Chares Pickett
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Letters: A clarion call for Middletown
Dear Middletown residents, The Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown will be running out of space by July 2027 and will close. Fortunately, in late January 2025, the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) posted an invitation to submit proposals (DVA -RFP 25-01) for site offerings for the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), “throughout the State…
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Middletown Press: New Haven vet helps launch Save OurCemetery effort to expand state cemetery in Middletown
By Cassandra Day, Staff WriterFeb 16, 2025 https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/connecticut-veterans-cemetery-expansion-middletown-20166024.php MIDDLETOWN — A grassroots campaign of war veterans hopes Connecticut lawmakers will address an “impending crisis” by adopting a resolution to expand the State Veterans Cemetery after Middletown denied a state Veterans Affairs request to buy 90 acres of adjacent city land three months ago. Organizers are urging the…