Archive for April, 2009

Rep. Williams Votes to Protect Churches’, Church Groups’ Religious Freedom Rights

by: manderson April 30, 2009

State Representative Sean Williams voted for a measure (Senate Bill 899 ) that implements the 2008 state Supreme Court decision that legalized same sex marriage in Connecticut after the proposal was modified by two amendments that protect the rights of churches and religious groups to choose who uses their facilities and which maintain their adoption [...]

Former Fire Chief Inducted into CT Firefighters Hall of Fame

by: manderson April 13, 2009

Retired Watertown Fire Chief Avery Lamphier displays citation from the Connecticut General Assembly presented to him April 9th by Representative Williams and state Senator Rob Kane, R-32nd District, to Mr. Lamphier’s right, at a ceremony inducting him into the Connecticut Firefighters’ Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the Aqua Turf Club in the [...]

Retired Watertown Fire Chief inducted into CT Firefighters Hall of Fame

by: manderson April 13, 2009

Retired Watertown Fire Chief Avery Lamphier became one of the first group of eight firefighters inducted into the Connecticut Firefighters Hall of Fame at a dinner for Mr. Lamphier and the other inductees April 9th at the Aqua Turf Club in the Plantsville section of Southington.

Dem Tax Increases will Mean More Business Closings, Job Losses; Longer, Deeper Recession

by: manderson April 7, 2009

A proposed tax and spending package which increases taxes by about $3.3 billion approved by majority Democrats on the state legislature’s two budget-writing committees April 2nd will lead to more business bankruptcies; throw thousands more Connecticut residents out of work; and deepen and prolong the stubborn recession that continues to plague Connecticut, state Representative Sean [...]