Pedro E. Segarra

Hartford Mayor Rejects Council's Budget Cuts

2013-05-23 13:49:50

Mayor Pedro Segarra on Thursday rejected more than half the cuts made to his proposed $543.9 million budget by the city council, opting for an additional $3.9 million in reductions instead of the $8.6 million approved by the council. Segarra vetoed a...

READER SUBMITTED: Panera Bread Hartford Grand Opening Raises $10,000 For Six Hartford-based Non-Profit Organizations

2013-05-22 16:10:04

Panera Bread held the Grand Opening Ceremony and "Baguette Cutting" on Wednesday, May 15 from 10 to 1 a.m. for its new bakery-cafe, located in downtown Hartford on Main Street at 10 State House Square. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, Hartford City Council...

Surprise Setback For CTfastrak

2013-05-21 06:10:00

A state Department of Transportation hearing officer on Monday dealt a startling setback to the politically powerful CTfastrak project, ruling that busway engineers cannot simply close off part of Hartford's Flower Street to pedestrian traffic. The...

Council Cuts $8.6 Million From Segarra's Proposed Budget

2013-05-20 19:44:44

— After hours of backroom deliberations and deal making, the city council on Monday voted to cut $8.6 million from Mayor Pedro Segarra's $543.9 million budget proposal. The cuts include reductions of $2 million to the police department; $1...

Council Members Looking To Cut Registrar Of Voters' Office, Require Some Registrars To Go Part-Time

2013-05-20 08:59:00

As the city council prepares to begin its budget-amending session today, one member is eyeing the registrar of voters’ office as a target for some of the cuts. The office has grabbed headlines throughout the last year or two for its infamous...

Road To Hell Paved With Caviar and Slippery Nipples

2013-05-17 15:15:00

It's really hard to stand out as incompetent while running the city of Hartford, because almost everybody who tried to do it for the past 40 years has been either a knave, a genial idiot, an ill-tempered goose or some chimera-like combination of all...

Drunken Concertgoers Clog Hospital Emergency Departments

2013-05-15 17:59:00

The problem of drunken concertgoers clogging up hospital emergency departments has reached the level of a public health issue, a Hartford doctor said Wednesday. Dr. Steven Wolf, chairman of the emergency department at St. Francis Hospital and Medical...

LETTER: No Substitute For Keeping Flower Street Walkway

2013-05-16 16:13:03

I live several miles from Flower Street in Hartford and I care a great deal that it stay open to pedestrians and bicyclists [May 10, Page 1, "Businesses Say City Abandoned Them"]. Mayor Pedro Segarra and others who think a bus ride or a longer, prettified...

Aficionados borrachos bloquean departamentos de emergencias en los hospitales

2013-05-16 07:51:00

El problema de asistentes a conciertos borrachos obstruyendo los servicios de emergencias del hospital ha alcanzado el nivel de un problema de salud p�blica, dijo el mi�rcoles un m�dico de Hartford. El Dr. Steven Wolf, Presidente del Departamento de...

Hartford Council Delays Budget-Cutting Session

2013-05-15 11:48:00

The city council has postponed its meeting to amend Mayor Pedro Segarra's proposed 2013-14 budget until Monday. Council President Shawn Wooden said Wednesday that council members need more time to talk about priorities and draft resolutions for amending...

Hartford Community To Police: 'Show Us You Care'

2013-05-14 13:59:19

Community leaders and residents addressed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor Pedro Segarra and the city's police chief, James Rovella, on Tuesday, calling for proactive solutions to gun violence and better ways of working with newly released prisoners. They...

New City Manager Will Help Hartford Get Back On Track

2013-05-14 16:03:00

The decision by Saundra Kee Borges to withdraw from consideration as Hartford's chief operating officer offers Mayor Pedro Segarra a chance to move the management of the city in a new direction. He would be wise to do so. After serving as interim COO...

Hartford's Mayor Pedro Segarra will be rooting for the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, according to a press aide.

2013-04-29 07:15:00

Mayor Pedro Segarra plans to stamp his own imprint on the city's school system, selecting five new members to the board of education � and himself.

2013-04-29 06:48:00

Pedro Segarra, Hartford's mayor, addressed the crowd on behalf of Hartford Stage encouraging the crowd to donate to the cause.

2013-04-27 00:00:00