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Cheshire public hearing collects proposals to name new North End elementary school
Summary
At a Jan. 16 public hearing, residents urged the Town Council to consider several names for the new North End Elementary School, with many speakers endorsing Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Harvey C. "Barney" Barnum and others proposing local farming and civic leaders.
The Town of Cheshire held a public hearing on Jan. 16 to gather community proposals for naming the new North End Elementary School, currently under construction at 804 South Main Street.
The hearing drew about a dozen residents who offered a slate of suggested names and explained their reasons. Several speakers urged the council and Board of Education to name the school for Colonel Harvey C. “Barney” Barnum, a Cheshire native and Medal of Honor recipient; others proposed names tied to the site’s agricultural history or to long-serving local residents.
Tim Pelton, a Plantsville resident with nearly 40 years of service in the Cheshire Fire Department, urged the council to “seriously consider Colonel Harvey C. Barnum” and described Barnum as “a very humble hero.” Multiple other residents voiced support for Barnum during the hearing, saying…
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