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,…
Lauren Garrett won the Democratic nomination for the Hamden mayoral race. Here is how it happened and what comes next.
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…
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.
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.
On Sept. 9, students were able to participate in the Human Rights Zoom meeting held by the Global Youth Activities (GYA) where they were able to speak with Hamden Mayor candidate’s Mayor Curt Leng, Lauren Garrett and Peter Cyr.
Both Republican and Democrat legislators agreed that the use of facial recognition was a threat to residents civil rights and civil liberties.
Since the pandemic began, area religious institutions have had to adapt how their communities pray and connect. At Hamden Plains United Methodist Church, Pastor Brian Bodt said that they started doing broadcast ministry, something they have never done before as their Bishop closed the churches for public worship on March 13, 2020. Bodt’s church ran…