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• EAST WINDSOR: Town budget heads to referendum............. .................p. 4 • ELLINGTON: Budget now in hands of town voters to pass.................... ..p. 8 • ELLINGTON:Youth survey shows how teens use alcohol ..........................p. 8 • ENFIELD: Proposed budget show focuses on improvements............p. 11 • ENFIELD: Rotary bestows honor on three members ..........................p. 15 • SOMERS: Solar farm shines relief on town spending............................p. 17 • STAFFORD: Teacher honored as outstanding educator.......................p. 29 SUFFIELD: Family maintains third generation of farming ......................p. 30
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New Transit Center Coming to Thompsonville By Linda Tishler Levinson
ENFIELD — With a new Transit Center planned for Thompsonville, those involved in the area and the project came together to get a look at the future of Thompsonville and to celebrate new and existing partners in that effort. The event was held at the future Transit Center site at 33 N. River St. “It was beyond our biggest hope,� Courtney Hendricson, Enfield assistant town manager of development services,
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said of the April 16 event. More than 100 people attended, Hendricson said, including partners in the project, town staff and area residents, adding it was key to bring all of those players together. Thompsonville Transit Center The Thompsonville Transit Center will be a station on the New HavenSpringfield rail line, but will also be an intermodal center, Hendricson said. As an intermodal center, it will also be a
hub for bus service and provide parking for those using mass transit, as well as for those who will be pedestrians or ride bikes in the area. The Enfield Community Development Corp., a nonprofit corporation, purchased 33 N. River St., the future home of the Thompsonville Transit Center. The building, which dates back to the late 1800s, has been
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