Daily Five: Local Man Leads Protest, Grader Jewelers

1. Today should be partly sunny, with a high of 56, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight should be cloudy, with a low around 34, according to the service.

2. Thirty unionized carpenters surrounded the CVS pharmacy construction site in Norwich, demanding more local laborers be hired and higher wages, according to The Bulletin.

The spokesman of the group is Bob Corriveau of Waterford. Most of the laborers are from Massachusetts, and they should hire laborers from Eastern Connecticut, Corriveau said to The Bulletin.

3. has bought the building formerly occupied by Coastal Dentistry, across the street from the on Boston Post Road, according to a press release from owner Mark Grader. The jeweler is renovating the building, and plans to have the work done by February at the latest, according to the release.

Although Grader Jewlers has been in Waterford for 25 years, this is the first time the company will own the building it occupies, according to the release.

4. Today at 1:30 p.m., there is a town meeting/friendship festival at Oswegatchie Elementary School. And today at 3:10 p.m., is chess club for beginners class at Great Neck School, intended for first, second and third graders.

5. On this date in 2004, Ken Jennings finally loses on Jeopardy, after winning 74 shows in a row and $2,520,7000. And on this date in 1998, Exxon and Mobil merge after signing a $73.3 billion agreement, and form the largest corporation in the world.

Quote of the Day

“A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn no other way.”

-Mark Twain, who was born this day in 1835

Trivia of the Day

On this date in 1982, what album is released, which would go on to become the best-selling album of all time?

Yesterday’s Answer: The name of the commission that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy is the Warren Commission.