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Middletown schools to tap union workers mistakenly omitted from reentry survey FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A second-grade student works behind a protection shield at a socially distanced desk at Wesley Elementary School in Middletown.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Middletown Public Schools Chief of Talent and Performance Management Geen ThazhampallathContributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 MIDDLETOWN — Feedback from public service union workers in the school district now will be inc...

Middletown charter review panel poised to tackle large changes FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Middletown’s Charter Revision Commission will be considering the idea of having Common Council members elect someone to preside over meetings as a way to separate the legislative and executive branches of local government. Currently, Mayor Ben Florsheim leads these sessions.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Members of Middletown’s Charter Revision Commission recently voted ...

Heres a look at some of The Times most-read stories from the weekend.

Middletown parents criticize school districts plan for return to classes FacebookTwitterEmail Middletown Superintendent of Schools Michael Conner.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo / MIDDLETOWN — Schools will send students in pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade back to school buildings nearly full-time beginning March 15 four days per week, while keeping those in grades 6-12 continuing under a hybrid model, despite appeals from parents who say experts’ data supports fu...

The year 2020 turned out to be record-setting for residential real estate sales in Michigan City and the lakefront beach towns in LaPorte County. A report by @properties found a record $130 million sales in the market, which includes the beach towns Sheridan Beach, Long Beach, Duneland Beach, Michiana Shores and Shoreland Hills. Sales along the lakefront shot up by 40% to nearly $90 million. "This shatters all historical records by large amounts, with the second-best year not even coming close,...

Manitobas lawyer argues the constitutional challenge by several churches of the pandemic powers given to the provinces top doctor is unnecessarily complicating a complex case. The lawyer is now asking the court to make the churches pay cost consequences because of it.

Posted: Feb 09, 2021 4:24 PM CT | Last Updated: February 10 Seven Manitoba churches, a minister, a deacon, and a man who was fined for attending an anti-lockdown rally in Steinbach in November have taken the province and its top doctor to court in a constitutional challenge of public health orders. (Austin Grabish/CBC) As Manitobas chief public health officer was announcing the relaxation of some public health restrictions Tuesday, his powers were being challenged in a court proceeding question...

  WINNIPEG -- A constitutional challenge is calling on the court to strike down parts of the province’s public health act which lawyers argue give Manitobas chief provincial public health officer immense and limitless power with little oversight. On Tuesday as Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitobas chief public health officer, announced the new round of public health orders set to take effect on Friday, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms launched a challenge in Manitobas Court of Queen�...

Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 3:02 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 | Updates MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A Calgary-based advocacy group representing seven Manitoba churches is arguing against public health orders by Manitobas chief provincial public health officer, Brent Roussin, that restrict church gatherings. Lockdown orders and other pandemic restrictions have been issued by the province’s chief public health officer with no scientif...

First Connecticut City Gets All-Electric School Bus Connecticuts only all-electric school bus will enable the district to not only reduce carbon emissions, increase energy efficiency and lower fuel costs, but ensure children a more healthful ride to and from school. by Cassandra Day, The Middletown Press / February 9, 2021 Electric vehicles plugged into charging stations. (Shutterstock) Shutterstock (TNS) — ...