The Meriden Transfer Station will be OPEN Saturday, June 17, from 7 am to 12 pm, BUT it will be CLOSED Monday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.
On June 15, 2023, Mayor Rilling released the following statement regarding the defacing of Hartford’s Black Lives Matter mural last weekend and the importance of communities celebrating Juneteenth across the state.
Please join us for a public information meeting about the Long Wharf Rezoning, Thursday, June 22 at 6 pm in the Adee Room at the Canal Dock Boat House, 475 Long Wharf Drive. Refreshments will be served.
On June 9, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced they submitted a comment letter on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations relating to breast cancer.
Given the smoke that has settled in over the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states, due to the Canadian wildfires, the City of Meriden encourages you to monitor our local Air Quality Index (AQI) by logging on to AirNow.gov.
The Meriden Water Division was recently cited by the Connecticut Department of Public Health for missing a deadline for reporting water sample results and not related to the quality of the city's drinking water.
On June 7,U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), and Ritchie Torres (NY-15), reintroduced the American Family Act, legislation that would make permanent the expanded and improved monthly Child Tax Credit.
On June 6, the Connecticut General Assembly passed the biennial state budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 that includes new education funding and accelerates the phase-in of the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grants, which Mayor Elicker testified in support of earlier this year.
This evening, the New Haven Board of Police Commissioners held a special meeting to vote on the recommendation of Police Chief Karl Jacobson to terminate Officer Jocelyn Lavandier and Officer Luis Rivera for violations of General Orders of the New Haven Police Department in the incident involving Mr. Richard “Randy” Cox.
On June June 7 the Connecticut State Senate passed House Bill 5917, An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Vision Zero Council, which was previously passed by the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Earlier today, the Connecticut State Senate passed House Bill 6667, An Act Addressing Gun Violence, which included proposals that Mayor Elicker and a coalition of mayors and advocates proposed earlier this year to increase accountability for a narrow group of repeat firearm offenders.
This evening the New Haven Board of Alders passed an amended version of Mayor Elicker's proposed $662.7 million budget for the City of New Haven for Fiscal Year 2023-2024. Mayor Elicker released the following statement after the vote: