WINSTED - Winsted, Winchester and Barkhamsted fire departments are among the recipients for grants from the Federal Emergency Management AgencyFEMA is awarding $1,486,506 in direct assistance grants to 98 volunteer and combination fire departments nationwide through the 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant COVID-19 Supplemental program.Fire departments in Winsted, Winchester, New Hartford and Riverton are receiving a combined grant totaling $32,095.Other recipients include Westfield Fire District, Middletown; Monroe Volunteer Fire Department No. 1; New Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department;...…WINSTED - Winsted, Winchester and Barkhamsted fire departments are among the recipients for grants from the Federal Emergency Management AgencyFEMA is awarding $1,486,506 in direct assistance grants to 98 volunteer and combination fire departments nationwide through the 2020 Assistance to Firefighters Grant COVID-19 Supplemental program.Fire departments in Winsted, Winchester, New Hartford and Riverton are receiving a combined grant totaling $32,095.Other recipients include Westfield Fire District, Middletown; Monroe Volunteer Fire Department No. 1; New Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department;...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWINSTED — According to the Board of Selectmen, Winsted’s new town manager is going to “a great fit.”Joshua Steele Kelly was hired Tuesday as town manager, replacing Robert Geiger, who announced his retirement in September 2020.Kelly most recently was town administrator in Bolton, as well as Bolton Lakes sewer administrator. He also is on the board of directors for the Connecticut Council of Small Towns.During Tuesday’s Zoom meeting to announce Kelly, the Board of Selectmen congratulated him.“Congratulations,” said Selectman...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWINSTED — According to the Board of Selectmen, Winsted’s new town manager is going to “a great fit.”Joshua Steele Kelly was hired Tuesday as town manager, replacing Robert Geiger, who announced his retirement in September 2020.Kelly most recently was town administrator in Bolton, as well as Bolton Lakes sewer administrator. He also is on the board of directors for the Connecticut Council of Small Towns.During Tuesday’s Zoom meeting to announce Kelly, the Board of Selectmen congratulated him.“Congratulations,” said Selectman...WW…

Northern Correctional Institution, the state’s controversial “supermax” prison located in Somers, will close by July 1, the Department of Correction announced to its staff on Monday.The closure is the first since Enfield Correctional Institution was shuttered on Jan. 23, 2018. There are 5,000 fewer people in state correctional facilities since then. The most precipitous decline has been since the onset of the pandemic; there are in prison or jail today than on March 1.“I have been transparent about my intentions to close facilities, ever since [Gov. Ned] Lamont announced that I was his...…Northern Correctional Institution, the state’s controversial “supermax” prison located in Somers, will close by July 1, the Department of Correction announced to its staff on Monday.The closure is the first since Enfield Correctional Institution was shuttered on Jan. 23, 2018. There are 5,000 fewer people in state correctional facilities since then. The most precipitous decline has been since the onset of the pandemic; there are in prison or jail today than on March 1.“I have been transparent about my intentions to close facilities, ever since [Gov. Ned] Lamont announced that I was his...WW…