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…
Redding Democrats held their annual Century Club on Sunday under a crisp, early-autumn sky. Guests came to hear from the Democratic candidates on this year’s ballot, with Congressman Jim Himes and Senator Richard Blumenthal kicking off the fundraising event in preparation for the election on November 6th. Himes and Blumenthal spoke about the many pressing issues in Washington, and their work to protect the rights of every American, including minorities, women’s issues and the seriousness…
National, state and local candidates came together to march in Newtown’s annual Labor Day parade this weekend. Democrats are proud of the party’s roots in the labor movement — but the regressive policies of the right mean we have a fight on our hands. With an all-out assault on unions and all working Americans by the Republican Party, we must vote the Democratic line November 6th! Photo Credit: Paula Darlington
Please join our Democratic candidates this Saturday for our hike at Huntington State Park, meeting at 10am for coffee, bagels and doughnuts, with a hike set for 11am; or this Sunday at the Redding Ridge Market from 9-11 am!
The Democratic Town Committee held its regular meeting on Thursday, September 28th, where three officers were elected to their positions: Selectman Peg O’Donnell will serve as Treasurer, following the resignation of Sara Sobel earlier in the week; Vice Chair Mary Ann Carman has replaced Daniel Barrett as Secretary; and Daniel Barrett will serve as Chair, following the decision by Mark Lewis to resign from that role. Mike D’Agostino and Margi Esten will serve as…
Ed Miller edged out Mark Lewis by 13 votes to win the Democratic Primary for Redding Board of Finance Tuesday, Sept. 12. Miller earned 256 votes to 243 for Lewis. A total of 499 Redding Democrats cast ballots.
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