Email: chris.dehnel@patch.com
Bio: Chris is a founding editor at Patch who now covers the Vernon, Tolland, Manchester, Stafford-Willington, Glastonbury, Mansfield and Middletown sites in addition to UConn news and statewide business. Since becoming a full-time journalist in 1984, he has won national and regional awards for sports, general news, breaking news, business, feature writing and opinion, including a national award by the Associated Press Sports Editors for coverage of the 1988 America's Cup controversy while at the Greenwich Time newspaper and a regional award from the New England Press Association for covering the anti-income tax rally during the Weicker Administration in CT while at the Milford Citizen. While the business editor at the Journal Inquirer newspaper, Chris successfully won a CT Freedom of Information case that made teacher disciplinary records public record. Chris is also a past-president of the Eastern Ski Writers Association and has contributed to several books on snow sports. He is also a certified Level 1 coach with USA Lacrosse. and coaches Rockville High School during the winter indoor season.
A man is accused of assaulting students after illegally entering an E.O. Smith facility while attending a football game, a warrant states.
State and municipal officials Monday on alert amid a Chapter 11 filing involving three hospitals in Connecticut.
State and municipal officials Monday were paying close attention to bankruptcy proceedings with the parent company of three CT hospitals.
State and municipal officials Monday were paying close attention to bankruptcy proceedings with the parent company of three CT hospitals.
A serious crash took place in Middletown Monday.
A pedestrian crash in Glastonbury led to an extensive road closure Saturday, police said.
This snow sports season is off to a rousing start at Wachusett Mountain.
Patch's weekly CT Lottery roundup.
The Town would like to share a link, which can also be found on the Health District/Sanitarian page of the Town's website, for the new S ...
The second trip to a Hidden Gem for 2025 takes us to a comprehensive nature center.
A federal jury has found a Windsor Locks resident guilty of robbery offenses in Hartford County.
A federal jury has found a Windsor Locks Man guilty of robberies in Hartford County, including Glastonbury.
A federal jury has found a Windsor Locks Man guilty of robbery offenses in Hartford County.
Friday was a day for a milk toast at Mountain Dairy — an eastern Connecticut Farm that has been a producer since 1871.
A 1938 home with some cozy features — especially on Thanksgiving — is on the market in Manchester.
A home with several unique spaces and "an oasis" of a back yard is for sale in Vernon.
The Bread Box Folk Theater is hosting a special show this month.
The agendas for several upcoming public meetings have been posted in Tolland.
A public meeting is on tap for the new Digital Traffic Enforcement Speed Cameras in Middletown.
A man bounced his vehicle around a street in Vernon and was apprehended after leaving the scene, police said.
