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dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 9:11am Local News
The Sports Network
SYRACUSE — Charlie Villanueva posted game-highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds and Rudy Gay added 18 points as No. 19 nationally-ranked Connecticut snapped No. 8 Syracuse’s 16-game home win streak with a 74-66 Big East Conference men’s basketball victory at the Carrier Dome on Monday night.
Villanueva finished 9-of-13 from the field while Gay pulled down seven rebounds for the Huskies (15-5 overall, 7-3 Big East), who out-scored the Orange 9-1 over the final three minutes to record their third straight win and fourth triumph in five games.
“We’re fighting for our NCAA life,” said UConn head coach Jim Calhoun. “Obviously, this is the best win we’ve had this season. We’re getting a little better.”
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 9:08am Opinion/Editorial
The director of the National Institutes of Health, the federal government’s medical research arm, last week canceled some outrageous policies that endangered public health. For that he got a fairly polite version of a shower of ripe tomatoes from NIH scientists, who, despite obvious conflicts of interest, had been raking in lucrative deals with drug companies.
NIH chief Elias A. Zerhouni repudiated a 1995 memo by then-Director Harold E. Varmus that lifted a low annual limit on scientists’ outside income. That memo, made public two years ago by Los Angeles Times staff writer David Willman, also reversed a prohibition against researchers taking stock or stock options and freed the agency’s top officials to strike lucrative deals with biomedical companies. The result: scientists paid on the side by drug companies with a direct interest in their supposedly independent research.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 9:02am Local News
By SEAN O’LEARY
Chronicle Staff Writer
COVENTRY — It took more than a year, but the town council Monday finally passed an ordinance regarding the maintenance of unaccepted streets.
“The saga ends,” said council member Thomas Lynch.
The gist of the ordinance is that unaccepted streets will be maintained — specifically plowed — by the persons who are allowed or authorized to use the street.
However, the town can do maintenance on the roads if needed but are not obligated to do so (and thus not liable for the maintenance).
The council decided in December 2003 that something had to be done about the plowing of streets not yet accepted by the town. The council took action after several developers balked at paying for plowing.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 9:01am Local News
By HEATHER LAKE
Chronicle Staff Writer
STORRS — A much-loathed lottery system used last year by the University of Connecticut to decide who got to live on campus won’t be needed for the 2005-2006 school year.
UConn officials said it won’t be needed, in part, due to a policy that employs negative reinforcement — namely paying for part of your housing if you cancel too late — as a deterrent.
Last year, 320 upperclassmen who lived on the campus for six semesters or more were forced to find housing elsewhere when the school implemented a lottery to make up for a bed shortage.
It was the second time in five years the lottery was used, said Sam Miller, associate vice president of student affairs.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 8:59am Local News
WINDHAM — A quick-thinking resident kept a diesel fuel spill at Stonegate Manor from contaminating nearby waterways Sunday.
According to Mark Berkowitz, Stonegate Manor director of operations, a 1,000-gallon tanker truck carrying diesel fuel for construction equipment leaked onto the ground just before 5 p.m. Sunday.
“Fortunately, one of the residents observed the spill, and they called the fire department,” Berkowitz said.
The North Windham Fire Department, in turn, called the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The contractor working on the housing development’s expansion also went to the scene to help with the cleanup, Berkowitz said.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 8:58am Local News
By SEAN O’LEARY
Chronicle Staff Writer
COVENTRY — In an effort to increase voter turnout and participation, the town council is looking to implement study circles as it moves forward with this year’s budget.
The council agreed to the concept following a presentation Monday night from Gloria Mengual, program director with the Study Circles Resources Center, located in Pomfret.
Study circles, as described by Mengual, is a process by which 45-70 residents gather in small groups three or four times to discuss issues facing the town — in this case, the budget — and then gather in one large group to discuss the solutions and ideas cultivated in the smaller circles.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 8:56am Local News
By TRACI DUTCHER
Chronicle Correspondent
CHAPLIN — The date set for the presentation of an ad hoc committee’s report on Parish Hill Junior/Senior High School options has been changed.
Instead of Thursday, the report will be presented for public discussion March 16, to avoid a conflict with district Parent Teacher Organizations. It will be in the David Syme Auditorium at Parish Hill High School at 7 p.m.
The ad hoc committee was appointed by the Regional School District 11 board of education last summer after the board’s $23.9 million building project was defeated at a referendum.
The charge of the committee was to research and recommend alternatives for seventh- through 12th-graders.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 8:49am Local News
BY JESSICA SCHAEFFER-HELMECKI
Special to the Chronicle
CHAPLIN — The American Heart Association asked people to “Go Red for Women” last Friday and First Selectman Stephen “Rusty” Lanzit complied.
Lanzit encouraged residents to participate in the campaign and wear red to raise awareness about the leading killer of women in the state: heart disease.
As a result, he also issued a proclamation declaring February as American Heart Month.
The American Heart Association contacted Lanzit, he said, and asked him to participate in this national movement. “I realized it was a good idea and a great cause,” he said.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 8:47am Local News
By KIMBERLY WETZEL
Chronicle Staff Writer
WILLINGTON — It appears yet another conflict of interest allegation has surfaced before selectmen, evidenced by an executive session Monday night regarding a problem in public works.
“There’s issues within the public works department and its relationship with the first selectman,” said Selectman John Patton. “We’re trying to deal with those in a reasonable manner.”
First Selectman Michael Eldredge’s brother-in-law works as an equipment operator within the town’s public works department. Reportedly, the matter has to do with a disciplinary action.
dlyon Feb 8 2005 - 8:45am Local News
By MATTHEW L. BROWN
Chronicle Staff Writer
WINDHAM — The new owner of the South Windham Diner says he hopes to have the local landmark moved to its new location and restored within six months.
Tony Lent, the owner of the North Windham shopping plaza that contains Western Auto, a bagel shop, a Chinese restaurant, a family restaurant and other retail stores, bought the diner recently.
He and his partners in A&A Development Properties paid $8,000 for the classic stainless steel diner.
“The deal is that we want to put something in our plaza to make it different from all the others,” Lent said. “It should be moved within the next couple of weeks and we’re going to renovate it right back to original condition.”
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