Anyone who wishes to compete for the position of Trooper must have completed and submitted the application online by May 29, 2012.
Downtown Main Street will be closed to traffic from 5 to 9 p.m., and the streets will be taken over by bands and other entertainers, food vendors of all kinds – from burgers to falafel - and tables with representatives of civic groups and other local organizations, as well as a variety of craftspeople and artists.

Anyone who wishes to compete for the position of Trooper must have completed and submitted the application online by May 29, 2012.

Downtown Main Street will be closed to traffic from 5 to 9 p.m., and the streets will be taken over by bands and other entertainers, food vendors of all kinds – from burgers to falafel – and tables with representatives of civic groups and other local organizations, as well as a variety of craftspeople and artists.

The estimated construction cost is $2.1 million with 80 percent reimbursed with federal funds under the Federal Local Bridge Program and 20 percent shared by the towns of Coventry and Columbia, which border the bridge.

Started in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy, National Peace Officers Memorial Day corresponds with Police Week.

Coventry Police Chief Mark Palmer supports the sidewalk project. He observed that Main Street (Route 31) “has a lot of pedestrian traffic.”

Rep. Ackert has been working closely with Prague since beginning his first term in November 2010. Although they are from two different parties, he has a great deal of respect for Sen. Prague and the work she has done in the legislature.