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Freckle-faced fun for the whole
family at Playhouse on Park
Portable Folk Festival will perform a benefit concert at the Sounding Board Coffeehouse.
Benefit concert at Sounding Board
On Saturday, May 16, at 8
p.m., the Portable Folk Festival
will present a benefit concert
for Don Sineti at the Sounding Board Coffeehouse at The
Universalist Church of West
Hartford, 433 Fern St., with
the Portable Folk Festival.
No other performer has
appeared more often at The
Sounding Board than the Portable Folk Festival. In fact, one
can count on finding at least
a few members of the group
working as volunteers or in
the audience at every show.
Formed in 1974 by Sounding
Board members and volunteers, the Portable Folk Festival presents a genre-bending
array of music, from traditional folk to country songs
and a whole lot of things you
probably won’t hear anywhere
else. Group members play everything from guitars and fiddles to hammered dulcimer
and spoons. Come prepared
to sing along.
The concert will be a
benefit for one of Connecticut’s favorite folksingers, Si-
Playhouse on Park,
244 Park Road, will present a musical geared toward young audiences
with a message that rings
true for all ages. Based
on the beloved New York
Times best-selling book
by celebrated actress Julianne Moore, “Freckleface
Strawberry” is a production that, through music
and eye-catching choreography, teaches how to
appreciate others for their
differences.
The production is a
slice of life from a young
girl who invites the viewer
into her journey of self-acceptance with the help of
friends and family. Featured in this production
are: Victoria Mooney as
Freckleface
Strawberry,
Peej Mele, Peter Pinkerton
as Jake, and Meaghan Sullivan as Ballet Girl. Both
Mooney and Sullivan are
also regular performers at
AC Petersen’s Mainstage
Mondays, featuring dinner
with a show on the first
A councert at the Sounding Board will benefit Don Sineti.
neti, a member of the Portable Folk Festival in the 1970s, co-founder of The Morgans
and chanteyman extraordinaire. Following a health crisis
and major surgery last December, Sineti has been in and
out of hospitals and long-term
rehabilitation.
After a few harrowing
months, his health crisis has
lessened and he’s now on a
long road to recovery. The
loss of income and substantial
medical bills have taken a toll,
and Sineti could use support
right now. All funds raised
from ticket and refreshment
sales will be turned over to
him. The Sounding Board will
also pass the hat for any additional donations one might
care to make. Tickets are
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Tickets range from
$15-$17 each, all seats reserved. Call 860-523-5900,
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Final Yin & Yang Series exhibit:
‘Rhythm & Blues’
The Golden Thread
Gallery, 303 Tunxis Road,
will present its latest exhibition, “Rhythm & Blues,”
with an artist reception Saturday, May 16 from 7-8:30
p.m. The event is free and
the public is invited to attend. “Rhythm & Blues” is
the fifth and final exhibit in
the “YIN & YANG: A SEASON OF CONNECTION &
BALANCE” season.
“Rhythm & Blues” includes a diverse and compelling selection of work
from 17 artists from as far
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as West Hartford.
While the exhibit tells
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Comedy Night at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park
Road, will be Saturday,
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who loves what she does
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Married to Jimmy Hurley and having five kids,
Christine is never at a loss
for comedic material. Like
any great comedian, she
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humor in “everyday” situations. For years, she entertained family, friends and
neighbors in their kitchens, at barbeques and the
grocery store aisles. The
only difference now is she
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stage. The middle act will
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he 16th Annual Mayor’s Charity Ball was held last Saturday, May 9 in a tent on the
lawn of Town Hall. The evening began with a silent auction and cocktail hour in the
Town Hall auditorium. Dinner, a live auction and entertainment followed. Proceeds
from the event benefit Playhouse on Park and The Town That Cares. Students of the Hartt
School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz and the Metropolitan Players provided the music,
and Playhouse on Park’s stop/time dance theater performed. Visit www.TheMayorsCharityBall.org for more information.
Photos by Abigail Albair
1. Meredith Atkinson and
Cianna Costa of Playhouse
on Park advertise the silent
auction.
2. Mary Jo Farber and Joyce
Quiros
3. Director of Human and
Leisure Services Helen
Rubino-Turco, Paul Turco,
Larry and Claudia Storm,
David Marcello and Kathy
Sardegna
4. Guests look over the
silent auction items.
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5. Members of the West
Hartford Fire Department
Kerry Warren, John Griffin,
Dan Syme and Jarrad Smith
6. Town Council member
Chris Barnes and his wife,
Stephanie, and Town Council
member Clare Kindall and
her husband, Mark
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7. Wayne and Suzanne
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and Tim Curtin
8. Ronit Shoham and Jon
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Veterans invited to gather
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Kingswood Oxford senior Aly Brown (right) presented a check
for $220 to Wendy Graveley, development director of Connecticut AIDS, during an event at the Governor’s Residence
April 22. The money represents proceeds from a student
fashion show held at KO, featuring clothing from Vintage Chic
by Design in Hartford, owned by Laree Salmon ’99 (left).
Fashion Show benefits AIDS CT
Kingswood
Oxford’s
Fashion Club raised $220
for AIDS Connecticut at its
Spring Fashion Show Apr.
17, thanks in part to a yearlong partnership between
a creative senior and a supportive alum.
Aly Brown ‘15, daughter
of Sandy and Steven Brown,
MD ’83 of West Hartford, organized the fundraiser held
in KO’s Alumni Hall, assisted
by Ian Judge ‘15, Gwyneth
McDonald ‘16, Jack Barry
‘17, and about 20 student
models who wore clothing
from Hartford’s Vintage Chic
by Design, owned by Laree
Salmon ‘99.
Brown has been intern-
ing with Salmon this year
to learn more about fashion
merchandising, which is her
intended major when she
enrolls at the University of
Delaware.
On April 22, Brown presented a check for $220 to
Wendy Graveley, director of
development for AIDS Connecticut during a special
event at the Governor’s Residence in Hartford.
According to its mission
statement, in partnership
with its member agencies,
AIDS Connecticut improves
the lives of people affected
by HIV through care and
supportive services, housing,
advocacy and prevention.
American
Legion
Hayes-Velhage Post 96 of
West Hartford and Dunkin’
Donuts have teamed up to
provide coffee and donuts
for all veterans Wednesday,
May 20 from 8:30 to 11 am
at the American Legion
Post 96, located at 45 Raymond Road.
Post Commander Ken
Hungerford stated, “As we
approach Memorial Day, a
time when we remember
those who gave their all for
our nation, we wanted to
give Veterans the opportunity to gather and remember their time in service to
our nation. We reached out
to Dunkin’ Donuts and they
were honored to join us for
this event.”
The event is open to
all veterans and up to three
hours of free parking is
available in the town’s Isham Garage. Veterans are
asked to bring their parking ticket with them for
validation.
Dunkin’ Donuts’ locations in West Hartford
are managed by GAD Inc.,
in Plainville. Multi Units
Manager Eddy Desouza
said, “We thank the American Legion for the opportunity to recognize our veterans during this Memorial
Day period.”
With a current membership of 2.4-million wartime veterans, The American Legion was founded in
1919 on the four pillars of
a strong national security,
veterans affairs, Americanism and youth programs.
Legionnaires work for the
betterment of their communities through more
than 14,000 posts across the
nation. Visit www.post96.
org or call 860-233-9029 for
more information.
McAuley residents make
donation to Hartsprings
On May 5, The Mercy Community hosted a
clothing drive through
Hartsprings Foundation,
a nonprofit organization
dedicated to supporting
and raising funds for Big
Brothers Big Sisters agencies in Western and Central Massachusetts, as well
as Nutmeg Big Brothers
Big Sisters in Connecticut.
Under the leadership
of Life Enrichment Committee President Margaret
Tedone, more than 25 boxes of new and gently used
Courtesy photo
Maryellen Higgison, chair of
the event, with Edgar, a representative of Hartsprings clothing were collected by
residents of The McAuley,
part of The Mercy Community, and neighbors.
Sports Council hosts Career Night at Hall High May 18
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Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m.,
at Hall High School. The
event is sponsored by the
War-Chief Sports Council,
www.War-Chief.net, in association with the Hall and
Conard PTOs. Students will
have the chance to learn
about different career opportunities with a view toward sparking imagination
and broadening horizons
and learning about possibilities in this career field.
The moderator will be Steve
Boyle, founder and director
of 2-4-1 Sports. A former
Division 1 basketball player,
he is a counselor in West
Hartford public schools and
has coached several sports.
Others participating include
Colin Cowherd, host of “The
Herd with Colin Cowherd”
on ESPN Radio and ESPNU;
David Satlin, producer of
news stories, interviews, live
shots and other elements
for all ESPN platforms; Betty Remigino-Knapp, athletic director at Hall and
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A group gathers for a photo at the celebration. Courtesy photo
Cultural celebration at the
senior center
West Hartford Senior
Center’s recent Jewish Cultural Celebration was a soldout success. The Klezmen
provided musical entertainment and The Crown Market
catered lunch. The afternoon
was enjoyed by 100 guests,
friends and family members. In a press release, the
West Hartford Senior Center thanked Summerwood
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education teacher. “This
is a big problem that
calls for an even bigger
solution and I’m on that
bandwagon. I get all my
kids moving in their PE
classes, but this year I focused on having the conversations about what
healthy living is and talked with the kids about
five ways to be healthy. The children came up
with some really great
ways to keep themselves
fit and strong. And now
we are ready to accept
Mrs. Obama’s #GimmeFive challenge.”
A number of celebrities have accepted the
#GimmeFive challenge,
including Ellen DeGeneres, who earlier this
year performed the new
“Gimme Five” dance.
This is Smith STEM
School’s 12th year participating in the A.C.E.S day. “If we are going to try and
make a difference in preventing childhood obesity,” says Miller, “we need
to do this together.”
Four hundred Smith
STEM school students,
teachers and staff celebrated A.C.E.S (All
Children
Exercising
Simultaneously)
day
Wednesday, May 6 in
the Smith STEM School
gym by accepting First
Lady Michelle Obama’s
#GimmeFive challenge
and celebrating her
“Let’s Move in Schools
Program” initiative.
The entire school
danced simultaneously to “Uptown Funk,”
choreographed by the
award-winning
dance
crew from the TV show
“So You Think You Can
Dance.” The dance, which
is called “Gimme Five,”
represents the First Lady’s five things people
are doing to eat better,
be more active and lead
a healthier life.
“Michelle Obama’s
push to end childhood
obesity is extraordinary,”
said Kathy Miller, Smith
STEM School physical
Jewish Historical Society awarded grant from Connecticut Humanities
fabricate text panels detailing the history of the Jewish
wedding. The catalogue accompanying the exhibit will
also contain information on
the wedding rituals and traditions of several other faiths.
A highlight of the exhibit will be antique wedding
gowns from the University o
The Jewish Historical
Society of Greater Hartford
announced that it recently
received a grant from Connecticut Humanities to partially support its upcoming
new exhibit, “Breaking the
Glass: The American Jewish
Wedding.” This grant will
be used to help design and
Connecticut Historical Costume and Textile Collection,
and reproductions of ancient
ketubot (marriage contracts)
from the Beinecke Library
Judaic Collection at Yale
University. In addition, there
will be a display of modern
ketubot from contemporary
artists.
“Breaking the Glass” will
be on display in the Chase
Family Gallery at the Mandell Jewish Community Center, 335 Bloomfield Ave, West
Hartford, from June 26 - Sept.
30. It is free and open to the
public. For more information
visit www.jhsgh.org or call
860 727-6170.
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Israeli Robotics team visits
Hartford area
Beth El Temple, West
Hartford, recently hosted a
dinner in honor of the Israeli Robotics Team from Misgav, Israel. Robotics teacher
Haim Dribin and his team
had traveled to the Hartford
area to compete at the Trinity College International Robot Contest.
The Israeli team demonstrated its technology, had
a “hands-on” session and
showed a movie to explain
the process of developing the
robots. Children and adults
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with the Israeli robotics team
and its high tech apparatus.
The Israeli students
were hosted by local fami-
lies. The students celebrated
Shabbat with their hosts and
had a chance to see snow.
At the Trinity College
International Robot Contest,
the Israeli team won first
place as a team on the Olympiad exam and second place
for individual student performance on the exam.
The date has not been
set for the Trinity contest
next year.
To be a host family, attend the competition or attend the dinner to see the
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new board member
Assessment audit discussed, contract ratified at meeting
By Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
Photo by Abigail Albair
Finalists Jennifer Hall, Christine Newman and Jennifer Lanese
Finalists for Teacher of the Year announced
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Christine Newman hopes every student leaves her classroom
with the knowledge of how to be
a good friend.
Newman was one of three
finalists for Teacher of the Year
honored at a reception prior to
the Board of Education meeting
Tuesday, May 5. She has been in
education for more than two decades and spent many years in
West Hartford as a curriculum
specialist. Then, two years ago,
she felt the pull to return to the
classroom – having previously
taught second and third grade at
Webster Hill Elementary School
– and took a position teaching
kindergarten at Duffy Elementary
School, where she remains.
“I’d always said I was going
to go back to the classroom,” said
Newman, who began her career
as a long-term kindergarten substitute. “When the opportunity
See FINALISTS on page 12
Cheryl Greenberg was appointed to the Board of Education
last week to fill the Democratic
seat opened when Jillian Gilchrest
resigned earlier this year.
Greenberg was sworn in
during the May 5 board meeting.
A longtime West Hartford
resident and parent of two West
Hartford public schools graduates, Greenberg is a professor at
Trinity College.
Though most of her career
has been spent at Trinity, according to her profile on the college’s
website, she has also traveled and
taught elsewhere including the
University of Helsinki, Finland;
Columbia University; Harvard
University; and Nankai University,
China.
She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia and teaches courses in
African American history and the
history of race in the U.S., as well
as courses on many social and
cultural history topics including crime, protest movements,
Star Trek, and American society
during and after the Cold War, according to her profile. She is currently working on a history of civil
rights organizations’ views about
“hate speech” legislation, and
another project tracing shifting
African American attitudes toward gay marriage, according to
her profile. She is also editing the
memoir of a civil rights worker in
Marks, Miss.
During the May 5 meeting,
board members heard a brief presentation regarding the district’s
recent implementation of an assessment audit.
“Everybody’s
concerned
about instructional time,” Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Dr. Nancy DePalma said. “How
much instructional time are we
taking from good teaching?”
To address these concerns,
DePalma has formed a team including Director of Elementary
Education Kerry Jones, Director
of Secondary Education Paul Vicinus and parent committee member Holly Hollander, all of whom
See BOARD on page 11
Sedgwick student headed to national bee after winning local spelling title for third year
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Arjun Jagjivan is going to spell
on a national stage.
He is the only West Hartford
student to win the district’s spelling bee three years in a row, and is
now one of only three Connecticut
students headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
He is also a member of the national Kid’s Lit Quiz winning team
from Sedgwick Middle School
headed to the international competition this summer.
An avid reader, Arjun has always had a special skill when it
comes to words.
“I’ve had a knack for spelling
since I was young and well above
my grade level,” he said. “When I
came into sixth grade and heard
there was a spelling bee, I got interested and started studying a little.”
Studying is much more than
just reading the dictionary, though
that is part of the equation, Arjun
said. He also studies spelling patterns in various languages, studies
roots and word lists and is working
on learning SAT vocabulary, which
he said not only helps to prepare
for Scripps, but also, of course, for
the SATs. He formed a spelling
group with two friends – Andy
Tram and Millard Arnold – and the
three quiz each other during lunch
periods.
Courtesy photo
Arjun Jagjivan with his English
teacher Liz Natale after winning
the West Hartford spelling bee
“One of the things I actually learned during this year is that
most of the conventions in English
that teachers teach to you – there
are a lot of words that contradict
those rules. There are rules you can
follow, but they are almost always
broken,” he said.
He has competed at the state
level – tying for third two years ago
and placing third last year – and in
See BEE on page 12
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Partnership with Hawks coach’s
camp part of ongoing effort
By Abigail Albair
Editor
gratifying,” Gallagher said in the release,
adding that it will benefit both the Hillcrest area boys and the camp. The focus of the partnership is to promote
local businesses and organizations that
would sponsor campers.
Oslander called the program an
engaging one that “fosters team building, self-confidence and leadership – a
winning combination.”
Her department is working to
identify the small number of students
who will receive the scholarships for
the camp. Schools have been asked to
help identify potential candidates who
demonstrate, kindness, respect, responsibility, fairness, trustworthiness,
caring and citizenship.
“We’re very excited about working more closely with the Police Department, as well as working with
the University of Hartford men’s basetball team,” she said. “It’s a great
opportunity for our children.”
“Along with this initiative – this
got the ball rolling – we’re also going
to have an officer walk a beat this summer down in the Hillcrest neighborhood; not because there is an increase
in crime, but so we can build those connections to the neighborhood and get
to know the families,” Gove said.
At a nationally contentious time
for police and citizen relations, Gove
said he feels the department has a “legitimacy with our community.”
“We have that. We’ve built that. It
hasn’t been overnight, it’s been through
years of building community trust,”
Gove said.
The camp will be June 22-26. For
more, visit www.coachgalcamps.com. A new partnership with the University of Hartford is part of ongoing
efforts by the police department to solidify ties within the community.
It was recently announced that
University of Hartford head men’s basketball coach John Gallagher joined
with Police Chief Tracey Gove and
West Hartford Community Partnerships Manager Suzanne Oslander to
extend opportunities to boys in the
Hillcrest neighborhood.
According to a press release, the
partnership affords “some of the most
gifted and driven boys” the chance to
attend the “On The Floor” Basketball
Camp tuition-free this summer.
“This goes back, for me, to when I
became chief,” Gove said. “We had great
connections within the community, but
I had heard people in Elmwood felt a
lack of connection to the Police Department. We went to community meetings,
had our citizens’ police academy there
and were trying to make inroads.”
Still, the Hillcrest Avenue area is
one Gove called “an island unto itself
due to physical proximity,” so he and
Oslander have been working together
to bridge the work of the Hillcrest Avenue Neighborhood Outreach Center
with the Police Department.
When Gove and Gallagher became professional acquaintances, the
idea for the partnership took shape.
“Having the chance to link up with
Chief Gove and Partnerships Manager Oslander to help serve the youth of
West Hartford is both humbling and
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reported to the board, among others. The
team has gotten together three times to begin
its assessment inventory.
“The first meeting we really looked at the
inventory itself. What would be the best way
to use it?” DePalma said.
The second phase was to begin conducting the inventories, which DePalma said took
longer than expected due to what she calls a
healthy dialogue.
“Quite often we did not agree on things,
which was great,” she said. “That kind of kept
us locked in the second stage longer than we
anticipated.”
When conducting the inventory, the
team had to decide what kinds of assessment
would be pertinent to study.
“What constituted assessments? Do we
count the spelling tests they have at the end
of the week?” DePalma said. “We had to come
to agreement on what are the kinds of assessments we’re going to look at.”
Despite taking longer than anticipated,
those involved in the efforts say that, in the
end, having this dialogue will be beneficial to
all students.
“You assess what you value, and value
what you assess,” Hollander said. “I was very
proud of the conversations that were happening. The bottom line of this is to support
student learning.”
DePalma says the team is now heading
into the third phase of the process, analyzing
the inventory and determining how best to
utilize this information. Initially, the group
hoped to be able to present the board with
those plans by the end of this school year, but
DePalma said that those results will now not
be available until the fall following the team’s
final meeting June 1.
Many board members expressed support
for the assessment audit, including member
Terry Schmitt, who said he’s witnessed an
“incessant media campaign” in this state that
alters views of assessments.
“We’re going to be dealing with real data,
as opposed to a lot of emotional reactions,” he
said. “It’s going to be about us, our community. I’m all for it.”
In addition to learning more about the
assessment inventory, members of the Board
of Education also passed two measures.
The board unanimously accepted as a
second reading the Revised Policies 4020, 4090
and 5520 regarding employee smoking and
other tobacco use, employee use of technology, and student smoking and other tobacco
use and possession. During the April 21 meeting, members addressed concerns in their first
reading that the new policy’s strict language
may inadvertently prohibit staff and faculty use
of nicotine patches and gum for those trying to
quit smoking. The language in the second reading has been revised to reflect this.
The board also voted to ratify the negotiated agreement between Local 1303-39
of Council #4, AFSCME Custodians and the
Board of Education for the period of July 1,
2014 through June 30, 2018.
The previous contract expired in June of
2014, and, although negotiation efforts were
made throughout the following summer and
fall, an agreement was not reached. A mediator was brought in to help reach the settlement presented to the board. The agreement
calls for wage increases each year for the next
four years at 2 percent for the first two years
and 2.25 percent in the following two years.
Custodians will also see changes in their
health insurance policies, with employee
health care contributions increasing from
11.5 percent to 15.5 percent for the HMO and
from 16.5 percent to 18 percent for the PPO.
The agreement also calls for an increase in
office-visit, hospital and prescription co-pays.
A High Deductible Health Plan with Health
Savings Account will also be implemented as
an option for employees.
The mediated agreement also includes
an increase in employee pension contribution
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of Education last week.
from 3 percent of pay to 4.25 percent, as well
as an increase in the perfect attendance bonus
from $150 to $200, an increase which Director
of Finance and Planning Chip Ward said will
be especially useful to many custodians.
“Every year, a third of our custodians
qualify for this benefit,” he said. “We have
several custodians who go consecutive years.
There are two in district with 13 straight years
of perfect attendance.”
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presented itself ... I said,
‘This is the time.’”
Newman said she
knew from a young age she
wanted to be a teacher.
“I had wonderful teachers in my life who inspired
me to do my best and to be
my best and I wanted to do
that for other people,” she
said.
When it comes to
teaching younger grades,
Newman said she enjoys the
physical demands.
“It’s full body,” she said.
“You’re on the floor reading,
then out at recess. It’s whole
body at the primary level.”
Superintendent Tom
Moore congratulated the
three finalists – Newman,
Jennifer Hall and Jennifer
Lanese – during the Board
of Education meeting. He
noted the rigorous process
nominees for the Teacher of
the Year title rise through to
become finalists and shared
personal thoughts on each
one.
He praised Newman
for her “devotion and love”
to each child and said she
“makes sure they know they
have a unique home in her
classroom.”
Lanese is an English
teacher at Hall High School
where she has been for
nearly 13 years.
She said she loves being surrounded by young
people who she described
as “really funny, curious and
dynamic,” and said that,
while the literature may be
the same, the reaction of the
students changes each time
a work is read.
“Romeo and Juliet still
die at the end, but it’s fresh
for the people in front of
me,” she said.
Lanese said she was
inspired by her eighth-grade
English teacher who read
“The Hobbit” aloud to her
class from his rocking chair.
The passion for literature
she gained in that class has
lasted since.
When students leave
her classroom at the end
of the year, Lanese said her
greatest hope for them is
that they know someone
loves them.
“It might not be me,
we might not have had that
connection, but I would
hope that during their time
in West Hartford public
schools they learned to really believe in themselves,”
she said.
Moore recognized that
desire in Lanese, noting that
she is “deeply committed to
the culture and community
at Hall and making sure that
each student has a place.”
He said of Lanese, who
“Romeo and
Juliet still die at
the end, but it’s
fresh for the
people in front
of me.”
–Teacher of the Year finalist
Jennifer Lanese
he characterized as an “active member of the staff,”
that her students always
seek to make her proud.
The third finalist, Hall,
has been a fourth-grade
teacher at Morley Elementary School for 15 years and
has spent her entire career
in the West Hartford school
district.
“Teaching for me is just
who I am,” Hall said. “I’m
thinking about it when I’m
taking care of my own kids.
It’s about relationships with
the students and my goal is
to see the growth in every
child.”
Hall said she comes
from a family of teachers,
which made the profession
a “natural fit” for her career.
“I learned from an early
age that teaching was such
an honorable profession,”
she said.
She added that teaching has made her a better
parent and parenting has
made her a better teacher,
though the attachment she
has to her students always
makes it hard to say goodbye.
“I always find having
my kids move on is the
hardest part of teaching,”
she said.
Her two children attend Braeburn, and Hall
said she feels “very lucky to
be a part of the West Hartford community.”
Moore called Hall a
“legend at Morley” and
praised her for her teamwork and consideration of
her colleagues as her greatest resources.
All the finalists said
they were humbled by the
recognition and are honored to represent their respective schools.
“I love what I do,” Newman concluded. “It’s a joyful, joyful job.”
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Arjun Jagjivan is a member of the Kids’ Lit Quiz winning
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other regional competitions in the past, but this
is his first year going to the
Scripps bee.
“I feel good about
it,” he said heading into
the national competition
scheduled for the week
of May 24 in Washington,
D.C. “I was happy that I
won [the district bee] the
third year in a row]. I know
just because you’ve won
once doesn’t mean you’re
going to win again. There
is always someone who is
going to give you a run for
your money.”
Nearly 300 students will
participate in the national bee, which is comprised
of written and oral rounds.
Students who advance to
the finals will participate in
a traditional bee.
Arjun has a trick for
staying focused as he spells
in competition.
“One thing I like to do
is, I don’t look at the people
in front of me. Usually, I look
at the microphone and just
concentrate on spelling the
word. All I think about is
just spell the word and that’s
all you have to do,” he said.
Arjun enjoys reading
classic novels such as “A Tale
of Two Cities” and “20,000
Leagues Under the Sea,”
though his real academic
passion is in math and sci-
ence.
As he gets ready to
move on to Conard High
School next year, Arjun said
of his years as bee champion, “I’ve enjoyed spelling in
my three years. It’s been a
wonderful experience. The
spelling bee doesn’t just
help you with spelling, but it
broadens your scope of the
English language. You also
learn studying techniques
and how to manage your
time effectively. It’s a great
experience.”
He thanked his friends,
family and teacher Liz Natale for their support.
His mother, Aneeta Jagjivan, echoed the gratitude
for Natale and said she is
thankful for all her son has
learned from participating
in spelling bees.
“It has been a great experience for him,” she said.
“He’s just learned so much.
People think you just memorize words, but he’s learned
how to deal with stress and
learned how to focus. Just
being poised in front of an
audience, public speaking: I
don’t think people really realize all that is involved.”
As of press time, Arjun
and local supporters were
scheduled to record a video incorporating the Noah
Webster statue in the center of town in honor of his
participation in the national
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• Gather essential documents such as
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license, military discharge papers, account
statements and information about the benefits provided by your spouse’s employer such
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Gray
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By Scott Gray
Below: Hall first baseman Sam Turner
squeezes the final out of the game as
Torrie Green slides head-first into the bag.
Photo by David Heuschkel
Photos by David Heuschkel
Above: Conard High baseball coach Ty Bongiovanni, standing
in the third base box, and his players stood out in their neon
pink shirts against Hall in a “Making Strides for Breast Cancer”
game organized by two seniors on the Chieftains team.
Bright day for Hall and Conard baseball teams
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
It was bigger than the Mayor’s Cup, the trophy that will be
awarded to the winner of the
baseball game between Hall
and Conard that will be played
at the University of Hartford later this month.
The first game, played May
6 at Conard High, was about
helping to fill the cup of life
from which countless individuals have sipped.
When the Warriors and
Chieftains renewed their cross-
town rivalry last week, both
teams were trending downward. Hall had lost five in a
row, Conard had dropped four
straight. One streak would end,
the other would continue.
Yet, after the visiting Warriors hung on for a 7-4 victory,
after the players and coaches
engaged in the obligatory postgame handshake, there was a
genuine sense that both teams
walked off the field as winners.
The Warriors and Chieftains teamed up to fight cancer
in a game organized by Conard
players Jordan Muchin and Alex
White along with Lynn Torsiello, who is battling metastatic
breast cancer.
Torsiello said the $1,000
in donations from the game
will go toward Lynn’s Hope, her
fundraising team that will raise
more by participating in the
“Making Strides Against Breast
Cancer” walk at Bushnell Park
in October.
“I think for the first time for
doing it, I thought it was excellent,” said Torsiello, who works
with Mike Muchin, Jordan’s
father. “The [Conard] coach
asked me if I would do it again
next year and make this an
annual event. I said, ‘Absolutely.’
We got a lot of positive feedback.”
The Conard players and
coaches wore custom-made
neon pink T-shirts. The lettering on Hall’s jerseys was pink.
Following the game, as
Muchin and his teammate
raked the field, 5-year-old
Christopher Bowman scampered around the bases. Craig
Bowman, an assistant football
coach at Hall, said his son is a
See BRIGHT DAY on page 16
Striking performance by Conard’s Garach
By Ted Glanzer
Staff Writer
Conard pitcher Bridget
Garach struck out 13 batters and
the Chieftains banged out 19 hits
in a 16-5 victory over Hall in a
CCC West softball game May 6.
The victory meant a lot for
Conard, which was sandwiched
between shutout losses to Maloney (7-0, May 4) and Southington (15-0, May 8). The Chieftains
were 6-6 at the end of last week
and were just two victories from
qualifying for the state tournament.
“We hit the ball well [against
Hall],” Conard coach Tom Verrengia said. "This group I feel is
close. We’ve talked about a lot.
We’re searching for consistency.
We play some tough teams, but
that’s no
excuse.
We’ve
struggled
with them to
this point. I do feel
like we’re close. We
have to shore up some
things. We made two
huge mistakes against
Maloney and it could
have been 1-0 or 2-0 and
it was 7-0. On any given
day we can score against
most teams.”
And Conard had
no trouble scoring
against Hall, with Garach helping her cause
by going 3-for-4 with two
doubles,
two RBIs Conard
and a run senior Bridget Garach
scored. Charlotte Leyland was
2-for-3 with two runs scored,
and
Photo
by Ted Glanzer
Bridget Foley-Johnson
went 2-for-3 with a
triple, three RBIs
and three runs. Keleigh Brown went
5-for-5 with five
singles and three
runs scored.
Down 3-0 in the
second inning, Hall
pulled two runs
back when Tess Michaud and Isabelle
Amato
scored
on an error. The
Warriors scored
three more runs in the fifth on a
couple of errors and a triple and
a double by Anna Zinzarela and
Michaud, respectively. Grace
Amato also singled for Hall to
account for one of three hits on
the day.
Garach, who did not allow
an earned run, was stellar in the
circle, shutting down rallies and
striking out three batters in two
separate innings. Verrengia said
his No. 1 pitcher has been very
good if not great this year.
“She’s done an excellent
job keeping us in games against
good teams,” Verrengia said.
"She’s been strong and allowed
us to play close whoever was
against us. She has allowed us to
stay in games against everybody.”
I once caught Wade Boggs cheating me in a card
game. What else did I expect playing a game
called Liar’s Poker? Each player at the table has a
stack of dollar bills and bets on poker hands using
the numbers from the serial numbers of their own
bill and the bills of the other players in the game.
The winner of each hand won every bill in play in
that hand.
Boggs was a regular player, as he frequently
came to my room for a beer after dinner. Ace reliever Bob Stanley, who, because his wife disapproved,
kept his tobacco chaw in our room for an after
dinner chew, was also a regular, as were reliever
Steve Crawford, Red Sox radio play-by-play man
Ken Coleman and my best friend and spring training
roommate Frank Benettieri. We each started with a
$50 stack of bills. After each hand, the bills in that
hand were supposed to be removed from the table.
One night, however, Boggs was on a solid winning streak. I noticed he was doing most of his
winning by playing the same number, seven, and
after a particularly frustrating loss, I called him on it
and discovered he’d been using sleight of hand to
return the same winning bill to his pile, repeatedly
returning it into play.
“You just signed a $3 million contract,” I bellowed at him. “Do you know how much I make?
And you’re cheating me out of dollar bills?”
“It’s not the money,” he said sheepishly, after
being caught. “I just have to win.”
No one will ever doubt Boggs’ ability to hit a
baseball. He hit his way into Cooperstown. Likewise, no one will doubt future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady’s ability to throw a football. But
even elite athletes often believe talent alone isn’t
always enough. Some seek an edge.
Last week, more than three months after suspicions first surfaced, Manhattan attorney Ted Wells
released the results of an investigation into allegations that the Patriots deflated the footballs used in
the AFC Championship Game with the Indianapolis
Colts below the NFL legal limit of 12.5 pounds per
square inch. At the time of the original allegations,
Brady denied having knowledge of any such activity. The Wells Report pointed to two primary culprits,
both part-time, game-day employees of the team:
Jim McNally, the attendant for the game officials
locker room, and John Jastremski, a game-day
assistant equipment manager. McNally, who called
himself the “deflator,” reportedly removed the balls
from the officials’ room after they’d been checked
before the game and took them to a men’s room,
where he defelated them to a PSI level apparently
preferred by Brady.
The quarterback denied knowing either McNally
or Jastremski, but a string of cellphone calls and
text messages among the three indicated otherwise. The Wells Report concluded “that it is more
probable than not that Tom Brady was at least generally aware” of what McNally and Jastremski were
up to, and they may have acted on his behalf for
payments that included athletic shoes and memorabilia items. Brady may not have been caught with
his hand in the cookie jar, but his fingerprints are
all over it.
The report went on to clear Patriots owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick of any complicity in the scheme, but added that Brady “was
presented as not especially forthcoming in the report.” Brady, reportedly, refused to share any of his
cellphone records with Wells.
Breaking the NFL rules is a more serious infraction than cheating an underpaid sports reporter out
of a few bucks, even if the objective in both cases
is to gain an edge.
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May 14, 2015
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Hall comes up one goal short against Simsbury
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
On paper, the Hall and Simsbury girls
lacrosse teams were evenly matched. Heading into their CCC North game May 7 at Simsbury’s Holden Field, the Warriors and Trojans
had identical records with both teams riding
a six-game winning streak.
If not for their different uniforms, the
teams would be a mirror image of each other. From the scoreboard to the number of
scoring chances each squad had, the first
half couldn’t have been more even.
Not surprisingly, the difference in the
outcome was one goal. Simsbury goalie
Mackenzie DuBois proved to be a difference
maker in an 8-7 win over the Warriors in a
back-and-forth game that was as closely
contested as the team records suggested.
In what her coach called a “rock star”
performance, DuBois was a stone wall in
the closing minutes. She made several big
saves with Simsbury leading by a goal. She
stopped 14 of 21 shots.
“A good goalie [stops] 40 percent. Very
good goalies stop 50 percent,” Hall coach
Meg Chaplin said.
DuBois has a higher save percentage
as the starting goalie for the Simsbury girls
ice hockey team that won the last two state
championships.
“She played well. She made some good
saves,” Chaplin said. “You go for 100, you hit
BRIGHT DAY
from page 15
cancer patient. Christopher served as the
Hall batboy and threw out a ceremonial
first pitch along with Torsiello and cancer
survivors Kim Green and Ronni Newton.
“He’s such a happy little boy. You would
never know. He was amazing,” Torsiello
said. “You hate to see a kid go through that,
but he gives you hope.”
Hall senior captains Neil Kelley and Patrick McHale contributed to the team’s first
win in nearly two weeks.
Kelley had three hits, stole two bases
and scored two runs, including one of three
by the Warriors (5-8) in the top of the seventh inning that made it 7-2.
McHale, who beat Conard in the Mayor’s Cup game last spring, earned another
victory over the Chieftains. He allowed three
99. It happens. It’s lacrosse. … You can’t fault
the kids because they did exactly what they
were supposed to do. It just didn’t go our way
today. It wasn’t the outcome we wanted, but
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our chances if we play them again.”
The only way that will happen is if the
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Simsbury coach Kim Rabbitt said her
goalie was amazing against Hall. DuBois
came up every bit as big in a 7-6 win over
Ridgefield May 2, stopping 15 shots. Her 14save performance against Hall mirrored that.
It was the seventh straight win for Simsbury (8-2) following back-to-back losses to
New Fairfield and Daniel Hand last month.
The streak has included three one-goal wins
by the Trojans.
The win over Hall was close throughout.
Neither team led by more than one goal and
the score was tied on seven occasions.
With the score tied at 7, Simsbury’s Callie Bredice took a pass from Regan Sebolt
and beat goalie Gabrielle Gershon (six saves)
with 5:14 remaining.
Hall had several chances to pull even,
only to be denied each time by DuBois. The
Warriors had possession with less than 2
minutes left. Mackenzie Molodetz took a
high shot that DuBois stopped. Seconds later, Cammie Cho couldn’t beat DuBois with a
low shot in front.
In the final minutes, DuBois dropped
to her knees to stop a low shot by Cho. Seconds later, Cho tried to bounce a shot past
DuBois and the ball glanced off the crossbar.
Following a Simsbury turnover, Hall
called a timeout with 30 seconds left. With
the clock winding down, Christine Taylor had the ball on her stick in front with
nobody between her and DuBois, but the
Simsbury goalie made the save with 12 seconds left.
“She tried to go high with it and I think
hit my wrist or chest protector,” said DuBois, a two-year starter in goal and threeyear varsity player.
“I can tell you being a hockey goalie,
it definitely helps with not being afraid to
drop low and get hit by the ball,” DuBois
said. “If you see me a lot, I end up going into
butterflies. Being a hockey goalie, just having all that practice with reaction time, it
helps so much.”
Bredice and Sutton Wunderle each
scored twice for Simsbury. Three players accounted for all seven goals by Hall: Molodetz had three, while Cho and Christine Taylor
had two apiece.
The first half was pretty even. Each
team led twice, each won four face-offs. And
when Moore scored off a free possession as
time expired in the first half, the score was
tied at 4.
Hall took its first lead in the second
half, 7-6, when Molodetz weaved through a
maze of players and beat DuBois with 8:28
runs, struck out eight and walked three
in 6 1/3 innings. He left after giving up
an RBI single to Muchin that made it 7-3.
Francis Byrne got the final two outs.
“I told the boys that I wanted
them to play like heroes,” Hall
coach Jeff Billing said. “We had
a little 5-year-old cancer survivor, a kid battling cancer,
and I think that’s what this
game is all about.
Photo
by David
I’m really proud of
Heuschkel
Jordan Muchin. I
can’t say enough about him
organizing this game. In the
middle of your senior year and
your senior baseball season,
there’s not
Cancer patient
a lot of time
Christopher Bowman
for Jordan
Muchin and Alex White to put
this together. It really says a lot
about them, their character,
their program and Coach [Ty] Bongiovanni. Hats off to them.”
Muchin pitched all seven
innings for the Chieftains (3-9).
He allowed eight hits (all singles),
struck out seven, walked one and
hit three batters. His best inning was
the fifth when he struck out the side.
Two errors by Conard were costly,
leading to four unearned runs by Hall.
The Warriors pushed a run across with
a squeeze bunt by Omar Montalvo in
the fourth and another run scored on a
wild pitch later in the inning, making it 4-1.
Muchin and Brendan Dakin each drove
in two runs for Conard. Lucas Busch and P.J.
Melly scored two runs. White had a triple
Photo by David Heuschkel
Hall senior Erin O’Brien makes her way
upfield against Simsbury.
left. Simsbury won the ensuing faceoff, but
Gershon denied Bredice.
The Trojans regained possession and
Annabelle Iler tied it with 6:54 left. After Hall
won the subsequent draw, Natalie Nordyke
had a good scoring chance in front, but her
shot was corralled by DuBois.
“We had our chances. That’s why I can’t
be disappointed,” Chaplin said. “It’s a fluky
game and the little bounces didn’t go our
way, but it was anybody’s game. It went right
down to those last 12 seconds, and the kids
never gave up for one second.”
and scored on a sac fly by Muchin that made
it 4-2 in the fifth.
Trailing 7-2, the Chieftains mounted a
threat as McHale began to tire. With one out,
Busch singled and Melly walked. Billing went
to the mound, but kept McHale in. He walked
White, and Muchin followed with a single
that scored Busch and chased McHale.
With the bases loaded and one out,
Dakin hit a one-hopper back to the mound
that Byrne snared. Instead of throwing to the
plate to start a 1-2-3 double play, he threw
to first as Melly trotted home to make it 7-4.
“Our guys have never quit, I can tell
you that. There isn’t a day that I come to the
park and not expect us to compete because
of that,” Bongiovanni said. “Things aren’t
necessarily going our way right now. But if
we continue to do things like we did in the
seventh, then we’ll be all right.”
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Athlete of the Week
Leon Babcock
Boys Baseball
Class: 2015
Will be attending:
UConn-Avery Point Keys to success:
“Dedication, hard
work and patience.”
Athletic honors:
All-Conference
in football
Best word that
describes me an
athlete: Savage
Favorite quote:
Leon Babcock
“Anything lost can be
NW Catholic High
found again, except
for time wasted.”
Pre-game ritual: “30 swings using my soft toss machine and
then 10 swings with my speed hitter.”
Favorite snack: green sour apples
Song that pumps me up: “Hate Me Now” by Chief Keef
Hidden talent: Break dancing
Favorite movie: “Disney’s Hercules”
Famous person I met: Don Mattingly
Must see TV: “The Office”
TV show character that cracks me up: Bubbles from
“Trailer Park Boys”
Dream job: FBI agent
Dream vacation: Tibet
Dream car: Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8
My time machine is set to: “1969, so I can go to Woodstock.”
My three dinner guests would be: James Franco, Morgan
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from page 15
Verrengia said he is looking for consistency from his
team going forward as the Chieftains push toward qualifying for the state tournament.
“We want to be the best team by tournament time,”
he said. “The kids have worked extremely hard to do that.
We’re in search of that formula that truly fits. It’s not for a
lack of effort from the kids.”
Hall, meanwhile, fell to 1-9 on the season with losses
to Conard and New Britain last week. In its 10 games this
year, the Warriors have been outscored 161-34 and have
lost by an average score of 17-2.
But Verrengia said he left the game against Hall
thinking that the talent and effort the crosstown rival
Warriors displayed did not necessarily match the record
or statistics.
“I was extremely impressed with how Hall played
and how prepared they were for the game,” he said.
“It was close for a good portion of it. I give them a lot of
credit there.”
THE BALL
STOPS HERE
A 3-0 week for Conard girls lacrosse
By Brendan Driscoll
Correspondent
The Conard girls lacrosse team
used fast starts in each half and held
on for a 10-8 win over Farmington
May 7 at Farmington High.
That win was the middle of a 3-0
week for the Chieftains. All three wins
were on the road and included victories over East Lyme and Granby.
Conard improved to 8-3, its best
start since the Chieftains won their
first 11 games in 2007. The last time
Conard won 10 games was in 2010.
Conard is 6-0 on the road and 2-3
at home.
“I’m very excited. I have a lot
of faith in this team,” Conard coach
Megan Cersosimo said following the
win over Farmington. “I’ve been very
fortunate at Conard to have a lot of
good teams come through, but this
one just has a different edge to them.
They just have it in them. They want
to win. They don’t care who they are
playing. They aren’t scared to play
anybody. They are just hustlers and
very competitive.”
With the score tied at 5, Conard
wasted little time to attack Farmington’s defense to start the second half.
Ten minutes into the half, the Chieftains built their largest lead, 9-5.
Senior Tessa Sinatro got Conard
going by intercepting a Farmington
pass and quickly getting the ball to
Marisa Haverty for the opening goal
of the second half. Sinatro then assisted on a Gwendolyn Geisler backhanded goal before scoring a goal for
herself. Geisler then scored the fourth
goal of the half.
“Those three really stepped up
and made it happen in the second
half,” Cersosimo said. “Marisa Haverty, Tessa Sinatro, and Gwen Geisler all
had great games.”
Sinatro recorded three goals
Photo by Brendan Driscoll
Conard’s Gwendolyn Geisler (1) is guarded by Farmington’s Linna Jalinskas (11)
and Louise Thompson.
and three assists in the game. Haverty
recorded a hat trick, and Geisler scored
twice.
Ten minutes into the game, the
Chieftains held an early 5-2 lead over
the Indians. However, three quick goals
by Farmington and the score was knotted a five with four minutes to play in
the first half. Cersosimo was forced to
call a timeout.
“I just talked about how they were
attacking our defense and that’s when
we made the adjustments,” Cersosimo
said. “I just explained to them about
how to call over for help and they made
the adjustment.”
The defensive changes worked as
the Chieftains held the Indians scoreless for the next 18 minutes.
“We played good solid team defense, but I think our goalie, Lauren
Scheid, made some key saves toward
the end of the game that we really
needed,” Cersosimo said.
Scheid a junior made six saves in
the game. Her two biggest saves came
in the closing minute of the first half
when she protected the tied score by
stopping two shots from Farmington’s
most lethal offensive threats, Abby Arena and Linna Jalinskas.
After a 6-1 start to the season
Farmington had a tough week of not
only losing two games, but also dealing with the death of senior Linna Jalinskas’ older sister Larissa, who sadly
succumbed to an illness May 4.
“We had a tough week mentally
with the loss of Linna’s sister,” Farmington coach Jeff Manaresi said. “That
finally caught up to us a little bit. Not
to say that’s the reason why we lost, but
I think in the second half after playing
so hard to get back those goals in the
first half, we came out a little bit on our
heels and they attacked us right way.
We righted ourselves, but we ran out of
time.”
Jalinskas scored two goals in the
game and also added three assists.
“We have the strongest team I’ve
had in quite some time,” Manaresi said.
“We have a nice balance of a senior
group and some young players that can
really play. Even in this loss I feel good
going forward,” Manaresi said.
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For my grandfather.
That’s one person who gives
me a reason to support Relay for
Life.
When I was a little girl, my
grandfather was diagnosed with
colon cancer. Throughout his
treatment process, it was discov- Abigail Albair,
Editor
ered he needed major heart surgery in order to have the surgery
to treat his cancer. A long battle later, he was
cancer-free and he has remained so for nearly 20
years.
For my best friend’s mother.
My best friend and I were inseparable from
age 14 until the time that college took us to different states. We spent every weekend together
from the moment school ended Friday afternoon
until Sunday night. As students of a private high
school who lived 45 minutes apart, we regularly ran up our parents’ long distance phone bills
staying up too late talking about nothing in particular. We enjoyed the innocence of youth. We
talked about boys, we helped each other with
homework, we watched movies and we shared
secrets. When I was 16, her life, and my life with
it, changed forever when her mother was diagnosed with bladder cancer.
At first the prognosis was good. She had
surgery and chemo and was expected to make a
recovery. After some time passed, however, her
cancer returned aggressively and metastasized to
her bones. I spent as much time as I could with
their family until the end. I served as a babysitter
for my friend’s little sister, helped make dinners
and watched as her mom took more than a dozen pills a day and made photo albums and keepsakes for her three kids. My best friend watched
her grandmother die of cancer, and, not long after, we buried her mom.
For my husband’s family.
Multiple members of my husband’s family
have lost their battle with cancer or are, thankfully, living as survivors.
In the last year, we lost his aunt at the end of
her fight with cancer. It had been just a few years
since her husband passed away from it as well.
When he died, all she could talk about was how
she always thought they’d have years of retirement to spend together and time had suddenly been cut short. There is only a small amount
of solace in the fact that they are now together
again.
For my dad.
My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer
last fall. I’ve been told of all the forms of cancer
one can get, prostate cancer is a better one because it is known to be quite treatable. One major
surgery later, he was fortunate to need no chemo
or radiation, and simply be declared healthy once
again.
The thing about these stories is that none of
them are unique. Everyone has been impacted by
cancer in some way. We’ve all known a survivor,
or lost a fighter – be it a friend or family member.
The effects of cancer are far-reaching and they
can be devastating.
These are just a few reasons I support the
American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Throughout my years covering local Relay events, I’ve met
incredible survivors of all ages and heard stories
of sorrow and hope.
The Relay for Life of West Hartford is the
weekend of June 13 at Northwest Catholic High
School.
There is still time to make a donation, join a
team or show up during the event to support survivors and caregivers and to “Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back.”
Everyone has been touched by cancer. Everyone has a reason to Relay.
For more information visit relayforlife.org.
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Children’s Museum Preschool open house
The Children’s Museum Preschool will hold an
open house Thursday, May 14, from 5:30-6:30
p.m. at 950 Trout Brook Drive. For more information, call Wendy Hartling, education manager,
at 860-523-7449.
Senior Center events/programs
West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road,
860-561-7583
• Thursday Afternoon Movies at 1 p.m.: May 14
“The Interview” and May 21 “Love Is Strange”
• Senior Day Wednesday, May 20, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., 40 vendors of senior services, 10
prevention health screenings at Fellowship
Meeting Hall
• New classes: Hebrew for Beginners Wednesdays, May 23-June 30, 10-11 a.m.; Latin Flow
Tuesdays, May 26-June 30, 1-2 p.m., techniques in mindfulness mediation, free demo
Tuesday, May 19
• Trip: “Married to Broadway” Tuesday, May 26,
at Aqua Turf Club, depart 11:30 a.m., return 4
p.m., $94/$100/$101
Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave., 860-561-8180
• Multi-Family Outdoor Tag Sale Saturday, May
16, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Session II of Geocaching Fun Monday, May 18,
10:30-11:30 a.m. at Beachland Park, $5/$7/$9,
pre-register
• Registration open for “Fun in the Sun” cupcake decorating class June 10, $20/$22
Bike Drive
Three Hall High School students – Sam Dobbins,
Jason Gilbert and Sam Katten – are running a
bike drive May 14-16 for the Community Renewal Team’s McKinney Shelter in Hartford. All
types of bicycles as well as helmets and locks
can be dropped off in the main parking lot of
Hall, 975 North Main St., Thursday and Friday
from 7-8 a.m. and 1-3 p.m., and Saturday from
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Police Department Awards Ceremony
The West Hartford Police Department will hold
a ceremony recognizing members of the police
force and residents Friday, May 15 at 8 a.m. in
legislative chamber, Room 314, Town Hall. The
event is open to the public.
West Hartford Connections
West Hartford Connections, a fun and energetic
morning exchange group, will meet Friday, May
15, 7:30-9 a.m., at Town Hall, Room 400, 50
South Main St. The event is free. Attendees are
given the networking opportunity to connect with
others doing business in the West Hartford area.
Enjoy a light breakfast and coffee supplied by
Panera Bread Catering. For more information, call
the Chamber of Commerce at 860-521-2300.
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
sedwards@thevalleypress.net
will hold its fourth annual Open House Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at 17 Brixton
Street in observance of National Public Works
Week. At the event children can sit in big trucks,
while adults learn about disposing of household
hazardous waste, safely shred confidential
papers, and get all their questions answered.
Attendees can enter a free drawing for a bulky
waste or metal pick-up. Bring a non-perishable
food item for the West Hartford Food Pantry
and help a neighbor in need. During the Open
House, Covanta Energy will hold a free residential paper shredding event for West Hartford residents. Held nearby on the Oakwood
extension, confidential papers can be disposed
of properly between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. (no businesses, please).
Farm Day
Farm Day will be Saturday, May 16 from 11
a.m.-3 p.m., at Westmoor Park, 119 Flagg
Road. See baby farm animals, sheep shearing,
play farm games, take a hay ride and make butter. There will also be craft demos and T-shirt
sales. (860-561-8260)
University of Hartford graduation
The University of Hartford’s 2015 commencement weekend will celebrate international
philanthropy, business, culture and careers as
more than 1,400 graduates and their guests
gather for the conferring of degrees Saturday
and Sunday, May 16 and 17 on the lawn outside the Gengras Student Union Building, 200
Bloomfield Ave. Caryl M. Stern, president and
CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, will be the
keynote speaker at the undergraduate ceremony on Sunday, May 17. Maria Cattaui will be the
speaker at the graduate ceremony Saturday,
May 16.
Events at Blue Back Square
• Saturday, May 16, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m., bake
sale to raise funds for Relay for Life
• Sunday, May 17, 4 p.m., Auburn Mode concert
Lawn bowling lessons
The Fernleigh Lawn Bowling Club will offer two
sets of free lawn bowling lessons at 35 Lancaster Road (behind Butterfly Restaurant on
Farmington Avenue), one on Saturdays, May 16
and 23 from 10-11:30 a.m. and the other on
Tuesday, May 19 from 7-8:30 p.m. If interested,
leave a message at 860-232-1040, or contact
Ellen Boyne, the teacher, at 860-519-0436.
Holy Family retreats
Men’s Weekend Retreat: Know Greater Joy Friday-Sunday, May 15-17, begins with dinner at
6 p.m., $295
Auditions for ‘West Side Story’
The West Hartford Summer Arts Festival will
present “West Side Story” this summer and
sign-ups for auditions are now open. Vocal
auditions will be Sunday, May 17. All performers in the Greater Hartford area entering grade
nine through age 25 are invited to participate.
“West Side Story” will be performed July 30, 31
and Aug. 1 at Northwest Catholic High School.
For info on how to sign up for an audition, visit
www.westhartfordsaf.com.
Beth El Temple events
Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave., 860-2339696, will offer the following:
• PJ Shabbat and Kids Club Shabbat Friday,
May 15, 5:45-6:45 p.m., for youngest children,
RSVP to Rabbi Howard Rosenbaum, 860-2339891
• Second Annual “Minyan on the Mountain”
Breakfast Sunday, May 17, 9:15 a.m.-noon –
hike to Heublein Tower led by Cantor Joseph
Ness with breakfast at the top of the mountain,
RSVP to Ken Malley at 860-523-9283 or Joe
Springut at 860-676-9878
Walk to End Lupus
The 2015 West Hartford Walk to End Lupus Now
will be taking place Sunday, May 17 starting at
West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main St. The
Walk to End Lupus Now is the signature event
of the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. Come
for a half-day day of fun, food, and friendship
with activities for the whole family. Walkers can
stroll the 1/4-3 mile long walk to show their
support in raising the awareness of lupus. For
those interested in registering or volunteering,
contact the Lupus Foundation of America, Connecticut Chapter at office@lupusct.org.
DPW Open House & Paper Shredding
West Hartford’s Department of Public Works
Blood drive
There will be a Red Cross blood drive Monday,
At the Library
Noah Webster Library,
Noah Webster Library,
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980
• Comedy Thursday Film Series at 1:15 p.m.:
May 14,”The Music Man,” and May 21, “The
Philadelphia Story”
• Jenn T. Grace, author, marketer, How to
Sell to the LGBT Community Thursday, May
14, 7 p.m.
• West Hartford Fiction Writers meeting
Thursday, May 14, 7 p.m.
• Friday Night Magic May 15, 4-5 p.m., Teen
Room, play Magic: The Gathering
• L.A.F.F. Center Presents: Reverse Mort-
gages Monday, May 18, 7 p.m., with Mike
Buchas, who is with the Ct. Department of
Banking, registration recommended
• Anime Club Wednesday, May 20, 5:30-8
p.m.
• Author Jeff Goldberg Thursday, May 21,
6:30 p.m., “Unrivaled: UConn, Tennessee &
The Years that Transcended Women’s Basketball,” register
Faxon Library,
1073 New Britain Ave., Elmwood
• Faxon Poets meeting Saturday, May 16,
10 a.m.-noon
May 18, 1-6:15 p.m., in Town Hall auditorium,
50 South Main St.
Duncaster’s Great Courses
Duncaster in Bloomfield offers a Great Courses
seminar series to look at the lives of seven of
the greatest U.S. presidents that meets Fridays thru May 29 from 2-3:30 p.m. featuring
the commentary of Professor Allan Lichtman.
On May 18, the topic will be Harry S. Truman,
Winning the Peace and No Accidental President.
Great Courses series is also offering “Museum
Masterpieces: The Louvre” Mondays during
May, 2-3:30 p.m. The course will be moderated by historian Richard Brettell. On May 18,
the discussion will include Jacques-Louis Daviid and His School, and Delacroix and Ingres
– The Great Dialectic. The courses are free and
open to members of the community, however,
pre-registration is required. For more information or to enroll, contact Fran Kent at fKent@
Duncaster.org or call 860-380-5006.
Mainstage Monday
Monday nights at A.C. Petersen’s is musical.
While enjoying one’s favorite meal and/or ice
cream Monday, May 18 between 6 and 8 p.m.,
be entertained by performers from past productions at Playhouse on Park. The performers will
sing their favorite show tunes, while helping
to wait on tables. There is no extra charge for
the performance, but tips can be given to the
singers.
Exercise Sing-Along
The Greater Hartford Chapter of Hadassah will
present Exercise Sing-Along with Mary Root
Tuesday, May 19, at 1 p.m. at Beth El Temple,
2626 Albany Ave. Doors open at 12:45 p.m.
Root is a local fitness guru and will be accompanied by Claire Norman and Cookie Cooke. The
event is free and open to the public. Any questions, call Faith at 860-232-9950.
Dinner and presentation
Chatfield and Weatherby and Associates will offer a dinner and presentation by Attorney Hank
Weatherby Wednesday, May 20 from 6-8 p.m.,
at Chatfield, One Chatfield Drive. Weatherby,
founding principal of the firm Weatherby & Associates, PC, will offer the workshop “The Seven Threats to Your Family Security and Estate
Plan.” Come to the free workshop and dinner
and see how easy protecting one’s family can
be. Discover government assistance to help pay
for care at home. Learn about up to $2,085 a
month in veteran benefits to assist with care
at home or assisted living. For reservations call
860-769-6938 or email hank@weatherby-associates.com.
Newcomers Club events
The West Hartford Newcomers Club’s Monthly
Night Out will be a get-together for manicures
and pedicures Thursday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Monthly Little Newcomers event will be Thursday, May 21 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Gledhill Nursery, 660 Mountain Road. Children will get to
plant a flower, take a nature walk around and
learn about different plants, then enjoy a snack
and drink in a wooden train. The cost is $5 per
child. For more information, go to whnewcomersclub@gmail.com.
Safe Grad 2015, flocking orders
Flocking order for Hall or Conard high schools
can now be placed with Conard’s ending June
8 and Hall’s continuing until graduation. With
a $25 donation to Safe Grad, send a Flock of
Flamingos to anyone residing in West Hartford
as well as to those high school seniors living
in nearby towns. To order, for Hall, go to www.
whps.org/page.cfm?p=3155; for Conard, www.
whps.org/page.cfm?p=3213.
Farmers Market
The West Hartford Farmers Market on LaSalle Road in the Arapahoe municipal parking lot
will be open Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for
the month of May. From June 2-Oct. 31, it will
be open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
NWC registration for summer programs
Northwest Catholic is now accepting registration for a wide variety of programs being offered
during the summer. The programs are available
to students entering grades 3-12 and include
athletic clinics for boys and girls basketball, football, volleyball, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and
girls soccer, baseball and field hockey, as well
as PSAT and SAT prep courses. For a brochure
and registration form, visit www.NorthwestCath-
Arts & Events
“The Not So Newlywed Game” at Playhouse
on Park, 244 Park Road, West Hartford, Thursday, May 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m., tickets $25 at
860-523-5900
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St., Collinsville, 860-693-9762: May 14, 8 p.m., Marshall
Crenshaw Trio w/special guest Ray Mason;
May 15 and 16, 8 p.m., Comedy Night: Tom
Cotter; May 17, 7 p.m., Sonny Knight & The
Lakers
At the Hartt School, 200 Bloomfield Ave.,
West Hartford, 860-728-4428:
Kevin Gray Memorial Concert Thursday, May
14, 7-9 p.m., Handel Performing Arts Center,
35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford
Connecticut Children’s Chorus: All Choirs Concert Sunday, May 17, 2-4 p.m., St. Thomas the
Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave., West
Hartford
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro:
20 Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk, 860542-5531: May 14, 8 p.m., David Lindley; May
16, 8 p.m., Jane Monheit; May 17, 7:30 p.m.,
Leo Kottke; May 21, 8 p.m., Art Garfunkel
32 Front St., Hartford: May 14, 8 p.m., Dar
Williams w/special guest Lucy Wainwright;
May 16, 8 p.m., The Spirit of Johnny Cash
Tribute Band; May 17, 8 p.m., Diane Schuur;
May 21, 8 p.m., Mullett; May 22, 8 p.m., Art
Garfunkel SOLD OUT
Connecticut Family Theatre’s “The Music
Man, Jr” in Hoffman Auditorium at the University of Saint Joseph, 1678 Asylum Ave.,
West Hartford, Friday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m.,
Saturday, May 16, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., and
Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m., tickets $12 at 860233-2238
Ed Bernstein of West Hartford appearing
in Suffield Players production of “Hearts”
by Willy Holtzman Friday and Saturday, May
15 and 16 at 8 p.m. at Mapleton Hall, 1305
Mapleton Ave., Suffield, tickets $17, 800-2896148 or 860-668-0837
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St.,
Hartford:
• Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus’ “Men on Broadway” Friday, May 15, 8 p.m., and Saturday,
May 16, 8 p.m.
• Gallery Talk Sunday, May 17, noon, “America’s Playground” with Robin Jaffee Frank,
chief curator and exhibition curator of “Coney
Island: Visions of an American Dreamland,”
free with admission
• Sunday Serenades, “Copland and Coney Island,” Sunday, May 17, 2 p.m., with Hartford
Symphony Orchestra performing chamber
music concert offering a musical counterpart
to “Coney Island,” tickets online or call 860987-5900
• Talk and Book Signing, “Listening to Stone:
The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi,” Thursday,
May 21, 6 p.m., with author Hayden Herrera
discussing her book “Listening to Stone: The
Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi,” arrive between
5 and 6 p.m. to view American art galleries
olic.org/summer. Any questions contact Matthew
Martorelli at 860-236-4221, ext. 127.
Mandell JCC Sports Jams Camp Program
Scott Snow will be the lead instructor for the
Tennis Jam Summer Camp as part of the JCC
Sports Jams Camp program for grades 1-8
with weekly camps offered from June 15-Aug.
21. The camps offer half and full-day options,
as well as before and after care services. Snow
will also be offering Junior Tennis Clinics: Tiny
Tots for ages 3 ½-5, Juniors Level 1 for ages
5-7, Juniors Level II for ages 8-10 and Juniors
Level III for ages 11-13. For adults, Snow will
offer Adult Beginners Tennis, Doubles Drill and
Cardio Tennis. Advance registration for tennis
programming is required at 860-922-1866 or
snowco7@comcast.net.
John Mirabello’s NWC Basketball Clinic
2015
Improve one’s games this summer at John Mirabello’s Northwest Catholic Basketball Clinic:
June 22-25 for boys entering grades 8-9, 8:30
a.m.; June 29-July 2 for boys entering grades
May 14, 2015
and attend a pre-lecture reception, free and
open to the public
At the Mark Twain House & Museum, 351
Farmington Ave., Hartford:
• The Artists Collective’s annual Jackie McLean Memorial Celebration May 15-16 at 8
p.m. at 1200 Albany Ave., Hartford, featuring historical theater production of Celeste
Bedford Walker’s “Black Wall Street,” tickets
$25/$20 in advance, $30 at the door (860280-3130 or 860-527-3205
• An evening with author and actress Issa Rae
discussing her book “Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” Sunday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.,
in Lincoln Financial Services Auditorium, moderator William Cobb, host and co-moderator
Mike O’Bryan, tickets $10/$5, 860-280-3130
Book/Mark Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m., an
evening with author Brian Abrams discussing
his just-published book “Party Like a President: True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery and
Mischief from the Oval Office,” free, reservations recommended at 860-280-3130, book
sale and signing
• Collection of Han Dynasty stone rubbings
exhibition with a free opening reception
Thursday, May 21, 5-7 p.m., in Webster Bank
Museum Center, reservations recommended,
exhibition on display thru Aug. 31
• An evening with author Thomas Santopietro discussing his book “The Sound of Music
Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Autrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von
Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film
of All Time” Thursday, May 21, 7 p.m., free
Book/Mark event followed by book sale and
signing, reservations recommended at 860280-3130
“Hairspray” May 15-31 at The Repertory
Theatre in New Britain, 23 Norden St., tickets
$25/$23, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and
Sundays at 2 p.m., www.connecticuttheatrecompany.org
Portable Folk Festival at The Sounding
Board Coffeehouse, 433 Fern St., West Hartford, Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m., $16/$14/$8,
reservations@soundingboardcoffeehouse.org
or call Janet at 860-635-7685 – benefit for
folksinger Don Sineti
The Sunshine Road Show performing a
musical program designed to be uplifting and
refreshing, Sunday, May 17, 1 p.m., at the
Warner Theatre’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre, Main Street, Torrington, tickets $10 and
standing room only, call 860-489-7180 or online at www.warnertheatre.org
Jazz with the Fred Hersch Trio Sunday,
May 17, 4 p.m., part of The Music Series at
South Church, 90 Main St., New Britain, tickets
$30/$20/$10, 860-223-7555
“Oleanna” by David Mamet May 21-31 at
Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road, West Hartford, recommended for ages 16 and up, tickets $22.50 adults, $20 students, seniors and
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girls entering grades 5-9, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Cost
is $125. Registration accepted until enrollment
is full at 860-236-4221, ext. 130 or 860-6700030, jmirabello@nwcath.org.
Summer camps at the New Children’s Museum
The New Children’s Museum will offer Summer
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planetarium shows and up-close encounters
with live animals, for children entering grades
1-6. Choose from half-day or full-day options.
The week of June 29-July 3 will be Reptiles
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$185/$200 for half day and $295/$325 for full
day. To register, call 860-231-2824, ext. 44 or
go online.
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HALL’S MARKET
American Cheese
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Pre-sliced
lb. 1 lb. min.
BBQ Ribs
5 lb. box
1/4 lb. Black Anglus
GOURMET
BURGERS
7.99 19.90 19.90
$
lb.
USDA Choice
Whole Peeled
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Tenderloins $
59.90
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free of charge.
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filet mignon steaks
$
Fresh Made Fully Cooked
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Meatballs
BUY 1 GET 1
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Fresh Pork
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Ground Sirloin
or Meatloaf Mix
$
$
lb.
20 PER BOX
$
Ten 1” - 6 oz. avg. Fresh Store Made
Chicken
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Sausage
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lb.
lb.
$
Crab & Shrimp Stuffed
$
lb.
5
7
5/$ 99 $ 99
ea.
excludes salmon burgers
Whole
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Briskets
$
Boneless
Skinless
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lb.
lb.
lb.
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Country
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Buffalo Chicken Meatball
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lb.
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Shrimp 6-8 ct.
16
99 $
lb.
99
lb.
HALL’S ALL NATURAL STORE MADE ROAST BEEF .......... $8.99/lb
OVEN ROASTED TURKEY BREAST ................................... $6.99/lb
HONEY HAM ................................................................... $4.99/lb
BOLOGNA ........................................................................$3.99/lb
PASTRAMI ...................................................................... $6.99/lb
CORNED BEEF ................................................................ $6.99/lb
PROVOLONE CHEESE ..................................................... $5.99/lb
SWISS CHEESE .............................................................. $5.99/lb
HALL’S FRESH FRUIT SALAD .......................................... $5.99/lb
HALL’S MACARONI SALAD.............................................. $3.99/lb
HALL’S COLESLAW ......................................................... $3.99/lb
HALL’S BLT PASTA SALAD .............................................. $4.99/lb
HALL’S MEDITERRANEAN ORZO SALAD ......................... $5.99/lb
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West Hartford Press
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$
May 14, 2015
Prices good from May 14th
through May 20th
lb.
$
lb.
$
lb.
lb.
Grand Opening ~ May 22nd & 23rd!
DELI
Sandwich of the Week
Bologna
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11.99
$
Hall’s Kitchen
Swordfish Jumbo Stuffing
Salmon Fillets Crabbycakes Fillet of Sole Steaks
24
Kayem or
Deutschmacher
$
3.99
1.49
4.99
2.99 3.99
2.99
3.99
3 lbs. or more
Fresh Atlantic
lb.
2.5 lb. box
yields: sirloin steaks custom cut free of charge
Fresh CT RIver Shad has arrived!!! Get it while it lasts!
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PKG.
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8 lb. avg
WOW!
4.99 3.99 $1.99
$
SEAFOOD
$ 99
14.90
$
GROUND
SIRLOIN PATTIES
all flavors turkey and beef
Half Price!
lb. 1 lb. min.
Store Made
Italian Sausage Patties
BOX OF BURGER SALE!!!
Mix & match - Box of 8
1/2 lb hand pressed
Potato Salad
1.99
$
2.99
$
ESTABLISHED 1935
Fully Cooked
Heat and Eat
Gourmet
Land O Lakes
Located right next door to Hall’s Market, Hall’s Kitchen
is our new addition to our prepared foods & catering
departments! In addition
or our delicious selection
of heat & eat prepared
foods we will have an
assortment of ready to eat
fresh sandwiches, salads,
wraps and fresh fruit plates!
We welcome everyone to stop in! We will be sampling
lots of delicious items from our catering menu!!
PREPARED FOODS
May 14 - May 20
~ Hall’s Bbq Chicken With Mashed Potatoes & Corn
~ Creamy Spinach & Tomato Cheese Tortellini
~ Low Sodium Roast Pork With Mashed Butternut & Roasted Potatoes
~ Maple Pecan Glazed Salmon With Asparagus & Rice Pilaf
~ Hall’s Traditional Meat Lasagna
~ Balsamic Glazed Pork Tenderloin With Quinoa & Honey Carrots
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 8am to 6pm; Closed Sundays
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