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CORONAVIRUS CARDINAL RULE KIANA WILLIAMS, COVID claims debated STANFORD BEAT ARIZONA TO Lamont’s strategy slowed deaths but data are still limited CLAIM NCAA BY KASTURI PANANJADY >> Five UConn dorms did decrease more quickly wrong? Also no. WOMEN’S CTMIRROR.ORG go into quarantine over the time period than The answer is that the data TITLE, PAGE 10A after COVID-19 cases neighboring states. But do the are limited in what they can Gov. Ned Lamont last week increase, Page 7A. data and analysis presented show, particularly now, since took a victory lap for choosing prove the claim that the age- deaths lag from infection by to defy federal guidelines and decline in people dying from based rollout gets the credit? at least two weeks. Even when roll out the COVID-19 vaccine COVID compared to our No, say Saad Omer and Ted the data have a chance to almost exclusively by age. neighboring states,” his office Cohen, epidemiologists at the catch up, correlation doesn’t “Our strategy to rank those tweeted. Yale School of Public Health. necessarily imply causation. GONZAGA VS. BAYLOR most at risk based on age has The number of Connecti- Does this mean that Lam- NATION’S TOP TWO TEAMS MEET contributed to a more rapid cut’s COVID-related deaths ont’s claim is necessarily See VACCINE, Page 6A IN INDIANAPOLIS TONIGHT FOR NCAA MEN’S TITLE, PAGE 10A “Developing our own and having the kids come back to the community and show what is

Aid for Sacred Heart planned possible would be an amazing experience.” — Torrington High School Principal Robin Ledversis Representatives from Holy Cross, St. Paul, the Archdiocese of Hartford and Waterbury Mayor Neil M. O’Leary’s office have been meeting to plan scholarships for displaced Sacred Heart students. PAGE 3A EDUCATION MENTORS ARRIVE

Opening in downtown Winsted Jackie McNamara of Torrington has reopened her clothing store Live in a new location, one of a number of businesses opening in downtown Winsted. PAGE 1B Kent filling town positions After a year when town offices had to conduct business with their offices closed to the public, Kent now must fill several vacancies due to resignations. PAGE 3A

BRUNO MATARAZZO JR. REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY NEWS, PAGE 3B Jenna Nikirk, lead teacher in the pre-kindergarten lab at Torrington High School, reads a book to students Thursday. The lab is part of the school’s child development curriculum. High school students enrolled in child development classes join the lab weekly to observe, interact and implement skills they are learning with the preschool students.

OPINION OF THE DAY: “Humanity is looking for the good in people; treating everyone as equals; and ‘Game-changing’ national program expands to Waterbury showing compassion, respect and empathy to others. We BY LANCE REYNOLDS New Britain High School should care for and help others whenever and wherever REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN CLASSROOM GAP launched three years ago, has expanded to 13 other Con- possible — when they need that help the most.” >> About 47% of 527,830 students enrolled in the state’s 205 WATERBURY — Jahana public school districts last year were from racial and ethnic necticut public school dis- — Carmel Perillo, Oakville Hayes wanted to get a jump minorities. tricts, including Hayes’ native READ THE FULL LETTER ON PAGE 8A start into her dream career city of Waterbury, Stamford, as a teacher before going to >> More than 90% of the state’s 52,005 full-time certified New Haven and Danbury. college, but she said she did- school employees were white. “This is exactly what I n’t know what classes and Source: Connecticut State Department of Education needed,” Hayes said during a programs to take for that to virtual Educators Rising con- happen. ference last week. “This is TODAY AT Hayes, now a Democratic Year in 2016 while teaching tors Rising, an organization the type of program I wish I congresswoman representing social studies at Kennedy providing high school students had. These are the types of REP-AM.COM the 5th District, overcame High School. nationwide firsthand experi- mentors and opportunities her early challenges and be- After winning that award, ence in the education field. >> #HTPB Hit the paws button to vote for your favorite pet of the Republican-Americancame National Teacher - 04/05/2021 of the Hayes learned about Educa- Educators Rising, which See TEACHERS,Page Page : 6AA01 week featured in Sunday’s Accent section. >> SCHOLASTIC SPORTS Visit thezone.rep-am.com to review champions and award winners from the winter sports season. >> TELL YOUR FRIENDS Look for the “Share” button on stories at rep-am.com to send them to friends via Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. VDARE moving from Litchfield to W. Va.

BY BRIGITTE RUTHMAN visible from the road, is listed REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN for sale through Klemm Real- Sunny and breezy; ty for $810,000. High 60 LITCHFIELD — There is The homeowner is mostly clear and no “for sale” or business sign VDARE’s director, Peter Low 37 chilly tonight. outside the contemporary Brimelow. Page 8B home at the prestigious local VDARE is a 501(c)(3) foun- address of 447 South St., but a dation, which means it has woman at a number listed for met the IRS standards for an Business 1B Editorials 8A Obituaries 4B that address answers the organization intended “for Classified 2B Horoscope 8B Sports 9-10A phone, “VDARE Foundation.” the public good” and is ex- The foundation’s website de- empt from federal income Comics 6B Jumble 7B Sudoku 7B scribesRepublican-American the nonprofit organiza- taxes, - IRS 04/05/2021 spokesman Ken- Page : A07 Crossword 7B Local news 3A Television 7B tion as one which seeks to “in- neth Vargas said. MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021 L M REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN 7A form the fight to keep America Brimelow founded VDARE DearAnnie8B Lottery 2A Your Day 2A American” as “America’s im- in 1999, according to the non- CONTRIBUTED/KLEMM REALTY migration voice.” profit. Property records show HOUSE: Tax-exempt VDARE 18 pages. © 2021 Republican-American This house at 447 South St. in Litchfield, which has a low Litchfield won’t be the or- he bought his Litchfield home Established 1881, profile and is hardly visible from the road, is listed for sale ganization’s home much in 2007. With aid, schools seek Waterbury, Connecticut through Klemm Realty for $810,000. The homeowner is longer. The house, which has moving to castle in W. Virginia All rights reserved VDARE’s director, Peter Brimelow. a low profile and is hardly See HOUSE, Page 7A 6 34373 12494 2 Read it at rep-am.com Continued from Page One >> What is VDARE? An email interview with its director, Peter Brimelow of Litchfield, Page 7A. The tax code stipulates solutions to problems that exempt purposes must be “charitable, religious, ed- ucational, scientific, liter- ary, testing for public safety, BY COLLIN BINKLEY fostering national or inter- ASSOCIATED PRESS national amateur sports competition, or prevent cru- With a massive infusion of elty to children or animals.” federal aid coming their way, Vargas said VDARE is up to schools across the U.S. are date on its 990 filings and is weighing how to use the wind- in good standing as a public fall to ease the harm of the pan- charity. demic — and to tackle prob- Brimelow said in an email lems that existed long before to the Republican-American CONTRIBUTED the coronavirus. that the organization seeks In February 2020, VDARE Director Peter Brimelow of The assistance that was ap- to “provide information and Litchfield bought this 19th-century castle in Berkeley proved last month totals $123 analysis, with the difference Springs, W.Va., for $1.4 million. His intention, he said by billion — a staggering sum that that we are actually truth- email, is to use the property as a venue for conferences will offer some districts several ful.” times the amount of federal ed- that he said have been canceled under pressure of ASSOCIATED PRESS threats at other venues. ucation funding they receive in BRIMELOW, BORN IN ENG- a single year. The aid will help In this March photo, science teacher Christopher Duggan LAND 73 years ago and an schools reopen and expand squirts hand sanitizer on the hands of student Jaiden Taylor, immigrant, is a former con- summer programs to help stu- left, at Windsor Locks High School. tributor to Barrons, Fortune, dents catch up on learning. It Market Watch and National also offers a chance to pursue schools in other relief pack- 83% of students come from Review. He was a senior ed- programs that have long been ages during the pandemic. low-income families, the dis- itor at Forbes from 1986 un- seen as too expensive, such as Schools must reserve 20% trict expects to get $120 mil- til 2002. His controversial intensive tutoring, mental for summer programs and lion — nearly three times the best-seller “Alien Nation: health services and major cur- other efforts to address learn- amount it gets in federal edu- Common sense about Amer- riculum upgrades. ing loss, but they expect to cation funding in a typical ica’s immigration disaster” “This feels like a once-in-a- have wide flexibility in how to year. Along with building up- was released in 1996. generation opportunity for us use most of the aid. With more grades, the aid will help VDARE communicates to be able to make critical in- than three years to spend the achieve a goal to provide sum- largely through the internet, vestments," said Nathan Kuder, new money, school leaders mer programs and after- where its website states its chief financial officer of Boston are thinking big. school care in every neigh- mission is “education on two Public Schools, which is ex- School officials in Hartford borhood, officials said. main issues: first, the unsus- pecting $275 million. say they have lined up a list of Even though the funding tainability of current US im- But the spending decisions “must-win” spending areas. brings a bonanza for some CONTRIBUTED/KLEMM REALTY migration policy and second, An interior view of the home at 447 South St. in carry high stakes. If important Superintendent Leslie Torres- districts, questions loom the National Question, which needs are overlooked — or if Rodriguez said the district around other sources of finan- Litchfield for sale through Klemm Realty for $810,000. is the viability of the U.S. as a the money does not bring tan- plans to “radically expand” cial support. Some states have The homeowner is VDARE’s director, Peter Brimelow. nation-state. We do this gible improvements — learning options outside the already slashed education through the VDARE.com schools could face blowback school day, cultivate a budgets as they face steep webzine and VDARE books, from their communities and pipeline of new teachers and revenue losses, and other public speaking, confer- An interview with VDARE from politicians who influence expand the role of schools in states are likely to follow, ences, debates and media ap- Peter Brimelow of Litchfield, director of VDARE, a their funding. At the same their communities. The dis- which could diminish the ef- pearance.” nonprofit he describes as “America’s immigration time, schools must be wary of trict also hopes to buy new fect of the federal dollars. VDARE draws its name voice,” has been quietly operating out of Brimelow’s dreaming too big and taking curriculum materials across To keep future costs in from Virginia Dare, the first home on South Street. on long-term costs they cannot all grades and subjects, a goal check, many schools are English child born in the That’s soon to change as Brimelow sustain. that was previously out of avoiding big hiring increases, New World, according to the is moving his family and the organiza- Education Secretary reach. “It is something that and few are pursuing pro- April 6, 2021 9:46 am (GMT -4:00) Powered by TECNAVIA nonprofit. tion to West Virginia. Miguel Cardona said the as- we’ve never been able to do,” grams that carry heavy per- The Anti-Defamation The issue on which his organization sistance allows schools to “hit Torres-Rodriguez said. “All sonnel costs. Instead, many League describes the organi- focuses has been in the news, and the reset button” and confront that we’ve been able to afford will consider adding teachers zation as posting, promoting Brimelow answered questions about challenges that have long is a little bit here and a little under short-term agreements and archiving the work of the current state of affairs in an email plagued the nation’s education bit there.” or hiring contractors to pro- racists, anti-immigration fig- interview with the Republican-Amer- system. He said schools can Officials in Boston say the vide social and mental health ures and anti-Semites. ican. train teachers in social and aid will be used to reopen, re- services. Wikipedia defines it as “an TWITTER emotional learning and work cover and “reimagine what is In Virginia Beach, officials American far-right website Peter On why VDARE is moving from to close persistent racial dis- possible for our students,” are weighing whether to add promoting opposition to im- Brimelow, Litchfield to West Virginia: parities in education. Kuder said. The money will teachers under one-year con- migration to the U.S. It is as- director of “VDARE.com was an early victim Districts with higher con- help update aging buildings, tracts, with a focus on recruit- sociated with white suprema- VDARE of the Totalitarian Left’s Cancel Cul- centrations of poverty will get but it could also be used to ing retirees or others outside cy, white nationalism, neoN- ture, which has now, of course, the largest sums. Public start new dual-language pro- the teaching profession. The azism and the alt-right.” claimed an incumbent U.S. president. Over the last schools in some cities are ex- grams or revamp the curricu- district is also exploring In his email to the Repub- five years, we’ve had some 10 hotels all over the coun- pected to receive more than lum, he said. Ultimately, offi- whether to train current lican-American, Brimelow try cave to threats and cancel conferences we’d $1 billion, including Los Ange- cials plan to ask residents teachers in high-demand sub- said it is not a white nation- booked. So we’ve bought our own venue, the Berkeley les and Philadelphia. The new what changes they want to jects and to add mental health alist website. Springs Castle.” money joins more than $67 see. services through a telehealth He declined to discuss billion made available to In Tulsa, Oklahoma, where provider. “internal operations.” On the current surge of illegal immigrants Brimelow declined an in at the U.S. southern border: person or phone interview “You don’t get to Elect A New People, as Washing- and said he would communi- ton has been doing via the 1965 Immigration Act, cate only by email. He said without unleashing volcanic anger among the people VDARE’s advancement of displaced, immiserated etc. America’s Ruling Class, public interest as a nonprofit both Democrat and Republican, fights to suppress Plan for proposed Sandy Hook enables “a lot of purposes.” that anger, but periodically it breaks out, as it did for example in the mid-1990s, and again with Trump’s IN 2018, THE MOST RE- election. And, obviously, now. This problem will not CENT TAX RETURN AVAIL- go away and could ultimately destroy the country.” memorial reaches final stages ABLE to the public, VDARE reports to to have raised On the Biden administration’s immigration $698,157. Out of that, policies: ASSOCIATED PRESS school and consist of a nature tion could begin this year Brimelow’s pay as director “It’s treason and they should be impeached.” walk to a reflection pool, with with the goal of opening the was $181,675, according to NEWTOWN — A plan to a sycamore tree growing in site to the public by the 10- tax records. On public allegations that VDARE is a vehicle memorialize the 26 people the center. A volunteer steer- year anniversary of the On Form 990, Brimelow is for racism and white supremacy: killed in the Sandy Hook ing committee overseeing shootings, First Selectman listed as chairman of the or- “Pierre Trudeau dealt with a similar question in a school shooting is nearing its the selection included fami- Dan Rosenthal told the news- ganization. very striking way. There are simply no honest rational final stages. lies who lost loved ones in the paper. In February 2020, arguments for the mass immigration that the 1965 Act Residents in Newtown are mass shooting. “This project has been out Brimelow bought a 19th unleashed upon America. Obviously, immigration en- scheduled to view a final “We’ve worked and in the public domain for century castle in Berkeley thusiasts can’t say they just want cheap votes, cheap presentation during a public worked and worked and we many years now, so hopefully Springs, W.V., for $1.4 mil- labor or just plain feel uncomfortable in a white Chris- forum Monday evening. pray that we’re almost there is enough of an aware- lion. His intention, he said tian society, although these are in fact their motives. They’ll vote on the $3.7 mil- there,” committee member ness about it for people to by email, is to use the prop- So they’ve come up with these cuss words to shut lion project at the end of the Alan Martin told the New make an informed decision," erty as a venue for confer- down debate. Anyone who looks at VDARE.com can month. The memorial was Haven Register. Martin not- Rosenthal said. ences that he said have been see that we have non-white and Jewish writers. That’s designed by SWA, a San ed that the committee nar- Adam Lanza killed his canceled under pressure of also true for our donors. But none of this makes any Francisco-based architectur- rowed down the spot from 16 mother before going to the threats at other venues. difference. Our critics are simply not arguing in good al firm. sites and slashed the initial school on Dec. 14, 2012, and The sandstone castle, a faith. To hell with them.” It would be located on a 5- costs. shooting 20 children and six registered historical land- acre stretch of forest near the If it’s approved, construc- adults, then killing himself. mark built by Colonel Samuel Taylor Suit from 1885 to 1891 and used as a We absolutely will not have closed his ownership of the summer camp for boys from marches, demonstrations, company in tax returns but 1938-1954, was bought by rallies, tiki torch parades or declined to answer ques- Andrew Gosline in 2002, ac- anything like that. We’ve tions regarding the compa- 5 UConn dorms go into quarantine cording to a local tourism of- never been involved in that ny or any pay he draws from fice. Gosline died in 2014 and sort of thing.” it. his heirs offered it for sale in Brimelow said he intends Brimelow told The Asso- 2018, according to The Jour- to live with his family at the ciation Press his website is after COVID-19 cases increase nal, a local newspaper. castle now owned by not white nationalist but ac- Sally Houldin Cornell, the VDARE, and maintain office knowledged it publishes listing agent for Klemm and meeting spaces for it, but works by writers who fit that ASSOCIATED PRESS lowed to attend in-person tions in gatherings. Real Estate based in Wash- will miss Litchfield’s beauty. description in the sense that classes or events. State data has showed ington Depot, declined to According to an investiga- they aim to defend the inter- STORRS — The University Officials said the quaran- Connecticut’s recent uptick comment about the Litch- tion by The Associated ests of American whites. of Connecticut has put five tine likely will last until the in COVID-19 cases has been field home. Press in 2016, Brimelow Brimelow said by email dorms under quarantine af- end of this week, when stu- concentrated in younger res- According to Klemm Re- raised $4.8 million between he has kept a low profile in ter an outbreak of COVID-19 dents are scheduled to leave idents, who have only be- alty, the home has been for 2007 and 2015. It found that Litchfield. At Town Hall re- that officials say may be re- for spring break and learn come eligible to receive vac- sale off and on since 2015, from 2010 through 2015, cently, no one recognized lated to several large, off- remotely the rest of the se- cinations recently. when it was listed for VDARE Foundation didn’t his name. campus parties last week- mester. Residents under 40 ac- $750,000. Brimelow and his report any compensation di- As to the future of his or- end. On March 27, state police counted for about 61% of wife bought it in 2007 for rectly to Brimelow. ganization, he said interest Thirty-five positive cases arrested two people after positive tests from March $653,000. Starting in 2010, the non- has reached “a critical mass had been identified on cam- breaking up an off-campus 14-27, compared to about profit began making annual of readers and donors.” pus in the two days leading house party involving more 52% in late January, the AFTER ACQUIRING THE payments of up to $368,500 “Our arguments prevail up to Friday, the Hartford than 100 people. Another newspaper reported. Posi- CASTLE, Brimelow told The to Brimelow’s Happy Pen- or the country dies,” he said. Courant reported. Residents party involving as many as tive tests for residents 60 Journal newspaper in Mar- guins LLC for leased em- at the five dorms are able to 200 maskless revelers was and older went from 19 per- tinsburg, W.V., “we plan to ployees, according to The Contact Brigitte Ruthman receive meals at designated shut down earlier in March cent in late January to 11 be quiet, good neighbors. Associated Press. He dis- at [email protected]. dining halls but aren’t al- for violating state restric- percent recently.

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