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Master Captain Larry Stokes has been
piloting the Rocky Hill–Glastonbury Ferry
since 1992, maneuvering the tugboat that
pulls the barge across the river.
Photos by Allie Rivera
Living history
The Rocky Hill–Glastonbury Ferry
keeps its longevity record alive
by Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
O
n a sunny Monday
morning, Larry Stokes
stands on the small barge
and takes a puff of his
cigar. He bends down to pull on
some levers and tighten lines before
stepping onto the tugboat that
floats alongside.
He doesn’t say much, but he
gives the air of a man who knows
what he’s doing. As master captain
of the Rocky Hill–Glastonbury Ferry
since 1992, Stokes understands the
equipment he’s been charged with
running better than anyone.
The ferry, which crosses the
Connecticut River between Rocky
Hill and Glastonbury, is the oldest
continuously running ferry service
in the country, having made its first
crossing 360 years ago in 1655. At
the time, it was a small raft poled
across the river by Joseph Smith, the
first ferryman.
“There was a necessity of use in
the area,” Ferry Mate Connor Spencer
said. “Glastonbury was a big farming
community, so it was really necessary.”
The ferry has seen numerous
iterations in the time since it con-
sisted of a few boards of wood strung
together. By 1846, the rafts were
powered by a horse on a treadmill,
and within 30 years after that they
switched to steam-powered ferries.
Around 1922, the steam ferries
were discontinued in favor of what is
still utilized today, a small barge
pulled by a tugboat.
“It’s a self-contained barge and
all the work is done by this tugboat,”
Senior First Mate Sal Spatola said. “It
really wasn’t built for cars originally.
It was built for horses and buggies.”
Since that time, the tugboat and
barge model has stayed, and according to members of the crew, many
visitors have no desire for the system
to change to a more modernized
method.
“I’d say 98 percent of the people
who use it would kill you,” Spatola
said with a laugh. “The tugboat’s
part of the attraction.”
Since its days as a necessity for
getting across the river, the ferry has
also become a destination for tourists and locals alike who are looking
to spend some time on the river.
“People come and want to take
pictures of the tugboat,” Spatola
said. “It’s only a four-to-five minute
crossing, but it’s four to five minutes
of a time gone by. You’re stepping
back in time when you step on here.”
“The scenery is nice, too,”
Spencer added. “We get eagles flying
around here and we get to hear great
stories from people.”
Spencer, who is one of the two
summer helpers who work the ferry
in addition to the five full-time
employees, said it has always been
an important part of his life. When
he was in kindergarten, he recalled
creating a project all about the ferry,
and now he has returned as a recent
high school graduate.
“I’m going into maritime engineering, so this provides an opportunity where I can explore the different
areas of engineering,” he said.
For Spatola, a former police officer, getting to hear those types of
stories of how the ferry has affected
people’s lives is a big perk of the job.
It operates on a seasonal basis under
the auspices of the state Department
of Transportation.
“People will come and tell you,
‘my parents took me here 60 years
ago, then I took my kids and now my
grandkids,’” he said. “A lot of people
bring their families here.”
Although the ferry provides a
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Riding the ferry between Rocky Hill and
Glastonbury allows visitors and commuters
the opportunity to step away from the
hustle and bustle of their day and enjoy the
tranquility of the Connecticut River.
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leisurely escape for many riders,
its efficiency is also beneficial to
commuters.
“It cuts miles off the commute
each way,” Spatola said. “We run
nonstop from when we open to
when we close.”
Depending on the day, the
crew can transport as many as 150
cars per day.
“In an hour we could easily do
five rounds trips. That’s 15 to 22
cars,” Spatola said. “Even when the
bridge was closed, we were taking
four cars at a time, just back and
forth, back and forth.”
“It’s much better than just
sitting in traffic,” Spencer added.
The ferry runs from April 1
through Nov. 30 but may close
due to flooding or other weather
conditions.
“A lot of times we’re closed
in April because of flooding from
snow melting,” Spatola said. “A
lot of people don’t realize it’s a
two-and-a-half foot tidal
difference here.”
Whenever possible, the crew
does its best to keep the service
running.
“If we’re closed, it’s not because
we want to, but because we have
to,” Spencer said.
The ferry continues its run as
the longest-running ferry in the
nation due to the support of local
residents. In 2011, after a suggestion was made to close the ferry
for budgetary reasons, a successful
“Save Our Ferry” campaign helped
to keep it going, for which the
crew is grateful.
“It’s just a great way to get
away and enjoy yourself,” Spencer
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“If I had it to
do over again…
The Rocky Hill–Glastonbury
Ferry runs Monday through Friday
from 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. and
Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. The ferry is $5 per car
on weekdays and $6 per car on
weekends. Pedestrians and bicyclists
can ride it for $2 per person.
The service is a source of pride for Rocky Hill as the oldest
continuously running ferry in the nation. In 2011, when there
was debate about whether to discontinue the service for
budgetary reasons, residents rallied for a successful “Save
Our Ferry” campaign.
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“If only I had enjoyed my family more.”
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than other holidays, yet it is the one day we are encouraged
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Summer Knights
completes the set
by Mark Jahne
Editor
A
final day of fun and
pizza party was held
Aug. 5 at the community
center to mark the
culmination of the new Summer
Knights multi-sports camp program
run by the town Parks and
Recreation Department at the
community center.
It offered a six-week structured
camp-style program for school-aged
children with special needs.
Participants enjoyed sports-related
activities including indoor basketball,
kickball, trampoline jumping and
water balloons, along with parachute
play, music and movement.
Catherine Mader was the
instructor. Members of the Rocky
Hill High School boys basketball
This giant soft ball was the focus
of a game of floor kickball. Players
were instructed not to stand but to
scurry around like crabs.
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team and girls soccer team served
as “buddies” to the participants on a
weekly basis for the six weeks that
the program met.
The Metropolitan District
Commission was the official sponsor
of Summer Knights. It was designed
to complete a planned year-round,
four-season cycle of activities for
these children following the success
of Sidekicks Soccer in the fall, Sea
Cubs swimming over the winter and
Challenger baseball in the spring.
“We completed our series” a
pleased Lisa Zerio said as she
watched the children cavort in the
community center gymnasium.
Zerio is the director of parks and
recreation. She and her staff work
closely with a cadre of parent volunteers to make each of these programs
happen and she is thrilled with their
individual and collective success.
They wanted to limit the number of children per group to make
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The Summer Knights group enjoyed one
last day of sports and pizza on Aug. 5.
“We kept it flexible,” Zerio
said. “Each week was something
different. We had a pretty good
turnout this week.”
The final week featured scooter
hockey, a game in which the youngsters sat on flat seats with four
wheels and scooted around the
floor, whacking balls with soft
paddles and banging the floor for
extra emphasis.
Children ranged in age from
elementary school to high school
students. They represent various
special needs and formed friendships; many were already friends
from the three other programs, but
there were new participants as well.
Jennifer Reilly sat on the bleachers, reading a book and occasionally
taking photos of her two children
as they played scooter hockey. She
is pleased with all of these special
needs programs and likes the way
Summer Knights was designed.
“It’s nice to have something
that’s different every week, that’s
inside and out of the heat,” she said.
“It’s a lot of fun for everyone.”
Reilly also praised the sense of
community these programs have
created between the participating
children and their parents.
Sidekicks Soccer begins a
second season Sept. 12 and continuing through Oct. 31. Annmarie
Catania, coach of the Rocky Hill High
School girls soccer team, returns as
the instructor.
Players from both the boys and
girls soccer teams at RHHS will
serve as buddies to the participants,
who must be of school age.
Structured play will take place each
Saturday at 9 a.m. on McVicar Field
at the high school.
Registration is already under way
and the fee is $30 per child. Sign up at
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“ People told
us we were
too young
to move
here, but we
absolutely
love it.”
The staff at Mitchell’s Family Restaurant is a close-knit group that has
been together for many years. They are, back from left, Roy Merluzzo,
Joe Maietta, Brandon Friss and Kwame Asare; front from left, Tina
Valadez, Jeanette Barnes and Holly Hartley.
Half a century
Mitchell’s Family Restaurant
celebrates a milestone
by Mark Jahne
Editor
F
or 50 years, Mitchell’s
Family Restaurant has
been serving eggs, pancakes, sandwiches, salads, soups and more to diners
from Rocky Hill and surrounding
towns. It’s a history that makes
owner Roy Merluzzo proud,
though he doesn’t have long to
reflect.
He’s too busy buying food and
supplies, running the business
and making sure that everyone
who walks in the door of the Silas
Deane Highway restaurant has a
positive culinary experience.
Ray Mitchell opened the
restaurant in 1965 a mile or so
down the street where Mariella
Creations now stands. It’s original
name was Spud Nuts.
When he moved it to its
current location he changed the
name to Mitchell’s. The restaurant was purchased by David
Osborne from 1980 to 1995.
“That’s when I bought it,”
Merluzzo said.
“When I bought the restaurant, it was in the same building
[as now], but a different part. I
love the location. It’s a central
location in a busy area. This
corridor has seen a lot of growth
over the past 10 years.”
He moved it to its current
location 12 years ago after renovating the space. That allowed
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since,” Harry added.
Merluzzo also sees the
children and grandchildren of
older customers come through the
door. In addition to the food, he
attributes that to the quality and
longevity of his staff.
“I have a lot of employees
who have stayed with me since I
bought the restaurant,” he said.
“Our restaurant is a sustenance
business. We deal with people
for growth. He’s also pleased that,
even when the rest of the neighborhood goes dark, his power
always seems to stay on.
“We expanded our menu and
expanded our hours to include
dinners Monday through Friday,”
Merluzzo said.
One of the secrets of Mitchell’s
success is a large percentage of
repeat customers.
“We know a lot of customer
names, a lot of customers’ orders,
we know a lot of families,” he said.
“We get a lot of repeat customers
on a daily basis.”
One such pair of frequent diners is Harry and Diane Hazel. On
this day he was enjoying a meal of
sausage and spuds while she was
lunching on poached Oscar (eggs
topped with asparagus and
hollandaise sauce).
“Good food, good people,”
Harry said about why he keeps
coming back.
The couple used to own a store
in town.
“It was a customer who told
us about Mitchell’s,” Diane said.
“We’ve been coming here ever
They are made on location, not
out of a can. Everything is fresh
and there are multiple choices
every day. On Fridays they alternate between clam chowder and
corn chowder.
Certain dinner options have
become staples on given nights.
Diners can expect to find baked
chicken on Wednesday and pot
roast on Thursday, for example.
A new feature that Merluzzo
“We know a lot of customer names,
a lot of customer orders, we
know a lot of families.”
–Roy Merluzzo
on a routine.”
Merluzzo was asked to list the
most popular items but, after giving it some thought, he replied that
they run all over the menu. Daily
lunch and dinner specials are popular and the blueberry pancakes
have long been a favorite.
“The soups are very popular,”
he said.
said is proving popular is a fourcourse price fixed meal on the last
Friday of each month. The cost is
$24. Most items on the menu are
priced between $5 and $18.
Mitchell’s offers a wide
variety of egg, waffle, pancake and
other breakfast dishes. Lunch and
dinner options include numerous
types of meat entrees, a wide selec-
tion of sandwiches, salads and
burgers, plus friend chicken and
seafood choices.
There’s also a menu just
for children.
“We serve breakfast all day
long,” he added. “Our philosophy is
we want you to get whatever you
want without locking you into a
lot of food for a lot of price.”
The catering side of the business is growing nicely as well, he
said. Merluzzo said many people
call his restaurant “Breakfast City”
and he’s fine with that.
The Tolland resident owned
four restaurants at one point,
including Mitchell’s.
“In 2001, I bought a restaurant
in Vernon that was for sale,” he said.
That is now owned by his
brother. He also owned Mitchell’s
on Main in Cromwell, which he
sold to his partner, and for seven
years operated Mitchell’s on the
River at Ferry Park. RHL
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non-profit Chrysalis
Center grow and thrive
by Mark Jahne
Editor
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Barbara and Oliver
are happy in their
new home.
Photo by Mark Jahne
Carolyn Phillips
stands alongside
a plaque honoring
her commitment
to the Chrysalis
Center in Hartford.
hen the topic of
conversation is the
Chrysalis Center in
Hartford, Carolyn
Phillips has no trouble finding
motivation. The private, non-profit
social service and housing organization is near and dear to the Rocky
Hill resident’s heart.
Chrysalis describes itself as a
socially innovative multi-service
organization that helps people
living in poverty, military veterans,
women and children, young adults
and individuals who are struggling
with mental health, addiction, HIV/
AIDS, or who are returning to the
community from incarceration
and homelessness.
It helps them transform their
lives through job training, employment services, housing and other
community health care services.
Those services include supportive
housing, recovery, employment
and more.
“I found out about Chrysalis
from a client of mine,” Phillips, a
personal trainer, said. “At the time
I knew absolutely nothing about
Chrysalis. I thought it would be nice
to get involved.”
She saw it as a way of giving
back by helping others. Phillips has
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watched the agency grow and
expand over the years and has
served on its board of directors.
“The reason we stay on the
board is because they have made so
many contributions to individuals,
to families … on multiple levels,”
she said.
“We as a board get to see the
growth of these people. I stayed
involved because I know the organization works. They do a lot of board
education. The management team is
phenomenal.”
That’s important to her because
there are so many different programs and board members need to
understand their components.
As a health and fitness professional, she found that Freshplace –
a fresh food pantry – immediately
resonated with her. It serves
approximately 100 families that
make up a total of 300 individuals.
The pantry serves the Upper
Albany and Asylum Hill neighborhoods of Hartford.
“Freshplace, in particular,
has meaning to me,” she said.
Clients can come to Freshplace
to pick up fruits and vegetables
of their choice. Those food items
also come with a dose of education
to help them understand what
they are eating and why.
Phillips conducts a food
drive to benefit Chrysalis every
holiday season.
The center – located on
Homestead Avenue in Hartford –
also features raised-bed gardens, an
art gallery, culinary school, recreation center and technical training
programs. An emphasis is always
placed on outcomes because the
whole idea behind Chrysalis is not
just to help people, but to help them
gain self-sufficiency.
Phillips owns and operates Fit
Behavior. She ran it as a gym for 18
years but gave that up and now
focuses on a personal business training out of her home. Her professional
focus is on weight loss and lifestyle.
She also does live events, lunch
and learn programs, and teaches
classes at the Rocky Hill
Congregational Church.
She is proud that other social
service agencies across the country
are taking notice and starting to
follow the Chrysalis model. That
model always includes goal setting
and case management.
The nonprofit is celebrating its
40th anniversary this year and part
of the festivities are 40 different
pop-up events.
Sharon Castelli is the chief
executive officer. She praised
Phillips for her longtime commitment and service. The two women
have known each other for 11 years.
“Carolyn was on our board for
nine years,” she said. “She’s certainly
at a governance leadership level of
the organization. She never misses
a meeting.”
The only reason Phillips stepped
down from the board of directors
was because of mandated term limits. She took a year off, as required,
and rejoined the board this past
November. She serves on numerous
committees including real estate
and strategic planning.
Castelli spoke about Freshplace,
calling it a state-of-the-art food
pantry. Patrons choose foods to
meet the health and cultural needs
of their families. They also learn
how to prepare the fresh vegetables
they select.
Freshplace is a collaborative
project among Chrysalis Center,
the Junior League of Hartford and
Foodshare.
“We’re trying to give people
a hand up, not a hand out,”
Castelli said.
All Chrysalis Center services
come with a case management
component. Those who utilize
Freshplace are offered cooking
classes, nutrition classes and
budget management training.
Castelli said Phillips collects
food, does fitness fundraisers, participates in client involvement, food
education, treatment and wellness
programs, among others.
“She’s gone above and beyond
what an average board member does,”
she said. “She’s a natural leader, an
incredibly smart lady.”
She added that Phillips has
held chair and vice chair positions
within the organization. She
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Atria Greenridge Place, held a Hula Hoop for Sophia
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Carnival
and cook-off
Atria Greenridge Place hosts event
for intergenerational fun
by Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
T
he temperatures were
climbing, but the heat
didn’t quell the fits of
laughter and jumps of
joy at Atria Greenridge Place as it
hosted children from KinderCare
in Glastonbury for a carnival and
cook-off.
“We have a relationship with
KinderCare,” Kathy Hallett, life
guidance director in the memory
care unit, said. “We do book buddies and arts and crafts and our
seniors love it. They really love
having that time with them.”
The morning’s festivities July 31
began with a carnival – which Atria
Greenridge Place has never hosted
before – that included games such as
throwing a ball to knock over cans,
tossing a Frisbee through a Hula
Hoop and running a water bucket
relay for the nearly 50 children in
attendance.
“We just did the ring toss, but
the best part was the water station,”
Ava Mieczkowski, 7, said.
Each of the carnival stations
was run by a volunteer, some of
whom were pre-teen or teenage
children of Atria Greenridge Place
employees.
“We want to help cultivate the
importance of volunteering in their
community,” Hallett said.
As the children ran around,
many senior residents began to
gather under the shade of a tree
to watch the festivities.
“I love to see the kids and see
what they’re doing,” resident Helen
Trefry said with a smile. “Everyone is
so happy and they look like they’re
fulfilled.”
“This is a wonderful event for
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the children and everybody seems to
be enjoying themselves,” resident
Bob Muello added.
The main event of the day came
after the running, jumping and
throwing. As a culmination of
National Culinary Month, Atria
Greenridge Place hosted a burger
cook-off between the facility’s chefs
and members of the local fire, emergency medical services and police
departments, with the children
serving as judges.
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about supporting the community,”
Hallett said.
“These guys are out there every
day helping people, so it was great
for them to take a few minutes to
come help us here,” Director of
Culinary Janet McClendon said.
When the members of emergency
services arrived with their fire truck
Lt. Rob Catania said he and other
members of the Rocky Hill Police
Department are happy for any
opportunity where they can be out in
the community. With him are, from
left, 6-year-olds Dimitriy M., Andrew
Hsu, Ola Ahaie and Haylee Murphy.
and police cars, the children had the
chance to explore the vehicles and
meet the first responders.
“When we can be part of the
community, we’re happy to do it,”
Lt. Rob Catania said. “We think it’s
important to let children get familiar with the police and know who
we are.”
Though the day consisted of
three parts – a carnival, a cook-off
and tours of emergency vehicles –
the reasoning behind it all was to
build a greater sense of community,
helping both children and senior
citizens alike.
“Intergenerational programming
is very big for us,” Engage Life
Director Jeremy Hall said. “It’s great
for the kids and it’s great for the
residents, too.”
For the senior residents at Atria
Greenridge Place, the opportunity to
engage with children can be both a
simple bit of fun and a health benefit.
Numerous studies, including one
from the Healthy Aging Partnership,
show that intergenerational activities
can reduce depression in older adults
and contribute to overall health.
Chefs at Atria Greenridge Place came together with members of the
emergency medical services, police and fire departments for a burger
cook-off, judged by children from KinderCare in Glastonbury.
Similar studies have shown that
the benefits for children can be just
as great and those at Atria
Greenridge Place hope to make an
impact on the lives of the youngsters
who visit the facility.
“We believe it’s important for
children to be comfortable around
their elders,” Hallett said. “We see
this really as a wonderful intergenerational opportunity.”
Though Hall and the rest of the
team at Atria Greenridge Place knew
of the social and health benefits for
participants of all ages, the day
ran as simply one of fun and
friendly competition, with the
facility’s chefs winning the kids’
vote in the cook-off.
“It was a perfect ending to an
eventful Culinary Appreciation
Month,” Hall said. “I could not
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German manufacturer
selects Rocky Hill for
its U.S. operations HQ
by Mark Jahne
Editor
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ARBURG President and CEO
Friedrich Kanz stands alongside
one of his company’s Allrounder
machines. The company specializes
in high-end injection molding
equipment sold to a wide variety of
industries and recently moved its
U.S. headquarters into a new
facility on West Street.
hen the German
manufacturer
ARBURG was looking for a new primary location for its American subsidiary, it had certain requirements that
needed to be met. Rocky Hill had
them all and now the company
resides in a newly constructed
facility on a hillside overlooking
West Street.
ARBURG provides high-end
injection molding machinery
designed to provide for greater
product efficiency. It covers every
aspect of the process, from product
design to production planning.
ARBURG products are used in
a wide variety of fields including
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hybrid machines as well that operate
on a combination of electric and
hydraulic technology, as well as
those that are completely hydraulic.
Some Allrounders are built on
a horizontal plane while others are
vertical. Customers can also purchase an ARBURG robotic system
packaging, automotive, consumer
electronics, medical, optical, white
goods, sanitation, toys, sports,
leisure and technical injection
molding.
The company offers its customers
customized system services to
achieve top quality at the lowest
possible cost. It boasts an extensive
network incorporating the parent
factory, subsidiaries and international
trading partners.
Comprehensive pre-sale and
after-sale service extends beyond
the machine itself. It includes applications technology consulting, product
and mold design, as well as the planning, design and commissioning of
the injection molding machines or
complete production cells.
Among its other services are
comprehensive support in process
integration and control, production
planning and full customer service,
including specific training offerings.
ARBURG’s primary product is
its series of Allrounder machines
that combine speed and energy efficiency with precision machining and
low noise emissions. There are
said Friedrich Kanz, president and
CEO at the Rocky Hill headquarters.
“We have 22 subsidiaries around
the globe.”
Those locations include Mexico,
Brazil, Asia and Europe. In addition
to the local operation the company
has two technology centers in Elgin,
Ill., and Irvine, Calif., to better ser-
“We have strong competition from
Europe, from Japan. We have a very
good product, technically top end.”
—Friedrich Kanz
and operate it in conjunction with
an Allrounder to form a complete
production unit operated via a
central machine control system
named Selogica.
A host computer system is configured to grow with the customer.
It is designed to provide optimized
machine capacity utilization with
higher production quality.
“ARBURG USA is the largest
export organization of ARBURG,”
vice its customers in the Midwest
and on the West Coast.
He said the company has been
selling injection molding machines
since the 1960s and originally used a
distributorship in Berlin, Conn., to
enter the American market. In 1990,
top officials at world headquarters in
Lossburg, Germany, determined that
in order to provide the highest level
of customer service, the company
needed its own American presence.
They liked the people who
worked for the distributor so
ARBURG quickly selected central
Connecticut as its base of U.S. operations. Kanz said these people have a
high level of expertise and many
were hired by the company to work
at its prior location off the Berlin
Turnpike in Newington.
The company spent 25 years at
that location but he said it was no
longer state of the art, nor did it have
the infrastructure to fit ARBURG’s
growth and changing needs. So the
new facility in Rocky Hill was built
and opened in June of this year.
“It had to be close to the old
facility because we didn’t want to
lose good employees,” Kanz said.
The company liked the parcel
of land on West Street and town
officials were welcoming and
helpful with the process, he added.
The property encompasses four
acres and the building is 27,000
square feet.
“They were interested to have
us,” he said. “We are happy that we
are here. The heart of the building is
the showroom.”
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A tall ceiling and high windows
allow for plenty of natural light.
Several Allrounder machines are
on display and they are fully functional if needed for product
demonstrations.
The building also features
several training rooms and a vast
spare parts stock. He said more
than 12,000 ARBURG machines are
currently in use across the country.
“We have strong competition
from Europe, from Japan. We have a
very good product, technically top
end,” Kanz said.
He added that the company does
good business in the United States
and its sales projections are positive.
“The American market looks
strong again after a few weak years
in 2008 and 2009,” he said. “It’s going
well and looking good. Business, in
general, is good in the United States.”
Kanz said the company
rebounded nicely over the past few
years. He gave much of the credit
for that to the recovery of the U.S.
automotive industry.
ARBURG employs 45 people in
Rocky Hill and 75 overall in its
This view from the second floor reveals the large and brightly lit showroom
where various ARBURG Allrounder machines are on display. They are fully
hooked up to allow for demonstration runs to provide prospective customers
with an example of their high-tech capabilities.
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are German citizens who come to
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time, usually three years, before
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Linda Mathis, a board member with ITNCentralCT,
is a frequent rider. She is pictured speaking at a
June celebration of ITNCentralCT’s 10,000-ride
milestone. Due to a visual impairment, Mathis is
not able to drive herself at most times of day and
relies on ITN for transportation.
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Much more than door to door
ITNCentralCT celebrates 10,000-ride milestone
by Abigail Albair
Executive Editor
L
inda Mathis may not
have met her future
spouse had it not been
for the Independent
Transportation Network.
Emily Leonard would not
be completing her second master’s
degree.
ITNCentralCT celebrated its
10,000-ride milestone in June while
its parent company, ITNAmerica,
marks its 20th anniversary this year.
ITNAmerica was the first national
non-profit transportation network
for seniors, although those who
utilize the service locally will tell
you it is much more than just a
transport service.
ITNCentralCT has been providing affordable rides at any time for
any reason to seniors and adults
with visual impairment since 2006.
Currently headquartered in West
Hartford, the organization serves
Greater Hartford.
Leonard, a resident of
The McAuley at The Mercy
Community in West Hartford,
credits ITN with helping her get
to and from the Trinity College campus during the last three years while
she worked toward a master’s in
American studies.
“The Trinity campus is wild.
You’ve got culs-de-sac everywhere.
If I’d had to use taxis, they never
would have found me on the campus,” Leonard said. “The grad classes
are all at night and don’t get out
until 9 p.m. and I could count on the
ITN guys to be right outside my
classroom when I came out.”
“And the price was right,” she
added, noting that the cost of taxis
would have made going back to
school cost prohibitive. “They
are a safe and reliable source of
transportation.”
Beyond offering rides to and
from campus, Leonard found the
drivers to be her fan section, of sorts,
as she found a new passion in school.
“I had pretty much the same
three drivers and, after three years,
they were my cheering squad,” she
said. “They were really interested in
what it’s like to go back to school
when you’re in your 80s with all
these 20 year olds. They were just so
encouraging and supportive and
interested. I’ve made life-long friends
out of this experience.”
Leonard began work toward her
degree in the summer of 2012 and
just recently handed in her thesis.
Although that work is
complete, she will continue to audit
classes in coming semesters. She
places a premium on being in the
company of younger generations,
and appreciates the opportunity
to do so through school.
“I want to keep this up to be
at least once a week with young people, and I find a school setting is a
very good way to do it. It’s more natural. They share your interests, so
you’re not really a fish out of water,”
she said.
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Leonard, who will be 87 in
October, is thinking of turning her
thesis into a book.
“It’s such a joy to find a whole
new career at the end of your life, to
do something you’ve never done
before and have a whole new world
open up for you,” she said.
She added of her ITN drivers,
“They really made it possible. I could
not have gone back to school without them. I think the world of them.”
While she appreciated the moral
support of her ITN drivers, something she said was “just marvelous,”
she also believes they saw a benefit
in spending time with her on
their rides.
“They’re almost young enough
to be my kids, but they’re all retired
so their 80s aren’t that far ahead of
them that they can’t project, so their
interest in my success at school is
great for me and for them,” she said.
“It’s like a flag of hope. You don’t
have to end your life when you’re 60
or 70.”
She believes just the act of
volunteering for ITN is one that
gives people a purpose – be it in
retirement or otherwise – and
one that makes an important
contribution. She hopes others
will consider offering their time
to the organization.
Don Jensen agrees with the
sentiment that volunteering with
ITN is a fulfilling experience.
The Wethersfield resident is a
driver and board member who has
was taking a blind lady and her dog
to the grocery store,” he recalled.
The store was not one with
which he was familiar. The dog was
rambunctious and the woman’s list
was all in braille. With the help of an
assistant manager, they finally got
their bearings to navigate the store.
He’s taken her grocery shopping
many times since and they now
“We’re not just door to door or
curb to curb. We’ll do whatever we
need to do to help the individual out.”
–Don Jensen
been with the nonprofit for about
six years.
“It gets me out of the house.
It gets me giving back,” he said.
“We make friends with our riders.
We get to know them and they get
to know us.”
He has had tough experiences
over the years, but those are some
of his fondest memories.
“My most challenging experience
have a system at a familiar store.
In another encounter with a
rider, Jensen took a woman with a
degenerative muscle disease from her
home in the south of the ITN area to
an exercise class in Middletown.
“I took her once or twice and I
told her we might give her a driver
living in her area and she said,
‘Please don’t. Please don’t change,’”
he said. “I was surprised how quickly
she adapted to me and me to her.
That, to me, is what really makes
it rewarding.”
Jensen has taken people to all
kinds of places, be it shopping, to
medical appointments, for social
gatherings or just to visit a friend.
For his rider with the muscle condition, he knows how to make her
most comfortable for the drive. For
those who are visually impaired,
he’ll help them into their house and
help put away their groceries after
a shopping trip.
“We’re not just door to door
or curb to curb,” he said. “We’ll do
whatever we need to do to help the
individual out.”
During June’s celebration of the
10,000th ride, ITNAmerica founder
and President Katherine Freund
joined the CentralCT group at the
Pond House Café in Elizabeth Park
to share stories from riders and
drivers before embarking on a
national Storybook Tour that ended
Aug. 14. The tour, which spread the
message of how mobility can change
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Don Jensen, a driver and board
member with ITNCentralCT, is
pictured above at the June
celebration. Jensen was the
driver for 2,000 of the 10,000
rides given by the organization.
strengthen the senior mobility movement for the 71 million Americans
who will be 65 or older by 2030.
The celebration also shed light
on a personal milestone for Jensen:
of the 10,000 ITNCentralCT rides
given, he was the driver for 2,000
of them.
“I was shocked,” he said. “But
I am retired and so that makes me
much more available to do this.”
For his part, the appreciation
of his riders is all the thanks he
needs for his volunteer work.
“You take people and they say,
SALON
‘Thank you,’ and I say to them, ‘The
thanks that you express, that’s my
pay,’” he said.
Linda Mathis, a Rocky Hill resident, is also a board member with
ITNCentralCT, and is a frequent rider.
“ITN has opened up so many
doors for me,” she said.
Due to a visual impairment,
Mathis is not able to drive herself at
most times of day. While she takes a
bus to work, the bus schedule near
her home is limited, making transportation to medical appointments
and social gatherings very difficult.
“I’m going to be taking French
lessons in the fall and I wouldn’t
be able to do that without ITN,”
she said.
Currently, Mathis walks to the
bus daily and, when she works half
days as she did much of last winter,
buses do not run at the times she
needs to get home.
“When you drive, it’s not a big
deal, but if you don’t drive it’s a big
deal and it can impede your life,” she
said. “I would come home after work
Friday and not leave my house until
Monday morning. … Everything I
have to do I have to schedule. How
am I going to get there? How will I
get home?”
Mathis does not want to be a
burden to her family or friends for
regular rides, which is why she said
ITN has been so helpful.
“For times when I want to go
somewhere special, I just call ITN,”
she said. “If I want to go out to dinner, I want to have that independence. I want to be able to get there
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For a few blind dates, Mathis
had ITN drive her and even worked
out a system so the driver could help
her make a quick getaway if the date
didn’t work out.
Lucky for her, one date was successful and she is now engaged to
the person ITN took her to meet.
“They opened up life so much,”
she said. “They gave me the freedom
to be a normal person.”
She has had most of the ITN
drivers, she said, and has gotten to
know at least a bit about all of them.
“You don’t feel like you’re riding
with a stranger,” she said.
Mathis, who started utilizing
ITN at age 45, called the organization to get to the hospital when
her grandson was born. She
usedit to visit her mother in a
convalescent home.
“These are wonderful people
who do this because they want to
help people,” she said.
One thing the drivers and riders
agree upon is that ITNCentralCT is
always in need of more volunteer
drivers to help keep it a success.
In 2013, the West Hartford Town
Council approved a resolution
expending $25,000 to provide a grant
to the nonprofit to partially fund an
executive director position to manage the growing demand for rides,
seek additional volunteers and
improve its finances.
Kevin Farmer was hired to the
position. At the time of the 10,000
ride celebration, he expressed an
appreciation for current volunteers
and stressed an ongoing need for
new ones.
The organization serves 15
member towns: Avon, Cromwell,
Durham, East Haddam, East
Hampton, Farmington, Haddam,
Hartford, Middlefield, Middletown,
Newington, Portland, Rocky Hill,
West Hartford and Wethersfield.
Volunteers drive their own cars,
offering services 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Mary Silverberg, representing
ITN, spoke to the council at the
time.
She offered details of the program, noting that it is of particular
importance for older adults who
put themselves or others at risk of
injury if they drive when they no
longer should.
She shared a personal story,
noting that she has been visually
impaired whole life, therefore she
has never been able to drive.
“In the last few months of my
husband’s life when he knew he had
to hang up the keys … my husband
said, ‘How are you going to get where
you need to go?’” she explained.
“Sometimes people hang on to driving a lot longer than they should. …
Knowing that you’ve got another really good viable option to help you get
the transportation you need, there is
a piece of mind with that.” RHL
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The final show of the Rocky Hill Parks and Recreation Summer
Concert series provided two hours of music courtesy of You Should
Be Dancin’, a Bee Gees tribute band. The concerts, which began in
late June, included music ranging from top 40 and pop rock hits to
the tunes of Frank Sinatra.
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1. Eliza Pistritto, 22 months, spent an evening out with her parents, Carmelo and Meghan. 2. Three-year-old Noah Berneski loved the jungle gym overlooking the stage.
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ning was a family affair for the Mattus family: Jill, Greg and Juliet, 3. 8. Members of the Rocky Hill Volunteer Fire Department, from left, Jim Lamarre, Joe Sereby
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including Matt Bortolan, 17, Summer Vinci, 17, Caitlyn Lajoie, 19, and dog Paris. 10. Friends and family came together to enjoy the evening including, from left, Terry
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or Jamie Parr, exalted
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Wethersfield lodge of
the Elks, being a club
member is in her blood.
“I grew up here,” she said.
“My grandfather was one, my
father was one, my mother is
one, my brother. This whole
place is my family.”
That familial feeling permeates the atmosphere in the
Cromwell Avenue lodge that
boasts 502 members.
The Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the
United States of America is a
national organization with
nearly one million members
from more than 2,000 lodges
around the country. The Elks
Club was founded in New York
City in 1868 by a group of 15
theater professionals looking
for a bond of fraternity and to
promote and practice their four
cardinal virtues: charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity.
Elks is both a social club
and a charitable organization,
but its membership is not open
to the public.
“It is a private club. You
have to know somebody to
sponsor you to join,” said Rick
Martyn, trustee chairman and
a past exalted ruler. “What you
end up with is a lot of nice people who are very charitable.”
Originally a male-only
club, it began allowing women
to join in 1966. Local members
said that was a long-overdue
decision.
“It was a great thing,”
House Committee Chairman
Frank Mangene said. “They do
a lot and are always willing to
donate their time.”
The Rocky Hill/
Wethersfield Elks celebrated
their 50th anniversary in 2014
and their 15th year in their
current location. Although the
social aspect is a prominent
part of the organization,
members say it is the charitable activities that make the
Elks Club great.
“For us, the biggest thing is
giving back to the community,”
Mangene said.
As a national organization,
the Elks primarily focus on
youth and veterans’ organizations and have given millions
of dollars in donations and
scholarships.
“Scholarships from the Elks
nationally, for a long time, was
only beat by the government in
terms of scholarship giving,”
Martyn said. “Recently, the Bill
Gates Foundation beat that, but
we’re still third in the country
for giving.”
The Rocky Hill/
Wethersfield lodge provides
three annual scholarships as
part of the nearly $20,000 it
donates each year, which also
benefits local youth sports
organizations and the
Connecticut State Veterans
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Home, among others.
The lodge also gives to the
Connecticut State Elks Club’s major
project. Lodges throughout the state
work to raise money for the Safe
Kids Connecticut program, based
out of the Injury Prevention Center
at Connecticut Children’s Medical
Center in Hartford.
The Connecticut State Elks
aims to donate $100,000 to this
project every year, and according to
Martyn, the state organization has
provided nearly $4 million to CCMC
over the years.
Another recent charitable project
that the local lodge completed was for
the veteran’s home. According to Parr,
the club reached out to the home to
see how it could help and learned that
the facility was in need of a new grill.
The Elks were able to donate nearly
$2,000 worth of equipment.
“About 13 or 14 of us went to
that,” Parr said. “We cooked hot
dogs and hamburgers and met
with people.”
Along with monetary donations,
the Elks also donate whatever
resources they can, most often their
begun to earn the Elks Club more
word-of-mouth attention, resulting
in steadily growing numbers.
Nationally, the Connecticut Elks
rank second in the country for
membership growth.
“We’re starting to get a lot of
younger members because people
are seeing what we do here,” Parr
said. “I think there’s an image out
there that we’re a good old boys’
club, and that’s not true. We do a lot
of charitable work here and we’re
like a family.”
Members are gearing up for two
of their largest fund-raising events.
The club will host a public golf tournament Sept. 11 with funds going
toward its scholarship program, and
on Sept. 20 it will host a bike run
to benefit Connecticut disabled
veterans.
“It’s great to be a part of something that really gives back,”
Mangene said. RHL
The Rocky Hill/Wethersfield Elks Club hosted a paint night to raise funds for
the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. The Connecticut State Elks donate
$100,000 to CCMC each year.
hall, which they also rent out to
the public.
“A couple of years back we
donated the hall, believe it or not, for
a dog who needed surgery,” Mangene
said with a small laugh.
Through that event, the club was
able to help raise funds for a service
dog that desperately needed a hip
replacement. For Parr and the others
at the lodge, members’ donation of
their time is one of the key aspects
that makes them proud of their club.
“Last year there was about
25,000 hours that we gave back,”
Martyn said.
Members volunteer in organizations throughout Rocky Hill and the
surrounding towns and many also
look to give back to the others in the
club when needed.
“We always help our own members,” Martyn said. “If any of them
need assistance or need help if they
fall on hard times, many members
will go mow their lawn or bring them
food. It’s a real family here.”
That positive atmosphere has
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Vice President Daniel DiFiore is all smiles now
that DiFiore Ravioli Shop is finally open. The
store’s opening was delayed by several months.
Photos by Mara Dresner
DiFiore Ravioli Shop
opens a pasta store in town
by Mara Dresner
Staff Writer
P
asta fans can rejoice.
DiFiore Ravioli Shop is
finally open. After a number of setbacks, the store
opened on Cromwell Avenue a few
weeks ago, several months later
than originally planned.
“We have unfortunately had
holdups,” said Daniel DiFiore, vice
president, including equipment
arriving in damaged condition.
“We’ve been saying [we’re opening
in] two weeks for two months.”
The DiFiore name is known in
the area from its Franklin Avenue
location in the South End of
Hartford. While the new shop will
feature many familiar favorites, it
won’t be a carbon copy of the
city store.
“We’re an Italian specialty food
store. We specialize in making our
own pasta, sauces, ravioli. We want
to become a bit of a one-stop shop
for basic Italian stuff, for high-end
cheeses, for prepared foods.
Convenience is a big thing with
us,” he said.
“The big thing we’re really
pushing here is prepared food. We’ll
be doing hot foods to go. We’re
going to be doing sandwiches. It’s
such a convenient location.’
He added that they’re hoping to
get both lunchtime business and
people stopping in on their way
home from work. Meals will include
traditional Italian favorites, such
as chicken piccata and chicken
Marsala.
“We have a huge variety of
on-demand pasta dishes and combinations, individual and family size to
bring home … we have 20-something
kinds of ravioli, another dozen
shapes of fresh pasta, 15 different
sauces, salads and antipasto,” said
Don DiFiore, president.
They’ll also be making cookies
with a new cookie-cutting machine.
“We want to be more one-stop
shop friendly, with everything from
salad to appetizers to dessert,”
Daniel said.
They’ll also have a retail section,
selling dried pasta, pasta making
supplies and exotic cooking oils.
Gelato, made in the Hartford
location, will also be for sale in
Rocky Hill. Fresh mozzarella will be
made on site.
“The feel we’re going for is kind
of like old school, not overly modern
or trendy, classic,” Daniel said. “We
like it when our customers say we
do it like their grandmothers do it.”
Don added that none of their
products have preservatives.
“Most of our ravioli product
goes straight from production into
the freezer,” he said. “We stick to
our roots.”
The company is definitely a
family business.
“My mom and dad started it in
1982 when they were just about
retirement age; they were both 62
years old. My dad decided to get out
of the corporate world. He was
always a foodie his whole life. He
envisioned [owning a] restaurant,
but the opportunity came along for
pasta, and we were big into making
pasta at home, and of course his
mom was, too,” Don said.
“They bought the equipment
from a failing pasta business in
Boston and opened in Hartford in
1982. Dad’s gone almost four years.
My mom’s 94, and still going strong,”
he added.
“My sister Andrea has been in
the business since the beginning.
Daniel and I just got involved full
time about four years ago when my
parents got elderly and the business
was failing and worn out. They
were at the point of calling it quits.
“I was in a good position to
jump in and do something with it
and it’s done well, [although] not
necessarily money wise. We have a
lot of pride in what we do. I know
the whole family loves seeing this
business still alive.”
Don has been in the restaurant
business for 25 years, including
renting space from his father.
“I got out of the restaurant
business 10 years ago and got
into contracting,” he said.
The Rocky Hill location became
available shortly after he and Daniel
got involved with the business,
although it took a couple of years
before it worked out financially to
make a commitment for the space.
“It had been vacant for a while.
We were able to secure this place
almost turnkey. [There’s] a fully
equipped kitchen. It was almost
a no brainer. We had to do it,”
Don said.
It’s not just individuals who like
the products. Restaurants including
Carbone’s Ristorante in Hartford and
Carbone’s Kitchen in Bloomfield are
their customers as well.
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Daniel DiFiore
shows off his
pasta-making
skills.
“[They use] fresh, great
ingredients. [It’s] convenient, plus
Don and Dan are great guys,” said
Vinnie Carbone, who uses DiFiore’s
cheese ravioli in both locations.
Now that the second location is
finally open, the men have an eye on
what’s next.
“It’s a good stepping stone for a
third location,” Daniel said.
“We’re planning to open a larger
store in West Hartford. We’d like
to secure something in the next
year,” Don said.
“Realistically, I think at the point
of if we get a bigger store in West
Hartford, we would probably be done
with the Hartford area.”
He doesn’t rule out a fourth shop
east of the river. Once they feel more
settled with their new location, they
may also sell some of the specialties
they’re making in town at their
Hartford location.
“We are looking forward to
sticking to who we are as a pasta
business. We are looking forward to
a large menu of prepared pasta dishes made to order. There’s not much
time off the machine into the pot,
out the door,” Don said.
That includes the many kinds of
ravioli, including combinations such
as spinach and artichoke, walnut
and gorgonzola, chicken and smoked
mozzarella, and sausage, peppers
Photos by Mara Dresner
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and onions.
“The focus stays on ravioli. It’s
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business.” RHL
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Wendy McGuire overcomes a
brain tumor to resume her career
by Mark Jahne
Editor
W
Photo by Mark Jahne
endy McGuire didn’t
feel right. She went to
various doctors and
received varied diagnoses.
“I wasn’t feeling well for about four
years and had three diagnoses. It turned
out to be a brain tumor. I had to have
emergency brain surgery,” she said.
Doctors told her she had everything
from a thyroid problem to anxiety disorder to peri-menopause. More than one
blamed her problem on what they
thought was sleep apnea.
“You know who found it? My
optometrist. My optic nerves were
swollen,” she said.
She wasn’t able to sleep and as a result
was always tired and experienced a high
level of anxiety. She later learned that if it
the tumor was left untreated much longer
she could have lost her eyesight.
Once the problem was properly
identified doctors quickly found a tumor
that was the size of a baseball. They
were able to completely remove it and
she undergoes annual MRIs just to make
sure it doesn’t start to grow back.
So far, so good.
“It took about a year and a half to
really feel well,” McGuire said. “I’m here,
I’m healthy. I’m excited to be back. I’ve
got an exciting product line.”
McGuire, who lives in Wethersfield,
is a licensed aesthetician who works
under the business name of JEM
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she was healthy enough to work again
the opportunity presented itself for the
two women to join forces and they are
both delighted with the outcome.
“She was my aesthetician and I was
her hairdresser,” Fraleigh said. “People
trust her and she’s good at what she does.”
McGuire is thrilled to be working
with her friend. Her services include
facials, spa treatments, aroma therapy and
waxing. She uses all-natural products.
Fraleigh was afraid that her friend
would not survive her brain tumor and
is grateful that this fear proved unfounded. McGuire only works two or three
days a week but that suits both women
just fine.
“Wendy brings something
completely different,” Fraleigh said. “The
staff has welcomed her with open arms.”
She expects McGuire will attract a
diverse clientele of all ages. Cutter’s
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TOWN Pride
Pictured are
scenes from
last year’s event.
Fall Fest brings
town together
by Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
O
ctober is a time for fall
foliage and pumpkin pie,
but in Rocky Hill it is also
a reason to celebrate. The
town’s annual Fall Fest, which began
eight years ago, is an opportunity for
members of the community to come
together every autumn.
“It’s a great community event
that brings everybody together,”
Recreation Supervisor Chris Rusack
said. “The nicest thing is it’s for all
ages across the board. Anybody and
everybody is welcome.”
Fall Fest offers residents and visitors food and local business vendors,
amusement rides, live music, a children’s costume contest, hay rides,
arts and crafts, face painting and a
concluding fireworks display.
“At that time of year, with the
cold air and foliage, the fireworks are
just beautiful,” Rusack said.
Hosted at the Veterans
Memorial Amphitheater in Elm
Ridge Park, Fall Fest is a free event
sponsored by the town, which
typically draws between 3,000
and 5,000 people. Rusack says
that parking is free at the
park as well as at the
high school where a
shuttle will bring
people to the event.
Prior to Fall
Fest, Rocky Hill
hosted an annual
event called Party
in the Park every
June with increasing popularity.
With the completion of the amphitheater and a desire
to try something new,
the Parks and
Recreation department
decided to move the event to
October and Fall Fest was born.
“It’s a very community-oriented event,” Rusack said. “It really
brings everybody in town together.”
The 2015 Fall Fest is scheduled
for October 17 from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00
p.m., with a rain date on October 18.
For
more
information,
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Bragging rights
Photo courtesy of the Rocky Hill Historical Society
TOWN Pride
Rocky Hill has many
historical points of pride
by Mark Jahne
Editor
O
ne of the key pieces of
Rocky Hill’s past, as
noted today on the
town’s official seal,
was the continental ship
Minerva. The brigantine belonged
to Capt. William Griswold of
Wethersfield and was harbored
along the Connecticut River in
Rocky Hill.
It was pressed into military
service during the Revolutionary
War as part of the Connecticut
Navy, armed for battle and placed
under the command of Capt.
Giles Hall with the assigned task
of patrolling and protecting the
state’s shoreline from the English.
The Minerva was commissioned Aug. 3, 1775, and later
ordered to intercept two English
vessels in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
in Canada that were bringing
supplies to the enemy. The sailors
were reportedly stunned that
they were being sent so far from
home and mutinied.
The ship later sailed into
Long Island Sound in search of a
reported enemy vessel. It
returned to town after only four
months of service and a mere
seven days at sea and was decommissioned and returned to its
owner.
The Minerva is but one part
of a tradition of shipbuilding in
town, according to Joseph
Kochanek, vice president of the
Rocky Hill Historical Society. The
wide and winding portion of the
river near modern-day Ferry Park
was an ideal site for this kind of
industry.
It also provided a convenient
harbor. Kochanek said at one
time that area was home to several nautical-related businesses
including a sail maker, rope
maker, tavern and even a brothel.
“Ferry Park is a prime gathering place, especially in the summer,” said Jeff Gubala, who handles the society’s newsletter.
That helps maintain this
community’s long identity as a
river town. So does the Rocky
Hill-Glastonbury Ferry, the oldest
continuously running ferry in the
nation. It operates on a seasonal
basis.
Some sources of pride are not
readily visible unless one knows
where to look. One such place in
Rocky Hill is the Old Center
Cemetery between Main Street
and Dividend Road, a silent
repository of local history.
The cemetery was established by Benjamin and Mary
Deming, who lived across the
street. Their unnamed daughter
was the first person buried there
and they wanted to be able to see
her resting place from their home.
“We’ve got people there from
the French and Indian War,
Revolutionary War, Civil War,”
said John Serra, treasurer of the
historical society.
Dr. Aaron Hosford lies there;
he was the first medical practitioner in town. Another grave
belongs to the Rev. Calvin
Chapin, one of the first four ministers to serve Rocky Hill
Congregational church.
Chapin was a fifer in the
Revolutionary War at the age of
12. He served the church for 54
Center Cemetery is full of people who helped create the Rocky Hill that
exists today. Many of the tombstones are so old that the weather has
nearly obliterated their inscriptions.
A wide variety of boats and barges have served as the Rocky
Hill-Glastonbury Ferry. This side-wheeler called the Nayaug dates from
the early 1900s.
years and also started one of the
first libraries in town in the general area of the ferry landing.
Attention has been paid in
recent years to the grave of Capt.
Jarvis Blinn, who fought for the
North in the Civil War and was
killed in the war’s bloodiest battle
at Antietam. He is reported to
have exclaimed “I am a dead
man!” before collapsing shortly
after being shot through the
heart.
Capt. William Griswold of
the Minerva is buried here as
well. Look elsewhere and one will
find the grave of Cora J. Belden,
after whom the public library is
named.
Susan Webber is perhaps the
most famous person whose
remains rest in Old Center
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TOWN Pride
Cemetery. She was one of the few
passengers who survived the
sinking of the Titanic and
reportedly used a pocket
knife her brother had
given her to cut free a
tangled lifeboat.
Dividend Park
also provides bragging rights for
local residents.
Kochanek called
it an industrial
powerhouse in
days long past and
noted that some of
the surrounding
streets suggest this
legacy with names
The
like Sawmill Road.
official
A history written by
town seal
June Cooke indicates that
bears the
image of the
part of the land that is now
Minerva. There
industrial
was protected and
is debate over
set
aside
as
open
space after
the accuracy of this
seal among history buffs
a referendum in 2004.
because the ship was a brig
Two years later it was listed on the State
and brigs did not have as many masts as the
Register of Historic Places and designated an archaeovessel portrayed here.
logical preserve to be called Dividend Brook Industrial
Did you know one in three working families in our
region struggle to make ends meet every day?
Archaeological District.
It is located in the southern part of town adjacent to
the Cromwell town line. Dividend Brook flows through
the property and features two natural waterfalls.
That brook helped develop this land as the town’s
first industrial park and it flourished until the early 20th
century, at which point all industry there ceased.
Rocky Hill was part of Wethersfield in colonial days.
The Rev. Gershom Bulkeley, minister at the First
Congregational Church in Wethersfield, received permission from that town to build a gristmill in the Dividend
area. He did so in 1667.
The town also granted him permission to flood as
much of the town land as he needed in order to produce
sufficient water power to operate his mill.
This created what is today known as Upper
Dividend Pond.
In 1758, his descendants added a ship’s bakery to the
facility to produce hard bread and biscuits for vessels
sailing to the West Indies and other foreign ports. The
gristmill remained in the family for five generations, a
total of 150 years.
Other developments over the years included saw
mills, fulling mills and additional gristmills. Other facilities came and went that manufactured axes, chisels,
plantation hoes, saws and other tools.
The portion that was saved in 2004 is now open to
the public. It features walking trails, the two waterfalls
and remnants of some of these industrial sites. RHL
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Show your town
TOWN Pride
Keeney ornament
The Wethersfield Historical Society
carries a collection of ornaments celebrating
Connecticut’s “most ancient town.” This one
showcases the Keeney Memorial Cultural
Center, home to the society’s museum and
exhibits, as well as a community gathering
place. Call 860-529-7656.
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Bumper sticker
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Chamber of Commerce’s new bumper sticker, which features the town’s zip code and founding year. They can be
found at the chamber office, 1046 Main St., and Karma’s
Closet, 3153 Berlin Turnpike. For more information contact the chamber at 860-666-2089.
This commemorative medallion was
designed in 2014 to note the first farm preservation in Rocky Hill. Local government
purchased the rights to 44.27 acres of the
Hayes Farm property that will now remain as
active farmland. Medallions are
available at the Rocky Hill
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If your child’s tooth is knocked out or “avulsed,”
it will have the best chance of surviving the
trauma if you see your dentist within one hour
of any emergency—so call immediately for an
appointment. Handle the tooth by the crown
(the top), not by the root (the pointed part on the
bottom); touching the root could damage cells that
are necessary to reattach the tooth to the bone.
Gently rinse the tooth in water to remove dirt, but
do not scrub it. Place the clean tooth in your child’s
mouth between the cheek and gum to keep it moist.
It is important not to let the tooth dry out, so if your
child can’t keep it in his or her mouth, wrap it in a
clean cloth or gauze and immerse it in milk or the
child’s own saliva
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not be replanted. However, your child should visit
the dentist immediately to ensure no broken pieces
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TOWN Pride
The Friends of the Library serve the Cora J. Belden Library in many ways,
including providing the refreshments when a reception was held for new Town
Manager Guy Scaife in 2014. Pictured: Judy Buden, Lynn Ptak, Christine Livia
and Ann Dobmeier.
People of all ages and abilities take advantage of the programs sponsored by the town
Parks and Recreation Department. These boys are playing scooter hockey as part of
the Summer Knights program.
Civic pride and claims to fame
T
he major sources of pride
in Rocky Hill have already
been highlighted, but they
do not rest alone among
reasons people are proud to call this
town home.
The volunteer fire department
has a long record of dedicated service.
Dinosaur State Park and the
Connecticut State Veterans Home are
located within town borders.
Its parks and recreation department attracts people of all ages to a
wide variety of programs and recent
years have seen it team up with
parents to establish four different
sports-related programs for children
with special needs.
In 2003, Rocky Hill was voted the
number one sports town in
Connecticut by Sports Illustrated
magazine for demonstrating
high-quality involvement in all
aspects of local sports.
Rocky Hill has a number of civic
and cultural organizations that over
the years have helped to define the
town. They include, but are not limited to: Friends of the Cora J. Belden
Library, Rocky Hill Lions Club, Rotary
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Learning in a
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Changes in the classroom and beyond
By Alicia B. Smith, Ted Glanzer and Lynn Woike
LIFE staff
T
here is no arguing that
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education, from slate
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21st century learning.
These types of technologies have
advantages and disadvantages. When
used appropriately and judiciously,
however, they can expand learning in
many different ways.
Area experts offer their thoughts
on these technological breakthroughs
and how they relate to users in and
out of the classroom, as well as how
to strike a balance between overuse
and not supplanting other important
types of learning.
One thing at a time
The Internet makes it easy to
research and gather data for
assignments. In a matter of seconds,
students have access to the information they seek, but that information
comes with distractions, from pop-up
ads to email, Facebook to Words
With Friends, and Twitter to text
messages.
In middle and high school settings, there are often restrictions on
what students can access – both
when using school devices as well as
personal phones, tablets and laptops. “Internet technology is highly
addictive. … Almost everyone who
uses it loses track of time and space.
Easily 90 percent of people disassociate when they’re on the computer,”
said Dr. David Greenfield, assistant
clinical professor of psychology at the
University of Connecticut School of
Medicine and founder of The Center
for Internet and Technology
Addiction.
The percentage of non-academic
work done on digital devices combined with downtime is much greater
than the amount of academic work
done, while the distractibility they
offer is “unprecedented,” he said.
“People are highly susceptible to
distraction from anything with a
screen, particularly if that screen has
Internet access.”
If the Internet is blocked, as it is
in many high schools, distractions
will be fewer.
In college, however, students
do all their note taking, research and
writing on laptops and tablets.
In these cases, as well as at home,
he suggests disabling anything other
than word processing to avoid
distractions.
“I don’t think there should be a
smartphone allowed in any classroom
in the United States,” he said, adding
that science backs him up on that.
Greenfield advocates requiring
students to put their smartphones in
a locked cubby outside the classroom
before entering.
“If every classroom did that,
you’d see a skyrocketing of academic
performance,” he said.
Even if it’s in a student’s pocket
and they are not looking at it, a cell
phone will vibrate to signal an incoming message, pulling their attention
away from the task at hand.
Although computers are touted
as tools to enhance education,
Greenfield, who has been studying
Internet addiction for 20 years, said,
“I don’t think kids have gotten any
smarter. There is no such thing as
multitasking. There’s no such thing as
parallel processing; it’s serial.”
While those age 25 and younger,
who he calls the Digital Generation,
claim to be able to do four things
at once, when tested, their degree of
comprehension is lower when they’ve
been multitasking.
Monitoring texts, watching
television and listening to music
makes doing homework take longer,
he said.
Outside of school, a structured
setting for doing schoolwork is helpful
to limit distractions, Stephanie
Bologa said, executive director of
Huntington Learning Center of
Simsbury.
The center promotes a “good
homework setup,” such as the kitchen
table or a desk, where parents are
able to supervise their children and
have the ability to see they are not
being distracted.
“When it is homework time,
that’s what your focus need to be on,”
she said.
Parents need to take an active
role in establishing homework time as
the time to do homework and not the
time to be distracted.
While children may intend to
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which each one of them must
assimilate on their own … [and]
take some message from them
[quickly] … because there’s more
mosaics after that. The world they
are growing up in has changed the
type of information they receive and
the way they process the information.
We need to help them a little.
A lot of our education is linear and
text based, still. We need to help
them deal with work in that context.
They need to be multilingual.”
Social media is not good or bad,
Duran said. “It just is.”
When used correctly, it can be a
valuable teaching tool, said John “Jay”
Salerno, director of educational technology for Newington Public Schools.
For that reason, those sites are not
blocked.
Their use, however, is monitored,
he said. The district aims to “instill
digital citizenship and responsible
use of technology” with its students.
Glastonbury psychologist Dr.
Kristine A. Schlichting tells parents
to monitor their child’s technology
use and help work through any
distractions.
“Children have less developed
executive functioning skills than
adults and it is especially hard for
them not to taken into the ‘rabbit
hole’ of the Internet.”
Facebook or Twitter, it typically ends
up taking more time, Bologa said.
It’s too easy to get distracted
texting and checking social media
sites, said University of Hartford
human communications professor
Robert Duran, speaking from his own
experience.
“Texting is a problem,” he said,
citing a study that showed students
who received a high volume of text
messages during a one-hour lecture
scored an entire grade lower on an
objective test covering the material
presented than students who received
no texts during the class. “Students can’t text and process
information; they just don’t,” he said.
“It takes them longer to do anything.
It’s not the same quality because
they’re multitasking.”
As the parent of a 15-year-old, he
said when his son is doing his homework, he is not allowed to have his
phone.
Duran also noted that reading
and writing are linear, but the
increase in technology has changed
the way people manage information.
“We go from left to right, top to
bottom, starting with a general
statement and moving to more
specific [details]. However, in a visual
world, where these kids are growing
up, they’re given a mosaic of images
Those looking for help blocking
out distractions will find apps such as
WriteRoom that limits the screen to
only writing, and Anti-Social and
Firefox’s LeechBlock that block such
sites as Facebook and YouTube along
with any others the user specifies.
Classroom use
While limiting access to personal
devices can benefit students’ attention spans and focus, the reality is
that they will be using technology as
soon as they get to school.
Dr. Alan Bookman, Glastonbury
Public Schools superintendent, joked
that the increase in use of technology in schools has revolutionized education much the same way chalk did
decades ago. The goal is to develop
students who can work and function
in the 21st century, which means
having access to the materials and
knowledge of their use.
“We talk about preparing students for life and their careers.
Technology is an important part of
that,” Bookman said. “In education,
there is so much technology can do.”
His district opted to introduce
students to iPads.
The district went on to purchase
the devices for every ninth and 10th
grader. Next year, every student at
the high school will have one, and
West Hill
each student will be assigned an
iPad they will keep throughout their
high school years.
This fall, the iPads will be given
to seventh graders based on the
encouragement of teachers.
“We also came to grips with
them, as each year we would purchase fewer and fewer textbooks,”
Bookman said, adding that increasingly more textbooks are becoming
available online.
Teacher training was also part
of the initiative, and many are now
developing their own ibooks for their
students and creating presentations
those students can watch on their
iPads at home.
While students in middle school
and high school are learning how to
use this type of technology,
Bookman said kindergarteners are
coming to school already knowing
how to use these devices.
“We will provide some training
because there is different programs
we want them to use, [but] the very
basics almost all of the students
have. I don’t know if I could have
said that a few years ago,” he said.
In Rocky Hill, the board of education opted to purchase
Chromebooks for seventh- and
eighth-grade students, which will be
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well as several for teachers at both
the middle and high school to familiarize themselves with the devices.
“I definitely think this is the
world the kids live in,” Darlene
Brown, assistant superintendent for
curriculum and instruction, said.
“We have a responsibility to make
sure that our teaching aligns with
their comfort level and the world we
are trying to prepare them for.”
The district opted for
Chromebooks after weighing its
options. Brown said they looked at
ease of use and cost, too.
“The Chromebooks were
a natural fit because we are already
using laptops in our district. It will
be a smooth and easy transition,”
she said.
Brown said the district is a
Google district, and the use of Gmail
and Google Drive, as well as Google
Classroom, has been well established.
Seventh and eighth graders will
each have their own device they can
take to and from school and will use
them for classroom assignments and
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The devices have been instrumental in getting feedback from
teachers more quickly as well, since
instructors can remotely access a
student’s work and offer suggestions.
While it seems that technology
is overtaking the lives of students
both in and out of the classroom, the
reality is that the use of these types
of devices are as a tool in the classroom and they in no way replace
teacher instruction.
“Technology is a supplement to
good teaching. It was never meant to
supplant it,” Nancy DePalma, assistant superintendent for curriculum
in West Hartford Public Schools,
said. “The relationship that develops
between a teacher and student is the
most important.”
Online courses, too
Online courses have been offered at
Tunxis Community College since 1999,
when the Farmington-based school
started a massive renovation and construction project, according to
Michael Rooke, the school’s dean of
academic affairs. The lack of classroom space meant teaching courses in
cyberspace.
The school currently offers more
than 70 courses either purely online or
via a hybrid of both classroom and
online, he said, estimating that
20 percent of the student body takes
at least one online course. Tunxis
offers the most online courses out of
the 12 community colleges in the
state, with classes ranging from
accounting to criminal justice to art
appreciation and finance.
Students from as far away as
Arizona and California take online
courses at Tunxis, Rooke said, though
the community college aims to serve
the 10 to 15 surrounding towns. Most students who take online
courses out of state are those who
started their studies at Tunxis and
moved away but still want to complete
their degrees, according to Rooke.
Faculty members are trained
through the Connecticut Distance
Leaning Consortium on how to teach
materials online, he said. Instructors
are taught how to build a community
In middle and high school
settings, there are often
restrictions on what students
can access – both when using
school devices as well as
personal phones, tablets
and laptops. and encourage participation that fellow students can read and collaborate
on in real time.
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I
their homework each day, where they
will sit to do their homework and how
much time should be spent on the
homework. Homework and studying do
not need to happen at a desk. It should
be a place where they feel comfortable
and free of distractions.”
The plan should be placed in
a visible area until it has become part
of the child’s daily routine.
Homework can teach valuable
lessons that go beyond the math problem or history lesson, she explained.
“No matter how simple or
complex the problem, we need to
encourage children to explore and
figure out problems on their own.
I think too often when parents
see their child struggle through
a difficult problem, they want to
help them too quickly. However,
we become better at things when
we struggle and have to work through
the situation.”
When a child is faced with a
difficult problem, parents can explore
possible solutions with their child and
encourage them to ask questions.
She advises that parents
remember the proverb, “If at first you
don’t succeed, try, try, try again,” an
important message that will help children develop the skills to not give up
t’s never too early for a child
to establish good study skills.
“As soon as children start
to get homework assignments,
they should begin to establish some
basic study skills. The skills that kids
learn at an early age will benefit them
as they get older,” said Dena
McWilliams, a third-grade teacher
at Naubuc School in Glastonbury.
“It’s important that children develop
some good habits early on because
we want our children to be strong
problem-solvers and independent
thinkers, and not rely on others
to walk them step-by-step through
their assignments.”
She said it’s essential for children
to develop organization skills,
problem-solving skills and perseverance.
In the early elementary grades,
organization skills may include things
such as writing down assignments in
a planner, putting completed assignments
back into their homework folder and
backpack and keeping their desk or other
work area neat and organized.
“As soon as the school year begins,
parents should establish a routine with
their children when it comes to homework,” McWilliams, the mother of twin
fourth-graders, said. “They should
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when a situation gets difficult.
“I believe it’s more important
to praise kids when they are
working hard and doing their best
than to praise them when they
quickly get the problem right.
Too often in my classroom, I see my
students give up very quickly when
problems get too difficult. It’s my
job to encourage them to keep
going, try another approach or look
at the problem in a new way,”
McWilliams said. “One way parents
can help their children develop
perseverance is by encouraging
them to keep going when their work
gets more difficult and show them
that working hard and not giving
up is a satisfying feeling.”
She believes that a quiet setting
is best for homework and encourages school-age children to do homework in a completely quiet area, free
of distractions from TV or music.
If a child is not paying full
attention to their assignment and
it’s taking longer than it should,
they are likely not in the best
setting for homework.
“Although music with words
tends to make it more difficult for
kids to focus, instrumental music
can be a good alternative to sitting
in a completely quiet room. In my
own classroom, I have noticed that
my students produce more writing
when I play instrumental music
than when the room is totally quiet.”
It’s all about providing the
environment where students can
best concentrate.
“When studying, they should
have their total focus,” said Nidhi
Bajpai, owner of Kumon Math and
Reading Center in West Hartford.
“It definitely makes a difference.”
The optimum noise level for
peak focus is different for every
student, and those who don’t know
what works best for them should try
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Other students need constant
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sound draws attention from studies.
A white noise machine or fan might
be helpful in those cases.
Figuring out the ideal location
for studying is also important.
While some students are able to
study in bed or on their living room
couch, others find that their brain
compartmentalizes these areas and
makes other associations.
Many students find that they
cannot study in bed because they
naturally associate that location
with sleeping.
Bajpai suggests families designate a studying location that will
allow a distraction-free working
environment.
“At my center, I have noticed
that the students coming from families that are very supportive of their
studies and get a calm place to sit
where they aren’t distracted by television or people interrupting them
… definitely do much better than
those students who may be bothered while trying to study,” she said.
Parents should be aware of how
their children prefer to learn.
“Some students are auditory
learners, some are visual [and]
others are more tactile,” said
Darlene Brown, assistant superintendent of schools in Rocky Hill.
She encourages students to
adopt the style that works best for
them. Some may benefit from learning collaboratively with their peers.
Others may find podcasts or video
chatting beneficial. Children who
learn in a tactile manner will benefit from the act of writing things
down.
“They really need to touch what
they’re doing in order to learn,”
Brown said.
The old-fashioned method of
sitting at the dining room or kitchen
table with the appropriate books
does not work for many children,
she added.
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children best and should encourage
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their way of doing things, even
if that means studying on a bed or
comfortable chair.
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“It is very, very important [to]
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and that means they need to have a
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should not do their homework on
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No matter how one studies, students still must find the time. One
challenge, as Superintendent of
Schools Michael Emmett sees it, is
that children today are busy.
“Everybody’s involved in every type
of extracurricular activity,” he said.
While carving out time to do
homework is a good idea, parents
might want to give their kids some
time to unwind after school.
“When they get home from
school, give them a half-hour to an
hour break, to decompress and get a
snack, to just relax and then do
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“They need to say to the child,
‘When you come home from school
and get off of the bus, this is what
the expectation is.’ It can be different
for different children,” Bologa said.
“Some children need to exercise;
some are good about getting right
home and sitting and doing their
homework for hour or two. This
depends on the age of the child. The
child and parent need to set their
“Some children need to exercise; some
are good about getting right home and
sitting and doing their homework for
hour or two. This depends on the age of
the child. The child and parent need to
set their expectations and their goals.”
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expectations and their goals.”
For example, that might be to
get as much done as possible before
mom or dad gets home.
“If the afternoon is full of sports
and other commitments, whether
music lessons or dance lessons,
that’s good for the child to know in
advance so they can set their goals
as well. Parents should lay out a calendar [or a] schedule that the child
has access to seeing so there are no
surprises,” Bologa said.
Kinell agrees that organization
and time management are key, and
said students should find the tools
that work best for them, whether
that’s a paper planner or by using a
phone or other technology.
“A lot of schools are [using]
digital formats to actually hand in
their homework. It’s helped a lot of
students who tend to lose pieces of
paper, which is nice. You don’t have
to think about it; there’s no in-between,” she said.
Parents should be open to allowing their child to learn from many
people, such as a study partner.
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“Parents are sometimes not the
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Some children may need
frequent breaks while they’re doing
their homework to maximize their
learning, for example.
“Knowing your learning style is
critical to developing good study
habits,” said Wendy Crouse, chief
academic officer for the Newington
Public Schools.
Even a small study tool, such
as flash cards, will appeal to some
students and not to others, she said.
“This is a very personal and
individual thing. You have to let the
child lead. They know what’s best for
them. Everybody has a different
learning style,” Crouse added.
However a child prefers to study,
make sure there’s a system for tracking assignments, both at school and
at home, which includes knowing
where homework will be when the
student gets to school and when it
needs to be turned in.
“When they receive papers or
completed work from the classroom
and the teacher sends them home,
the student needs to be aware of
where they are. Likewise for homework, it has to have a dedicated
space,” Kinell said.
She said it’s important for
students to set both short- and
long-term goals.
Short-term goals might include
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manner and writing down each day’s
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“Long-term goals are where you
see the effects of the study skills. You
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Tackling anxiety
How to cope with school-related stress
by Alison Jalbert and Allie Rivera
LIFE staff
F
or students of all ages, coping with
the stresses of the school year can
be challenging.
“A lot of kids have trouble
transitioning back from the summer,” said
Merle Cohen, school social worker at West
Hill Elementary School in Rocky Hill.
Dr. Muhammad Munawar, who specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry,
said depending on the grade a child is
entering, they could be transitioning to a
new school, which means a change in the
building, commute and bus route.
In her work at the elementary school
level, Cohen said that the most common
form of anxiety she sees is separation anxiety at the start of the school year.
“Really in the beginning of the school
year, it’s our kindergartners and first graders who display the most anxiety, especially
if they’re starting kindergarten and have
never been to any kind of school before,”
Cohen said. “That’s always harder for those
kids.”
To best cope with separation anxiety,
Cohen saif that the parents’ role is incredibly important, as many young children
don’t necessarily have the ability to verbally
communicate their anxiety.
“At that age they don’t really know how
to verbalize their feelings, and sometimes
they don’t even know they’re anxious. It will
manifest itself in physical ways like a stomachache,” Cohen said. “All they know is ‘I’ve
got a stomachache.’ They don’t know that
the reason they have a stomachache is
because they’re feeling anxious or worried.”
Anxiety can present itself in a “very
simplistic fashion,” Munawar said, with a
child feeling anxious, stressed and scared.
They may even refuse to go to school.
“As time goes by into the academic
year, it’s very common to see a presentation
in the form of multiple types of somatic
symptoms,” he said, including headache,
abdominal discomfort, stress-related habits
and exhaustion.
A buildup of stress and anxiety can
cause a child to become overwhelmed with
emotion, something that especially happens in the morning when they are getting
ready for school.
“They’re so overwhelmed and stressed
out by the day that they could get panicked,” Munawar said. “The most common
[reactions] I have found are a refusal to get
into the school bus and having a complete
meltdown on the side of the road. … If they
do go to school, they’re [dealing with] a
high amount of stress.”
According to Cohen, parents should
think about preparing their child in the
weeks leading up to the start of school,
especially if they are already seeing signs
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that their child may have separation
anxiety.
“Most kids who have separation
anxiety don’t just show it on the first
day of school,” Cohen said.
In the weeks before school, Cohen
suggests making sure children begin
to reset their sleeping patterns, as
being overtired can contribute to
higher anxiety. Getting them back into
a routine is important, Munawar said.
Remind them that there is a set number of vacation days left and that
school will be starting soon. At least
two weeks before school starts, parents should have children go to bed
and wake up at the times they do
during the school year.
Cohen also suggests reading
books and doing activities that could
help contribute to lower separation
anxiety. One such book that she suggested is “The Kissing Hand,” by
Audrey Penn, which tells the story of a
mother raccoon kissing the hand of
her child to ease anxieties.
“There are a lot of wonderful
books out there,” Cohen said. “If parents read books to their kids about it
ahead of time, that can be really helpful for them. It opens that discussion
up in a nonthreatening way.”
Introducing educational activities
at home, such as reading, can help
children transition out of vacation
mode and into learning mode,
Munawar said.
For other children, seeing where
they will be spending much of their
time in the fall can also ease worries.
Cohen suggests bringing children to
their school during the summer to see
what the building looks like and even
play on the playground.
“For some students who are particularly more anxious than your average student, we have been able to
arrange for kids to come in the school
and look around during the summer,”
Cohen said.
At West Hill Elementary School,
students have the chance to attend a
meet and greet with their teachers
before the school year starts to see
their classroom and get to know their
teachers and fellow students. Cohen
suggests seeking out these types of
opportunities.
“When there’s something
unknown, that creates anxiety for any
of us,” she said. “It’s really important to
take advantage of the things the
schools have to offer. If your child sees
that you’re involved and you want to
be part of the community yourself,
that makes your child want to be part
of the school community as well.”
Even something as simple as having a child pick out their school supplies can help, Munawar said.
“If they’re actively involved in it
and know why they bought it and can
pick out their own favorite school bag,
it will give them a sort of confidence,”
he said.
Parent reactions are extremely
important in the first days of school
when dropping children off for the
first time when separation anxiety is
typically at its peak.
“[Parents] need to reassure their
kids that school is a safe place and
that they feel excited about their kids
coming to school,” Cohen said. “If the
parents are anxious or show their kids
that they’re anxious by talking about
it in an anxious way or sticking
around when they drop off their kids,
then that gives a message to the child
that this is not a safe place. ‘Mom’s
sticking around and she’s not comfortable here, so I shouldn’t feel safe.’”
Cohen said that in these situations, the best thing to do is to say a
quick goodbye and leave.
“Make the goodbye as quick as
possible. Parents think they’re helping
by standing there for half an hour, but
the message they’re sending is, ‘I don’t
trust this place, I should stick
around,’” Cohen said. “You could stay
for half an hour or four hours, when
you leave that child is going to cry. The
best thing to do is say ‘I love you,
goodbye,’ and walk away and let the
school staff comfort the child.”
For students of any age who are
having anxieties in school greater
than separation anxiety, discovering
an array of tools is critical. Rick
Amaral, LCSW, serves as director of
the children’s clinic at
InterCommunity, a community health
nonprofit organization in East
Hartford that provides primary care
and behavioral health services to individuals and families across the state,
and in his experience has seen numerous children dealing with deeper levels of anxiety.
“The average onset for anxiety in
this country is age 12,” Amaral said.
“People think it’s in their 20s, but 12 is
the median number.”
In one of his roles at
InterCommunity, Amaral works to
help children and young people manage their anxiety, but for many the
greatest difficulty comes in simply
recognizing its symptoms.
“We learn early on as kids how to
read the sky. If we see dark clouds
coming in, we know it’s going to rain
in a little while,” Amaral said. “Kids
need to learn how to read the same
signs in their body so they can say,
‘Okay, I can feel the muscles getting
tight in my neck or my breathing has
changed.’”
To help discover these symptoms,
Amaral and the others at
InterCommunity often suggest that
the students they work with journal.
“No two kids are the same, and
there are lots of reasons why they
could be anxious,” he said. “We want
them to be reflective and deconstruct
their day, and become more cognizant
of what’s pushing their buttons and
what brings relief.”
To further address anxiety in students, Amaral suggests utilizing
mindfulness programs that can be
found online that teach healthy
breathing techniques, meditation and
yoga.
Amaral also said that creating a
reliable routine in terms of school can
help to ease anxiety.
Some parts of that process could
involve bringing small, quiet trinkets
to class, such as a squeeze ball or a
rubber bracelet that can distract from
their anxiety. For others, the process
could involve something larger like
arranging with teachers to leave class
early to ease tension. Each student
requires different attention, and situations like that would need to be discussed with teachers first, which
Cohen agrees is a pertinent part of the
process.
“Communicating with your child’s
teacher is extremely important,” she
said. “It’s important for us to know
specific things that may be affecting
your child during the school year so
we can best support them.”
Having a plan in place if a child
feels overwhelmed and anxious at
school is helpful; Munawar said parents could ask the school to allow
their child to go to the nurse during
these times.
“If the school is involved, the child
can have a pass to go spend some time
with [the nurse] for half an hour. It can
help the child go back to class again
when they’ve calmed down,” he said.
“Having these kinds of abilities can
help.”
Another way that teachers may be
able to help in these anxious situations is through a program that
Amaral supports and promotes called
Mental Health First Aid.
“It’s similar to CPR and first aid,
but for mental health,” Amaral said.
The program, which originated in
Australia and came to the United
States roughly 10 years ago, offers
training and support to educate people about dealing with mental illness
and mental health crises. Amaral, who
is a certified trainer in Mental Health
First Aid, said that knowing about
mental illness and health crises helps
to normalize the stigma often associated with mental illness and prepare
teachers and other adults to best help
children and students.
“As soon as you see children
struggling and know that it’s not just a
bad day, it’s good to know what to do,”
Amaral said.
The easiest method parents can
utilize to help alleviate their child’s
anxiety is to listen to their concerns
and try to understand what is really
troubling them about a given situation, Munawar said, which may provide insight into what the real challenge is.
If the anxiety stems from a test,
parents can help children practice
their material, listen to their concerns
and remind them how good they did
last time they took a test.
Every child has occasional
anxious feelings, but Munawar said
there is a differentiation between
“normal” anxiety and anxiety that
becomes problematic.
“To me, it’s a very simplistic formula,” he said. “As long as the anxiety
is not interfering with day-to-day
functioning, that means, yes, the child
is anxious and worrying. The child has
their guard up but got ready and went
to school. [T]he anxiety is not getting
in their way. They can control it
enough to do tests and quizzes.”
If parents find their child’s anxiety
is not alleviated by the methods previously suggested and the child continues
to refuse to go to school, Munawar said
a pediatrician or child psychologist
should then be consulted. RHL
InterCommunity is located at
111 Founders Plaza 18th Floor, East
Hartford. It can be reached at
860-569-5900. For more information,
visit www.intercommunityct.org.
For more information on Mental Health
First Aid, visit www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org. Dr. Muhammad Munawar’s
practice is located at 500 Blue Hills Ave.,
Hartford. For more information, call
860-714-2470.
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TOWN OF ROCKY HILL
LEGAL NOTICE
At a public hearing held on August 17, 2015, the Rocky Hill Town Council approved
the following changes to the Rocky Hill Town Charter. Electors of Rocky Hill will
have an opportunity to vote on these proposed Charter changes on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 as part of the Election Day process.
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All references to “he”, “his” or “him” will be made gender neutral. This change will
apply throughout the Charter.
The table of contents has been updated to reflect all changes in this final report.
§201 – dates will be updated from 1991 to 2015. This change will apply throughout
the Charter.
§202 – “three selectmen,” will be eliminated.
§203 B – replace “Board of Tax Review” with “Board of Assessment Appeals”
§207 – delete “two (2) Selectman”
§210 – replace “four” voting districts with “three” voting districts
§402 – delete “The Council shall choose a clerk”
§403 – replace “chairman pro tem” with “Deputy Mayor”
§406 – replace “by publishing the notice and the proposed ordinance in full” with
“by publishing the notice and a brief description of the ordinance identifying the proposed ordinance’s title, Chapter and Article to be amended and referring individuals
to the Town Clerk’s Office and the Town’s website for the full ordinance”
§408 – replace “$150,000” (“one hundred fifty thousand”) with “$300,000” (“three
hundred thousand”)
§412 A – delete “or Town Clerk”
§413 replace “chairman pro tem” with “Deputy Mayor” and replace “books and
papers” with “documents”
§416 – replace “$50,000 (“fifty thousand”) with “$100,000” (“one hundred thousand”) and replace “$4,000” (“four thousand”) with “10,000” (“ten thousand”)
§502 – add the words “The Town Manager shall serve as the Director of Public
Safety unless directed otherwise by the Town Council.”
§504 – delete this entire section and replace with the following language: “In the
event that the Town Manager’s temporary absence prevents or limits his or her
normal business engagement, the Town Manager shall designate an Acting Town
Manager, subject to the right of the Town Council to override that selection by
resolution appointing an Acting Town Manager of the Council’s choice, other than a
Council member. In the event the Town Manager is suspended or terminated, the
Council shall appoint an Acting Town Manager by resolution, other than a Council
member, and a permanent Town Manager shall be appointed within 180 days of
said resolution. The Acting Town Manager shall have all the powers and duties of
the Town Manager.”
§601 – replace this entire section with the following language: “The Town Clerk
shall be appointed by the Town Manager for an indefinite term and may be removed
only by the Town Manager. In addition to the powers and duties prescribed for the
Town Clerks by the Connecticut General Statutes, the Town Clerk may act as the
clerk of the council, keep a journal of its proceedings, which will be a public record,
and perform such other duties as may be assigned by this Charter or by the Town
Manager. The Town Clerk shall have such deputy clerks as the Town Manager shall
determine. The Town Clerk shall receive such compensation as the Town Manager
may determine. All fees collected by the Town Clerk, except those collected on
behalf of the State, shall be paid into the Town Treasury.”
§603 – add the words “Nothing herein shall prevent the Town of Rocky Hill pursuant
to Connecticut General Statutes from joining an existing public health district or
from cooperating with other towns in the formation of a new health district.”
§604 – replace “Director of Public Welfare” with “Director of Human Services” and
replace existing language with “There shall be a Director of Human Services,
appointed by the Town Manager. The Director shall have all of the powers and
duties relating to poor, infirm and dependent persons vested by law or as otherwise
provided in the Connecticut General Statures and shall have such other powers as
the Council may prescribe.”
§605 – delete this section regarding Constables in its entirety
§609 – replace “two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)” with “one million
dollars ($1,000,000)”
§701 – replace this section with the following language: “There shall be a Department of Finance headed by a Director of Finance. The department shall oversee
all town financial operations to include; purchasing oversight, accounting, accounts
payable and payroll. The Director of Finance shall be appointed and may be
removed by the Town Manager, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of
Chapter IX of this Charter. It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance to maintain
and operate a modern municipal accounting system showing the current condition
of all funds and appropriations, and to file a report with the Town Manager and
Council by the third Monday of each month of the financial transactions of the pre-
ceding month which show: the amount of each appropriation; the charges against
and credits year to date; and the unencumbered balance. A report should also be
prepared and filed with the Town Manager and Council within ninety (90) days of
the conclusion of each fiscal year covering all financial transactions. The Director
of Finance prescribes the form of accounts to be kept by each department, office,
board, commission and agency of the Town except the Board of Education, and the
times and manner in which monies collected on the Town’s account by any such
department, officer, board and commission or agency shall be paid into the Town
Treasury. The Director of Finance performs such other duties as may be prescribed
by the Council by ordinance or by the orders of the Town Manager consistent therewith.
The Director of Finance is the Chief Financial Officer of the Town and therefore has
extreme fiduciary obligation to safeguard Town assets as is a common expectation
for such role.
23) §702 – replace title “Town Treasurer” with “Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Assessor
and Purchasing Agent.” Delete the words “The deputy of the Treasurer authorized
to sign checks shall be appointed by the Town Manager. The Treasurer shall have
such other assistants, to be appointed by him, as the Council may determine by
ordinance.” Add the following language at the end of this section: “Except as otherwise provided by this Charter, the Tax Collector and the Assessor shall respectively
have all the powers and duties conferred upon Tax Collectors and Assessors by the
Connecticut General Statutes and other duties as may be assigned to them by the
Town Manager. The Purchasing Agent shall purchase all supplies, materials and
equipment required by all commissions, boards, departments and offices of the
Town, except the Board of Education, with respect to the purchase of supplies and
materials that are clearly education oriented, and the Library Board, with respect
to the purchase of books and other materials peculiar to libraries. The Board of
Education and the Library Board may avail themselves of the Purchasing Agent’s
services in purchasing any commodity or service. The Purchasing Agent shall have
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Town Manager.”
24) Renumber the sections in Chapter VII as follows:
§703 A becomes §703
§703 B becomes §704
§703 C becomes §705
§703 D becomes §706
§704 becomes §707
§705 becomes §708
§706 becomes §709
§707 becomes §710
25) §703 A – replace “Department of Public Safety” with “Police Department” and eliminate the entire first paragraph of this section. Replace “Paragraph A. Division of
Police” with the following:
“There shall be a Police Department consisting of the Chief of Police, appointed
by the Town Manager, and such other officers and employees of such ranks and
grades as the Council may determine. The Police Department shall be responsible for the preservation of the public peace, prevention of crime, apprehension
of criminals, regulation of traffic, protection of rights of persons and property, and
enforcement of the Connecticut General Statutes and the ordinances of the Town,
and all rules and regulations made in accordance therewith. All members of the
Police Department shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the service of criminal process and enforcement of criminal laws as are vested in Police
Offers by the Connecticut General Statutes. The powers and duties of the Animal
Control Officer, as provided in the Connecticut General Statutes shall be vested in
the Police Department in accordance with a job description. The Chief of Police
shall be the chief administrative officer of the Police Department. The Chief shall
assign all members of the Department to their respective posts, shifts, details and
duties, be responsible for the care and custody of all property used by the department and disposal thereof, and for the efficiency, discipline and good conduct of its
members and shall make rules for the operation of the department and the conduct
of police work. The violation of these rules by any member of the department shall
be punishable by appropriate disciplinary action, which may include loss of pay,
suspension from duty and removal, provided that no member of the department
shall be removed or suspended by the Chief without receiving the approval of the
Town Manager. Violation of any provisions of this section shall constitute cause for
dismissal or suspension.”
26) §703 B – replace “Division of Fire” with “Fire Department” and replace “Director of
Public Safety” with “Town Manager.”
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27) §703 C – replace “Division of Civil Preparedness” with “Director of Emergency
Management” and replace existing language with the following:
“There shall be a Director of Emergency Management, appointed by the Town
Manager. The Director of Emergency Management duties shall be in accordance
with the Connecticut General Statutes and the State of Connecticut’s Emergency Operations Center directives. In the event the Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) becomes active, the following departments will work together under the
general direction of the Director of Emergency Services: Police, Fire, Ambulance,
Department of Community Development and Public Works Departments.”
28) §703 D – replace “Division of Building Inspection” with “Department of Community
Development” and replace existing language with the following:
“There shall be a Director of Community Development appointed by the Town Manager who shall be responsible for the following functions: Building, Code Enforcement, Engineering, Planning, Wetlands, and Zoning. The department duties shall
include: preparation of plans and specifications for the construction or reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, storm sewers, drains and other structures
and to oversee the construction of the same, and to perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the Town Manager. The Town Engineer shall be a State of
Connecticut licensed professional Engineer.”
29) §704 – replace “Department of Highways and Engineering” with “Department of
Public Works and replace existing language with the following:
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“There shall be a Director of Public Works, appointed by the Town Manager who
shall be responsible for the oversight of the Highway Department, Transfer Station
and Solid Waste collection and disposal. The Highway Department duties shall
include: summer and winter maintenance of all public streets and ways; maintain
and operate storm sewers and other drains, to construct or reconstruct streets,
sidewalks, curbs, gutters, maintenance of storm sewers and drains and other structures; to care for grassed areas in streets; and to perform such other duties as may
be prescribed by the Town Manager.”
§705 – delete the words “The Parks Department personnel shall be assigned to the
highway division during snow and ice removal.”
§706 – replace “Council” in the second sentence with “Town Manager”. The
sentence should read: “The Director shall receive such compensation as the Town
Manager may determine.”
§803 – replace “one hundred thirty-five (135) days” with “one hundred five (105)
days”
§809 – delete the words “but only within the last three months of the fiscal year”
and replace with the following language: “but only within the last seven (7) months
of the fiscal year”
§816 – replace “four thousand dollars ($4,000)” with “twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000)”
§817 – replace “ten thousand dollars ($10,000)” with “seventy-five thousand dollars
($75,000)”
§819 – delete “constables and”
§901 – replace this entire section with the following language: “Officers and employees in the classified service of the Town, as described in Section 902 below,
shall be appointed, promoted and removed solely on the basis of merit and fitness,
as demonstrated by examination or other evidence of competence. The Council
shall by ordinance establish and maintain a classified service system, including a
grievance procedure, for all Town employees, except the following: Elective officers
and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices; members of boards and
commissions and other officers appointed by the Council; professional employees
of the Board of Education; persons employed in a professional capacity to make or
conduct a temporary or special inquiry, study or investigation; persons employed for
a temporary period not exceeding three (3) months; and boards and commissions
appointed by the Town Manager.”
§902 – replace this entire section with the following language: “The classified
service shall include appointees to all positions now or hereafter created, except
those noted in Section 901. It shall be the duty of the Director of Human Resources to cause to be prepared a statement of the duties and responsibilities of each
position in the classified service and of the minimum qualifications for appointments
to such positions. These statements shall comprise the classification plan of the
Town, which shall become effective upon approval by resolution of the Council and
which may be amended, upon recommendation of the Director of Human Resources, by resolution of the Council. New or additional positions in the classified service
may be created and changes in the duties and responsibilities of existing positions
may be made by resolution of the Council upon recommendation of the Director
of Human Resources. A pay plan for all positions in the classified service shall be
similarly prepared, adopted and amended. The Director of Human Resources shall
also cause to have prepared a set of Personnel Rules which shall provide, among
other things, for the method of holding competitive examinations, administration of
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the classified plan, probationary periods of employment, hours of work, vacations,
sick leaves and other leaves of absence, removals, and such other rules as may be
necessary to provide an adequate and systematic procedure for the handling of the
personnel affairs of the Town. Such rules and any amendments thereto become
effective upon being filed by the Director of Human Resources with the Town Clerk.
Copies of such rules and any amendments thereto shall be distributed to all members of the classified service.”
§903 – replace the entire section with the following language: “The Town Manager shall serve as the Director of Human Resources, or shall select and appoint a
person with training, experience, qualifications and fitness in personnel administration. The Director of Human Resources shall be responsible to the Town Manager
and shall have the authority and be required to establish and administer standards
of personnel administration in conformity with recognized principles, laws and regulations of public personnel administration, and shall make recommendations to the
Town Manager and Town Council.”
§904 – replace this entire section with the following language: “The Town shall not,
except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need, refuse to hire
or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment any individual or to discriminate against such individual in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges
of employment because of the individual’s race, color, religious creed, age, sex,
sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, present or past history
of mental disability, mental retardation, learning disability or physical disability,
including, but not limited to, blindness.”
§905 – replace this entire section with the following language: “The Council may
provide by ordinance a system of retirement allowance for the Town’s regular, full
time, paid employees and for contributions by employees and the Town to a fund
from which such allowances shall be paid. The Town may enter into contract with
any company or institution authorized to do business in this State for the purpose of
insuring the whole or any part of its retirement plan; elect to participate in the Connecticut Municipal Employees’ Retirement Funds; or elect any combination thereof.
The Council may authorize the transfer of the management and investment of the
Town’s pension funds to any fiduciary institution chartered or licensed to operate in
the State of Connecticut under the provisions of the General Statutes, Revision of
1958, as amended.”
§906 – replace this entire section with the following language: “All persons holding
positions or offices on the effective date of this Charter, which are not abolished by
the provisions of this Charter, shall retain such positions or offices pending action
by the Council or the appropriate appointing authority charged by this Charter with
the power of appointment and removal, and shall not be removed except as provided for in this Charter. All persons holding positions in what shall be the classified
service of the Town on the effective date of this Charter shall retain such position
without preliminary or working tests and shall thereafter be subject in all respects to
the provisions of this Charter.”
§907 – replace this entire section with the following language: “Any elected or
appointed Town official, or any Town employee, who has a financial interest in any
matter to be acted upon or coming before this board, commission or office, shall
make full record disclosure in writing of that interest, which shall be incorporated
in the minutes of the particular board, commission or office, and a full copy of
such minutes shall be filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, and the Town official or
employee shall be disqualified to act in any way upon such matter. Violation of this
section with knowledge, express or implied, of any person or corporation participating in such matter or decision shall be an additional ground of appeal, which will
nullify the action of such board, commission or office upon appeal to the appropriate court under the statutes applicable to appeals from boards, commissions or
offices.”
§1101 – Add the sentence “The Town Council shall cause the Charter to be reviewed at least once every fifteen (15) years.”
§1103 – update all statutory references, including in this Definitions section, as
recommended by the Town Attorney. Change reference from “C.G.S. Sec. 7-7” to
“C.G.S. Sec. 7-6.”
The entire Charter document is available at the Town Clerk’s Office, 761 Old Main
Street, Rocky Hill, CT and a copy will be provided to anyone that requests one.
Dated at Rocky Hill, Connecticut this 18th day of August, 2015.
Stuart Topliff, Town Clerk
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His work reflects
his
values
John Montalbano becomes president
of Middlesex County Bar Association
by Mark Jahne
Editor
H
is family has lived the
immigrant experience as
well as the American
Dream. John
Montalbano tries to keep that in
mind every day in his practice of law.
The son and grandson of immigrants, he is a first-generation
American citizen and the first person in his immediate or extended
family to graduate from college.
He practices law at Montalbano
Law, LLC, on Main Street in
Middletown. It is a general law
practice that includes immigration
law, representing undocumented
immigrants in workers’ compensation and personal injury matters
and helping people who are legally
in the country on work visas with
various legal issues.
Montalbano lives in town with
his wife Valerie and daughter
Christiana, 15, a sophomore at
Rocky Hill High School. He said
they came to town in 1999 because
of the reputation of its schools.
They are active at St. Elizabeth
Seton Church, where he is a
Eucharistic minister and lector
John Montalbano of Rocky Hill is the new president
of the Middlesex County Bar Association.
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and she is a member of the prayer
shawl ministry. He was born and
raised in New York City.
“My parents moved to
Connecticut in 1972,” Montalbano
said.
He earned his B.S. degree in
business administration in 1976,
magna cum laude, from Boston
College and a law degree from
Boston College followed in 1980.
“I’m the first person in my
extended family to graduate from
college. That’s the American Dream.
The reason I became a lawyer is
because of the television show
‘Perry Mason’,” he said.
He clerked for state Superior
Court and Appellate Court judges
and has been in private practice
since 1982 with various firms. He
established his own practice in
Downtown Middletown a year and a
half ago, sharing space with the firm
of Raczka & Raczka.
Montalbano was recently
elected president of the Middlesex
County Bar Association. One of his
first official duties was to attend a
naturalization ceremony for new
American citizens held July 1 at
Middletown City Hall. A federal
judge presided.
There were 50 people from 24
countries there to take the oath of
citizenship. That struck a chord
within him.
“All four of my grandparents,
and my father, came to this country
from Italy,” he said.
They all entered legally through
Ellis Island in New York. His father
was just a baby when he arrived. He
fought in World War II and used the
benefits granted him under the G.I.
Bill to attend college and become a
successful businessman.
His paternal grandmother sailed
two weeks in steerage from Italy to
the United States. She had two
young children but was turned away
at Ellis Island because a medical
examination determined that she
had pinkeye.
The children were allowed to
stay here with a relative and she was
forced to return to Italy, once again
in steerage, until she was healthy
enough to try again.
A grandfather who spoke no
English took whatever work he could
find, ending up as a laborer helping
to build the New York City subway
system. Montalbano spoke to the
new citizens about how America is a
nation governed by the rule of law
“America is a melting pot.
The greatness of our country is
we’ve gained from every group
who came here.”
–John Montalbano
and offered the following thoughts
on the American experience:
“You may have heard that
America is a melting pot. What does
that mean? Well, when you melt iron
ore, you get pure iron. But when you
add other metals, you get an alloy of
iron, such as steel.
“Steel does not rust like iron.
Steel lasts longer than iron. Steel is
stronger than iron. You are the alloy
that will make America stronger.
“I still remember my own
grandmother studying for her naturalization test and answering the
questions in her broken English. She
was so proud when she passed her
test and we were proud of her
because it was important for her to
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Helping immigrants is important to him, especially in these times
when the term “illegal alien” is
thrown around so frequently in
political debate. He doesn’t like that
terminology.
“Over the years I have represented a number of undocumented
immigrants. I recently represented
a man who came here from Africa
and suffered an electric shock,”
Montalbano said.
The man experienced the shock
at work. He may be undocumented,
but he still had certain legal rights,
including the right to worker’s
compensation.
“The law in America is, even
if you are not a citizen, the
Constitutional rights apply,” he said.
Montalbano has represented
people from Africa, Thailand, Laos,
Russia and South Korea in various
matters. He has his opinions on the
immigration debate.
“America was founded by people
who came to this country … and we
essentially displaced the Native
Americans,” he said. “America is a
melting pot. The greatness of our
country is we’ve gained from every
group who came here.”
Montalbano recalled how certain ethnic groups faced discrimination when they first arrived, Italians,
Germans and Irish in particular.
It was common at one time to see
help wanted signs in shop windows
with the addendum “Irish need
not apply.”
He considers it hypocritical to
condemn those who want to come
here for the same reasons everyone
else’s ancestors came here just
because they don’t have the paperwork to enter legally.
“It’s a terrible situation right
now. The migrant workers in Florida
and California do work that nobody
else wants to do,” he said. “I hope
we can get beyond the politics of
divisiveness because building a
wall between us and Mexico is not
the answer.”
Montalbano also talked about
the treatment of U.S. citizens of
Japanese ancestry in the 1940s who
were forcibly removed from their
homes and lost many of their
possessions in the process.
“When they taught us [in high
school] about the internment camps
in California during World War II,
I was aghast,” he said.
He also pointed put that citizens
of foreign countries serve in the U.S.
Armed Forces; one does not need to
be a citizen to enlist.
“We’ve known each other for
many years,” fellow attorney and
friend Ted Raczka said.
He complimented his friend’s
strong work ethic and added they
have an excellent working relationship and are both members of the
YMCA. Raczka is a past president of
the Middlesex County Bar
Association and his father opened
the practice he now operates in 1941.
“He always puts his clients first.
That’s the kind of person I wanted
to be associated with,” he said of
Montalbano. “We both respect
our profession.” RHL
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September
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La Leche League,
10 a.m. to noon, 23 Textbook
Ave., 860-529-2307 or
mgubala@sbcglobal.net
Library Board of
Trustees, 7 p.m., Cora J. Belden
Library, 33 Church St., 860-2587623 or rockyhilllibrary.info
1
8
16
1
9
16
10
16
12
19
Knitting Group,
11 a.m., Cora J. Belden Library,
33 Church St., 860-258-7623 or
rockyhilllibrary.info, also Sept. 8,
15, 22 and 29
Health & Wellness
Series: Sleep, 6:30 p.m., Cora J.
Belden Library, 33 Church St., 860258-7623 or rockyhilllibrary.info
CT Hearing Voices
Network support group, 7 p.m.,
Rocky Hill Congregational Church,
805-817 Old Main St., second floor
classroom, 203-391-4968, also Sept.
8, 15, 22 and 29
2
Playgroup Plus, 10:15
a.m., Cora J. Belden Library,
33 Church St., 860-258-7623 or
rockyhilllibrary.info, also Sept. 9,
16, 23 and 30
2
Mystery Book Club,
6:30 p.m., Cora J. Belden Library,
33 Church St., 860-258-7623 or
rockyhilllibrary.info
Minecraft Club, 4 p.m.,
for grades 3-5, Cora J. Belden
Library, 33 Church St., 860-2587623 or rockyhilllibrary.info, also
Sept. 22
Friends of the Library,
7 p.m., Cora J. Belden Library, 33
Church St., 860-258-7623 or
ESL Class,
10 a.m., Cora J. Belden Library,
33 Church St., 860-258-7623 or
rockyhilllibrary.info, also
Sept. 17 and 24
Alzheimer’s or
Dementia Caregivers Support
Group, 2 p.m., The Atrium
at Rocky Hill, 1160 Elm St.,
860-563-5588 or
ehall@benchmarkquality.com
14
Nutmeg Nights,
6 p.m., Cora J. Belden Library,
33 Church St., 860-258-7623 or
Minecraft Club,
5:30 p.m., for grades 6-12, Cora J.
Belden Library, 33 Church St.,
860-258-7623 or rockyhilllibrary.
info, also Sept. 23 and 30
Open House for
Parents and Guardians, 6:30-9:30
p.m., Rocky Hill High School,
860-258-7721
Household
Hazardous Waste Collection,
8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stevens School,
322 Orchard St., 860-721-2824
20
Hoof It for Haiti
5K Race & Walk, 9:30 a.m., St.
Elizabeth Seton Church, 280 Brook
St., $20 in advance or $25
same-day registration, 860-5293222 or 860-231-7093
22
Teen Anime
Club, 6:30 p.m., Cora J. Belden
24
Taste of Rocky
Hill, 5-8 p.m., St. James Church,
767 Elm St., 860-258-7633 or
rhchamber.org
26
26
Document Shred
Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farmington
Bank, 366 Cromwell Ave.
Korean Cooking
& Culture, 1 p.m., Cora J. Belden
30
Parent Advisory
Committee, 7 p.m., Rocky Hill
High School library, 860-258-7721
Is your club, community organization, school or house of worship
holding an event open to the general
public? If so, please send us the
details for inclusion in our calendar.
Email your events to Mark Jahne at
mjahne@turleyct.com or mail them
to Turley CT Community
Publications, 540 Hopmeadow St.,
Simsbury, CT 06070.
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News roundup
Crackdown
yields results
The Rocky Hill Police
Department, along with
the state Department of
Transportation’s Highway
Safety Office, held another
high-visibility distracted
driving enforcement initiative from Aug. 3-16.
U DRIVE, U TEXT,
U PAY is intended to
discourage motorists
from texting, talking or
otherwise distracting
themselves by using a
hand-held mobile phone
while driving.
According to surveys
conducted before and after
a similar statewide crackdown in April, there was an
8 percent drop in mobile
phone use by drivers at
observation locations
throughout municipalities
where police conducted
enforcement.
Local police said the
drop in observed use is
encouraging to law enforcement agencies and demonstrates the need to reinforce
to motorists that mobile
phone use while driving is
both dangerous and illegal.
The DOT announced
in April that the results of
recent research found an
estimated 11.1 million
occurrences of distracted
driving happen each day
throughout the state. Under
Connecticut’s cell phone
and texting law, violations
involve fines ranging from
$150 for a first offense to
$300 for a second offense
and $500 for each subsequent violation.
RHHS bands
plan bazaar
The Rocky Hill High School
Bands will present their
annual Harvest Bazaar from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 24 at
the school. Craft vendors
are being sought and tables
are still available.
Tables are priced at
$30. For more information
contact Dawn at 413-2503194 or cymbal1212@
gmail.com. The deadline
to register for a table is
Sept. 1.
Hoof It for Haiti
St. Elizabeth Seton Church,
280 Brook St., presents this
seventh annual event at 9:30
a.m. Sept. 20. It features
both a 5K run/walk and a
2.5K fun run/walk. A Kid’s
Run for those 12 and younger steps off at 9 a.m.
This event is USATF
sanctioned and prizes will
be awarded to the top three
finishers in each category.
Proceeds will be used to
support a church in
Saintard, Haiti, that is
“twinned” with St.
Elizabeth Seton.
Registration is $20 in
advance and $25 the day of
the event. For more information call 860-529-3222
or 860-231-7093.
Taste of Rocky Hill
The Rocky Hill Chamber of
Commerce presents an evening of taste tasting and
sampling the wares of area
restaurants. Business and
food vendors will be on
hand and opportunities
remain to reserve a table in
both of these categories.
It all takes place from
5-8 p.m. Sept. 24 at St. James
Church, 767 Elm St. Call
860-258-7633 or see
rhchamber.org for additional details.
CCHD recommends
that all residents, especially
children, wear long-sleeve
shirts and pants while
outdoors. Clothing should
be light colored and made
of tightly woven material to
keep mosquitoes away from
the skin.
Playpens and baby
carriages should be covered
with protective netting and
all sources of standing
water that could serve as
breeding areas for mosquitoes should be eliminated.
For more information visit
ccthd.org.
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Collectibles
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Books, Sports Memorabilia, Manuscript Documents,
Autographs, Photographs, Military Items,
Swords and Firearms, Gold, Silver and Coins.
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Adult education
awaits
Registration is in progress
to enroll in free high school
completion and English as
a Second Language classes
at adult education in
Middletown. Adult education offers free programs
for Rocky Hill residents
ready to earn their high
school diploma.
Three high school
completion options are
available including the GED
and the National External
Diploma Program, an individualized, self-paced program without classroom
instruction.
English classes for
non- English speaking residents are available for all
proficiency levels. Day and
evening classes are offered
in both Middletown and
Rocky Hill. Call 860-3436044 for more information.
West Nile warning
Remembering
South Catholic
The Central Connecticut
Health District reminds
residents to be wary of West
Nile Virus. This illness is
transmitted by mosquito
bites and, while not usually
fatal, can result in long-lasting effects on the nervous
systems of people who have
meningitis or encephalitis.
The South Catholic High
School Class of 1965 will
hold its 50-year reunion Oct.
24 at the Farmington
Country Club. The planning
committee is seeking updated contact information on
all classmates. For further
information email wiezalis@aol.com. RHL
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Wethersfield
LIFE
Cover
Valley LIFE
Cover
Avon/Canton
Edition
Jane Grove,10, shows off her new
starfish friend she found at Starfish
Point, Grand Cayman.
Photo by Joel Grove, West Hartford
Callie and her dog, Stella, enjoy a
beautiful day on Moosehead Lake in Maine
Photo submitted by Karen Tubin, Simsbury
Farmington children walk along the
Farmington River Trail: good friends and
a wide open path ahead - what childhood is all about.
Photo submitted by Meredith Trimble, Farmington
Summer day in Old Wethersfield: cousins spending
time together
Photo submitted by Anne Tranberg, Wethersfield
Summer Photo Contest
Submissions
Glastonbury
LIFE
Cover
In the August edition of LIFE we
asked for our readers to send in
their summer photos. Many
submitted multiple shots from
their summer vacations and travels.
We chose six photos to beour cover
shots for this month’s edition.
Thank you all for your
participation.
The grandchildren of Brendan and
Barbara Durkin investigate sea
creatures found in the sand bar at
Harvey’s Beach, Old Saybrook.
Photo submitted by Meghan Callaghan, Newington
A.J. Bernardo cliff jumping in
Glastonbury
Photo submitted by Jen Sehmi, Newington
Hiking in Amherst, Mass.
Photo submitted by Courtney Adams, Glastonbury
Valley LIFE
Cover
Farmington
Edition
Taken somewhere over western Connecticut at about
5000 feet, this is a “selfie” taken as I fly my sailplane (a
glider) while circling in sun-heated rising air columns to
gain altitude, like hawks and eagles do.
Photo submitted by Deane Williams, Farmington
Diane Cavaliere jumps off JAWS bridge in Edgartown, Massachusette’s. In the 1975 film, the shark
came out from under that exact bridge.
Photo submitted by Diane Cavaliere, Wethersfield
Standing in front of Buddhist
temple in Bali, Indonesia
Photo submitted by Leila Asal, West Hartford
The view at Heubleine Tower in
Simsbury
Photo submitted by Indiana Pellegrino, Simsbury
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Valley LIFE
Cover
Simsbury Edition
Brothers Nick and Gerard Frigon enjoy a little town time in
the harbor, just north of the Newport Bridge.
Block Island 2015 Triathlon, Crescent Beach, Block Island
Photo submitted by Jessica Frigon, West Hartford
Photo submitted by Suzanne Frigon, Simsbury
Mark Torres of Wethersfield plays his
tuba in the Glastonbury Town Band
Sunday, July 26, 2015.
Rocky Hill
LIFE
Cover
Photo submitted by Kevin Cormack, Newington
Judy Bigelow enjoys picking
blueberries.
Photy submitted by Judy Bigelow, West Hartford
Making a big splash.
Photo submitted by Laura Barash, West Hartford
Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. Sarah, Emily &
John surf Hawaii!
Photo submitted by Jamie Sacala, Simsbury
Heublein Tower in Simsbury at
sunset
Photo submitted by Belle Magna, Canton
Newington
LIFE
Cover
The beauty of summer
Due to space we
are only able to
publish one
photograph
from each
submitting
photographer
Rainbow after a thunderstorm, West
Hill Beach Club, New Hartford
Photo submitted by Pam Rice
Photo submitted by April Aldighi, Simsbury
Skaket Beach in Cape Cod as the sun goes down
Photo submitted by Savanna Kashnig, Canton
West Hartford
LIFE
Cover
Having fun at the sandbar at Pilot’s Point
Beach, Westbrook
Photo submitted by Susan Lemkuil, West Hartford
Nolan at Mystic KOA in Stonington
on their jumping pillow.
PHoto submitted by Sheila Carrier, Simsbury
April Lionberger, Evan Lionberger, 7, and
Sierra Lionberger, 5, enjoy a camel ride
at the Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport.
Photo submitted by April Lionberger, Glastonbury
Daniel Raymond, 11, in Falmouth
on Cape Cod.
Photo submitted by Mary Diaz-Raymond,
Wethersfield
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HUGE reduction taken on
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Editorial
Let the campaign begin
It’s almost Labor Day, the traditional kickoff date for political
campaigns. This year features
municipal elections to bodies
such as the Town Council and
Board of Education.
Of course, presidential
politics have already begun for
the 2016 ballot that will select
the person who replaces
Barack Obama in the White
House. This may draw some
attention away from the local
scene.
That’s too bad because,
as Tip O’Neill used to say, all
politics are local. The people
seeking elected office in this
town deserve a little of our time
and our attention.
They have accepted the
challenge to spend their time
campaigning for our votes. They
know that if they are victorious
their prize is countless meetings
and community events, long
hours, no pay and little feedback, unless it’s negative.
While people should be
encouraged to vote each and
every year, it’s curious that
local elections don’t draw a
higher turnout than they do. In
most cases one can go from the
car to the voting booth, cast a
ballot, and be back in the car in
less than 10 minutes.
That’s not an imposition or
an unrealistic commitment to
ask. People who are going to be
out of town on Election Day
can always cast an absentee
ballot.
Voters show up in the greatest numbers for presidential
elections. That’s commendable,
but think about it. How much
does one vote count in such a
vast endeavor where millions of
votes are cast?
Even at the state legislative
level, one vote only goes so far,
although on occasion elections
have been decided by recount
because the tally was so close.
The place where one
vote can make the greatest
difference is in a municipal
election. It can literally make
the difference between one
candidate winning and another losing. It might even make
the difference in terms of
which political party gains the
majority.
Local elections are of
crucial importance because
these are the people – our
neighbors – who can directly
impact our daily lives by the
policies they adopt, by the
way the run town government and the schools. The
budget they set determines
how much each business,
homeowner and motor
vehicle owner pays in taxes.
It doesn’t get any more
local than that.
The candidates will soon
be knocking on doors, greeting
people at supermarkets, sending out mailings and taking out
advertisements. Take the time
to read about them.
Ask questions if you have
the opportunity to meet them
in person. Read their profiles
in upcoming issues of this
newspaper.
Most important of all, vote.
Democracy works best when
everyone participates in the
practice. RHL
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