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Tantummaheag Deal in Old Lyme Should be DOA
At the April 15 meeting of the Old Lyme Board of Selectmen, a proposed memorandum of understanding for Tantummaheag Landing was presented by Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker. This MOU was negotiated solely between Selectman Jim Lampos, a Democrat, and Tantummaheag resident George Frampton, a prominent Democrat still active in Washington. There...
Police logs ― April 23, 2024
Yolande Mompoint, 61, of 5 Ward St. was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct and interfering with an emergency call. Spencer S. Ferdula, 20, of 50 Summit St., New London, was charged April 16 with second-degree burglary, sixth-degree larceny and second-degree failure to appear in court. Pierce E. Hall. 57, of...
What’s Going On: Sapore Pizzeria back in business after fire
When Roberto Schiano turned over his former Illiano’s restaurant in Old Lyme to nephew Luigi Conte five years ago, he had a lot of advice after decades in the business, but this was one of the major ones:. “This is your place; you gotta be here all the time.”
Two arrested for railroad track theft from Essex Steam Train in Old Saybrook
OLD SAYBROOK, CT (WFSB) - Two people were arrested for the theft of railroad tracks from a state park in Old Saybrook. Nicole Hooghkir, 38, and Jason Hubbard, 47, both of Clinton, were arrested on a number of charges, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. DEEP’s Environmental...
What’s Right With Schools: Madison students tap into inner peace to succeed in classroom
MADISON, Conn. (WTNH) – Some of the youngest students in Madison are tapping into their inner peace to succeed in the classroom. “We were doing mindful breathing and finding our anchor spot on our belly and focusing on our thoughts,” said second-grader Tristan Burk. Hands raised when their minds wandered and they learned to bring […]
Police logs ― April 21, 2024
Brandon G. Stephenson, 35, of 56 Green Cliff Road, was charged Friday with interfering with a police officer/resisting arrest, disobeying the signal of an officer, traveling unreasonably fast and failure to obey a stop sign. Norwich. Marques Konochik Loftis-Dorn, 28, of 120 Cliff St., was charged April 19 with disorderly...
Citing ‘level of depravity,’ judge refuses to reduce 85-year sentence for New London killer
Saying the crime stood out for its “level of gratuitous violence,” New London Superior Court Judge John M. Newson on Monday rejected a request for a sentence reduction by Gregory Pierre, one of the three men convicted in the 1998 murder of James Connor of Essex. “In the...
Waterford’s new juvenile prosecutor where she was ‘meant to be’
Waterford ― Glastonbury native Tashia Sowell can trace her love of the law to at least the age of 5, around the time she first started talking about becoming a judge. Just ask her parents, Sowell said, who used to take her on personal field trips to the courthouse to watch court proceedings at a young age.
Drinking water testing requires vigilance ― and skipping the hair gel
Four times a year, James Burton wakes up early, skips his morning swipe of deodorant and heads to the Lake Konomoc Water Treatment Plant off Hartford Turnpike in Waterford, the treatment facility he’s worked at for four years. Once inside the plant, which takes in and filters millions of...
Police Search for Weapons at Madison Cottage, but Find no Weapons
On April 19 at approximately 5 a.m., the South-Central Connecticut tactical team assisted the Guilford Police Department (GPD) with a search warrant for weapons within a specific cottage at the Beech Tree Cottages located at 1187 Boston Post Road in Madison. Members of the Madison Police Department assisted in the GPD’s investigation. Upon completion of the search, no weapons were found. No parties were injured, and no arrests were made.
Nyberg: Madison bookstore helps give devices to those who are nonverbal
MADISON, Conn. (WTNH) — Meredith Daggett knew there had to be a way to help her daughter communicate. Sydney, who is on the autism spectrum, is nonverbal. But when she was given an iPad in the second grade, everything changed. “It opened up her whole world,” Daggett said. “I...
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