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Claire Bessette

Claire Bessette

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Norwich to pay tribute to WWII and Vietnam veteran, Air Force Col. Albert Couture

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...
about 2 months ago
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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...
about 2 months ago
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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...
about 2 months ago
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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...
2 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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 ...
3 months ago
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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....
3 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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...
3 months ago
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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...
4 months ago
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Maple Lane Farms in Preston for sale; owner wants it to remain intact

Preston ― Over the past 50 years, Maple Lane Farms has evolved from growing fruit to offering Christmas trees, growing mushrooms and hydroponic lettuce, bottling currant juice and vodka and even hosti...
4 months ago
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Norwich teachers prepare for opening day with a raucous celebration...

Norwich ― Norwich Public Schools staff embraced Tuesday’s sports-themed convocation by celebrating teamwork with a stadium-like atmosphere, wearing jerseys, T-shirts and hats, batting around a beach b...
4 months ago
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Norwich, Waterford apartment complexes receive state financing for ...

Housing projects in Norwich and Waterford will receive financing assistance from the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority to provide a mixture of market-rate rental units and affordable units. The se...
4 months ago
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Norwich will not ask voters to increase $385 million budget for sch...

Norwich ― There will be no referendum in November to change either the price or the scope of the $385 million school construction project, leaving project planners with a mandate to complete it for th...
4 months ago
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Norwich planners tour proposed cannabis cultivation site ahead of A...

Norwich ― About a dozen city planning officials trudged through thick brush, up rocky hills and down gullies Thursday to get a close-up look at the Route 2 property where a cannabis cultivation operat...
5 months ago
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Delays in downtown Norwich apartments led to nightmare for tenant d...

Norwich ― A window air conditioner spotted by a city fire marshal June 28 in an unpermitted apartment in the new Water Street Lofts continued a four-month nightmare experienced by would-be tenant Davi...
5 months ago
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Hurricane Beryl turns Wilson family’s Jamaica vacation into ‘lifeti...

Norwich ― Twenty-seven family and friends of the Wilson family departed for a vacation in Jamaica on June 29 to celebrate Byron and Debra Wilson’s 40th anniversary. By Wednesday, an uninvited guest ar...
6 months ago
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Cannabis entrepreneurs need big-money backers to launch their careers

A conviction for growing and selling marijuana at age 30 cost Luis Vega his white-collar job, his marriage and living full-time with his two children. It cost him his freedom too. He served a year in...
6 months ago
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New schools project in Norwich is $50M over budget - theday.com

Norwich ― The school construction project will cost at least $50 million more than the $385 million approved by voters in 2022, due to increased construction and labor expenses, project officials said...
6 months ago