Town Center South joins Guilford plan Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/28/2007GUILFORD — A plan to redevelop the area of town along Whitfield Street won acceptance from the Planning and Zoning Commission at a special meeting Wednesday night. By a vote of 5-2, commissioners decided to accept the Town Center South plan, which recommends creating a "transit-oriented community" in the area between the Green and the harbor. The land...
Guilford PZC, residents have say on project Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/27/2007GUILFORD — Planners and residents debated a "road map" for reconfiguring the area of town between the Green and the harbor at a special Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Wednesday. Commissioners were scheduled to vote on the Town Center South Project report, which aims to preserve the area’s "village character" and natural wetlands through rezoning and other...
Spring flood haunts school in autumn By Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/26/2007GUILFORD - April's heavy flooding left its mark on Elisabeth C. Adams Middle School in the form of potentially dangerous black mold in a basement classroom.A month after discovering the problem, school officials are working to clean up the mold and get students and teachers back into their regular classrooms, Superintendent of Schools Thomas Forcella said. An...
Dead ‘mountain lion’ disappears on I-95 Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/25/2007GUILFORD — The case of the mysterious mountain lion shifted to Guilford Monday, as motorists on Interstate 95 reported sightings of a dead cougar on the side of the road. But by the time the state Department of Transportation arrived at the scene, someone had absconded with the carcass, said Rachael Sunny, a spokeswoman for the state Department...
Graphic novels have more kids reading, but questions arise Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/24/2007The controversy over a Guilford High School teacher’s resignation last week had many parents and others in the community wondering: What exactly is a graphic novel? English teacher Nate Fisher resigned Tuesday after a freshman girl’s parents complained about a graphic novel, Daniel Clowes’ "Eightball #22," that Fisher gave the student as a makeup summer...
Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff 09/20/2007 GUILFORD — The parents of a freshman student whose teacher resigned after he gave her a sexually explicit illustrated book said Wednesday their daughter has been the target of harassment from fellow students, and they want the school district to do more to clarify the issue with other parents. The girl’s father, who asked that his family remain anonymous because it has...
No. Branford cleared of grade tampering Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/20/2007NORTH BRANFORD — A report from the state Attorney General’s Office concludes that no widespread grade tampering or manipulation took place at North Branford High School — although there were a handful of questionable circumstances in the last few years in which failing students were allowed to graduate. The report, released Wednesday, stems from allegations that some teachers...
Guilford teacher quits in book flap Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/19/2007GUILFORD — A freshman English teacher resigned Tuesday, a week after being placed on administrative leave for giving a female student "inappropriate" reading material. Nate Fisher submitted his resignation, effective immediately, on Tuesday, according to a letter he sent to the school district. Superintendent of Schools Thomas Forcella said Fisher gave the freshman girl an "inappropriate" graphic novel...
Guilford to air proposal to adopt RTM government Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff09/18/2007GUILFORD — Town officials are considering a major restructuring of Guilford’s traditional town meeting form of government, and the Charter Revision Commission will hold a public hearing tonight to discuss the changes. The commission is recommending that Guilford modify its current legislative system, in which all registered voters or taxpayers 18 and older can attend town...
Guilford school has 'luckiest principal in the state' By Rachael Scarborough King, Register Staff Writer09/17/2007GUILFORD - High School Principal Rick Misenti described himself as "the luckiest principal in the state of Connecticut" at the Guilford Board of Education's first regular meeting of the new school year.Misenti has had only a couple of months to come to that conclusion. He started his new job at Guilford High School in...