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NBHS Grad Finds Good Fit at UConn
By Kathryn M. Roy | New Britain School District at May 17, 2013 | 8:00 am |
Ariana Molokwu, another accomplished member of New Britain High School’s class of 2010, has become a productive, successful student at the University of Connecticut. Just as she did at NBHS, Molokwu has a jam-packed schedule full of classes, club meetings and activities. Molokwu is another “New Britain Success Story,” continuing to rack up accomplishments in more...
Group Wants to Buy Aquinas
By Robin Vinci at May 16, 2013 | 8:30 pm |
The City may not be able to find a buyer for the St. Thomas Aquinas building, but one group says it is interested in purchasing it. Savenewbritain.com is hoping it will eventually find funds to buy the building and make it a community center. It would use the rectory as senior housing. Many members of the group are Aquinas alumni and are not happy seeing the more...
Not a Meteorite! CCSU Professors Say it’s Still Worth Checking
By Robin Vinci at May 16, 2013 | 8:15 pm |
In the last month two pieces of meteorite have shown up in Wolcott and Waterbury, Connecticut. When Beverly Tinder woke up Sunday morning and found a strange rock in her New Britain driveway, she couldn’t help but wonder what it was and how it got there. The one inch piece of rock turned out to be slag, but Central Connecticut State University professors say you more...
NB YMCA Plans City Wide Block Party
By David Huck | Correspondent at May 16, 2013 | 8:00 pm |
Add Saturday, June 1st’s High Street Block Party to the city’s ever-growing list of annual community events. The free event will feature food, music, showcases by local groups, a petting zoo, pony rides, kids activities, and even a scavenger hunt in which participants can win an electronic tablet. There will also be various vendors set up along the street selling more...
Pathways/Senderos Helping Guide Struggling Students
By David Huck | Correspondent at May 11, 2013 | 8:00 am |
Twenty years ago, a small converted garage on Arch Street opened up to help that area’s adolescents, who are among the city’s most poverty-stricken, from falling into the multi-generational cycle of teen pregnancy. Sixty boys and girls entered through those doors that year. Two decades later, the reach of the organization, the Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy more...
Fairytale Budget, Education High Priorities
By Robin Vinci at May 10, 2013 | 8:30 am |
Thursday night’s public hearing on the budget drew two factions. One who spoke about what a fictional budget the mayor had proposed and the other to advocate funds for education. Outside the New Britain High Gymnasium, members of the Citizen’s Property Owners Association (CPOA) held up signs saying such things as “Stop the Lies” and “We want a budget; Not a more...
Neighborhood School Open House Set: YMCA Offers Daycare
By Robin Vinci at May 10, 2013 | 8:15 am |
The Board of Education announced Monday night that it would have an Open House for residents to see their new schools as part of the new Neighborhood Schools Program on June 4. All those going to new schools are invited to go to the school to see what it is all about from 6-7:30 p.m. HALS and New Britain High School are excluded. “The principals will be there to give more...
Third Education Rally Scheduled for May 22
By David Huck | Correspondent at May 10, 2013 | 8:00 am |
Calling it the “civil rights issue” of this generation, city leaders will rally city residents on Monday, May 22 for a push to combat education inequality. The rally, the third time it has been held, will feature an array of speakers, along with musical performances by Tropical Storm and a show choir. Several hundred people are expected. It will begin at 6 p.m. more...
Hot Spot Rules Still Being Discussed
By David Huck | Correspondent at May 3, 2013 | 8:15 am |
City Refuses to Provide List of Exempt Properties City officials are still reviewing hundreds of different emergency response situations to determine what types of calls would be flagged as a nuisance under the hot spot fee ordinance that it plans to begin soon. Currently there are hundreds of different police codes used by officers to designate on police reports what more...
CPOA Considers Lawsuit
By Editor at May 3, 2013 | 8:00 am |
Calls HRA Deal Unreasonable The Citizens’ Property Owners Association of New Britain says it is considering legal options in response to recently publicized deal between the Human Resources Agency and the City of New Britain. The proposed deal calls for the elimination of over $222,000 in back taxes and the permanent removal of the HRA building at 180 Clinton Street more...
