Connecticut
West Hartford landmark unveils major renovations, celebrates historic Connecticut figure
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A ribbon-cutting was held on Thursday morning at the Noah Webster House and Museum in West Hartford to celebrate a new makeover.
The exterior of the 278-year-old house has been renovated and a new roof was installed.
Noah Webster was the author of America’s first dictionary, a teacher, lawyer and political writer. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and an early abolitionist.
Webster was born in a room on the first floor of the house, 267 years ago on the day of the ribbon-cutting.
“Sometimes I think we need Noah Webster in this country more than ever, because we sometimes don’t seem to have a common base of facts that we work from or a common understanding of what the words mean,” Gov. Ned Lamont said at the event.
The renovations were made possible by a combination of funding from the State Department of Economic and Community Development and the town of West Hartford.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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