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    Voters easily pass Lyme-Old Lyme schools’ budget

    Voters in Lyme and Old Lyme approved the proposed Region 18 school budget of $36.9 million and its 3% increase at two sparsely attended referendums on Tuesday.

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    Visitors pick tulips at Wicked Tulips in Preston during a break in the rain on Wednesday.
    Mashantucket ― Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, has been elected president of the board of directors of NAFOA, the Native American Finance Office...
    After more than six decades, the family-owned Rapid Car Wash in New London has sold its business to the rapidly expanding Soapy Noble.
    Lawrence + Memorial Hospital has been re-certified by The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, as an advanced primary stroke center for the ninth time.

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    Ledyard police say the driver fled from an officer in February before crashing into a boulder, leading to the death of her passenger.
    Marge Sitler’s story is being told not in spoken word or on paper, but through the resonant rip of a chainsaw as sculptor Josh Landry carves out the remnants of an oak tree at her Old Lyme home.
    A commercial rather than tribal enterprise, the casino opened in March 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first Indian-run casino in the Las Vegas Strip corridor.
    Several Norwich police officers and two civilians were honored by Police Chief Patrick Daley Monday for their roles in helping to save the life of a man who had threatened to harm himself on bridge near Norwich Harbor.
    The average customer will see their monthly electricity bill decrease by about 9.4%, under new rates that went into effect at the start of the month.

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    The RTM will vote on final approval of the proposed budget and its 5.8% increase next week.
    The bakery and grinder shop in downtown Norwich has reopened more than 10 months after it closed due to a family member’s injury.
    The City Council postponed major budget decisions as it awaits word on state revenues and school system cuts.
    State Comptroller Sean Scanlon visited various nursing stations at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Monday to drop off doughnuts for National Nurses Day.
    Police candidates with the Eastern Regional Police Academy participated in a ruck march Monday to raise money for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
    State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, will host a town hall-style meeting on May 23 to discuss major bills passed during the 2024 legislative session.
    Work will include replacing the roof, sides, and gable end, along with the installation of an exhaust fan and ventilation components.
    West Vine Street School Principal Kathryn Irvine has led a school that was named the 2023 Connecticut Elementary School of the Year.
    Retired prosecutor Lonnie Braxton II said Sara Chaney’s fight in 1966 to be hired by the Hartford National Bank and Trust Co., then located on State Street, meant enlisting the help of the state’s civil rights commission.
    Cruise ships will make eight stops in the city through October, giving passengers time to explore the city and other area destinations.