19 March, 2024
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The Dedicated Leadership of the North-Oak NRZ

By Tim O’BrienColumnist The North-Oak neighborhood is home to a lot of good, generous, sincere people – people who work together for the good of everyone. The neighborhood has been blessed for years by the leadership of the North-Oak Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ) and the core dedicated community activists who volunteer their time in it. […]

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Referendum Question 3 Obscures Charter Change On Granting Pay Raises To Elected Officials, Accelerated Water Bill Payments

By John McNamara Contributing Columnist The Common Council’s Republican Caucus Leader, Daniel Salerno, likes to preach to citizens who speak at public participation that they ought to stay, not leave after speaking on an issue, to watch the councilors “make the sausage” on selling city assets cheap, adopting a new policy or making budget decisions. […]

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Northend Elementary School Canvass Neighborhoods with Backpacks and School Supplies

By Brian K. Riley New Britain Independent Board President During the month of August, Spottswood A.M.E. Zion Church’s Bureau of Supply Missionary Society and Children’s Ministry, led by Jill Riley, Linda Kelly and Cheryl Niccols organized and collected backpacks and school supplies, which were donated to Northend Elementary School. The collected donations were delivered to […]

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Prayer for Peace March held in New Britain

By Brian K. Riley New Britain Independent Board President A group of clergy, who call themselves “The Gatekeepers”, consist of Pastors and Ministers from within the New Britain Community. They were responsible for the planning and organizing, of the Prayer for Peace March, which took place on Saturday, August 13, 2016.   Rev. Gervais Barger of […]

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CCAG’s 9th Annual Backyard BBQ Tomorrow!

News Brief Tomorrow, Saturday August 27, from 3:00 to 6:00 PM, CCAG is holding it’s 9th Annual backyard BBQ at the home of Rep. Peter Tercyak and Patricia Rehmer, 150 Belridge Rd. here in New Britain.  This fundraising event supports CCAG’s work, the grassroots campaigns, and lobbying efforts of one of Connecticut’s oldest consumer advocacy […]

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From Iron to Soup

There is never enough storage in any home built before the 1990’s, especially when you take into account that women and men now have a room dedicated to all of their clothes. When homes began being built in New Britain, women only had a few dresses and men a few suits, so closets were very […]

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Black Ministerial Alliance to Hold a Unity Service

News Brief The Black Ministerial Alliance of New Britain will hold a Unity Community Service on Friday, August 26th. The service is dedicated to the theme of “Reviving the Heart of our Community through Unity”. The Guest Preacher for  service, which will begin at 7pm, will be Supt. Dr. Ron Surrey, Pastor of New Mount Olive COGIC Church. […]

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Black Democratic Club Continues Voter Empowerment

By Tim O’Brien Columnist New Britain has a great need for dedicated advocates for voter empowerment. Our community has a very real history of voter suppression by those charged with operating our election process. That is why it is more important than ever that New Britain’s people remain highly organized to fight for their rights and […]