This summary provides an overview of the contents of a local newspaper in 3 sentences: The newspaper document lists the various sections and stories contained in a weekend edition, including local news, sports, obituaries, and more. It highlights a few top stories, such as a child being injured in a bicycle accident, a cancer survivor's story, and a program teaching people to observe nature by sitting still. The document also includes advertisements and lottery results.

1. Inside today’s Chronicle
Abby.........................Album
Classified ...................11-12
Comics .....................Album
Editorial.............................5
Features ..............14, Album
Horoscopes...............Album
Local News ...................3, 6
Nation/World.....................2
Obituaries..........................4
Public Notices.................11
Sports .......................8, 9-11
Television .................Album
Weather .............................2
National
Sports
Ted Cruz now supports
Donald Trump. See story on
Page 2.
Windham football wins home
opener over Plainfield. See
story on Page 7.
FRIDAY
Mid-Day 3: 6-2-5
Mid-Day 4: 9-4-3-5
Play 3: 9-7-1
Play 4: 2-3-5-3
Cash 5: 34-27-19-4-3
Lotto: 33-11-44-6-1-26
Mega Millions
8-62-5-1-25/14
Lotteries Around town
Coventry
Farmers
Market,
11 a.m. to
2 p.m. on
Sunday
at the
Nathan Hale
Homestead.
See story
on Page 3.
Lauren Shaw, who is running
for the 38th House District
as a Green Party candidate,
said she was uncomfortable
with how the state is being
run. Shaw also said the Green
Party is about people who
For the record
Vol. 134 No. 226 Weekend Edition, September 24-25, 2016 Newsstand $1.00
REGION: UTILITY POLES ECSU: ELECTION PROGRAMSSPECIAL NEIGHBOR: ATTORNEY HONORED
the ChronicleAn Independent Newspaper Since 1877
(Route 6, Page 4)
(SEEC, Page 4)
(For the record, Page 4)
(Sit-and-stay, Page 4)
AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement
WALKTOBER SECTION INSIDE
NEW ENGLAND FLAGGER SERVICES
NOW HIRING FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL CT
Must have valid driver’s license and registered automobile
THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WORK AS A FLAGGER?
CALL 860-560-6963 for information
Child injured
Hit by vehicle while on bike
By KIMBERLY WETZEL
Chronicle Staff Writer
COVENTRY — A 7-year-old
girl was flown via Life Star heli-
copter to a children’s hospital with
possible head and neck injuries
following a motor vehicle ver-
sus bicycle crash Friday evening,
police said.
Coventry police said the girl
had been riding her bicycle on
Nathan Hale Drive — a primarily
residential neighborhood — when
she was struck by a sedan in the
area of 40 Nathan Hale Drive
around 5:18 p.m.
According to initial scanner
reports, the girl was not wearing a
helmet, though state law requires
children 15-years-old and under
to wear helmets as a safety mea-
sure.
Emergency personnel said the
girl was “alert and conscious”
upon arrival.
However, due to the nature of
injury and as a precaution, police
said Life Star was called for trans-
port.
Coventry Volunteer Fire
Association Deputy Chief Sean
Brierley said Life Star landed
at the George Hersey Robertson
School on Cross Street — which
was just 1.6 miles away from the
incident.
He said he was at the land-
ing zone and while the girl was
conscious, he could not comment
further on her injuries.
Brierley said the girl’s father
joined her on the Life Star flight
to the Connecticut Children’s
Medical Center in Hartford.
Hospital officials cannot com-
ment on the child’s condition,
because a name has not been
released.
“Fingers crossed that she’ll
Route 6 crashes
Andover hit with yet
another bad accident
Roxanne Pandolfi
Cancer survivor Steven Tucker now enjoys regular visits to
the Mansfield Community Center.
This man went high tech against the ‘Big C’
Editor’s note: The Windham
Region Relay for Life will take
place at the Eastern Connecticut
State University’s track in Mans-
field Oct. 15. “Survivor Stories”
is an occasional series leading
up to the event profiling how area
folks successfully beat cancer.
By COREY SIPE
Chronicle Staff Writer
MANSFIELD — Mansfield
resident Steven Tucker said he is
very thankful modern technology
helped save his life.
But he is hopeful more work
can be done to cure cancer for
everyone.
Almost eight years ago, at the
age of 51, he said he received an
unfavorable result from a pros-
tate-specific antigen (PSA) blood
test.
At the time, Tucker said doctors
recommended men over 50 years
old get a PSA, even though today
there is debate in the medical
community regarding the issue.
“I was starting to get nervous
because it indicates there is some-
thing abnormal with your prostate
gland,” he said, adding his doctor
took a biopsy to test it for cancer.
Several days later, Tucker’s doc-
tor asked him to come back to
the office and bring his wife,
RELAY FOR LIFE:
SURVIVOR STORIES
Roxanne Pandolfi
Ashford resident Marian Matthews found a nice spot lying on a rock in the Goodwin State
Forest Thursday as part of a program encouraging nature enthusiasts to sit still, listen and
watch for wildlife when venturing into the woods.
Sit and stay a while
Roxanne Pandolfi
This nice amphibian made an appearance at a nearby pond
at the Goodwin State Forest in Hampton.The frog was hidden
underneath the pond’s cluttered waters, but keen observers
practicing the ‘sit spot’ approach to observing nature had no
trouble picking out their new, green friend.
Goodwin program
offers up new way
to observe nature
By TRACI HASTINGS
Chronicle Staff Writer
HAMPTON — It’s one thing to
hike, jog or bike through a forest.
It’s another thing to just be in
the forest.
That difference was highlight-
ed at a workshop held at the
Goodwin State Forest’s Con-
servation Education Center on
Thursday, part of the new “Nature
Immersion” series.
Led by program director Beth
Rhines, “The Art of the Sit Spot”
attracted seven participants, from
both local towns such as Hampton
and Ashford and from further
afield, including West Hartford.
Rhines explained that in the
modern, fast-paced world, taking
time to truly appreciate nature’s
resources — and not stride
through them as part of a goal
to get fit — sometimes has to be
scheduled, making the workshop
an opportunity to build in time to
relax and observe.
“The Art of the Sit Spot” was
designed to encourage folks to
take notice of their environment,
using all their senses.
“Sit spots are a great way to
slow down,” Rhines said. “It’s
Election
complaint
shot down
(Man wages, Page 4)
D-11 dissolution
By TRACI HASTINGS
Chronicle Staff Writer
SCOTLAND — Complaints of
violations levied against a Town
of Scotland employee have been
dismissed by the State Elections
Enforcement Commission.
Scotland resident Kim Martin
had filed a complaint against Jenn-
ifer Nelson, who is the adminis-
trative assistant to Scotland First
Selectman Daniel Syme and is
also a member of the Regional
School District 11 Board of Edu-
cation, which oversees Parish Hill
Middle/High School serving stu-
dents from Chaplin, Hampton,
and Scotland.
A referendum was held in June,
initiated by the boards of select-
men in all three towns, asking
voters whether they approved a
petition to the regional board of
education requesting a study on
whether the district should be
dissolved.
Selectmen made that decision
based on a recommendation by
a consultant and a committee of
residents that adding or withdraw-
ing grades would make the district
more cost-efficient.
Selectmen polled residents
informally last fall and the major-
ity of the respondents indicated
they favored dissolution, so the
selectmen put it to a formal vote
at a region-wide referendum.
All three towns voted in favor
of petitioning the D11 board of
education, with 591 voting yes
and 526 voting no.
But in the days leading up to the
referendum, complaints were filed
with the SEEC alleging postings
in both Hampton and Scotland
were illegally misleading.
The Hampton complaint of
improper e-mails and fliers has
not yet been heard by the SEEC,
but the Scotland complaint was
addressed last week.
Martin submitted documenta-
tion that a post on the Town of
Scotland’s website had the wrong
date for the referendum and mis-
leading text, as well as misleading
wording on a sign placed on the
Scotland Town Green.
Nelson acknowledged that
instead of putting “Thursday, June
23” as the date for the referen-
dum, she had put “Wednesday,
June 23” in error.
The commission dismissed that
complaint.
“While the commission finds
that there was an error as to the
day that the referendum was
scheduled to occur, the date itself
By KIMBERLY WETZEL
Chronicle Staff Writer
ANDOVER — A local woman who failed to stop for a school bus
Friday morning, causing a chain reaction, was transported via Life Star
helicopter for suspected serious injuries, police said.
This is the second accident in a week that has caused partial closure
of Route 6.
The other, multi-car accident Wednesday still leaves one in critical
condition, hospital officials confirmed Friday evening.
Both accidents happened on a stretch of roadway that is nicknamed
“Suicide Six,” due to the frequency of accidents on this two-lane stretch
of roadway between Columbia and Bolton.
Regarding Friday’s accident, Crystal McLaughlin, 28, of 129 Hebron
Road, Andover, was transported via Life Star for her injuries.
State police said she failed to slow down in her 2001 Honda Civic
and struck the rear end of a 2011 Ford, which then pushed into a 2000
Dodge Ram.
David Lund, 19, of 144 Lake Williams Drive, Lebanon, was driving
the Dodge and Gavin Dixon, 20, of Maine, was driving the Ford.
Police said both men were traveling westbound on Route 6 and began
to slow for an oncoming school bus with its flashing lights activated.
Hartford Hospital officials did not have an update on McLaughlin’s
status as of press time.
Fire officials said McLaughlin’s compact car was totaled and towed
from the scene while the pick-up trucks received minor damage.
The accident forced the closure of a small section of Route 6 in
Andover for almost an hour, while emergency personnel worked the
scene.
On Wednesday, state police reported a three-car accident as well.
In that accident, Bianca Latoya Woods, 28, of New Haven, was travel-
ing on Route 6 east before 664 Route 6 while James Williamson, 25, of
Derby, who was traveling west slowed down for a left turn.
Williamson was then struck from behind by Gregg MacDonald
Carrara, 20, of Andover, causing the second vehicle to be pushed into
the eastbound lane, striking the first vehicle head-on just after noon.
(Girl injured, Page 4)