acant since 2019 when it completed nearly nine decades as a private day school, the Mooreland Hills School in Berlin now has a new life as the Prism Academy for students with autism.
Area police, political leaders don t believe recent legislation goes far enough to solve rising car break-in problems
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Police and town officials across central Connecticut are uncertain if recent legislation will be enough to solve a problem that has plagued their communities far too long.
The General Assembly passed several bills to address juvenile car break-ins and motor vehicle theft this session, but some question whether these new sanctions will really make a difference.
HB 6505 provides the Judicial Branch with resources to improve juvenile detainment requests and SB 1093 criminalizes adults for the act of enticing a minor into committing a crime, such as a car theft or break-in. It also requires the Judicial Branch to decrease the time between a child’s arrest and their court appearance and requires juveniles to participate in diversionary programs.
Berlin finance board recommends $93.5M budget Â
Berlin finance board recommends $93.5M budget Â
Berlin Board of Finance presented to the Town Council the FY 2021 budget draft during the Annual Budget Hearing on Wednesday | Record-Journal, Nadya Korytnikova.Â
April 03, 2021 10:22AM By Nadya Korytnikova, Record-Journal staff
BERLIN â The Board of Finance laid out a $93.5 million budget recommendation for the fiscal year 2022 recently.
The proposal calls for a 2.7% total increase from the $91.5 million FY 2021 budget, according to Town Manager Arosha Jayawickrema, who presented the draft during a meeting  Wednesday night.Â
For the upcoming fiscal year, the townâs 33.93 mill rate will remain unchanged. The budget draft keeps the mill rate flat by using funds from the $2.02 million received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.Â