Category Archives: Local News
MONDAY MORNING UPDATE
NS BUDGET UP FOR VOTE North Stonington Residents will vote today for the first time on a proposed budget for 2017-18. Its the first time the $19.25 million dollar general government budget is being pu...
Nov 27, 2017
FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE
THANKSGIVING TRAVEL The largest volume of Thanksgiving travel since 2005 is expected this holiday weekend with an estimated 2.25 million New Englanders going away. It's a 3.5% increase over last year....
Nov 24, 2017
WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE
MILLSTONE VIOLATIONS Federal nuclear regulators say a security officer in charge of maintaining weapons at The Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford failed to follow proper procedures and then fa...
Nov 22, 2017
WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE
CONTRACT FOR NEW NL POLICE CHIEF A four-year contract has been approved for New London police chief Peter Reichard. The contract was passed this week by the City Council, and runs through the end of J...
Nov 22, 2017
TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE
NORWICH HAS REC DIRECTOR AGAIN For the first time in four years, the city of Norwich has a recreation director. Cheryl Preston will begin her new job on Monday. Preston is a Norwich native who has ser...
Nov 21, 2017
MONDAY EVENING UPDATE
MALLOY MAY STEP-IN ON BUDGET HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Revised estimates show Connecticut's current budget deficit has grown large enough to potentially trigger a mid-year, budget-cutting plan from Democ...
Nov 20, 2017
WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE
HEARING ON STORM RESPONSE HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Representatives from Connecticut's two major electric utilities say trees continue to wreak havoc on power lines, despite years of tree-trimming and tr...
Nov 15, 2017
WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE
FULL STEAM AHEAD Plans are moving ahead for Norwich's two newest magnet schools. Prinicipals from the Kelly Middle School and the Teachers Memorial Sixth Grade Academy updated the city's school board ...
Nov 15, 2017
TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE
QUICK WORK BY SENATE HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - It took the Connecticut Senate just about two minutes to make some fixes to the recently passed bipartisan budget. The Senate voted 34-0 on Tuesday in favor...
Nov 14, 2017
TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE
PLUMMER DENIED PAY It wouldn't be appropriate for Norwich Historian Dale Plummer to receive compensation for talks he gives about Norwich history. That's the opinion of the city's ethics commission in...
Nov 14, 2017
