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Brush fire closes lanes on I-95 in Groton
GORTON, Conn. (WFSB) - A brush fire closed two lanes on Interstate 95 southbound in Groton, according state transportation officials. The Department of Transportation reported that the two left lanes were closed between exits 89 and 88. The fire was first reported around 10:43 a.m. on Tuesday. There’s no word...
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Move To This Connecticut Town Where Retirees Say Social Security Stretches Surprisingly Far
Somewhere between the antique shops and the old mill buildings, Putnam, Connecticut figured out how to make a fixed income feel downright generous. This little town in the Quiet Corner is proving that you don’t need a fat pension to enjoy your golden years, you just need to know where to look.
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Groton to host first Holiday Lights Parade and Tree Lighting Festival on Dec. 5
Groton to host first Holiday Lights Parade and Tree Lighting Festival on Dec. 5 The City of Groton will hold its first Holiday Lights Parade ... The post Groton to host first Holiday Lights Parade and Tree Lighting Festival on Dec. 5 first appeared on Finding Connecticut .
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Family seeks Navy Cross for Norwich man who saved Marines in Vietnam
David Jacobson didn’t know much about his father’s service in Vietnam. This year, he began uncovering a story of battlefield heroism he had never fully known. Now he wants his father recognized for it. David Jacobson is seeking a posthumous Navy Cross for Navy corpsman Russell “Doc Jake” Jacobson, who passed away in 2015 from an Agent Orange-related illness. His father received a Purple Heart for injuries he suffered in combat, but was never decorated for actions that multiple accounts say saved the lives of fellow servicemen. “The Navy gave another corpsman on that same hill, same battle, same day, the Navy Cross,” David Jacobson told The Cape Cod Times in September . “My father never got that call. The question now is whether he still can.” Denis Russell, Vietnam veteran and VFW Post Commander in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is helping Jacobson, after after a Massachusetts state representative connected the two. “What we’re trying to do is make sure everyone knows the full story, go through whatever the full procedure is, and follow it up with letters,” he said. The search for the flak jacket While Russell Jacobson would talk about nearly anything, he rarely discussed his Vietnam service. The effects,
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Berlin's Second McDonald's Opens on Turnpike, Anchoring Long-Stalled Redevelopment
Berlin, Connecticut now has its second McDonald's, with a new restaurant open at 466 Deming Road, at the corner of Deming Road and Berlin Turnpike. The 3,690-square-foot restaurant includes a drive-thru and joins the existing McDonald's location at 185 New Britain Road, giving the town two outposts of the chain for the first time.