Thursday, August 6, 2009

The Editor's Notepod, Thur., Aug. 6, 2009

Wallingford/State: DNA leads to freeing of man convicted 20 years ago for murder, and a nasty one at that. One wonders if this is sufficient to insure a regular requirement of a DNA nexus in any prosecution between victim or crime scene and the defendant?

Meriden/Region/state/etc: apparent growth not only of volunteering in general but also among youth. This is a healthy sign we hope will continue.

Berlin/State: Atty. Gen. Blumenthal joins the town in the adult business case. It will be interesting to see the results, but it will be a while.

Wallingford: the Red Cross office is closing as per schedule. Meanwhile, blood bank workers are staging a rally against the charity in Farmington. There may be tough times, but that still doesn’t really excuse bad decisions.

Southington: four petitioning candidates file paperwork for election as unaffiliated. That would be 16 persons for nine seats, and it will be something to watch. Two of the candidates are on the Charter Revision Commission.

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