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Salerno proposes $22.5 million budget
By MICHAEL MARCIANO - Editor
February, 05, 2010
WINSTED — Community members and town officials met Tuesday night at Pearson Middle School to hear a summary of a proposed budget of $22.5 million for the 2010-11 school year. Superintendent of Schools Blaise Salerno invited parents and community member
Northwestern solar power system up and running
By JULIE WEISBERG - Staff Reporter
February, 05, 2010
WINSTED — After months of green engineering and construction work, Northwestern Regional High School’s solar energy system is online and producing electricity that is now being used by the district’s power grid. The project, which is managed by the Vermont-based
Board asks teachers to reopen contracts
By JULIE WEISBERG - Staff Reporter
February, 05, 2010
REGION 7 — Facing the most difficult budget season in decades, Region 7 school board members have formally asked the district’s teachers and staff unions to reopen their contracts in hopes of negotiating concessions in salary and benefits to help
Collecting clunkers for economic development
By MICHAEL MARCIANO - Editor
February, 05, 2010
WINSTED — Winsted’s Economic Development Commission (ECD) has launched its own version of the national Cash for Clunkers program to raise money for downtown development. Cash for Clunkers for Winsted is the name of the new program, which will allow
After arrest for bank break-in, actor Rip Torn to seek rehab
By Karen Bartomioli
February, 05, 2010
SALISBURY — Actor Elmore “Rip” Torn was arraigned in Bantam Superior Court Monday after a bizarre incident in Salisbury Friday night, Jan. 29. The incident will lead the Lakeville resident, who has been arrested three times since 2004 for drunk
Nader and other national politicians react to recent Supreme Court ruling
By MICHAEL MARCIANO - Editor
January, 29, 2010
WINSTED — Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader stopped by The Winsted Journal’s Main Street office last week on the heels of the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to overturn limits on corporate spending on political campaign advertising. “This
Charter Revision Commission established
By MICHAEL MARCIANO - Editor
January, 29, 2010
WINSTED — The Winchester Board of Selectmen established a new Charter Revision Commission last week for the purpose of deciding if a residency requirement for town managers should be abolished. The new board will consist of former Mayor Maryann Welcome,
Situation still severe for the Haitians
By Devon Root - Special to The Winsted Journal
January, 29, 2010
Devon Root is a native of Cornwall, and the daughter of Mike and Laurie Root. The 25-year-old graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School is a nurse and had worked in the emergency room at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford.
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