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Seniors seek better housing
future housing needs. “Seniors are very interested in NEWINGTON — Older having housing here at different adults in Newington are on the levels,” Terry Borjeson, commitlookout for affordable and easily tee chair, reported of the results. accessible liv“I think it’s ing situations, impor tant according to that we the results of take care of a recently-reour seniors, leased housing and now we survey. see an overStudents whelming at Central response Connecticut that there S t a t e is a need University there,” he a s s i s t e d added. the town’s TERRY BORJESON C o m H o u s i n g Housing Needs Study Committee chair m i t t e e Needs Study members Committee in formulating the partnered with the Community survey and facilitating focus Research Methods class at groups this past fall. Their goal CCSU to conduct focus groups was to better understand residents’ in September, then sent out surveys at the end of October. Results of the focus groups Free include input from residents ages Volume 55, No. 1 18 to 29 and over age 56, but exclude middle-aged residents, as none attended.
James Howard holds a proclamation for his 46 years of service as a Hartford police officer and inspector.
Erica Schmitt | Staff
By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
“...It’s important that we take care of our seniors, and now we see an overwhelming response that there is a [housing] need there.”
See AFFORDABLE, Page 8
A historic day
Resident honored by capital city By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
NEWINGTON — Dec. 18, 2014 will go down in history as James W. Howard III Day in the city of Hartford. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra declared the proclamation in honor of Newington resident James Howard, who gave almost
50 years of service to the city before retiring in December. Howard, 68, and his wife Deirdre raised their two children in the city, where he worked for 26 years as a Hartford police officer, then 20 more as an inspector with the State’s Attorney’s Office. The family moved to Newington in 1988, where they now reside.
“I am a very fortunate man — extremely lucky,” said Howard, who was “blindsided” by the surprise party his office gave him recently, during which Mayor Segarra presented the proclamation. “We thought that was really nice — an outstanding tribute,” See LOCAL, Page 5