By To The Editor: I read with interest the comments of Ramon Esponda, New Britain’s Acting Deputy Director of Public Works-Utilities Division, in response to the Water Plannning Council’s finding that the Lenard…
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Sunday 06/10/2018
Posted: 10 June 2018 [09:10 PM] By To The Editor: The Plainville Town Council is asking voters and eligible taxpayers to support the replacement of two fire trucks at a referendum to be held on June 19th. The appropriation is to…
Wednesday 05/30/2018
Posted: 30 May 2018 [06:27 PM] To The Editor: Almost over two years ago The City of New Britain held hearings at the Slade School pertaining to the sale of a watershed to Tilcon, Inc. The basic issue would be selling 13.6 acres of Class I…
Tuesday 05/29/2018
Posted: 29 May 2018 [06:43 PM] To The Editor: The revitalization of New Britain downtown is going to take more than transferring Porter’s building into luxury apartments and a restaurant. Until New Britain takes responsibility to acknowledge that there is a problem within the Hispanic…
Posted: 29 May 2018 [06:42 PM] To The Editor: Just finished another round at the Stanley Golf Course and continue to be impressed with the facilities and personnel encountered each time I tee it up. From the friendly pro shop, under the leadership of Head Professional…
Sunday 05/27/2018
Posted: 27 May 2018 [07:53 PM] To The Editor: I write to strongly object to Chris Powell’s May 16 column where he implied that Connecticut public employee unions are worse than German armed forces under the direction of Adolf Hitler. This inept and ridiculous comparison…
Sunday 05/20/2018
Posted: 20 May 2018 [08:53 PM] To The Editor: Once again, the Suburban Woman’s Club of New Britain is looking for support from our community to help us continue to raise the necessary funds to enable our club to continue the work that we do on…
Friday 05/18/2018
Posted: 18 May 2018 [10:02 PM] To The Editor, On behalf of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, we would like to thank the many people who helped make the 2018 Pequabuck River Duck Race a success. This was our 14th race and we couldn’t have done…
Thursday 05/10/2018
Posted: 10 May 2018 [07:58 PM] To the Editor: I recently met with Scott Gaudet, principal at Greene-Hills School, to discuss the impact of the state budget cuts on programs in his school. He introduced me to Linda Rich, the program director for the Family Resource…
Wednesday 05/09/2018
Posted: 09 May 2018 [08:07 PM] To The Editor: A letter to Bristol Mayor Zoppo-Sassu Dear Mayor: We have a proposal for you! We think the town of Bristol needs a doggie mascot, and it should be our friend Toby. If you don’t take Toby…
Tuesday 05/01/2018
Posted: 01 May 2018 [08:45 PM] By To The Editor: After a recent Herald article on the plans for the Worthington Meeting House, area residents have expressed confusion about funding for the project. To set the record straight, the Town of Berlin…
Monday 04/23/2018
Posted: 23 April 2018 [07:39 PM] To The Editor: Over the last couple of years, the Town Council Republican majority minimized the tax increases to our citizens, based on the fact that the State of Connecticut is in a downward spiral, we are seeing less and…
Posted: 23 April 2018 [07:38 PM] To The Editor: On April 24, the Berlin residents have an opportunity to vote their opinion on the budget. I will be at the polls and I will be voting NO. I do not accept the budget and I…
Sunday 04/22/2018
Posted: 22 April 2018 [08:08 PM] To The Editor: Medicaid lifts people out of poverty and improves their health. What’s more, children are more likely to be insured and to receive care when their parents are insured, making Medicaid coverage for parents especially effective at promoting…
Posted: 22 April 2018 [08:07 PM] To The Editor: This is an open letter to Mr. Alex Hamzy. Sir, I am very happy that you are opening your diner for dinner. It is always nice to have somewhere new to try for dinner. However, I take…
Tuesday 04/17/2018
Posted: 17 April 2018 [08:09 PM] By To The Editor: On Wednesday, March 14, Mayor Zoppo-Sassu announced that she had created a memorandum of understanding for the purpose of altering the fire schedule to 24/72 schedule; where firefighters work a 10 hour…
Posted: 17 April 2018 [08:07 PM] By To The Editor: I have thought about this issue for a long time and have finally come to a decision on what we all are experiencing. These misguided public displays of emotion at honest, trustworthy…
Wednesday 04/11/2018
Posted: 11 April 2018 [08:39 PM] By To The Editor: The Southington Education Foundation would like to thank all Southington residents for their support of the Spring for Education Gala. The well-attended event was held on March 24 at Mt. Southington’s Mountain…
Posted: 11 April 2018 [08:38 PM] By To The Editor: I am writing you this letter today to remind your readers that this is National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week, April 8-14. Our 911 dispatchers put forth heroic efforts every day to…
Tuesday 04/10/2018
Posted: 10 April 2018 [07:43 PM] Ours is a generous nation when it comes to philanthropy. When we give our time and gifts to a nonprofit organization on behalf of a worthy cause, we shine. Giving USA reported that in 2016 charitable giving rose to an…
Friday 04/06/2018
Posted: 06 April 2018 [10:13 PM] By To The Editor: So much for the transparency campaign promise. In November, voters made a very strong statement. They put a new party in charge giving the Democrats a six to one majority on the City Council.…
Posted: 06 April 2018 [10:12 PM] By To The Editor: I am a Town of Plainville business owner and a 15 year property owner. I am appalled with the Tilcon proposal and I am opposing their plan to expand the quarry onto 131 acres of…
Thursday 03/29/2018
Posted: 29 March 2018 [08:50 PM] By To The Editor: I read with interest the recent Herald/Press article where the Plainville Town Planner indicated Tilcon has about 12 years left at its Woodford Avenue quarry. Tilcon wants to expand that operation…
Posted: 29 March 2018 [08:48 PM] By To The Editor: First, I want to thank Margaret Minor, executive director of Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, for her letter thanking the Herald/Press for it’s coverage of “The Plan.” The coverage is excellent.…
Wednesday 03/28/2018
Posted: 28 March 2018 [07:35 PM] By To the Editor: Thanks for continuing to report in detail on the proposal to lease 130 acres of New Britain water department land to Tilcon for rock mining. The report on the…
Posted: 28 March 2018 [07:34 PM] By To The Editor: I’d like to address the article in the Bristol Press on Tuesday March 27. The article’s headline was “Say Something,” about West Bristol school students. They have a No One Eats…
Posted: 28 March 2018 [07:32 PM] By To The Editor: Regarding the letter about the new firefighter contract that Ken Cockayne sent (but probably did not write) to The Bristol Press last week: The “desirable schedule” that previous administrations blocked is a…
Thursday 03/22/2018
Posted: 22 March 2018 [07:46 PM] By To The Editor: I recently made a Freedom of Information Request to the City regarding the Fire Union’s new 24-hour schedule. I then listened to the March City Council meeting during which Mayor…
Posted: 22 March 2018 [07:45 PM] By To The Editor: I have been employed as a Certified Nursing Assistant at a skilled nursing facility for 21 years. For years before we unionized, my life was full of uncertainty. The facility offered no…
Tuesday 03/20/2018
Posted: 20 March 2018 [07:09 PM] By To The Editor: Friday is National Puppy Day, so it’s as good an excuse as any for sending cute dog videos around the office or posting them on Facebook. And if you want to…
Monday 03/19/2018
Posted: 19 March 2018 [07:59 PM] To The Editor, The attempt of former BOE Commissioner Genard Dolan to impugn my integrity in his Feb. 28 letter to the editor, is a disappointing development. It appears that after losing his base of support, then his office, Mr.…
Friday 03/16/2018
Posted: 16 March 2018 [10:02 PM] By To The Editor: March is National Women’s History Month, and now more than ever women are achieving great things for our economy. Women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce and own just under 40 percent of…
Wednesday 03/14/2018
Posted: 14 March 2018 [07:27 PM] By To The Editor: In a time when every penny is counted and counted on it is not the time to further burden the already overburdened. I have serious doubts of the true intention of…
Friday 03/02/2018
Posted: 02 March 2018 [06:50 PM] To The Editor: Distractive driving has been responsible for many accidents on our highways. Most are attributed to those who are on their cell phones. It would seem incongruous that the state would aid and abet the practice of distractive…
Posted: 02 March 2018 [06:49 PM] To The Editor: Much to my consternation, I am NOT amazed that our Plainville Town Council unanimously approved the ridiculous, over-extended, negatively-impacting “Trail Gap Closure.” All the signals were obvious during several months of Plainville homeowners and taxpayers…
Posted: 02 March 2018 [06:47 PM] To The Editor: The decision to remove the School Resource Officer from McGee Middle School is troubling and unwise. Our towns’ government has a responsibility to provide public safety services to this entire community and that includes ALL Berlin…
Wednesday 02/28/2018
Posted: 28 February 2018 [07:55 PM] By To The Editor: The article in The Bristol Press: “Union head says the idea of arming teachers is ‘preposterous’” should read “Union head says that protecting children is preposterous.” If David Hayes…
Posted: 28 February 2018 [07:52 PM] By To The Editor: Republican Town Committee chairwoman Anne Riley has no “risk” in this town like many of our students and residents do. She runs attacks on the Democrats, and other residents in our town…
Wednesday 02/14/2018
Posted: 14 February 2018 [09:30 PM] By To The Editor: Congratulations to all who made the Souper Bowl event held to benefit the Friendship Center soup kitchen a big success. However, two groups of young people deserve special recognition. First, kudos…
Posted: 14 February 2018 [09:28 PM] By To The Editor: It was very disconcerting to see so many out-of-town people at the recent Trail Gap Closure Hearing/Town Council Meeting using seemingly coercive rhetoric, trying to cajole Plainville citizens into building a toll-free…
Tuesday 02/13/2018
Posted: 13 February 2018 [09:28 PM] By To The Editor: It has been a year. One year since the Republican members of the Berlin Town Council secretly and suddenly forced out our Town Manager Denise McNair. One year since Ms. McNair was…
Thursday 02/01/2018
Posted: 01 February 2018 [07:47 PM] By To The Editor: The first month of 2018 has hardly been a quiet one for local government or politics. Regardless of what position anyone takes on the complicated issues surrounding restructuring city finances and debt…
Posted: 01 February 2018 [07:47 PM] By To The Editor: I applaud the Democratic Council members and former Republican Council member Jim Sanders, Jr. opposing the mayor’s proposal to again refinance the city’s debt by adding additional years and tens of millions…
Tuesday 01/30/2018
Posted: 30 January 2018 [08:59 PM] By To The Editor: Well folks, how do you like your extra tax bill? I’ll tell you why you received the bill! Your elected Town Council decided to use several million dollars of your undesignated fund…
Tuesday 01/23/2018
Posted: 23 January 2018 [08:51 PM] By To The Editor: Thanks so much for continuing to report in detail on New Britain’s apparent determination to go forward with rock mining in reservoir lands. Tilcon sometimes seems to imply that, after…
Monday 01/15/2018
Posted: 15 January 2018 [07:54 PM] By At the City Council meeting on Wednesday, a representative from Mesirow Financial, the city’s debt advisor and a major advocate for the proposed $115 million debt restructuring, said the city’s current debt problems are no…
Wednesday 01/10/2018
Posted: 10 January 2018 [07:52 PM] To The Editor: For the third time in three years, Mayor Stewart is proposing to refinance the city’s debt. Each time, it has been for one purpose, to get her through the next budget without a tax increase or…
Tuesday 01/09/2018
Posted: 09 January 2018 [10:08 PM] By To The Editor: 2017 was a year of great progress for the City of New Britain, and it has set the stage for an even more exciting 2018. Over the past year, we have seen more…
Posted: 09 January 2018 [10:05 PM] By To The Editor: It is time we change our thinking on Alzheimer’s disease. Too often Alzheimer’s is treated as an aging issue, ignoring the public health consequences of a disease that someone in the US develops…
Friday 12/29/2017
Posted: 29 December 2017 [09:25 PM] By To The Editor: In response to the recent Herald editorial concerning how to pay for infrastructure repair, I propose setting up infrastructure “war bonds” similar to what was done at the federal level during WWII, where individuals…