East Haddam will hold their second budget referendum this Thursday, June 27. Polls will be open from 6 AM to 8 PM.
Fairfield company set to propose leasing part of the city-owned Remington Rand warehouse for use as a production facility if the state legislature legalizes medical marijuana July 1 as expected.
On Monday, June 24, Senator Art Linares will be at the Mobil Station on 198 Essex Road in Westbrook to talk with drivers about the July 1 Gas Tax Hike. He wants to spread the word about the increase and get signatures on an"Axe the Gas Tax" petition.
On June 20, Senator Art Linares dropped by Haddam-Killingworth High School to watch year-end presentations of Ryan Kish's engineering class.
A report released Wednesday finds 406 bridges in Connecticut, or 1 in every 10 bridges in the state, in need of significant repair.
At Wednesday night's Special Town Meeting, East Haddam residents voted in favor of opening the referendum polls up at 6 AM. They also passed 8 either items that were on the agenda for the evening, including the merging of two East Haddam Libraries.
Officials this week will go over strategy for the impending storm season.
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, at 7 p.m.
Join us for a live lunch chat on Wednesday, June 19 from noon to 12: 45 p.m.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will decide Friday whether to allocate $470,000 in state funding toward the financing of potable water services in Tylerville.
The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities elected its Officers and Board of Directors at their Annual Meeting on June 13. East Haddam's First Selectman, Mark B. Walter, was re-elected to the Board of Directors.
A Special Town Meeting will be held in the Town Hall on Town Street in East Haddam at 8 PM, Wednesday, June 1.
Connecticut saw its most severe West Nile virus season in 2012, but fortunately, state officials have not yet found evidence of the virus in local mosquitoes, as of June 12.
After Monday night's Public Hearing, the East Haddam Board of Finance has opted to move forward with a $28,359,313 budget. After hearing from residents, the board decided to reinstate full raises to the Park & Rec Director and Tax Collector.
At Thursday night's Board of Finance Meeting, the motion to approve the new budget proposal of $28,351,214 for the 2013-2014 fiscal year passed. This would mean a mill increase of 4.49 mills and a tax increase of 3.1%.
Lawmaker for East Haddam and East Hampton jokingly notes on her Facebook page that the famous “How a Bill Becomes a Law” Schoolhouse Rock video isn’t completely accurate.
The insecticide is used to control mosquito populations.
After a two-year saga, both the House and the Senate unanimously approved a bill that repealed the controversial 2011 deal to swap state land in Tylerville for private development.
At a Special Meeting on Monday Night, Killingworth's Board of Finance opted to lower the town's mill rate by a quarter of a mill, from it's current 24.78, to 24.53, for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
Question one, concerning the operating budget, passed with 481 'yes' votes and 262 'no' votes. Question two, concerning the capital budget, passed with 477 'yes' votes and 263 'no' votes.
State Representative Philip Miller voted in favor of raising the minimum wage to $8.70 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2014 and to $9.00 effective Jan. 1, 2015. The bill has passed in the House and the Senate.
The National Hurricane Center wants you to be ready for the hurricane season, which starts June 1.
No arrests have ever been made in the investigation and most of the fired state workers have gotten their jobs back. There's also a lawsuit pending against the state from an East Haddam woman challenging her suspension.
Join State Representative Melissa Ziobron at William Gillette's yacht, Aunt Polly, for a letterboxing and kayaking adventure this Sunday, June 2.
Critics complain Malloy has taken numerous steps to keep Connecticut residents in the dark on important policy issues.
It took 231 years for 8 men from Haddam who fought in the American Revolution to be recognized for their service. Their names are now memorialized in stone.
The state Senate approved an increase in the minimum wage Thursday, May 23.
Haddam, East Haddam and Killingworth residents can register their dogs at their town clerk's office.
Cuts in unemployment benefits will impact 30,000 Connecticut residents later this month.
In a partisan vote, the House early this morning passed a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to get a Connecticut driver's license.
The measure would require genetically modified foods to have labels making it clear they are scientifically engineered.
From a press release issued by the office of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
The proposal to allow certain malt liquors, including beer, to be sold in pouches cleared the legislature recently and awaits the governor's approval.
Department of Transportation Commissioner Jim Redeker gets to meeting despite rail troubles in Fairfield-Bridgeport.
Since the shootings in Newtown state police have been swamped with applications for background checks on new pistol permits.