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New London looks to fill long-vacant deputy police chief job
Oct. 3—NEW LONDON — For the first time in seven years ― and three months after new funding for the job was frozen ― the city has begun soliciting applicants for a vacant deputy police chief slot. The city's Personnel Board on Monday approved an updated job description for the second-in-command position, which Mayor Michael Passero said will soon be posted publicly. The job's duties include ...
Illinois’ Last One Closed In 2020, Now The Final US Store Closes
When you think about it, 62 years is a pretty good run for a store that at one time had over 2,400 locations scattered across the United States, and had made the phrase "blue light special" synonymous with bargains and things you could pick up cheaply. Although the company itself...
Well-Spoken Writers Club seeks entries in short story contest
The Well-Spoken Writers Club, a group of writers from Riverhead and Southold, has announced it is sponsoring a short story contest with the theme, “autumn.” Submit your story with no more than 1,200 words by October 31, 2024, to wellspokenwriters@gmail.com. The winner will receive a $50 gift card to the locally owned bookstore, A Book Place, located at 489 East Main Street in Riverhead.
East Lyme Land Trust makes another sales pitch to town
Oct. 3—EAST LYME — The East Lyme Land Trust is back, this time as the middleman in a $400,000 deal that would add about five acres of water frontage to the town's $1.6 million swath of protected space near Pattagansett Lake. Land trust President Arthur Carlson on Wednesday told the Board of Selectmen the land would provide 1,188 feet of shoreline and improved access to the town's holdings, ...
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