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BOZRAH On Sunday night, many people from Eastern Connecticut gathered on the grounds of the Bozrah Farmers Market to remember a man important to all of them; former Norwich Community Development Corp. (NCDC) President Jason Vincent. A Celebration of Life for Jason Vincent, complete with speeches, poems, candles and a benediction, was held in his honor. Vincent, who died in December at age 46, was remembered as a genius for his natural talent at planning and thinking ahead for solutions, from his work as a municipal employee for Norwich and Stonington, and as contractor, to proposing a rail project when he was only a teenager to his hometown of Plainfield. He was also remembered as a kind conversationalist who cared about people s problems. ....
Demand for chicken wings for Super Bowl skyrockets in CT By Susan Dunne And due to a number of COVID-related factors, those wings are costing more this year. “A year ago, right about now, the price was 70 bucks for a 40-pound case. This week, I paid 115 bucks for a case,” said Bob Sulick, owner of Manchester chicken-wing mecca Mulberry Street. “After Thanksgiving, prices took a rocket ship to the moon and then stayed there.” Nikki Vinci, spokeswoman for J. Timothy’s Taverne, famous for its twice-fried “dirty wings,” said wings have been on higher than normal demand, with steadily rising prices, throughout the health crisis. ....
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Feb 1, 2021 11:13am Parliament Hill pictured on Jan. 15 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) As the number of COVID-related deaths continue to rise in Canada, the toll on mental health across the country has experts in the field actively pushing the government to boost funding for mental health. The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association is working with Benjamin Howe of Impact Public Affairs to advocate for additional mental health services funding. The Walt Disney Company has hired Justin Burrows of Geopolitics Group to discuss the government’s bid to overhaul Canada’s broadcasting laws (Bill C-10) as well as its proposal to implement a Digital Charter (Bill C-11). ....
“You don’t find that in everyone,” Jones, an NCDC board member, said. “He was unique.” From meetings and official actions to posts on social media, Vincent s recent death has left the community in mourning. Vincent, who had been active in the area for the better part of two decades, went missing since at least Dec. 30. A body matching his description was found in West Virginia earlier this week. NCDC officially announced Vincent’s death Wednesday night. “Our organization extends its deepest sympathies to his family and the many friends of Jason Vincent in the Community,” NCDC Chair Robert Buckley said. ....