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Kerry Kincy runs the Free Center at 55 No. Main St., in Middletown’s North End.Contributed photo / Kerry KincyShow MoreShow Less
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Middletown’s Free Center, 52 No. Main St., hosts arts, health and wellness programs for the greater community.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce Vice President Jeff Pugliese, centerContributed photo / Jeff PuglieseShow MoreShow Less
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Middletown’s Free Center, 52 No. Main St., hosts arts, health and wellness programs for the greater community.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A Massachusetts police officer who received the Congressional Badge of Bravery for his work during the Boston Marathon bombing has officially called it a career.
Watertown police Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese, a third-generation police officer, had his final roll call on Memorial Day after spending 41 years and 5 months working a job he wanted since he was 15 years old. The best part of being a police officer is getting out there and helping people, saving lives, Pugliese said. It’s because of all these police officers – not just in Watertown, but everywhere in the world – people sleep soundly in their beds at night because there are police officers willing to sacrifice their lives for them.
A suburban Boston police officer who became a national hero in 2013 when he tackled one of the Boston Marathon bombers retired from the only job he says he ever.
Officer who tackled Boston Marathon bomber retires
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Watertown police Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese retired on Monday after more than 41 years on the force.
He wanted to keep working, but had reached the state’s mandatory police retirement age of 65. Pugliese, an Army veteran and the son of a police detective, said he had wanted to join the profession since he was a teenager.
“The best part of being a police officer is getting out there and helping people, saving lives,” Pugliese told WCVB-TV. “It’s because of all these police officers – not just in Watertown, but everywhere in the world – people sleep soundly in their beds at night because there are police officers willing to sacrifice their lives for them.”