Racial Justice Coalition Leads Call for Housing Action
The New Britain Racial Justice Coalition led an event, with City Council members and activists to call for action to address housing costs, unavailability and poor living conditions. Coalition Director Alicia Strong was joined by housing activists in calling for more action to make housing available and direct the community’s resources help city residents. Joining […]
Police Blotter Data Appears to Show Many Latinos as White
Police blotter lists published by the city appear show list most Latinos arrested as white, listing ‘race’ but not ethnicity. The police blotter lists published by the city that have this demographic information appear to show that 73% of the people arrested in the periods covered by these reports were white and 27% were Black. […]
Winter Solstice Show at CCSU Planetarium
“The year is coming to an end and it is time to celebrate!” the CCSU Planetarium says, “Join us in the CCSU planetarium while we explore the time and astronomical roots of the celebration now knows as Christmas.”
Hearing On Batterson Park Study Set For Thursday (12/7) At NBPD Community Room
A public hearing on the feasibility of Batterson Park’s revitalization as a state park will be held Thursday, December 7th at 6:30 p.m. at the New Britain Police Department’s Community Room, 10 Chestnut Street. The CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is taking public comments on the study at three separate meetings in Farmington (December 4), Hartford […]
Diaspora Multicultural Society Holding “Adult Holiday Pajama Jam” Event
The Diaspora Multicultural Society, Inc. is hosting an “Adult Holiday Pajama Jam” Event” event.
New Britain Public Library Hosting Documentary Screening of “Narratives of Modern Genocide”
New Britain Public Library is hosting a screening of the documentary film “Narratives of Modern Genocide”
“Yule Ball”, New Britain Museum of American Art’s Holiday After Dark Party
The New Britain Museum of American Art is hosting a Yule Ball Museum After Party.
Flooding in New Britain – The Role of the Shrinking Permeable Spaces
This year flooding hit New Britain hard. Flooding has been experienced in Roxbury Rd, Newberry Street, Allen Street, Overlook Ave, and McKinley Drive causing residents to speak in front of the common council demanding solutions. But flooding is by no means new in New Britain. The most susceptible area for flooding in New Britain is […]
Community Meetings and Event in New Britain, Dec 4th to 10th
in New Britain, Connecticut, from Monday, December 4, 2023 to Sunday, December 10th, community events and meetings include, The New Britain Progressive, a publication of the New Britain Independent Newspaper, Inc. is free to read and community supported. http://newbritainprogressive.com. Please feel free to help the New Britain Progressive with a donation, and you are invited […]
Housing Insecurity in New Britain a Growing Problem That Needs to be Addressed
In September 2021 the US department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $2.2 million to the city of New Britain for a new grant called HOME-ARP. This grant was part of the $1.9 trillion that congress allocated for the American Rescue Plan to stimulate the economy, especially in poor communities who suffered most from the […]