Milford native digs into city s revolutionary past
Bill Bloxsom
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Jennyfer Holmes, the First Baptist Church historian, with the strongbox kept at the church to hold archived items, including the Black Soldiers Memorial marker and an 80th anniversary photo.First Baptist Church / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Member of Milford Black Founding Fathers Day Committee: Earl Gilmore, Rev. Charles D. Walker, Dr. John Rogers, Ernest Saunders, Samuel Roberts, Russell Hamilton and Andrew Morgan.Richard Platt / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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First Baptist Church Pastor Horace Hough stands next to the church’s marker honoring six Milford Black American Revolutionary War patriots.First Baptist Church / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
Leadership changes announced in several departments at Hartford city hall
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Melissa McCaw
But the providers of that service are also watching with concern as Connecticut’s state government ramps up efforts to seek greater control over their plans, policies and checkbooks.
“It s critically clear in the 21st century the importance of having access to reliable internet,” state Budget Chief Melissa McCaw said during a recent briefing on the proposed state budget. “This is also about economic opportunity to the extent to which more remote work is done. There are sectors of our population that don t have access to those types of jobs without closing the broadband divide.”
Central to the issue is the state’s persistent digital divide, the difficulty that a portion of the community has in getting online. Gov. Ned Lamont’s office estimates that 23% of Connecticut’s population can’t access reliable internet, either because they lack service, skills or the right devices. Lamont’s focus for 2021 is building out the broadband infrastructure.