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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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…
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.
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.
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…
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,” –…
After last year’s event was canceled due to COVID-19, the Hamden Fest returned to Town Center Park this past Saturday. The mix of sunny weather and fan-favorite food trucks was the perfect combination for the day-long event. Various members of the community all came together at the fairgrounds located off of Dixwell Avenue for a…
Highlighted by Lauren Garrett’s winning mayoral bid, hear about the variety of claims that led to Hamden’s new government body
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,…