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I would like to direct this letter to Barbara A. Torino whose letter was printed in the Register (May 12) and the millions of people like her who have no clue what it takes to run a business.Her rant stated "Businesses must be forced to pay higher wages "and "shame on you "if you don't agree with the $ 15 minimum wage.

Its time for bold leadership in New Haven's desire to make a much needed additional parking garage at the Union Station train depot. This month, the city of New Haven formalized a request to have an urban center containing transportation, civic and retail amenities facilitated by this new garage - a $60 million state investment.

Since when can a defendant plead guilty in a court of law to knowingly misleading the public about a drug that has led to thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of addicted people and spawned street sales reaching millions - and the perpetrators count the millions they've reaped, rather than the days behind bars?Such is the beguiling and maddening nature of American laws.

NEW HAVEN >> U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, joined community organizers, local elected officials and volunteers Saturday morning marking the start to the city's summer meal program, which started canvassing neighborhoods with information on the more than 80 summer meal locations. Mark Firla is a member of the New Haven Food Policy Council, who together with End Hunger CT!, New Haven Public Schools, Connecticut Food Bank and others sponsor the summer meal program.

NEW HAVEN >> Lynn Ide wore some distinctive clothing to a town meeting Friday, where close to 300 others squeezed into the aldermanic chambers at City Hall to listen to objections to the health care plan proposed by a Republican Congress.They were summoned by Connecticut's U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, who were greeted by a standing ovation.

A push is under way to create a national version of Connecticut's Green Bank to fund clean energy ventures, even as President Donald Trump pulls out of the Paris climate accord and guts environmental regulations.

NEW HAVEN >> Inside a laboratory on Huntington Street, research assistant and Southern Connecticut State University senior Mallery Breban placed a clear sandwich bag under a microscope.The bag was flat and empty except for a single dark speck. The speck was once alive but now it's a dead tick, which Breban aligned with a light shining down from the microscope.

NEW HAVEN >> Finding unique artwork outside of New Haven's various galleries and museums could be as easy as knocking on your neighbor's door, according to online art marketplace Artfinder.The company said New Haven residents have purchased the second-most works of art per capita in the nation, trailing only Tallahassee, Florida.

NEW HAVEN >> For the second consecutive year, Mayor Toni Harp has issued a veto over policy amendments in the city budget approved by the Board of Alders earlier this month after suggesting they violate state and city laws. A veto letter obtained by the New Haven Register on Friday suggests Harp on Thursday acted to disapprove and veto portions of the 2017-18 fiscal year budget

ANSONIA >> Road-weary residents traveling up and down the pothole riddled and uneven Wakelee Avenue for the past year got some encouraging news this week.Mayor David Cassetti announced he was able to secure some $26,000 from Eversource Energy to pay for a temporary road fix until an approved $5 million "Wake Up Wakelee" road reconstruction project gets underway later this year.