Airplanes have Wi-Fi. Even Connecticut’s CTfastrak commuter bus system from New Britain to Hartford gives its passengers free Wi-Fi. Commuter railroads across the US offer Wi-Fi, including Boston’s MBTA. Wi-Fi is everywhere… but not on Metro-North. So the Connecticut legislature has just budgeted $23 million to install 5G technology on...
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...and Lumaj advanced to a primary, it could weaken the chances of a Republican win against Blumenthal. Rich Sileo, a member of Thomaston’s Board of Finance, said he’d prefer to have one candidate, “especially when you’re going against someone who is an institutional candidate.” Alden Russell, from New Britain, also...
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...diverse teacher population,” State Sen. Douglas McCrory, D-Hartford, said during a debate in the Senate last week. During the debate in the House on Tuesday, State Rep. Bobby Sanchez, D-New Britain, said minority teachers currently make up about 10 to 11 percent of all teachers in the state. The bill...
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...will help address the existing racial and socioeconomic divides in the education system. State Rep. Bobby Sanchez, D-New Britain, co-chair of the Education Committee, said this was something the legislature had been discussing for years. “We’re talking about education. We’re talking about educating our children. They are the future of...
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...Britain. “It would most likely be at the expense of New Britain students that are on the waitlist to get in.” State Rep. Michelle Cook, D-Torrington, was also concerned that these “reserved seats” would lower the standards and therefore impact the success of students at technical schools. “Not every student...
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...and their tea from INI Sips in New Britain, both of which are minority-owned. “Nobody was coming out of the box saying, Hey, female owned business by two minority women, let us help you out,” said Persad. “But we had other minority-owned business owners coming to us and giving us...
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NEW BRITAIN – In a strip mall storefront packed with politicians giving bilingual speeches in Spanish and English that were dominated by calls to action to urban minority voters, the message at the opening of a Republican National Committee “community center” Wednesday was impossible to miss. “When you see us...
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...see it year after year,” said Weber, a Bristol native who now lives in Wolcott and works as an executive aide to New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart. “We need a Secretary of the State to actively investigate these allegations of voter fraud, follow up and hold people responsible if crimes...
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History is littered with “quicksand wars,” violent, perpetual conflicts exacting heavier tolls than originally forecast. Misread foes and unintended consequences become inextricable quagmires for rosy-scenario groupthink and military optimism. World War I, Vietnam, invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and America’s Civil War are prime examples, and with each new weapon...
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...Woodrow Wilson’s Creel Commission, a First World War propaganda machine, designed to transform American pacifists into war-mongers. Officials, who devised those plans, were actually targets themselves of the British Ministry of Information which was designed to convince legislators to enter the war alongside England. Britain even limited Germany’s communications with...
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...of what that means to how they price things. Isn’t it any wonder that Amazon can compete on price? Awhile back I drove through New Britain where I once lived. I hardly recognized the downtown with its empty stores and sidewalks next to a ten storey parking structure. They “built it” (the parking),...
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...Democratic candidates, State Sen. Matt Lesser of Middletown, State Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, State Rep. Hilda Santiago of Meriden, Maritza Bond, the director of public health for the city of New Haven, and New Haven Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr., have also formed exploratory committees. State Rep. Stephanie Thomas, D-Norwalk,...
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A local road salt distributor’s attempt to reverse a state permit for the redevelopment of the New London State Pier was dismissed by a Superior Court judge on Wednesday. New Britain Superior Court Judge John Cordani ruled that DRVN did not have standing to bring its appeal against the Connecticut...
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...(with only about 50% effectiveness) is already in use in Britain. COVID-19 treatment pills destroy any vestige of logic or justification for Biden’s vaccine mandates. No matter how someone contracts the virus, these pills prevent serious illness – hospitalization and death. With double lines of defense against the coronavirus –...
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...leaders in Fairfield, Rocky Hill, and New Britain have. Until Democrats in Hartford decide to act, voters in Republican-led towns can know that law enforcement in their town is supported at the local level. Voters in Manchester, West Hartford, and Glastonbury could all benefit from that leadership. When you go...
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...You’ve also got to be worried about conservation, and not overdeveloping pieces of land. They’re not making any more of it, so you don’t want to over-develop. You don’t want to stagnate either. I’ve been paying attention to a lot of what Mayor Erin Stewart is doing over in New...
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...But this presumes that chronic young offenders should remain free indefinitely, as in the New Britain case. That also makes no one safer. The Republican senators propose next-day arraignments for juvenile offenders. But an arraignment doesn’t resolve a case. The teen in the New Britain case probably had many arraignments...
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...election, two GOP candidates have thrown their hats in the ring: Dominic Rapini, a senior account manager at Apple, and Brock Weber, an aide to Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain who declined to participate in a candidate interview. The Connecticut Examiner spoke with Lesser about his campaign and priorities...
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...the Democratic party in Connecticut has ever taken Hispanic support for granted, because they have always prioritized getting Latino and Latina voices at the table.” Carmelo Rodriguez, a member of New Britain’s police commission, will serve as the organization’s vice chair, and Richard Rivera of Waterbury will serve as secretary....
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...schools evade responsibility, transferring the consequences to police, courts, welfare departments, and other agencies already overwhelmed trying to remediate educational failure. Once Waterbury’s school board voted to continue falsifying student performance, New Britain High School Principal Damon Pearce announced that his school would be closed for a few days and...
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...Saybrook. “Our real goal is to be able to have a fare system that works with everybody who we connect to, which for this combined transit system is Southeast Area Transit and four CT Transit lines – New Haven, Meriden, New Britain and Hartford – and CT Rail and Shoreline...
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...at Apple, and Brock Weber, an aide to Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain, has declined to participate in an interview. The Connecticut Examiner spoke with Brackeen about his campaign and priorities if elected. This interview has been edited for clarity. Why are you considering a run for Secretary of...
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...Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain, and Dominic Rapini, a senior account manager at Apple. The Connecticut Examiner spoke with Elliott about his campaign and priorities if elected. This interview has been edited for clarity. Why are you exploring a run for Secretary of the State? There are two major...
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...change that next fall. The two declared Republican candidates are Brock Weber, an aide to Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain, and Dominic Rapini, a senior account manager at Apple. Four Democratic candidates, State Rep. Josh Elliott of Hamden, State Sen. Matt Lesser of Middletown, Rep. Hilda Santiago of Meriden,...
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...the State since 1995. But two possible GOP candidates have thrown their hats in the ring: Brock Weber, an aide to Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain, and Dominic Rapini, a longtime Apple executive. The Connecticut Examiner spoke with Santiago about her campaign and priorities if elected. This interview has...
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...have had no new leads for years,” he said. “They’ve done multiple cold case reviews. The people in the State’s Attorney’s office who oversee the cold case reviews agreed with them that there were no new leads to follow. There was no stone they had left unturned.” A cold case?...
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...to the polls and support Democratic values. What municipal races are you watching this fall? I think New Britain is a place that could actually flip. It has a large Democratic population, and our candidate, State Rep. Bobby Sanchez, is well-known beyond just his district. He has a good reputation,...
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...of historical harm to repair, like in the aftermath of Mark Boughton’s 287 (g) program which deputized local law enforcement officers as immigration enforcers. We’re also very excited about the New Britain mayoral race. Erin Stewart is a difficult person to beat, and there were three very well-qualified candidates running...
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American history taught in high schools today remains diplomatic cherry-picking. Often omitted are dark sides of manifest destiny’s “divine sanctioning” on which U.S. expansionism rests. Except for the Seven Years’ (i.e. “French and Indian”) War fought for global primacy between France and Britain in North America (1754-63), little else between...
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Veronica DeLandro is challenging four-term incumbent Erin Stewart for Mayor of New Britain this November. Other Democratic challengers include State Rep. Bobby Sanchez, D-New Britain and activist Alicia Hernandez. In 2019, Stewart, a Republican, won reelection handily, with 6,013 votes compared to Democrat Chris Porcher’s 3,592, and Independent Devione Tanksley’s...
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