Opinion: Connecticut getting stronger and moving forward
July has brought some much welcome economic news. From a positive jobs report and improved state business rankings, to... (Read more)
7 / 23 / 2017
Opinion archive
Letters to the Editor, Opinion columns, Editorials
Showing 7/23/2017 to 5/29/2017
Opinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allison is the executive director of Norwalk ACTS. Shout Out to The Marvin’s intergenerational program Under One Roof,... (Read more)
7 / 23 / 2017
Opinion: Norwalk students deserve excellence
Heidi Keyes, Bruce Kimmel, Sarah Lemieux, and Barbara Meyer-Mitchell have been endorsed by the Democratic Town Committee as its... (Read more)
7 / 21 / 2017
Opinion: We are all in this together
Common Council member Bruce Kimmel (D-At Large) is running for the Board of Education. According to Connecticut state law,... (Read more)
7 / 18 / 2017
no imageOpinion: A Q&A on the Connecticut economic & fiscal crisis
Connecticut’s fiscal year ended June 30th and we still do not have a State budget. Meanwhile we face a... (Read more)
7 / 17 / 2017
Opinion: A paucity of leadership
Connecticut is without a budget. The legislature did not pass one before the 2017-19 biennium got underway July... (Read more)
7 / 16 / 2017
Opinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allison is the executive director of Norwalk ACTS. Shout Out to all of Norwalk ACTS’ TEAM Summer Members,... (Read more)
7 / 16 / 2017
no imageCTNJ/Opinion: Can Connecticut reinvent itself?
Terry Cowgill lives in Lakeville, blogs at ctdevilsadvocate.com and is managing editor of The Berkshire Edge in Great Barrington,... (Read more)
7 / 16 / 2017
no imageCTNJ/Opinion: Fundraising race gives us our first glimpse of 2018 field
Susan Bigelow, the founder of CTLocalPolitics, lives in Enfield with her wife and their cats. Politics right now is... (Read more)
7 / 16 / 2017
no imageOpinion: ‘Senate bill would jeopardize coverage and care for thousands of Connecticut residents’
This is a press release, presented without editing: HARTFORD, Conn. (July 13, 2017) – Patricia Baker, president and CEO... (Read more)
7 / 16 / 2017
Opinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allison is the executive director of Norwalk ACTS. Shout Out to Norwalk ACTS member Fairfield County’s Community Foundation,... (Read more)
7 / 8 / 2017
CTNJ/Opinion: Increase revenue to save Medicaid and other basic services for people with disabilities
Lisa Abbey-James lives in Glastonbury with her 16-year-old son. I have severe disabilities, including brain injury and spinal cord injury,... (Read more)
7 / 8 / 2017
no imageOpinion: No substitute for competence
Bruce Kimmel, a Democrat, is an at-large member Common Council member and former Board of Education member. He is... (Read more)
7 / 6 / 2017
no imageOpinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allison is the executive director of Norwalk ACTS. Shout Out to Norwalk ACTS’ Data Director Paula Palermo, who... (Read more)
7 / 2 / 2017
no imageOpinion: There are better ways to save money than to cut Brookside preschool
Despite assurances to the contrary, and notwithstanding that families have already entered into contracts for the Brookside Preschool Program... (Read more)
6 / 27 / 2017
Opinion: More thought needed on Walk Bridge
Last week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) provided an update on the Walk Bridge project at City Hall. Present... (Read more)
6 / 25 / 2017
no imageOpinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allison is the executive director of Norwalk ACTS. Shout Out to Mary Ann Genuario, Health & Wellness Director... (Read more)
6 / 25 / 2017
Opinion: Middle school music cuts would have far reaching effects
Anthony Granata is a Westport Public Schools orchestra teacher and a member of the Norwalk High School class of 2009.... (Read more)
6 / 18 / 2017
Opinion: Positive news about Connecticut
State Sen. Bob Duff (D-25) is Majority Leader. This is one of his occasional email updates. I want to... (Read more)
6 / 18 / 2017
Opinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allison is the executive director of Norwalk Acts. This week’s Shout Outs go to those with the... (Read more)
6 / 18 / 2017
no imageCTNJ/Opinion: An angry country on the cliff’s edge
Susan Bigelow is an award-winning columnist and the founder of CTLocalPolitics. She lives in Enfield with her wife and... (Read more)
6 / 18 / 2017
no imageSecret cut list reveals students a low priority to Norwalk Board of Education
Steven Colarossi is a former member of Norwalk’s Board of Education. In 2015, with much self-congratulation for its “fiscal... (Read more)
6 / 14 / 2017
Opinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allison is the executive director of Norwalk ACTS. Shout Out to the 2017 Norwalk Housing Foundation (NHF) College... (Read more)
6 / 11 / 2017
no imageCTNJ/Opinion: Ray Dalio wakes to smell the coffee – when algorithms don’t tell the whole story
Sarah Darer Littman is an award-winning columnist and novelist of books for teens. A former securities analyst, she’s now... (Read more)
6 / 11 / 2017
no imageCTNJ/Opinion: Session 2017 produces few winners, many losers
Susan Bigelow is an award-winning columnist and the founder of CTLocalPolitics. She lives in Enfield with her wife and... (Read more)
6 / 10 / 2017
no imageCTNJ/Opinion: Big ideas are needed to grow the economy and solve the budget mess
Barth Keck is an English teacher and assistant football coach who teaches courses in journalism, media literacy, and AP... (Read more)
6 / 10 / 2017
Opinion: Support the Norwalk Library settlement
Ending the nightmare of chronically insufficient parking at the Norwalk Library is now at hand. We have concluded an... (Read more)
6 / 4 / 2017
no imageOpinion: Norwalk ACTS director’s weekly shout outs
Anthony Allision is the executive director of Norwalk ACTS. Shout Out to the Norwalk High School students honored... (Read more)
6 / 4 / 2017
no imageOpinion: We can’t afford another 10 years of union privilege
“The wealthiest state in the U.S. is having trouble collecting enough money to pay its bills…” – Wall Street... (Read more)
6 / 4 / 2017
You were missed at Sunday’s fundraiser…
You were missed on Sunday… You heard about Sunday’s NoN fundraiser, but you didn’t attend because you had three... (Read more)
5 / 29 / 2017