April 2018
6th Annual “Hoops for the Homeless” to Be April 28th
The Sixth Annual Hoops for the Homeless benefit basketball tournament will be held on April 28th, 2018. The event’s website says that the event is, a three-on-three basketball tournament started in New Britain to benefit homeless youth. The event is organized by a board of local volunteers. All proceeds from this event are given to […]
Firefighters on the Scene at the April 8th Arch Street Fire
By Antonio C. Lavoy, Sr. Video Journalist
Proposal Would Bring Back Department Head Local Residency Requirement
The Council Majority Leader, Ald. Carlo Carlozzi, Jr. (D-5) and Ald. Aram Ayalon (D-3) have introduced a proposal that would bring back the requirement that city department heads be residents of New Britain. The proposed ordinance (local law) would reinstate the requirement that city department heads be or become residents of New Britain within one year […]
School System Publishes 2018-2019 School Calendar and Looks Ahead to Next School Year
Students and parents may be thinking about the end of school this June, and the beginning of summer vacation, but the school district is already preparing the next school year. As it released its calendar for the 2018-2019 school year, the Consolidated School District of New Britain wants to let people know about upcoming educational strategies that […]
Honoring Martin Luther King’s Work for a Better Future
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored in New Britain in a memorial commemoration to the great leader who was assassinated as he fought for civil rights, equality, economic equity and peace fifty years ago. The commemoration was held by the Mary McLeod Bethune Club, led by President Cheryl Niccolls. Rev. Brian Riley, […]
Ramanauskas Monument Halted
Ald. Aram Ayalon (D-3), who had been opposing plans for a monument to Lithuanian militant Adolfas Ramanauskas in Walnut Hill Park, received word from the office of Republican Mayor Erin Stewart that the plans will not be moving forward. Ayalon received word on Friday from Stewart ‘s office that Ramanauskas will not be honored with […]
Attorney Adrian Baron Seeks Donations to Support Little Poland Festival
Broad Street attorney and neighborhood leader, Adrian Baron, is asking for people to help bring about another successful Little Poland Festival, “where everyone can be Polish for the day.” The 2018 Little Poland Festival will be on April 29th. Baron has sponsored at GoFundMe fundraiser to support of the Festival. That fundraising appeal says that, Since […]
Ald. Ayalon Presses Commission to Halt to Ramanauskas Monument
Ald. Aram Ayalon (D-3) has officially requested that the New Britain Parks and Recreation Commission take up his City Council petition requesting, “a temporary halt of the building of a monument to commemorate Lithuanian militant, Adolfas Ramanauskas, until further research has been conducted to help confirm the history behind the man being memorialized.” On December 15, 2017, […]
Hartford Deputy Chief, Raul Ortiz, Proposed as New Britain Fire Chief
Hartford Deputy Fire Chief Raul Ortiz has been nominated to be New Britain’s next fire chief. Ortiz has been Deputy Chief in Hartford since December 2017. He has served as the Hartford Fire Department’s Public Information Officer and Executive Officer since 2014. Republican Mayor Erin Stewart has announced that she has nominated Ortiz and will […]
Martin Luther King: Remembering April 4, 1968
by John McNamara Contributing Columnist I remember exactly where I was on April 4, 1968. That sunny and warm Thursday, like many others in my senior year in high school, I drove to Bradlee’s Department store on the Lynnway in Lynn, Massachusetts after school to punch in for the evening shift, earning some money before entering […]