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New Preston Parks and Rec director to start Monday
Preston ― If you’re out on the town’s playing fields, courts and tracks in the coming days, look for new Parks and Recreation and Youth Services Director Mark Simmons checking out the facilities and taking notes. Simmons, 30, begins his new position Monday after having worked for...
New mural in Willimantic honors impactful women
A new mural honoring award-winning novelist Toni Morrison, Connecticut’s first female governor Ella Grasso and the first Latina university president in New England Elsa Nunez was unveiled in Willimantic on Thursday. “Deeply touched that the community honored me in this way,” says Nunez. “It’s like I’m leaving, but I’m...
Norwich VFW post receives $300,000 state grant to pay for renovations
Norwich ― Participants in a grant award ceremony Friday only had to look up at the water-stained, sagging ceiling to see why the VFW Post 594 sought state aid to pay for desperately needed renovations to its much-used hall at 30 Connecticut Ave. “All we have are leaks,” said...
A taste of soldiering in East Lyme
East Lyme ― While a Connecticut National Guard soldier barked safety instructions in advance of a 35-foot descent down a rappelling wall, 17-year-old Hunter Salvas of Putnam admitted he’s not a fan of heights. “It’s going to be a learning experience,” he said before donning a helmet and...
Norwich city, school officials recommend $95.68M school budget
Norwich ― A joint committee of school board and City Council members will recommend the 2024-25 school budget be set at $95.68 million, $2.4 million higher than the city manager recommended. The recommendation is based on cuts made by school administrators since the Board of Education adopted an initial...
Norwich Public Utilities sewage treatment project to receive loan from Electric Division
Norwich ― When the Norwich Public Utilities Sewer Division needs ready cash to pay contractor bills on the $200 million sewage treatment upgrade project, it doesn’t have to go far to obtain a short-term loan. For the second straight year, the NPU Sewer Division has received approval for...
Tong applauds PURA’s preliminary decision to reject water rate increase
State Attorney General William Tong on Wednesday applauded the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) for preliminarily rejecting Connecticut Water Company’s call for an 18% rate hike in favor of one that would increase costs by 2.5%. Among the company’s 107,000 customers are some in Old Lyme and Griswold.
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