Citizen Action Group Recognizes Third Act Leader; Celebrates 20 Years of Citizen Elections Program By John McNamara The Connecticut Citizen Action Group honored the Rev. Dr. Davida Foy Crabtree on December 4 at its awards and campaign finance reform anniversary celebration in West Hartford. Rev. Dr. Crabtree, a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister, received … Continue reading Rev. Dr. Crabtree, a Founder of Prudence Crandall Center, Honored With CCAG Award Named For Laddie Michalowski
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Legislation Calls For Clear Language On Charter Referendums
GAE Committee Favors "Precise" Wording On Ballot Questions The Legislature's Government Administration and Elections Committee (GAE) has acted favorably on a bill that will "establish certain minimum requirements for presenting charter or home rule ordinance amendment ballot questions to voters.'" House Bill 7125, introduced by State Representative Gary Turco (D-27) and supported by New Britain's … Continue reading Legislation Calls For Clear Language On Charter Referendums
Making the New Britain Public Library A “Library of Human Connection”
Director Sjöberg Shares Plans To Build Infrastructure For Reading In New Britain by John McNamara Walk into the New Britain Public Library (NBPL) on High Street these days and you will notice physical changes to the main floor. The circulation and reference desks have been merged into one. The main floor's makeover will include five … Continue reading Making the New Britain Public Library A “Library of Human Connection”
CCSU Journalism Students Cover Local Government In Spring Semester Class
Minimum Wage Increase, Economic Issues Are News Gathering Topics In JRN 336 By John McNamara Journalism students in the newswriting & reporting II class at Central Connecticut State University are on the government and public policy beat in the Spring semester of 2024. They are gathering information, interviewing local officials, attending a New Britain Common … Continue reading CCSU Journalism Students Cover Local Government In Spring Semester Class
NBPD Publishes Arrest Log Online After FOI Flap
A July controversy over the City's and New Britain Police's denying access to arrest logs to the New Britain Herald without formal Freedom of Information requests has led to the New Britain Police Department (NBPD) posting a weekly arrest log online at https://pd.newbritainct.gov/safety-prevention/police-blotter. The link shows arrests made in the city for one week -- … Continue reading NBPD Publishes Arrest Log Online After FOI Flap
DeFronzo on City Charter Referendum: “No Thank You”
Former Mayor Sees Less Accountability, Conflicts At City Hall If Ballot Questions Are Approved Don DeFronzo said "no thank you" to city charter revisions on this year's ballot at a public forum on Nov. 2 in a cogent takedown of the most sweeping changes to municipal government in a generation. He found a receptive audience … Continue reading DeFronzo on City Charter Referendum: “No Thank You”
Why Trump’s Party Rallies in New Britain
Mayor Stewart's former campaign headquarters is one of 20 "RNC Community Centers" in the nation where "Stop The Steal" workshops are occurring By John McNamara Ronna McDaniel, the national Republican Party's Chairperson and Donald Trump sycophant, made her way to New Britain this week to blast not one Democrat but all Democrats as favoring "greed, … Continue reading Why Trump’s Party Rallies in New Britain
Does New Britain need both a chief operating officer and a full-time mayor?
Misleading Referendum Proposes High Level Patronage Job To Manage Municipal Government by John McNamara NEW BRITAIN - Creating a new chief operating officer to manage the municipality and making town clerk and tax collector jobs appointed instead of elected offices are big and very different questions for a referendum vote in November. Voters, however, won’t … Continue reading Does New Britain need both a chief operating officer and a full-time mayor?
Attorney Geragosian Remembered As Passionate Defender, Advocate For Social Justice
Attorney Harold J. Geragosian, 94, whose "one-man general law office" served scores of New Britain clients and organizations from the 1950s to 2018, died on August 1. Long before the creation of Neighborhood Legal Services Attorney Geragosian's civil and criminal law office, located for many years on West Main Street, served public employees, churches, unions … Continue reading Attorney Geragosian Remembered As Passionate Defender, Advocate For Social Justice
COO Patronage Job, End To Elections Of Clerk and Tax Collector Are On The Nov. 8 Ballot
Fuzzy Charter Question Will Keep Many Voters in the Dark by John McNamara New Britain voters will be deciding much more than who should be the Governor and making their picks for other elective offices on November 8th. City charter revisions will, if approved, make the biggest changes in a generation as to how Connecticut's … Continue reading COO Patronage Job, End To Elections Of Clerk and Tax Collector Are On The Nov. 8 Ballot
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