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Polk Museum Of Art Showcasing Student Art Through Virtual Exhibit by James Coulter The COVID-19 crisis may have closed the museum until further notice, but that hasn't stopped them for showcasing the choicest artwork of students from local schools. From now until September, the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland…

Polk Museum Of Art Showcasing Student Art Through Virtual Exhibit by James Coulter The COVID-19 crisis may have closed the museum until further notice, but that hasn't stopped them for showcasing the choicest artwork of students from local schools. From now until September, the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland…

Former state trooper Edward Benecchi saw all the horror there was to see nine years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

A longtime retired Connecticut State Trooper has died unexpectedly.  Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon, 50, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, died on Saturday, Jan. 2, at Hartford Hospital, said the Connecticut State Police. A cause of death has not been released to date. Dragon, a member of the 107th Training Troop entered the State Police Training Academy on January 9, 1998.  Upon graduation, he served as a patrol trooper at Troop D in Danielson, as a resident trooper in the town of Sterling, as a...

Sandy Hook massacre first responder dies due to COVID-19 By Fox 13 News staff Published  Retired Trooper Patrick Dragon (Photos: Connecticut State Police) HARTFORD, Conn. - A retired Connecticut state trooper, who was one of the first to respond to the Sandy Hook massacre back in 2012, has died due to COVID-19, authorities said. Connecticut State Police said retired Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon died Saturday at a Hartford hospital. Dragon entered the police training academy in 1998, and...

© Connecticut State Police A retired Connecticut State Police trooper and current deputy fire chief and police dispatcher Patrick Dragon, who was one of the first law enforcement officers to respond to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, died last week.  The Foster Police Department, where Dragon served as a dispatcher, shared on Facebook that the department “lost one of its own” following “a valiant battle with COVID.” “[Dragon] was a great person, kind, car...

The Foster Police Department announced on its Facebook page Sunday, that dispatcher Patrick Dragon died Saturday night after a battle with COVID-19. The post by Chief David J. Breit says that Dragon, a retired Connecticut State Trooper and Deputy Chief of the East Brooklyn, Connecticut Fire Department, was "a great person, kind, caring and a friend to all who met him."  Breit continued, "The men and women of the Foster Police Department, express our deepest sympathies to Patricks family."