Meriden observed the 11th Silver City Brewfest Friday evening, and this time it could be held outdoors. Proceeds are headed to St. Joseph school so it can update its technology department.
Southington High School is reducing its levels from four to three, which is now the recommended path for schools to adopt. Other school systems have done the same thing, and time will tell whether it’s a fashion or a change which actually helps schools and students.
There will be no cuts in Connecticut bus or rail services. The bad news is that fares will rise – though less than anticipated earlier this year during budget negotiations.
UConn is to get the benefit of $1.1 billion project with Jackson Laboratory, which has given up on earlier attempts to set up this program in Florida. The project, estimated to create more than 660 permanent jobs at the center, involves building 250,000 square feet of new laboratory space at the University of Connecticut Health Center campus in Farmington.
One of the consequences of the continued rise in Connecticut tobacco prices is that cigarettes have become more of a target for thieves. We need to accept that not everyone can be forced to end his or her addiction by making the darn things expensive.
Wallingford has hired a firm to analyze its efforts in Special Education. This is a sensitive area for many and needs careful treatment.
Southington officials will begin work to design a sewer line to serve northwest areas of town and make them more attractive to business. Sewers generally do have this effect.
A 14-year-old driver in Southington, assisted by a 19-year-old and with a 16-year-old friend as passenger was apprehended driving erratically in Derynoski School parking lot last week, at a time when there were pedestrians and other vehicles present. We don’t think we can count how many laws were violated.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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