Saturday, July 9, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., July 9, 2011

Closing a prison in Enfield as part of Gov. Malloy’s budget fixing plan and moving them to Cheshire has virtue as a cost savings and the prison system can take it, having lost population over the last few years. But the issue is whether Cheshire’s municipal sewer plant, soon to be replaced, can handle more inmates in the correctional institutions there.

Sooner or later the Hall Farm on Preston Avenue, Meriden, will find a buyer, and probably a lot of folks won’t like it. It’s a pity that there are no farmers who can afford to buy this land and continue with its historic usage.

Continued efforts to raise funds for Haris and Emir Mehovic of Southington who lost their parents in a tragic murder-suicide in June. Left in such a situation, they’ll need all the help they can get.

There are apparently some conceptual issues to be decided on the Platt High School renovation project in Meriden, but we trust this matter will be worked out promptly and that this project can get underway without any loss of time.

An afterschool program initiative in world languages to begin soon, thanks to help from Wallingford Parks and Rec Department. All indications are, as Supt. Menzo says, that languages are easier to learn the younger instruction begins.

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