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By Claire Bessette
The body of a man was discovered in the Yantic River off the left edge of the Stop & Shop grocery store parking lot in Norwich on Wednesday evening.
A Norwich man faces second-degree manslaughter and other charges stemming from a fatal hit-and-run crash in Jewett City in September that killed a pedestrian.
A Norwich committee on Monday endorsed a three-panel galvanized steel sculpture by a Stonington artist to adorn the downtown Norwich roundabout.
A recent Connecticut Supreme Court ruling opens police files of dead-end cold cases, including a 6-inch-thick Norwich police investigation into the mysterious deaths of Norwich African American artist Ellis Ruley and his son-in-law Douglas Harris.
The Preston Board of Finance cut 1% from both the proposed town and school budgets, sending the revised totals to town meeting May 9.
The city on Wednesday celebrated the completion of a $1.3 million docks and handicapped ramp at Norwich Harbor and the start of a $4.9 million project to renovate the former Reid & Hughes building into apartments.
Arrests by state and local police departments in the region.
Norwich Public Utilities was awarded a $10.9 million grant Monday through the federal infrastructure law to replace aging natural gas lines that run beneath city streets, added to $10 million received last year for the project.
Attorney Glenn Carberry, who led the effort to bring professional baseball to the region, hopes to persuade city officials to keep Dodd Stadium open.
Alexandra Tabilas of Preston will receive a full free ride to Tufts University as the recipient of the once-every-four-years Sidney E. Frank Memorial Scholarship at Norwich Free Academy.