Moments before he was fatally shot by a Colchester police officer on April 18, Jared Billard yelled at the officers to leave and at one point could be heard racking what the state Office of the Inspector General’s office said was a pump action shotgun and yelling, “Go, go.”
Some high school students and their parents see ‘Assassins’ as a fun, innocent activity but police say it could have tragic consequences. It’s a conversation taking place in Old Lyme and elsewhere as an annual rite of passage begins.
The city on Wednesday celebrated the completion of a $1.3 million docks and handicapped ramp at Norwich Harbor and the start of a $4.9 million project to renovate the former Reid & Hughes building into apartments.
Questions of overtaxation linger as officials recommend borrowing money for a multi-million dollar renovation project rather than paying for it out of a $13.1 million surplus.
The Town Council voted Tuesday to send the proposed 2024-25 budget of $153.5 million, which is 3.1% more than the current budget, to the Representative Town Meeting.