Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Thur., July 2, 2009

State: Dairy farming is an historic Connecticut industry, an icon of our history. But since the New England Dairy Compact was dumped a few years ago — it caused us all to pay a few cents more per gallon but kept dairies going — and with the economic slide, farms are in trouble. So are they worth keeping? Or do you want your milk shipped from Wisconsin?

Southington: competing visions of how the police department ought to report to government, as focused through the charter revision process. An interesting debate.

Meriden: George Stringer complains about Swain Avenue trees. The city naturally worries about leaving trees to drop limbs and also removing viable trees: lawsuits in both directions.

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