December 18, 2012
Lawmaker To Reintroduce Ban On High Capacity Magazines
by Christine Stuart | December 18, 2012 6:18pm
The gunman who carried out the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School used a Bushmaster rifle that belonged to his mother and was equipped with multiple high-capacity magazines that each contained 30 rounds of ammunition, according to state police. He had hundreds of bullets at his disposal.
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Tags: Gary LeBeau, assault weapon, Bushmaster, rifle, high capacity magazine, gun laws, dh
October 18, 2012
Walker: Our Real National Debt Is $70 Trillion
by Christine Stuart | October 18, 2012 11:59am
EAST HARTFORD — Government is currently not representative of, or responsive to, the public and we are dominated by special interests, big money, and career politicians, former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker told the East Hartford Chamber of Commerce at Goodwin College on Thursday.
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Tags: David Walker, national debt, east hartford, Goodwin College, tax rate, deficit, leadership, 46.4 percent, dh
July 10, 2012
Teachers’ Union Gets New Leadership
by Hugh McQuaid | July 10, 2012 4:11pm
Mark Waxenberg, a former East Hartford math teacher, will succeed Connecticut Education Association Executive Director Mary Loftus Levine, who retired at the end of June.
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Tags: Mark Waxenberg, teachers union, CEA
June 28, 2012
Home Health Services Company Lured Across River By State $$
by Hugh McQuaid | June 28, 2012 4:43pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Thursday that home health services company CareCentrix will become the fifth company to participate in the First Five program as it relocates from East Hartford to Hartford.
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Tags: CareCentrix, east hartford, Hartford, First Five, Malloy
May 2, 2012
Lawmakers Form Manufacturing Caucus
by Christine Stuart | May 2, 2012 12:17pm
There’s the Sportsmen’s Caucus, the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, the Rural Caucus, the Long Island Sound Caucus, and now we have the Manufacturing Caucus.
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Tags: manufacturing, East Hartford, Gary LeBeau, Vincent Candelora, Tony Guglielmo, caucus, dh
April 30, 2012
‘Average Working Class Citizen’ Makes His Pitch For The U.S. Senate
by Scott Benjamin | April 30, 2012 5:30am
U.S. Senate candidate Matthew Oakes, a Democrat from East Hartford, said he represents “the average working class citizen.”
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Tags: Matthew Oakes, U.S. Senate, Democrats, East Hartford, economy, fundraising, Scott Benjamin, dh
January 19, 2012
New Board Will Seek To Revitalize Hartford Area
by Hugh McQuaid | January 19, 2012 1:45pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the formation of a 13-member board Thursday aimed at “reigniting” the effort to encourage development in the Hartford area.
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Tags: hartford, malloy, Capital Region Development Authority, XL Center, Convention center, economic development, Hugh McQuaid
October 31, 2011
Residents Use Town Hall for Warmth, Electricity
by Hugh McQuaid | October 31, 2011 2:00pm
Of the 100 or so people who stayed at the makeshift shelter at the East Hartford Town Hall Sunday night, a few stragglers were charging their cell phones and enjoying the warmth on Monday morning.
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