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Volume 20, Number 40
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Search is on for new director By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — Health officials hope to pick a new director over the next few weeks, filling a crucial role during a pandemic.
Senior Clerk Sandy Lazor readies absentee ballots for mailing at Wallingford Town Hall. Municipal clerks have started mailing absentee ballots for the upcoming local election. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Absentee voting has begun COVID still valid reason to get ballot in advance Absentee ballots are available for voters who won’t be able to vote in person, whether the absence is due
to the voter being out of town, ill or disabled. Like last year’s election, COVID-19 is a valid reason for requesting an absentee ballot. Applications are available on the Secretary of the State’s
website and from municipal clerks’ offices, and can be submitted in person, through the mail or in an election materials dropbox. See Ballots, A10
The Plainville-Southington Regional Health District includes those two towns as well as Middlefield. The district’s former director, Shane Lockwood, left his post in September to take a similar position in Florida. Human resources officials in Southington and Plainville posted the job and received a dozen applicants. Southington Town Manager Mark Sciota said they’ll go through the applications and select the top candidates for interviews with the health district board. The process could take a few weeks. See Health district, A3
Report: Jet was going slow before fatal crash By Dave Collins Associated Press
A small jet that crashed into a building in Connecticut on Sept. 2, killing four people, was going slower than usual as it took off from an airport runway, while witnesses saw a puff of smoke and noticed
the aircraft was having trouble gaining altitude, according to a preliminary investigation report released Sept. 28.
The report did not say what may have caused the Sept. 2 crash in Farmington, which remains under investigation.
crashed into a manufacturing building shortly after takeoff and burst into flames, authorities said.
The report by the National Transportation Safety Board also said the plane’s parking brake was found to be on, although it was not clear when it was activated.
The twin-engine Cessna 560XL was to have flown from Robertson Airport in Plainville to Dare County Regional Airport in Manteo, North Carolina. But it
Killed were a Boston couple who were both doctors, Courtney Haviland, 33, her husband, William Shrauner, 32, and the pilots, William O’Leary, 55, of Bristol, and
Mark Morrow, 57, of Danbury. Four people on the ground were injured, including one who was seriously hurt. Haviland and Shrauner left behind a toddler-age son, and Haviland was pregnant at the time of the crash, according to relatives. See Plane, A4