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Middletown, CT 06457
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Recent News About Westfield
- April 16. Army pays for Cucia Park, awards contract to KBE. Hartford Courant
- March 26. Army confirms wetlands remediation to take place on Boardman Lane property. Middletown Eye.
- March 19. Luxury Home builder and Army both interested in purchasing Boardman Lane property. Middletown Eye.
- October 16. The army gives a contract of $55M for construction of the military training facility at Cucia Park. Middletown Eye
- August 11. Army seeks permit to fill Cucia Park wetlands. Middletown Press
- April 23. The army releases draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact. Middletown Eye, Hartford Courant, Middletown Press.
- April 13. The Army announces that Cucia Park is their preferred site for the military training facility. Hartford Courant, Middletown Eye, Middletown Press
- March 25. City buys lot from Bysiewicz, eliminating Liberty Industrial Park from consideration for Army base. Hartford Courant.
- March 21. Governor Rell Announces her support for Cucia Park as Army Base. Middletown Press.
- March 20. Army delays release of EA report and FNSI. Middletown Press and The Middletown Eye.
- March 19. Mayor Giuliano presents budget and discusses cuts with Westfield Residents. Middletown Eye.
- March 19. Moody School meetings with JCJArchitecture set for March 26. Middletown Eye.
- March 18. JCJArchitecture to examine overcrowding at Moody School. Middletown Eye.
- March 11: Planning and Zoning Meeting.Eye Coverage
- February 25: Planning and Zoning Meeting. Eye Coverage
- February 11: Planning and Zoning Meeting. Eye Coverage
- January 14th. Planning and Zoning Meeting. Middletown Eye.
- January 13th. Bysiewicz Industrial Park may sell lots to Norpaco. This would prevent the Army from using this land on Middle Street for Army base. Middletown Eye
- January 5th. WRA member Artie Schiemann honored by Common Council, for selling his land for a very low price to City. Hartford Courant Article (photo to right is from them), Middletown Eye.
- January 5th. Common Council expresses alarm at Higby Road Composting operation. The Kolman farm, on the border with Middlefield, is accused of operating an illegal solid waste facility. Middletown Eye
- December 22nd. A trip in the snow storm on Mt. Higby. Middletown Eye.
- December 17th. Moody School overcrowding is out of control. Middletown Eye.
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- November 10th. Colonel Landry comes to Middletown to hold meetings with virtually all of the elected officials representing our city. He tells them nothing about the Army's site selection process. All three Westfield sites remain under cosideration. Coverage in the Middletown Eye, the Hartford Courant, the Middletown Press.
- November 6th. Rosa DeLauro releases a statement about the Army plans, coverage in the Middletown Eye.
- November 5th. The Army reveals that they will return to Middletown on Monday, November 10th, but without any ranking of the possible army base sites, coverage in The Middletown Eye.
- November 4th. There is extensive coverage of the election in Middletown on The Middletown Eye, including stories of the candidates campaigning at Moody, the Moody School Bake Sale, and Counting votes at Moody, and much more.
- October 28. Our Meet the Candidates Night is covered by both the Middletown Press and The Middletown Eye.
- October 27. The Middletown Eye discusses the WRA Annual meeting, featuring a Meet the Candidates Forum
- October 26. The Middletown Press has a great article about Mount Higby.
- October 23. The Hartford Courant endorses Rosa DeLauro for Congress. The Courant singles out one part of her record to criticize: her lack of a more forceful intervention on behalf of Middletown in the siting of an army base.
- October 18-20. The army's legal opinion regarding the siting of the military base in Middletown: Attorney General Blumenthal is refused by the Army, and vows to pursue the case:
Middletown Press (10/20)
Hartford Courant (10/18)
Middletown Eye (10/18) - October 13th. The Middletown Press writes about The Middletown Eye.
- October 8th. Planning and Zoning Commission considers updates to the POCD, and some property in Westfield. The Middletown Eye covered the meeting.
- October 6th, the Common Council considers a resolution supporting Cucia Park for the Army, and opposing Boardman Lane and the Bysiewicz property. The resolution passes, with an amendment to require that some of the money from the sale of Cucia Park be used to purchase open space.
The Middletown Eye
The Middletown Press - October 6th. The Common Council took public comments on a resolution establishing a committee to study the fire district costs. Discussion and voting on this resolution was postponed until January 5, 2009.
The Middletown Eye - October 4th. Rosa DeLauro, Christopher Dodd, and Joseph Lieberman all urge the army to remove Ken Dooley/Boardman Lane from consideration for an army base.
Hartford Courant
Middletown Eye - September 30th. The army takes further public comments.
Middletown Eye - The Hartford Courant
- The Middletown Press
- September 20th. Common Council will consider Fire District cost studies.
The Middletown Eye
Westfield Fire Department Blog - September 18th. The army posts their comments/blog page on the Middletown Armed Forces Reserve Center.
- September 17th. The army holds another hearing to present 4 sites they will consider in depth (Boadman Lane/Ken Dooley, Cucia Park, Middle and Smith, Mile Lane).
Middletown Eye - Middletown Press
- Hartford Courant
- September 10th. The mayor's advisory panel recommends Cucia Park and River Road for the army military facility. The panel specifically recommends AGAINST two other sites in Westfield.
- September 8th. Article about Cucia Park.
- September 5th. The city offers Cucia Park for sale to the Army for their military base.
- August 29th. Attorney General Blumenthal vows to obtain the legal opinion which the army is using to justify its claim that the base MUST be built in Middletown or nowhere else. Middletown Press and Hartford Courant coverage
- August 28th. The Public meeting with the Army. Middletown Eye has thorough coverage. The Middletown Press also covered the story.
- August 22nd. The Hartford Courant lead editorial about the Army base siting.
- August 22nd. The Hartford Courant political cartoon is on the Army base.
- August 20th. The Middletown Eye has thorough reporting on the meeting with DeLauoro, Blumenthal, Bysiewicz, and the Colonel.
- August 15th. The Middletown Eye reports that the Army Base meeting on August 19th is open to the public.
- August 14th. The Middletown Eye reports that the Army Corps of Engineers will return to Middletown for a meeting on August 19th, in Council Chambers. Colonel Landry, the Commander of the Louisville Division will be present to address the process and project of the Boardman Lane Training Facility.
- August 11th. A Middletown Eye commentary calls on the Army to "Cast reserve to the wind", and site the training facility outside of Middletown.
- August 11th. A Middletown Eye commentary says that the dispute over Boardman Lane "is no more evidence of Middletown's antipathy to the Military than it is evidence of the Military's antipathy to Middletown" .
- August 10th. On the front page of Sunday's Commentary Section, Susan Bysiewicz calls on the governor to apply her own smart growth principles to the Army facilty.
- August 6th. The Hartford Courant says, "Corps ought to listen". The first sentence: "Community opposition is only getting stronger to the Army Corps of Engineers' selection of Boardman Lane in Middletown as the site of a regional training facility."
- August 4th. "I am prepared to fight". The Common Council votes unanimously to oppose a military base on Boardman Lane. Richard Blumenthal vows to fight the army with lawsuits if necessary.
Middletown Eye
Hartford Courant
Middletown Press - August 4th. The governor says the facility does not have to accommodate so many troops. Hartford Courant
- August 3rd. "Summatorial" in the Middletown Eye, by a Westfield Resident. The author, who served in uniform for 12 years, suggests that the Connecticut Compromise of 1787 ought to inspire all interested parties to work together to build an outstanding facility for the army.
- July 30th. The Hartford Courant says, "Army still off base"
- July 29th. The army says it is not a "Done Deal" Middletown Press
- July 28th. Rosa DeLauro convenes a meeting in Middletown. The mayor strongly condemns the Boardman Lane site, Susan Bysiewicz asks the Governor to require the use of Smart Gorwth principles.
Hartford Courant
Middletown Press
Middletown Eye
- July 27th. Catherine Johnson suggests a Smart Growth, regional approach to the army base. Read it in the Hartford Courant
- July 25th. Commentary about the Army Base in the Middletown Eye.
- July 25th. Draft of the Common Council resolution very strongly condemns Boardman Lane site, and promotes River Road site for Military Base (Middletown Eye, Hartford Courant, Middletown Press).
- WRA acting secretary on the radio (WTIC, AM1030). Listen HERE.
- July 24th. Army insists the Miltary Base will be on Boardman Lane (Middletown Press, Middletown Eye).
- July 22. Congresswoman DeLauro's letter to the editor in the Courant, "Active in Army Base Planning."
- July 22. Congresswoman DeLauro "urges Army to work with City...", from the Middletown Press.
- July 21. Bill Dougherty's letter to the Courant, "Wrong Site for Base."
- July 17. Coverage of the Common Council meeting was extensive (Middletown Eye, Hartford Courant, Middletown Press, Eyewitness News 3, NBC30, and Fox61.
- July 15. A farm that has been continuously operated as a farm since at least 1748, will be destroyed by the military base (Middletown Press, Middletown Eye). The Middletown Eye had the best quote so far, about the donkeys on the farm: "... if these asses can prevent other asses from building an Army Reserve Training Center that townspeople don't want, then I'll be the first to kiss those asses."
- July 6. Town Review, Hartford Courant. Westfield Residents opposed.
- July 2. Westfield Residents send a letter in opposition to the Army Base, from the Hartford Courant
- June 30. Reconsidering the Welcome Mat for the Army, in the Middletown Eye.
- June 22. Boardman, Wilcox, Bacon, and Higby, in the Middletown Eye.
- June 10. The Army chooses Boardman Lane for the Military Base, in Caterwauled.
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