Latest News From State Senator Joan Hartley http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Hartley.php http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 13 May 2013 17:21:27 -0400 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:21:17 -0400 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ State Senators Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) and Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), whose districts each include a portion of Naugatuck, today welcomed word about final approval for a Brownfield Redevelopment Grant for the borough. The grant will help underwrite conversion of an 11.7-acre parcel at 6 Rubber Avenue in downtown Naugatuck that had been the site of rubber manufacturing for most of the past 150 years. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130513.php DC0EA982-E009-4AA2-8E11-3877CBCA6507-2493-00001CE252656D06-FFA Mon, 13 May 2013 17:21:21 -0400 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury), former Senate chair of the legislature’s Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, this week helped earn Senate approval for her initiative to study student attendance and drop-out rates as they relate to financial aid from the state’s regional community technical colleges. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130509.php A7B14244-79A5-448D-A2E7-CD2AB66D2C24-826-00001058E7163345-FFA Thu, 09 May 2013 15:50:55 -0400 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) today welcomed to the state Capitol a scholarship winner who is a senior at Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury. Dionne Parker received an award through the Leaders and Achievers Scholarship program, which is underwritten by the Comcast Foundation. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130502.php 61882AF1-8136-4FBD-9CDA-AB62BD91095C-4228-00001D0377A61F3E-FFA Thu, 02 May 2013 17:26:37 -0400 State Senators Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge) and Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury), who each represent a portion of Naugatuck in the General Assembly, today welcomed news of the imminent release of state funding to help underwrite costs of a comprehensive capital improvement project at the Naugatuck YMCA. http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130422.php 34DCFCC0-CC18-42CE-A49C-494626F24522-1745-0000156DD601ABB5-FFA Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:38:30 -0400 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) today announced approval for two state grants to help revitalize dormant parcels in Waterbury. The first will help underwrite remediation and demolition at the brownfield site of the Washington Avenue Business Park, which will be transformed into a mixed-use development. The second will be used to remediate the property at 313 Mill Street after a fire there. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130419.php F6FE795A-151E-450F-ABDF-56513994BC98-2309-00001A87680A9786-FFA Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:31:05 -0400 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) and Susan Pronovost, Executive Director of Brass City Harvest, today announced the Waterbury-based non-profit organization has been awarded a Farm Viability Grant from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130412.php 018331D6-3CD9-4C87-9AF1-9371CF30F1F6-42671-00005D100243F866-FFA Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:08:26 -0400 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) said today that recently approved funding for the Advanced Manufacturing Center Phase II at Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) allows the college to expand its year-old manufacturing certificate program. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130322.php 1BEB1D61-8E11-4255-BFF8-E8D25CCA0AE3-608-000000B293FAADC3-FFA Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:06:50 -0400 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) has welcomed final approval for two capital improvement projects in and around Waterbury. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130318.php E5989CE9-CD62-46D2-8294-4562BC212230-1071-00000501C423C506-FFA Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:16:24 -0400 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury), Senate chair of the legislature’s Public Safety and Security Committee, helped secure unanimous passage of Emergency Certified legislation creating the Sandy Hook Workers Assistance Fund to help those directly and most severely impacted by events in Newtown last December 14th. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130307.php F092BFC4-8170-4F9D-BBA4-432F07985274-14519-000015F21548A053-FFA Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:27:22 -0500 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) will be joined by Sen. Rob Kane (R-Watertown) and Rep. Tony D’Amelio (R-Waterbury) at office hours scheduled in Middlebury for Tuesday, March 5. The lawmakers said they look forward to meeting with constituents that evening in Room #26 of the Shepardson Community Center from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130228.php 5AEB96A1-D621-43BA-8262-339D61D28102-11496-0000156874B7F5C7-FFA Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:14:50 -0500 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) will be joined by Sen. Rob Kane (R-Watertown) and Rep. Tony D’Amelio (R-Waterbury) at office hours scheduled in Middlebury for Monday, February 11. The lawmakers said they look forward to meeting with constituents that evening at the Shepardson Community Center from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130205.php BB458CE0-AD38-472B-A63D-6BE88C2BB6C4-8251-00000EC65629C19C-FFA Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:10:42 -0500 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) and State Representative Anthony D’Amelio (R-Waterbury) will hold joint ‘office hours’ on Wednesday, February 6th at 6:00 p.m. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130125b.php D6467160-31CD-463A-A9DD-B4CFC61F5591-12914-000018D5741A16E4-FFA Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:04:51 -0500 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury) today welcomed final approval of state funding to help underwrite upgrades and infrastructure improvement projects at four separate Waterbury sites. The projects include upgrades at two state buildings and improvements at the home of two local non-profit agencies. http://senatedems.ct.gov//pr/hartley-130125.php 294A4B50-6318-47DA-B807-B6BA99006661-4819-00000B4B366436C5-FFA Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:56:39 -0500 State Senator Joan V. Hartley (D-Waterbury), co-chair of the legislature’s Public Safety and Security Committee, has begun the serious work of the bipartisan, legislative task force to address gun violence prevention and children’s safety issues. The task force was created to help channel the flow of ideas and the groundswell of formal initiatives prompted by the Newtown shootings on December 14th. http://senatedems.ct.gov/pr/hartley-130123.php 530920B6-E052-4AB1-9A54-251759DE6954-11559-000057C0094ED67A-FFA Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:31:27 -0500