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14 January, 2025
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Gingerbread House Making at the New Britain Youth Museum Dec 28th

The New Britain Youth Museum will celebrate the holiday season with a gingerbread house making event on December 28, 2017. The event will offer the chance to create a gingerbread house and decorate it with an assortment of candy. โ€œEach child will be provided with frosting, graham crackers, and candy,โ€ says the Museum in its [โ€ฆ]

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โ€œItโ€™s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Playโ€ at the Hole in the Wall Theater Dec 15, 16 & 17

Just in time for the holidays, the Hole in the Wall Theater is showing its production of โ€œItโ€™s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Playโ€, a theatrical production of the beloved, heartwarming movie. The Hole in the Wall invites people to, Come and see the same heartwarming, holiday tale of George Bailey youโ€™ve watched on [โ€ฆ]

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Council Leader Calls Special Meeting for Presentation From Cityโ€™s New Borrowing Consultant

The City Councilโ€™s newly elected President Pro-Tempore Eva Magnuszewski (D-AL) has called a special meeting of the Council to hear a presentation by the cityโ€™s borrowing consultant, Mesirow Financial. The meeting will be held on Monday, December 11, 2017. The city warrant calling for the special meeting does not state the purpose of the purpose of [โ€ฆ]

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PAL โ€œLittle Ninjasโ€ Karate Program Accepting Registrations

The New Britain PAL Karate Program has announced its newest program, โ€œLittle Ninjasโ€ karate. The Little Ninjas karate program will instruct children ages three to six in karate skills and concepts. โ€œStructured 30 minute classes,โ€ PAL says, will, โ€œgive the opportunity for students to learn karate in a fun environment.โ€ Classes will start on January 26, 2018. [โ€ฆ]

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2018 League of Women Voters Legislative Brunch Jan 6th

The New Britain Area League of Women Voters will hold its 2018 Legislative Brunch on January, 6, 2018. The League of Women Voters holds their Legislative Brunch before the upcoming state legislative session to give members of the League and the public the opportunity to ask questions and hear legislators comments about upcoming issues. The [โ€ฆ]

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Youth Museum at Hungerford Park โ€œKids Night Outโ€ Dec 16th

The New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park will hold a โ€œKids Night Outโ€ program on the evening of Saturday, December 16th, 2017. The Museum invites parents to, โ€œDrop the kids off at the nature center for an evening of fun.โ€ The event is for children ages three to twelve. The program runs from 5:00pm [โ€ฆ]

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Northend Elementary Students Collect Food Pantry Donations

Students at Northend Elementary School collected food donations during the month of November, 2017 to benefit people in need in the community. The nearly 1,000 items of non-perishable food were collected for the work of the Osgood Avenue Food Pantry. The food drive was organized by teachers Jennifer Welch and Dawn Mitchell. The Consolidated School District of [โ€ฆ]

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Chair of Chamber Board Employing Timothy Stewart Works for Erin Stewart

Just how much distance is there between City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce?  This question has begun to come under scrutiny, as accusations of racism and calls to remove Timothy Stewart from the Chamber Presidency rise in the wake of public outrage created by the former Republican Mayor.  The intense public outrage followed a comment by Timothy [โ€ฆ]

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NAACP Calls on Timothy Stewart to Resign from Chamber Presidency and City Commissions

By the NAACP New Britain Branch #2006 Yesterday, the New Britain Branch of the NAACP #2006 Officers and Executive Board met. We call for the removal of Mr. Timothy Stewart as President of the Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce. Stewart must resign from his position for the derogatory remarks made on Facebook towards a [โ€ฆ]

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โ€œRagtimeโ€ at Connecticut Theater Company, Dec 8 to Jan 14

The Connecticut Theater Company will open its production of โ€œRagtimeโ€ on December 8th, 2017. The Theater describes the play as, At the dawn of a new century, everything is changingโ€ฆ and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together โ€” that of a [โ€ฆ]