Letters • Published Mar 15, 2023 06 pm
Meals on Wheels would like to thank all that were involved with making the Fourth Annual Paddle for a Cause fundraiser, held on March 4, a great success. They include all...
Letters • Published Mar 15, 2023 06 pm
Teachers and librarians are our heroes. For years they have done the heavy lifting of educating our students. Since March of 2020, they have worked in a very different en...
Letters • Published Mar 15, 2023 06 pm
When my wife and I moved to Guilford 13 years ago, friends were skeptical about how an interracial lesbian couple would fare in a small town. Yet we soon were able to rea...
Letters • Published Mar 15, 2023 06 pm
I applaud Dave Holman (Feb. 2, "Troubling") for calling the community's attention to the grossly inappropriate efforts by the Guilford Free Library to promote gender indo...
Letters • Published Mar 15, 2023 06 pm
Are we doing something wrong?
Last summer, when Walmart left town, we were reassured that both T. J. Max and Home Goods were interested in occupying some of the vacated s...
Letters • Published Mar 01, 2023 08 am
I ask Dave Holmes (Feb. 15, "The Opposing Viewpoint") to state his medical credentials. He says, "The opposing viewpoint is that gender-affirming care, including puberty ...
Letters • Published Mar 01, 2023 08 am
On Feb. 15, the Guilford High Schoo (GHS) music department put on a special 30th-anniversary concert benefitting Meals on Wheels. It was an amazing extravaganza of every ...
Letters • Published Mar 01, 2023 08 am
Shore Line East (SLE) rail service is essential for our community. It provides transportation for those that do not have a personal vehicle and is a conduit for tourism a...
Letters • Published Mar 01, 2023 08 am
Finally! Someone with the gumption to reveal the scariest conspiracy yet. Mass shootings? Climate change? Assaults on democracy? Constitutional rights abridged? Putin fla...
Letters • Published Feb 22, 2023 08 am
On behalf of Scouts BSA Troops 471 and 475, we want to thank the Guilford community for your generosity during our annual Christmas tree collection and recycling fundrais...
Letters • Published Feb 22, 2023 08 am
One of the joys of living on the Shoreline is the miles of scenic roads allowing us to enjoy our outdoor sports. But the tragic, near fatal, collision between an automobi...
Letters • Published Feb 22, 2023 08 am
As co-chairs of the Guilford Friends of the Library’s recent sale of vintage books and ephemera, we would like to thank everyone who contributed to its success. This one-...
Letters • Published Feb 15, 2023 08 am
I would like to thank both Rachel Daniels (Jan. 26, “Growing as a Caring and Supportive Community”) and Carol Hwang (Feb. 2, “Baffled”) for commenting on my Jan. 11 lette...
Letters • Published Feb 15, 2023 08 am
On behalf of all of us drivers in Guilford, not just Guilford’s Safe Streets Task Force members of which I am a part, I urge that we slow down when driving a truck, autom...
Letters • Published Feb 08, 2023 08 am
One of my new year’s resolutions is to keep my resolutions from the prior year! Well, mostly. But this one from 2022 won’t go away and keeps creeping back into the front ...
Letters • Published Feb 08, 2023 08 am
There have been two hit-and-run bicycle accidents in the last few months in Guilford. In both cases, the cyclists were following the rules of the road. One of the collisi...
Letters • Published Feb 01, 2023 08 am
I am baffled by Dave Holman’s letter published Jan. 12 ("Is This How We Want ARPA Funds Spent?"). What is this “opposing viewpoint” he feels the Guilford Human Rights Com...
Letters • Published Feb 01, 2023 08 am
Across the country, more pedestrians were killed in 2021 than at any time in the past 40 years, according to data from the Governors Highway Safety Association. But the p...
Letters • Published Feb 01, 2023 08 am
We have so much gratitude for those who help our mission of "Neighbor Helping Neighbor." Guilford Interfaith Volunteers, home to Meals on Wheels, Charlie's Closet, and Fr...
Letters • Published Feb 01, 2023 08 am
On Jan. 24, the Guilford Free Library held its monthly meeting of the “Big Hearts Book Club,” which they promote as “a social-emotional storytime for children ages 5 to 8...
Letters • Published Jan 25, 2023 08 am
During my adolescence, I was the target of various antisemitic acts. Those experiences sharpened my ability to see this form of hate even when it resides just under the s...
Letters • Published Jan 25, 2023 08 am
On the morning of Jan. 2, in the midst of retrieving our empty curbside trash container, I became abruptly aware of an immense sound - a phalanx of geese above me, perhap...
Letters • Published Jan 25, 2023 08 am
"Is This How We Want ARPA Funds Spent?" Dave Holman asked in his Jan. 12 letter to the editor. He was referring to the Transgender 101 event sponsored by the GHRC and fun...
Letters • Published Jan 25, 2023 08 am
For the past few years, my husband and I have had the opportunity to assist in assembling the holiday meals and gift bags for Meals on Wheels. It warmed my heart to see t...
Letters • Published Jan 18, 2023 08 am
As chair of the Friends of the Guilford Free Library’s holiday sale in December, I want to express my gratitude to everyone, young and old, who contributed to the success...
Letters • Published Jan 11, 2023 08 am
Guilford residents should contact the Connecticut Department of Transportation to urge a restoration of Shore Line East service to at least 100 percent of pre-COVID sched...
Letters • Published Jan 11, 2023 08 am
On Oct. 25, the Guilford Human Rights Commission (GHRC) sponsored a presentation at the Guilford Community Center entitled “Transgender 101.” It was “geared towards the 1...
Letters • Published Jan 11, 2023 08 am
Guilford has a wonderful community and many fantastic assets, including Guilford Public Schools (GPS). As a parent I have attended many Board of Education meetings and al...
Letters • Published Jan 04, 2023 08 am
Thanks to Rita Christopher for writing Strings Attached (Guilford Courier, Dec. 15)! Delightful observations about change! I love that you notice what signals seasonal tr...
Letters • Published Dec 14, 2022 08 am
Guilford residents were recently presented with a devastating critique of the Guilford Public Schools (GPS) at the community center. Titled “Just the Facts: School Safety...
Letters • Published Dec 07, 2022 08 am
On Oct. 28, No Left Turn in Education Guilford put on a video presentation entitled “Just the Facts: School Safety and Parental Rights” at the Guilford Community Center. ...
Letters • Published Dec 07, 2022 08 am
To honor military veterans, as well as to support the Guilford Meals on Wheels program, Guilford Interfaith Volunteers (GIV) hosted the 21st Annual Patriotic Dinner on Ve...
Letters • Published Nov 16, 2022 08 am
Are Guilford parents, residents, and teachers opposed to Critical Race Theory (CRT) being isolated, marginalized, and demonized?
The Guilford Public Schools (GPS) websit...
Letters • Published Nov 16, 2022 08 am
Judith Andrews’ Nov. 3 letter (“Do You Approve?”) was frightening.
Not because she rehashed the tired potpourri of Marxist conspiracy theories with which we’re all quite ...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
Over the last four years in Hartford, Christine Cohen has led the passage or voted for so many proposals that have bettered the lives of Connecticut residents. For exampl...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
As a co-founder of the Guilford Voices for Unity and Equity (VUE), I am proud to support Christine Cohen and Moira Rader as champions of our public schools.
Guilford VUE ...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the people of the 98th District have the opportunity to send a person to Hartford who will represent us all. Rich DiNardo has shown he will look at al...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
As Guilford’s First Selectman, I know how critical it is to have smart, dedicated, and experienced partners in the General Assembly. We need dependable representatives to...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
What if students were threatened in school – by a toxic curriculum? What if students were being indoctrinated into an ideology that parents had not approved? What if this...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
Finally there is hope for change. Guilford and Branford have a rare opportunity to send a common-sense candidate, Rich DiNardo, to the state legislature. Rich is a small ...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
Our community is engaged in open, important conversations about the well-being of our children. While it seems hard at times for various groups to agree on much, there do...
Letters • Published Nov 02, 2022 08 am
As the spouse of our outgoing state representative, Sean Scanlon, I know firsthand what it takes to be an effective leader and advocate for our community in Hartford. It’...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
I am proud to be writing in support of Moira Rader for Guilford’s next state representative. It takes a special person to step into a role that involves navigating both t...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
I offer my full support for the re-election of Christine Cohen for State Senator. Christine has been a champion for positive changes that can reach all of us in Connectic...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
Christine Cohen puts our kids and community first. She works hard and gets things done. In 2019, Christine lobbied tirelessly to pass Ethan’s Law for safe gun storage. W...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
There have been many letters over recent weeks speaking about Moira Rader’s candidacy as state representative and her leadership ability with the Guilford Board of Educat...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
It’s probably no surprise that I’m casting my ballot for Moira Rader and Christine Cohen, but I want to tell you why.
For the last four years, I have had the privilege of...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
Many of us move to Guilford specifically for the excellent schools; yet, we are lucky enough to also find a thoughtful, interested community, nestled in a truly beautiful...
Letters • Published Oct 26, 2022 08 am
The upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 8 is an important one, so we need someone with a proven track record of accomplishments to represent our local interests. For me, t...
Letters • Published Oct 19, 2022 08 am
On Tuesday, Nov. 8, we Guilfordians have an opportunity to send one of our own, Rich DiNardo, to Hartford to help redress the unhealthy imbalance of ideas that is damagin...
