of Joseph Balducci, who succumbed to leukemia on Aug. 15, 2021. Joseph, a Plainville resident, was just 2 years old. See Golf, A5 Joseph Balducci.
The commute from Middletown to Colchester was quite a distance, and Inglis said he is pleased to be working closer to home. Photo provided by Arielle Balducci
See State trooper, A4
New Youth and Family Services director starts
Cristal DePietro, the new executive director of Middlefield Durham Youth and Family Services, took her post this summer. Nicole Zappone, Town Times
By Nicole Zappone Town Times
shoes and continue the program’s legacy.
In the early 90s, a group of Durham and Middlefield residents concerned about young people in the two communities recognized there was a need for the youth of the towns to have a place of their own.
Last month, Cristal DePietro took over and became the newest executive director of the nonprofit, located at 405 Main St., Suite 11.
Since Betsy Dean retired as executive director of Durham Middlefield Youth & Family Services in June, there was a need to fill her
DePietro comes to DMYFS with a background as a social services coordinator, including a stint at a correctional facility for men. She was one of two female staff See DePietro, A8