Rep. John Rigby today gave the keynote address at the graduation for 194 Northwestern Regional School seniors during commencement exercises held at the Warner Theatre in Torrington. Rigby, a 1987 Northwestern graduate, talked to the graduates about the importance of community. Read this Register Citizen report about the event. Photo: Register Citizen.
NORFOLK — State lawmakers John Rigby and Kevin Witkos were here tonight for a toast to the local public library, which has rececieved a prestigious award from an organization that ranks libraries across the country. The library was featured in the November issue of Library Journal, which named the Norfolk Library a five-star library based [...]
NORFOLK — The state budget, loss of manufacturing jobs to southern states and the redistricting of probate courts were among the topics discussed last week during joint office hours held by Rep. John Rigby and state Sen. Kevin Witkos. The two state lawmakers met with more than a dozen residents of Norfolk and Colebrook at [...]
HARTFORD — Rep. John Rigby and his colleagues today renewed their efforts to dump costly state mandates that are taxing towns and cities, including delaying new in-school suspension rules and redefining the age of juvenile offenders. They plan to raise the subject during a legislative session next week. The majority-party budget approved Sept. 1 imposes [...]
State Rep. John Rigby and state Sen. Kevin Witkos look forward to meeting with constituents on Sept. 17 during joint office hours at Greenwoods Station Pub in Norfolk from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The Northwest Corner legislators want to hear directly from residents of Norfolk and Colebrook on issues that matter most to them. Greenwoods [...]
TORRINGTON — Rep. John Rigby participated in graduation tonight for Northwestern Regional School seniors during a ceremony at the Warner Theatre. Rigby, a Northwestern graduate himself, stood on stage and congratulated students along with officials from the four communities the school serves: Norfolk, New Hartford, Colebrook and Barkhamsted. Days earlier, Rigby presented top students (pictured [...]
WINSTED — Marijuana decriminalization and leg-hold animal traps were among the topics discussed recently when Rep. John Rigby visited a class at Northwestern Regional School. Rigby, a graduate of the school, talked a bit about his background before touching off debate among students on a variety of issues that have come before Connecticut’s legislature this [...]
TORRINGTON — Rep. John Rigby participated in a roundtable discussion today regarding the possibility of consolidating probate courts in Connecticut. The meeting took place at the University of Connecticut’s campus here, and nearly two dozen local and state officials, such as Sen. Andrew Roraback, as well as probate judges discussed the social and financial implications [...]
HARTFORD—The governor’s Stimulus Task Force has allocated $1,135,348 in federal money to the Litchfield Hills Council of Elected Officials for “shovel ready” projects, state Rep. John Rigby said Tuesday. In this first round of funding it will be up to this regional planning organization for 11 Northwest Corner communities to prioritize a list of nearly [...]
HARTFORD — There’s no better way to understand how the state’s fiscal woes will affect municipal budgets than to hear from the people in charge of them, Rep. John Rigby said Tuesday. More than two dozen leaders-mayors and first selectmen-from communities throughout the state were at the Capitol for a roundtable discussion organized by House [...]
