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NORWEGIAN AIRLINE TO OFFER BRADLEY FLIGHTS

- — Julia Bergman

Beginning June 17, Norwegian Air Internatio­nal will start to fly out of Hartford’s Bradley Internatio­nal Airport.

The carrier, a low-cost Norwegian Air subsidiary operating out of Ireland, will offer direct, nonstop service to Edinburgh, Scotland.

“With the addition of these flights, travelers flying internatio­nally for business or pleasure have even more convenient travel options in the Greater Hartford region,” Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in making the announceme­nt Thursday.

Norwegian Air will fly Boeing 737-MAX aircraft with 189 seats year-round. It will operate three times a week most of the year and twice weekly in the winter.

Tickets at Norwegian.com/us will be priced beginning at $65. Volunteer Fire Company.

Other support went to ongoing firefighti­ng, medical and water rescue training for the Oneco Fire Company, a plan to purchase and install residentia­l house numbers by the Muddy Brook Fire Department, and a program to provide residentia­l smoke and carbon monoxide detectors by the Mortlake Fire Company & Ambulance Service.

Other grants ranging from $500 to $1,100 went to 24 emergency services providers. These included A.A. Young Jr. Hose and Ladder Company No. 1, American Legion Ambulance Fund, Attawaugan Fire Department, Atwood Hose Fire Company, Canterbury Volunteer Fire Department & Ambulance, Central Village Fire Company No. 1, Danielson Fire Department, Dayville Fire Company, East Brooklyn Fire Department, East Killingly Fire Department, Griswold Volunteer Fire Company and Killingly/Brooklyn Ambulance Corps.

Also included were Lisbon Ambulance Service, Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department, Moosup Fire Department, Mortlake Fire Company & Ambulance Service, Oneco Fire Company, Plainfield Fire Company No. 1, Poquetanuc­k Volunteer Fire Department, Preston City Volunteer Fire Department, South Killingly Fire Department, Sterling Volunteer Fire Company Inc., Voluntown Volunteer Fire Company Inc. No. 1 and Williamsvi­lle Fire Engine Company.

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Power worked for 20 years in public relations for the pharmaceut­ical industry. She spent 13 of those years at Pfizer, first in corporate communicat­ions, and then in public relations as the company carried out a number of expansion projects, including the opening of a research and developmen­t headquarte­rs in New London. She was part of the team that sold the New London building to her new employer. The building now houses EB’s engineerin­g office.

Pfizer closed its New London headquarte­rs in 2009 amid a merger with Wyeth. Most of the 1,400 employees working there at the time transferre­d to Groton.

Most recently, Power handled external and internal communicat­ions for Achillion, a biotech company in New Haven that focuses on rare disease research.

Power sees similariti­es between the pharmaceut­ical and defense industries, with both being complex and producing “really expensive but very necessary products.”

Power said she’s excited to be coming to EB at a time when the company is experienci­ng “tremendous growth.”

The beneficiar­y of large Navy contracts in recent years, EB is in the midst of a hiring spree to carry out its work. The company plans to grow its workforce by 14,000 employees in the next 13 years. Those will be both new jobs and replacemen­ts for retirees and others leaving the company.

For now, Power said she is in “watch and learn mode” as she works to understand what EB does and how it does it.

“For me, there’s a ton to learn here. That’s been a theme throughout my career. I’m not a scientist by training. I learned to love science through my past work,” she said.

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