Late afternoon vote update: Farm Hill, William Street Senior Center

By 4 pm, voting at Farm Hill had just inched past 50%, or some 2000, registered voters who had already cast their ballots. Inside, just past the Farm Hill election bake sale, which has been profitable due to the large voter turnout, there were no lines, but a steady stream of voters to privacy booths. Moderators declared the turnout as "unprecedented."

Outside, Democratic candidate for state representative, Matt Lesser, greeted voters, while on another corner voters were urged to vote "No" to a state constitutional convention.




Downtown, there was a virtual parade of Wesleyan students making the trek down the William Street Hill toward the polling place at the Senior Center. Outside candidate for state representative Catherine Johnson engaged the students in lively banter about alternative transportation solutions.

Potential voters stood in a line which stretched out the door of the senior center.

Inside, the moderator was clearing a tabulator filled to bursting with votes. Voting had reached more than 1600 ballots cast, or 60% of the registered voters.

Shooting on Williams Street at MLB

State police helicopters buzzed the center and Southern parts of town today in pursuit of suspected perpetrators of a shooting in front of MLB Barber shop on Williams Street. One man was shot in the leg and taken to Middlesex Hospital, where it was reported he would be transferred by Lifestar to a hospital in Hartford.

Details of the shooting were not available at the scene, but unconfirmed reports from people in the gathered crowd said there were two or three young men involved in the shooting, and that some had been apprehended already. News trucks from local TV stations were on site, so reports on the late news are expected.

This is the second shooting incident at the Williams Street barber shop.