Letters • Published Apr 24, 2024 08 am
I was dismayed to see the Branford Public School system has elected to buy electric school buses ("Going Electric: BPS Awards $60M Transportation Contract," April 4). Thi...
Letters • Published Apr 17, 2024 08 am
Thank you to all the businesses and residents who have agreed to display the Please Be Kind! signs. I, along with some other community-caring friends, have been implement...
Letters • Published Mar 27, 2024 08 am
I am immensely grateful to the Democratic majority of the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) for passing the $20 million bonding resolution to remediate the police station...
Letters • Published Feb 14, 2024 08 am
On Jan. 29, the Board of Finance (BOF) heard two major town project items: the police headquarters renovation project and the Walsh Intermediate School (WIS) field improv...
Letters • Published Feb 14, 2024 08 am
In response to the fiscally irresponsible ploy of no tax increases to the Branford residents, I say buyer beware. It took fiscal discipline over the last eight years to b...
Letters • Published Jan 31, 2024 08 am
In conversations with our Branford neighbors, we have heard how difficult it has been for many residents to keep up with rising costs for gasoline and groceries and how s...
Letters • Published Jan 10, 2024 08 am
I grew up on Farm River Road in Branford, across the street from a rhododendron. It started small 50 years ago and slowly grew into a 10-foot tall, full-bodied shrub. It ...
Letters • Published Dec 13, 2023 08 am
Happy Holidays Neighbors. Something to think about this holiday season: We all have friends and family who own local businesses in and around Branford, so supporting thei...
Letters • Published Nov 29, 2023 08 am
On behalf of the 17 Democrats elected on Nov. 7 to serve on the Branford Representative Town Meeting (RTM), I would like to express our sincere thanks to Branford voters ...
Letters • Published Nov 22, 2023 08 am
On behalf of the Democratic Board of Education (BOE) candidates, we wish to express our thanks to the Branford community that came out to vote and support our candidacy.
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Letters • Published Nov 15, 2023 08 am
On Sept. 25, 2018, we had 6 to 8 inches of rain in a couple of hours from a freak tropical storm that inundated the watershed that drains into the depression under the Th...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
I am an incumbent Branford Representative Town Meeting (RTM) member. It is an honor and privilege to represent the 1st District voters. If you vote at the Joe Trapasso Co...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
Board of Education members are a key component in the Branford Public School system. Over the years, Judy Barron has been extremely involved in our community. She is the ...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
I am enthusiastically writing to support the reelection of Deborah Conklin as Branford's town treasurer. I have had the pleasure of knowing Deb for over ten years and fin...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
I’m writing in support of Shawn Tiernan for the Branford Board of Education.
I’ve lived my whole life in Branford, and I’ve known Shawn and the Tiernan family since I att...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
Judy Barron is by far the best candidate for our Branford Board of Education (BOE). This has nothing to do with party affiliation. Judy is simply the best person to take ...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
I would like to encourage all my neighbors in the 5th District to vote for John Hartwell for the Representative Town Meeting (RTM).
Having lived in Indian Neck for 25 yea...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
I am writing to urge you to vote for John Hartwell, candidate for the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) in District 5 of Branford.
John is a long-time Branford and Connec...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
Please join me in voting for Ram Shrestha for the Board of Education in the upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
As a 4th District Representative for the Town for the la...
Letters • Published Nov 01, 2023 08 am
I am supporting Judy Barron for the Branford Board of Education. She values education and believes in the ideals of service. She understands the social, ethical, and econ...
Letters • Published Oct 25, 2023 08 am
Leadership, experience, and service describe what Dan Adelman brings to his role as a member of the 4th District’s Representative Town Meeting (RTM). If you live in the 4...
Letters • Published Oct 25, 2023 08 am
I will be voting for Democratic candidate Kurt M. Schwanfelder for treasurer of Branford, and I hope that you will be, too.
Mr. Schwanfelder, to humbly put it, has an abu...
Letters • Published Oct 25, 2023 08 am
Shahida Soomro gets my vote to represent Branford’s 4th District on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM). A longtime resident of Branford Hills with a career in the heal...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
Most people realize that the biggest expense in towns and cities is the education budget. There is no doubt that it should be. There is nothing more important.
Part of th...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
I would like to thank everyone who helped make the 2023 Friends of the Library book sale on the Branford Green Sept. 13 through 17 a smashing success. An event like this ...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
Two years ago, Deborah Conklin was elected town treasurer. She has immersed herself in that role, attended most Board of Finance meetings for the past two years, and has ...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
I am writing to express my support for the candidacies of Susan Dahill and Donna Lasch to represent the 7th District on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) —Pine Orchar...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
I am writing this letter in support of Shawn Tiernan as a candidate for the Board of Education. I've gotten to know many members of the Tiernan family over the years, as ...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
These days, we all appreciate any good news, especially when it's related to elections. So, here's some good news for all of us living in Branford: there's a candidate ru...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
I am writing to express my wholehearted support for the candidacies of Adam Greenberg, Kevin Reiss, and Laura Troidle for our local educational board. These individuals e...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
I'm writing to urge you to vote for Adam Greenberg, Laura Troidle, and Kevin Reiss for the Branford Board of Education. This dynamic trio offers a diverse blend of experi...
Letters • Published Oct 18, 2023 08 am
As a proud Branford resident, I am excited to lend my full support to the candidacies of Adam Greenberg, Laura Troidle, and Kevin Reiss for our local education board. The...
Letters • Published Oct 11, 2023 09 am
We in the 7th District are fortunate to have two strong Democratic candidates running to represent us on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM). I appreciate their willing...
Letters • Published Oct 11, 2023 09 am
I have called Donna Laich a friend for over 25 years, and I am happy to support her re-election as a representative of the 7th District on the Representative Town Meeting...
Letters • Published Oct 11, 2023 09 am
I’m writing in support of Shawn Tiernan for the Branford Board of Education.
I’ve known Shawn as a friend since we were kids, and we graduated in the same class at Branfo...
Letters • Published Oct 04, 2023 09 am
Many years ago, Judy Barron and I started the discussion of running for public office and her vision for her role in serving Branford. Judy’s desire to serve her communit...
Letters • Published Sep 27, 2023 08 am
The challenges in our community are plentiful and significant. Local leaders like Judy Barron, who understand what is needed to continue great education in the Branford p...
Letters • Published Sep 27, 2023 08 am
I am writing in support of the candidacy of Shawn Tiernan for the Board of Education.
I have had the opportunity to work with Shawn on several local committee assignments...
Letters • Published Sep 27, 2023 08 am
I am so pleased to offer my enthusiastic support to Judy Barron, running for Board of Education. I first became acquainted with her seven years ago when my child was in a...
Letters • Published Sep 13, 2023 03 pm
Please try to entice an entertainment venue to the Branford theater building. Maybe a roller-skating rink, an ice-skating rink, maybe indoor pickleball courts, or an indo...
Letters • Published Sep 06, 2023 11 am
I twice read the story "CEC: Branford Grid Edge Customers Eligible for Energy Storage Program Savings" (Aug. 24) and really didn't come away with much useful information....
Letters • Published Sep 06, 2023 11 am
If you vote at the Indian Neck School, I am one of your Representative Town Meeting (RTM) representatives. I have been challenged for another two-year term. I need your v...
Letters • Published Aug 30, 2023 07 am
I’m writing to let voters know that, as part of the Democratic process, there will be a Republican primary in the 5th district for the Representative Town Meeting (RTM). ...
Letters • Published Aug 30, 2023 07 am
I have been a registered Democrat for over 50 years. However, in local elections I look to the people running rather than the parties they represent. Having stated that, ...
Letters • Published Aug 30, 2023 07 am
This letter is in regard to the article “Some Good Moments In Legacy’s Beauty & The Beast”, a theater review written by Karen Isaacs, Columnist for The Sound, and publis...
Letters • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
Instead of trying to provide some sort of middle ground where the residents that surround the Stony Creek Brewery (SCB) can enjoy a level of peace inside their homes, The...
Letters • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
In his recent letter to The Sound (“Taking Any and All,” Steps, Aug. 10), the Stony Creek Brewery’s owner accuses Turn It Down! of being “inaccurate and misinformed.” On ...
Letters • Published Aug 09, 2023 07 am
Representatives of Stony Creek Brewery (SCB) met with Pat Dugan and others from her group, "Turn it Down!," and provided data showing noise levels from its music events a...
Letters • Published Jul 26, 2023 08 am
On July 5, Stony Creek Brewery had a concert with bands on a national tour. I stood at my property on Terhune Avenue with my decibel meter to measure the sounds from ther...
Letters • Published Jul 19, 2023 08 am
My house is at the end of Terhune Avenue, across the Branford River from the Stony Creek Brewery (SCB). Perhaps it's because sound travels so well across water, but even ...
