Joseph P. Gresko

Hooray for The Mighty Quinn foundation. A $2,116 state grant in support of the arts has been awarded to the Mighty Quinn Foundation of Stratford for providing artistic and educational opportunities to our young women and men. Helping them achieve success we enhance our own community.

Representative Joe Gresko was honored to lead the swearing-in of new officers for the Stratford AARP chapter at the Baldwin Senior Center. Afterward, he talked about issues affecting seniors and legislation he sponsored to help protect them. To hear his comments, watch this video.

Rep. Joe Gresko joined members of the legislative delegation representing Stratford in securing $76 million in grants for the town's school construction projects. The General Assembly approved the funding and Governor Dannel Malloy signed the measure into law last week.

There has been a dramatic rise in prescription drug abuse, and it is something that affects each and every town in Connecticut as well as this country. The legislation that I co-sponsored and that was passed by the House this week I hope will stem the tide. For more on this issue, read this Courant news story.

For Representative Joe Gresko, protecting firefighters and making sure they're treated fairly is important. That is why he co-sponsored a bill that establishes a relief fund for wage replacements. The fund will be used for firefighters who are battling work-related cancer. House Bill 5262 provides compensation for current and former uniformed members of a paid or volunteer fire department who suffer from certain diseases as a result of performing their jobs.

Leading a memorial to his old friend and mentor, Rep. Joe Gresko praises the work of Terry Backer, who devoted much of his life to environmental causes and his Stratford constituents. Gresko and many of Backer's former colleagues gave tribute to the Soundkeeper Tuesday in the House of Representatives Chamber at the State Capitol. Video of the memorial.

Rep. Joe Gresko meets Beau, one of 12 therapy animals that visited the State Capitol with their handlers from three statewide organizations Tuesday to raise awareness of the importance of animals.

Representative Joe Gresko successfully completed Fire Ops 101, a half-day training exercise at the Hartford Fire Department Training Facility designed to give elected officials a first-hand glimpse of what a day in the life of a firefighter is like.