Another addition to the list of problems we shouldn't need a law to solve concerns nepotism hirings at the municipal level. Ideally, public officials would avoid even the hint of a conflict on such   Read More »

The Commodore Hull Bridge that carries Route 8 vehicular traffic over the Housatonic River between Derby and Shelton remains on schedule for a planned and very welcomed rehabilitation in two years.   Read More »

Thumbs up to Debbie Rusatsky, a seventh-grade literature teacher at St. James Roman Catholic School in Stratford for receiving the 2008 Joseph Zola Holocaust Award.   Read More »

Passing a town budget is usually a contentious process, so the last thing anyone needs is confusion added to the mix. In Seymour, town officials appear ready to move away from a system that was   Read More »

One of the finer achievements of the 2008 General Assembly was passage of legislation that would allow municipalities, nonprofit groups and small businesses to join the state employee health   Read More »

It's likely that most Connecticut realtors don't remember — or never heard of — the Brezhnev Doctrine. But the policy that no nation would be permitted to leave the Soviet-controlled   Read More »

In response to Edward Tamas, a critic of the Milford schools, and to all who blame Milford's public schools for their tax woes, the cuts Tamas proposed not only would be mostly illegal —   Read More »

This is in response to Lisa Warren's comments about the approved new artificial turf at Bunnell High School in Stratford. First and foremost, let's get the facts straight.   Read More »