...declining enrollment School officials in a number of districts told CT Examiner that the declines were roughly as they expected, given longer-term trends and birth rates. Madison and Clinton, for example, reported total enrollment declines despite enrolling pre-K and kindergarten class sizes similar to pre-pandemic levels. “Our enrollment numbers are...
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MADISON — School officials released the first draft of a plan for the new Jeffrey Elementary School building at a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday. The plan is part of a $85 million building project that includes constructing a new pre-kindergarten to fifth grade elementary school, closing Jeffrey and...
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...Madison Police Department on behalf of herself and Madison Hamburg requesting records of the case. The department denied the request, and Neimeyer appealed to the state Freedom of Information Commission, according to a Memorandum of Decision from the Superior Court in New Britain. In August 2020, the Freedom of Information...
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New standardized test data for students enrolled at public schools in Madison buck widespread declines by school districts across the state, when compared to 2018-19 test scores. According to state data from the Smarter Balanced Assessment, 69 percent of students in grades 3 to 8 in Madison performed at grade...
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...and by Saturday it was moving back towards Madison,” Needleman said. “They kept moving the line, and it’s taking 10 different forecasts and blending them and trying to figure out the best decision you can make. If it had come and landed in the middle of the state, we’d be...
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...along the coast between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sunday. Henri is make landfall Sunday evening as a Category 1 Hurricane with a storm surge that could reach 5 feet. Madison’s Board of Selectmen issued a mandatory evacuation order on Saturday for all residents in Madison who live South of...
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In two weeks, Megan Szczesny’s 8-year-old daughter will be starting third grade in Madison public schools. She hasn’t attended traditional all-day, five-day-a-week classes without wearing a mask since she was in first grade and being diagnosed with dyslexia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). “When COVID first hit in March...
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...tickets to Derek Jeter’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, a Porsche Roadster, VIP experiences at Super Bowl LVI and Madison Square Garden, plus a car, boats and other items. Tickets are $150 per person. Click here for more details. Editor’s note: The online bidding will be available through...
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...such plans vary by district. Old Saybrook intends to continue cohorting its students.Superintendent Jan Perruccio said in an email that the district would cohort grades K through 8 by grade and have four classes at the high school. Clinton and Guilford will not be strictly cohorting, and Lyme-Old Lyme and Madison...
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MADISON — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to recommend the sale of the former Island Avenue School to Our Lady of Mercy Preparatory Academy in a meeting Tuesday night. The academy, which has been leasing the building since 2019, offered the town $2.3 million for the purchase of the...
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...said he’s heard from suppliers that the cost of PVC pipes had tripled over the past year. At the same time, demand for new homes and home improvements have increased. In Madison, for example, the number of permits filed with the town Building Department increased from 177 in June 2020...
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...of history at Connecticut College. Desloge and his research assistant Madison Taylor, a senior at the college, have been studying the history of housing discrimination, racial inequality and Black activism in New London. According to Desloge, New London saw two waves of African American migration from the Jim Crow South...
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MADISON — The Board of Finance gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to two developers who would become the first beneficiaries of the town’s Tax Incentive Program. The program was developed in 2018 as a way to encourage new businesses to come to the town, according to First Selectwoman Peggy Lyons....
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...was developed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1989, by three legal scholars. The theory originated out of legal studies and the desire to understand how race and law fit together. Critical Legal Studies, a 1970s-era movement that influenced critical race theory, viewed law as a discipline that was not inherently neutral,...
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...Iino said. Another $1.7 million will go to New London for the abatement and demolition of the former Thames River Apartment Complex. The city received $2 million in bond funds for the project in 2019. $770,000 is earmarked for Madison to replace a seawall at Garvan Point beach. Other projects...
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The Town of Madison is preparing to hold a referendum on several long-term projects, including the development of the former Academy School into a community center, the sale of the former Island Avenue School and a building project that will overhaul the schools in the local district. First Selectwoman Peggy...
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...of $100 billion dollars. These plans include a new rail station for Hartford, the elimination of three at-grade crossings in Mystic, new rail stops along the Hartford Line for North Haven, Newington, West Hartford, and Enfield, and new rail platforms for Clinton and Madison. Service upgrades would include new direct...
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...a farm stand, through community supported agriculture shares and at farmers markets in Madison and New Haven. https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8jV0_MK-d/?utm_medium=copy_link “There will always be more projects, but this feels like, once we can get our water situation sorted out, this is kind of the last start up infrastructure project,” Aaron Taylor said....
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...a lack of courage has put the safety of every Connecticut citizen at risk. We need leaders who will make tough choices and take on Connecticut’s crime crisis and restore law and order in our state. Themis Klarides Madison, CT Klarides served as House Minority Leader from 2015 through 2021...
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...delivered, has made it challenging to provide a consistent product to her customers. “It’s hard to print a menu,” said Joe Goldberg, co-owner of Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale, which has locations in Westbrook and Madison. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, menu prices were four percent higher this...
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...Ullman, shown on a single screen. “It’s an excellent movie if you’ve ever seen it, but they were new to the whole process,” said Mitchell, 49. “I think they began to realize quickly it wasn’t working because duplex theatres were popping up in Norwich, Old Saybrook, Groton and Madison, and...
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Madison First Selectwoman Peggy Lyons is running for a second term in the town’s top elected office, facing challenger Republican Bruce Wilson, a Republican and member of the Board of Selectmen. Lyons was elected first selectwoman in 2019, upsetting Republican Tom Banisch by a few hundred votes. Lyons sat down...
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Madison Selectman Bruce Wilson is challenging Democratic incumbent Peggy Lyons for Madison First Selectman. Wilson, a Republican, seeks the town’s top elected job after years serving on the Madison Board of Selectmen and a previous stint on the Board of Education. Lyons was elected first selectwoman in 2019, upsetting Republican...
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MADISON — In a 6-3 vote Thursday night, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a special exception for the building application of The Ledges, a seven-unit residential complex at 856 Boston Post Road, within the the town’s zone of cluster housing. The project has drawn controversy partly because blasting will...
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Madison is hiring two new teachers for the fall. East Lyme needs two kindergarten teachers, two second grade teachers, a social worker and six paraeducators. Stonington plans to hire at least 20 teachers, tutors and interventionists. Region 4 and Guilford are hiring permanent substitutes. Old Saybrook is hiring temporary therapists,...
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Gov. Ned Lamont spoke with former Speaker of the House John Boehner about his new memoir, “On the House,” in a Zoom conversation hosted by independent bookstore RJ Julia Booksellers of Madison on Friday. The two politicians discussed political polarization, and Boehner shared thoughts and memories of working with President...
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High temperatures and humidity led multiple Connecticut school districts, including Madison and Guilford, to call an early dismissal today. Superintendent Craig Cooke of Madison Public Schools said the decision to dismiss early in Madison probably would not have happened if the students did not have to wear masks. “I think...
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MADISON — School Superintendent Craig Cooke presented plans for an $85 million building project for the school district that will go to the town in a referendum in late 2021 or early 2022. The project includes four parts: constructing a new pre-kindergarten to fifth grade elementary school, closing Jeffrey and...
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...as funding for summer programs. Madison The anticipated return of a large number of students to Madison Public Schools has prompted the district to direct a portion of the $1.23 million in federal funds that the district will receive toward hiring two additional elementary school teachers on one-year contracts. Superintendent...
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...serving also as a cocktail or spritz. Lately, my habit has been to drive the 15 or so miles from Old Lyme to The Wine Thief in Madison, where I enjoy chatting with Janine Sacco about Japanese vermouth, Nebbiolo and the Italian reds which have attracted me most for the...
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