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Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Candidate Profile: Liz Linehan, 103rd State House District (patch.com) — Cheshire resident Liz Linehan is seeking re-election to represent the 103rd House District, which includes Cheshire, Hamden and Wallingford, and is emphasizing affordability and energy costs. She highlights her work bringing state funding back to Cheshire-area communities, backing fuel assistance and municipal energy aggregation, and supporting health care initiatives aimed at easing local family budgets.
2. Candidate Profile: Bob Ham, 83rd State House District (patch.com) — Voters in Cheshire's 83rd House District can learn more about local resident Bob Ham, a Republican candidate emphasizing affordability, energy costs, and business growth. Ham, a retired Naval officer and former RTC Cheshire member, outlines plans to reduce unfunded mandates, expand natural gas access, and improve the balance of state and municipal funding to help residents stay in Connecticut.
3. Cheshire lists former schools for sale with developers already showing strong interest (ctpost.com) — Cheshire officials are testing the market for the former Chapman and Darcey school properties, drawing strong early interest from developers while keeping final decisions with the Town Council. As part of a $166 million school modernization, the town has closed these older buildings and opened new Norton and Barnum elementary schools, raising big questions about future neighborhood uses, zoning, and traffic along Route 10 and Waterbury Road.
4. Drawn Between the Lines: Artistic Expression Within Incarceration (wesleyanargus.com) — Artwork created by students in a Drawing I course at Cheshire Correctional Institution is featured in a new exhibition, "Drawn Between the Lines," at Olin Memorial Library. The show traces incarcerated students' growth from sketchbook exercises to complex self-portraits, highlighting how creative practice offers reflection, escape, and personal expression within a tightly controlled environment, and it's open to visitors through early December.
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