Democrats retained supermajorities on the Town Council and Board of Education, according to unofficial numbers called in to Democratic campaign headquarters Tuesday with one voter precinct unreported.

A Jewish day school may move above ground from its basement location at Congregation Agudas Achim on North Main Street to a site former utilized by the University of Hartford on Bloomfield Avenue.

Last year, competition between schools was fierce to save the school district the most in electrical costs.

Since the spring, Community Services Director Robert Rowlson said, new businesses have come into town in a steady stream.

A state Department of Transportation reconstruction project for New Britain Avenue, originally scheduled to start this year but bumped back to a 2011, now may be scaled back.

The state is now accepting applications for $225 million in special bonding available through a new federal stimulus program for eligible shovel-ready construction projects throughout the state.

The children's classic, Charlotte's Web will have its premiere at the Newington Children's Theatre Company (NCTC) on Dec. 4.