cheshirecitizen.com
Volume 14, Number 28
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Busy 2nd quarter for Cheshire FD
ACCORDION-PUNK
By Mark Kasinskas
Ratas En Zelo, a New York City-based punk band that takes punk’s most notable device, the guitar, and replaces it with the accordion, performed with punk bands Fafa and SpitTake at Counter Weight Brewing Company in Cheshire on July 6. Ratas En Zelo comprises Perúvian drummer María Toro, bassist Natalie DeSabato and El Salvadoran sisters Yadee and Hiromy Araniva. Yadee does vocals while her sister plays the accordion. “With accordion-punk, a lot of people never know what to think,” Hiromy said. “They always think it’s going to be Cumbia-punk or something mellow. But it’s something that, in my opinion, and people’s opinions, they have never heard before.” Pictured: Yadee Araniva sings to an audience member at Counter Weight Brewing Company. David Matos, Record-Journal
The Cheshire Fire Department proudly provided fire and rescue services to the Cheshire community through the second quarter of 2023. In addition to numerous emergency responses, CFD members participated in comprehensive training, performed equipment upkeep and administrative duties, and cooperated in community events and fire safety outreach efforts throughout the town. Between April and June, the CFD was dispatched to 217 calls for help. Among the incidents were two fires involving RV campers. On April 10, the CFD responded to and extinguished an RV camper fire on Scott Road.
The fire had extended to a shed and was beginning to extend to an adjacent house. An engine from Waterbury and a tanker from Prospect provided mutual aid due to a lack of hydrants in the area. On May 19, the CFD was dispatched to a remote/ wooded area off of Wallingford Road for an RV camper on fire. Responding apparatus had to navigate narrow unpaved roads and paths to access the fire, which was successfully extinguished. The Cheshire Fire Department's annual officer and administrative elections were held in June. Many existing officers were reelected for 2023-2024. See CFD, A11
MyRec registration system set to launch Aug. 1 The following was posted to the municipal website on July 6: The Town of Cheshire Parks & Recreation Department along with
the Community Pool, Artsplace and Youth and Human Services are excited to announce the roll out of the new online web-based management software, MyRec, which will publicly
launch Aug. 1, 2023. Starting July 10, 2023, patrons can access this new registration system from the Town of Cheshire web page (cheshirect.org) and through emails sent out via
Constant Contact to create customer accounts. Current patrons will need to go online to establish new customer accounts for their household. See App, A12
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