Blue Hills NewsLocal news for Blue Hills, CT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Call The Auditors- July 25, 2008 When Hartford changed its charter and adopted a strong mayor system in 2002, it also created an Independent Audit Commission to provide objective reviews and assessments of the city's operations and finances.http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/call-the-auditors?fromrss=1 Lawsuit Over Hartford Library Branches Is Withdrawn- July 23, 2008 A Superior Court lawsuit filed by neighborhood residents seeking to halt the closing of two city branch libraries has been withdrawn.http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/lawsuit-over-hartford-library-branches-is-... Pointless Posturing- July 21, 2008 Someone should direct Hartford city council president Calixto Torres to the city charter.http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/pointless-posturing?fromrss=1 Library Turmoil Brings Out Worst- July 19, 2008 During a packed public hearing at Hartford's city hall Monday concerning the closing of the Hartford Public Library's Mark Twain and Blue Hills branches, a young woman told the city council about her dreams for ...http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/library-turmoil-brings-out-worst?fromrss=1 Fewer Libraries, More Crime- July 17, 2008 The closing of the Mark Twain and Blue Hills Hartford Public Library branches Op-Ed, July 7, 'Closing Library Branches Was Painful, Necessary' is another example of how the lack of opportunities in ...http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/fewer-libraries-more-crime?fromrss=1 Bloomfield Bank Robbed; Hartford Library Employees Give Up Pay- July 15, 2008 A Bloomfield bank was robbed, Hartford Public LIbrary employees agreed to roll back recent raises and St.http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/bloomfield-bank-robbed-hartford-library-em... Citywide WiFi Plan Shelved- July 13, 2008 Nearly three years after Mayor Eddie Perez promised with fanfare to provide free wireless Internet access citywide by 2009, city officials have quietly tabled the plan.http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/citywide-wifi-plan-shelved?fromrss=1 Hartford Public Library Workers Vote To Give Up Gains- July 8, 2008 Full- and part-time unionized employees of the Hartford Public Library voted overwhelmingly to roll back pay increases and hours that they had agreed to work during fiscal 2008-09 in an attempt to eliminate ...http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/hartford-public-library-workers-vote-to-gi... Hartford libraries: Injunction filed, hope restored- July 7, 2008 By News Channel 8's Jamie Muro Posted July 03, 2008 7:30 PM Hartford _ When two libraries opened Thursday morning, staff thought it was for the last time.http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/hartford-libraries-injunction-filed-hope-r... Group Plans Protest Of Library Budget Cuts- July 5, 2008 An Asylum Hill neighborhood group demonstrated Monday outside Mark Twain branch of the Hartford Public Library and plans a 'read-in' today to protest a budget-cutting proposal to shut it down.The closure of the Farmington Avenue branch and a second library branch in the Blue Hills neighborhood has been recommended by the library board to save a good chunk of the $870,000 gap looming in the library's $8.2 million budget for 2008-09.Some critics, including the library's union representative, say..http://www.topix.net/city/blue-hills-ct/2008/07/group-plans-protest-of-library-budget-cuts... |