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Its Eagle Month: Revel in their beauty and majesty By Bill Reid Every January for the past 11 years I’ve visited the Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery to look for eagles. Last Saturday I returned again, this time with seven other eagle searchers. We were there to take part in the annual Midwinter Eagle Survey organized by the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The hatchery, located in the Central Village area of Plainfield, ...

Lamont Appoints Newtown Chief Jim Viadero to Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council Written by Gov. Ned Lamont Governor Lamont Announces Appointments To the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is appointing eleven members to serve on the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POST). The council, a division of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, oversees ...

Reply(1) North Haven First Selectman Michael Freda has been appointed by Gov. Ned Lamont to serve on the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POST). (Kristin Borden/Patch) NORTH HAVEN, CT — North Haven First Selectman Michael Freda has been appointed by Gov. Ned Lamont to serve on the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POST). The council, a division of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, oversees training and certification ...

UpdatedThu, Jan 14, 2021 at 6:09 pm ET Reply West Hartford is prominently featured in a new state council. (Shutterstock) WEST HARTFORD — West Hartford was prominently featured as Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday that he is appointing 11 members to serve on the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council or POST. The council, a division of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, oversees training and certification of police officers, as well as a mandator...

The appointments are a requirement of the police accountability bill passed over the summer in a special session.

Radcliff police are investigating a potential link between a New Year’s Eve stabbing that left a man dead and an attack five days later of a Rineyville man who suffered

Democrats want to extend Connecticut’s emergency use of universal absentee ballots but...

Feds: CT man gets 33 months in prison for ‘heroin ring’ involvement By Peter Yankowski A judges gavel for the files. A 31-year-old Willimantic man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Tuesday for his role in what authorities described as a “heroin distribution ring.” Miguel Ceballo-Cruz was sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by four years supervised release in a video appearance before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea, a press release from the U.S atto...

New London — Another COVID-19 outbreak among city employees has left officials scrambling to cover daily recycling and trash pickup routes. Six of 11 available employees in the Public Works Department’s solid waste division are out due to positive COVID-19 tests, Public Works Director Brian Sear said. The solid waste division manages the daily pickup of trash and recycling material from 10,000 households — five routes a day, five days a week. Additionally, employees from the division reg...