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Published February 26. 2021 10:44AM  Jon Lender, The Hartford Courant Right up to the last moment, the Lamont administration has been conspicuously quiet about whether it will extend the controversial $250,000, no-bid contract it entered Dec. 1 with the public relations firm of ex-TV news reporter Duby McDowell to handle COVID-related communications for the Department of Health (DPH).  But finally on Thursday, just days three days before Sunday’s expiration of the $83,000-a-month agreement, DPH’s acting communications director, David Dearborn, confirmed that arrangements are underway toward extending the contract with McDowell Communications Group. Still, he said, he didn’t know how much longer it would continue, or for how much more money.

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