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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont speaks to reporters at Gay City State Park in Hebron, Conn. on Thursday May 21, 2020. The governor held his daily COVID-19 briefing for the media at the park in advance of the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)

OPINION: Local legislators call on governor to work with General Assembly on reopening  

Governor Lamont has seized the legislature’s constitutional policy-making authority and is now singularly ruling over the people ...
 
Mary Mushinsky
By Stephen KnightThis past week, the Record-Journal did a great public service in having back-to-back columns from the two contend ...
This February, the legislature opened on a hopeful note. We had achieved a balanced state budget and filled the Rainy Day Fund. We ...
FILE - In this March 23, 2019 file photo, Bridgewater Associates Chairman Ray Dalio speaks during the Economic Summit held for the China Development Forum in Beijing, China. On Friday, April 5, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced that Dalio and his wife Barbara, of Greenwich, Conn., are donating 100 million to support public education and new businesses in some of Connecticut
Ray Dalio took to Twitter over the weekend, doubling down on his stance that the Partnership for Connecticut ended because of a “d ...
FILE PHOTO – James Thompson left and Mike Freda both of North Haven talk with Wes Ulbrich of Ulbrich Steel Saturday during the 1st Annual Quinnipiac Chamber Manufacturing Job Fair at the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford September 22, 2018 | Justin Weekes / Special to the Record-Journal
Dear fellow citizens of Wallingford,I am seeking to serve Wallingford as State Representative of Connecticut’s 85th Legislative Di ...
Gov. Ned Lamont, left, visits Wallingford Co. 1 on North Main Street with Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr. right, during a tour of the uptown area of Wallingford, Thurs., Feb. 28, 2019. At center is Shock Baitch, president of Wallingford Firefighters Association. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
By Stephen KnightEverywhere we go, we see or hear “We are all in this together.” For the first six weeks or so of the coronavirus ...
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Senator elect Len Suzio (middle) is congratulated by Senator Joe Markley (left) and campaign manager Tom Scott (right), after winning the 13th District special election in Meriden on Tuesday February 22, 2011. (Matt Andrew/ Record-Journal)
By Sean McDonaldWhat is it about Len Suzio that is scaring Millie Torres- Ferguson so early in the race? (R-J, 4/22). How is runni ...
The Wallingford Community Pool, Tues., Apr. 7, 2020. Construction bids for Community Pool Park were opened last week and the lowest bid came in at nearly 6.2 million. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
As I write this, we're waiting for the mayor to stop fretting over whether or not he'll veto the Council's decision to fund the re ...
Taxi driver Mor Gob, wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus, delivers boxes with prepared meals to people in need in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, April 30, 2020. More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
By Stephen KnightWell, the most unusual month that most any of us have ever spent together has drawn to a close. As of this date, ...
Editor’s note: Chris Bannister is the co-editor of the Meriden Mag, the quarterly community publication in Meriden, England. Here ...
By Stephen KnightLet’s get straight to the point: this column is written to: 1) acquaint you with the Meriden-Wallingford Communit ...
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