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Your homes, lake cottages, cars, trucks and businesses in the Town of Winchester will be seriously at risk of higher taxes with the proposed budget. More ... But I want voters to know that as a senior citizen and lifelong resident of Winsted, it is getting harder and harder to pay the high taxes that Republican selectmen keep giving us. This is the sixth year of such tax increases; this year the increase is over 9%. More ... Several years ago we citizens of the Town of Winchester lost our right to petition the selectmen to call for a town-wide referendum to decide the fate of the proposed annual budget. The board of selectmen wanted control over the budget. Well, they got what they wanted, and the cost to us has gone up and up over the last eight years. They have ignored the pain suffered by the voters/ taxpayers during this period—a time when businesses and industries have moved away, when a recession casts its pall on the economy, layoffs are taking place and unemployment has jumped, and when federal and state revenues have shrunk, resulting in reductions in financial aid to the towns and schools. More ... Northwestern CT Community College in Winsted is pleased to announce that the keynote speaker at its 36th commencement exercises will be Dr. Regina R. Barreca, Professor of English Literature and Feminist Theory at the University of Connecticut. Commencement is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 31. More ... |
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