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Volume 25, Number 26
Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Tony Valenti, left, of Newport Realty Group, poses with Hop Haus owner Mike Miller at the restaurant’s Berlin location. Nicole Zappone, The Citizen
Steele Center Hop Haus is open By Nicole Zappone The Citizen
Dubbed the Steele Center, 9 Steele Blvd., a new mixeduse property adjacent to the Berlin Train Station, is alive with activity.
On May 30, the Hop Haus restaurant opened at the Steele Center, joining Trio Home Care, Attorneys Brewer & Sargis and Eminence Lash & Aesthetics, LLC. The building also houses apartments.
Economic Development Director Chris Edge said the Steele Center "is shaping up to be a wonderful centerpiece" in that section of town.
Tony Valenti, of Newport Realty Group, and partner Mark Lovley, of Lovley Development, Inc., are the team behind the Steele Center.
“When we first opened, I told people that we were in the new development in Berlin,” Hop Haus owner Mike Miller said. “Now the people know we are near the train station.” An "upbeat, casual craft eatery,” Hop Haus offers locally-sourced food, and beer and cocktails from the state’s “best brewers and distillers." See Hop Haus, A10
While the big guys of the PGA TOUR were in Cromwell for the Travelers Championship, down the road in Berlin, Timberlin Golf Course was getting ready to host a very talented – albeit much younger – field of its own. This week, Timberlin’s 13U PGA Jr. League teams played their first match of the season, and the dynamic duo of Lauren Lafollette and Max Bayram carded a 1under-par to finish first among the 24 teams in Timberlin Golf Course, Facebook action.
Goodwin valedictorian is headed to UConn By Nicole Zappone The Citizen
A resident of Berlin, Lukaszewski was president of the National Honor SociUniversity of Connecticut- ety at Goodwin Tech, volbound Megan Lukaszewsunteered at school events, ki was named valedictorian and competed in soccer, at E.C. Goodwin Technical basketball and softball. High School in New Britain. See UConn, A12
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