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Mass. public housing tenants press for more money to fix up old buildings
BOSTON ― Residents representing the 70,000 people living in Massachusetts’ state-owned public housing units told legislators Monday that the stock is in dire need of improvements: Windows, doors and elevators need fixing, generators must be purchased, and heating and cooling systems upgraded. The tenants, members of the Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants, also urged their lawmakers to support Gov Maura T. Healey’s $4 billion housing bond bill, as well as increases in funding for public housing...
Softball Game Recap: Windham Takes a Loss
Windham was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss. They lost 13-0 to the New London Whalers. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Windham of the 14-1 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April.
CT man charged with manslaughter after allegedly selling fatal dose of fentanyl disguised as painkiller
A Putnam man has been charged with allegedly selling fentanyl disguised as a less-potent prescription painkiller to a woman who fatally overdosed nearly four years ago. Rohan “G” Robinson, 38, was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree manslaughter and illegal sale of a controlled substance in connection with the death of a woman in Stafford in 2021, according to Connecticut State ...
Tyler Chapman Doubles Up, DiMatteo, Gambacorta, Surdell, & Hydar Score May 17 Weekly Feature Wins at Stafford Speedway
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Stafford Speedway hosted Stafford Weekly Racing on Friday, May 17th with its five weekly divisions plus the remaining 12 laps to be made up from the April 28 SK Light feature. Tyler Chapman was the big winner of the night, winning both the 12-lap completion of the April 28 SK Light feature event as well as the regularly scheduled 20-lap feature. Chapman’s 2 wins tonight gives him 3 wins in 3 SK Light races this season and dating back to the end of 2023, Chapman has now won 5 consecutive points paying SK Light feature events. Other winners on the night were Cory DiMatteo in the SK Modified® feature and Kevin Gambacorta in the Late Model feature with both drivers scoring their second consecutive wins of the 2024 season. R.J. Surdell came home a winner for only the second time in his Stafford career and the win was his first since July 7, 2017. Travis Hydar locked up his second Street Stock win of the 2024 season and in the process became Stafford Speedway’s winningest Street Stock driver in history with 21 career wins, breaking a tie with Kyle Casagrande.
NFA avenges regular-season defeat to Woodstock to capture ECC DI girls’ track title
East Lyme — Norwich Free Academy coach Jeff Wadecki told his girls’ track and field team Monday not to worry about the score. Just keep going. Do what you do best. If a win at the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I championship meet is meant to happen, it will happen.
UConn demo teaches how to respond to pedestrian crash
STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) — A demo held on Wednesday at the University of Connecticut taught officers what to do when responding to a scene where a vehicle hits a pedestrian. “It’s truly important,” said Eric Jackson, the executive director of the Connecticut Transportation Institute. The simulation also included what to do if a bicyclist is […]
Willimantic's newest bar, Reframe, has a twist: no alcohol
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Reframe: A Dry Spot, a Willimantic bar with a twist, held its ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday. The business sells premade mocktails and has beer on tap, all alcohol-free. Believed to be the first sober bar in Connecticut, it's more modeled after a coffee shop. Frances McGrath,...
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