Stephen Wright, a champion for education in Trumbull, dies at 65
Donald Eng
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Stephen Wright, then Chairman of the Board of the Education adresses the Trumbull High Class of 2012 at the school’s graduation on June 19, 2012.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
TRUMBULL A generation of local school children owe a debt of gratitude to Stephen Wright, according town officials.
The former Board of Education chairman, who served from 2004 to 2013, died over the weekend at age 65, according to West Haven police. Details of his death have not yet been released.
“When he was on his game, there was no better advocate for the schools,” said Police Commission Chairman Raymond Baldwin, who was friends with Wright.
Editorâs note:
Faces of 2020 is a short series about local people who represent those who played significant roles in this unusual year.
TUPELO ⢠Ted Clem took his duties as a Lee County poll watcher for the Democratic Party seriously; he also took the threat of COVID-19 seriously.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Clem donned both a medical grade face mask and a plastic face shield and spent the day â 12 hours in total â at the Tupelo 3 precinct, located at Lawndale Presbyterian Church near the Lee Acres and Audubon neighborhoods.
On Wednesday night and again on Thursday night, Clem wore a mask and sat in a room at the Lee County Circuit Clerkâs office, watching as the local resolution board sifted through thousands of absentee ballots, verifying them for validity.