Norwich The City Council will vote Tuesday to rescind authority given to the Norwich Community Development Corp. to administer a $219,569 COVID-19 business relief grant as the agency undergoes a leadership transition following the sudden death of former President Jason Vincent.
Vincent, 46, died in an apparent suicide, his vehicle found late on Dec. 30 at the center of the giant New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia and his body discovered at a dam five miles downstream Jan. 4.
City and NCDC officials cited NCDC’s shorthandedness during the transition for rescinding authority given to the city s economic development agency to oversee the grant. Mayor Peter Nystrom added that removing control of the grant from NCDC also would avoid potential conflicts of interest if businesses that lease space in NCDC s Foundry 66 shared workspace or that have other ties to NCDC wanted to apply for the grants.
Published January 15. 2021 4:43PM | Updated January 16. 2021 4:50PM
New London Yale New Haven Health will begin vaccinating people 75 and older Wednesday, including at sites in New London and Old Saybrook.
Those 75 and older the first group in the state’s Phase 1b can make appointments on a first-come, first-served basis by visiting ynhhs.org/covidvaccine. The New London site is the L+M Multispecialty Center, 194 Howard St., while the Old Saybrook site is the Old Saybrook Medical Center, 633 Middlesex Turnpike. Sites in North Haven and Trumbull also will open next week, and a Greenwich site will open the week of Jan. 25.
Yale New Haven Health will add more sites as they are approved. Vaccinations only will be given to those who have an appointment.
As The Day s military/defense reporter, I work to explain complex issues in a way the everyday citizen can understand. On any given day, I can be found poring over defense budgets, writing a feature on a local veteran or documenting the impact of deployments on those left behind. I even spent two nights aboard a submarine.
Julia Bergman
As The Day s military/defense reporter, I work to explain complex issues in a way the everyday citizen can understand. On any given day, I can be found poring over defense budgets, writing a feature on a local veteran or documenting the impact of deployments on those left behind. I even spent two nights aboard a submarine.
As much of the region appears to be experiencing a post-holiday spike in COVID-19 cases, some school districts are announcing a shift to remote learning.
New London Superintendent Cynthia Ritchie on Wednesday announced that schools would shift to remote learning through the end of the month. In a statement to families, she said that over the prior 12 hours the district was informed of a new wave of positive test results.
A total of 17 positive cases have been reported in the district from Monday evening through Wednesday morning. These cases spanned across all schools, Central Office and distance learners, Ritchie said. Central Office staff members are now working remotely as a result.