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Volume 23, Number 32
Friday, January 5, 2018
Looking for new site, ‘Perk’ goes mobile By Lauren Takores Town Times
With temperatures in the single digits, the Perk on Wheels food truck dished out crepes and coffee in Durham. “We are getting orders for smoothies even in cold weather,” owner’s assistant Claudia White said Thursday, Dec. 28, her breath puffing out as she spoke. Perk on Wheels is the mobile version of Perk on Main. The popular spot closed its location at 6 Main St. on Dec. 23, where it had been since 2007. The first Perk restaurant opened in 2002. The food truck came in 2014. “We have really loyal customers who are happy to come by,” White said.
The 24-foot truck parked its wheels on Dec. 26 in front of DariServ, 13 Main St., where it will remain until the ice cream shop opens for the season. “Hopefully we’ll find another spot,” said Katie Tuttle, parttime food truck manager. “If we don’t have a restaurant (when DariServ opens), we can just move the truck to another part of town.” The food truck’s menu includes many of the same crepe recipes and hot drinks, although the espresso machine’s pipes won’t allow it to work in cold weather. “We’re just taking this week to work out the kinks,” White said, “and see if it’s going to work for the season. We hope to be here as long as
Claudia White serves a crepe at Perk on Wheels in Durham.
See Perk, A5
Justin Weekes, For the Record-Journal
SELFLESS CITIZENS HONORED Annually, Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation bestows the Howard Kelley Community Service Award. Kelley was one of the education foundation's founders and the first superintendent of schools in District 13. CVEF conferred its 2017 award to community residents Mark Dionne and Heather Kannam of PaperHouse Productions, a local children's theater program. Dionne and Kannam created the community theater several years ago, in part with assistance from a CVEF grant. PaperHouse runs an annual show for children in grades 1 to 8, a summer theater camp and a fall program for teens in grades 9 to 12. PaperHouse also has a juMark Dionne and Heather Kannam flank Howard Kelley's nior board for youth interwidow, Renee, at the 2017 Howard Kelley Community Ser- ested in the promotion of theater and related projects. vice Award reception.
State’s new laws cover ride hailing, ticket sales By Susan Haigh Associated Press
HARTFORD — Rules for ride-hailing services and conditions for selling event tickets are among a host of new laws which took effect in Connecticut with the new year. Also starting Monday, most prescriptions for controlled substances must be submitted to pharmacists electronically, while the Department of Correction will not be able to place most inmates under age 18 on restrictive housing status, commonly referred to as solitary confinement. Some highlights of legislation about to become law in the state:
Ride hailing services With the new year, ride-hailing services such as Uber See Laws, A11