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With June just around the corner, and the town of Hartford swelling with pride, the townsfolk are confident this year they will find the pot of gold at the end of the many rainbows adorning both field and sky. Despite record rainfall and biblical level flooding over the past four years the residents are certain … Read more
A recent post on the “What’s Happening Hartford” Facebook page asked town members if their new property appraisals increased and by how much. As the answers came in the numbers were staggering as were many of the complaints. The original poster (OP) stated their property assessed value increase by $10,000 which led to a slew … Read more
At the most recent school board meeting Hartford High School Director of Facilities, Jonathan Garthwaite, updated the board on the status of the school building needing major renovations due to potential PCB contamination. They are currently awaiting results from the air sample testing done earlier this month. On the hook for the bill will be … Read more
An email was sent out recently by the Interim Superintendent for the Hartford School District, Caty Sutton, raising questions about the safety of Hartford area students at school. In the cryptic letter Miss Sutton implies one or more of the recent executive orders issued by the Trump Administration has raised the fears and anxiety of … Read more
Warner: Hartford Has An Activist Problem – Now They Know About it
Martin Luther King Jr. famously said:
“Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’
Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’
Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’
But conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’
After watching the various townsfolk berate Select Board member Lannie Collins for speaking in opposition to fellow board member Ally Tufinkjian’s praising the Drag Queen Story Hour that was attempted to be held in downtown White River Junction, it was incumbent upon me to defend Mr. Collins.
Every other Tuesday evening in Hartford/White River Junction, the town holds its Select Board meeting, with the first few minutes open to public comments. This week’s meeting saw several members of the town chiding Board Member Lannie Collins for his statement made regarding the controversial event sweeping the nation – Drag Queen Story Hour.
After reviewing the town of Hartford D.E.I. training and discovering that it is a front for cultural Marxism propped up by lies and unproven social theory, I felt obligated to address the Select Board, which mandated it for town employees.
It’s been said you can judge a society by how it treats its prisoners. Of late, the American prison system has become nearly as bipolar as its political system. Republican states remain relatively staunch in holding fast to existing criminal codes. States run by Democrats; they would like you to believe, are the most benevolent toward prisoners due to simply letting them out early or not even putting criminals in to begin with. Is this, in fact, beneficence?
The Town of Hartford Select Board voted to hoist the LGBTQ flag from the town’s municipal building for the month of June (a.k.a. “pride” month). This was despite vocal opposition from both town members and fellow board member Lannie Collins and Rocket who made the case that the flag has become a symbol of division … Read more