Dear Southington’s state lawmakers: Please get back to work. Our town desperately needs a state budget, and we’re still waiting for each one of you to deliver on the promises you made during the last election. The most important thing…
There is still time before the Town Council’s Aug. 21 special meeting, so that means there is still time for cooler heads to prevail. We believe that it’s best to take a breath before a vote. Before councilors propose a…
Southington is already capturing headlines in various newspapers, and residents are being bombarded by conflicting stories and finger pointing. You guessed it. The town is officially embroiled in a controversy. It began when reports about Town Manager Garry Brumback’s retirement…
Who said that Southington can’t throw a festival without attracting a storm? Last weekend, it finally happened. The town has a long history of rain delays and cancellation when it comes to local festivals. There hasn’t been an Apple Harvest…
More than a dozen Plainville residents descended upon their town meeting last Monday to voice opposition to the town’s plan to close the gap in the Plainville-Southington section of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. It’s a sign that Plainville is…
We just simply have to have restrooms on the rail-trail, council chair Mike Riccio argued at Monday’s Town Council meeting. It isn’t in the current budget, but the council swiftly passed the plans for bathroom facilities on the Goat Island…
Thomas Jefferson said the only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics. He also said, “There is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.” For a democracy to…
It’s almost like watching a classic movie when you already know the script by heart. Timothy Connellan ripped the page right out of the superintendent’s play book when he sent a letter to parents saying that middle school sports might…
It wasn’t hard for us to imagine Thalberg fifth grader Tyler Granger, standing with a herd of elementary school kids at his bus stop, daring every passing car to try running through a puddle. When he demonstrated his “poncho umbrella”…
The current argument has been growing for more than a year between Southington’s 91 volunteer firefighters and 22 paid officers. But it’s not a new debate. Discord seems to show its ugly face whenever there’s a financial crisis. Fire departments…
