It was perfect weather for the Democratic Town Committee’s annual Century Club on Sunday. U.S. Congressman Jim Himes and State Senator Will Haskell enjoyed wood-fired pizza with guests, and spoke about the importance of electing Democrats for the municipal election in Redding November 5th.
Click here to enjoy edited film of the Redding Lights for Liberty Event on Channel 79
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The Democratic Town Committee lost one of our longest-serving and most loyal members at the end of April with the death of Jane Ross. Jane, who served in leadership positions in many groups in Town—most notably the Redding Land Trust and League of Women Voters—still found time to be a regular attendee and scribe for the Redding Democrats for over 20 years. She was fearless in her support for candidates who represented the best Redding,…
Our bipartisan boards worked together, and voted unanimously to put forward their budgets for the Town Referendum this spring. Please come out and support our town by voting on May 7th. Polls are open from 6am-8pm at the Community Center. For more information visit townofreddingct.org . Read the legal notice.
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REDDING — The Redding Board of Education unanimously adopted a $22.1 million budget Tuesday — a 4.69 percent increase over the current year. The Board of Finance will now review the school board’s spending plan. Read more here in the News-Times.
The Oscar-nominated documentary film “RBG” will be shown at the Mark Twain Library on Wednesday, March 20, at 6:30pm. Sponsored by the Redding League of Women Voters and the Mark Twain Library. Register here
“Edward Miner Lamont Jr., an unlikely Democratic standard bearer as a wealthy Greenwich businessman whose family tree includes titans of Wall Street and a left-wing philosopher, took office Wednesday as the 89th governor of Connecticut, a state buoyed by great wealth and burdened by decades of fiscal mismanagement. Lamont, 65, who once said he looks like a Republican and thinks like a Democrat, faces the challenge of delivering on a campaign that promised a blend…
CT Post — “Under the gold dome of the state Capitol, 149 state representatives and 33 senators took the oath of office Wednesday morning, promising to represent their constituents and the state of Connecticut in the now Democrat-dominated General Assembly.” Read more from the CT Post…