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Volume 24, Number 46
Voters reject charter changes
Thursday, November 17, 2022
FAZZINO, VEACH PREVAIL
Citizen report
On Election Day, Nov. 8, Berlin voters rejected all the amendments put forth regarding Berlin’s Town Charter. One modification in particular, focused on the Visiting Nurses Association, drew a great deal of attention leading up to the vote. With many residents fearing this charter revision would lead to the demise of the VNA, the proposal was defeated, 5,126 to 3,548. Another proposed charter amendment would have allowed Board of Education candidates to run as members of a political party. Currently, the Berlin BOE is a non-partisan body, and residents opted to maintain that structure. The “no” votes prevailed 4,242 to 4,089. See Charter, A4
Berlin Democrat Jonathan “Jack” Fazzino, pictured, won a narrow victory in the race for the 83rd House district seat on Election Day, Nov. 8, while Berlin Republican Donna Veach swept to reelection in the 30th House district. Both Fazzino and Veach serve on Berlin’s Town Council. See stories on Page 2. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Zarabozo earns most votes, BOE seat Citizen report
On Election Day, Nov. 8, Berlin voters placed one new member on the Board of Education, while reelecting two others. Six candidates were running for three spots on the non-partisan board, and
the top vote-getters were newcomer Peter Zarabozo, and current BOE members Jaymee Miller and Melissa Gibbons. Unofficial results show Zarabozo earning 3,200 votes, the most of any BOE candidate.
“In a climate of increased political polarization, I will do what it takes to not let our Board of Education succumb to any political influences and agendas,” Zarabozo stated back in October. “Politics should have no place or any influence on our school See BOE, A4
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