Trunk or Treat will take place in Kineowatha Park and on High Street in Wilton on Oct. 31 from 5:30-7 p.m. (Courtesy photo) WILTON — Wilton Public Safety will once again host Trunk or Treat on Halloween, Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event allows children to trick-or-treat from vehicles parked in Kineowatha […]
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Jay man injured in Wilton crash
WILTON — A Jay man hurt his leg Thursday night when his motorcycle hit a patch of sand and he lost control on Route 156, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Friday. Michael Williams, 48, who was driving a 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, was taken by NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. Officer Ethan […]
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Wilton man to serve 12 years for sexual assault against child
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a Wilton man on Thursday to serve 12 years of a 20-year sentence for sexually assaulting a girl under age 14 on April 22, 2016, according to court documents. Following his release, Lance Woodbury, 40, will serve six years of probation. He is not allowed to have contact, […]
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Wilton man accused of sexually assaulting girl
WILTON — Police said a local man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl under age 14. Lance Woodbury, 40, of Wilton was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of gross sexual assault, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Thursday. A conviction on the charge carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison and […]
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Wilton man accused in aggravated assault case
WILTON — A local man was arrested Saturday and accused of attempting to strangle his wife last year, Wilton police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Monday. Timothy D. Witham Sr., 29, of Wilton was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated assault, she said. A conviction is punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison […]
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Victim in Wilton crash remembered as a caring man
WILTON — An East Dixfield man who died Wednesday in a crash was remembered Thursday by three of his children as a very caring man. Gale Waycott, 62, died when he lost control of his truck on Temple Road and it rolled over and struck a tree, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. The mix of […]
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Wilton man found dead at Somerset County Jail
MADISON — A Wilton man accused of putting a gun to a teenager’s head and smoking marijuana with teens was found dead early Wednesday in his cell at the Somerset County Jail. Corrections officers found Joseph F. Daoust, 27, unresponsive during a routine security check shortly before 2 a.m., Jail Administrator Cory Swope said in […]