19 March, 2026

New Britain Racial Justice Coalition

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Local Organizations to Host Iftar Event – From Prison to Power: Black Muslim Resistance

The CT Peopleโ€™s Survival Programs (CT-PSP) and the Muslim Justice Center have announced an event, โ€œBlack History Iftar & Discussion: From Prison to Power: Black Muslim Resistance.โ€ An Iftar, organizers note, “is the evening meal during the month of Ramadan, when Muslims break their daily fast at sunset. Beyond nourishment, iftar is a sacred time […]

NAACP

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Nine Bullets Too Many

By Rhona Cohen and Olive O’Brien-Cohen Steven โ€œStevieโ€ Jones, 55 years old, died on March 4th from gunshot injuries sustained at the hands of a Hartford police officer during a mental health crisis. Famed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, the state and local NAACP, Jonesโ€™ surviving family members, and a broad swath of Hartfordโ€™s community […]

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Jr. Hurricanes to Begin 2018 Football and Cheer Registration Mar 28th

New Britain Hurricanes Youth Football and Cheerleading has announced that registration for its 2018 football and cheer programs will begin on March 28, 2018. The registration will be from 6:00pm to 8:00pm in the upper gym area of New Britain High School. The registration will be for: Tackle football, for children ages eight to thirteen […]

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Ribbon Cutting for Monument to Honor 65th Infantry Borinqueneers to be Held Apr 28th

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the monument for the highly decorated 65th Infantry Regiment, known as theย Borinqueneers, will be held on April 28, 2018 at the new city park in the unitโ€™s honor. “I am so proud that this Monument is finally at its total completion,” said State Rep. Bobby Sanchez (D-25), “and that New Britain […]

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City Council Unanimously Opposes Deportation of New Britain Family

The City Council’s leader, Ald.ย Eva Magnuszewski (D-AL) has announced that the City Council has not onlyย unanimously approved a resolution opposing the deportation of Malik Naveed bin Rehman and Zahida Altaf, but also sent a bipartisan letter to the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in support of the New Britain family. The letter was signed […]

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PAL Football and Cheer 2018 Registration Begins Mar 22nd

The New Britain Police Athletic League (PAL) has announced that registration for its 2018 season will begin on March 22, 2018. PAL says that registration will be from 6:00pm to 8:00pm on March 22nd and continue every Thursday between those hours. Registration fees, PAL says are, “$75 Before June 1st, $85 After June 1st, $100 […]

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Do New Britain Residents Really Need the Proposed “Storage Reservoir”?

Publicly available information may call into question the conclusions in the recently released report doneย for the city administration of Republican Mayor Erin Stewart by Lenard Engineering, Inc.,ย that justifies the strip mining of protected drinking watershed land by saying that increased demand for water over the next forty years would necessitate a new “storage reservoir” created […]