Some Republican officials in the region have spoken out following violent riots at the United States Capitol last week, some sharing conspiracy theories about the events that unfolded and defending protesters claims of voter fraud and election theft, while others have condemned what occured as acts of violence and domestic terrorism.
Phyllis Nelson, Republican chair of the Board of Finance in Sprague, said last week that she went to Washington, D.C., on a bus to participate in the protests to defend the Constitution and speak out against election fraud but did not set foot in the Capitol or on the stairs of the building. She said she left the Capitol grounds by 3 p.m. and left D.C. by 5 p.m., an hour before the city s curfew. Extremist groups stormed the Capitol about 2:15 p.m.
Published January 11. 2021 8:47AM
The first brick Greeneville School, pictured here in 1940, had nine classrooms and was erected in 1868 at a cost of $30,000. It was located at the corner of Seventh Street and Central Avenue in Greenville. It was razed in the early 1950s, and children were transferred to the new Greeneville School on Golden Street. That school was razed a few years ago and is now an empty lot. The location of the first Greeneville School is now a playground. On the left in the photo is the Calvary Baptist Church.
Ken Keeley is the author of 12 Norwich pictorial history books. He can be reached at kenekjr000@comcast.net .
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A 36-year-old chef who came forward with information that helped prosecutors convict a Norwich man of murdering Jacyln Wirth, who was at home with her two young children at the time of the fatal shooting, will be receiving a $25,000 reward.
Judge Barbara Bailey Jongbloed this past week granted prosecutor Stephen M. Carney s motion requesting that the state distribute the award to Jesse Kamienski.
Carney said he was preparing the necessary paperwork for distribution of the reward.
Lashawn R. B.I. Cecil was convicted of murder in 2017 and sentenced to 58 years in prison.
Cecil shot blindly through the front door of Wirth s apartment in December 2011 while trying to collect a drug debt from somebody who didn t live there, according to court testimony. Wirth, 26, was struck multiple times and died a short time later.
Published January 07. 2021 12:01AM
Brian Barganier, Special to The Times
Jail Hill District is loosely described on the Internet as Cedar Street in Norwich, but that area encompasses much more than that.
Jail Hill gets its rather unoriginal name after a jail that was built on a hill there in 1834, which stood between Fountain and Cedar streets. The jailhouse overlooked the city’s downtown area. If you want to see the original spot, it’s a currently vacant lot at 16 Cedar St.
The roughly 37-acre district included the areas of School, John, Fountain, Cedar, Happy, and Old Division streets. Development of the area began in the 1830s and was largely complete by 1865 after the Civil War.