Saturday, October 8, 2011

The Editor's Notepod, Sat., Oct. 8, 2011

It is exciting news that NRG is planning to move forward with the Meriden power plant, which has been sitting, awaiting further developments for nearly a decade. On the principle of not counting eggs until hatched, we are cautiously optimistic about seeing this plant in operation.

The Wallingford Town Council, Housing Authority and Tenant Association are going to receive a “Grassroots Change” award from the Connecticut Housing Coalition next week for setting up the first election system for tenant members. This is welcome cause for congratulations for taking a bold and correct step.

Wallingford’s Board of Education, and, we assume, every other school board, is adjusting policies to match new state laws on bullying, with a particular focus on cyber bullying. It’s kind of too bad that just when we finally recognized the damage that bullying does, the potential for this sort of behavior has exponentially increased because of our electronic connectedness.

Family Day at Meriden’s Quinnipiac River Gorge Trail set for Sunday should be fun and educational for all – and especially fine with this very pleasant October warmth.

Wallingford uses alum to purify reservoirs and then scrapes it up and recycles it for other uses. This seems an intelligent use of resources.

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