Category Archives: Public safety
What’s up with West Hartford’s closets?
I’m sort of afraid to peer too deeply into that funny old closet beside my dryer that I can’t open because the machine’s in the way. After all, police found a kidnapped girl living in a closet under the stairs … Continue reading
Filed under closets, News, Public safety, West Hartford
911 call transcript from grandmother who killed herself yesterday
Marcia Maglisco, 62, was caring for her 2-year-old grandson in West Hartford when the boy drowned last week. Here’s the Transcript of her 911 Call To West Hartford Police On Oct. 5, 2007 Williams: West Hartford Police Fire Dispatcher Williams … Continue reading
Filed under 911 calls, crime, Public safety
Gridlock near I-84
I don’t understand why the congestion that surrounds the I-84 entrance and exit on Park Street has gotten so much worse than it was before the reconstruction. But it absolutely has. It’s ridiculous at many times of the day. What’s happened is … Continue reading
Filed under Public safety, traffic, Transportation
A total waste of money and a travesty
I learned today — thanks to a sharp-eared parent at a school’s opening day event — that the Board of Education is paying to have full-time security greeters at every elementary school this year. The logic, apparently, is that having … Continue reading
Filed under budget, education, Public safety, Schools
Why no speed bumps for residential streets?
The other day I happened to drive along the road in front of the governor’s mansion and was stunned to find that two plastic-like speed bumps had been more or less nailed into the street nearby to slow drivers down. … Continue reading
Filed under Gov. Rell, Public safety, speed bumps, speeding
Long-time professor killed on Cape Cod
According to the Cape Cod Times, a 37-year veteran professor at UConn’s School of Social Work in West Hartford, Albert Alissi, was struck and killed by a car while taking a walk in West Dennis. Alissi retired five years ago from … Continue reading
Filed under Alissi, Public safety, UConn School of Social Work
Webster Hill kid was lying
The story seemed shaky all along, and the schools’ reaction overblown in any case, but now we know that that the intruder story was a lie from the start, according to a story in today’s Courant. What bothers me most is … Continue reading
Filed under police, Public safety, Schools, Webster Hill
Monster rats in West Hartford?!?
“Lots and lots of rats” are invading the Charter Oak neighborhood in Elmwood, according to today’s Hartford Courant. “A rat problem that resulted in occasional complaints to health officials has spread over the past 18 months, leading officials to step … Continue reading
Filed under Charter Oak, Elmwood, Health, News, Public safety, rats
Timeline fuzzy on Cheshire killings
One of the most perplexing aspects of the Petit murders in Cheshire is the seemingly slow response of local police. Part of the reason there’s such rampant speculation that the police botched the job – and perhaps lost the chance … Continue reading
Filed under Cheshire, Cheshire murder, crime, News, Petit, Public safety
Cheshire murders
I’ve been reading every scrap about this awful, awful massacre of Dr. William Petit’s wife and two daughters. It fills me with disgust, and worries me, too, because I can’t see that anyone screwed up in letting these two animals … Continue reading
Filed under Cheshire murders, crime, Petit, Public safety
