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Residents attending this Saturday's annual town meeting face a 75-article warrant.

To close a deficit that he asserted was approaching $11 billion, Governor Christie called for the layoffs of 1,300 state workers, closings of state psychiatric institutions, an $820 million cut in aid to public schools, and nearly a half-billion dollars less in aid to towns and cities.

Writing on CNN.com , Esther Wojcicki, a teacher at Palo Alto High School in California, says: Schools aren't failing because the teachers don't care or aren't trying.

Submitted by Dr. William Levy , Hebron Lions, on 2010-03-10.   No amount of reading or flipping through picture books will prepare you for your personal encounter with the Pyramids at Giza, the Sphinx, the Mosques, the Cairo Bazaar, the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Memphis and Sakkara and the step pyramid.

Submitted by Ray Beller Music Scholarship Committee on 2010-03-11.   The Ray Beller Music Scholarship Committee is celebrating its 5th annual All-Star Jam at The Hungry Tiger Cafe, 120 Hartford Road, Manchester on April 11 from 12 to 6 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Ray Beller Music Scholarship, for any Manchester, Connecticut student studying ...

The town council tweaked its capital improvement plan slightly before bringing it to a public hearing at the end of the month.

At The Library Submitted by Barbara Muldoon, Rockville Public Library, on 2010-03-03.   The Friends of the Rockville Public Library will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, in the Edith Peck Room on the library's lower level.

School Stuff Submitted by Sonya Adams, Kingswood-Oxford School, on 2010-03-05.   It was two years ago, at the young age of 15, that Kingswood-Oxford School junior Raveena Khanna of South Windsor first traveled without her family to her parents' homeland of India.

Froma Harrop, blogger for Real Clear Politics and a ProJo editorial writer: Now [Obama] the administration is angering teachers' unions in the name of education.

Education Week reports that CT -- a recent loser in federal transportation and other stimulus money -- isn't getting any of the coveted first-round of Race To The Top cash.

An overnight shooting is currently under investigation by police in the Elm City.

FPS Program State Conference School Stuff Submitted by Alice Boudreau, Coventry Public Schools, on 2010-03-01.   Three Future Problem Solving teams from Coventry have qualified to represent Coventry at the 27th Annual Connecticut Future Problem Solving Program State Conference, taking place March 27th and 28th at E. O. Smith High School.

Lockhart prys open the McMahon crypt -- but you can't read it unless you are a print subscriber or on the desperate California sportswriter Irvin Muchnick's blog.

To show that Yale social life isn't all about hooking up, university officials are asking students to submit essays on sex, which will be posted on the website of the Yale College dean's office.

State lawmakers have introduced a proposal to eliminate the statute of limitations for civil cases involving child sexual abuse, exploitation or assault, allowing victims to file lawsuits at any time in their lives.

For delivering that punch, Waldemar Rivera, already serving a seven-year term for robbery, was sentenced to an added 10 years by Judge David P. Gold.

A 49-year-old man is being held on $1 million bail for allegedly murdering his wife in her Chester home Thursday night.

There's a Democrat running for governor out there who knows how to cut spending, who understands both governing and the crisis that Connecticut is facing.

Special for Seniors Submitted by Dianne Grenier, Andover Seniors, on 2010-02-24.   Dianne Grenier Andover senior citizens tour WFSB Channel 3 studio and view the live broadcasting of Better Connecticut with Scot Haney and Kara Sundlun.

The town will receive $245,000 from the state over the next four years to combat underage drinking.