Blue Back Square’s official opening on Saturday

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — A ribbon-cutting ceremony will mark the official opening of West Hartford Center’s newest addition, Blue Back Square, on November 3 at 10 a.m.  The event will be held on Webster Walk, near the statue of Noah Webster and the West Hartford public library on South Main Street. 
   
Speakers will be West Hartford [...]

Meet the school board candidates Tuesday night

West Hartford SEPTA (Special Education PTA) is pleased
to invite everyone to one more opportunity to meet the
Board of Education Candidates, at Duffy School on
Tuesday October 30 from 7-9 pm.
This event is for everyone in the community, not just
for those interested in special education.
Please spread the word!  Attached is a flyer you can
reproduce.
Don’t be complacent…
 Show your [...]

Courant endorses six Democrats for town council

Here’s the Courant’s editorial today:
October 19, 2007
WEST HARTFORD
The decay of inner suburbs has foretold regional ills in some parts of the country. That hasn’t happened in Connecticut, by and large, but it is in the state’s interest to keep its inner suburbs strong. West Hartford has been one of the state’s best-run inner-ring communities, even [...]

Dump DeLuca

 Is there any doubt that State Senator Louis DeLuca should be tossed out of the General Assembly without delay?
The senator’s obtuseness is amazing.
It’s clear that DeLuca had a long-standing relationship with the mob-connected James Galante, who sounds like a character on The Sopranos.
When DeLuca thought his granddaughter’s husband was abusing her, he didn’t turn to [...]

Dodd, Obama score most West Hartford donations

The Washington Post helpfully breaks down presidential fundraising by town, so we can see who’s getting what from West Hartford donors.  
Third Quarter 2007 & 2007 Fundraising by Candidate

Candidate
Q3 2007
Overall

Chris Dodd
$5,752
$104,352

Barack Obama
$5,039
$36,032

Hillary Rodham Clinton
$2,360
$6,760

John Edwards
$1,250
$7,450

Bill Richardson
$1,000
$1,500

Joe Biden
$0
$500

Fred Thompson
$1,250
$1,250

John McCain
$1,030
$1,830

Rudy Giuliani
$900
$1,150

Mitt Romney
$80
$1,056

Jim Gilmore
$0
$500

Duncan Hunter
$0
$250

Kingswood Market closing doors

After 70 years in business on Farmington Avenue, the Kingswood Market is closing down, according to a story in today’s Hartford Courant. The owner can’t afford the rent hike sought by his landlord.
While the market is only vaguely familiar to me — I’ve run in a few times over the years — this strikes me as [...]

9-11 symposium at St. Joseph College on Nov. 3

This looks interesting.

Let’s focus on education for a bit

With the election fast approaching, there’s on issue I care about more than any other: education. I want to know what each of the candidates will do to ensure proper funding of our schools and how they’ll maintain the quality programs offered to our students.
I want to hear what they’d do differently than the current [...]

Blue Back Square

It’s open.
Are you impressed? Is it better than you expected? A monstrosity? A wonder? What?
I took a little walk and found it reasonably human in its scale. That surprised me. I also learned that there’s almost nothing at Crate and Barrel that I can afford.

Election news

Don’t miss the comments on this thread, which is where the election action is. Some very fine reporting and analysis from readers who are doing a much better job than I am at staying on top of everything!