U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd continues to get beaten by all three Republican candidates in the latest Quinnipiac Poll released Thursday. Dodd’s trustworthiness with the voters is also in the red zone, with a 52 percent thumbs down a little under a year before the 2010 Election. Only nine percent said they don’t know if...
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From Ken Hjulstrom via email: Regarding the Charter Revision issue, it will be interesting to see who Bill Black decides to appoint. The last time we had a Charter Revision Commission (CRC) back in 2002 the First Selectman largely ignored the people put forth by the Republican Town Committee and instead stacked the committee...
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In a stunning victory the Marlborough Republicans celebrated at the Marlborough Traven a complete sweep of all races. Voter turn out was high at 1157 votes cast. Compared with the town meeting votes this past summer on the budget of around 600 voters. In the highly contested election for Board of Finance, Cliff Denniss...
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The hearing on the injunction to prevent the Marlborough Board of Selectmen from holding an ordinance on the Hodge issue has prevailed. The BOS can hold the public hearing, but they can not bring an ordinance dealing with the issue till 12/01/09 at the earliest. (The Town Hearing is set for tomorrow night (10/27/09)...
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More Rattlesnakes on West Road, Marlborough. Freshly killed Rattlesnake (death by car) just opposite Blish Road. About 4 feet long and about 4 inches thick. 6 rattles on it’s tail. It looked healthy, except for the fact it was flat in one section. What stuck me is how difficult it would be to see...
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By LeAnne Gendreau NBCConnecticut.com A game of Frisbee took a painful turn Sunday when a man was bitten by a rattlesnake in Marlborough. A man and his friend were tossing the ring around on West Street Sunday when the disk landed near a snake, state police told the Hartford Courant. The man went to...
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I’ve been a bit alarmed at the number of “For Sale” signs springing up all over Marlborough. It is spring and the time to list houses, so is it my imagination or are there more houses up for sale than usual? The hand written “For Sale By Owner” signs are particularly poignant. The following...
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