Waterbury Roundabout | L Scagliotti
Last Thursday, more than two dozen state workers gathered at noon by a single wooden bench and a lilac bush situated beside the sidewalk at the State Office Complex in Waterbury. The employees from the Agency of Human Services went outside to the usually peaceful spot that bears witness to the legacy of a former colleague who was killed in the line of duty in 2015. Taking place on Aug. 7, the gathering marked 10 years to the day that Lara Sobel, a caseworker with the Department for Children and Families, was fatally shot as she left her office in Barre.