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Norwich schools budget ask on par with last year's proposal
NORWICH — Norwich Public Schools will present to the city a proposed budget for 2019-20 that is on par with what was brought forth one year ago, before the city council imposed cuts.The Board of Education Budget Expenditure Committee last week reviewed the proposed $83.3 million budget for the school department, and voted to send that proposed budget to the full Board of Education with the… → Read More
Police chief: Norwich crime rates down
NORWICH — Statistics show 2018's crime rate was one of the lowest in the city's history, according to Norwich Police Department.Norwich Police Chief Patrick Daley presented the city’s crime statistics from last year, along with comparisons to 2017, and data for the past 15 years. The statistics cover serious crimes reported to the FBI ranging from violent crime to property crime.According to the… → Read More
Meet a veteran: Navy vet once fought fires, now fights for service dogs
In the service: Neil O’Brien, of Norwich, was born in Glastonbury and is a 1994 graduate of RHAM High School in Hebron. O’Brien, who had been a volunteer firefighter with the Marlborough Volunteer Fire Department, entered the U.S. Navy on Dec. 15, 1994, reporting to Naval Station Great Lakes near Chicago. O’Brien was assigned to his first vessel, the USS Emory S. Land, a submarine based out of… → Read More
Area cities, towns well prepared to face winter weather
As the snow began to fall Tuesday afternoon, local municipalities said they were well prepared to face the fury of a storm expected to bring accumulating → Read More
Norwich unveils lost Lincoln plaque
NORWICH — Norwich City Hall is beginning to look a little like a museum for Abraham Lincoln.On Saturday, the city unveiled a newly-discovered, century-old bronze plaque bearing the Gettysburg Address. City Historian Dale Plummer said the plaque's origin is still unknown, but likely dates back to the early 20th century. It was found in a closet in the Buckingham Memorial building on Main… → Read More
Police: Putnam man may have aided New Britain murder suspect
A Putnam man was arrested Friday for an alleged connection to a homicide investigation in New Britain, police said.Sharod Pipkin, 29, of 198 Park St., → Read More
CMEEC ordered to pay legal fees for former CFO
A federal judge has ruled the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative must pay in advance the legal fees for former Chief Financial Officer Edward Pryor.Pryor, along with CEO Drew Rankin and three other current and former members of its board of directors — James Sullivan, of Norwich, Edward DeMuzzio, of Groton, and John Bilda, were charged in November 2018 with several federal crimes… → Read More
Griswold murder suspect swaps legal team
NEW LONDON — Griswold murder suspect Sergio Correa has a new legal team because his current counsel is stepping down, citing conflicts of → Read More
Ex-Thompson Scout leader pleads guilty to Connecticut sex charges
NEW LONDON — A former Northeastern Connecticut Scout leader serving time in a Massachusetts prison for child statutory rape pleaded guilty Friday to similar charges in Connecticut under the Alford Doctrine.David Kress, 57, appeared Friday before Judge Hillary Strackbein at New London Superior Court, where he entered guilty pleas on three counts of employing a minor in an obscene performance,… → Read More
Bills submitted to upgrade Dodd Stadium
NORWICH — The city’s baseball stadium could be in line for some significant upgrades.A pair of bills submitted to the General Assembly seek to allow Thomas J. Dodd Stadium, managed by the Baseball Stadium Authority, to keep admissions tax revenue generated by the stadium to make improvements to the facility, and for the issuance of a $500,000 bond for improvements to the ballpark’s roof, fencing… → Read More
Brewers rejoice as beer distribution bills die
A pair of Connecticut bills targeting how breweries can distribute their beer are now effectively dead in the water.Both bills sought to limit or halt a → Read More
Sand bins disappear from Norwich streets
NORWICH — For many years, the city of Norwich had put out bins full of sand during the winter months to help motorists navigate the city’s hilly terrain, but the Department of Public Works said that practice has been discontinued this year.DPW Director Ryan Thompson said the bins had been put out in strategic areas where motorists were at risk of being stuck in icy or snowy conditions, but he… → Read More
Griswold murder suspect waives probable cause hearing deadline
NEW LONDON — The attorneys for Sergio Correa waived the deadline for a probable cause hearing Friday, but said they are waiting to receive → Read More
Mohegan Park panel considers dog ban change
NORWICH — The Mohegan Park Improvement and Development Advisory Committee is considering ideas that could lift a ban on dogs in certain areas of → Read More
Norwich's MLK luncheon seeks to restore nation's soul
NORWICH — Restoring the Soul of Our Nation was the theme for Friday's 34th annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Luncheon hosted by the Norwich branch of the NAACP and the Robertsine Duncan Youth Council.More than 100 people were in attendance, including students, politicians and community leaders at Norwich Free Academy’s Sidney Frank Center to celebrate what would have been the civil… → Read More
Meet a vet: Lebanon man trained soldiers for Korean War
In the service: Born in 1932 in East Haven, Peter DeCaprio, of Lebanon, said he entered the National Guard in 1947 while still attending East Haven High → Read More
Norwich Public Schools seeks feedback on facilities
The School Facilities Review Committee in Norwich is reminding residents there is still time to participate in its community survey.The survey, which can → Read More
Mayor to focus on economic development in state of the city address
NORWICH — With Monday comes the first meeting of Norwich's City Council for 2019, and that means Mayor Peter Nystrom is preparing to deliver his state of the city address.Nystrom said his state of the city speech has been mostly written, but said edits and adjustments may happen over the weekend. He said economic development is the central theme to this year’s address.“I am promoting… → Read More
Historic Norwich building to become the home for new downtown church
NORWICH — An iconic and vacant building in downtown Norwich will soon become a place of worship, as a new church signed a lease in late November to use part of the building at 4 Broadway.The historic building, across Main Street from the Norwich Superior Court, has been vacant for several years, since People’s United Bank closed its branch there in 2013. City Historian Dale Plummer said the… → Read More
Norwich BOE alarmed by NFA's handling of Facchini investigation
NORWICH — In a letter drafted last week, the Norwich Board of Education has requested that officials at Norwich Free Academy provide the board with significant information pertaining to the investigation of alleged sexual assaults involving an athletic coach and two students.The requests in the letter were made through the Freedom of Information Act.The letter - both Norwich Board of Education… → Read More