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Dollars for Scholars golf outing raises thousands for scholarships, Page 3 8th annual dog swim to benefit Wethersfield Dog Park, Page 2
Solo mission Friday, August 16, 2013
Rocky Hill bike races, festival to benefit police department, Page 4
Deputy Mayor running unaffiliated By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
Deputy Mayor John Console, a Republican, has decided to run unaffiliated in Wethersfield’s municipal election this November. His choice follows the Republican Town Committee’s failure to endorse him for another term earlier this summer. If re-elected it will be Console’s 10th year on the Town Council, as he served the last six years and had a brief run from 1979 to 1981. In the four days he petitioned to Deputy Mayor John Console land a spot on the ballot, Console, 59, gained over 300 signatures. 50 Cents “That’s almost five-and-a-half Volume 53, No. 32 times what I needed to get on the ballot,” said Console, who thinks that his popularity is evidence See UNAFFILIATED, Page 5
Dogs and their owners gather at the Rocky Hill Dog Park to walk in support of the American Cancer Society’s 2012 Bark For Life walk-a-thon fundraiser. The 2013 event will take place 9 a.m., Aug. 17 at the Rocky Hill Dog Park.
Bark For Life to benefit cancer research By BRIAN M. JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
ROCKY HILL — Dogs and their owners will come together in the fight against cancer at the “American Cancer Society Bark for Life” walk-a-thon Aug. 17 at the Rocky Hill Dog Park. Registration for the non-competitive walk opens at 9 a.m. at the park on 761 Old Main
St. The $25 registration fee, which includes a bandana for the accompanying dog, will benefit the American Cancer Society. Participants who help raise an additional $100 will receive a Bark for Life T-shirt. In addition to the walkathon from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the event will feature local vendors, a K-9 unit training demonstration by the police
department, an owner/dog looka-like contest, a dog trick contest, dog massages, and a dog treat truck. There will also be prizes, which include donated dog toys, for the top fundraising dogs. According to Natalie Cullen, coordinator of the walkathon, Bark for Life was started in 2007 by American Cancer Society volSee BARK, Page 5
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