If there’s any upside to the bursting of the Cheshire town pool’s bubble, it’s that the pool was empty when the snow caved the roof in, and no one was hurt. Town Council Chairman Tim Slocum says there were no contingency plans to deal with the bubble’s collapse. The town will have to weigh two choices: to raise or find funds for a new bubble, or to rent another pool for the Rams, a team of national swim champions, to hold their practices. Either option will cost Cheshire money.
Kudos to state, city, and town workers for dealing with the record snowfall on Wednesday. While kids and teachers enjoyed a day off from school, and snowplow crews worked tirelessly to clear at least one lane on each road for cars to negotiate. Congratulations especially to Craig Whited, of Wallingford-based Pine Ridge Landscaping, who saved the life of a stranded driver near the Meriden Westfield mall on Wednesday morning during heavy snowfall.
Police in both Meriden and New Haven were busy ticketing illegally-parked cars; property owners in Wallingford may find themselves fined for not clearing their sidewalks within 18 hours. While these fines fatten the coffers of towns and cities, one has to wonder if some slack should be cut for drivers who have neither driveways nor garages to allow them to get their cars off the street, and for residents who are too elderly, frail, or ill to shovel.
Connecticut's new standing Committee on Aging has waited for more than a decade—since then-Gov. Weicker closed the Department of Aging—to become a regular committee. Headed by 85-year-old Sen. Edith G. Prague, the group can only be a positive addition to the state, which is 9th in the nation in percentage of senior citizens, and Sen. Prague knows through her legislative work and her life experience the particular needs of seniors.
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