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Volume 28, Number 52
Friday, December 30, 2022
Fallen brother
HERE SHE COMES
Firefighters honor colleague who died battling house fire Monday morning Town Times report
The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company joined departments from across the state in honoring fallen North Haven firefighter Matthias Wirtz, who died battling a house fire Monday morning. In a social media post, the Middlefield fire company said it “sends our thoughts and prayers to the North Haven Fire Department as they mourn the devastating loss of one of their own ...”
Fay Savage, 7, of West Hartford, slides downhill at Powder Ridge on Tuesday, opening day for tubing at the Middlefield mountain park. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
On Tuesday, as Wirtz was transported from North Haven to Farmington, MidSee Wirtz, A5
Rep. Fishbein named a Legislator of the Year By Ben Baker Record-Journal staff
promoted a police-friendly agenda in Hartford.
State Rep. Craig Fishbein, RWallingford, was recently named a Carroll J. Hughes Legislator of the Year by the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association.
“I am overwhelmed and humbled by the honor of receiving a Carroll J. Hughes Award and would like to thank the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association for their tireless work to make our state safer,” Fishbein said in a statement.
Fishbein, whose district also includes Middlefield, received the award at the CPCA’s annual winter meeting in Bristol. He is a ranking member of the state Judiciary Committee. The award given to Fishbein was named for conservative lobbyist Carroll Hughes, who
“Support for the law, the judicial system and law enforcement were important to Carroll, and I am proud to be recognized for my work to uphold those same values in the legislature.”
State Rep. Craig Fishbein speaks during House debate on a bill to legalize the Mark Mirko, Hartford Courant via Associated Press See Fishbein, A2 recreational use of marijuana on June 16, 2021.