The Editor's Notepod, Fri., Oct. 9, 2009

Congratulations to Shelley Chordas of Meriden’s Lincoln Middle School, named Teacher of the Year.

East Cemetery in Meriden poses a bit of a problem for the city. No one wants to ignore the graveyard, which has been the city’s since 1845, but no one wants to spend any money either. Then there’s the fence which is (or is not) on David Went’s property: since there are no markers, apparently, on the dubious ground, if no written proof can be found of burial, and nothing shows up with a judicious use of modern instrumentation, the city should have the decency to forget about it. Or, pick up the fence and move it back to where the property line really is.

Everyone is looking forward – but not too much – to the next Town Council meeting in Wallingford in the hope that something will happen in the impasse over Old Durham Road. Talk about making a throughway out of a country lane!