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Wallingford schools cut unfilled jobs amid $850,000 budget gap

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD - The school board unanimously approved the superintendent's $850,000 reduction to the school district's budget during a special meeting Tuesday. Even with the cut, the schools received more than 3% more than the current budget.
Wallingford Bazaar kicks off this Tuesday. Here's what you need to know.

4 days ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD - Most Holy Trinity Parish's 55th annual Bazaar kicks off this week in the heart of Wallingford 's downtown. The festival takes place on the church grounds at 84 N. Colony Street, located just off Route 5 beginning June 3. It runs from 6-10 p.m on weekdays, with extended hours of 2 to 10 p.m. on the final day, Saturday. The bazaar is the church's largest fundraiser and hosts a number of rides and stalls with a variety of hand-made meals and snacks.
Wallingford budget passes, officials concerned over school funding cuts

5 days ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD - The Wallingford town budget has passed without mayoral veto, raising residential taxes for the 2025-26 fiscal year by just over 10%. With the edits to Mayor Vincent Cervoni's original proposal, which called for a 19% increase to residential taxes, brought it down by $3.1 million - bringing the new budget total to $204 million. Article continues below this adOne of the largest cuts to the budget was the $467,000 from the school board's budget.
Wallingford Community Pool on track for possible July 2026 opening

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD - Nearly a year after the idea to renovate the town's pool was resurrected, the town council has voted to move forward with a plan that could see it reopen in July of next year. In a recent 6-2 vote, the council voted to proceed with drafting a bond proposal to Banton Construction. The New Haven-based firm originally bid to take on the renovation of the pool in 2020. It bid again and made the lowest offer of $9.3 million.
Norwich Diocese emerges from bankruptcy with $31M settlement for sex abuse victims

2 weeks ago | middletownpress.com | Christian Metzger

NORWICH — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich has emerged from bankruptcy after a reorganization plan, including a $31 million settlement fund for the sexual abuse victims, was approved in the United States Bankruptcy Court Wednesday. The organization filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021 after having faced upwards of 60 sexual abuse lawsuits, largely regarding allegations of sex abuse of dozens of boys at the Mount Saint John School who attended in the 1990s.
'The time of my life'

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD - If when she was younger you asked Choate Rosemary Hall rising senior Emma Schwerin if she enjoyed hiking, she'd have told you she didn't get the point. Why climb up a mountain just to come back down again, she'd say. Fast forward to May 15, when Schwerin became the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest at age 17.
CT student becomes youngest American woman to climb Everest

2 weeks ago | newstimes.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD — If when she was younger you asked Choate Rosemary Hall rising senior Emma Schwerin if she enjoyed hiking, she’d have told you she didn’t get the point. Why climb up a mountain just to come back down again, she'd say. Fast forward to May 15, when Schwerin became the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest at age 17.
Wallingford school board outlines must-have features for one high school

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD - The new high school must have a pool, a large performance stage and shared classrooms, while a planetarium remains up in the air, school officials recently determined. The school board's list of "non-negotiables" comes after input gathered from a couple of public forums on the one high school project.
Wallingford rolls out new program for first responders to help people with autism on calls

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

WALLINGFORD - Fire and police personnel have another tool to help them respond to calls involving people with special needs, especially autism. A new partnership between Wallingford's emergency service departments and the Linked Autism Safety Project allows residents to voluntarily register in the town's Special Needs Alert System for free.
Cheshire Academy students republish a controversial novel lost for nearly a century

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Christian Metzger

CHESHIRE - The Cape Cod National Seashore has inspired American writers and artists for generations, who have taken residence in isolated shacks along the dunes. Now, one group of dedicated Cheshire Academy students is looking to bring back a story from one author whose work has been out of print for nearly a century.