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Preserving the Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry

May 10, 2013 —Senator Cassano takes a ride on the Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, the oldest continuously operating ferry in the United States. Sen. Cassano made the trip to highlight the vital role the ferry plays for commuters and how it helps to support local tourism in the region.

From the Headlines

May 16, 2013 — Reminder News: Glastonbury will not be the site of a new Connecticut State Police gun practice facility, according to a message from state Sen. Steve Cassano (D-4) to Town Council Chair Stewart Beckett on the evening of May 14.

May 14, 2013 — Hartford Courant: State Drops Plans For State Police Gun Range In Glastonbury

May 2, 2013 — Hartford Courant: Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry’s Opening Pushed Back 10 Days Due To Mechanical Issues

April 5, 2013 — Journal Inquirer: Businesses affected by major construction projects would receive property-tax abatements under legislation filed in response to ongoing construction on Broad Street in Manchester.

About Senator Cassano

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State Senator Steve Cassano was elected in November 2010 to represent the residents of the 4th State Senate District towns of Bolton, Glastonbury, Manchester and Marlborough. Steve was re-elected in 2012 to represent the re-configured 4th State Senate District towns of Andover, Bolton, Glastonbury and Manchester.

Steve is Co-Chairman of the Planning and Development Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, and is a member of the Finance, Revenue & Bonding, Education, Transportation, and Program Review & Investigations committees.

Steve was first elected to public office as the deputy mayor of Manchester in 1977, serving as mayor from 1991 to 2005 at a time that included the development of Buckland Hills, the redevelopment of Main Street and a major expansion of new industrial parks. He taught sociology at Manchester Community College for 28 years, and he and his wife Holly operate The Children’s Place, an 8,000 square-foot day care center in Manchester that has a staff of three dozen employees who care for 100 children ranging in age from six weeks to six years old. The Cassanos have five children and six grandchildren.

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Steve is a past president of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, immediate Past President of the National Association of Regional Councils, and is the former chairman of the Capitol Region Council of Governments. Steve has served on multiple national and statewide task forces and boards that addressed critical, everyday issues such as transportation, energy, education, homeland security and the environment.

Steve was born in 1942 in Boston, three months into World War II, which meant his father would be away in the U.S. Army for several years. He lived with his grandfather, a dory fisherman who operated for decades out of Boston. His father became a fisherman, too, and the family lived in various fishing towns until settling in Nantucket in 1956. Steve graduated from Nantucket High School in 1959; his mother died in 1961 when he was 19 and was the oldest of eight children. Since his father was in a V.A. hospital for long-term care, Steve remained in Nantucket and cared for his family until 1966.

Steve graduated from Manchester Community College in 1968. He received a BA from Boston State in 1969, a Masters Degree in Urban Sociology from SUNY Albany in 1970, and an MSW from the University of Connecticut in 1975.

Steve enjoys being with his family, golf, travel, political trivia and the music of Johnny Cash and The Beatles.

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Establishing an Assistance Fund for Sandy Hook Workers

March 12, 2013 —Senator Cassano commemorates Governer Malloy’s signing of a bill that creates the Sandy Hook Workers Assistance Fund.

A Rail Freight Connection to Jobs

September 26, 2012 — After working to secure funding for vital repairs to the Hartford/East Hartford Railroad Bridge, Senators Gary LeBeau and Steve Cassano tour the crossing that serves as the critical connection for rail freight between Hartford and East Hartford.