Author name: Mike Minarsky

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law the fiscal year 2023 budget adjustment bill, which includes more than $600 million in tax cuts – the largest tax reduction in Connecticut’s history. Tax cuts in the package include suspending Connecticut’s excise tax on gasoline through November 30, 2022; enacting […]

On May 3, 2022, at approximately 6:15 PM, a fatal vehicle accident occurred in Colchester. 61 year old Sandra Khoury was driving her 2022 Subaru Outback Premium westbound while 51 year old Robert Morse of Jewett City was travelling eastbound in his 2018 Subaru BRZ on Route 16, also known as Middletown Rd, in Colchester.

On May 3, 2022, at approximately 10:14 a.m., Trooper Haggerty, assigned to Troop E in Montville, observed a vehicle with a misuse registration traveling on Route 164, in Griswold. The Trooper conducted a motor vehicle stop, and the operator pulled the vehicle into the Petromax gas station. The operator of the vehicle, identified as a

The Seabrook, New Hampshire Police Department with assistance from the New Hampshire State Police and other law enforcement entities located 46 year old MATTHEW CANDLER at the Seabrook Inn, 9 Stard Road, Seabrook, NH. CANDLER was safely taken into custody by the Seabrook Police Department on the strength of an extraditable felony warrant out of

The Board of Warden and Burgesses, the governing body within the Borough of Jewett City is looking to fill a seat on the board with the recent resignation of Heather Glover. The candidate that would eventually fill that seat would serve the rest of Glover’s term which would conclude in May 2023. To make sure

On May 3, 2022, the Norwich Police Department responded to a report of shots fired. Officers were dispatched to the shooting at 7:30 am on East Main Street. When patrol units arrived on scene a single female victim was identified. The victim had a gunshot wound through and through her left leg and is being

On April 28, 2022, at approximately 10:37 P.M., members of the Plainfield Police Department with the assistance of the Montville Police Department arrested Brandon Howard, 19, of Plainfield, on a Criminal Arrest Warrant for Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, Possession of Child Pornography, Risk of Injury to a Minor, and Tampering with Evidence. Through

The vehicle in connection with a homicide in Chaplin, Connecticut on May 1, 2022 has been located in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The victim of this homicide has been identified as 51 year old Jeffrey C. Rawson of Chaplin, CT.  The person of interest who has been identified as the suspect, 46 year old MATTHEW CANDLER, has

High School Baseball Games 4/28/22 Lyman Memorial 7 Griswold 4 Ellis Tech 15 Goodwin Tech 12 East Lyme 10 New London 0 Stonington 10 Tourtellotte 4 St Bernard’s 6 Plainfield 1 Bacon Academy 7 Waterford 5 NFA 15 Montville 3 Killingly 8 Wheeler 1   High School Softball Games 4/28/22 East Lyme 35 Griswold 2

On April 28, 2022, at approximately 4:41am the Norwich Police Department responded to a 911 call of possible shots fired in the area of River Avenue. When patrol units arrived in the area a single gunshot victim was identified. The victim was transported and treated at Backus Hospital then released. Detectives are following leads on

Troopers responded to 90 Ashland St in Jewett City for the report of a bullet striking the side of another residence. Upon arrival, Troopers observed a bullet inside of a residence. Trooper identified the location of where the bullet was fired from and attempted to make contact with individuals inside that residence.  Troopers and K-9’s

The Connecticut State Police Troop D in Danielson are attempting to locate Roger Paul Cote (DOB: 04/03/1961) with a last known address of 655 Putnam Pike, Killingly, CT. Troop D currently holds an active felony arrest warrant issued by Danielson Superior Court for reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and engaging in pursuit. Cote was last known

The Town of Griswold recently launched their new town website which you can view here. www.griswold-ct.org    

On April 15, 2022 at approximately 12:46am, the Norwich Police Department received a 911 call for a disturbance. The caller stated there was a person distraught in the roadway in the area of 495 Laurel Hill. When the Norwich Police Patrol Division arrived they quickly determined there was a Home Invasion at an apartment located