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The Metropolitan District Commission was at it again Wednesday. The state’s preeminent hackerama was in full sail as it elected its chairperson and vice chairperson. What a pantomime of democracy is this agency that provides water and sewer services to eight towns in greater Hartford and water to parts of four more. An embarrassing controversy last year involved the alleged payment of legal ...

Environmentalists have reached an agreement with a regional water commission to ensure that 5,500 acres of land in northwestern Connecticut and Massachusetts remains undeveloped. The deal is a major victory for conservationists.

Connecticut officials responded Monday to years of flooded basements and sewage overflows in Hartford’s North End by announcing $85 million in funding to offset the costs of projects to bolster the Metropolitan District’s water infrastructure and the sewage system.

The statement is DiBella’s view of occasionally contentious events since last summer when reform-minded commissioners and staff began to take on an issue that has vexed the MDC for decades — its reputation as a fount of legal work for politically connected lawyers.

Community activist Bridgitte Prince, who was informed in writing that an EPA representative would meet with residents on Jan. 17, said she was later told that the meeting would not take place.