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An inmate of the state prison system died Saturday morning of complications from COVID-19, the Department of Correction said in a news release.
It was the system’s 14th death associated with the disease.
Citing medical privacy laws, the department did not release the identity of the 69-year-old man but said he had been serving a 20-year sentence for first-degree sexual assault and last entered the prison system in June 2006. He’d been transferred to the MacDougall-Walker Medical Isolation unit for treatment before being transferred to an outside hospital on Dec. 21, 2020, where he died. The department did not specify from which facility he originally was transferred.
By Martin Quin Pollard WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early April. As per tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House building, one of the city’s more popular New Year’s Eve spots. When the building’s old clock reached midnight many people released balloons into the air, cheered and called out happy new year . I’m so so so incredibly happy, said 20-year-old student and tourist Yang Wenxuan. This is my first time in Wuhan. But it (the countdown) was so spectacular. I hope that I can successfully obtain my bachelor degree and I hope I can find a boyfriend, Yang added. There was a heavy police presence and strict crowd control. Some security personnel were seen telling several of the few people withou
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
Erica Moser
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
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A trio of arts organizations from New London and Norwich celebrated Wednesday the state grants they received to help them through their pandemic-induced financial struggles even as they spoke about ongoing difficulties and ways they have had to pivot.
The leaders of the Garde Arts Center and the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, both in New London, and of Artreach in Norwich spoke at a virtual news conference held by Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz. It followed on the heels of a similar virtual news conference earlier this month focusing on the grant that went to Goodspeed Musicals.
The news conferences highlighted the grants given out through the state’s COVID Relief Fund for the Arts, which supports local arts organizations in the face of the pandemic’s destructive impact.