James Mutrie Jr., 89, of North Haven, Conn., died Oct. 26 at the Village at Brookfield (Conn.) Common, an assisted living center.
He was a journalist at the New Haven (Conn.) Register for more than 30 years, including as capital bureau chief in Hartford, Conn. He was known as the dean of the capital press corps.
He leaves a daughter, Bonnie; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister.
The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.