WETHERSFIELD - The orange "F" on his blue cap and his orange tie with diagonal, criss-crossing blue stripes said it all. But, it was his signature at precisely 2:30 p.m. on National Signing Day that made it official. Tyler Murphy is a Florida Gator.

At the studios of Wethersfield Community Television (WCTV) at the Pitkin Community Center, there's a flurry of nervous activity. Tech producers are doing microphone and lighting checks.

Want to have your own show on Wethersfield Community Television (WCTV)? Just give the studio a call.
The only criteria is you have to be a resident of Wethersfield, or affiliated with an organization in town that wants to get some information out, according to Rick Garrey, WCTV president.

New leadership, new openness. That's what Mayor Donna Hemmann stressed in her remarks at the Chamber of Commerce's annual State of the Town meeting.
The mayor, along with Town Manager Jeff Bridges and Director of Planning and Economic Development Peter Gillespie, addressed the chamber members at the breakfast meeting Jan. 21 at the Pitkin Community Center.
In last November's election, the Town Council leadership changed, Hemmann said.

It's a long way from China to Wethersfield, but an exchange program through the state Department of Education is helping to close the cultural distance.

Whether on the national, state or local level, Wethersfield's four state legislators acknowledged that the recession is bad for both business and government. But there are things that can be done to help, whether it's consolidating state agencies or redeveloping the Silas Deane Highway, they said.