Friday, December 2, 2022
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Volume 28, Number 48
Holiday activities are set to begin By Nicole Zappone Town Times
The holidays are right around the corner, and many local holiday events are on tap this weekend.
Road, Middlefield, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. n Sunday,
Dec. 4: Middlefield tree lighting, 406 Jackson Hill Road, at 5:30 p.m.
n Saturday, Dec. 3: Durham tree lighting, 30 Town House Road, at 4 p.m.
Dec. 4: Kid’s Gingerbread House workshops at Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap Road, Middlefield, from 10 to 11 a.m. Tickets are $28 per person. Children ages 7 and under are allowed one adult to accompany them inside the bakery. People ages 8 and older must purchase a ticket to go inside.
n Saturday, Dec. 3: Reindeer goat photos at Lyman Orchards, 32 Reeds Gap
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n Saturday,
Dec. 3: Visit with Santa at Durham Public Library, 7 Maple Ave., from 2 to 4 p.m. Crafts and snacks for children.
n Sunday,
SENIOR TRIP Mea Sky Wallen, 9, of Middlefield, shows some of the coats that she has collected at the Meriden YMCA. Mea handed out coats as Thanksgiving dinners were picked up at the YMCA. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
9-year-old leads winter coat drive By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN — Mea Sky Wallen learned the value of paying it forward from her parents Vanessa and Ken Wallen by donating outgrown and unwanted toys and clothing.
her aunt Carmen Chaparro, who is the Membership and Community Engagement Director at the Meriden-New Britain YMCA, she wanted to do something to help. And the effort to warm those in need took shape.
With the help of John Lyman Elementary School, Home Depot, and Browology on East Main Street, Mea collected and distributed about 100 coats, blankets, scarves, It troubled the Middlefield hats and mittens to people fourth-grader to see people who came for the Y’s annual without warm coats and hats Thanksgiving dinner Thursin the cold weather. So Mea informed her mother and See Coat drive, A12
But it’s not everyday a 9year-old and her sister give up their Thanksgiving holiday to help the less fortunate.
Before Thanksgiving break, the Coginchaug Regional High School Class of 2023 took its Senior Trip to Washington D.C. During their visit, the students spent some time with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, and the longtime Connecticut lawmaker gave them a shout-out on social media, stating: “A big thank you to students from Coginchaug Regional High School who are visiting Capitol Hill today all the way from Durham, CT. Our youth are our future, and we can’t let them down. These students are forward thinkers and driven toward change. We’re ready to go — fired up!” Rose DeLauro, Facebook