October 30, 2025
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Clinton, Westbrook, & Old Saybrook Vol. XXVIII Iss. 44
Police Commission Candidates Speak Ahead of Election By Eric O'Connell Staff Writer
At the Nov. 4 elections a significant amount of attention will be paid toward the four open seats on the Police Commission. The Harbor News reached out to the eight endorsed candidates to learn what they see as the role of the commission and what they hope to accomplish should they be elected.
This Election Day, the attention in Old Saybrook will not be paid to the top of the ticket, where incumbent First Selectman Carl Fortuna as well as the two Board of Selectman candidates are running unopposed, but on the down ballot race for the Police Commission seats. In that race, candidates can choose up to four candidates. The candidates are Democrats Alfred “Chub” Wilcox, Renee Root
Shippee, Jill Notar-Francesco, Kristin Bonneau and Republicans Mark Caldarella, Mike Kapij, Shawn Hatchel, and Charles Gadon. Democrats Wilcox, Root Shippee, and Notar -Francesco are all incumbents, and Wilcox has served as chairman of the commission for the past four years. It has been a busy year for the See Police Commission page 14
Costumes and Cars Twins Michael and Nora, 21 months, keep an eye out for bubbles as their father Brad looks on during the Trunk or Treat Party, by the Old Saybrook Parks and Recreation, on Saturday Oct. 25. The party featured cars decorated for Halloween with candy, family photos, and a parade around the vehicles to show off costumes.
Photo by Wesley Bunnell/ Harbor News
Local artist Maggie Ashe recently won a contest to design the community piano on Main Street in Old Saybrook................................2
Nothing but Dominance The Westbrook/Lyme-Old Lyme field hockey team earned a shutout win in the Shoreline Conference semifinals to advance to the title game...........................................25
Catching a Killer Hartford Stage’s adaptation of “Rope” was a thriller that centered around killers and the race to not get caught...................................29
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