2016
Back to School Savings: Tax-Free Week Began Today!
Rhona Cohen Executive Editor While kids are enjoying their last weeks of summer, parents are thinking about what their children will need to get ready for the school year. Back to school shopping can be expensive, but will be a little less so during Connecticut’s sales tax during “Sales Tax-Free Week”. Timed every year to coincide […]
New Britain’s Tie to USA Men’s Basketball Olympic Team
By Robert Held Staff Writer Several of the city’s residents might be unaware that one of the most recognizable and well known teams at this year’s summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, has a tie to New Britain. Tom Thibodeau, born and raised in New Britain, has worked his way into becoming an assistant coach […]
A Delicious Ode to a Connecticut Icon
By Geoffrey Elterich Staff Writer The Featherweight. The TKO. The Jab. These are some of the delicious salads and sandwiches you’ll find at Willie Pep’s Corner Café. The names, and the café itself, are an homage to the legendary Hall of Fame boxer Guglielmo Papaleo, better known as Willie Pep. April Miller, Pep’s step-daughter, is […]
Common Council Votes to Sell Well Despite Protests
By Larry Clark Copy Editor On Wednesday, August 10, the New Britain Common Council voted to allow the Mayor to go into negotiations for the sale of the Patton Brook Well, despite the protest outside Town Hall before the Common Council meeting and multiple town members who spoke against selling the water asset. The vote […]
NBMAA’s Pop-Up Bar Cures Your Mid-Week Blues
By Sheridan Cyr and Olivia Jablonski Lifestyles and Managing Editors Respectively During July and August, the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA), located at 56 Lexington Ave., hosts a pop-up bar event every Thursday evening featuring a drink based on one of the works of art from the museum. The event is catered by […]
Children’s Programs at the New Britain Library
By Geoffrey Elterich Staff Writer The Children’s Department of the New Britain Public Library remains one of the best places for children’s activities in the city. At the library’s Main Branch on High Street, the Children’s Department offers a large assortment of books, a variety of fun, educational events, and a quiet place for children and […]
Basing Our Support of Democratic Candidates On the Company They Keep
By Rhona Cohen Opinion Editor There are two very consequential local democratic primaries happening in New Britain on August 9th. Local elections are hardly ever discussed anywhere in statewide media, which might lead folks to believe they are of no consequence. However, they have major and reverberating effects, both locally and nationally. New Britain […]
What’s Behind New Britain’s Upcoming “Pol-Uki” Festival?
By Olivia Jablonski Managing Editor New Britain is famous for holding Polish festivals since the city has an authentic side for Polish people in Little Poland. But aside from just celebrating Polish culture and heritage, there will be a combination of both Polish and Ukrainian in a festival called “Pol-Uki” which is hosted by a […]
EuroPlate Brings Authentic Polish Food To New Britain
By Sheridan Cyr Lifestyles Editor Most of us don’t have the financial confidence necessary to hop on a plane and travel overseas to Poland to satisfy that lingering craving for a traditional Polish plate. Luckily, New Britain’s Little Poland has captured a great deal of the country’s essence. Amidst several small nick-nack shops, grocery stores, […]
Former Central Pitcher Brown Signs Professional Baseball Contract
By Robert Held Staff Writer Former Central Connecticut State University pitcher Casey Brown has signed a professional baseball contract with the Normal CornBelters of the mid-western Frontier League. The Frontier league is similar to the Atlantic League that the New Britain Bees play in as it serves as a launching pad to help its players work […]