An upstart weekly community newspaper -- started last fall as "The Hardware City Journal" -- has given way to a new newspaper with the same editor and same approach to covering the community. Editor Robin Vinci, a veteran of reporting for the Herald, has re-started the weekly with the name New Britain City Journal. nbcityjournal.com In … Continue reading New Britain Weekly Is Reborn As "City Journal"
Month: May 2010
Health Care Advocate Lembo Makes Strong Case For Comptroller
Seasoned political observers will recall that the job of State Comptroller carried little weight in terms of governing a generation ago. At state elections it was the office used to balance a ticket based on diversity or geography.For all of the time Connecticut has had a Constitution (and it is the "Constitution State") the office … Continue reading Health Care Advocate Lembo Makes Strong Case For Comptroller
Will City Avoid Layoffs To Frontline Education and Public Safety Jobs?
From New Britain Democrat http://newbritaindemocrat.blogspot.com/2010/05/muncipal-budget-hearing-monday-may-17th.htmlThe full weight of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression is falling on the city’s budget makers in shaping a fiscal plan for the year that begins July 1st. Few cities or towns in Connecticut and the nation are exempt. And with Connecticut’s over reliance on property taxes the fiscal … Continue reading Will City Avoid Layoffs To Frontline Education and Public Safety Jobs?
U.S. Senate: New Britain Didn’t Stiff Merrick Albert
He got into the U.S. Senate race as an upstart Democratic challenger to an increasingly vulnerable Chris Dodd. He sent Democratic leaders a self-published and autographed autobiography and tooled around the state delivering an anti-war message akin to the Lamont campaign of 2006. He appeared to be on a mission to go from political kindergarten … Continue reading U.S. Senate: New Britain Didn’t Stiff Merrick Albert
May Day: Lamont-Glassman Ticket Forming In New Britain Monday, May 3rd
Gubernatorial hopefuls Ned Lamont and Mary Glassman are joining forces ahead of the May 21-22 Democratic convention, forming a ticket they hope will stem the growing strength of former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy in delegates and Malloy's success in meeting the threshold to qualify for funds under the Citizen's Election Program.Courant Columnist Kevin Rennie confirmed … Continue reading May Day: Lamont-Glassman Ticket Forming In New Britain Monday, May 3rd
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