Generous spirit of Piper Killen of Wallingford, age nine, whose charitable impulse led to a collection of 100 pairs of shoes for those in need. Santa and helpers stepped up to this plate for her.
Congratulations to Meriden Children First Initiative for winning a highly competitive Promise Neighborhood planning grant of $465,000 from the U.S. Department of Education. Children First was the only New England winner and will help expand the Meriden family Zone for healthy families.
Northeast Utilities is planning a merger with NSTAR which provides electricity to Boston, a move almost certain to make Connecticut the tail of the resulting dog. Attorney General George Jepson is rightly urging Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to review this worrisome plan.
Connecticut legislative leaders may continue working on a compromise Congressional reapportionment plan even as the state Supreme Court ponders a special master to do the job. It is not praiseworthy for politicians to have failed to work this matter out themselves.
Varying rates of reimbursements for Connecticut hospitals is an eye-opener, as analysis reveals how and why rates are different. An immediate remedy, to connect payments from the various public, private and governmental agencies which make them, to actual costs of procedures, seems unlikely.
A Small Town Economic Assistance grant will come to Wallingford for repairing North Main Street Extension. This will be a welcome infusion of cash for a job otherwise on taxpayers’ shoulders.
Although it’s behind schedule, and could lag further, depending on weather and whether all custom-mad components fit properly, Cheshire’s new Community Pool bubble is in the works. Residents will be glad to have this job completed.
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