The part of the land Known as East Hartford was once inhabited by the Podunk Indians, in 1635 the town saw its first permanent colonists when Thomas Hooker and his followers came from Cambridge, Massachusetts to found Hartford. Initially settled about 1640, early settlers included William Goodwin, Thomas Burnham and William Pitkin. The first petition by residents to establish a separate Town aprt from Hartford was rejected by the General Assembly in 1726. Several more petitions were submitted between that year and 1783, when the Assembly at last gave its approval to the incorporation of East Hartford. The Town then received its Charter from the State of Connecticut on the land area taken from the City of Hartford. Today, the Town of East Hartford is governed by a strong Mayor form of government. The Charter empowers the Mayor to govern the Town in cooperation with an elected nine-member Town Council and Town Treasurer. The Chairman of the Town Council is also the Deputy Mayor, and his powers include the power to approve and adopt the Annual Budget, the power to enact ordinances, the power to fix penalties and fines, and the powers of subpoena and investigation. The Town of East Hartford is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Visit https://www.easthartfordct.gov/human-resources/pages/job-openings to view current employment opportunities. PLEASE NOTE: This page is for 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 use only. If this is an emergency, call 9-1-1
The Town’s social media sites are limited public forums and are moderated and reviewed by Town staff. All posted content and remarks must be related to Town programs, services, projects, issues, events and meetings. The Town reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove any posts that contain:
profanity, discriminatory language, or inappropriate language;
posts or content that violates this policy;
content that is deemed to not be in the best interest of the Town;
political statements, including comments that endorse or oppose political candidates or ballot propositions;
religious statements, including comments that endorse or oppose any type of religious opinions or activities;
posts and comments that promote, foster or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
posts and comments that include vulgar,
offensive, threatening or harassing language,
personal attacks or unsupported accusations;
obscene or sexual content, links to obscene or sexual content posts, or links concerning illegal activity or encouragement of illegal activity;
information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party (including but not limited to music, photographs, intellectual property, trademarks, logos, designs, videos, writings, sayings, cartoons and images);
pictures or videos of adults or children without express legal consent;
posts that contain Town employee or official’s names;
for profit posts or advertisements;
content that is confidential, contains personal information, or not public under the Connecticut Freedom of Information act; and
posts that are not related in some way to the Town of East Hartford. In all instances, the Town reserves the right to block, or otherwise deny access to, any person who violates this policy, at any time and without prior notice. Full Policy: http://www.easthartfordct.gov/home/pages/east-hartford-social-media-policy-“policy”
