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Ellington First Selectman outlines emergency preparedness, police accreditation and new park amenities
Summary
Laurie Spielman, Ellington’s first selectman, recapped recent town activities including a preparedness exercise with the state, police accreditation, plans for a library reading garden, installation of blue emergency call boxes in parks and a business‑town partnership.
Laurie Spielman, first selectman for the Town of Ellington, used the Town of Ellington show to summarize recent municipal and community initiatives, including an emergency preparedness exercise with state officials, accreditation for the police department and planned park and library amenities.
Spielman said the town recently held an “aware planning exercise” coordinated with the state to prepare for potential disasters, bringing staff and volunteers together with the town CERT team and staging at the Ambulance Building. “We brought in our staff and had different examples come through, and we…
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