Closings of Friendly’s outlets, due to corporate bankruptcy, including the restaurant in Meriden. This is a sign of the times, unfortunately, and the economy takes its tolls on everyone.
Meriden Maloney High School Band Boosters are campaigning to raise money – $65,000 – for new uniforms to replace 15-year-old togs hanging by threads in the band room closets. This is a worthy endeavor.
We are glad that a compromise solution to the fencing at the Apple Harvest Festival in Southington was worked out, permitting a neighbor to access the fun via wheelchair.
Governor Dannel Malloy has undertaken to maintain local aid to cities and towns at this year’s levels for 2012-13. This may be a difficult promise to fulfill, particularly with so many Connecticut residents watching.
It is disheartening that Washington attitudes toward railroad funding are shifting and negative. It should be emphasized once again that the New Haven to Springfield line improvements are not for a high speed rail line but for a commuter line like Connecticut's Shore Line East.
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