Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Wed., May 11, 2011

Wallingford passed next year’s budget without making any changes in what the Mayor proposed. A $69 per homeowner increase, on the average, is not huge, especially considering the decline in the grand list.

Coping with gasoline prices are you? The best advice is probably simple: don’t drive. But what about the train and the new commuter rail service under consideration?

Meriden’s school system is working out details of conforming its budget to funds actually available. There will be a loss of some teaching positions and a consequent rise in some class sizes: one doesn’t deal in fractions of teachers or students, and numbers, in practice, are “bumpy.”

Cheshire reaching accommodation with its insurer over replacement costs of the Community Pool Bubble, but the long term solution remains elusive and divisive.

Salvia Divinorum, a drug which a lot of authorities seem unfamiliar with, is nevertheless on its way onto the prohibited list in Connecticut’s legislature. Why is it that people are so determined to ingest substances which alter their consciousness?

Congratulations to Anna Wasescha, the new president of Middlesex Community College, who comes to Connecticut from the Minnesota State Community and Technical College System at Fergus Falls.

It sounds as if progress is being made in the repair of the electrical system at Atrium complex in Meriden. It won’t be too soon for residents.

Community Garden, Southington, will be taking on a new location – behind Town Hall – and some new rules designed to reduce some visual issues which had developed at the old East Street site. And how does your garden grow?

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