Avoid ‘politics as usual,’ support Daponte
To the Editor: On 05/16, I joined with a number of like-minded Stratford voters, who feel that our town is going to be facing an election that will determine whether Stratford is going to continue to...
View ArticleLetter: Districts 3 and 4 left without land use representation
Letter to the Editor: A curious thing happened during the recent redistricting and renaming of Stratford’s town council districts. The new town council districts 3 and 4 now have absolutely no...
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Paul’s suit vs employer: Four denials, one settlement
After a 36-year career in the operations side of banking, starting in 1968 as a computer operator and working his way up to vice president overseeing major check processes and then to senior vice...
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Daponte enters mayoral race; outlines campaign messages
Beth Daponte, after announcing on June 27 that she is a candidate for mayor of Stratford. Greg Reilly photo. Beth Daponte announced Thursday night, June 27, that she is officially a candidate for...
View ArticleDemocrats nominate Daponte for mayor; turn away from Councilman Santi
The Stratford Democratic Town Committee tonight nominated Beth Daponte as their candidate to run against incumbent Mayor John Harkins, a Republican who expects to get his party’s nomination tomorrow,...
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Candidates agree: taxpayers should not fund Theatre operation
Stratford’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Beth Daponte, and Mayor John Harkins agree that local taxpayers should not have to fund the operation of the Shakespeare Theatre. They were together at...
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Slates of election candidates presented by political committees
Endorsement meetings by the Stratford Democratic Town Committee on July 17 and the Republican Town Committee July 18 produced the following slates of candidates and potential contests for the November...
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Daponte says her analytical style will increase budget efficiencies
Beth Daponte, candidate for mayor endorsed by the Democratic Town Committee, with her campaign manager Rick Marcone outside of their Main Street campaign headquarters Tuesday. Greg Reilly photo Beth...
View ArticleAttorney charged with theft no longer works for Stratford
Updated Aug. 12: An attorney who worked worked on Town of Stratford legal matters, as an employee of a law firm that was hired by the town, is no longer doing so, since he was arrested in June by...
View ArticleDaponte and Paul in mayoral primary
Stratford will have a Democratic mayoral primary, Democratic Registrar of Voters Rick Marcone announced Aug. 13 after notifying the town clerk that Joe Paul qualified for the intra-party contest with...
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Paul would promote theater, reallocate budget
Democratic candidate for mayor, Joe Paul, on Aug. 19 with his family Jodie Paul-Arndt; Dr. Koren Paul, a principal in Stratford Public Schools; wife Linda Paul, Sonia Paul, and Tanya Paul-Ellis, a...
View ArticleMilford or Bridgeport
Milford or Bridgeport? With a mill rate midway between our neighbors (Stratford’s is 34, Milford’s 26, and Bridgeport’s 41), this question weighs on Stratford residents’ minds. Stratford is at a...
View ArticleDaponte study: Taxes are top issue
“Taxes” is the first or second most important issue facing Stratford, according to 61% of the frequent Stratford Democratic voters surveyed by the Beth Daponte mayoral campaign, and no other issue...
View ArticleDaponte campaign treasurer fined for late filing
The treasurer for the Daponte for Mayor 2013 campaign, Barry Davis, was fined $100 this week for filing the a routine financial disclosure form for the campaign a day late. The form was due to the Town...
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Democrats vote in Stratford primary today
It is Primary Election Day for Democrats in Stratford, and the polls are open through 8 p.m. this evening. There are two Democratic races, and the voting for registered Democrats only. Voters are...
View ArticlePaul, Philips win Stratford Democratic primaries
UPDATE Sept. 10 11:45 p.m. Joe Paul defeated Town Committee-endorsed candidate Beth Daponte in the Stratford Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday by a vote of 911 to 754, or 55% to 45%. Paul had...
View ArticleDaponte’s campaign treasurer fined
The treasurer for the Beth Daponte for Mayor 2013 campaign, Barry Davis, was fined $100 last week for filing a routine financial disclosure form for the campaign a day late. Davis said, “The reason for...
View ArticleRefuting Daponte’s charge
To the Editor: Throughout her campaign, Beth Daponte showed a consistent pattern of pointing fingers, placing blame and dodging personal responsibility. Now, Ms. Daponte is again blaming Town Hall, the...
View ArticleTwo candidates withdraw from Town Council races
The Stratford Democratic Town Committee’s endorsed candidate for the Town Council District 2 seat, Neil Sherman, has withdrawn from the race. Sherman said he has asked the Town Clerk not to have his...
View ArticleQuestioning Daponte’s one-party logic
To the Editor: I was flabbergasted to read Beth Daponte’s Letter to the Editor on Oct. 31. Ms. Daponte states that since we have a Democrat as governor and a state legislature dominated by Democrats we...
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