The Editor's Notepod, Tues., June 21, 2011

Cheshire High school going to fix about 30 % of roof . . . oddly, not the area where teachers have reported health issues.

Meriden’s City Council voted not to change zoning and ridgeline projection maps to accommodate a developer, following the recommendation of its Economic Development Committee. This would seem to have been a thoroughly correct decision.

Wallingford Town Councilor Jerry Farrell is maintaining his support for cuts imposed on paramedic services in the present year’s budget – even after an emergency call at his home – which we are glad of. The question, though, is not whether paramedic services are necessary but whether councilors are willing to tax citizens for them.

Meriden’s city council has approved purchase of that flameless pothole patcher. We’ll see those patches flipping onto roadways like flapjacks, no doubt.

Purchase of an 11.2-acre parcel for a new North Farms Volunteer Fire Station are apparently moving forward again after long delay. This is a good project to bring to completion in Wallingford