New Britain Mayor meets Ann Uccello, political trailblazer NEW BRITAIN – By the time Erin Stewart was born in 1987, Antonina “Ann” Uccello had been out of the public eye for more than a decade. Uccello’s legacy though still loomed large in her hometown of Hartford, where in 1967 she was elected the nation’s first female mayor of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2016 New Britain Unveils $58 million Downtown Redevelopment Project Columbus Common—former police station site NEW BRITAIN—Today, Mayor Erin E. Stewart joined POKO Partners, LLC to announce that the city has chosen the New York-based developer to build a brand new $58 million, mixed-use project adjacent to CTfastrak—New England’s first bus rapid transit system. POKO submitted…
New Britain named All-America City June 19, 2016 By Robert Storace, New Britain Herald DENVER — The second time was the charm. After failing to make the final cut at the All-America City Awards four years ago, New Britain was triumphant late Sunday, becoming one of 10 communities to earn the official designation from the National Civic League. Representatives of…
Running for Public Office: New Britain May 30, 2016 Erin Stewart is the Mayor of New Britain, Connecticut and currently serving in her second term. A New Britain native, Mayor Stewart is a proud graduate of New Britain High School, going on to obtain a BA in political science and public administration from Central Connecticut State University. She is the…
Can the millennial Republican version of Leslie Knope save Connecticut? By Ryan Girdusky, Red Alert Politics The state of Connecticut has seen better times. Under Governor Dan Malloy (D), they’ve seen a massive tax increase, businesses leave the state, a brain drain — and next year their deficit will rise to an estimated $900 million. As the 2018 gubernatorial election looms in…
Governor Erin? Stewart leaves door open to 2018 run By Chris Fortier – New Britain Herald Monday, May 16, 2016 NEW BRITAIN — The political pundits who had their money on Mayor Erin Stewart challenging Elizabeth Esty for her seat in Congress this fall found themselves swiftly defeated Sunday. In an eight-minute appearance on WFSB-TV’s “Face the State,” Stewart did,…
