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.
In the wake of seven warrants served in Stafford, the state has launched an extensive probe into AT&T store staffer business practices.
"Unfortunately, the food is given out almost as quickly as it is brought in," pet pantry founder Lisa Moody said.
A man was freed from a playground slide in Vernon after becoming stuck.
Police seized a stash of narcotics in a weekend bust at a motel in Manchester.
Patch's weekly CT Lottery roundup.
A case involving a 2023 homicide in eastern Connecticut has ended with a 50-year sentence.
The Mark Gingras Liberty Bank Community Fund has been started.
The old parking lot at the Stafford Community and Senior Center is to get a much-needed facelift.
Next week, a field will be dedicated to the memory of a sports and recreation legend in Vernon.
The latest results are in for mosquito testing in Connecticut.
The latest results are in for mosquito testing in Connecticut.
The latest results are in for mosquito testing in Connecticut.
The latest results are in for mosquito testing in Connecticut.
The latest results are in for mosquito testing in Connecticut.
Tolland has recently changed GIS mapping vendors.
Two motorcycles and a scooter collided in Windham.
Two are facing drug-related charges after bad behavior at a cemetery, Vernon police said.
Electric Buses To Be Officially Deployed At UConn
A now-Connecticut resident has been sentenced for her role in investment fraud involving a company in Hawaii.
A "micro school" is set to open on Main Street in Manchester.
