Pep Rally For High-Speed Rail

State and federal elected officials gathered in Hartford to discuss the future of high speed rail in New England today.

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Old Hotel Could Become New Apartments

(Photo: Hartford.gov)

This long-vacant hotel at the center of downtown Hartford’s Constitution Plaza may soon have a new use.

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Hartford City Council To Pick New Treasurer

You’ll recall that the city council has a few vacancies to fill.  Although it’s still unclear whether the seven remaining council members can agree on two council appointees to fill the spots of Matt Ritter (he was elected to the state legislature) and Veronica Airey-Wilson (she retired from city service under the city’s recent retirement incentive program), there’s another one — the city treasurer.

Kathleen Palm Devine also left her elected seat when she took advantage of the retirement incentive program.  Now it looks like the city council may have chosen Adam Cloud to fill that spot. The summary of the resolution is below (thanks to Hartford 2000).

Appointment of New Treasurer – The Council will vote on a resolution appointing Assistant City Treasurer Adam M. Cloud as Treasurer of the City of Hartford effective February 2, 2011.  The retirement of City Treasurer Kathleen Palm Devine will leave a vacancy in the elective office of City Treasurer.  The City’s Charter provides that the City Council shall appoint a successor in the case of a vacancy in an elective office. (Item #35)

Murphy Gets In The 2012 Senate Race

Congressman Chris Murphy says he, too, will be running in the 2012 election to replace U-S Senator Joe Lieberman.

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On All Things Considered: Connecticut Jewish Group Stuck In Zoning Deadlock

Here’s a Hartford story from WNPR  that aired tonight on the national broadcast of All Things Considered.

Researchers: Hartford Parents Often Choosing Poorly Performing Schools

Education researchers in the school reform movement came to Hartford this week to present a study of the city’’s  advances and challenges.

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Grocery Store Coming To Downtown Hartford

Hartford 21 and the XL Center (Photo: Hartford 21)

Hartford may soon have what officials call the holy grail of development — a big, downtown grocery store.

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What Segarra Stands For…?

Segarra Earlier in 2010

So we were at a speech the mayor gave this morning before the MetroHartford Alliance.  We’ll have a story on some of that later.

But as we were listening along, we wondered — did he really say what he just said?  Did he really say his administration stands for abuse of power? And, it turns out, he did. And he said more.  And it’s kind of funny.

Actually, it’s really funny.

For the record, we’re guessing he forgot to add an important word like “doesn’t.”  It’s still funny.

Roldan To Run For City Mayor. Or Maybe Treasurer.

State Rep. Kelvin Roldan (photo housedems.ct.gov)

Here’s his press release.  We’ll have a story later today.

Worth mentioning — Roldan is swinging at Mayor Pedro Segarra.  Note the paragraph in bold.

UPDATE: Here’s the story.

Song, Speech, Guns And Choppers Mark Gov. Malloy’s Inauguration

Before he was sworn in, Governor Dan Malloy was treated to a short parade to the state armory.

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