Southington Observer Opinion and Letters To the Editor Section
It isn’t often that a sports team truly surprises us, even though Cinderella seasons are talked about so much that they have become cliché. But this year’s American Legion baseball team’s championship run was as surprising as they come. To…
To the editor: We at Southington Community Services would like to thank Villari’s Martial Arts for donating 245 boxes of cereal to our food pantry. This is the third year in a row that we have received cereal from Villari’s…
To the editor: I am urging all my friends and neighbors who are registered Democrats to vote for Dagmara Scalise for state senator in the Aug. 14 primary for state senator. Scalise is a well-respected, rising star in Southington and…
To the editor: Connecticut’s minimum wage is $10.10, which is one of the highest in the country. Only Washington DC ($11.50), Massachusetts ($11), Washington ($11) and California ($10.50) are higher. At various points during the past legislative session, there were…
The 7-0 approval of the town seal ordinance finally put to rest a long-standing issue that has come up during each of the last two municipal elections. Or does it? In 2015, the Southington Republican Town Committee got their hands…
The irony wasn’t lost on us last year as we watched 2017 Little Miss Sunshine Layla Compolo dodging puddles during a sprint through the rain at last year’s Taste of Southington. All day, Marie Secondo was holding her breath during…
This week, we were able to sit down with the new director of the Southington Public Library, and it was so good to see the passion, energy, and dreams of a rookie library executive in Southington. We had almost forgotten…
To the editor: I am writing to comment on the article concerning Bradley Memorial Hospital. It was well written and informative. I was chief of general surgery for over 40 years and was chief of staff for several years at…
A Step Saver front page from April 13, 1988 slowly yellows in its frame at our front entrance on Spring Street. It’s hard to believe that it was just over 30 years ago that the small, weekly shopper celebrated its…
To the editor: In 2014, after the community united to protest Hartford HeathCare’s plans for Bradley Hospital, our hometown hospital, concessions were made and an agreement was reached. What really happened was we ended up with a “MASH” unit ,…
