Meriden welcomes Lisa Pippa, former health director in Stafford and former Plainville-Southington Regional Health District chairwoman, as a new interim health director. And a generous “thank you” to Charles I. Motes, who has been serving as interim since August, juggling his time between the city and his full-time responsibilities as Plainville-Southington director.
Southington’s Town Council has voted to bond $560,000 for a new firetruck, to upgrade existing equipment. Other frontline vehicles are a dozen years old and back-ups are 20, so this carefully selected truck, which will take about a year to build and deliver, is a much needed addition.
Meriden’s budget gap has halted consideration of a maintenance center for the school system, which would add a considerable burden to the cost of the system. But when Maloney goes under construction, some alternative will have to be found because the present maintenance operation is in the cellar there.
Wallingford has put an ordinance into place banning all dogs at town sports facilities; violations carry a $50 fine. It’s no fun sliding into third base and encountering excrement, but dogs remain dogs and their masters remain only human, so we’ll see if this works.
It is interesting that Dutch educators are visiting here – specifically Southington – to see how inclusive schooling, also known as mainstreaming of special students – works. The Dutch have most special students segregated and taught separately as was the model here a generation ago.
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