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Community Leaders Have Many Good Wishes for 2015
By City Journal Staff at December 24, 2014 | 9:45 am |
Each year the New Britain City Journal asks leaders across the City and this year some from Berlin their wishes for the New Year. Following are their replies. • “My wish is that 2015 be a year filled with hopefulness and joy for the people of New Britain; that we continue to work together, regardless of party, to move our great City forward; that the pride more...
Warm the Children Clothes Local Kids
By Chris Seymour | Correspondent at December 24, 2014 | 9:00 am |
The charitable organization Warm the Children—which annually takes needy New Britain families out shopping to purchase warm winter clothes for kids ages 3-10—is seeking donations so that it can meet its annual goal of collecting $40,000-$45,000 to help cloth city kids this winter. “Our goal is to raise $40,000 to $45,000 per year and we currently have raised more...
City Person of the Year
By Robin Vinci | Editor at December 18, 2014 | 6:45 pm |
The New Britain City Journal asked their Facebook group members who they thought the New Britain Person of the Year was. There were many good answers with a large number of candidates. Leading the way was Mayor Erin Stewart who received the most endorsements. “Mayor Erin Stewart got us on track to get out of a fiscal mess, and restored hope to New Britain,” more...
Wreaths Across America Honors Vets
By Robin Vinci | Editor at December 18, 2014 | 6:30 pm |
Around 100 people turned out to Fairview Cemetery Saturday culminating a months-long fundraising effort spearheaded by the Disabled American Veterans, Hardware City Chapter 8 to bring the national Wreaths Across America movement to New Britain for the first time. More than 1,350 red bow-adorned holiday wreaths arrived in New Britain from the Maine-based non-profit more...
City Is Home to One of Oldest Christmas Tree Traditions
By Amy Melissa Kirby | New Britain Historical Society Director at December 18, 2014 | 6:15 pm |
It was a cool December day that found Mrs. Elise Traut walking up Arch Street to her home. It was 1912, and while Mrs. Traut did own an automobile, walking was customary, if not preferable to driving on the muddy streets of New Britain. The city was booming – the factories were at their peak, the roads were crowded with automobile and horse-drawn wagons, and the more...
Giant Step Forward
By Robin Vinci | Editor at December 11, 2014 | 6:30 pm |
Ice Cream Among New Projects New Businesses may soon be popping up in New Britain. As the CTFastrak Project comes closer to completion, businesses across the country are calling the Mayor’s Office inquiring about what space is open in the City. “We have been getting a lot of inquiries and giving a lot of tours of the City lately. There are a lot on a weekly more...
Rebuilding the City’s Credit
By David Huck | Correspondent at December 11, 2014 | 6:15 pm |
The Common Council decided on Wednesday night to refinance $40 million in debt in a move that a financial consultant said would help go towards rebuilding the city’s credit rating. The debt stems from $108 million that was issued in 1998 to pay for outstanding pension obligations. Part of that debt structuring featured variable financing rates which were more...
Chamber’s Annual Meeting & Dinner a Success
By Chris Seymour | Correspondent at December 11, 2014 | 6:00 pm |
The 101st Annual Meeting & Dinner of the Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce honored several outstanding citizens in the local business community last month. Those honored at the Annual Meeting & Dinner—a sold out gathering of 350 that took place Nov. 20 at the CCSU Student Center Ballroom—included Vic and Betty Fumiatti, who received the more...
First in a Decade
By Matthew Cannata | Sports Correspondent at December 4, 2014 | 6:30 pm |
In 2004, the seniors on this year’s New Britain High School Golden Hurricanes football team were running around on playgrounds in elementary school while the sophomores and juniors on the team were just starting their schooling career. Head Coach Tebucky Jones was playing for the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League, where he racked up 78 tackles and more...
Shop Local First
By Robin Vinci | Editor at December 4, 2014 | 6:15 pm |
It may be a bit easier to park and shop at one of the malls, but shopping locally is not only good for the economy, it may also help you get hard to find items and a bargain if you know where to look. Local small stores in New Britain and Berlin boast a number of items at prices you may not find at the big retailers. Amato’s Toy and Hobby, 283 Main St., has more...
