Noteworthy

Curtain rises Members of Landmark Community Theater have struggled for 18 months for the opportunity to revive the shuttered Thomaston Opera House, and they finally achieved their goal when townspeople granted the nonprofit organization authority to manage the theater. Here's hoping their dogged determination to get in the front door extends to their efforts to bring top-drawer entertainment to Thomaston. Landmark is well financed and comprised of people with broad experience in theater, so there's reason for optimism. This group is deserving of congratulations and thanks from all Thomastonians for bringing the 129-year-old Opera House back to life. But the key to the success of this enterprise is the enthusiasm demonstrated by the folks who buy the tickets, attend the shows and support its fundraising efforts. Now the heat is on Landmark, to stage performances people will want to attend, and on the public, to reward the management by filling the theater show after show.

The limits of enforcement

Now that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the East Haven Police Department on allegations of unlawful racial profiling, Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut, including Waterbury Democratic Rep. David Aldarondo, are demanding the state take a stronger stand against this practice.

Gov. Cuomo's retiree gambit

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking on his state's public-employee unions again, but this time he seems to have entered the game with a losing hand. The seven unions that filed class-action unions against the state for its efforts to bring retiree health-insurance costs under control have a point. To wit: The unions say the benefits, which taxpayers manifestly can't sustain, are matters of contract and therefore inviolable.

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Living Here: Time travel by VHS
Lately I've been seeing these ads for a new A&E series called "Time Machine." The host promises to look at moments in history that made us what we are today, and to look ahead to the 21st century "to see what's ahead for the next generation of 'time travelers.'"