Selectmen pitching tight spending plan
Litchfield.bz (3-11-10)
In keeping with their frugal ways, First Selectman Leo Paul Jr. and the Board of Selectmen are proposing another lean budget in their ongoing effort to ease the burden on taxpayers.
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School board to hear maintenance proposal
Litchfield.bz (3-11-10)
The Board of Education will be asked to consider handing over its responsibility for the maintenance of the interiors of its schools to the town's public works department.
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Funding restored for LHS classes, CJR pool
Litchfield.bz (3-10-10)
Six science classes and a Latin class at the high school and rental of the pool at the Connecticut Junior Republic will be part of the proposed budget of school superintendent Deborah Wheeler after all.
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School board to hold special budget meeting
Litchfield.bz (3-5-10)
The next step in the Board of Education's budget process comes Monday when the board holds a special meeting to debate the proposed budget of $16,368,581 of Superintendent of Schools Deborah Wheeler.
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Borough board gives in on yellow ribbons
Litchfield.bz (3-3-10)
There has been yet another - and perhaps final - twist in the saga of yellow ribbons and the Green.
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School board to consider Wheeler's budget
Litchfield.bz (3-3-10)
The proposed budget of Superintendent of Schools Deborah Wheeler will be put to the test tonight when it is discussed and possibly considered for adoption by the Board of Education.
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Republican congressional candidates visit Litchfield
Litchfield.BZ (3-1-10)
The four candidates for the Republican nomination in the 5th District Congressional race and U.S. Senate candidate Rob Simmons were in Litchfield on Sunday to meet with the town's Republicans.
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School board begins considering budget plan
Litchfield.BZ (2-25-10)
The first proposed budget of Superintendent of Schools Deborah Wheeler is now in the hands of the Board of Education. On Monday, it will come under the scrutiny of the Board of Finance.
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Borough adds new twist to ribbon saga
BZ News (2-24-10)
Litchfield's Borough Board of Warden and Burgesses has again showed its willingness to compromise regarding the display of yellow ribbons on the Green.
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School spending plan shows 2.86-percent hike
Litchfield.bz (2-23-10)
Superintendent of Schools Deborah Wheeler is preparing to present her first proposed budget to the Board of Education. Wheeler, on the job for about 10 months, will unveil a spending plan of $16,368,581 for 2010-11 during the board's meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the intermediate school. The proposed budget is $454,581, or 2.86 percent, higher than this year's budget of $15,914,000.
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Litchfield grand list shows small increase
Litchfield.bz (2-23-10)
The economy is barely showing a pulse and Litchfield's grand list of taxable property is following suit by growing at a slow rate. The grand list for 2009, completed recently by town assessor Harold Ducey is up by just nine-tenths of one percent, to $1.1 billion. The increase is one of the smallest in years, Ducey said, and reflects the state of the economy.
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Weekend Update
Litchfield.bz (2-22-10)
Another busy weekend in Litchfield.
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Goshen farm market a boost for school PTO
Litchfield.bz (2-21-10)
Goshen Center School's cafeteria was alive with activity Saturday when the school's Parent-Teacher Organization held its monthly indoor farm market.
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