...count against their employer,” said Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme. “Raising it to $1,600 still doesn’t put us at the national average, but it does say that you should have real engagement with the labor market to claim unemployment.” Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, said the bill should move out of...
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...legislators want to be considered far left on taxes and spending. Some like to posture for restraint in government finance. One of these Democrats, Guilford state Rep. Sean Scanlon, House chairman of the General Assembly’s Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee, has proposed legislation to limit municipal property tax increases and to have...
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...of “cord-cutters” online advertising has become critical. Phelan estimated that his members spend between 30 and 40 percent revenues on digital advertising. Munson estimated the costs at about 30 percent for her business. “It’s the wrong tax at the wrong time,” said Phelan. State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, was more...
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...to an overall mistrust of science and pharmaceutical companies. “Obviously, social media has helped people really spread that message,” said Terranova. State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, and State Rep. Kathleen McCarty, R-Waterford, said during the March 31 meeting that they were concerned about removing children between kindergarten and sixth grade...
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...that underserved and overburdened communities get the aid they deserve, would indicate that the State of Connecticut is content with the environmental injustice that is prevalent in its inner cities,” Barratt said. State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, chair of the Environment Committee, told CT Examiner that the 50 percent set...
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...and gender in their curriculum. Guilford Public Schools, for example, have partnered with Donald Siler, an associate professor of education at the University of St. Joseph, to implement more “culturally sensitive teaching methods in the classroom.” Siler explained at a January board of education meeting that “it starts with the...
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...like social security, which lifted 90 percent of our seniors out of poverty. This is what the child tax credit will do.” In addition to this federal child tax credit, Connecticut’s state legislators are also working on a long-term child benefit of their own. State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, has...
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...make, and we can just as easily unmake it. I believe SB 1024 represents a crucial step in the right direction–toward a Connecticut that offers equal opportunity to all. — Sam Rosenthal, Guilford … The State of Connecticut is significantly segregated by income. This is morally wrong and economically self...
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Kudos to the Guilford Public Schools for addressing issues around racism as we navigate changing times. This is important work. Growing up in Guilford during the Civil rights era, I learned in school about consequential legislation like the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, but we never fully...
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...PILOT program. Matthew Hoey, first selectman in Guilford, said he supported the new funding formula for PILOT although Guilford’s PILOT funds would not largely increase under the new formula. “We understand that regionally, we are all in this together, and what is good for many communities is good for us...
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...Scanlon, D-Guilford, “to send a message.” A message that commuters will not be double taxed. A message that there will be no more “poverty tax.” A message that the legislature will — at least try — to keep its promise to reimburse municipalities. To others, however, the urgency does not...
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...of $660,000, and a mortgage from Guilford Savings Bank. “It is very, very expensive to build these types of projects and the total development cost is almost $13 million. All in, that’s inclusive of the cost to buy the property, the cost to build the property, and people often forget...
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...in two states: for where their office is located and for where they now work each day. “Even though it is a lot of money that we could use to balance the budget, we are doing the right thing and saying no,” said Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, at a press...
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Amid finger pointing over who bears responsibility for approving a new gas-fired plant in Killingly — seemingly at odds with the state’s goals for zero-carbon energy — at least one state lawmaker says she wants the legislature to stop the plant from being built. State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, has...
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...difference between providing health coverage and leaving their employees to navigate the system on their own. State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, who is also the owner of Cohen’s Bagels in Madison, said that when she started the business in 2014, she made a point of providing her employees with health...
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...departments are welcome to adapt the policy to fit their particular town. In East Lyme, for example, the power to delegate investigations resides with the First Selectman. Guilford adopted rules that empower its police commission to investigate complaints independent from — or in cooperation with — the town’s chief of...
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...weeks. Madison, Guilford, Chester, Old Lyme and East Lyme all moved into the high risk category for the first time this week. Yet not all of the towns in the red zone have experienced huge spikes in comparison to a week ago. Chester, Deep River, and Essex each experienced a...
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...still time to pre-order a bird, but time is running short. Below are a few choices in the area, including one non-turkey alternative. Gozzi’s Turkey Farms, 2443 Boston Post Rd, Guilford (203) 453 2771 www.facebook.com/Gozzis-Turkey-Farms (this link doesn’t work well!) Order ASAP by phone Price: $3.09/pound Pick up: the week...
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...helpful for the state to increase the reimbursement rates. He suggested $2.25 for breakfasts and $4.25 for lunches. Biagetti, who is the director of dining services at Guilford Public Schools, said they have also had to make changes in the type of food they purchase in order to make it...
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Green Party candidate Justin Paglino, a physician from Guilford, challenged incumbent Democrat Rosa Delauro for Connecticut’s third House district. DeLauro beat back Paglino and her Republican challenger, real estate developer Margaret Streicker, with 54.7 percent of the vote. For Paglino, his 1.4 percent of the vote counts as a win. ...
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Democrat Rosa DeLauro is running for re-election after representing Connecticut’s third district in Congress for the last 30 years. DeLauro faces Republican Margaret Streicker, an entrepreneur and single mother of four from Milford, and Green Party Candidate Justin Paglino, a physician and father of two from Guilford. After initial agreements...
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Freshman incumbent Democrat Christine Cohen is running for re-election against Republican Joe LaPorta for the 12th District’s State Senate seat, representing Madison, Guilford, Branford, North Branford, Durham and Killingworth. Cohen, who chairs the Environment Committee, and founded and co-chairs the Coastal Caucus, “a bipartisan group of lawmakers who focus on...
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...new septic system. Probably more than an addition on a house,” he said. According to State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, however, the regulations currently being considered by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection would only hold property owners responsible for spills greater than five gallons which cannot be cleaned...
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...“distressed.” “There are communities across our beautiful state that are adversely affected by polluting facilities,” said State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, chairman of the Environment Committee. “We have a responsibility to protect those communities, their home and their health.” According to the Department of Economic and Community Development, this bill...
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...Guilford report no change in calls regarding domestic disturbances. And Bridgeport reported a decrease in the number of domestic violence related calls from 2019 to 2020 in every month except April. New Britain reported a decrease in domestic violence calls from 72 in 2019 to 58 in March of this...
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...Saybrook, Essex, Clinton, Brandford and Guilford. “People have really enjoyed being able to get the food they really love from the restaurants they really love at home,” said Lauren Ashe, the director of partnership development for Shoreline Menus. Courtesy of Shoreline Menus Even with restaurants permitted to seat customers indoors...
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...towns of Chester, East Haddam and Guilford, which collect property taxes semi-annually — meaning only half of taxes are collected in July — town officials were similarly upbeat. Collection decreased from 50% to 42.5% of property taxes this year in Chester, but town tax collector Madaline Meyer said the rate was...
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...in December. Halpin argued that private insurers have been voluntarily offering payment parity, and would likely continue to do so as long as telehealth continued to be a necessity during the pandemic. Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, said that the sunset date was settled on after extensive discussions with legislative leaders...
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UPDATE: On Thursday evening, the Connecticut General Assembly passed legislation, by a vote of 142 to 4, that will cap the monthly cost of insulin, supplies and emergency insulin for people with insurance. According to State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum monthly cost for insulin...
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“We have many new customers and the phone is ringing off the hook for boat rentals which we don’t even do,” said Larry Trickett of Guilford Boat Yards. “Whoever is able to do boat rentals is making a killing this year.” After three months of stay-at-home orders and most indoor...
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