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Claire Bessette

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Norwich Police investigate swastika graffiti with 'TRUMP' on Route 82

Banners with swastikas also were hung from the I-395 overpass at Exit 11.
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New London Turnpike to get improvements for drivers, pedestrians, b...

Norwich and Montville have obtained federal transportation grants to improve the entire 4-mile stretch of New London Turnpike from the Norwichtown Green to Route 32 in Montville.
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Norwich marina restaurant 'back to life' under local owners

These Guys Brewing Company on Wednesday opened their relocated restaurant at the Marina at American Wharf.
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Norwich warming center receives $10,000 gift to get through the winter

The center now has the funding it needs for this year, but hopes for a larger, full-season center next winter.
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Norwich demolishes collapsing house looming over West Thames Street

The vacant house perched at the edge of a cliff at 37 W. Thames St. was starting to collapse.
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U.S. Senate unanimously passes bill to study Plum Island for preser...

The Plum Island Preservation Study Act calls for the Department of the Interior to study possible permanent preservation of the island.
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Norwich City Council moves forward with bank purchase for planned p...

The City Council has authorized the city manager to sign a contract to buy the Chelsea Groton Bank building for $800,000 by Dec. 31.
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Preston voters reject borrowing to continue Norwich Hospital cleanup

Preston — Voters rejected a proposed $8 million loan package to continue cleanup of the former Norwich Hospital property Tuesday, 319 to 261, effectively turning down a $4 million low cost state loan and a nearly $1 million federal grant that would have paid for the demolishion of nearly all the remaining buildings on the main campus.
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Norwich to pay tribute to WWII and Vietnam veteran, Air Force Col. ...

Norwich ― Albert R. Couture and his wife, high school sweetheart Margaret McAvoy Couture, left the Norwich area shortly after their 1946 marriage and traveled the world for his long and celebrated car...
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Grand opening Friday for Uncas Leap Heritage Park in Norwich

Norwich ― For years, the east bank of the Yantic River at historic Uncas Leap consisted of an abandoned mill overgrown with poison ivy and an unkempt gravel parking lot, with brush often obscuring vie...
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The Rose City becomes the region’s cannabis capital

Norwich ― On Nov 19, 2021, Republican Mayor Peter Nystrom stood in front of a packed room of more than 100 cannabis industry representatives and declared that his city was open for business. Unlike ma...
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Veteran incumbent Osten faces newcomer Guidone in 19th Senate Distr...

The 10-town 19th District state Senate race features six-term Democratic incumbent Cathy Osten against political newcomer Jason Guidone, a retired ESPN video production manager. The district covers th...
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Girl, 7, dies in Norwich house fire

Girl, 7, dies in Norwich house fire
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Norwich considers renovation plan to allow marina restaurant to ope...

Norwich ― The restaurant at the Marina at American Wharf for decades has offered scenic waterfront views and atmosphere in the summer but has been forced to go dark when wintry weather hits. A plan in...
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Historic Main Street buildings sold in Norwich; buyers hope to crea...

Norwich ― Two historic Main Street commercial buildings were sold at auction Wednesday to two brothers who recently purchased three lower Broadway buildings to renovate them for apartments. The buildi...
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1781 gravestone to be returned to 11-year-old girl’s burial site in...

Norwich ― For the past three years, city Historian Dale Plummer wrestled with the question of how best to honor the memory of an 11-year-old African American girl, who died in 1781. In 2021, Plummer d...
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Norwich receives $12M in grants for mill demolition, waterfront imp...

When Gov. Ned Lamont visited the Norwich marina on Aug. 1, he turned around in the parking lot and looked at the blighted former Marina Towers building. “What are your plans for that?“ he asked. City ...
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Former Norwich Grange to be demolished to make way for a Dunkin’

Norwich ― The two-story former Norwich Grange stands amid the dense commercial development, highway entrance ramps and gas stations on West Town Street. Now, the owner of the grange property at 174 W....
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Slater Museum in Norwich adds rare work to its Ellis Ruley collection

Norwich ― On the right-side wall of the Ellis Ruley exhibition at Slater Memorial Museum hangs an enlarged color photograph of the local folk artist selling his works on the lawn in front of the museu...
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Former state Troubadour Tom Callinan to perform at National WWI Mem...

Norwich ― Former state Troubadour Tom Callinan will have a traveling companion in the car when he drives to Washington, D.C., on Friday to perform at this weekend’s dedication of the new World War I m...
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Veterans Rally Point food pantry, service center is unique in the n...

Norwich ― Like many military service members and veterans, Willow Clauson of Canterbury was proud and shy to ask for financial help when she lost her job six months ago. A member of the nation’s first...