He’s Making a List and Checking It Twice….

26Nov08

No, not Santa…
Ex-chief leads student residency dragnet
By RICHARD WEIZEL
Staff writer
Updated: 11/25/2008 10:41:19 PM EST
STRATFORD — Retired Police Chief Michael Imbro has been hired by the Board of Education to revamp and upgrade the school district’s aggressive program cracking down on out-of-town students from attending town schools.
Imbro, 63, who retired as police chief nearly two years [...]

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Tags: Miron, Imbro

Bag Men at Biagio’s

24Nov08

It’s that time again. Miron needs more money. A fund raiser for his re-election will be held at Biagio’s Osteria in Ryder’s Lane, Stratford. The price? $375 per person. No checks! Those can be traced. Just make your donation in small unmarked bills (making sure the serial numbers are not in sequence). Place your “donation” [...]

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Tags: Buturla, Miron, Money

Flower Power!

22Nov08

Cops: Florist was no shrinking violet
By DANIEL TEPFER
Staff writer
Updated: 11/21/2008 11:17:00 PM EST
STRATFORD — An elderly florist should have tried saying it with flowers.
Instead, Edward Dillon, 70, was arrested after police said he punched an officer during a dispute over parking.
Dillon, the owner of Dillon’s Florist Shop on Main Street, was charged Thursday with assault [...]

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Tags: Miron, Loschiavo. Dillon

Town Employees Finally Win One

19Nov08

Stratford employee to get back job
By RICHARD WEIZEL
Staff writer
Updated: 11/19/2008 02:32:34 PM EST
STRATFORD — Leaders of the municipal supervisors’ union are hailing a state Department of Labor decision ordering the town to restore Rosalyn Dupuis to her job as the assistant assessor, saying the order further proves their claims of “union busting” by town officials.
Dupuis, [...]

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Cops Get Skunked

19Nov08

Cops: Man killed skunk with golf club
Updated: 11/18/2008 11:42:47 PM EST
STRATFORD — The groundskeeper at the Mill River Country Club has been arrested after police said he beat a skunk to death with a golf club.
Kadeem Palmer, 19, of Tomlinson Place, was charged Tuesday with cruelty to animals. He was released on a promise to [...]

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Tags: Cops, John Buturla, Skunk

Runaway Runway

18Nov08

Looking for answers about airport
Connecticut Post Staff
Article Last Updated: 11/10/2008 05:15:30 PM EST
The Sikorsky Memorial Airport Advisory Committee has completed its third and final meeting regarding the expansion of the airport runways. I attended the meeting and it was an eye-opener, to say the least.
The advisory committee won’t use the word “expansion” because members feel [...]

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Does It Come with Two Pair of Plans?

17Nov08

Arts panel calls for theater plan
By RICHARD WEIZEL
Staff writer
Article Last Updated: 11/16/2008 11:38:00 PM EST
STRATFORD — Another player has entered the continuing drama over efforts to reopen the Shakespeare Theater.
With a developer seeking an additional $600,000 to renovate the long-shuttered theater — which would raise the total cost of the project to about $3 million [...]

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The Next Guy/Gal

14Nov08

This may be a bit premature, but I thought it might be as good a time as any. I’d like to take credit, but Pat Sperling came up with it first. This is a space to debate the upcoming mayoral election season (probably sometime in January 09). Who should run? What should their agenda be? [...]

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STOP READING! Go Vote, Then Come Back.

04Nov08

When you are done voting, lean towards the monitor so I can see your “I voted today!” sticker. Then you can keep reading.

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Miron Tries to Get Union Vote

03Nov08

For those of you who don’t remember, Mayor Moron fired 6 members of the Town Of Stratford’s Surpervisor’s Union including it’s president and vice president. He then hired a consultant to conduct a punitive audit of the union president’s previous 25+ years of work. He then held a press conference declaring that there were handwritten [...]

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