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CT city mourns death of history-making mayor

Maria Madsen Holzberg, the first woman elected mayor in Middletown in 1995, has died, leaving behind a legacy of leadership, advocacy and philanthropy. Madsen Holzberg died after a brief battle with cancer at her Middletown home Middletown — the city that she so fiercely loved for nearly four decades — “]with her husband of 38 […]

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CT city has unusual way to set mayor’s salary. See what it is

Police officers and firefighters who can grab overtime and extra duty pay usually top annual municipal wage-earning lists in Connecticut. But if those public safety positions are taken out of the mix, there’s a clearer picture of what is earned by administrators who run the city of Hartford. Through a Freedom of Information request, the […]

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Want to tell Hartford’s mayor what’s on your mind? Here’s how

Mayor Arunan Arulampalam will hold what he calls community office hours on a monthly basis in areas around the city, according to his office. The sessions, to be held “across” the city, will aim to “provide opportunities for residents to share their ideas, concerns, and hopes for Hartford,” according to Arulampalam. “I’ve said from the […]

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Hartford mayor’s legacy leaving office. And what’s next.

Mayor Luke Bronin’s toughest challenge leading Hartford — pulling the city back from the brink of municipal bankruptcy — came in the early days of his administration and might get lost in two terms that were more recently dominated by a bruising, life-changing global pandemic. “It’s easy to forget — eight years on — just […]

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Hartford invited to inaugural celebrations, public forums

Hartford’s mayor-elect Arunan Arulampalam is inviting the public to take part in a series of public forums along with his inaugural celebrations as becomes the 68th mayor of the city next month. The celebrations are scheduled for Jan. 4, with a prayer service, remarks, and a celebratory ball to kick off the transition as outgoing […]

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State rep resigns in anticipation of becoming West Haven mayor

State Rep. Dorinda Borer, who is scheduled to be sworn in as the new mayor of West Haven Sunday, has submitted her letter of resignation from her General Assembly seat, according to Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas. Borer’s resignation is effective at noon Saturday, according to Thomas. Thomas said Gov. Ned Lamont has 10 […]

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CT voters head to polls Tuesday for big-city mayors, small-towns

From large cities to small, rural towns, voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide largely local issues in the off-year elections. Voters will choose the mayors of Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury and other communities as all 169 municipalities will pick their leaders. One of the most contentious races is in Bridgeport, where […]

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CT elections agency penalizes former CT mayor

The State Elections Enforcement Commission fined a former Rocky Hill leader for delivering falsified campaign contribution cards to Mayor Lisa Marotta’s 2022 campaign for state Senate, but concluded that neither Marotta nor her campaign treasurer knew about it. When Marotta’s campaign was trying to show enough private contributions to qualify for state campaign financing, Henry Vasel […]

City Council

Meriden city manager’s ‘police incident’ prompts city council meeting | #citycouncil

Meriden City Council members will hold a special meeting on Monday to discuss a recent “police incident” involving city manager Tim Coon — who took a leave of absence earlier this year following a DUI arrest in April. “City leadership and the city council are aware of a police incident involving the city manager and […]

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Moms for Liberty holding CT rally | #alaska | #politics

With an innocuous-sounding name that is unknown to many voters, a group called Moms for Liberty has been growing rapidly in influence in conservative circles and the national Republican Party. After starting in 2021 in Florida to battle against mask and vaccine mandates in public schools, the parental rights group says it has since grown […]