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Hamden Board of Education reflects on academic summer programs

The Hamden Board of Education met for a public session to discuss Hamden Public Schools summer programming.

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It’s time to ‘Electrify Your Drive’

For four consecutive years, the Hamden National Drive Electric Week event was celebrated on Saturday at the Hamden Public Library.

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Brooksvale Park Holds 21st Annual Fall Festival

Here’s all that went down at Brooksvale Park’s 2021 fall festival.

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Federal unemployment programs expire, so community volunteers pick up where they left off

When federal aid runs out, but the need stays the same, who takes care of Hamden residents that are struggling? Community volunteers.

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Gambardella and Garrett outline plans to solve Hamden’s financial crisis ahead of mayoral election in November

With taxes increasing over the past five years, Hamden mayoral candidates pledged to tackle the town’s problems. While Democrat Lauren Garrett and Republican Ron Gambardella agree that something needs to change, their thoughts on the solution are different. As HQNN reported, Hamden’s property tax and mill rate has gone up by 13.7% since 2016. The…

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Hamden Independent mayoral candidate Albert Lotto has dropped out of the race

Independent mayoral candidate Albert Lotto announced in a letter to Town Clerk Vera Morrison that he decided to withdraw because he was receiving “venomous” messages about his family.  Morrison said she received the letter on Sept. 23 right before 10 a.m.  “When I chose to trudge forward, I began receiving many calls and texts from…

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Hamden Board of Education Special Finance Committee meet to finalize budgets

The Hamden Board of Education Special Finance Committee held its first in person meeting in over a year to report on upcoming budgets and projects.

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Hamden Board of Education holds first general meeting of 2021-22 school year

The Hamden Board of Education voted unanimously to renew the contract of Superintenent Jody Goegler in their first general meeting for the 2021-2022 school year.

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Small businesses are fighting through Hamden tax increases

With the Hamden Democratic primary election in the books and the town election only a month and a half away, the economic development of the town is a hot-button issue. A Mill rate is a statistic used by some towns to measure how much money in taxes residents in the town are paying for real…

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Quinnipiac’s own ‘Curl Talk’ is taking campus by storm

It’s the fall 2021 semester, where new and exciting things are happening. From classes to clubs and broadcasted shows, Quinnipiac University students and colleagues introduce, “Curl Talk.” The attention-grabbing series made its debut on September 16th, after being in the works for over a year. “Curl Talk” was founded after the series “The Cut,” –…