Anne Hughes

I should be leading with a joyous back-to-school message, celebrating our children, families, teachers, and communities. Instead, I am once again speaking out about the fear and disruption caused by aggressive ICE enforcement actions in Danbury and our surrounding communities.

Last week, I toured the storm damage at Gilbertie’s Organics farm in Easton with Gov. Ned Lamont and showed off Shaggy Coos, one of the rare working dairy farms left in Connecticut. (Check out this recent CT Insider article for more information -- Paywall.) 

Connecticut has lost a remarkable public servant and trailblazer with the passing of Nancy Wyman.

REMINDER!!!! Primary elections take place today, Tuesday, in municipalities where more than one candidate from the same political party has qualified for a particular office.

It was a poignant honor to present David Pattee with a citation from the state legislature recognizing his retirement from the Redding Conservation Commission after four decades of service and the many years serving as Chair, and his many decades of public service to the community and to preserving the natural assets of wider Redding. As Town Clerk Michele Grande wrote in the last stanzas of her poem dedicated to this celebration of his service,

I want to make sure you're aware of a significant weather event expected to impact our area over the next two days.

I'm pleased to share some great news for our community: the Aspetuck Land Trust has been awarded $578,500 through Connecticut's Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition (OSWA) grant program to permanently protect the Plummer Addition, a 15.84-acre property in Wilton and Weston.

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for our area, and the Governor has activated Connecticut's Extreme Heat Protocol through 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 16.