Category Archives: Local News

BUDGET PETITIONS SUBMITTED Two petitions to send the city's 90-million dollar budget to referendum have been submitted to the New London city clerk's office. The spending plan increases the tax rate b...

NAKED ANTIQUES FAN PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man is facing charges after police say he went on a naked rampage inside an antiques store. Police in Putnam responded to the Antiques Marketplace...

NO THREAT The Mohegan tribe is hosting the National Congress of American Indians' annual conference this week at Mohegan Sun. Yesterday, the NCAI president made it known before the U.S. Secretary of t...

NORWICH SCHOOL BUDGET Norwich's school board has adopted an education budget for the new fiscal year, after making some spending reductions. The 176-million dollar package fulfills the city council-ma...

NORWICH TAXES DROPPING Norwich has its 2017-2018 municipal budget in place. The city council approves a 123-point-8 million dollar spending and tax plan last night that decreases the town mill rate by...

OWENS FUNERAL FRIDAY Former Norwich NAACP President Jacqueline Owens will be eulogized Friday in the building that bears her name. Calling hours from 9 to 11 AM will be followed by a funeral service a...

OWENS PASSES AWAY The woman who served as president of the Norwich NAACP for 30 years before her December retirement has passed away. Jacqueline Owens, known to many in the community as "Mother Owens"...

NORWICH ALDERMEN TO VOTE ON BUDGET MONDAY Norwich aldermen Monday night are to adopt a final city budget for the next fiscal year, but not before voting on more funding restorations proposed by the mi...

PARCEL J PLANNED FOR HOUSING A vacant downtown New London lot could be the site of a major housing development. The land known as Parcel J is located at the corner of Bank and Howard streets. Prelimin...

SO NOW WHAT?? HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - With the regular legislative session in the history books, the governor and state lawmakers now turn their full attention to the state budget. It's unclear, howeve...