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Volume 5, Number 53 Your Town, Your News Friday, December 31, 2010

Another year has passedin North Haven. Lookingback, 2010 was a time of tri-umph and challenge, perse-verance and polarization, de-termination amidst a nation-al economic downturn.

Spring brought a surprisebasketball championship,Little League opening dayand a $1.9 million rebatefrom former insurance carri-er The Hartford, helping thetown achieve a fiscal yearsurplus. Throughout thesummer months, state inves-tigators looked into NorthHaven’s building departmentafter questions arose aboutimproper or absent permitprocedures.

Like 2009, the year in localpolitics ended with a sweep-ing Republican victory. Re-cessionary times led to townhall workforce shrinkage.New phrases gained promi-nence in daily municipalparlance — “Tire Pond,” “the

former Upjohn property,”“the former Quebecor prop-erty,” “Toll Brothers.” Aftertwo tries, residents approveda budget at referendum.

The public school systemlost a superintendent andgained a new elementaryschool principal. NorthHaven High School graduat-ed another class of seniorsinto the next chapter of theirlives, while juniors advancedto fill twelfth graders’ shoes.Finally, Clintonville Elemen-tary School received a stategrant to replace a decrepit,frequently-flooded play-ground.

Several prominent busi-nesses left town while othersmoved in. Citizen blogs grewin readership — and influ-ence. Public comment at mu-nicipal meetings continuedto alternate between praiseand scorn. Residents agreed

Administrator-in-training recognizes students of the month

Citizen photo by Kyle Swartz

North Haven High School’s boys’ varsity basketball squad, ranked third, upset top-seeded Hillhouse 41-34 in Southern Connecticut Conferences’ postseason tourna-ment final in March 2010.See Review, next page

Citizen photo by David Marchesseault

NHHS Administrative In-tern, ChristopherMcLaughlin (middle), withthe two Rotary Studentsof the Month, SpencerOakes and CourtneyLlinares.

By David MarchesseaultSpecial to the North Haven

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A North Haven HighSchool English teacher, whoaspires to be a certified ad-ministrator, presented twoStudents of the Month forNovember and December toNorth Haven Rotary Clubmembers last Tuesday atWashington Avenue’s Break-fast Nook Restaurant.

Christopher McLaughlin,affectionately known as “Mr.Mac” by his students andpeers, has set aside his seven-year tenure as an English de-partment instructor to spendthe year as an administrativeintern under the tutelage ofNHHS’s principal, Dr. RussellDallai. In a statement about

the Students of the Month,McLaughlin wrote, “Simplystated, I am extremely proudof these two students, andwas absolutely honored to be

sitting next to them yester-day.”

Seemingly mature beyondher years, Courtney Llinareswas selected by the adminis-

tration as the school’s No-vember student of themonth. Accompanied by herproud parents, Deborah andBrian Llinares, Llinares toldher audience, “It’s an honorto be awarded this way to rep-resent North Haven HighSchool.” She added that theRotary club “is benefiting hu-manity” through its commu-nity service. She commendedRotarians for making theirmotto a reality in North

Haven while “serving othersabove self.”

Llinares referenceed herown challenge in findingtime to serve other people,and described her decision tomake a personal commit-ment to a Christian life. Quot-ing Scriptures, she said thatJesus “has become the moti-vation I have for doing mybest.” When McLauglin in-troduced Llinares, he men-tioned that although the highschool provides over 50 clubsand extracurricular activi-ties, she started her own or-ganization, the NHHS BibleClub. She referred to hergroup as “an incredible op-portunity to share our faithand God’s love.”

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The Year in Review: 2010, gone but not forgotten

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ReviewContinued from page 1

and dissented over almostevery issue.

Here are but a sampling ofintriguing headlines and sto-ry summaries from NorthHaven Citizen issues in 2010which had us talking duringthe last 12 months.

January“Building department

under state investigation”The Connecticut state at-

torney’s office began an in-vestigation into NorthHaven’s building depart-ment, following allegationsof undercharged permits, aswell as inconsistencies inconstruction fee calcula-tions. First SelectmanMichael Freda said he isworking “side by side” withinvestigators.

“Downsizing the nameof the game for Post Of-fice, too”

North Haven’s UnitedStates Postal Service an-nounced intentions to consol-idate Middletown and Wash-ington Avenue locations intoa single location. Consideredsites include Washington Av-enue addresses, along withother locations more centralto town.

“Citizen takes publicservice to heart”

Rotary Club member MarkLesage spearheaded an ini-tiative to install automated

From left to right, gym instructor Chris Barry, Mon-towese Elementary School nurse Mary Pallutto andprincipal Anthony Mancini with the school’s new AED,which was donated through the efforts of John Caser-ta of the Italian Youth Foundation, North Haven Rotarypresident Nick Casella and Mark Lesage of NelsonAmbulance.

heart defibrillators in everylocal elementary school.Lesage raised donations toacquire the devices for Mon-towese, Clintonville andRidge Road schools, and con-tinued efforts which wouldeventually equip GreenAcres.

“They’re a life-saving de-vice,” said Lesage, director ofmarketing and client rela-tions for Nelson Ambulance,of AEDs. “You never knowwhose around who mightneed one.”

“Gunshot death ruledaccidental”

A 63-year-old residentpassed away at his 27 CindyLane residence after acciden-tally shooting himself in themidsection with a .22-caliberrevolver that he wore aroundhis waist. “We’re going to beclosing it as accidental,” saidCapt. James Merrithew ofNorth Haven’s police depart-ment. “There is no indicationof this being anything otherthan accidental.”

February“Not entirely unexpect-

ed drop in 2009 grand list”The town’s 2009 grand list

represented a 1.52 percent de-crease over last year’s list, in-cluding a $43.427 million re-duction in taxable property.“It’s not a pretty picture,”said Freda. “This is due to a

variety of reasons, includinga lack of growth here inNorth Haven over the lastcouple of years.” Grand listnumbers allow local officialsto predict approximate rev-enue figures North Havenwould receive from taxes, set-ting a starting point for budg-et assembly considerations.

“Freda stresses energyand passion in annual ad-dress”

In his first state of thetown address, Freda stresseda focus on economic develop-ment amidst recessionarytimes. “If we create jobs andgrow the tax base, everybodywins,” he said.

“It is a great pleasure toserve, and I enjoy the posi-tion,” he added. “I won’t letyou down.”

“Ierardis granted accel-erated rehabilitation onlarceny and othercharges”

Three years after their2007 arrest for, among othercharges, stealing from TownHall and hampering a stateattorney’s investigation,Joseph and Patricia Ierardi,former director and assistantdirector of the Department ofCommunity Services respec-

tively, received acceleratedrehabilitation from a Meri-den judge.

Joseph faced eight felonycharges while his wife facedtwo. Joseph received twoyears probation, a $15,000fine to be paid into NorthHaven’s fuel bank, and 200hours of community service.Patricia got a similar, butlighter, sentence — two yearsprobation and 100 hours ofcommunity service.

“Walking has many ben-efits at Ridge Road School”

Ridge Road ElementarySchool students walked thou-sands of miles during recessas part of Walk It Bike It Con-necticut, which promoteshealthy lifestyles for stu-dents. Several Ridge Roadclassrooms placed in thestate’s top 10 in terms of totalmiles walked.

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The 28 percent increasewas a common point of con-tention during budget sea-son, as it restricted thetown’s future financial deci-sions.

“Pfizer explains clean-up plans for 78-acre site”

Pfizer showed to NorthHaven remediation plans for41 Stiles Lane, the formerUpjohn property, which hadbeen polluted over time byseveral chemical and manu-

facturing factories locatedon the site.

Obtaining the land in 2003from Pharmacia Corpora-tion, Pfizer will look to spend$140 million cleaning the 78-acre property. To eliminatethe most dangerous contami-nates, a series of thermalwells will be drilled 20-28 feetinto the ground to vaporizepollution.

Eventually, 17 acres on thewestern side could be openedfor commercial or residen-tial development, while the

remaining area, after ecolog-ical remediation, could beused for passive athletic use,like bird-watching or hiking.

“Columns in NorthHaven Citizen becomeColella’s first book”

Begun in The NorthHaven Citizen in April 2009,local author Paul Colellaturned his Patriots andScoundrels column into abook, Patriots and

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“I’ve measured out thehallways,” said Ridge Roadphysical education teacherMarc Stonaha, who helpedorganize the school’s partici-pation. “And the studentshave gone nuts with it.”

March“‘We are the champs!’

North Haven surprisesHillhouse for SCC title”

North Haven High School’sboys’ varsity basketballsquad, ranked third, upsettop-seeded Hillhouse, 41-34,in the Southern ConnecticutConference postseason tour-nament final before 1,180 peo-ple at the TD Bank SportsCenter. North Haven had notplayed in a conference titlegame since competing in thenow-defunct HousatonicLeague tournament champi-onship in 1994.

NHHS senior Brian Salzil-lo led Indian scorers with 13points, and ultimately re-ceived the tournament’sMost Outstanding PlayerAward. Last year’s SCCchamps, Hillhouse was heavi-ly favored.

“To beat a team like Hill-house in the finals, the teamthat is the figurehead of ourleague, it’s unbelievable,”said NHHS head coach PeteCivitello. “Words cannot de-scribe this feeling.”

“Anthem defends 28 per-cent increase for town em-ployees”

Representatives from An-them Blue Cross Blue Shield,health insurance providerfor North Haven employees,met with the Board of Select-man to discuss a 28 percenthike in costs for the 2010-2011fiscal year. Anthem represen-tatives pointed to the town’srising claims history as rea-son for the large increase,and added that municipali-

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Scoundrels: Charity’s FirstAdventure. “It’s an easyread,” Colella said of the 142-page mystery novel. “There’sno extreme violence, no sexand every chapter ends in acliffhanger.”

Held in the North Haven li-brary, a book-signing forColella saw readers stretchedout the door, steadily filter-ing in for the author’s signa-ture for several hours. “Iwrote this book for my audi-ence,” Colella said. “That’sthe only reason I write.”

April“Cupcakes or carrot

sticks? Debate over food inschools”

Local educational leadersconsidered changing NorthHaven’s public school well-ness policy to limit snacks inclassrooms. Debate centeredon whether students andteachers could bring in non-healthy foods for birthdays,holidays, cultural events orother celebrations. Onegroup of parents believedthat they alone should deter-mine what their kids eat,

while opposing adultsthought schools should notbe able to restrict what chil-dren could consume.

Superintendent Sara-JaneQuerfeld met with bothsides, eventually leavingNorth Haven’s wellness poli-cy favoring healthier foods.

“Rebate from The Hart-ford helps current townbudget”

During a Board of Select-men’s meeting, First Select-man Michael Freda an-nounces that North Havenexpected to end fiscal year

2009-10 with a surplus,helped by a $1.9 million re-bate from former insurancecarrier The Hartford.

“Without that we’d proba-bly be anticipating a deficit,”Freda said. “That reallyhelped us out.”

“Board of Educationdiscusses public commentpolicy”

School law attorneyThomas Mooney spoke at theApril 8 Board of Educationmeeting about “Public Par-ticipation at Meetings,” adocument disseminated at

the previous meeting.Mooney said BOE membershad right to limit public com-ment by keeping discourseappropriate to a meeting’sagenda.

“Little League openswith accolades and action”

On April 24, North Haven’sMax Sinoway Little Leaguebegan its baseball seasonwith a colorful parade. Hun-dreds of kids ages five to 18,split into 54 teams, marchedaround the Montowese base-ball fields before an openingseason ceremony, dedicatedto Fred Kelly, who co-foundedNorth Haven Little League in1951.

“Mr. Kelly supported all as-pects of North Haven,” saidleague vice-president MikeDellaValle. “His dedication toNorth Haven is unprecedent-ed. He is the founder of theTomahawk Club, which rais-es money for school sports.When the new high schoolwas built, they named thegymnasium after him.”

Baseball players enjoy Max Sinoway Little League’sopening day.

“He is a living history les-son,” DellaValle added. “Hecelebrated his 90th birthdaylast week. He is one of thelast true gentlemen.”

Kelly attended with hisgrandson and great-grand-son.

“Querfeld going ‘home’to new job in education”

After 13 years in the NorthHaven school system, includ-ing seven as superintendent,Sara-Jane Querfled an-nounced that she would re-sign and take a Director ofCurriculum position in herhometown of North Bran-ford.

“Basically, it’s a quality oflife change,” she said. “Beinga superintendent, and doingthe job right, which I believe Ihave, involves a lot of nightsout, and a lot of weekends,and I’ve been finding myselfout four nights a week, leav-ing my husband alone athome.”

“I will always treasure mytime in the North Haven pub-lic schools,” she added. “I en-joyed working with the par-ents, students and adminis-tration, and it has been a veryspecial time in my life.”

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“Murder-suicide sad-dens those who knew theVanacores”

Authorities ruled a doubleshooting at a Pleasant Driveresidence was a murder-sui-cide. Responders to a visitingnurse’s 911 call on May 10found two victims of gunshotwounds at 2 Pleasant Drive —Joan Vanacore, 70, and herhusband Thomas, 73. Bothhad died of single gunshotsto the head.

Sources said that Thomashad been suffering from lungand bone cancer, while hiswife was succumbing toAlzheimer’s. A son had per-ished in the terrorist attacksagainst New York’s WorldTrade Center on Sept. 11,2001.

“North Haven budgettrounced by a two-onemargin”

All five voting districts inNorth Haven voted againstthe first proposed 2010-11budget, an $85.073 millionbudget which represented a4.5 percent increase over thecurrent budget. In total, 2,246residents denied the budget,while only 1,096 favored it.“I’m not surprised,” said Fre-da. “I’ve been talking to resi-dents all over town. I got feed-back that people were goingto vote against the budget be-cause they couldn’t afford theincrease.”

“Security installed at aBoard of Education officeafter confrontation”

Security equipment, in-cluding surveillance camerasand a panic button connectedto a North Haven Police Dis-patcher, was installed at theBoard of Education officedue to an alleged breach ofpeace. Superintendent Quer-feld claimed that members ofa local family, the Hannons,entered her office, blockedher exit and refused to leave.

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comment on the alleged con-frontation.

“More building fee dis-crepancies found”

As State Attorney’s Officeinvestigators continued tolook into North Haven’sbuilding department, TheNorth Haven Citizen’s owninquiry located several prop-erties where permit fees werenot collected or under-charged, including TuscanVilla at 415 Clintonville Road.

“Second murder thismonth in North Haven”

Just weeks after NorthHaven’s murder-suicide,Christopher Hall, 47, wasstabbed to death by MaryAmes, 47, while Hall workedas a bartender at Doran’s Bar,80 Old Broadway, accordingto police. Hall’s death ap-peared to be linked to a dis-pute over a billiard match.



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June“Traditions of remem-

bering on Memorial Day”Relaxed in lawn chairs

along Bailey Road and Route103, attendees of the May 29Memorial Day parade en-joyed the 65-unit procession,which included bands, lawenforcement, Shriners and atank. “Veterans gave theirlives as a gift of love and pa-triotism so that we can enjoyour freedom,” said Dan Ric-cio, American Legion Post 76commander, during a post-procession speech. “We owethese brave warriors respect,honor and gratitude.”

“Building official placedon paid administrativeleave”

Town Hall officials placedNorth Haven building officialDave Maiden on administra-tive leave as part of an ongo-ing investigation into thebuilding department, regard-ing possible permit fee prob-lems.

“Officials pleased bypassage of budget at sec-ond referendum”

By a narrow margin – amere 365 votes – NorthHaven’s 2010-11 budget of$83.1 million, was passed2,147 to 1,782 at second refer-endum. Representing an in-crease of 2.7 mills, the budgetbrought a new tax rate of26.18 mills.

“No criminal charges inbuilding departmentprobe”

Discovering no illegal ac-tivities, Connecticut’s stateattorney’s office ceased in-vestigations of NorthHaven’s Building Depart-ment. However, Town Hall’sown forensic audit contin-ued.

“A new journey beginsfor 2010 graduates”

On June 21, 315 NorthHaven High School seniorsgraduated at Vanacore Fieldunder a summery sun, beforecountless friends and familypacked into bleachers andfolding chairs.

“You have a reputation as ahardworking class,” said su-perintendent Querfeld. “Youare scholars, athletes andartists. You are about to entera world in need of your tal-ents.”

“Remember the lessonsyou have learned here,” sheadded. “Set your sights onyour goals, and work hard toachieve each and every one ofthem.”

July“Sorkin laid off to save

expenses”North Haven Director of

Community Services andRecreation Gerardo Sorkinwas laid off from Town Hallfor economic reasons, accord-ing to Freda. “I had conclud-ed that, based on the fact thatour referendum only passedby 365 votes, we have to con-tinue to work on the cost sideof North Haven,” he said.“This saves us $128,000. This


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Montowese Elementary School’s new principal MaryLynn Federico.

is another position we willnot replace next year.”

Finance Director EdSwinkowski absorbedSorkin’s responsibilities.Sorkin received severancepayments.

“Montowese ElementarySchool in new hands”

Mary Lynn Federico tookover the Montowese Elemen-tary School principal’s posi-tion after the retirement ofAnthony Mancini. Federicotaught grade school inBridgeport for 23 years be-fore serving as a principal inBethany for nine years.

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Haven senior center begunwith a scissor snip of a cere-monial blue ribbon. The cen-ter had been closed formonths of renovations. Up-grades included a new com-puter room and pool room,refurbished bathrooms and alarger main room with a newpartition, which allows formultiple activities to takeplace in the room at once.

“North Haven HighSchool in the movies”

Board of Education offi-cials approved use of townschools for filming a movieby Paul Macarelli, 1988 NorthHaven High School graduateand Verizon’s “Can you hearme now” actor. Macarellisought use of the high schoolas the interior of a privateschool for his independent


Talia Irach, of New York, flips pizza dough at NorthHaven’s 2010 Italian Festival, held Aug. 19 to 21.

feature film entitled TheGreen.

“Dispute over taxesowed town now lost”

Past and present town offi-cials debated over amounts ofunpaid taxes North Havenlost out on from former StateStreet business Quebecor —$50,000 or $361,000. Politi-cians from the previous ad-ministration claimed only$50,000 was owed, and thatcosts to acquire the fundswould have matched theamount. Present NorthHaven officials disagreed,saying $361,000 was actuallydue, and collecting financeswas as simple as filing a format no cost to town.

What is certain is thattown officials in years pastnever filed a proof of claimdocument in order to collectback taxes from the bankruptbusiness, which would havebeen collectable betweenJuly 2008 and January 2009,according to a phone call

placed to a former town attor-ney by a Quebecor bankrupt-cy lawyer.

August“North Haven’s first

blog a news junkie’s ‘mustread’”

What began as a civic fo-rum on May 12, 2008, has blos-somed into a powerful, polar-izing blog capable of shiftinglocal sentiment while garner-ing 20,000 hits per month —Chris Peterson’s The NorthHaven Way.

“It started as a place wherepeople could come and talkabout issues facing the townand state,” Peterson said.“Now it’s gotten beyond any-thing I could have imaginedor dreamed of.”

Peterson’s unapologetical-ly conservative blog com-ments on local politics andtown culture, playing an un-deniable role in both. Everylocal candidate not supportedby The North Haven Way todate has lost in elections.“When I come out against acase, action or person, resultsfollow,” he said. “I’ve beentold by both parties in townthat I’m the most hated,feared and loved political per-son in town.”

“Second political blogmarks North Haven as a‘hot spot’”

A second local blog – NorthHaven Democrat — offers aliberal counterpoint to Peter-son’s site. Written by residentWalt Spader, the North HavenDemocrat focuses more onstate and national politics,and took off during recentelections.

“I haven’t created as muchdiscussion within the com-munity, but I know it’s read,”Spader said. “I led out oncewith something on [Dan]Malloy. I received threeemails from Ned Lamont sup-porters in five minutes.

“North Haven ends yearwith surplus”

Closing out the 2009-10 fis-cal year, the Board of Fi-nance announced a $1.5 mil-lion surplus. BOF membersannounced that the Board ofEducation would receive a$200,000 special appropria-tion, after finishing with anextra $460,000.

“By putting it there, we’reallowing the Board of Ed,through the Board of Fi-nance, to have access to capi-

tal items,” said BOF chair-man Richard Monico. “If aboiler goes down, we alreadyhave $200,000 toward it. Ifthey need a roof repair some-where, there’s already mon-ey set aside for it. It’s a way ofshowing them — turn somemoney back, it stays withyou.

Savings were applied to-ward the 2010-11 budget andnot added into town’s fundbalance. “We’re not going to

propose that we move thefund balance from nine per-cent to 10 percent to 13 per-cent,” said Freda. “We wantto stay at a respectable rate— eight percent we think isthat number — and we willsend everything else back tomitigate the tax burden forthe tax-paying citizens in thenext budget cycle.”


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Despite blistering hotweather, North Haven’s firstday of school went refresh-ingly well, according toschool administrators. “Thefirst day of school was verygood,” said North HavenHigh School principal Dr.Russell Dallai. “It went verysmoothly. It was great to seethe students back. I got tomeet the new ninth graderstoday — they were terrificand very well behaved.”

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Phillip Piazza agreed. “Theonly thing that got in our waywas the heat,” he said. “It wasbrutal in the building, but theteachers and the kids foughtthrough it. Everybody wasgreat. All the kids seemed tohave a great first day.”

“Anthem Blue Cross toleave North Haven”

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St. John’s EpiscopalChurch wishes to announcethere will be no CommunitySupper on Friday, Dec. 31.The regular weekly schedulewill resume on Friday, Jan. 7,2011.

St. John’s sponsors themeals most every Fridayfrom 6 to 7 p.m. in the GreatHall for members of the com-munity who need help mak-ing ends meet and for thosewho want some companion-ship along with a nutritioussupper. The suggested dona-tion is $1 per meal, with afamily cap of $5. No one isturned away in the eventthey are unable to make a do-nation. The menu includesitems such as chicken noodlesoup or vegetable mine-strone; meat loaf or egg sal-ad sandwiches; seasonalfresh fruit and fresh bakeddesserts.

St. John’s Church is locat-ed at 3 Trumbull Place, at thetop of the Green in NorthHaven, where our doors areopen for prayer and peace.For details on this or otherparish programs please callthe church office at (203) 239-0156.

Untold Blessings:Three Paths toHoliness

On Tuesday, Jan. 4, from 10to 1:30 a.m., at the CaritasChristi Center, 195 BenhamSt. in Hamden, Sr. PatriciaCigrand will present the firstof a three-part interactiveDVD series by Fr. Robert Bar-ron for persons seeking to betransformed in Christ so asto live the Catholic faithmore authentically. There isa suggested donation. To reg-ister please call (203) 281-2569. The series are: Jan. 4,Finding the Center; Jan. 11,Knowing You are a Sinner;and Jan. 18, Your Life is Notabout You.

Moonstruck atChristi Center

The film Moonstruck willbe shown on Wednesday, Jan.5, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at theCaritas Christi Center, 295Benham St. in Hamden. Themovie allows for reflectionon the human condition andthe meaning of life and love.There is a suggested dona-tion for this event, which in-cludes a snack. To register,please call (203) 281-2569.

Tot ShabbatCongregation Mishkan Is-

rael, 785 Ridge Road, invitesfamilies with children sixyears and under to a TotShabbat on Friday, Jan. 7, at6:15 p.m.

The celebration of Shab-bat, led by Rabbi Adler, Can-tor Giglio and NurserySchool Director Bec Luty, area wonderful opportunity forfamilies with preschool agedchildren to get to know eachother and enjoy an eveningof blessings, stories, foodand fun.

For more information,contact the synagogue officeat (203) 288-3877.

Spiritual BookClub

The Caritas Christi Centerwill sponsor a Spiritual BookClub on eight Thursdays,Jan. 13 to March 10, from 7 to9 p.m. The book to be dis-cussed is Armchair Mystic:Easing into ContemplativePrayer by Mark E. Thi-bodeaux. Sister PatriciaCigrand will lead the discus-

Chinese visit

Courtesy of Jennifer Crisanti

On Nov. 16, a delegation of 18 students, threeteachers and one administrator from China visitedClintonville Elementary School. The Chinese stu-dents attend the primary school attached to theShandong Normal University. Clintonville studentswere paired with a Chinese student to show them atypical day at Clintonville. All of the students en-joyed spending time with one another. Above, Clin-tonville fifth graders and their new buddies fromChina.

sion. This book is for thosewho are serious about theirprayer life. A donation forthis program includes thebook. To register, please call(203) 281-2569.

Sacred ParentingOn Thursday, Jan. 20, from

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ObituarySarah Siwek

Sarah Ceracchi Siwek, 82,of Greenfield Lane, NorthHaven, died Dec. 24, 2010, ather home. She was the wife ofthe late John E. Siwek.

Born in New Haven onMarch 7, 1928, she was adaughter of the late Alessan-dro and Raffaela ConsiglioCeracchi.

She is survived by a son,Michael Siwek and his wifeLaurine, with whom sheresided; grandchildren,Michael, Matthew, Melanieand Megan Siwek; and niecesand nephews. She was prede-ceased by her sisters, BridgieMeole and Mary Sansone.

A funeral Mass was cele-brated Dec. 29 at St. ThereseChurch. Interment was in St.Lawrence Cemetery. TheNorth Haven Funeral Homewas in charge of arrange-ments.

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Mary Pallatto Ferrara, 96,of Ridge Road, North Haven,died Dec. 21, 2010, at the Con-necticut Hospice, Branford.She was the wife of the lateMichael Carmen Ferrara.

Born in Hamden on Oct.13, 1914, she was a daughterof the late Vito and Antonet-ta Riccitello Pallatto. Maryhad worked for the formerForest Grove Pharmacy ofNorth Haven. She was along-time parishioner of St.Barnabas Church where shewas a member of theWomen’s Club and AltarCare. She was a formermember of the North HavenSenior Center.

She is survived by herchildren, Annette (Milton)Baisley, Nancy (Frederick)Molitierno, and Nicholas J.(Patricia) Ferrara, all ofNorth Haven; grandchil-dren, Kimberly (Raymond)Lubus, Kenneth (Kristen)Ferrara, Keith (Erin) Fer-rara, Kristine Cebula,Stephanie (Frank) Palmieri,Kristin (Jerred) Brockamerand Jaime (David) Carroll;and 15 great-grandchildren.She was predeceased bybrothers, Anthony andFrank Pallatto.

A funeral Mass was cele-brated Dec. 23 at St. Barn-abas Church. Interment wasin All Saints Cemetery. TheNorth Haven Funeral Homewas in charge of arrange-ments.

Memorial donations maybe made to Connecticut Hos-pice, Inc., 100 Double BeachRoad, Branford, CT 06405.

John ChristopherJohn Stephen Christo-

pher, 87, of Beechwood Dri-ve, North Haven, died Dec.17, 2010, at Whitney Manor.He was the husband of thelate Despina Sotire Christo-pher.

Mr. Christopher was bornin Norwich on July 13, 1923,a son of the late Stephen andChrisanthe Christopher. Hehad been a North Haven res-ident since 1949. DuringWorld War II, he served withthe 1st Marine Division,USMC. He participated inthe Okinawa Peleliu land-ings, the occupation of Chi-na and the repatriation of

Japanese civilians. He alsoacted as the official liaison ofthe Marine Corps occupa-tion forces to the Greek Em-bassy in Tiensen, China. Hewas awarded the PurpleHeart for wounds receivedduring his Pacific service.Mr. Christopher establisheda Dairy Queen store at 2011Whitney Ave. in Hamden in1949 and, subsequently be-came the regional managerfor the Northeastern U.S. Hewas responsible for the de-velopment and success ofthe franchised stores. He re-tired from InternationalDairy Queen in 1979 andjoined American Express asa financial advisor, retiringin 1996. He was founder ofthe Connecticut DairyQueen Operators Associa-tion; past president and PaulHarris Fellow of the NorthHaven Rotary Club; a mem-ber and usher at St. BarbaraGreek Orthodox Church inOrange and a member ofChapter 98, Order ofAHEPA.

He is survived by twodaughters, Madelyn (RalphWarner) Christopher, ofPownal, Maine, and JaniceChristopher, of Northford;one son, Kelly J. (Paulette)Christopher, of Wallingford;a sister, Mary Pilling, of Nor-wich; and four grandchil-dren, Matthew P. and MeganR. Christopher and Alexan-dra and Gabrielle Gershoni.He was predeceased by abrother, Peter Christopher.

Funeral services wereheld Dec. 22 at St. BarbaraGreek Orthodox Church, Or-ange. Interment was inBeaverdale Memorial Park.The Celentano FuneralHome was in charge ofarrangements.

Memorial donations maybe made to St. Barbara GreekOrthodox Church, 480 Race-brook Road, Orange, CT06477.

AnthonyScaramella

Anthony Scaramella, 88,husband, father and grandfa-ther, died peacefully at hishome in North Haven onDec. 24, 2010. He was the hus-band of Sylvia AdinolfiScaramella for 60 years.

Tony was born in New

Haven on Jan. 27, 1922, a sonof the late Vincenzo andFilomena Mansi Scaramella.He worked for 46 years in theheating and cooling businesswith DeMusis Brothers ofNew Haven until his retire-ment in 1987.

He is survived by his twodaughters, Philomena“Mina” Marak and her hus-band Tom, of Northford, andDonna Scaramella, of NorthHaven; his two grandchil-dren, Gregory Marak, ofNorthford, and MelissaScaramella, of North Haven;his sisters, Anna (Michael)Adinolfi of North Haven,Mary Scaramella of NewHaven, Josephine (Anthony)Zurolo of North Haven; andhis brother, MichaelScaramella of New Haven, aswell as numerous nieces andnephews, and great-niecesand great-nephews. He waspredeceased by two brothers,Gaetano “Tommy”Scaramella and LouisScaramella, and two sisters,Teresa and Julia Scaramella.

A funeral Mass was cele-brated Dec. 29 at St. ThereseChurch. Burial was in AllSaints Cemetery. The Torel-lo-Iacobucci WashingtonMemorial Funeral Homewas in charge of arrange-ments.

Memorial donations maybe made to the Office of Ra-dio and Television, Archdio-cese of Hartford, 15 PeachOrchard Road, Prospect, CT06712.

Rita F. MorseRita F. Lamb Morse, 66, of

Briarwood Circle, NorthHaven, died Dec. 23, 2010, atthe Arden Courts ManorcareHealth, Hamden. She wasthe wife of Timothy B.Morse.

Born in New Haven onMay 3, 1944, she was a daugh-ter of the late Walter A.Lamb, Sr. and Rita FrancesBradley Lamb. Rita obtainedher Bachelor and Master de-grees from the former South-ern Connecticut State Col-lege and was a teacher forthe New Haven Board of Ed-ucation for many years untilher retirement.

She is survived by a broth-er, Walter A. Lamb, Jr., ofWest Haven; a brother-in-law

of Douglas Morse and hiswife Linda, of Milford; andnieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was cele-brated Dec. 28 at St. Barn-abas Church. Interment wasin All Saints Cemetery. TheNorth Haven Funeral Homewas in charge of arrange-ments.

Memorial donations maybe made to Connecticut Hos-pice, Inc., 100 Double BeachRoad, Branford, CT 06405, orthe Alzheimer’s Association,2911 Dixwell Ave., Hamden,CT 06518.

Walter J. Dady, Sr.Walter J. Dady, Sr., 82, of

Lynette Drive, North Haven,died Dec. 26, 2010, at the Hos-pital of Saint Raphael. Hewas the husband of the lateJean M. LaRock Dady.

Born in New Haven onMarch 15, 1928, he was a sonof the late Walter FrancisDady and Martha LouiseHaaf Dady. Walter hadworked as a plant managerfor Acme Chemicals and In-sulation for many years untilhis retirement. He was one ofthe founders, past president,and coach of North HavenMidget Football. Walterserved his country faithfullyin the U.S. Army MedicalUnit during the Korean War.

He is survived by his sons,Walter J. (Patricia) Dady Jr.,of Wallingford, Mark C.Dady and Richard A. (Debra)Dady, both of East Haven; asister, Doreen Bojacki, ofHamden; seven grandchil-dren, a great-granddaughter;and his beloved companionEvelyn Napoli, of Guilford.

Funeral services will beconducted on Dec. 31, at 10a.m., at the North Haven Fu-neral Home. Interment willbe in All Saints Cemetery.

Memorial donations maybe made to the Hospital of St.Raphael’s Foundation, 1450Chapel St., New Haven, CT06511.

North Haven TrailAssociation

The North Haven Trail As-sociation will meet Tuesday,Jan. 18, at 7 p.m., at the NorthHaven Parks and RecreationCenter, 7 Linsley St. For moreinformation, call (203) 239-5265.

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CitizenSeniors12 The North Haven CitizenFriday, December 31, 2010

Day trips:Tuesday, March 22, 2011:

Feast of St. JosephThursday, April 14: Singin’

in the RainThursday, April 28: Casi-

no, Mohegan SunWednesday, May 25: A Mu-

sical Tribute to Frankie Valliand the Four Seasons

Wednesday, June 15: Casi-no, Foxwoods

To reserve a lunch, call Mary Ellen at (203) 239-4030.Reservations must be made by noon the day before. Lunchis served at noon. Suggested donation is $2.

The following is a list of lunches for the week of Jan. 3at the Senior Center:

Main menuMonday: Meatball subs, salad, dessert.Tuesday: Southern fried chicken, macaroni and

cheese, spinach, corn muffin, apricots, barbeque sauce,cranberry juice.

Wednesday: Angus burger with gravy, white rice, Cal-ifornia blend vegetables, whole wheat sandwich roll,sliced peaches, cranapple juice.

Thursday: Chicken rice soup, sausage and peppers,tossed salad with sliced black olives, French dressing,Kaiser roll, orange.

Friday: Pineapple juice, roast pork with gravy, broccoliflorets, whipped potato, squash combo, rye bread, fruitcocktail.

Senior Lunch Menu

Senior HappeningsTuesday, June 28: Godfa-

ther’s Meshugennah Wedding

When registering for tripssponsored by the Joyce C.Budrow Senior Center,please remember to bring inyour emergency contact in-formation, their name andtelephone numbers (includ-ing work and cell numbers).Please note: all checks will bepayable to the North HavenSenior Center beginning in2010. The telephone numberfor the Senior Center is (203)239-5432.

Bring in the New YearBring in the New Year on

Sunday, Jan. 30, 11:30 a.m. to2:30 p.m. Bring friends, fami-ly and yourself to this NewYear celebration. Cateringdone by Cusano Catering byMaria. Put on dancing shoes.Bob Giannotti will be enter-taining. Transportation willbe provided.

Meatball Sub DayCome and enjoy a home-

made meatball sub, salad,

and dessert on Monday, Jan.3, at 11:45 a.m.

National Bird DayCome and enjoy an after-

noon of bird trivia, origamimaking and a coloring con-test on Thursday, Jan. 6, at1:30 p.m. Special treats willbe available.

Finance Committeemeeting

A Finance Committeemeeting will be held Tuesday,Jan. 11, at 10:30 a.m.

AARP driver safetyprogram

The AARP driver safetyprogram will be held Thurs-day, Jan. 20, from 8:45 a.m. to12:45 p.m. This refreshercourse was developed to helpdrivers 55 and older to im-prove their skills and possi-bly prevent traffic accidents.The fee for AARP membersis payable to AARP and dueon the first day of the course.Space is limited so pre-regis-tration is required. Insur-ance companies are requiredto give a minimum of a five

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Friday, Jan. 7Line dance, 9 a.m.Exercise, 9:30 a.m.Footlighter, 10 a.m.Scrabble, 10 a.m.Shopping, 10:30 a.m.Lunch, noonBridge, 12:15 p.m.Bingo, 1 p.m.

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At Winchester Park, Ju-dith Fairchild arrived hometo find her son Ethan andHonoria taking a stroll inthe gardens. She watchedthem closely through thedrawing room’s terracedoors. As she spied on themwith grave disapproval, hersister Evelyn entered theroom.

“My dear Judith, wherehave you been? Ethan andHonoria wanted to take awalk about the grounds withyou,” said Evelyn.

“I went to pay a call toPhoebe Kensington. Thatwoman is no longer myfriend, and I forbid anyonein this house to have any-thing to do with her,” repliedan irritated Judith.

Surprised by her sister’sstatement, Evelyn askedwhat had transpired duringthe visit, but Judith refusedto elaborate. She then wentoutside to join Ethan andHonoria while Evelynwatched from the terracedoors with great concern.

While taking their stroll,Honoria saw a garter snakeslither quickly past her feet,and she screamed fromfright. Ethan reassured herthat the small snake washarmless and had gone intothe bushes.

Holding onto Ethan’s arm,a shaken Honoria told Ethan

that she feared snakes be-cause they were scary in ap-pearance and representedevil. Ethan hugged her andtold her that she was safe.

As they continued theirwalk, Judith Fairchild, whodeliberately remained in thedistance, was delighted tooverhear Honoria admit herfear of snakes. She thenmade her way towards thehouse while contemplatingto commit a heinous deed.

——-At Singleton Lodge, I was

sitting alone on a bench, em-bracing the tranquil sur-roundings. Everythingseemed very peaceful for themoment.

I wrapped my shawl tight-ly around me as the windgently blew. I could not getColonel Parker out of mymind. He had appeared to meon two occasions since myarrival, but he had vanishedas quickly as he had ap-peared.

“Would you like somecompany?” asked Jean-Lucas he approached the bench.

“Oh, it is good to see you. Iwas just sitting here enjoy-ing the fresh air and beauti-ful grounds,” I replied.“Please, sit next to me.”

Jean-Luc did not hesitateto accept my invitation. Hetold me that he and Louisehad come to pay a call toAlexander and that Louisewas inside with Alexanderand Constance discussingplans for the ball. Their con-

versation did not interesthim, so he decided to stepoutside for some fresh air,and was glad to have stum-bled upon me sitting alone.He inquired about how I wasadjusting to my new homewhile assuring me that heand Alexander would keepme safe.

When I asked him to elabo-rate more about Lydia John-son and her cruel acts asthey pertained to me, Jean-Luc told me to dismiss Lydiafrom my mind and enjoy thehospitality of Mr. and Mrs.Caruthers. Then he in-formed me that after he andLouise had finished workingon a task for Alexander, hewas considering settlingdown in North Haven. He ad-mitted that a small agricul-tural town was most agree-able to him in comparison tothe large, crowded, and noisycity where he had previouslyresided.

I was enjoying our conver-sation, and I must admit thatJean-Luc was an interestingman to converse with. Hisvoice was mild mannered,and he was knowledgeable inhis topics. Our conversationwas interrupted by Louise,who came to get him. Shesmiled at me while grabbingJean-Luc’s arm in an at-tempt to make him rise. Sheinformed him that urgentbusiness was causing themto take their leave.

“It has been a pleasure.Hope to see you again very

Susan Daddio is new development officer

Susan Daddio, of North Haven, has been appoint-ed a development officer at Quinnipiac University.In her new position, Daddio is responsible forfundraising, building relationships and sharing in-formation about the university with donors, alum-ni, parents and the surrounding community. Be-fore coming to Quinnipiac, Daddio worked for fiveyears as a regional director for the American HeartAssociation. She earned a communications de-gree from Albertus Magnus College in New Havenin 1992.

soon,” Jean-Luc said as heand Louise walked away.

As they left my presence, Istared at both of them whilecommenting to myself that Iwas feeling a connection toJean-Luc who on the past twooccasions had shown me akinder, intelligent, and gen-tlemanly side of his person-ality. Louise, however, gaveme reason not to trust her.She seemed to display proud-ly a dangerous arroganceand tone of voice.

As daylight began to sur-render to the dark of night, Ireturned indoors and went tothe library and began read-ing a book by candlelight. Ihad not finished the secondpage when Constance en-tered with two servants car-rying a beautiful lace gownin their hands. Constanceshowed me the gown andasked my opinion. When Itold her that I liked it verymuch, she responded by say-ing it was mine to wear to theupcoming ball. For a mo-ment, I was speechless from

the surprise, and then ex-pressed my gratitude. Shethen ushered me upstairs tomy room so I could try on thegown.

Back at Winchester Park,Ethan and Honoria werewalking the great hall. Ethanwas showing Honoria theportraits of his relatives thatlined the walls, when a ser-vant interrupted and toldEthan that his father wantedto see him. Ethan told Hono-ria to wait for him in thedrawing room, and before de-parting, he kissed her on thehand.

An elated Honoria left thegreat hall and made her wayto the drawing room. As sheapproached the entrance, sheheard Judith and her sisterEvelyn engaged in an intenseconversation. Enticed by theexchange, Honoria listenedby the door and was shockedto learn that Judith waskeeping a terrible secretfrom her husband concern-ing Ethan. To be continued . ..

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Government MeetingsTuesday, Jan. 4

Community Services Commission, Mil-dred A. Wakeley Recreation Center, 7 LinsleySt., 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 10Planning and Zoning Commission, Mil-

dred A. Wakeley Recreation Center, 7 LinsleySt., 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 12Cemetery Commission, Town Hall, 18

Church St., conference room 3, 7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 13

Board of Education, Annex Building, 7Linsley St., third floor, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 18Parks and Recreation Commission, Mil-

dred A. Wakeley Recreation Center, 7 LinsleySt., 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 19Police Retirement Board, Town Hall, 18

Church St., conference room 3, 8 a.m.Board of Finance, Town Hall, 18 Church

St., conference room 1, 7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 20

Zoning Board of Appeals, Mildred A.Wakeley Recreation Center, 7 Linsley St., 7:30p.m.

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Taking your children iceskating for the first time is alot of fun for the entire fami-ly. The one thing that parentsdo not want to happen is fortheir little one to get hurt.Taking the time to explainthe safety rules of the iceskating with your child isvery important. If your childis a young toddler, they maynot fully understand all ofthe rules. This will meanthat you have to keep an ex-tra close eye on your littleone at all times. Even chil-dren who you think are oldenough to follow the rulesshould be watched closely.

The first safety rule of theice is to make sure that theblade on the ice skates is nev-er touched. There are plentyof kids who end up gettingseriously injured, simply be-cause they did not know theywere not supposed to touch

the blade of the skates. Youshould be the one to put yourchild’s skates on for them un-til they get the hang of itthemselves.

Another safety tip is tomake sure your child’sskates fit well. If the skatesare too big or too small it cancause more accidents. Youshould also make sure thatyour child is dressed warmly.Over dressing them cancause problems, such assweating, so be sure thatthey have a warm enoughcoat but not layered up. Sincethey will be moving aroundit is very easy for youngskaters to start sweating.

Some parents like the ideaof putting helmets on theirlittle ones when they go skat-ing for the first time. This isa personal preference. If youhave more than one child, itmay be a good idea to makesure that each child has anexperienced skater withthem. If you yourself are not

that good at skating, why notfind a friend or family mem-ber who would not mindcoming along. They will beable to assist you and yourchildren and help to ensurethat everyone stays safe.

One final tip is to watchout for other skaters. Manytimes it is other people whomay bump into you, and caninjure you with their skates.If your children are new toskating, it is best to takethem during a less crowdedtime. Remember that iceskating can definitely be afun activity for the wholefamily, as long as the rules ofsafety are closely followed.

SAFETY TIPS from theRhode Island Departmentof Parks and Recreation

The following rules shouldbe followed to insure ice safe-ty:

Never assume the ice issafe.

The only safe ice is at arink.

Payroll tax cut to boost take-home pay for most workers

The Internal Revenue Service today released instruc-tions to help employers implement the 2011 cut in payrolltaxes, along with new income-tax withholding tables thatemployers will use during 2011.

Millions of workers will see their take-home pay riseduring 2011 because the Tax Relief, Unemployment In-surance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010provides a two percent payroll tax cut for employees, re-ducing their Social Security tax withholding rate from6.2 percent to 4.2 percent of wages paid. This reduced So-cial Security withholding will have no effect on the em-ployee’s future Social Security benefits.

The new law also maintains the income tax rates thathave been in effect in recent years.

Employers should start using the new withholding ta-bles and reducing the amount of Social Security tax with-held as soon as possible in 2011 but not later than Jan. 31,2011. Notice 1036, released today, contains the percentagemethod income tax withholding tables, the lower SocialSecurity withholding rate, and related information thatmost employers need to implement these changes. Publi-cation 15, (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide, containingthe extensive wage bracket tables that some employersuse, will be available on IRS.gov in a few days.

The IRS recognizes that the late enactment of thesechanges makes it difficult for many employers to quicklyupdate their withholding systems. For that reason, theagency asks employers to adjust their payroll systems assoon as possible, but not later than Jan. 31, 2011.

For any Social Security tax over withheld during Jan-uary, employers should make an offsetting adjustment inworkers’ pay as soon as possible but not later than March31, 2011.

Employers and payroll companies will handle thewithholding changes, so workers typically won’t need totake any additional action, such as filling out a new W-4withholding form.

As always, however, the IRS urges workers to reviewtheir withholding every year and, if necessary, fill out anew W-4 and give it to their employer. For example, indi-viduals and couples with multiple jobs, people who arehaving children, getting married, getting divorced orbuying a home, and those who typically wind up with abalance due or large refund at the end of the year maywant to consider submitting revised W-4 forms. Publica-tion 919, “How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding?” pro-vides more information to workers on making changes totheir tax withholding.

Never skate on an untest-ed lake or pond.

The ice should have a min-imum of at least six inches.

Never skate alone.Only skate during the day

or if an area is illuminatedKnow the body of water,

nearby street, and where thenearest location is to go forhelp.

Never use ice for a short-cut.

Never go out onto the iceafter an animal or toy.



Raingutter Regatta

Photos by Alison Griffin

On Dec. 8, Cub Scoutsfrom Pack 608 heldtheir annual RaingutterRegatta. The boys weregiven boat kits to takehome, paint and put to-gether, and then theyraced them. A fun timewas had by all. Interest-ed in becoming a CubScout? There arescouts from both NorthHaven and Hamden inPack 608. ContactMichelle Humble at(203) 230-9656 [email protected] for more information.

Friends’ tri-presidents bring something unique,times three, to the organization

By Paul ColellaSpecial to the

North Haven Citizen

The Friends of the North HavenLibrary had always had a president,and then co-presidents, and now,since last September, the organiza-tion utilizes three presidents.

Like the motto of The Three Mus-keteers, “All for one and one for all,”the current tri-presidents Gina Fal-cigno, Claudia Giuletti, and KimCarew are busy working together,taking turns running meetings,sharing ideas and suggestions, help-ing with Used Bookstore operationsand overseeing and implementingplans and programs that will assistthe library’s needs.

“I have been a member of theFriends of the Library for fouryears,” stated Falcigno. “I joined thisgroup because I discovered some ofthe most dedicated, generous andcaring members of the community

here. I love North Haven. This townis built on the backs of hard workingand dedicated volunteers, spanningthe centuries, and I believe it’s every-one’s responsibility to give back.”

“Serving as a co-president to theFriends is an honor,” she added. “Itis a pleasure and a privilege to servealongside quality individuals likeClaudia Giuletti and Kim Carew.”

Falcigno explained that the li-brary holds a special place in herheart. As a child, her mother wouldfrequently walk with her brothers,her sister and her to the MontoweseLibrary, the Martha Culver Library,in their neighborhood. Falcigno en-joyed the story hours at the libraryand taking out books. She loves toread and believes it is the key thatopens all doors.

Like Falcigno, both Giuletti andCarew are avid readers and have aspecial connection to the librarywith many fond memories as well.

“My love for the library began

when I was a young teen workingpart-time for five years in the Chil-dren’s Department at the New HavenPublic Library. I always loved books,especially children’s books, and Icontinue reading for recreation tothis day,” recalled Giuletti. “Volun-teering is one of my favorite pas-times and I enjoy people, especiallyour seniors, and I’ve been with theFriends for four years.”

Giuletti added that North Haven’slibrary has much to offer, includingample resources, a used bookstore,wonderful services and programs forchildren and adults and a top notchlibrary staff under the direction ofLois Baldini, library director.

“Although I have used the libraryfor decades with my children, I haveonly been involved with the Friendsfor two years. It coincides with mybecoming a library board memberwhen I learned about this unique or-ganization,” stated Carew. “I reallylike having three presidents, and

both Gina and Claudia have becomemy good friends.”

Carew stated that she, Falcignoand Giuletti each bring somethingspecial to the table. Falcigno is veryorganized and has great networkingcapabilities in town. Giuletti bringsin interesting and informative adultprograms that are well attended.And being a mother and a teacher,Carew brings a home-school connec-tion to the organization.

Besides serving as co-presidents,having a fondness for the library andreading and volunteering with oth-ers, all three women are using peopleskills in their professions.

Falcigno is Assistant to the Vice-President for Development andAlumni Affairs at Quinnipiac Uni-versity, after serving for 17 years asan executive assistant in NorthHaven’s Office of the First Select-man. For the past 13 years Giuletti

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104-acre property the compa-ny sold to Quinnipiac Univer-sity in 2007. A companyspokesperson said 1,458 An-them employees worked at370 Bassett Road.

Anthem’s move will betwo-phased. The first phasewill occur during September2011 — the second in Septem-ber 2012.

North Haven town Asses-sor Gary Johns said Anthempaid $829,601 in total taxes toNorth Haven this year. Al-though the town is facing arevenue loss, the effect will

Jan.1Saturday

New Year’s Day hike —The Sleeping Giant Park As-sociation will host a NewYear’s Day hike at 1:30 p.m.at the Giant on MountCarmel Avenue, Hamden.The hike is free and open tothe public. For informationvisit www.sgpa.org, or [email protected]

2Sunday

Train and Toy show —Classic Shows, LLC, will hold aTrain and Toy show from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m., at the Courtyard Mari-ott, 780 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton.Operators, collectors, and mod-elers will be able to find theitems they are looking for. Chil-dren under 12 have free admis-sion. For more information, call(203) 926-1327, or visit www.clas-sicshowsllc.com

10 Monday

Legendary mermaids —The North Haven Public Li-brary will present LegendaryCreatures — Mermaids from6:30 to 7:30 p.m., for ages 8 to 12.For more information or to reg-ister, call (203) 239-5803.

McKnights receive Ronald AwardJohn and Pattie McKnight,owner/operators of the McDonald’sof North Haven, have won thisyear’s Ronald Award for the NewEngland region for outstandingcontributions to the McDonald’sbrand, their local community andtheir customers. The McKnightswere given the prestigious awardlast month at a regional meeting.The McKnights continually supporttheir North Haven community withtime, food donations or by hostingevents in their restaurant, located at129 Washington St. A short list ofprograms the McKnights supportinclude: the North Haven Park andRecreation Department; the NorthHaven Senior Center; Clintonville,Green Acres and Montowese ele-mentary schools; the North HavenRotary Club; the North Haven Li-brary and the North Haven Police. The McKnights’ energy and time devoted tolocal organizations and causes stand as compelling testament to their fitnessfor the Ronald Award. For the past 18 years, for example, they have proudlyhelped to organize an outing especially for children from Area Cooperative Ed-ucational Services (ACES) to visit the North Haven Fairgrounds. There, theMcKnights provide the food and most years, arrange for a special appearanceby Ronald McDonald.

Mother-Daughter bookdiscussion — A Mother-Daughter book discussion willbe held at the North Haven Pub-lic Library, 17 Elm St., at 7 p.m.The book to be discussed is Dis-tant Waves by Suzanne Weyn.

11Tuesday

Hamden Art League —The Hamden Art Leaguewill host marine and shore-

line painter, Brechin Mor-gan, at its meeting to be heldin the social room of theMiller Memorial Library Se-nior Center, 2901 DixwellAve., Hamden. Socializing isat 7:15 p.m., followed by briefbusiness meeting and

artist’s presentation from7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The public iswelcome. For more informa-tion, visit www.ham-denartleague.com

Candy sushi making —The first session of the Man-ga/Anime Club will meet atthe North Haven Public Li-brary, 17 Elm St., from 7 to 8p.m. for middle and highschool students. Learn howto make sushi out of candy.

12 Wednesday

Ski Club — The NorthHaven Ski Club will acceptnew membership applica-tions from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., atthe North Haven Park andRecreation Department, 7Linsley St. For more infor-mation, contact AnnetteMurphy at (203) 234-1985 or e-mail [email protected]

13Thursday

Garden Club — TheNorth Haven Garden Clubwill meet at 7 p.m. at theNorth Haven Congregation-al Church, 28 Church St.Gerri Giordano will lead aworkshop for members onhow to construct a dragonflyout of copper pipe andscreen material. If anyone isinterested in joining theNorth Haven Garden Club,please call Kathy Miranda at(203) 484-2647.

not be immediate, and willbe lessened by state monies,according to Johns. “Be-cause everything is based onOct. 1, they will still be onour Grand List next year re-gardless of when theymove,” he said. “We will re-tain that income for the nextfiscal year.”

“UpJohn site cleanupplans approved by stateDEP”

Officials from Connecti-cut’s Department of Envi-ronmental Protection ap-proved Pfizer’s proposedcleanup strategy for the for-mer UpJohn site, allowing ef-forts to proceed on the long-contaminated 41 Stiles Lane

property.“Our next step is to move

quickly into what is calledthe Corrective Measures Im-plementation phase,” saidPfizer spokesman RickChambers. “In short, thatmeans implementing the re-mediation plan that has beenapproved. Most of the nextyear will involve detailed en-gineering design, applyingfor permits and getting thevarious permit approvalsfrom federal, state and localregulators so that we can be-gin work on the site. We ex-pect construction to be un-derway in late 2011 or early2012.”

October“Republican chair re-

signs for health reasons”After two and a half years

as chairman of NorthHaven’s Republican TownCommittee (RTC), DeborahWard-O’Brien vacated herposition due to health issues.“I am not stepping down forany other reasons other thanfor health reasons,” she said.

“To be the chairman, youreally need to be on everyday,” she said. “You need tobe talking to people, respond-ing to people in an appropri-ate time. I really can’t do thatright now.”

“I just couldn’t keep up

right now,” she added. “ButI’ll be back. This is probablygoing to be a year-longprocess.”

Following temporary lead-ership by RTC vice-chair-man Elinor Pedalino, RTCsecretary Jean Pieper waselected to the chairman’s po-sition in November.

“State grant will pay fora new playground at Clin-tonville”

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“I started screaming whenI got the news,” said KathleenKessler, mother of a Clin-tonville student and a mem-ber of Clintonville’s Play-ground Committee, formedlast year by 40 individuals toseek finances. “My childthought I had gone insane.”

“DEP comes to town totalk about tire pond onState Street”

Connecticut Departmentof Environmental Protection(DEP) representatives prom-ised Tuesday that soil beingused to fill State Street’s tirepond would first be testedand certified as safe for thesite.

“We’re very choosy aboutwhat soil gets used at the tirepond,” said DEP official Di-ane Duva at a packed publichearing on Oct. 12 at Memori-al Library. “The soil has to begood enough to be used oncommercial property. It’s assimple as that.”

Moreover, according toDuva, the tire pond would bemonitored post-fill for a longtime. “Any landfill Connecti-cut closes has to comply withstate regulations, including aperiod of 30 years of moni-toring,” she said. “That canbe changed. In this situation— where the property owner

left the waste in place — thatwould suggest that monitor-ing persist always.”

Some locals however, re-main skeptical, fearing theDEP fix is environmentallyunsound.

November“Yaccarino unseats

Fontana, Brandt securesjudge spot”

After 14 years as NorthHaven’s state representative,Democratic Steve Fontanabowed out to Republicanchallenger Dave Yaccarinoon election night, Nov.2. Yac-carino amassed 5,497 votes toFontana’s 4,734.

“This was not the result wewanted or expected,”Fontana said at his GrandApizza base on electionnight. “I want to thank all theNorth Haven voters whocame out and voted for me to-day.”

“I know in my heart thatthe people of North Havenare there for me,” he contin-ued. “I believe in my heartthat the reason people inNorth Haven voted for meover the last 14 years was be-cause they value what I doand how I do it. They appreci-ate bipartisanship at workand appreciate my results.It’s been a pleasure for me tofight for them.”

Fontana had kind wordsfor Yaccarino. “Congratula-tions to my opponent,” hesaid. “He ran a great cam-paign. I wish him well.”

Down the street, the moodwas jubilant inside the Re-publican base at Fantasia,where Yaccarino was cele-brating with his followers. “It

took a lot of work,” he said ofhis triumph. “I couldn’t havedone it without all of mysupporters, from First Se-lectman Michael Freda tokids who have never workedon political campaigns be-fore to people who have beenaround a lot of campaigns.”

“I had Democrats, Repub-licans and independents onmy campaign,” he added.“I’m very proud of that.”

Yaccarino also praised hisopponent. “Steve worked aw-fully hard and did a good jobfor a long time,” he said, “Ihave to congratulate him forall those years.”

“But now it’s time for anew perspective,” he contin-ued. “I will work for all thepeople in North Haven. I will

listen and vote for legislationthat is good for the communi-ty, first and foremost.”

In the consolidated Judgeof Probate district race,North Haven judge and Re-publican Michael Brandtovertook East Haven Democ-ratic opponent Michael Al-bis by 9,800 votes to 8,801.Probate judge totals repre-sent combined North andEast Haven votes.

“More or less develop-ment at Indian Ridge de-pends on timing”

Despite the originalbuilder’s stated decision tosell the property, and neigh-bors’ longstanding protests,North Haven may still belooking at a developmentwith approximately 400 unitsoff Middletown Avenue and

Half Mile Road.First Selectman Michael

Freda thought that chanceswere “very high” that prop-erty-owner CMB Capital Ap-preciation would sell the siteto Toll Brothers, a nationalconstruction company pro-posing a two-story, 145-unitspread that locals find morepalatable.

However, CMB principalChris Migliaro was unsurenecessary deadlines could bemet for Toll Brothers’ to bethe buyer. “CMB is going tosell [the Indian Ridge proper-ty] to Toll Brothers or some-body else,” he said Oct. 29, “Idon’t know if the town canget to the point of working it



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Three companies wantedto buy the property. “Onecompany wants to buildsomething smaller like TollBrothers,” Migliaro said.“The other two want to dosomething similar to the 396units.”

December“Floriano replaces

Maiden as town buildingofficial”

At the Dec. 2 Board of Se-lectmen’s meeting, Elio Flori-ano was unanimously ap-proved as North Haven’s newbuilding official.

Certified as a building in-spector, Floriano had beenserving as acting building de-partment official after DaveMaiden was placed on admin-istrative leave last May, whilethe department was investi-

gated by state and independ-ent firms. Floriano had beenassistant building officialunder Maiden, who has notreturned to North Haven’swork force. As Connecticutstate statute maintains thatthe position be a four-yearappointment, Floriano’sterm will expire Nov. 30, 2014.

“North Haven movescloser to a new superin-tendent”

A town press release, dis-seminated Nov. 10, statedthat the BOE Search Com-mittee members recentlyrecommended four finalistcandidates for considerationas North Haven’s next super-intendent. Search Commit-tee participants received 16applications for the position,which was vacated by formerschool CEO Sara Querfeldlast year, and selected 10 indi-viduals for an initial roundof interviews.

Opening interviews werestructured to elicit responseswhich would reveal how wellcandidates matched profile

attributes and needs ofNorth Haven Public Schools,according to the press re-lease. While all aspirants hadappropriate credentials andexperience to qualify for thejob, four candidates emergedas best-suited.

“Building departmentemployee terminated”

Town Hall ended the con-tract of building departmentconsultant Steve Buda onDec. 15, after an investiga-tion into a 204 Rimmon Roadproperty found an in-lawapartment being built ille-gally, a violation Buda didnot report in his prior site in-spection.

“Right now, it’s a zero tol-erance policy in the buildingdepartment,” said First Se-lectman Michael Freda.“Whether this was an errorin judgment or an innocentmistake, to me it’s complete-ly irrelevant. Mistakes can-not and will not be tolerat-ed.”

StudentsContinued from page 1

A youth mission trip toAustralia motivated her to es-tablish NHHS’ Bible Club.Llinares also initiated anevent called “Prayer Aroundthe Pole” at which “teens metaround our school flag pole topray for our health, nationand spiritual revival.” She as-sured her listeners that theseactivities were not a distrac-tion from her studies, and indescribing her “passion forscience,” she said that she in-tends to pursue an academiccareer in biology. In addition,she has been a theater enthu-siast since middle school andcan boast 14 years of vocaltraining.

Later, Rotarian MichaelHallahan endorsed Llinaresas a talented singer, indicat-ing that he had witnessed her“amazing voice” as she sangat a church service. He em-phasized that she deserved toappear on TV’s American


November’s NHHS Student of the Month, CourtneyLlinares, with her parents, Deborah and BrianLlinares.


December’s NHHS Student of the Month, SpencerOakes, with his parents, Nancy and David Oakes.

Idol. In his written testimo-ny, McLaughlin stated,“Courtney is truly a dedicat-ed student who balances achallenging schedule of ad-vanced placement and hon-ors level classes while find-ing time to dedicate herself

to the community. Whilemaintaining the status of atop achieving student, Court-ney has raised the bar overthe past three years by accu-mulating over 100 hours ofcommunity service in ourtown. She is a diligent, car-ing and selfless individual.”

The student selected forDecember was enrolled inMcLaughlin’s Journalismclass last year. Spencer Oakes

is a well-known athlete atNHHS, who shares his talentand expertise with youngerstudents who aspire to be-come better athletes. Oakes,a football and basketball let-terman, thanked his family“for always being there forme and encouraging me to bethe very best I can be.” Whilestanding beside his parents,Nancy and David Oakes, hethanked North Haven’s Ro-tarians, saying, “It is a realhonor to be recognized foracademic and communityachievements.”

Describing himself as theJunior class’ ongoing treas-urer, who has maintained anhonor roll status throughouthigh school, he said that hefavored History and Busi-ness classes, but spoke fond-ly of his Journalism classand the summer follow-upexperience that provided op-portunity to write for Yale’sDaily News. In regard to hisparticipation in athletics, hesaid “I believe that throughthese two sports I havelearned how to take respon-sibilities and how to face ad-versity.”

As a volunteer coach withNorth Haven’s Youth Foot-

ball League, Oakes attendsmany practices to “helpteach the kids proper tech-nique and important funda-mentals.” He said that it’sgood to give back to the “pro-gram that’s given me some ofmy best memories,” andmentioned the high schoolteam’s participation in the“annual JDRF Walk for aCure at Anthem Blue Cross.”Also, in his winter sportsbackground, he has coachedat North Haven’s “SlammaJamma Basketball Camp”for two years, and continuesto referee games in thetown’s youth league.

Of the popular athleteMcLaughlin wrote, “He is atrue leader at the high schooland within the community.Whether it is volunteeringhis time for the Student Gov-ernment, or coaching NorthHaven’s youth within therealm of sports, Spencer is atrue role model for the townand the school. Last year, Ihad the great opportunity tohave Spencer in class, anddue to his sophisticated andenergetic personality, I soonlearned that he is a major as-set to any environment.”



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has been a loan processor fora boat financing company. Be-fore that she was in the bridalretailing business for 25years.

Carew is a teacher, current-ly serving as a Language ArtsConsultant at Clintonville El-ementary School, where shemanages the reading pro-gram, hosts many book-relat-ed events and encourages thestudents to join Memorial Li-brary’s summer reading ac-tivities. All three are also ac-tive in other town organiza-

tions and committees.“Volunteering is impor-

tant to all three of us, and wefeel blessed with what wehave and like giving back toour community. Volunteer-ing makes me feel connectedand proud of the job that getsdone to better our town,”said Carew. “I wouldn’t havemet my friends Gina andClaudia without becominginvolved with the Friends.

The library is the heart ofthe community, as it is agathering place and wonder-ful gateway to meet people,and a place that is free, safeand convenient. It also pro-

vides not only books andtapes to be borrowed, butalso sponsors cultural andartistic activities that, inthis economy, are great forfamilies to provide enter-tainment as a place to gowith their children.

The Friends are a non-profit organization with ded-icated volunteers who arecommitted to assisting the li-brary in serving all town res-idents. And the Friends’three talented and dedicatedpresidents are true teamplayers who bring some-thing unique, times three, tothe organization.

“Since we truly believethat our group is not justfriends in name only, wewould like to sponsor asmany requested activities aspossible to get people togeth-er, continue to stock our suc-cessful bookstore with rea-sonable-priced books, hostunique fundraisers and en-courage new friends to joinour membership,” Giulettisaid. “We welcome the inputof the public as we move for-ward in planning and organ-izing events and programsthat are of interest to mostpeople, and continuing withthe good efforts of the

Friends with Gina, Kim, andme working together like thethree musketeers — all forone and one for all.”

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Native Americans programCourtesy of Bridget Austiguy-

Preschel

On Nov. 22, Mrs. Mullerfrom the ConnecticutHistorical Society inHartford came toRidge Road Elemen-tary School to presenta program to Mrs.Brand’s, Mrs. Cuyler’sand Mrs. Mountcas-tle’s classes on Con-necticut Native Ameri-cans. The students lis-tened as Mrs. Mullertalked to them aboutthe lives of Connecti-cut Native Americans.Mrs. Muller broughtout a beaver peltamong other items forthe children to look at.Above, right: Mrs.Muller explains toDiego Esponda andclassmates HarrisonRainey, Jake Hines andAndy Cecarelli how tomash corn using a Na-tive American tool. Be-low, right: Children inMrs. Brand’s class ex-amine a beaver pelt.

The North Haven Memori-al Library, 17 Elm St., an-nounces its 2011 book discus-sions. For more informationor to register, call (203) 239-5803. These discussions aresSponsored by the Friends ofthe Library and are open toresidents and non-residents.The schedule is as follows:

Mother Daughter BookDiscussion - Mondays at 7p.m.:

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Mother – Teen DaughterBook Discussion - Wednes-days at 7 p.m.:

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To register, call (203) 239-5803.

The Hunger Games Se-ries– Book Discussion -Mondays at 7 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Book One Dis-cussion: The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins

A book discussion will be

held of the NY Times Best-seller – The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins. “In a fu-ture North America, wherethe rulers of Panem main-tain control through an an-nual televised survival com-petition pitting young peoplefrom each of the 12 districtsagainst one another, 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen’s skillsare put to the test when shevoluntarily takes heryounger sister’s place.”

Reviews for The HungerGames: The New York Times— John Green “brilliantlyplotted and perfectly paced”;The Washington Post —Mary Quattlebaum “Thisgripping tale explores ever-timely topics—violence-as-entertainment and rule-by-intimidation—and throughKatniss holds out the possi-bility of change.”

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VW Jetta 2000 Black. AT, clean.$3950

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MERIDEN $119,900 Large homewith lots of possibilities. 4 bed-rooms, 2 baths & 2 car garage.All on big lot. Call to see! Judy203-235-3300

MERIDEN $259,900 Spacious3BR, 2.5 bath in private 3/4 acreneighborhood near Middlefieldline. Remodeled kit & baths. Newstainless appls, gleaming HW flrs& Cair. Linda 203-235-3300

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NORTH HAVENMeadowstone Motel- Off I-91.

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MERIDEN-3BR Townhouse 416 Crown St. $1125/mo. 2 months plus security.

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MERIDEN. 1BR and studio apts,downtown on bus line. Start-ting at $495/mo. Utilities notincluded. 203-982-3042.

MERIDEN. Small studio apt,$465/mo includes heat andelectric. No pets. 203-982-3042

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WALLINGFORD 1 BR 3rd Fl.Remodeled, C-Air & heat. EIK,new appls & cabinets. Off stparking. Washer & Dryer. Nopets. $700 + sec 203-272-3855

WALLINGFORD 2 BR, 1 Bathin apartment complex. WDHookup. Carpet, hardwood& vinyl floors. Plus Utilities.

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22 BBRRStarting at $750. Heat & HW incl.

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MERIDEN 1BR. 1st flr,remodeled No pets.Refs &good credit. $550/mo. Call203-592-8331

MERIDEN 2-3BRs AptsRecently Renovated.

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MERIDEN 2BR. 5 Rms, 2nd fl.Remodeled kitchen, fridge &stove. $800/mo plus $1200 sec.Sec 8 approved. (203) 630-0670

MERIDEN 3 BR, 2nd Fl. Clean.$850. 31 Twiss St. 3rd flr, 2BR, $650. Recently painted.

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MERIDEN- 2 bdrm/5rm 1rst. flapt. recently renovated. Nopets, no util. W/D hookup.Appl. incl'd. $900 per mo12/1. Call 203-886-5983

MERIDEN- 2BR newly remod-eled. Hardwood floors. Freshlypainted. East side. $725/mo.No pets. Available now. Call203-500-9080 or 203-235-5364

MERIDEN- 2BR, 1st flr, 5 rms,Appliances included. $850/mo.1 mos. sec. Call (203) 379-0072

MERIDEN- Fully Furnished 3Rooms - $675. Also, Effi-ciency - $575. Lease andsecurity deposit required.

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MERIDEN-1BR. large. 2nd flnew appliances, newly reno-vated $775 per mo plus securi-ty hot water included callNatalie 203-671-2672

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MER. FURNISHED apts: Incl Heat,Elec, HW. East Side, 2nd flr Stu-dio, $758/mo+ sec. 1BR, 3rd fl,$845/mo+sec. 12pm-8pm 203-630-3823 or Meridenrooms.com

MERIDEN - 1BR, 3rms, smallapt., 2nd flr, Stove & refrigera-tor. Carpet. New tilt windows.Parking. No pets. Refs. & sec.dep. $500. 860-276-0552

MERIDEN - 2 & 3BR Modernapts available. Off st. parking.Section 8 approved. $850 -$1000. Call (203) 715-2301

MERIDEN - Spacious 3BR, 3rdflr. Newly renovated. Off st.parking. Big yard. $1000 + sec.203-294-1229

JEWELRY

COINS for sale, Silver proof setsstarting at $20.00. Mint setsstarting at $15.00. We arealways buying scrap gold jew-elry and silver coins for up to15X face value. 97 East Main st.Meriden, CT 203-819-0797 Fri-day/Saturday 10am-8pm.

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OIL painting 3 piece set. Allhave floral arrangement pic-ture in pastel colors. All framesare granite gray. 1 large isapproximately 20x24, and the 2small are approximately 8x10.Asking $100 or best offer. Call203-235-2784

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PELLET STOVE- Saranac FSblack w/gold dr 50,000 BTU.60lbs hopper incld accessories.Used only 1yr. Exc cond. Paid$2800 new $2300. 203- 686-1354

SEASONED firewood, pickup orlocal delivery. Cut & split.Approx 16-18in. $200/cord;$125/half cord.

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SPORTING GOODS &HEALTH

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