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William A. Petit Jr. (born September 24, 1956) [1] is an American former physician and politician. A Republican, he represented District 22 (Plainville and formerly part of New Britain) in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023.
He was the son of Robert Johnstone Vance, founder [1] and publisher of the New Britain Herald from 1881 until his death in 1902. During his tenure as publisher, the elder Vance won a term in the U.S. Congress, and was later elected mayor of New Britain. Robert C. Vance’s mother, Mathilda O'Connor Vance, became publisher of the Herald in 1904 [2]
On December 13, 1948, the New Britain Herald reported that during the New Britain Dry Cleaning Corporation's annual Christmas party, a bonus was given to all employees by Woodrow Kloiber on the following basis: A full week's pay was given to employees who had been with the company for one or more years, and a half week's pay to employees who ...
Hella Pick, 94, Austrian-born British journalist (The Guardian, New Statesman). [148] 5 April – John Louis, 83, English motorcycle speedway rider. [149] (death announced on this date) 6 April Doug Hoyle, 98, British politician, MP (1974–1979, 1981–1983) and member of the House of Lords (1997–2023). [150]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Amenta served in the United States Army Air Forces as a pilot during World War II. In 1947, he received his bachelor's degree from New Britain Teachers College (now Central Connecticut State University). He was the legislative director of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Workers.
New Britain Donald J. DeFronzo is an American politician . He was a Democratic state senator from Connecticut from 2003 until 2011 when he was appointed Department of Administrative Services commissioner by Governor Dan Malloy .
Erin Elizabeth Stewart (born May 4, 1987) is an American politician and the 40th Mayor of New Britain, Connecticut. [1] [2] Stewart is the daughter of the former Mayor of New Britain, Tim Stewart, who has served from 2003 to 2011. [3]