Earlier this week, the city paid tribute to the history of the Lebanese community and their contributions to Danbury.
From Sunday, here's a video recap of The Lebanon-American Club of Danbury's 22nd Annual Lebanon American Day ceremony.
HatCityBLOG FLASHBACK FRIDAY VIDEO: 22nd Annual Lebanon American Day Ceremony
Friday, July 05, 2024
Time: 9:55 AM
Time: 9:55 AM
Area Republicans nominate Michelle Coelho in State Senate campaign match-up
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Time: 7:32 AM
Time: 7:32 AM
Last week, Republicans from the 24th State Senate district endorsed Michelle Coelho as their choice to defeat State Senator Julie Kushner and flip the historically center-right district back to the red.
The race will be a rematch of the 2022 competitive race, in which Coelho lost by the smallest margin among all Republican State Senate challengers. Coelho's candidacy has attracted the attention of GOP State Senate leadership and the State GOP, with both groups declaring that defeating Kushner, whom they describe as someone who prioritizes issues of labor over district concerns, is their top objective.
Here are the highlights from the nomination ceremony...
BREAKING: Former City Finance head files breach of contract lawsuit
Thursday, May 02, 2024
Time: 10:23 AM
Time: 10:23 AM
BREAKING: Former Director of Finance David St. Hilaire has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the City of Danbury.
St. Hilaire is represented by Attorney Elisabeth Maurer, who has extensive experience in litigations against the city.
HatCityBLOG VIDEO: Mayor Alves 2024-25 budget presentation
Thursday, April 04, 2024
Time: 4:39 PM
Time: 4:39 PM
Public backlash to Gaza op-ed results in calls for Majority Legislative Leader Andrea Gartner's resignation
Time: 11:05 AM
Public backlash to Majority Legislative Leader Andrea Gartner's recent OP-ED was on display at last night's meeting of the City Council chambers as residents now call for the Majority Leader's resignation and the censure of the other eight Democrats who signed the letter that has been characterized as being insensitive, anti-Israeli, and inappropriate in using her capacity of an elected official in authoring the writing.
Here's video footage of the most damming public commentary against Gartner's piece from resident Jeffrey Berlant.
"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!"
Time: 11:00 AM
Outraged residents have reached out to me, provided timestamps of footage of the March 16th "Danbury Stands with Palestine" rally, and requested that I make a video highlight of the clip of the controversial commentary at the event.
Upon request, here's the video highlights...
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Gaza ceasefire op-ed sparks firestorm
Time: 10:57 AM
Upon request, here’s a copy of the printed version of Andrea Gartner’s letter, which is being loudly denounced as being anti-Israeli, along with the names of the members of the council who signed the letter in agreement.
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HatCityBLOG VIDEO: State Rep. Rachel Chaleski accuses Danbury Dems of misleading the public on charter schools
Friday, March 29, 2024
Time: 9:43 AM
Time: 9:43 AM
Yesterday, hundreds of charter school advocates and supporters from Middletown and Danbury converged on the State Capitol to urge state lawmakers to approve the funding for charter schools in their respective communities and to take to the offense against what they described as a campaign of disinformation from their detractors.
One of Danbury's leading charter school supporters is State Representative Rachel Chaleski. At the rally, she used her speaking opportunity to forcefully counter what the state lawmaker described as misinformation and blatant lies from her political counterparts in the city.
"I also know what it's like to challenge the strong, often irrational, illogical, and sometimes very hurtful opposition to opening a small public school. The misinformation campaign has left our Danubry community divided and bruised, and yet here we are, still fighting to make a difference in the lives of our young people.
Our community deserves better than the political math and fear-mongering against education opportunities that have been successful in all other large cities across the state."
Here's video of State Rep Chaleski's comments in full.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
