Preston News

Preston The former Norwich Hospital property on Wednesday was host to a pyrotechnics display impressive enough to rival a Hollywood action flick.

The Board of Finance this week named Max Zachem, son of current member Kenneth Zachem, to fill a vacancy on the board that has been criticized in recent months from within and from outside town officials.

Voters will head into Tuesday's budget referendum amid confusion about what the recent property revaluation will mean to their tax bills when combined with the proposed $14.9 million budget, according to town officials.

Town officials will put any future buyers of the Norwich portion of the former Norwich Hospital property on notice that part of one building is in Preston and that they should not expect to find any working water or sewer service from the Preston side of the campus.

When Grace Sawyer Jones moved from Utah to Connecticut, she took up the effort to merge two community college programs on one campus.

Sometimes the news just flat out sucks. Other times, it makes you feel all tingly.

The Drug Enforcement Agency is collecting unwanted prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at local law enforcement offices as part of its sixth annual nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

Gales Ferry resident Wyatt W. Kopp was surprised to learn this month that a modified version of his proposal to limit frivolous lawsuits by requiring litigants to perform community service was still alive in Hartford.

We have to admire Rep. Timothy Bowles persistence. During his runs for first selectman of Preston in the past two local elections, both of which he lost by narrow margins to incumbent Republican First Selectman Tom Congdon, the Democrat contended that Preston should seek to utilize the former Norwich Hospital property for renewable energy research ... (more)

First Selectman Robert Congdon called it "pretty disappointing" that only 108 people voted in Tuesday's referendum, with firetrucks and school buses and other town projects in the capital plan.