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May 06, 2022 12:00 am • Last Updated: May 06, 2022 4:28 pm

News: Bill Simons is retiring at 75, but not by choice. The state has taken the land his driving range is on in East Lyme to transform the area into part of a new highway interchange with the goal of improving traffic congestion on and off interstate 95 at Exit 74.

Daybreak: It's 2022, and Goodspeed Musicals is staging a complete season of full-scale musicals for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the theater world.

Business: Overturning Roe v. Wade risks widening economic inequality in the U.S., threatening decades of gains for women in places where abortion could be all but banned.

Perspective: The Freedom of Information Commission, seeking input from law enforcement and from freedom of information and community advocates, should issue recommendations on what the public should have access to from police body cameras.

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