Hartford City Council Casts Symbolic Vote Against ‘Buckley v. Citizens United’
By Molly Callahan, Staff Writer HARTFORD—Residents packed City Hall on Monday to show support for a reversal of a recent Supreme Court decision that allows corporations to pump unlimited cash into election campaigns. In a unanimous decision Monday night, the City Council voted to support a resolution to overturn the Supreme Court decision of Buckley [...]
Kelley Williams-Bolar’s Father Dies in Prison
By Ann-Marie Adams, Staff Writer HARTFORD – Kelley Williams-Bolar has her freedom papers. But she lost her dad, Edward Williams, late Wednesday. Williams, 65, died in prison from a broken heart, said the mother who was charged with grand theft in 2010 after she enrolled her two daughters in the Copely-Fairlawn school district, where her father [...]
Education Report Card: Achievement Gap Lingers
By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas HARTFORD – Connecticut received its report card Thursday on how well its students are learning science, and it’s not a pretty picture. Scores from the U.S. Department of Education show that on national science tests, the achievement gap between low-income Connecticut students and their more affluent peers continues to be the largest in the nation. The [...]
Trinity College Inaugurates Film Festival
HARTFORD – Twenty-three short films by undergraduates across the country were screened at Cinestudio on Saturday at the inaugural Trinity Film Festival. The prestigious film panel praised the quality of the works at an awards reception following the screenings, before choosing their top selections: University of the Streets (Prequel) by Bryan Felber (New York University) took the top [...]
Gov. Malloy Announces Small Business Program
16 May 2012
HARTFORD — A Hartford company is one of the first five businesses to qualify for help from the state’s Small Business Express Program. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday announced that five Connecticut small businesses including Minuteman Press in Hartford. Capitol Printing Co., Inc., doing business as Minuteman Press, is investing $94,866 of company funds and [...]
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Hartford School Chief Pushes Milner Closing
15 May 2012
By Molly Callahan, Staff Writer HARTFORD—Milner Elementary School in the North End inched closer to closing its doors to neighborhood children—for good. Claiming Milner Elementary as its lowest-performing school, the Board of Education on Tuesday approved plans to create a Turnaround Response Team to “fix” the school. The response team, which will work in partnership [...]
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Elizabeth Esty To Challenge Donovan
14 May 2012
WATERBURY– Congressional candidate and former State Representative Elizabeth Esty on Monday won an automatic spot on the Democratic primary ballot at the 5th District Democratic Convention. With the support of 20 percent of the delegates, Esty exceeded the number of votes needed to get on the ballot and will go on to face Speaker Chris [...]
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Gov. Malloy Appoints New Nonprofit Liason
13 May 2012
HARTFORD – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday named his Nonprofit Liaison, the state’s advocate for nonprofit community providers: Alyssa Goduti. The cabinet-level position was established by Governor Malloy last year and functions at the same level as a commissioner of a state agency. She will begin June 4. “Our state’s future depends on having a quality [...]
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Chris Murphy Secures Democratic Nod
12 May 2012
NEW BRITAIN—Chris Murphy won an overwhelming majority of delegate votes on Saturday at the Democratic State Convention with more than 70 percent of the votes. Murphy garnered 1,378 out of 1,842 delegates to secure the Democratic nomination for the United State Senate. “It’s been a long time since a statewide convention delivered this kind [...]
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Samba Fest Brings Crowd to Hartford
11 May 2012
HARTFORD — In 2007, Eric Galm created and directed Samba Fest at Trinity College. It has grown in scope every year since. The Trinity samba ensemble, also directed by Galm an Associate Professor of Music at Trinity, has performed at the event each year, and Summit Steel, a new student steel drum group, made their [...]
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State Schedules Another School Lottery
10 May 2012
HARTFORD — In an effort to meet a school desegregation mandate, the state Department of Education will hold another school choice lottery to fill 500 seats in Greater Hartford magnet schools. The deadline to submit application is May 25. State officials said families in Hartford, Bloomfield, Manchester and Enfield should send applications to the Regional [...]
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Northeast La Raza Re-Elects Yanil Terón
09 May 2012
Hartford — Yanil Terón, Executive Director of the Center for Latino Progress, was reelected to a second three-year term as the Northeast Representative of the National Council of La Raza Affiliate Council. The National Council of La Raza is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities [...]
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