Berlin Democratic Town Committee

10/23/2026

10/23/2026

BHS received a multi-year Lemelson-MIT grant to develop three invention education programs beginning in 2027-28.

10/23/2026

10/23/2026

Congratulations, Mr. Wisniewski!!!! 👏👏👏

10/23/2026

🗓️ Candidates Forum in Berlin, October 30, 2026, 1pm at the Berlin Senior Center! Come hear from the candidates directly!

📣 SAVE THE DATE: CANDIDATES FORUM

🗓️ Friday, October 30th ⏰ 1:00 PM

Join us for an informative Community Forum featuring candidates for:

Board of Education
State Representative
State Senate
Probate Judge

This nonpartisan forum provides voters with an opportunity to hear directly from candidates as they discuss their qualifications, priorities, and vision for our community before Election Day.

🗣️ Learn more about the candidates, hear their perspectives, and get informed on the issues that matter to our community.

Your voice matters! We encourage everyone to attend, get informed, and participate in our community.

📢 Mark your calendar and spread the word! We hope to see you there!

10/23/2026

I’ll never forget the morning my stepdaughter told us she was wearing her “lucky socks” to school. Joe and I assumed she had an AP History test.

Then she told us the socks were supposed to keep her alive if a school shooter came to Southington High School.

Our hearts dropped.

No child should walk into a classroom wondering if they will make it home. No parent should have to wonder if their child will be safe at school.

That’s why I will stand up for common-sense gun laws— laws that respect responsible, law-abiding gun owners while making our communities safer.

Gun violence prevention isn’t partisan. It’s about protecting our children, our families, and our communities. And I’m ready to lead this effort.

10/23/2026

BERLIN — Christopher Wisniewski, a science teacher at Berlin High School, has been named the 2027 Teacher of the Year for Berlin Public Schools.

10/23/2026

🏆 Congratulations to Berlin High School biology teacher Christopher Wisniewski, Connecticut’s 2027 Teacher of the Year!

Governor Lamont and Education Commissioner Russell-Tucker surprised him with the news today, right at BHS, with students, colleagues, and community members there to celebrate. It comes on the heels of BHS winning a multi-year Lemelson-MIT grant this week: one of just five schools in the Massachusetts-Connecticut cohort, and the only one in Connecticut.

If you know Carpe Noctem, you know his work. Mr. Wisniewski led the BHS InvenTeam. His students took on white-nose syndrome in bats and engineered a real solution:

🦇 A U.S. provisional patent application naming all 10 students as inventors
🦇 The Golden Beaver Award as the nation’s top InvenTeam
🦇 Presentations at MIT, before the State Board of Education, and at a national bat research symposium in Colorado

He also expanded early college at BHS, building zoology as Berlin’s first SCSU early college course, with over 95% of participating students earning college credit.

A Stratford public schools kid and the first in his family to graduate college, he calls public education a generational trust. Berlin students are lucky he’s carrying it forward.

He represents Connecticut as a finalist for NATIONAL Teacher of the Year. 🇺🇸

Berlin is proud of you, Mr. Wisniewski! 💙🦇

🔗 https://portal.ct.gov/governor/news/press-releases/2026/10-2026/governor-lamont-announces-christopher-wisniewski-is-connecticut-2027-teacher-of-the-year

Press Release Homepage Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Christopher Wisniewski Is Connecticut’s 2027 Teacher of the Year 10/23/2026 Berlin Educator Earns State’s Highest Teaching Recognition (BERLIN, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charl...