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Volume 18, Number 30 Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper www.berlincitizen.com Thursday, September 4, 2014

A new senior housing project may be one step closer to being built after the Planning and Zoning regulation changes requested by the Housing Au-thority for Senior Housing were approved at the meeting Aug. 28 at Town Hall. No site plan has yet been filed for a specific project.

Planning and Zoning Chair Bruce Moore said there was a very active public hearing last month regard-ing the changes. “In my mind, at least what we are

New senior housing regulations approvedBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

See Housing / Page 5

Food stores are low at the Berlin Food Bank, which is housed at the town hall, and need is higher than ever according to director of social services Doug Truitt.

Truitt said that the food bank typically assists 55 to 60 households each month, which steadily increased from 45 to 50 over the last several years. This month, however, there has been a sudden spike to 68 households, and during a time when food bank stores are low.

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Food bank need rising, stock lowBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

See Food / Page 4

It’s official: Berlin citi-zens gathered and submitted enough signatures to trigger a referendum on an ordinance bonding $21 million for the construction of a new police station on property the coun-cil previously purchased for

that purpose at a cost of ap-proximately $2 million.

The Town Council was to vote to schedule the referen-dum, expected to be held on Election Day this November, at its Sept. 2 meeting, which occurred after press time.

The referendum is to con-cern bonding in the amount of $21 million for the con-

struction of a new police station on land previously purchased by the Town Coun-cil for that purpose at a cost of approximately $1.8 million. The referendum required sig-natures from Berlin residents that have been collected and submitted to the Town Clerk’s

Police station referendum officialBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

A concept drawing of the new police station. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

See Police / Page 7

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Girl Scout Troop 66286 plans several fundraising events to benefit their trip to London in 2015. The future trip includes meeting other Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from around the world. The troop will stay at the World Association for Girls and participate in a team service project together. The first fundraiser scheduled is a pancake breakfast, Saturday, Sept. 13, 8 to 10:30 a.m., at the Senior Center.

One of the three biggest fundraisers done by the Lions Club is this Saturday, Sept. 6,

when Octoberfest will come to the Berlin fairgrounds. Last year’s Octoberfest drew more than 800 people.

“It has really taken on a life of its own,” said club member Ron Bosco.

Bosco said part of the event’s popularity is that at-tendees get the chance to sample a wide variety of sea-sonal beers and ciders, rather than a larger quantity of fewer beers, as is available at similar events.

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Funds raised by the event go to charities supported by the Berlin Lions, which in-cludes high school scholar-ships, as well as causes such as diabetes, the Red Cross, local hospitals, and other or-ganizations. The club keeps a contingency fund for other needs.

Beers will be provided by ROGO distributors and in-clude Harpoon Brewery, Otter Creek, Wolaver’s Fine Or-ganic Ales, Wachusett Brew-ing Co., Leinenkugel Brewing, Blue Moon, Two Roads Brew-ery, Half Full Brewery, Broad Brook Brewing Co., May-flower Brewery, Redd’s Apple Ale and Crispin Cider.

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Taxpayers’ group calls for police downsizing

As the debate over the new police station contin-ues, William Brighenti, the founder of the Berlin Prop-erty Owners Association has been calling for the down-sizing of the department and some of its equipment. Lo-cal officials have disputed Brighenti’s claim that the po-lice department has become “militarized,” saying that all equipment held by the police department is in widespread usage and that items such as bullet-proof vests are a neces-sary precaution. The last time Berlin police officers were fired upon was in 2012.

Citing events in Ferguson, Missouri, Brighenti said in a statement that the police de-partment is “militarized” with unnecessary equipment, in-cluding chemical gear and body armor, and that the de-partment is unnecessarily large.

Brighenti was critical of statements police made re-garding security concerns at the current station. The po-lice chief and the civilian re-cords department work in offices with large glass win-dows that provide lots of vis-ibility and little protection to them.

Brighenti said that Berlin is a peaceful community and that residents pay taxes that fund “generous compensa-tion and fringe benefits” of police staff. “They are not the enemy,” Brighenti said in a statement, “A ‘Taj Mahal’ Fort Bragg would be an overkill in Berlin.”

“Public awareness of the current state of our police force and their facility is a top priority as we head towards the Nov. 5 referendum,” said Mayor Rachel Rochette by email. Rochette encouraged citizens with concerns about the new station to attend an information session to be held Sept. 16 at 6 p.m. at the town hall.

Brighenti was critical of Rochette in connection with coverage by another media outlet.

“It is the opinion of the BPOA that the Berlin Police Department should reduce

staff size as well as dispose of storage-consuming ‘military equipment,’ including body armor, riot helmets, chemical equipment, swat rifles, and bullet proof vests,” Brighenti said in a statement, adding that “Berlin is not Kabul, Af-ghanistan, and its citizens are not the Taliban.”

“There are some in Berlin who would have the public believe that our police force is the height of militarization. Fortunately, the facts don’t support their claims,” Ro-chette said, adding that as the town has grown, times have changed, as have expectations of police.

In a phone interview, po-lice Chief Paul Fitzgerald disputed the claim that the department is militarized, ex-plaining that the equipment used by Berlin police is com-

mon among Connecticut po-lice departments.

Fitzgerald said that officers were last shot at in 2012. Al-though bullets did not hit of-ficers during the incident, he said that bulletproof vests are a necessary precaution to protect the lives of police officers.

According to Fitzgerald, the department regularly re-ceives aid from a federal grant that has paid for half of the costs of its bulletproof vests.

In an interview, Fitzgerald said that chemical gear pos-

sessed by the department provides protection that al-lows the use of tear gas, which helps the department subdue armed suspects safely.

Tear gas was last used in 2012, when, Fitzgerald said, a suspect was apprehended at a local hotel with the help of the New Britain SWAT team in relation to a serious as-sault. Officers brought med-ical assistance to the injured party in time to save the life of the injured party.

Brighenti cites both the

size of the nearby Farming-ton Police Department and the historical size of the Ber-lin Police Department as rea-sons the department should be downsized.

Brighenti said that Berlin’s population has increased about 35 percent since 1976.

“If the size of the police staff now had remained in the same proportion to the popu-lation as it were in 1976, the police department would now

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town residents. “Most peo-ple don’t ask for food if they don’t need it,” Truitt said. Some families are in need due to medical bills or a lost job, Truitt said.

The food bank is espe-cially in need of tuna, pea-nut butter, jelly, canned corn, peas, soups, and fruits.

There is only enough pasta sauce to serve the house-holds in need for another week, Truitt said. Although there is food on the shelves, it is being distributed to more than 60 families, and the food bank needs steady donations to have enough to meet demand. There is also a limited amount of storage space, considering the cur-

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“Without the volunteers we couldn’t handle this kind of volume,” Truitt said. The food bank gets assistance from UpBeat students, who bag food items according to anonymous lists of fam-ilies’ needs and any dietary restrictions. Then the food is distributed to families by AARP volunteers.

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The Food Bank’s stock of tuna is getting low, and must be stretched to feed more than 60 families.

| Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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dealing with is the concern of the immediately adja-cent neighbors,” Moore said. “Then I look at the commu-nity as a whole and I see the need for this type of housing very clearly.”

Some at the public hearing spoke in favor of the change, with one attendee saying it was “time to stand up for se-niors.” Others said that the waiting list for senior housing opens rarely and that lifelong Berlin residents are being forced to leave town to find affordable housing.

Some neighbors of the Knights of Columbus prop-erty who were opposed to a potential senior housing com-plex built near their homes spoke against the change in zoning regulations at the hearing. They argued that the increase in a height limit from

35 feet to 40 feet would allow the housing authority to cre-ate an unsightly “monstros-ity,” as a preliminary concept of a three-story apartment complex was described by several present.

Moore said that he recog-nizes neighbors’ concerns “relative to the height” but that all Berlin residents, in-cluding those who spoke, seemed to recognize “senior housing is important to us as a community.” Moore said that the Berlin Housing Au-thority provides seniors with a very positive, cost-effective environment.

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The overgrown Knights of Columbus building may be the future site of a Housing Authority-managed senior apartment building. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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former Knights of Columbus property on Percival Avenue, which the town owns.

Director of Development Services Hellyn Riggins said during the meeting that the town is mandated to increase its senior housing. Riggins also clarified that the regu-lations would only permit the housing authority to con-struct buildings to the height limit of 40 feet and would not

allow private developers the same privilege.

Depot Crossing, the town’s first mixed-used building, is also three stories, but it is lo-cated in a commercial zone, not a residential zone.

The commission approved the changes subject to a few slight clarifications that, ac-cording to Riggins, do not substantially alter the intent of the regulations, such as lan-guage that clarifies that ramps must be ADA compliant.

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Downsizing

have 45 employees instead of the 55 officers and support staff currently employed in our police department,” Brighenti said in a statement.

“The Berlin Police Depart-ment appears to be 34 percent larger than that of the Town of Farmington even though the population of Farmington is 27.5 percent larger than that of Berlin, while Farmington’s crime rate in 2012 was 46 per-cent higher than that in Ber-lin,” Brighenti said.

Fitzgerald released a state-ment refuting these claims, saying that “The BPOA is wrong when they say Farm-ington PD is 34 percent smaller than the Berlin Police Department. Actually, Farm-ington has 60 employees as compared to Berlin’s 55.”

Fitzgerald explained in an interview that these numbers are drawn from the 2012 state Department of Public Safety

Crime in Connecticut Report, which is the most recent re-port available. When the re-port was written, the total police staff including civil-ians was 56 in Berlin and 60 in Farmington. Farmington’s employee rate per 1,000 citi-zens was 2.36, while Berlin’s was 2.81.

Both departments are un-der the average total rate, which is 2.85, according to the report.

According to Fitzgerald, the lower crime rate in Ber-lin compared to Farming-ton is something that should be commended, and not regarded as evidence the department should be down-sized, adding that Berlin has less crime per person than Farmington.

According to the Con-necticut Economic Resource Center’s town profiles, in 2013 Berlin had a crime rate of 1,914 weighted for each 100,000 residents, while

Farmington had a crime rate of 2,525. Berlin was below the state average of 2,234, while Farmington was above this average.

“The BPOA may want to thank a police officer for keeping the crime rate low as we sit between two urban centers. Less crime maintains property values and makes Berlin a safe, desirable place to live,” Fitzgerald said.

Brighenti did not return re-quests for comment at press time.

To read statements re-leased by the Berlin Property Owners Association and po-lice Chief Fitzgerald, visit The Berlin Citizen online.

[email protected] (203) 317-2448 @Berlin_Citizen

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Office. At least 377 signatures are required to initiate the referendum process. According to Town Clerk Kate Wall, an item regarding the referendum had been added to the Town Council agenda in preparation for the Sept. 2 meet-ing of the council.

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Berlin will be the recipi-ent of a $406,057 Brownfield grant to assist with the re-mediation of 889 Farmington Ave., according to Director of Economic Development Jim Mahoney.

The town acquired 889 Farmington Ave. through foreclosure. The property lies near the site under de-bate as the location of a new police station. It is hoped that the plot could prove a valuable site for transit-ori-ented development. Part of the plan for the proposed po-lice station involves paving a state funded access road to the train station that will also improve access to 889 Farm-ington Ave.

“This funding will make a big difference for Berlin,” said House Majority Leader and Berlin state Rep. Joe Aresi-mowicz. “The remediation of 889 Farmington Ave. is an essential part of a long-term, multi-faceted effort to create a vibrant and lively commer-cial district in the center of town.”

The grant will be used for capping and funding of pas-sive ventilation systems un-der the new building slab, Aresimowicz said in a state-ment, adding that it is hoped these funds will increase the property’s value to a devel-oper and the likelihood the redevelopment will be un-derway when service on the New Haven Hartford Spring-

field rail line in 2016.“Berlin is thrilled to be the

recipient of this grant,” Berlin Mayor Rachel Rochette said in a statement. “This fund-ing will allow us to complete a major downtown project without impacting residents’ taxes. We are so thankful for Majority Leader Aresimo-wicz and our other state leg-islators who continue to work hard and deliver for all Berlin citizens.”

Gov. Dannel Malloy an-nounced a total of $27 million in brownfield grants earlier this month.

“Many of Connecticut’s Brownfield sites have been abandoned or under-uti-lized for decades because the costs of redeveloping these properties are too expen-sive for municipalities or pri-

vate developers to take on by themselves,” Malloy said in a statement. “That’s why my administration has not only allocated the funding neces-sary to return dozens of un-used and blighted properties in every corner of the state to productive reuse, but also taken significant steps to at-tract private investment and increase participation in our Brownfield programs.”

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FaithFaith Briefs

Sacred Heart Church: For-ever Young Club -- Sept. 4, 6:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross, followed by business meeting. Mary Lou Parker is scheduled to speak about Forty Days for Life.

Berlin Congregational Church: Homecoming con-cert -- Sunday, Sept. 14, 1 p.m. Free, live music. For more information, call (860) 828-6586.

Kensington Congregational Church: Rally Sunday -- Sept. 14, 10 a.m.

Kensington Congregational Church: Church picnic -- Sept. 14, 4 p.m. Food games at Reeves Center parking lot. All are welcome.

Kensington Congrega-tional Church: Grief support group -- Sept. 15, 7 p.m. For those who have experienced a recent loss of any kind. All are welcome.

Berlin Congregational

Church: Annual fall tag sale -- Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Rental space is available. Must sup-ply own table. Breakfast and lunch available or purchase. For more information, call (860) 828-6586.

Berlin Congregational Church: Tot time -- Thurs-days, 10 to 11:30 a.m., begin-ning Sept. 11. Free program includes play, crafts, snacks. Drop-in. For more informa-tion, call (860) 828-6586.

Kensington United Meth-odist Church: Taize service -- Tuesdays, 7 to 7:30 p.m. Special Taize/healing music service on the third Tuesday of each month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Kensington Congregational: Bible study -- Wednesdays, 11 a.m., in the church parlor. For more information, call (860) 828-4511.

Church Services

Berlin Congregational Church, 878 Worthington Ridge, Sun-day worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m. (860) 828-6586.

Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St., 9:30 a.m. worship. (860) 828-3637.

Berlin Congregational Jehovah’s Witnesses, 234 Farmington Ave. (860) 832-8700. Call for more information.

Christian Life Church, 496 Kensington Rd., Sundays, Word and Worship Service, 10 a.m., Main Sanctuary. Small group Bible study for adults, youth and hearing impaired at 9 a.m. Children’s ministries at 9 a.m.

Nursery care available for birth to age three. (860) 828-5105.

Crossroads Church of God, 146 Hudson St. Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.; children’s service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, Bible study, 7 p.m.; Youth groups, 7 p.m. Nursery is provided. (860) 828-3822.

Kensington Congregational Church, 312 Percival Ave., Sun-day worship, 10 a.m. (860) 828-4511.

Kensington United Method-ist Church, 103 Hotchkiss St., Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m.;

See Services / Page 9

Pagan Pride is coming to the Berlin VFW this Sat-urday, Sept. 6. Organizer Wendy Hagen explained that the event will provide workshops and vendors for attendees who fall under the pagan “umbrella,” which Ha-gen said includes members of diverse religious faiths, including Wiccans, Chris-tians, Druids, and adherents of the Ásatrú faith. Pagan is a term that describes a broad base of belief, just as the term “Christian” may re-fer to Catholics, Protestants, and Mormons, Hagen said.

Pagan Pride is an interna-tional event that seeks to ed-ucate the public about what Paganism is about, as well as busting myths about the group. One of those myths, Hagen explained, is that Pagans are somehow dan-gerous, evil or worship Sa-tan. On the contrary, Hagen said, most pagans place an emphasis on being positive members of their communi-ties. “And we don’t fly,” Ha-gen laughed.

According to Hagen, though beliefs vary greatly within this umbrella, most practitioners share a rever-ence for nature as well as a belief that energy put into the universe comes back to the individual.

“We believe that honoring the areas where we live and work is important and that providing compassion and care for our fellow beings is important too, whether four-legged or two-legged,” Hagen said, adding that the majority of pagans she

knows are animal lovers. Pagan Pride is asking at-

tendees to bring a donation of food that can be given to the Berlin Food Pantry or pet food that will be donated to the Connecticut Humane Society.

Last year, Hagen said, the group proudly gathered more than 350 pounds of do-nated food. These donations will come at an excellent time as, according to Direc-tor of Social Services Doug

Truitt, need at the food pan-try has been increasing and stock has dwindled.

Pagan Pride will fea-ture “Pagan 101” work-shops on topics like animal guides and tarot, as well as a guided meditation and a group ritual. There will also be vendors and information booths, with groups mostly being Connecticut-based. “We try to keep it in-house

Pagan Pride strives to dispel mythsBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

This carload of donations was collected at last year’s Pagan Pride event and was donated to the Connecticut Humane Society.

| Connecticut Pagan Pride Facebook

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Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. (860) 828-4222.

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 1103 Chamberlain High-way., Sunday worship, 10:15 a.m. Sunday school, 9 a.m. (860) 828-5079.

Sacred Heart Church, 48 Cot-tage St., East Berlin, Mass: Saturday 8 a.m., Vigil: 4 p.m. Sunday: 8 a.m., 9:30, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Tuesdays: 8 a.m., Wednesdays: 8 a.m., noon, Thursdays: 8 a.m., Fridays: 8 a.m. Confession: Saturdays, from 3:15 to 4 p.m., and by ap-pointment. (860) 828-0519.

Saint Gabriel’s Episcopal Church,8 Main St., East Berlin, 9 a.m. Sunday Eucharist; 10 a.m. Sunday School, stgabrielseast-berlinct.org (860) 828-3735.

St. Paul Church, 484 Alling St., Mass on Saturday, 4 p.m. Vigil Mass, Sunday 7:30, 9 ,10:30 a.m. and noon, Week-days 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. (860) 828-0331.

United Methodist Church, 139 Main St., East Berlin. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.

Wellspring Church, 222 Lincoln St., Sunday Services at 9 and 11 a.m. (860) 225-0661.

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Obituaries

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CalendarThursday, Sept. 4

Boy Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 24 is scheduled to meet Thursday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Commu-nity Center, 230 Kensington Road. Stop in or call Mike Neault, Scoutmaster, at (860) 828-3611.

Boy Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 41 is scheduled to meet Thursday, 7 p.m., at Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St. For more infor-mation, call Scoutmaster K.C. Jones at (860) 829-1148 or email [email protected].

Saturday, Sept. 6BBQ - The East Berlin

Volunteer Fire Department has scheduled its annual Old Fashioned Chicken BBQ for Saturday, Sept. 6, 4 to 7 p.m., at the firehouse, 80 Main St., East Berlin. Rain or shine. A fee is charged. Take out pro-vided. Tickets are available from EBVFD members or at the door.

Farmers Market - The Farmers Market is sched-uled for Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the A.S. Labieneic parking lot, 817 Farmington Ave.

Historical Society - The Berlin Historical Society, 305 Main St., is open Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. New exhibits in-clude Boy Scouting in Berlin, a permanent toy collection, a retrospective celebrat-ing the museum’s 20th year, Berlin tin, Berlin bricks, Ber-lin Iron bridge, the Leather-man, Simeon North’s Mill and more. Free admission. For more information, call (860) 828-5114.

Tag sale - The New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park, 191 Farmington Ave. has scheduled its annual tag sale for Saturday, Sept. 6, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., rain or shine; free admission. A preview sale is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. A fee is charged for the preview sale. For more information, call (860) 827-9064 or visit www.newbritainyouthmu-seum.org.

Octoberfest - Berlin Li-ons Charities has scheduled its 3rd annual Octoberfest Tasting for Saturday, Sept. 6, 6 to 10 p.m., at the Berlin fairgrounds. A fee is charged. Entertainment by the Burt Teague Band. Proceeds ben-efit Berlin Lions Charities. For

more information, call Ron Bosco at (860) 306-0244.

Craft show - Wethersfield Evangelical Free Church, 511 Maple St., Wethersfield, has scheduled a juried craft show for Saturday, Sept. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds bene-fit the Central CT Feed My Starving Children Mobilepack event, scheduled for Novem-ber. For more information, visit www.CentralCTmobile-pack.org.

Tuesday, Sept. 9Boy Scouts - Boy Scouts

Troop 256, chartered by the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, 880 Farm-ington Ave.

For more information, call Scoutmaster Ed Alicia at (860) 828-8693.

Boy Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 44 is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St. For more information, call Joann Saw-yer at (860) 828-7767.

Sunrise Rotary Club - The Sunrise Rotary Club of Kens-ington-Berlin is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., at Town Hall, 240 Kens-ington Road. For more infor-mation, call Gwen Valencis at (860) 229-3787, ext. 139 or visit www.kensingtonrotary.org.

TOPS - TOPS, Taking Off Pounds Sensibly, a non-profit, weight loss organiza-tion, is scheduled to meet 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Cromwell Town Hall, Suite 219, 41 West St. For more informa-tion, call Betty Water at (860) 635-7020.

Boys soccer - BHS vs. Conard at Conard HS Sta-dium, 3:45 p.m.

Girls soccer - BHS vs. Northwest Catholic at Sage Park, 6 p.m.

Cross country - BHS vs. Bristol Central, Bulkeley at home, 3:45 p.m.

Girls swimming - BHS vs. Holy Cross, away.

Girls volleyball - BHS vs. Bristol Central at BHS, 6:15 p.m.

PETS OF THE WEEK

Malcolm is about 16 weeks old and a very good dog. He sits and shakes and is receptive and ready to learn. He was found wandering alone and needs serious inquiries only, as he is a Bull Terrier mix. Bandit is a very, handsome cat. With pregnant cats and kittens in need, Bandit was placed on a waiting list, only to wait for nearly a year. He is a very sweet boy that loves attention. View all of the adoptable pets and find an online application at www.fobac.org. For more information, call (860) 828-5287.

Esther (Sayles)Scapellati KENSINGTON — Es-ther (Sayles) Scapellati, of

Kensington, wife of Albert Scapellati for 61 years, re-turned to the waiting arms of our Lord on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.

Esther was born in Forest Park, R.I., on June 3, 1927. At a young age, her family moved to East Douglas, Mass., where she attended all the local schools. Af-ter high school and a brief career as a telephone op-erator, she and her mother moved to Connecticut to be with her sisters. Esther then took a position with American Hardware as an instructor, where she taught other women the skills nec-essary for assembling pad-locks and lock cylinders. It was here that she met her future husband, Albert Sca-pellati. Esther eventually re-tired from the auditing de-partment of Sears in West Hartford, Conn. Albert and Esther were

married in 1953 and soon had two sons, Gary and Mark. Gary lives with his wife, Kristine, in Hunting-ton Beach, Calif., and Mark lives with his wife, Lynette, in New Britain, Conn. Esther also leaves her grandson, Matthew, and his wife, Anastazia; and her granddaughter, Laura, and her fiancé, Ryan Delga-do; all of New Britain; her sisters-in-law, Anita Mor-gen, of Plainville, Conn.; and Dorothy Scapellati, of Kensington, Conn.; in ad-dition to many nieces and nephews. Being the youngest of seven children, Esther was predeceased by all of her siblings, Warner, Ruth, Harry, Frank, Marion, and Gwen, and their spouses. In addition, Esther was also predeceased by her daughter in law, Susan Scapellati; and her grand-son, Nicholas Scapellati. Services were held at Rose Hill Funeral Home in Rocky Hill, Conn., on Tues-day, Sept. 2. Anyone wishing to can make donations in Esther’s name to a charity of their choice.


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In the fourth part of this series, reporter Charles

Kreutzkamp visits towns served by Record-Jour-nal Weeklies to search for Geocaches. SPOILER ALERT: spe-cific details ahead. For last week’s story, visit

http://tinyurl.com/RJCache3.Southington is by far the

largest town that the week-lies cover, so it seems fitting that I, YFNReporter (“Your Friendly Neighborhood Re-porter”), and my fiancée HisGirlFriday, sought after caches in urban settings, hidden in parking lots and community parks.

One of the caches we encountered is by far the cleverest I have seen. At a parking lot of a shopping center, we looked in all the usual places when seeking after this cache: under the skirt of a light pole, and the ever-popular spot nestled behind the post of a guard-rail, which is where you often find caches hidden in magnetic key containers.

When we were looking for this cache, naturally we

overlooked the outlet box near the coordinates. It was only when this outlet box was touched we realized that it was a fake, very clev-erly placed to look innocu-ous where it hides in plain sight.

“I feel like we’re real Geo-cachers now!” my girl Friday (Kate) said after finding this clever hide.

Kate said that she was surprised at all the urban Geocaches, hidden in places “people go every day.” We even realized there is one hidden at the grocery store that we frequent – and most impressively of all, this one was large enough to contain Geocaching swag.

Most urban caches, it should be noted, are placed with the permission of property owners and store managers. The Geocaching guidelines specify that per-mission should be sought, and many caches specifically mention that permission was obtained. It’s not hard to see why: Geocaching does draw traffic near to the business.

Another one of the best parts of caching is being brought to a place you oth-erwise would never have known existed. Such was

Southington: Treasure hunting gone urban

An ammo can is a popular container for caches. | Charles

Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

Charles Kreutzkamp

See Treasure / Page 11

Timeless memoriesTo the editor:My walks in the neighbor-

hood of Grove Hill, Alling Street and Peck Street have become much more interest-ing these past few weeks. I met many people gathered by the KGS and former BHS site. We gathered over the fence and reminisced about the “good old days” in Kensington. Although it was sad to see this historic brick building being demol-ished, the time has come for a new chapter to begin.

Generations of my family at-tended the once vibrant school. We were taught to read and write there and walked those halls for may years.

Thank you for the timeless, unforgettable memories. Best wishes and good luck to St. Paul for their beautiful new project and venture.

Laurie PulitoKensington

Concerned taxpayerTo the editor:I read with interest and saw

the picture of the new pro-posed police station on Farm-ington Avenue in Berlin in last week’s Berlin Citizen. I can not believe Berlin, with less than 20,000 people, needs a build-ing that is as big as the Depart-ment of Transportation on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington.

There must be alternatives such as the empty Knights of Columbus building, the Pistol Creek golf course, and the fur-niture building on Farmington Avenue that the town of Berlin owns.

If you own a home and it needs a new roof, you do not buy a new home, you repair the roof. There must be some-where we could relocate the Board of Education and move the police department down-stairs and give them half the Town Hall. I am a real estate

agent and people looking for a home have said “not Berlin” because the taxes are going to go out of sight. Also, we all know that the amount is going to be more than $21 million.

A concerned retired tax payer,

Richard A. GliddenKensington

Time for a new police facility

To the editor:Since the 1950’s, the Berlin

Police Department had been located in a variety of loca-tions. These include a one-room shack on Farmington Avenue, the basement of the old Town Hall on Worthington Ridge, a single family house on Mattabasset Street and its cur-rent location in the lower level of Town Hall.

Over all these years, our town leaders and residents re-alized that with increased pop-ulation, crime, traffic and calls for service, our police depart-ment needed adequate space to perform their duties.

The time has come once again to provide our police force with adequate space.

It is unacceptable for in-terview rooms to be adjacent to the prisoner lock-up, es-pecially when dealing with juveniles. Applicant and var-ious permit fingerprinting is also done in this area. Lack of

Letters to the editor

Kensington Grammar School class circa 1910-11.

See Letters / Page 15


Treasure

the case with the South-ington Recreation Park, a park jam-packed with the community drive-in theater, tennis courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, the commu-nity pool, an elementary school and the kicker – the local water pollution control facility.

“I bet the kids tour pretty often,” Kate said.

One cache, named “The Bog of Eternal Stench” was located right behind the water control facility. The neighboring soccer fields give a decent view into some of the equipment. This is one of the cases where false advertising is a good thing: despite the title, the search for the cache did not involve smelling any sewage. Walk-ing directly past the facility, the smell is not unlike that of a chlorinated pool.

Kate said she wasn’t sur-prised: she has toured water control plants, and knows that the part that smells bad generally lies underground.

Southington is also home to quite a few puzzle caches, including some rated with the maximum level of diffi-culty: five stars. While regu-lar caches provide you with coordinates to follow, puzzle caches require you to solve a puzzle in order to determine what the coordinates are.

Puzzlers often provide a way of checking your answer, as well, either on the web, or by using a computer’s check-sum function, which, to paraphrase Wikipedia, grabs a block of data and uses it to detect errors by reduc-ing it to a number that can be compared with another checksum. You might do this, for example, to make sure data being moved from one location to another is

going through all right – but enough computer science, I abandoned studying that (majoring in it my freshman year) in favor of writing like five years ago.

After looking at several puzzles, my girl Friday and I didn’t even know where to begin. We knew we needed to get a certain number of numbers to fill in as coor-dinates, but after a look at a diagram of a fictional chemi-

cal compound, an enormous grid full of numbers, and six rows of arrows, we elected to search for traditional caches. We’ll leave the puz-zles for when we’ve got a bit more experience under our belts and the desire to land a really tough one outweighs the urge to nab as many caches as possible.

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A downtown parking lot can be the home to secret treasures for Geocachers. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

Hide-a-key containers make excellent caches, and can be found stuck on metal in all sorts of areas. | Charles

Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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Monday, Sept. 8• Berlin VNA, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

• Economic Development Commission, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

• Historic District, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

• Board of Education, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

• Kensington Fire District, 947 Farmington Ave., 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 9• Conservation Commission, Town

Hall, 6:30 p.m.

• Veterans Commission, American Legion Post 68, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 10• Berlin-Peck Memorial Library,

Library Board Room, 7 p.m.

• Housing Authority, Marjorie Moore Village Community Room, 5 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 11• Commission for Persons with

Disabilities, Town Hall, 6:30 p.m.

• Parks and Recreation Commission, Community Center, 7 p.m.

• Planning & Zoning, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

• Public Building Commission, 238 Kensington Road, 7 p.m.

• Youth Services Advisory Board, Town Hall, 4 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 15• Commission for the Aging, Senior

Center, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 16• Town Council, Town Hall Council

Chambers, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 17• Police Commission, BPD

Conference Room, 6:30 p.m.

• Worthington Fire District, 1400 Wilbur Cross Hwy, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 22• Board of Education, Town Hall,

7 p.m.

• Kensington Fire District, 947 Farmington Ave., 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 23• Water Control Commission, Town

Hall, 7 p.m.

• Zoning Board of Appeals, Town Hall, 7 p.m.

Government Meetings

Four Facts:1. Older children natu-

rally go to sleep later and wake up later than younger children for reasons that are chemical/hormonal, physi-cal, social/behavioral, circa-dian, etc.

2. More sleep is healthier than less.

3. Because of No. 1 and No. 2, schools are changing start times to better align with natural sleep rhythms by having younger students start school earlier and older students start school later, or having the school day start later for both.

4. No. 3 has produced sig-nificantly positive results in public health (less depres-sion, caffeine/substance abuse, obesity), public safety (better driving), and academic (test scores, atten-dance, tardiness).

Support is listed on some-thingtosleepon.weebly.com and includes studies by Brookings Institution, National Sleep Foundation, University of Minnesota, American Academy of Pe-diatrics – all recommending older students start school later.

What about athletics?Wilton, CT public schools

changed their school sched-ules 11 years ago, so older students started school latest, and maintained top-ranked athletic, extra-cur-ricular, and academic programs. I talked with the principal of Wilton High, who said there was no change in extra-curricular participation rates and no question of being dropped from their athletic confer-ence, which sent a letter of support to competitor schools asking for cooper-ation in scheduling games. Having lit fields and a cen-tral location helps. Occa-sionally athletes will miss a school period for an away game, but this has never been problematic. Logically, more sleep benefits athletes, and later pick-up/game times might work well for some families.

Is there a cost?Studies report cost-neu-

trality if bus routes aren’t changed; only the schedule is flipped.

“Younger children shouldn’t be waiting for the bus in the dark.” Frankly no one should. Wilton moved its entire schedule later so no student got on a bus before 7 a.m. But if logis-tics demand that some-one has to get on a bus in the six o’clock hour, then might it be safer for younger students accompanied by parents and likely waiting protected in a car rather than for preteens/teenag-ers waiting alone on a likely sidewalk-less public street

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A matter of priorities. If a student’s priority is to be the best student he/she can be, then more sleep is probably more valuable than babysitting. Studies have shown no changes in af-ter-school job participation rates.

Won’t kids just go to bed later?

Studies have shown not.Will teachers/parents

like it?A zero-sum game. For ev-

ery teacher/parent who is inconvenienced there can be one who benefits. Even the same person may feel both impacts: the parent who loses an after-school

babysitter can leave home earlier if their younger stu-dent starts earlier. If the focus is on the students, namely trying to advantage the older students without disadvantaging the younger students, and if the focus is on the community’s health and safety as a whole, then maybe it’s worth some in-stances of inconvenience?

I can’t take any more change

I hear you. But more change is coming regard-less and we could consider this one at the same time. When there is a nationwide movement that has proven results in public health, pub-lic safety, and academics in addition to being low-cost, logical, and recommended by respected institutions, then might it be worth discussing?

At least “sleep on it”Wilton High School prin-

cipal Bob O’Donnell re-viewed this and commented “I think you can add that anecdotal observations from Wilton staff after the change indicated that students were better rested, less irritable, and more ready to engage in the school day. Also, survey feedback from students indi-cated that they were indeed getting more sleep and ac-cumulating less sleep debt throughout the week after the change to a later start.”

Julienne Cassarino is a mother of school-age children and lives in Durham.

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M o n d a y, S e p t . 8 through Friday, Sept. 12 - Berlin High School Fac-ulty Art Show. View art-work created by Berlin High School faculty.

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Tuesday, Sept. 23 - Emergency Preparedness, 1 p.m. One-hour informa-tional and educational pre-sentation on the Emergency Financial First Aid Kit. Dis-cussion includes personal emergency preparedness, how to identify and orga-nize key f inancial docu-ments, and how you can prepare yourself for f ive to seven days following a storm or emergency situa-

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space is also evident with the volume of evidence collected, as well as interviewing both victim and suspect.

It is important for Berlin residents to know, that patrol activity is critical for the pro-tection of our citizens. It is also important for all to realize that the unseen police activity within headquarters is equally as crucial for our safety and security.

Please join me in supporting a new police facility, as well as the men and women who serve and protect to make our community a better place to live.

John J. BaccaroBerlin Police Depart-

ment, retired

A true referendum?To the editor:After looking at The Berlin

Citizen this past week, I saw the conceptual drawing of the new proposed police station. I told my wife “Oh, the high school is coming along nicely.” I was shocked when she told me to read under the picture and saw it was the police sta-tion instead. Living in Berlin all my life, I shouldn’t have been surprised or shocked.

Did anyone consider a po-lice annex instead? It would be a lot less money. The extra money saved could fix up the

Town Hall and existing po-lice station that the building department has not kept up. Maybe move the Berlin Edu-cation department to Worth-ington Ridge in the building that isn’t being used. Then you could use the extra space vacated to expand the police department.

Good luck on the referen-dum. We know how that will turn out. The people of Berlin know it’s a done deal, like it or not.

Dave ContinoBerlin

Vote to approve new station

To the editor:I suggest that all Berlin res-

idents learn about the town’s plans for a new police depart-ment headquarters, attend the Sept. 16 council informational session and vote to approve the bonding for a new station on Nov. 4.

A tour of the woefully in-adequate facility in the Town Hall basement confirms the pressing need for new work-ing space. Tours are available Saturday, Sept. 13 at 9 a.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m., by calling headquarters at (860) 828-7080. The town’s website contains a thorough, factual explanation of the proposed project, including the space needs for all of the

functions of the department, an analysis of the expenses, a comparison of the 2008 costs and the present costs, photo-graphs and renderings of the present and proposed site and buildings, all of which are helpful in understand-ing the need for and scope of the project. Our public safety needs have outgrown the pres-ent location.

During the past seven years the Police Commission, the Town Council, the Public Building Commission and other Town Departments have been working together to cre-ate a feasible and cost-effec-tive facility to house the police department. More than 16 sites were studied by the town be-fore selecting Farmington Av-enue. The architectural firm of Jacunski Humes has designed more than 40 police facili-ties and helped determine the space needs for the depart-ment. The preeminent con-struction company, Downes Construction Co. lnc., calcu-lated the cost estimates.

In 2009, the town acquired title to 889 Farmington Ave. by tax foreclosure. This property is part of the police station site. The town has secured state grants of more than $1.3 mil-lion to remediation this site for the project. In 2011 the coun-cil unanimously approved the acquisition of 903-913 Farmington Ave. (Kensington Furniture/Kraft Foods) and

authorized $2 million for the purchase and site preparation for the new police station. The town has secured state grants of more than $1.3 million to help fund this project.

Stephen J. AndersonEast Berlin

Disrespectful to law enforcement

To the editor:William Brighenti’s re-

cent statements regarding his solution to resolve the over-crowded police headquarters are disrespectful to the men and women of the Berlin Po-lice Department. These offi-cers put their life on the line every day. Every domestic vi-olence call, every traffic stop has the potential for a violent outcome. The following are some of his most disturbing and outlandish statements:

Brighenti: “Department overstaffed.”

There are 40 police offi-cers. Two are school resource officers. Berlin has 107 miles of road and 380-plus streets to patrol 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Crimes and mo-tor vehicle accidents have to be investigated, and the list goes on and on. Overstaffed? Ridiculous!

Brighenti: “Unnecessary military equipment.” That equipment includes bullet proof vests, rifles, chemical

equipment, riot helmets and body armor. Brighenti: “Some of it should be disposed of.”

Is Mr. Brighenti suggest-ing that we should trade off the safety of police officers for financial considerations? I would hope that every citizen of Berlin vigorously rejects this idea.

Brighenti: “Berlin requires peace keepers who protect and serve. It does not require soldiers who shoot to kill.”

Mr. Brighenti’s statement is sheer lunacy to suggest that our police officers use vio-lence to enforce the law and protect our citizens.

Brighenti: “Berlin is not Ka-bul, Afghanistan.”

You are right, Mr. Brighenti, Berlin is not Kabul. Sandy Hook was not Kabul, but vio-lence came anyway. I believe that the citizens of Berlin will not sell out their police de-partment for financial consid-eration; your approach to this issue.

The Republican members of the council have stood shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Brighenti. Councilor David Evans stated that these ideas “are something to explore.”

Let’s hope that Berlin citi-zens recognize and reject these draconian ideas and move for-ward with the construction of a new police station.

Robert J. DaceyFormer councilor

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All classes are scheduled at the Community Center unless noted. A fee is charged.

Youth programsFit Toddlers– For 2-3 year olds. Parachute games, obstacle

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(Karate programs are held at First Class Martial Arts and Fitness, 158 Mill St. Prior registrants not eligible to register.)

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The Berlin Parks & Recreation Department is accept-ing registration for fall Pilates classes. A fee is charged. Bring a mat, water bottle and wear comfortable clothes.

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The Berlin Police De-partment has scheduled in-formational tours of police headquarters, 240 Kensing-ton Road, as follows:Saturday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m.Wednesday, Oct. 15, 5:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m.

Citizens planning to at-tend should contact Mar-lene Way at (860) 828-7093 so adequate staffing can be provided.

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Proposed new Connecticut utility rate draws fight

HARTFORD — Con-sumer advocates and state officials are lining up against a request by Connecticut’s largest utility to raise $232 million from a rate increase that would be used to up-grade equipment follow-ing destructive storms and toughen systems to prevent outages in the future.

Customers would pay an average $150 more a year, up about 6 percent, if regu-lators side with Connecticut Light & Power. The bulk of the increase would be higher monthly charges totaling $114

a year regardless of how much electricity is used, which crit-ics say would undermine en-ergy conservation.

William Dornbos, se-nior attorney at Environ-ment Northeast, an advocacy group, called the rate request a “flawed proposal” that would make it harder for con-sumers to save electricity and money with energy-efficient appliances, rooftop solar pan-els and other flexible was to buy cheaper electricity.

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CL&P, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, said about $117 million would pay for new and stronger poles, wires, transformers and sub-station upgrades. It already has permission from the state to recover $89.5 million for costs related to damage from storms in 2011 and 2012, and $25.3 million to protect equipment from storms in the future.

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M ayo r R a c h e l Rochette is sched-uled to be available for appointments Thursdays, 5 to 7 p.m., at Town Hall.

To schedule an ap-pointment to meet with the mayor, call (860) 828-7003.

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Historically, the term pa-gan referred to the peasants underneath the wealthy who worked the land, Hagen said. “We take that to another level by saying we honor and re-vere nature and use that as our religious belief.”

For more information on Pagan Pride, visit the group’s Facebook page.

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As the second anniversary of Newtown approaches, many area schools are mak-ing security upgrades, in-cluding Berlin. A state grant that closes Sept. 15 has made additional funding available to the schools that can help fund new and retroactive se-curity upgrades in Connecti-cut schools.

According to Director of Business Operations, Roman Czuchta, this grant will help the district pay for upgrades such as key card systems and video cameras installed near entrances.

“We are in the process right now of doing duress alarms in the buildings prior to the opening of the school,” Czuchta said.

The grant was created as part of the 2013 legislation

on gun violence prevention, mental health and school safety. Connecticut has funded over $43 million for school security since 2013.

“Providing safe learning environments for our stu-dents and educators is a ba-sic responsibility of state and local governments,” said Gov. Dannel Malloy. “Last year, we secured $21 million to sup-port grant requests for secu-rity upgrades at 604 schools in 111 districts -- every school that applied. With this addi-tional funding, we will have made $43 million available to improve school security in just over a year. Connecticut has made significant strides in our effort to provide safe learning environments for our students. This next round of funding will allow us to get the resources out to commu-nities that need to modernize their school security infra-structure to help keep stu-

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In Regional School District 13, which serves Durham and Middlefield, Director of Busi-ness Operations Ron Mel-nik said that the school has done some upgrades “that we believe we are going to get reimbursed for” as well as other updates the district is unlikely to get reimbursed for, including trimming trees to improve visibility. The district is also implement-ing a one way traffic pattern in front of the high school, which improves both secu-rity and traffic flow. Region 13 schools are also being fitted with cameras and electronic door devices, as are many other area schools. “We con-tinue to address the issues as they come up. We are always looking for ways to add safety and to improve our environ-ment,” Melnik said.

According to Plainville Su-perintendent Jeffrey Kitch-ing, Plainville is exploring one school security proj-ect to fund using the grant: the Discover Video system. “This system would allow us to create and store emer-gency messages and proce-dural announcements that could then be broadcast across our schools during emergency situations,” Kitch-ing explained, “We have not yet completed a full investi-gation into the viability of the system, but will prior to the grant deadline.”

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Berlin Lions Charities has scheduled its third annual Octoberfest Tasting for Saturday, Sept. 6, 6 to 10 p.m., at the Berlin Fairgrounds. A fee is charged.

The event features a variety of selections to taste and musical entertainment by the Burt Teague Band. Food will be available for purchase. Proceeds benefit Berlin Lions Charities.

Tickets may be purchased in advance at Berlin Spirits, 118 Main St.; Rogers Marketplace, 45 Chamberlain Hwy., or from any Lions Club member.

For more information, call Ron Bosco at (860) 306-0244.

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The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad-ministration continue to hear from tax-payers who have received unsolicited calls from individuals demanding pay-ment while fraudulently claiming to be from the IRS.

According to the IRS, warning signs that taxpayers should remember are that first contact from the IRS will not be a phone call, but through official correspondence through the mail and that these calls are from angry, threatening people who claim they are from the IRS and demand imme-diate payment.

The IRS will never ask for credit card, debit card or prepaid card information over the phone; never insists that taxpay-ers use a specific payment method to pay tax obligations; never requests immediate payment over the phone and will not take enforcement action immediately follow-ing a phone conversion. Taxpayers usually receive prior notification of IRS enforce-

ment action involving IRS tax liens or levies.

Other characteristics of the scam in-clude: scammers use fake names and IRS badge numbers. They generally use common names and surnames to identify themselves; scammers may be able to re-cite the last four digits of a victim’s Social Security number; scammers may send bo-gus IRS email to victims to support the bogus calls; victims may hear background noise of other calls to mimic a call site; after threatening victims with jail time or driver’s license revocation, scammers hang up and others will call back pretend-ing to be from the local police or DMV. Caller ID supports the claim.

Taxpayers who receive scam calls should report the incident to the Trea-sury Inspector General for Tax Adminis-tration at 1-800-366-4484 or the Federal Trade Commission, “FTC Complaint As-sistant” at FTC.gov. Add “IRS Telephone Scam” to the comments of the complaint.

IRS phone scam rampant The Cancer Center at MidState Medical center has scheduled its annual Cancer Survivors’ Day for Sunday, Sept. 14, 2 to 4 p.m., at Hubbard Park in Meriden. The event is dedicated to honor and celebrate the lives of cancer survivors.

Family and friends of survivors are welcome. Activi-ties for children include face painting, balloon animals and caricature drawings. Survivors are offered a chair massage. Musical entertainment and refreshments are planned. Registration is preferred.

Survivors and caregivers may share how cancer has changed their lives and offer inspirational messages and support.

For more information and to register, contact The Can-cer Center at MidState at (203) 694-8631.

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