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The law enforcement veteran tried retirement and a less stressful job, but it didn’t take.

CLEARWATER — More than 25 years after he joined the Clearwater Police Department, Deputy Chief Michael Walek has been appointed to lead the department during the city’s search to replace

Walek joined the Clearwater Police Department in 1997 and was appointed as its second-in-command about a year ago.

CLEARWATER — More than 30 years ago, when Jonathan Wade saw drugs and crime hit a peak in the North Greenwood neighborhood where he was born and raised, he felt

Tucked away in the quiet woodlands just off Route 7 between Danbury and Ridgefield is the gated community of Lake Waubeeka, which turned 70-years-old this year and has an extraordinary meaning the iconic singer/songwriter Carole King. Calling themselves the Eternal Light Society, the Jewish members of the New York City Fire Department began searching for a summer camp experience for their children. They organized a Camp Committee to scout locations where they could arrange an economic group ...

Did you know Carole King summered in Danbury? Robert Brum FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Carole King in rehearsal at BBC TV Studios in London in 1970, (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)Gijsbert Hanekroot/RedfernsShow MoreShow Less 2of11 NEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1959: Singer songwriters Carole King, Paul Simon and Gerry Goffin listen during a recording session in New York, New York, circa 1959. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesMichael Ochs ArchivesShow MoreShow Less 3of11 4of11 NEW YORK, N...

Lake Waubeeka, was founded in the 1950's by a group of Jewish firefighters from NYC as an escape for them, and their families. So what does this have to do with music legend Carole King?