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Volume 13, Number 31
Friday, August 10, 2018
Town bolsters EMT force
APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL
Giant painted apples coming
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
American Medical Response Inc. will add a chase car and EMT to the town’s ambulance force under a new three-year contract approved last month.
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Artists put finishing touches on giant fiberglass apples at the downtown arts center overlooking the Town Green, readying them for sponsors and the Apple Harvest Festival parade this fall. Mary DeCroce, executive director of Southington Community Cultural Arts, paints a Apples & Arts is modeled on giant Golden Delicious apple for Apples & Arts, a collaborative public art project.
Chris Palmieri, Town Council chairman and a Democrat, said the ambulance company will add a first responder vehicle to town. The chase car won’t transport patients to a hospital but will increase the number of EMTs that are on duty in town.
Another apple, left, will depict the town green when completed. The finished apples will be displayed throughout town starting in September. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
See Apples, A22
Taste of Southington not dampened by rain By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Barnes Museum on North Main Street.
A cloudburst came and went at the Taste of Southington Thursday evening, Aug. 2, but didn’t keep area residents from enjoying food from the town’s numerous restaurants or touring the
The event on museum grounds featured 11 restaurant booths, a DJ, a raffle and other attractions.
“This contract, with no cost to our town, is an example of AMR’s dedication to the town of Southington and we look forward to another three years of the excellent service that AMR provides,” he said in a statement.
Shrimp tempura roll prepared by Sweet Mango during the annual Taste of Southington, Thursday, Aug. 2.
Peter Adhikari, owner of Na-
The contract stipulates average response times and enu-
Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
See Taste, A23
See Ambulance, A4
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