Saturday, February 28, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Feb. 28, 2009

Wallingford: how like a bad intersection. No one will blame Amtrak for any delay, but it’s notable that Amtrak is not available for comment. Is this one of those situations wherein someone will have to get killed before anything can happen? 114 accidents in 3-4 years are a lot . . . does this represent a change, or are these just what has been recorded recently?

Wallingford: Lyman Hall students who won prizes for reading Howard Fast’s 1944 Novel, Freedom Road and writing essays in response. Howard Fast was persecuted for membership in the Communist Party and imprisoned for three months for refusing to reveal the names of donors. Wrote Spartacus. Blacklisted.

Meriden: Quinceañera discussion and celebration is building identities at Edison. That’s a good thing.

Cheshire: train show, held twice a year, brings lots of visitors and benefits Cheshire HS Marching Band as well as jazz band, winterguard and winter percussion. Seems a bit of an odd match-up, but it’s been going for a long time and if it works, great!

Meriden: More stimulus cash seems to be on the way.

Meriden: Postal Service can’t sell and can’t protect old building on Colony. And apparently can’t care less about the plight of Meriden’s downtown. Well, that’s not news.

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