...megawatt, constraining it entirely south of the Norwich-New London Turnpike, if the town agreed to drop its opposition to the proposal at the Connecticut Siting Council. If the town didn’t agree, the company said it would go ahead with re-submitting its full 9.9 MW proposal with enough revisions to satisfy...
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...Energy Cooperative (CMEEC), a coalition of municipally-owned utilities in Norwich, Groton City, Jewett City, Bozrah, South Norwalk, and East Norwalk that serves about 70,000 customers In an opposing motion, Acting U.S. Attorney Leonard Boyle argued it is clear that prosecutors have established that the trips in 2015 and 2016 were...
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...explained that Kiewit’s contract with the port authority required it to make a project labor agreement with the Norwich-New London Building Trades Council, to ensure that local, union workers are employed in the major infrastructure project. Because the ILA is not a member of that council,Shada said, it’s not a...
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The 51 individual parishes that make up the Diocese of Norwich are being asked to choose either to pay a yet-undetermined sum of money as part of the diocese’s bankruptcy settlement or risk responsibility for both legal fees and the cost of settling any future lawsuit brought against individual parishes....
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...out to fill four seats on the city’s school board. In some places, even a race for a chief elected official didn’t draw voters. In Norwich, just 15 percent of voters came out to re-elect Mayor Peter Nystrom to his third term in office. Note: These maps will be updated...
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...graduate. NORWICH — A polling place had to be evacuated around noon after someone smelled gas in the kitchen. Voters pulling into St. Mark’s Church were told of the incident and some decided to queue up outside the entrance to wait until the church was cleared. Norwich Fire Battalion Chief...
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...to serve. These three races are contested and I enthusiastically encourage everyone to vote for Ratib, Balestracci & Porter on November 2nd! They need your votes and support! Polls are open in North Stonington from 6am-8pm on Tuesday November 2nd at 298 Norwich Westerly Road. Mike Urgo First Selectman North Stonington...
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...a coalition of municipally-owned utilities in Norwich, Groton City, Jewett City, Bozrah, South Norwalk, and East Norwalk that serve about 70,000 customers. Indicted in 2018 by a federal grand jury after an FBI investigation, the accused – CEO Drew Rankin, Board Chair James Sullivan, Norwich Public Utilities General Manager John...
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It was going to take an awful lot of work to convert the former second-hand store in a Norwich strip mall into the barbershop that Carlos Ventura had long dreamed of owning. But after weeks of gutting the storefront and surviving the setback of a burst water pipe, Carlos and...
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...big proponent of that — I’ve worked actually with the police and town manager to bring those forward and and I’m on the safety committee.” She is the business manager at Norwich Family Dental Associates and handles their accounting, payroll and human resources. She created the Beautification Committee during her first...
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...special place in his heart. “I was a state representative for 18 years representing this side of Norwich, so there was a time when I knew every family here,” Nystrom said. According to Nystrom, Norwich has lost thousands of longtime residents due to the pandemic, with 4,000 people laid off...
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...awarded half of the available permits. To qualify for the social equity lottery, a business must be at least 65-percent owned by someone who has lived in an area disproportionately impacted by marijuana-related arrests. In eastern Connecticut, those areas are centered in New London, Norwich and Willimantic. Zrenda said she...
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...Shore Road. He was born in Norwich, grew up in Groton and spent summers in Sound View beginning in the 1970s. He directed a nonprofit development agency in New York City and moved to Old Lyme permanently in the early 2000s. He owns and operates Pizza Palace in Groton. This...
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...it’s complex.” The combined district – which would have about 40 buses and a pre-COVID ridership of about 400,000 passenger trips a year, putting it about in line with other mid-sized transit districts like the Southeast Area Transit District that serves the Norwich-New London areas – would be able to...
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...were charged with conspiracy and theft in the matter. The energy cooperative, based in Norwich, had hosted the “strategic retreats” for board members, municipal officials and guests from 2013 through 2016 at a cost of more than $1 million. A planned 2017 trip was canceled after details of the previous...
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...Murals” to tell previously overlooked stories from the four cities. In Norwich, for example, the mural will feature David Ruggles, an abolitionist born in Norwich who helped hundreds of people, including Frederick Douglass, escape slavery via the Underground Railroad. Old Lyme’s mural, which will be painted in Old Lyme Middle...
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...people how a modern look can look in an old house.” In 2016, Bergman set up a business network of showrooms for Kuster in the U.S. In 2017, she moved to the U.S., became a resident, and purchased a house in Norwich. Bergman said she and Kuster chose Essex after...
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...responsibility lies with the council, which will “need to take a look at ownership and corporate documents to understand who truly controls the business.” The panel, which took place at the Holiday Inn in Norwich, also included Kurt Smith, who works for Fuss & Neil helping marijuana facilities with planning,...
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...50 years ago at a school in Norwich three state troopers murdered two unarmed burglars and then planted a gun on them and lied about it. The troopers got off easy on perjury charges. These are among the many reasons for the accountability legislation. As crime has increased lately and...
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...the storm, and that it could take between 8 and 21 days to restore. Peter Nystrom, the mayor of Norwich, also mentioned the danger of flash floods. “Flooding is an issue for us here in the city, we’ve had those issues even in super heavy rain storms,” he told CT...
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Republican Mayor Peter Nystrom is running for reelection this fall, seeking a third term in the office. The Republican incumbent is facing off against Democrat Mark Bettencourt, who serves as Norwich City Council President Pro Tempore and lost to Nystrom in the 2009 Norwich mayoral race. In 2017, Nystrom was...
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Norwich City Council President Pro Tempore Mark Bettencourt is running against incumbent Mayor Peter Nystrom, who is seeking a third term. In 2017, Nystrom was elected with 57 percent of the vote. Bettencourt, who lost to Nystrom in the 2009 Norwich mayoral race, has served on the City Council for...
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...to 27,367 Norwich: 0.9 percent decrease, 40,125 to 40,493 Stonington: 1.1 percent decrease, 18,545 to 18,335 Guilford: 1.4 percent decrease, 22,375 to 22,073 East Lyme: 2.4 percent decrease, 19,159 to 18,693 Colchester: 3.2 percent decrease, 16,068 to 15,555 Groton Town: 4.2 percent decrease, 40,115 to 38,411 Groton City: 9.6 percent...
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...Police Sgt. Addison Saffioti crashed into the rear driver’s side of a vehicle owned by Norwich resident Valerie Davis, which was pulled over along the side of northbound Route 32, just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Davis was helping Waterford resident Katlyn Martinez put gasoline in her vehicle, both pulled...
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...are other resources available. One option subsidizes a smaller portion of the project. The 9 percent LIHTC offers a 70 percent subsidy, and is highly competitive, but there is also a 4 percent LIHTC with a 30 percent subsidy that is not competitive, Natarajan said. Ponemah Mills in Norwich was...
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...place in the coming months to years.” The Archdiocese of Hartford is already considering consolidating and merging parishes across the three counties it serves as it did previously in 2017 when it decreased from 216 to 131 parishes. At the same time, the Diocese of Norwich recently filed for bankruptcy. ...
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...include funding for additional security cameras at state prisons – including $182,711 to the York Correctional Center in East Lyme, and $260,671 to the Corrigan/Radgowski Correctional Center in Uncasville. Three Rivers Community College in Norwich is set to receive $4.78 million for renovations to the campus student center and library...
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The Diocese of Norwich has filed for bankruptcy, saying it was unable to pay damages for over 60 claims of abuse alleged to have taken place at the Mount Saint John School, a former residential school in Deep River. The Diocese announced Thursday that it would be filing under Chapter...
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...Ullman, shown on a single screen. “It’s an excellent movie if you’ve ever seen it, but they were new to the whole process,” said Mitchell, 49. “I think they began to realize quickly it wasn’t working because duplex theatres were popping up in Norwich, Old Saybrook, Groton and Madison, and...
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...not only more high-quality, but almost always much less expensive than local Catholic schools. For example, Xavier High School for boys in Middletown, CT (largely considered one of the best college preparatory high schools around) tuition is $15,600 for Catholics registered in the Diocese of Norwich, CT, $15,900 for Catholics...
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