Volume 23, Number 3
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Friday, June 16, 2017
Record-setting year for foundation grants By Mark Dionne Town Times
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo will perform at the Durham Fair Saturday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Benatar, a four-time Grammy Award winner, rose to fame in the 1980s and was a MTV favorite during the early days of the network. Her hits include “Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Hell Is for Children,” “You Better Run,” “Shadows of the Night,” “Love Is a Battlefield,” “We Belong” and “Invincible.” Giraldo – Benatar’s guitarist – and the singer have been married since 1982. See Benatar, A2
The mission of CVEF is to promote lifelong learning and, as in past years, the 2017 grants reflected this goal. Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation 2017 grant recipients at the recognition ceremony, from left: Michele Wenchell (Sugarloaf Terrace), Leslie Bulion (Durham Public Library writers’ workshops), Susan Mizla (Levi E. Coe Library), Nanci Feitel, Lucy Meigs (Everyone Outside), Jenny Lussier (Brewster and Lyman libraries), Christine Michaud (Durham Public Library), Georgia D’Agostino (Save Our Bats), Lisa Larsen (Adult Choir), and Bronwyn Commins (Connections Through Puzzles). Not pictured are grant recipients: Durham Complete Streets Action Group, Strong School Media Center, Durham Animal Response Team, Ellen Smith Ahearn, PaperHouse | Mark Dionne, Town Times See Grant, A26 Productions.
At a recognition ceremony at Indian Springs Country Club on Sunday, June 11, CVEF president Nancy Earls noted that past grant recipients like Go Far and the recycling program at the Durham Fair have endured. Earls said, “We are very proud to have given money at the beginning and now they
Durham to acquire Korn building By Mark Dionne Town Times
At an information session on Monday, June 12, details of a plan to transfer the building that was formerly Francis E. Korn Elementary School to the town of Durham were made public for the first time. To acquire the building, Durham will have to swap land with Regional
School District No. 13 and pay Middlefield about $27,000 yearly for five years to offset Middlefield’s remaining debt payments on the building. Given the various ties of regionalism, the history, and the burden of debt and state obligations, there are many ways to look at the plan, but at its root, Board of Education Chair Bob Moore said, “It’s a very simple agreement.” Representatives from Durham and Middlefield boards of finance and selectmen, representatives of the BOE
and school officials met extensively in executive session before making the plan public. To acquire about 6 acres around the Korn building, Durham would need to transfer about 6 acres on Tuttle Road near Brewster Elementary School to RSD13. The payment of about $27,000 to Middlefield for 5 years represents the amount Middlefield will continue See Korn, A10
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Benatar to play Durham Fair
The Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation gave out 13 grants in 2017, setting a record for the Durham- and Middlefield-based organization.
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