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New Details Emerge In Triple-Fatal Plane Crash Whose Victims Included Woodstock 29-Year-Old
New details have emerged after a triple-fatal plane crash in northwestern Massachusetts in which one of the victims was a student pilot from Connecticut.
The three victims are:
Chad Davidson, age 29, of Woodstock, in Windham County, Connecticut
Fredrika Ballard, age 53, of Southwick, Massachusetts (in Hampden County)
William Hampton, age 68, of Indian Orchard, Massachusetts (also in Hampden County)
Ballard owned Fly Lugu Flight School and Hampton was an instructor. Davidson was taking flying lessons, Massachusetts State Police said.
According to flight tracker data, the twin-engine …
$1M Fraud: Business Owner From Woodstock Gets Prison Time
A Massachusetts business owner from northern Connecticut will spend time in prison for tax fraud after failing to report just under $1 million in income for several years, federal officials said.
Windham County resident Mariusz Kalinowski, age 48, of Woodstock, was sentenced to seven months in prison on Wednesday, April 26 for tax fraud, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.
According to federal officials, Kalinowski is the owner of Webster, Massachusetts-based Kalinowski General Construction, Inc., in Worcester County, which provides&n…
New Update: Here's Latest Rundown Of Power Outages In CT
The most dangerous wind gusts that accompanied a cold front that is moving through the region have passed, but thousands remain without power in Connecticut.
As of around 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, Eversource is reporting around 3,500 outages statewide, with United Illuminating reporting around 55 outages in its service territory.
These municipalities are reporting the most outages:
Colchester, 570
Woodstock, 374
Greenwich, 263
Danbury, 164
Westport, 92
Related story: Dangerously Cold Wind Chills Will Be Followed By Big Change In Weather Pattern
Woodstock Man Admits To Failing To Report Nearly $1M In Income
A business owner from Connecticut has admitted he failed to report more than $900,000 in income on his personal federal tax returns.
Windham County resident Mariusz Kalinowski, age 47, of Woodstock, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 29, to one count of filing a false tax return, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Kalinowski is the owner and operator of Kalinowski General Construction, Inc., which is based in the Worcester County town of Webster, Massachusetts, and provides construction services in Connecticut and Massachusetts…
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands In Connecticut
A quick-moving storm system has knocked out power to thousands of Connecticut residents.
Wind gusts as high as around 60 miles per hour have resulted in downed trees and tree limbs, with eastern Connecticut most heavily affected.
As of around 7:15 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, Eversource is reporting a total 11,840 customers without power.
The areas most affected are:
Woodstock (1,547) in Windham County,
East Lyme (723) in New London County,
Waterford (631) in New London County,
New London (593) in New London County,
Ledyard (514) in New London County,
Hebron …
Woodstock Man Sentenced For Distributing Cocaine
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for distributing cocaine and crack cocaine.
Windham County resident Andre Smith, also known as "Dre", age 42, of Woodstock, was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 13, said Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Smith was also sentenced to three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2018, the FBI, Norwich Police Department, and other law enforcement agencies began investigating a drug trafficking organization that was distributing heroin…
Windham County Castle Listed For $35 Million
A Connecticut property recently listed on Zillow may be the perfect home for any area princes or princesses looking for a place to spend their happily ever after.
For the price of $35,000,000, an 18,777 square-foot castle in Windham County can be yours.
The castle, located at 450 Brickyard Road in Woodstock, was listed by John Pizzi, of the Randall Realtors Norwich Office.
According to the description, the property features a moat and towers that rise 126 feet high.
There are nine bedrooms, seven full baths, three half baths and 12 fireplaces.
The castle also fea…
Henri: Here's How Many CT Residents Are Now Without Power
Thousands in Connecticut are without power following the round of storms that rolled through the region, though the damage was not as bad as expected.
As late Monday morning, Aug. 23, more than 8,000 of Eversource’s 1.28 million customers in the state are reporting outages.
United Illuminating is working to repair seven active outages impacting more than 1,100 of the company’s customers.
The most outages are being reported in:
Pomfret (708),
Woodstock (659),
Thompson (628),
Brooklyn (595),
Plainfield (536),
Canterbury (528),
Town of Fairfield (454)
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