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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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Great weather and high attendance makes for a perfect Hamden Fest

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…

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Inside the Hamden primary: Revealing the basis behind the issues citizens voted to change

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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Democratic Legislative Council candidates want to work on Hamden’s finances

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…

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Mickens wins Hamden town clerk in primary, runs unopposed in the general election

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,…

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“I was just overwhelmed by all of the support:” Lauren Garrett snags Hamden Democratic mayoral nomination

Lauren Garrett won the Democratic nomination for the Hamden mayoral race. Here is how it happened and what comes next.

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Garrett defeats Leng and Cyr in Hamden mayoral primary

Democratic Town Committee-endorsed mayoral hopeful Lauren Garrett won the party’s primaries in all nine districts against three-term incumbent Curt Leng and challenger Peter Cyr. “I feel amazing,” Garrett said. Garrett won with 2,962 votes, according to the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s Office. While Leng got 1,497 votes, Cyr secured 853. This is the second…

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The flame continues even when sparks die

With Shabbat ending and Yom Kippur beginning on Wednesday, members of the Quinnipiac community share their thoughts about the importance of keeping the sacred traditions of the Jewish holidays alive.

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Quinnipiac remembers: Community comes together on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

It is apparent that there is one common message that these community members have for the younger generation as they take their own time to reflect on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: the humanity and unconditional love that people treasured.