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The Colectivo Mestizal, the nonprofit organization sponsoring the toy giveaway at the annual Three Kings Day celebration, is in dire need of donations for the children.
Mary DeMarco, Windham’s human services director, said organizers have gotten a few last-minute donations, but they are still only about two-thirds of the way toward meeting their goal.
The organization hopes [...]
Many families have a box in the back of a closet or a trunk in the attic filled with old family stuff.
While many recognize such family treasures, not everyone knows how to preserve and display the heirlooms.
In January, the Lebanon Historical Society is offering two hands-on workshops for anyone who would like to learn more [...]
Residents soon will have a place to bring old computers and other “e-waste” free of charge thanks to efforts from a new company handling the town’s trash removal.
First Selectman Robert Burbank said a new company has offered the town a 40-foot trailer at the transfer station to handle so-called “e-waste.”
He said e-waste includes computers, monitors, [...]
The past year was a year of turnover for Hebron, with officials hoping 2010 will be calmer.
Jared Clark, the town manager, had planned to retire from that post at the end of 2009, but abruptly left in March, saying that after the board began a search for his successor, it became more difficult to stay.
Selectmen [...]
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Democrats clashed Monday over her veto of a deficit-cutting package the legislature passed a week earlier.
The Republican governor blasted the Democratic plan as feeble and called the Democrats irresponsible for not doing more to close the state’s budget gap.
“It is simply unacceptable for the majority party in the [...]
The search for a new town manager in Hebron is on track with nine finalists seeking to lead the town.
Since April, the town has had an interim town manager team at the helm, selected from existing town employees to temporarily fill the vacancy left by the early retirement of Town Manager Jared Clark early this [...]
The Interdistrict Magnet School Building Committee in charge of the $40 million, environmental-theme magnet school has selected a construction manager for the school.
Skanska USA Builders Inc. was selected by the building committee, after the committee received 14 responses from building firms. Skanska’s bid was slightly more than $1.9 million.
Susan Collins, magnet school building committee co-chairman, [...]
2009 saw the end of some contract disputes, but the beginning of another in Regional School District 8.
In March, after binding arbitration, the region’s teachers at RHAM middle and high schools had a new three-year contract.
The sending towns of Andover and Hebron both rejected the contract, but Marlborough approved it and all three towns would [...]
“Called into special session to deal with a budget deficit estimated between $337 million and $550 million, the Democrats in the Legislature managed to trim state spending by a feeble $12.4 million,” Rell said.
The next free H1N1 clinic for residents served by the Chatham Health District (including Hebron) will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.
