Connecticut
Medical Doctor Chosen to Lead Connecticut Community Colleges
MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — A medical physician and neighborhood faculty administrator in Minnesota was named Wednesday to guide the deliberate merged neighborhood faculty system in Connecticut.
The state Board of Regents for Greater Training appointed Dr. John Maduko to function president of Connecticut State Group School.
Maduko is at present the vice chairman of educational and scholar affairs for Minnesota State Group and Technical School, within the Minnesota State Faculties and College system.
He’ll take over a system being consolidated from 12 separate colleges right into a single establishment with 12 campuses and greater than 32,000 college students. =The merger, which started in 2017, just lately acquired approval for accreditation from the New England Fee of Greater Training. It’s anticipated to be accomplished by July 2023.
“We’re establishing a ‘new regular’ of upper training,” Maduko stated. “The impression of the pandemic during the last two and a half years has been huge and may have long-lasting results. However there may be a good stronger historical past right here of success in teachers and profession packages, scholar affairs and wrap-around scholar companies that we are going to leverage.”
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Maduko, who has been in Minnesota since 2019, additionally has held administrative and school positions at North Central Texas School District, Rasmussen College, Nationwide Paralegal School, Mountain State College and Hillsborough Group School.
“We at the moment are a couple of 12 months away from the official opening of CT State as our single neighborhood faculty with all present areas persevering with to remain open and remaining absolutely operational,” Gov. Ned Lamont stated. “I’m assured that with John Maduko accountable for the faculty … we’re in good fingers to enhance scholar success and supply workforce alternatives for all Connecticut residents.”
Maduko is slated to start his new job in June, with an annual wage of $300,000.
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Connecticut
Human remains found at construction site in Greenwich

Police are investigating after finding human remains at a construction site in Greenwich last week.
The police department said that during a normal workday at a construction site in northern Greenwich, workers found what appeared to be human remains after soil was disturbed by an excavator.
The remains were carefully collected from the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner took custody of the bones, police said.
Investigators said the remains appear to be of a considerable age.
Connecticut State Police is also assisting with the investigation.
Connecticut
A motorcyclist in Hebron is dead following crash

A motorcyclist in Hebron has died after a crash along Burnt Hill Road and Cone Road, state police said.
The Connecticut State Police responded to the accident at approximately 5:25 p.m. after a dirt bike struck a rocky embankment.
According to authorities, the operator of the motorcycle failed to negotiate an “S” shaped curves in the roadway before loosing control.
The victim was originally transported via LifeStar to the hospital with reported serious injuries, authorities said.
The driver was then later pronounced dead at Marlborough Middlesex Clinic, state police said.
Anyone who may have witnessed this accident, or who may have information is asked to contact the Connecticut State Police.
Connecticut
Driver rescued from crash in Wolcott, serious injuries reported

A driver was rescued from a crash in Wolcott early Saturday morning and serious injuries have been reported.
Officers received a report of an accident on Beach Road around 3 a.m. Once there, police said they found a vehicle had hit a tree.
An occupant of the home where the vehicle crashed pulled the driver out of the car before the car caught on fire, according to police.
The driver was transported to the hospital to be treated for very serious injuries.
No other occupants were in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the Naugatuck Valley Regional Collision Reconstruction Team.
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