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Premium Content Local doctors kept busy by respiratory ailments

While few people have been getting sick with the flu this winter, unusually high levels of pneumonia, chronic allergies and RSV - a respiratory illness that can be serious in young children - have...

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Premium Content Backus partners with Generations Family Health Center to bring services to Colchester

The William W. Backus Hospital and Generations Family Health Center of Norwich are partnering to bring walk-in primary care services to Colchester and its surrounding communities starting...

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Premium Content NFA alumni seek award nominees

Norwich - The Norwich Free Academy Alumni Association is seeking nominations for its 2012 Alumni Awards.

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Premium Content Wife of Colchester contractor denied pistol permit

The wife of Bruce "Bruno" Hayn says the first selectman has denied her application for a pistol permit because her husband, charged recently with burning down his wood pellet business in Norwich,...

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Premium Content Wife of Colchester contractor says she'll appeal denial of gun permit

Colchester — The wife of Bruce "Bruno" Hayn says the first selectman has denied her application for a pistol permit because her husband, charged recently with...

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Premium Content Man missing from Preston

State police said today that a 53-year-old Preston man with a history of depression has been missing since Feb. 9.

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Premium Content The beginning of the Lenten season

Bishop Michael Cote and Father Thomas Albrecht marked ashes on the brows of worshipers during the noon Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Patrick Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent.

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Premium Content Three charged after gun accidentally goes off

Groton – A noise disturbance Tuesday night ended with the accidental discharge of a gun and the arrest of three suspects.

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Premium Content Finizio calls for investigation into state fire academy

New London - Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said in an emailed statement this afternoon that he supports state Rep. Ernest Hewett's call for an investigation into the state fire academy.

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Premium Content City police, fire departments take hits

Area residents, former employees and civil rights advocates from across the state delivered impassioned testimony Tuesday about their experiences with the New London police and fire departments at a town hall meeting in a packed room at the Second Congregational Church.

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Colchester Sports

Premium Content ECC Girls' Basketball Tournament: Top seeds Plainfield, Waterford advance

Norwich - Waterford High School went 6-for-8 from the free throw line in the final 1 minute, 24 seconds to clinch a 50-45 victory over Ledyard in the quarterfinals of the...

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Premium Content H.S. Roundup: Old Saybrook wins Class S wrestling crown

Haddam — Old Saybrook/Westbrook's cooperative high school wrestling team had four champions Saturday to win the Class S state championship at Haddam-Killingworth,...

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Bacon Academy vs. Norwich Free Academy girls basketball game held at NFA Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.

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January 24. 2012
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Bacon Academy beats Waterford 1-0 in ECC girls' soccer final.

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November 4. 2011
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