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GRAND OPENING
Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened at 30 Salem Turnpike, Norwich, which includes a Chipotlane, the drive-through pickup lane that allows customers to pick up digital orders without leaving their cars. Hours of operation are 10:45 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Norwich guests can support the Stephen J. Wampler Foundation, an organization providing life-changing opportunities for kids with physical disabilities, by rounding up their bill to the next highest dollar through the Round Up for Real Change feature in the Chipotle app or on the website. Chipotle is hiring at the Norwich location. Chipotle restaurants provide an average of 25 jobs per location. For more information, visit www.chipotle.com/careers.
Jewett City Savings Bank awards grant funding
Staff reports
Jewett City Savings Bank recently awarded $100,000 in grants to six organizations in the communities the bank supports to help them manage the financial challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce of Westerly, Rhode Island, received a $20,000 grant to support the downtown Pawcatuck-Westerly area businesses. The Theatre of Northeastern Connecticut at the Bradley Playhouse in Putnam and the Garde Arts Center of New London also received $20,000 grants.
Grants of $15,000 were awarded to Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group of North Grosvenordale and the Jewett City Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10004. A Reason To Ride, of Plainfield, a veterans’ support organization, received a $10,000 grant.