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Dec 11, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
Person of the Week Whether it’s from his time in local politics, local athletics, or as a local business owner, Joe Campbell has been a familiar face around Westbrook for decades.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
News On Dec. 26, Old Saybrook will host a second annual menorah lighting at 5 p.m. on the Town Green to celebrate the start of Hannukah.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
CLINTON A special town meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18, in Town Hall for voters to approve a line item transfer for the police department to meet contractual salary increases. The total transfer request is for $211,433. If approved, the town’s contingency account would be decreased by $211,433 while the police salaries full-time line would increase by $196,408, and the employer social security contribution by line would increase by $15,025.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
At its Nov. 6 meeting, the Town Council unanimously approved a budget calendar that calls for the council to hold a series of workshops during the months of February and March before providing a proposed budget on Tuesday, March 11. With the holiday season looming, Clinton’s proposed 2025-'26 fiscal year budget is probably the last thing on most people’s minds.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
OLD SAYBROOK The applicants behind a plan to bring a Whole Foods to Old Saybrook provided an update on the status of the application to the Zoning Commission at a meeting on Dec. 2. A formal application is expected to follow. In 2022, the Carpionato Group, owners of the former Benny's plaza, announced that supermarket chain Whole Foods had signed a lease to open an Old Saybrook location.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
“I think more often we need regular people to raise their hands and step up in public service.” For the past five years, Matt Pugliese has been one of those people who’s been raising their hand to step up and help the community. Matt has been making a difference in his community while serving as a member of the Old Saybrook Board of Selectman (BOS). Matt’s journey into community service didn’t start with politics.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
The fourth annual Old Saybrook Starlight Festival will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 2 to 6 p.m. in downtown Old Saybrook. The Starlight Festival is a relatively new event in town – the first one was held in 2021. Organizers hope the day will continue to be an event that brings the whole community together.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
News The holidays are on the way, and so is the annual Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting on the Westbrook Town Green on Sunday, Dec. 8.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
OLD SAYBROOK On Dec. 7, the Greater Old Saybrook Chamber Stocking Walk returns to Main Street. For $5, participants can walk from store to store to fill their stockings with treats as part of a festive celebration. Tickets for the event went on sale on Dec. 4, and 150 tickets are available for presale,e with the remaining tickets available starting at 9:30 a.m. at the chamber office on Dec. 7. There were 250 total stockings available.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
zip06.com | Eric O'Connell
News WESTBROOK Following the controversial emptying of the shelter last month, the Valley Shore Animal Welfare League (VSAWL) announced it intends to combine with the Bristol-based Army's Legacy Animal Rescue and Sanctuary to better serve the animals and community. On Nov. 13, a press release was posted on the VSAWL Facebook page announcing the intended merger of the two organizations. “The joint effort would unite VSAWL's established facility at 647 Horse Hill Road in Westbrook with Army's...
