The Day

NORWICH TO MARK HAITIAN FLAG DAY WITH SIMPLE CEREMONY

- — Claire Bessette Virtual meeting informatio­n will be provided on agendasuit­e.org/iip/ groton under the meeting. Representa­tive Town Meeting, Town Council and Committee of the Whole meetings will be broadcaste­d live on GMTV. Monday Tuesday For electronic

Norwich — A muted celebratio­n of Haitian Flag Day will take place Monday, starting with a morning raising of the Haitian flag in the plaza outside City Hall and an evening proclamati­on to be read by the City Council at its remote-access meeting broadcast.

Norwich Free Academy Haitian American students Allen and Alexander Dufort, recipients of the Martin Luther King scholarshi­p, Norwich Alderman Derell Wilson and Haitian American Enock Petit-Home will participat­e in the 9:30 a.m. flag-raising ceremony. Global City Norwich, which has hosted Haitian festivals in downtown, is coordinati­ng the program.

The proclamati­on, included as part of the City Council meeting agenda, will be read at the start of the 7:30 p.m. council meeting, to be broadcast on Comcast Channel 97 or by livestream on the city’s website, norwichct.org.

— Board of Education Committee of the Whole: Finance and Facilities, 6 p.m., virtual meeting; Mystic Fire District annual meeting, 7 p.m., B.F. Hoxie Firehouse.

— Town Council Personnel and Appointmen­ts Committee, 5:30 p.m., virtual meeting; Historic District Commission, 7 p.m., virtual meeting; Noank Fire District Executive Committee annual meeting, 7 p.m., Noank Fire House; Noank Fire District Zoning Commission, 7 p.m., Noank Fire

— Economic Developmen­t Commission, 7 p.m. — Board of Education Policy Committee, 5:15 p.m.; Board of Education Evaluation Committee, 5:15 p.m.; Board of Education, 6 p.m. — Atlantic Broadband Advisory Council, 5:30 p.m.; Parks and

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