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Cheshire Town Council reviews lean public safety budgets with hydrant backlog and police staffing worries in focus. Meeting jointly with the Budget Committee at the town firehouse Thursday, council members heard Fire Chief Jack and the police chief describe budgets with no discretionary additions —

Cheshire Town Council unanimously approved a four-year teachers contract and accepted a $750,000 state grant for an adaptive use athletic field at its January 14 meeting. Superintendent Dr. Jeff Sollen told the council the 2025-2029 agreement between the Cheshire Board of Education and the

Cheshire Town Council opens multi-year planning process for surplus school properties. At a special October 17 meeting, the council launched a brainstorming session on the future of Chapman Elementary School, Darcy School, and a foreclosed house at 422 North Brooksvale Road, all expected to become

Cheshire Town Council trims capital budget by $4.1 million, setting revised gross at $10.8 million. The council, meeting jointly with the Budget Committee on June 25, worked through a $14,919,000 proposed capital plan and cut or deferred projects across nearly every department, including

Cheshire Town Council debated scope and cost of a $1.975 million police detention facility overhaul without reaching a vote Monday. An architectural consultant named Brian — representing the firm advising the town — told the nine-member council that reducing the proposed seven-cell renovation would