Highlighted by Lauren Garrett’s winning mayoral bid, hear about the variety of claims that led to Hamden’s new government body
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Hamden’s Democratic Primary elections on Sept. 14, resulted in Lauren Garrett defeating incumbent Mayor Curt Balzano Leng. Garrett’s row of candidates in the other town governmental positions won the Democratic nomination as well, including the Legislative Council. The Legislative Council has two branches of representatives: district and at-large. People choose their district representatives based on…
The town clerk position is not a contentious one. It is apolitical, according to the Hamden Democrats’ town clerk candidate. For this year’s election, Hamden’s Republicans did not nominate a candidate for town clerk. Endorsed by Lauren Garrett, the new Democratic mayoral candidate, Karimah Mickens secured the town clerk position in the Hamden Democratic primary,…
On Saturday night, people from all over Connecticut came to watch the second annual Black Haven Film Festival. The festival featured five films made by Black Artists to tell their stories. Salwa Abdussabur, President of Black Haven, moved back to Connecticut from Los Angeles as the pandemic began. “When I left LA, I thought I…
Lauren Garrett won the Democratic nomination for the Hamden mayoral race. Here is how it happened and what comes next.
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