Tag: League of Women Voters

LWV of Hamden-North Haven Visible at State Convention

[box]Left to right: Elona Vaisnys, Miriam Brody, Peggy Appler, Ann Martinuzzi, Jackie MacKnight, Jane Shaw, Mary Bigelow[/box] The LWV of Hamden-North Haven was among 18 local Leagues that sent representatives to the Convention of the

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League Of Women Voters – Common Core Info Night

League Of Women Voters – Common Core Info Night, recorded by NHTV at the Hamden, Connecticut Library on March 27th, 2014.

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LWV “Common Core Info Night” Now Airing on NHTV

When 100+ people showed up at the Miller Memorial Library March 27 for “Common Core Info Night”, the sponsoring League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven ran out of panelists’ bios. The bios are now

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LWV at Hamden Earth Day

The League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven will participate in the Hamden Earth Day April 12, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. “We are calling our exhibit “Climate Change Reality”, said Diane Hoffman, organizer of the LWV participation.

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LWV Common Core Info Night

How children are taught and learn in K-12 lays the foundation for their lives as adults who will be shaping our communities. In K-12 of Connecticut public schools, teaching and learning is now changing over

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Breakfast with the Legislators, 2014

Hamden’s Miller Library rotunda was bursting at the seams Jan. 18 morning for the League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven “Breakfast with the Legislators”. Jackie MacKnight, organizer of the event, had a few anxious

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Breakfast with the Legislators, 2014

Hamden and North Haven residents are invited to a “Breakfast with the Legislators,” the annual League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven event for interacting with the state Senators and Representatives whom we have sent

Two New Laws to Help Voters

[box]Jackie MacKnight calling Hamden and North Haven town clerks.[/box] “Two new laws will help some people with being able to vote,” says Jackie MacKnight, co-vice president of the League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven. One

Hamden-North Haven LWV Leaders at Dinner

[box]left to right: Elona Vaisnys, Erika Forsa, Miriam Brody, Lori Esposito, Jackie MacKnight, Louise Brundage, Jane Shaw, and Mary Bigelow[/box] At the Sept. 12 League of Women Voters of Connecticut “POWERING OUR VOICES” dinner that drew

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Capitol Tours: Take One, They’re Free!

[box]Elona Vaisnys on the armrest of Sen. Fasano’s chair in the Senate chamber.[/box] In just August, more than 1,000 visitors took a state capitol tour in Hartford given by the League of Women Voters, LWV.

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LWV of Hamden-North Haven gets State Coach

The League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven is among the five Connecticut local Leagues that have been accepted into the LWV of Connecticut “Engage CT” program and have each been assigned a coach. LWV

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LWV Leadership Growing Younger

The League of Women Voters of Hamden-North Haven experienced a surge of young energy with the election of Lori Esposito and Jackie MacKnight as Vice Presidents and of Julie Clement as Secretary at the annual