Archive for December, 2009

Enjoy Gillette Castle during school break

by: HTNP Staff December 19, 2009
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“These are free activities especially timed to relieve parents during the long week when the kids are at home and the budget may be feeling somewhat pinched,” said Alan Levere of the DEP’s Division of State Parks.

East Hampton Police Log for Dec. 18, 2009: burglary, larceny and threatening

by: admin December 19, 2009
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On Friday, 12/18/09 Jonathan R. Hauzeur, 18, of 130 East High St., East Hampton, CT was arrested for disorderly conduct and released. A short time later Hauzeur was again arrested for violation of conditions, harassment second-degree and threatening second-degree.

Fire Department asks you to consider reflective house numbers

by: admin December 15, 2009
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Emergency Services needs your help now, to find you in the future. Please take advantage of this service. Number your home; it’s the law and an investment in your safety in the future.

Three local towns take part in Wreaths Across America ceremony

by: HTNP Staff December 14, 2009
The laying of wreaths to honor veterans was a new experience for this young man who participated in the first Wreaths Across America ceremony sponosred by the Daughters of the American Revolution-East Haddam. Photo by Kelly Nolen.

Wallace hopes that the tri-town campaign will continue in the years to come and expand to the other cemeteries in and around East Haddam and Moodus.

Post offices brace for busiest day of the year

by: admin December 14, 2009
Image courtesy of the USPS.

In total, the USPS expects more than 16 billion cards, letters and packages to be mailed between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

The light at the end of the bridge

by: admin December 13, 2009
A worker from Loureiro Construction Co., Plainville, CT, removes the debris from the old Moodus Firehouse, which was taken by eminent domain to protect the drainage at the site of the new bridge across the Moodus River.  In the background is the first twine mill built on the river, Brownell

The $1.7 million project will produce a beautiful bridge with wing walls, decorative features, rip-rap and plantings.

East Hampton Police Log for Dec. 11, 2009 – lots of collisions

by: admin December 11, 2009
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Peter P. Moore, 29, of 85 North Main St., East Hampton, CT was arrested pursuant to a warrant for impairing the morals of children and harassment second-degree.

Five-year parks and rec plan includes many improvements

by: HTNP Staff December 10, 2009
Image from Sears Park Master Plan.

To make turf management easier, Parks and Recreation hopes to invest in a $62,000, 11-foot cutting deck mower that operates at 10 acres an hour.

School bus barred from some private roads

by: Aril Grain | HTNP.com Contributor December 10, 2009
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O’Keefe said Pelletier Development, the private owner of the development, recently refused access to school buses on the private roads because of possible unsafe driving conditions in winter weather.

Stretch of Rt 66 named for East Hampton’s own Gov. Bill O’Neill

by: admin December 7, 2009
A portrait of the former Gov. William A. O’Neill painted by William H. Whittingham and unveiled on Oct. 17, 1991. The pose is said to represent his informal way of talking with visitors to the governor’s office. Photo from the Connecticut State Library Web site.

As governor, O’Neill appointed the first woman chief justice of the state Supreme Court and the state’s first woman attorney general.