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Annual Winter Fest Planned by New Britain Youth Museum & Hungerford Nature Center
The New Britain Youth Museum & Hungerford Nature Center is planning its annual Winter Fest for 2025. The New Britain Youth Museum & Hungerford Nature Center says, WinterFest is fast approaching ❄️Join us for our 2nd Annual WinterFest on February 8th, 2025! ✨-Warm up by the Bonfire for Storytime 🔥 with some S’mores and Hot […]
Allen St. Drainage Improvements and Reconstruction – Presentation #29 to our New Britain City Officials
To: Allen St. Flooding Victims, Concerned Citizens, City and State Officials, My wife Sharon and I have been campaigning since September of 2023 to correct the infrastructure problems related to the Allen St. Storm-Sewer System in our neighborhood. This system serves 177 acres of developed, congested, residential neighborhoods.
New Britain Public Library Hosting Game Night Social
The New Britain Public Library is to host a “Game Night Social”. The Library says, New to the area and looking to meet new people who like to play board games? Have an established gaming group and are looking for a new spot to play? Join us on the last Wednesday of the month for […]
Martin Luther King and the Economic and Social Bill of Rights
By Tim O’Brien Editor’s note: The following commentary is a republication of an article originally published personally by the author in 2014. This weekend, our nation, state and communities celebrate and remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his accomplishments. It is a time when I have always felt inspired by his work, […]
Community Events and Meetings in New Britain from Jan 20th to 26th
In New Britain, community meetings and events from today to Sunday, January 26, 2025 include
City Council Leaders, Legislators To Hold Constituent Meeting January 25th
Common Council leaders from New Britain’s Wards Four and Five will hold a constituent meeting on Saturday, January 25th, with the city’s state legislators to discuss municipal and state issues. The meeting will be held at Spottswood A.M.E. Church, 25 Crestwood Lane from 10 a.m. to noon. Common Council Majority Leader John McNamara (D-4) and […]
Allen St. Storm-Sewer Project: City of New Britain Claims Process
To: Allen St. Flooding Victims, Concerned Citizens, City and State OfficialsAs flooding victims participating in the claims process we submit the following:
Rep DeFronzo Appointed to Key Legislative Committees; Community Meeting to be Held with Council Members and Legislators
Newly elected State Rep David DeFronzo (D-26) has announced that he has been appointed to several key legislative committees in his first term. Rep DeFronzo is to serve on the legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, as well as the Education Committee and the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee. “I am honored to be appointed to […]
Ndaba Mandela, Grandson of Nelson Mandela to Speak at CCSU’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium & Day of Service
Central Connecticut State University has announced that Ndaba Mandela, grandson of the celebrated human rights activist Nelson Mandela, will speak at the University’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium & Day of Service as Keynote Speaker. CCSU says that, “As co-founder and chairman of the Mandela Institute for Humanity, Mandela aims to teach Nelson Mandela’s […]
Queen Ann Nzinga Center Hosting Open House and Celebrating Chinese New Year
The Queen Ann Nzinga Center is hosting an Open House, “to learn about our program for kids ages 5-17.” “Our multicultural program empowers youth through arts and humanities workshops and features music, dance, visual arts, theater, creative writing, traditional crafts & more!” the Center says. The event is to be Saturday, January 25, 2025, from […]
Community Events and Meetings in New Britain from Jan 13th to 19th
In New Britain, community meetings and events from today to Sunday, January 19, 2025 include
Rep Dave DeFronzo Takes Office Representing New Britain’s 26th District
State Rep Dave DeFronzo (D-26) was sworn into office for his first term after being elected in last November’s election. “I am grateful to the voters of New Britain who supported my candidacy,” Rep DeFronzo said, “and I am eager to get started.” DeFronzo is the successor to former Rep Peter Tercyak (D-26), who retired […]
Friends of the New Britain Public Library Presenting Media and Music Bonanza
Friends of the New Britain Public Library is presenting a Media and Music Bonanza. Friends of the New Britain Public Library say, The Sale features DVDs (including Blu-Ray) of almost every genre, CDs, LPs, sheet music (some dating back to the 1920’s), songbooks, hardcover Rock and Roll books, and greeting cards for all occasions. All […]
City of New Britain and the Allen St. Drainage Improvements and Reconstruction Phase 2 Project #4166. Our 28th Presentation.
All of our recent storm-sewer flooding updates and narratives with photos and documents are published on-line in the New Britain Progressive’s Flooding Series. To: Mayor Stewart, Chief of Staff Dorsey and Our Alderpersons: As Mayor Stewart noted back in 2013, “The Allen St. Project is our most pressing need. The Allen St. Project is critical […]
Rep Bobby Sanchez Announces Candidacy for Mayor
Surrounded by dignitaries and cheering supporters, New Britain Democratic State Rep Bobby Sanchez (D-25) announced that he is running to be Mayor of New Britain. Speaking to a crowd of 200 cheering Sanchez supporters, Lt Gov Susan Bysiewicz (D) introduced Sanchez, saying that she and Gov Ned Lamont (D) were endorsing his candidacy. She praised […]
Neighborhood Activists Repeat Lamont Drainage Improvement Funding Request
January 7, 2025 2ND REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNOR Dear Matt Brokman, Governor Lamont’s Chief of Staff This is our 2nd effort to contact the governor. He did not respond to the letter (noted below) which we sent him 12-2-24 via FedEx. We are all very busy with our personal and professional lives, however, […]
New Britain Rep Bobby Sanchez to Announce Candidacy for Mayor
Rep Bobby Sanchez (D-25) is set to announce that he is running Mayor of New Britain this week. Sanchez, who has represented New Britain’s Twenty-Fifth Assembly District in the state House of Representatives since 2011, has organized a campaign committee to seek the highest office in the city. Retiring State Rep Peter Tercyak (D-26) is […]
It’s Time For State To Address Stormwater Crisis In More Hard Hit Neighborhoods
State Aid Needed To Implement Allen Street Capital Improvements In New Britain By John McNamara The damage to homes and properties caused by intense rains has accelerated over the last two years in New Britain and other communities across Connecticut. Public stormwater and sewer systems built a century ago are routinely overwhelmed whenever a hard […]
Community Events and Meetings in New Britain from Dec 30th to Jan 5th
In New Britain, community meetings and events from today to Sunday, January 5, 2025 include
Top Ten Stories of 2024
As we get ready to start 2025, the New Britain Progressive editors look back at some of the important stories the New Britain Progressive covered in 2024, and also news analysis and opinion published in the New Britain Progressive during the year, that are this year’s Top Ten Stories of 2024. If you would like […]