Share photos of your favorite holiday memory
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3y ago
Celebrating the holidays this year will be ... different, to say the least.We still have to get through Halloween and Thanksgiving, but as we look ahead to the December edition of the Norwich Magazine, we'd love to see photos that capture your favorite holiday memory from throughout the years.Email a photo to be considered for inclusion in the print December Norwich Magazine that is sure to help the heart of even the grinchiest Grinch grow three sizes bigger ..read more
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Vehicle crashed into Vocatura’s Bakery Sunday
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by Matt Grahn
3y ago
NORWICH — On Sunday afternoon at 12:21 p.m., a jeep crashed into the front of Vocatura’s Bakery at 695 Boswell Ave. in the Greeneville section of the city. Though employees and customers were in the building, nobody was injured, according to a press release from the Norwich Fire Department.The jeep drove through a concrete block wall, a center support, the glass front of the building, and the food display cases before coming to a rest. The release states that a steel ..read more
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BankHometown to support local food banks via fundraiser
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3y ago
BankHometown recently announced that it will start its Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraising drive Nov. 1, supporting food banks in Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut.Local food banks receiving support this year include Community Kitchens of Northeastern CT and Friends of Assisi in Killingly, Daily Bread in Putnam and the Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group.This marks the bank’s 17th year of hosting the program, which invites bank customers, employees ..read more
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Bird? Plane? Nope, it’s a new Norwich fire department drone
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by John Penney
3y ago
NORWICH — A Norwich volunteer fire department will get a little eye-in-the sky assistance beginning Monday thanks to the donation of an aerial drone that officials said will aid in local fire suppression operations across the city.Representatives of the National Public Safety Drone Donation Program, NPS-DDP, a nonprofit group founded by Marc Langley, owner of the Hebron-based Airborne Works, will deliver the unmanned drone to the East Great Plain Volunteer Fire Department on ..read more
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Historically Speaking: Lost battle led by Benedict Arnold became a victory
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by Richard Curland, For The Bulletin
3y ago
Benedict Arnold lost the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain in October 1776 … or did he? Actually, Arnold never expected to win that battle, his only hope was to delay the British navy there until proper defenses of Fort Ticonderoga could be prepared.Even though he technically lost the battle itself, his delaying action succeeded in stopping the British progress. His hope was to keep the British Navy from sailing south on the lake until winter set in ..read more
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Fall is welcomed with scarecrows and cocoa at the Leffingwell House Museum
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3y ago
With the rain clearing, it turned into a perfect day for the Leffingwell House Museum’s Scarecrows and Cocoa event Saturday.In addition to the scarecrows and cocoa, there was all a scavenger hunt in the business-sponsored Scarecrow Garden, living history presenters and a chocolate-making demonstration with chocolatier Robert Lecce ..read more
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Fall is welcomed with scarecrows and cocoa at the Leffingwell House
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3y ago
With the raining clearing it turned into a perfect day for the Leffingwell House Museum’s Scarecrows and Cocoa event Saturday.In addition to the scare crows and cocoa there was all a scavenger hunt in the business-sponsored Scarecrow Garden, living history presenters and a chocolate making demonstration with Chocolatier Robert Lecce ..read more
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GRANDPARENTING: Technology for the rest of us
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by Diane St. Laurent
3y ago
I freely admit that I am being dragged, kicking and screaming a bit, into this age of technology. I like sending and getting snail mail. It is comforting to me to open a card from a friend or my family and enjoy their good wishes for whatever occasion. I can delight in reading the card repeatedly.Of course, snail mail is slow and I know that email is important. Decisions have to be made and email allows us to work together quickly and without endless meetings. So I have come to ..read more
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Fall is welcomed with scare crows and cocoa at the Leffingwell House
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3y ago
With the raining clearing it turned into a perfect day for the Leffingwell House Museum’s Scarecrows and Cocoa event Saturday.In addition to the scare crows and cocoa there was all a scavenger hunt in the business-sponsored Scarecrow Garden, living history presenters and a chocolate making demonstration with Chocolatier Robert Lecce ..read more
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Backus Hospital nurses reach contract agreement
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by Will Richmond
3y ago
NORWICH — Following a multi-day strike, a contact has been reached with the union representing nurses at Backus Hospital."We are pleased that ongoing negotiations between the hospital and the nurses’ union have led to agreement on a fair and responsible contract," said Donna Handley, president of Backus Hospital, in a prepared statement. "We greatly value and respect our nurse colleagues and the critical roles they play in our hospital. This is why we have worked hard ..read more
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