Occhialini leaving Montville for state gig

Long-time fire marshal and emergency management director Ray Occhialini is joining the State Fire Marshal's Office after 31 years serving Montville.
Walking for a cause

Participants walk through Williams Memorial Park during the the 11th annual Walk to End Homelessness in New London on Sunday.
Groton food service workers raising money to pay off student lunch debt
As of April 1, 535 students had meal accounts that were delinquent, resulting in thousands of dollars in lost revenue for the school system.
POLICE AND FIRE POLICE LOGS
Police say missing Montville woman has been found
State police on Saturday night canceled a Silver Alert that had been issued for 24-year-old Taylor Hanson. She had gone missing Friday, they'd said. She was found safely, according to troopers at Troop E.
No injuries in New London basement fire

Firefighters on Saturday afternoon knocked down a basement fire in about five minutes at 50 Reyquinn St.
Pair charged with embezzling $32K from Norwich McDonald's
Police on Friday charged two women with larceny for allegedly embezzling more than $32,000 in cash from the McDonald's at 78 Town St.
3 Montville school administrators charged with failure to report fights

State police on Thursday charged three school administrators with failing to report fights that took place in a substitute teacher’s classroom last fall.
Police seek suspects in burglaries at Waterford businesses
Police are looking for two suspects from a string of burglaries that took place overnight into Wednesday morning.
MILITARY/DEFENSE
EB, Navy gearing up for boost in submarine production

The U.S. Navy is working to build three attack submarines in some years as opposed to two, and wants to keep five of its attack submarines in service longer than expected to address a dip in the number of nuclear-powered attack submarines in coming...
As Arctic role grows, Coast Guard cadets get chance to weigh in

Coast Guard Academy cadets are thinking up the kind of icebreakers the Coast Guard will need to operate in one of the most remote regions in the world.
Vice President Mike Pence to speak at Coast Guard Academy graduation

Vice President Mike Pence will be the keynote speaker at the Coast Guard Academy's graduation on May 23, the academy announced Friday afternoon.
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STATE/NORTHEAST
Texas disability groups want a voice at the table in gun debate
A disability rights group in Texas sent out a survey last month, trying to figure out how many of its members became disabled due to gun violence.
Former students recall 1968 protests that shut down Columbia

Fifty years ago this week, students occupied five buildings at New York's Columbia University and shut down the Ivy League campus in a protest over racism and the Vietnam war.
With dogs in tow, Maine community remembers Barbara Bush

People have gathered on a Maine beach to remember Barbara Bush, who with her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, spent years at their summer home in Kennebunkport