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 jury in Rockville Superior Court has convicted a Waterbury man for a 2020 sexual assault in Coventry.
Courses on pop stars and their influences are trending at universities.
ConnectiCare and Walgreens are teaming up to host a vaccine clinic in Manchester.
A regional drug task force raided a dwelling in Vernon, police said.
The latest info on the latest public meetings in Tolland.
A Middletown player cashed in big with a CT Lottery scratch ticket.
Authorities in Manchester are asking the public to wait on adoption calls while they investigate the abandonment of a dog at Walmart.
Eastern Connecticut restaurants are competing for major awards.
A local restaurant is up for Restaurant of the Year.
A sprawling property is for sale in Willington.
A local restaurant is in the running for Restaurant of the Year.
The UConn women's basketball team will be featured on national television or streaming platforms all season.
A local restaurant is in the running for Restaurant of the Year.
A Tolland eatery is in the running for Restaurant of the Year.
Two Vernon eateries are in the running for Restaurant of the Year.
The 1800s Citizens Block building in Vernon has new life.
Paddlers are required to wear a life jacket this time of year, according to a reminder sent Wednesday by the DEEP.
The latest Middletown Police Department arrest log.
A pet advocacy group is offering a hefty reward in the case of a dog found abandoned at a Walmart parking lot in Manchester.
State police have made an arrest in a 2024 larceny case out of Ellington.
