"Michael - I'm glad you found the piece interesting and I hope you have a productive discussion around how social media fits in. To the extent that there are people willing and able to take up social media for the church, I strongly encourage it. Yet you want to be sure that a real commitment is made."
- Aldon Hynes
"If Google had been smart about things, they would have embedded all the functionality of Google Reader into Google+ Each feed would become a community, there would be the ability to have folders of communities, the ability to mark communities as 'read', the ability to import the OPML listing of feeds into Google+ etc. If Google+ did that, then there would be little lost. Perhaps Facebook will figure that out, there are already nice ways to bring RSS feeds into Facebook. Until either of the big players figures it out, I'm going back to using Bloglines."
- Aldon Hynes
"Yes, there is always room for improvement and greatly appreciate the constant improvement we have seen under the Sheehy administration. The new public works building should significantly help keep trucks on the road during storms. All of this has been done while keeping taxes low. According to the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management report on Mill Rates, 22 municipal taxing districts have higher mill rates than Woodbridge."
- Aldon Hynes
"Those of us who love the arts, know that power it can have to change lives. I understand the concern about violence in our culture and at the Board of Education meeting, I encouraged people to embrace the play, come see it, and then get together with friends afterwards to talk about it. The Orange Interfaith Clergy Fellowship has announced that they are sponsoring a "continuation of a community dialogue on April 23rd at St. Barbara's Greek Orthodox Church " in Orange, CT at 7 PM where violence in our culture is discussed. I hope many people attend Sweeney Todd and then come to the community dialogue to talk about how art can changes lives, how it can help us in addressing issues of violence in our society. It can turn this who discussion into something very beneficial. However, the concern about remaining alert is also very important. One report of last night's meeting mentioned that the Board of Education will discuss how decisions are made about school musicals at the next regular..."
- Aldon Hynes
"I was pleased to learn today that the Orange Interfaith Clergy Fellowship will sponsor a continuation of a community dialogue on April 23rd at at 7 pm at St. Barbara's Greek Orthodox Church about the "Prevention of Violence in our Culture". This is exactly the sort of opportunity I hoped for when I suggested that people should embrace the play and then talk about it afterwards. Please, if you can still get tickets, come to see Sweeney Todd. Come thinking about the role of violence in media, about the catharsis art can provide, about morality plays and revenge. I am hoping for a wonderful production and a great discussion on April 23rd about how all of this fits together."
- Aldon Hynes
"This is the sort of story we need to be hearing from Woodbridge and from Animal Control. It reflects the spirit of our wonderful town and the great job our animal control officers do. Now, let's help spread the word so that Cher and Sonny find special loving homes."
- Aldon Hynes