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Seeking Out Smooth Ice for the New Year
My birthday will end just as the big sparkly ball makes its yearly ascent to the top of the pole. It was late December back in '63 when I poked my head out to look around and decided to stay. Having a...
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Middletown Arrests: Dec. 14-26
Middletown Police report the following arrests: FIRST-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TO FINGERPRINTING — On Dec. 26 at 6:15 p.m., Kevin L. Roulhac, 34, of Baer Street was seen walking on...
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PD: Woman Who Stabbed Intoxicated Boyfriend Twice in Knee Claimed Self-Defense
On Dec. 26 at 9:23 a.m., Anthony J. Dempsey, 50, of Braeburn Lane was found lying on the floor in a third-floor hallway with a bleeding leg at an apartment on Ferry Street. The report says his...
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Two Commanding Female Singer-Songwriters Take Middnight on Main Stage
The city's New Year's Eve celebration boasts an unprecedented number of highly accomplished musicians, some household names, others soon to be. Two singer-songwriters worth lingering upon are perhaps...
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Fun Facts for New Year's: Wear Red Underwear, Lock Your Car and Eat...
Suzy Ravasio Chudzik If you're celebrating New Year's Eve this year and find a lull in the conversation, impress your family and friends with this New Year's trivia. According to statistics from the...
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Middnight on Main: Two Headliners Return for Second Year
It's time to be a kid again if only for one night. No longer is children's music relegated to the Sprout and Nick Jr. crowd exclusively. If you, like me, raised children knee-deep in the questionable...
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Connecticut Senate Race Was 4th Most Expensive in Country
The U.S. Senate race between Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy ended up being one of the most expensive in the country this past November. The combined $67,065,029 spent by the two...
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Fiscal Cliff: What It Means For My 2013 Paycheck?
By Gregg Palermo With Christmas 2012 over, one reality check is that the looming "fiscal cliff" deadline is just a few days away. On Dec. 31, tax cuts dating to the George W. Bush presidential term are...
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Obituaries: Shelley Lynn LaPaugh and James Alan McGrath
Middletown: Shelley Lynn LaPaugh, 57, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. Middletown: James Alan McGrath, 45, passed away on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.
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Speeding, Hazardous Moving Violations Spike Over Holiday
With higher than normal traffic counts this holiday, and Connecticut State Police enforcing motor vehicle laws in full force, troopers issued hundreds of violations over the past few days. Of the 364...
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Urban Archeologist: Other People's Mail
Are you sure you don't want to try Urban Archeology as a hobby? I know some of you already do, but for those of you who don't... Never mind, I'm OK having all this fun to myself. Three weeks ago, I...
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Skida: Warm, Comfy and Charitable
It's midnight and I roll into the Jackson Gore Inn for Okemo's Media Weekend. Tired and wanting to get sleep for the morning runs, I take the goodie bag and place it on the table in the suite. I turn...
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Middletown Arrests: Dec. 20-27
Middletown Police report the following incidents: Dec. 27 FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS — AT 7:28 p.m., William Bruzy, 50, of LaBella Circle was acting belligerent and causing a disturbance at the...
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Clinton Teen's Cause of Death Released, Police Investigation Continues
The state medical examiner's autopsy has determined Clinton teen Cailyn Bassett, who died Dec. 7 in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Middletown, died of "multiple, blunt-force traumatic injuries."...
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Middletown Man Dies in Accident on Route 9
A Middletown resident died Friday evening after sustaining fatal injuries in a one-car motor vehicle accident on Route 9 in Chester. David Latina, 33, of 511 Highland Ave., was driving a 2009 Toyota...
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$100 Million Suit for Newtown Family at Stake in Attorney's Claim to State
Claiming that the state failed to protect Sandy Hook Elementary School from "foreseeable harm," a New Haven-based attorney is seeking permission to file a $100 million lawsuit on behalf of a 6-year-old...
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Middletown Parking Ban Starts Today at Noon Ahead of Snowstorm
The mayor has issued a parking ban for all city streets beginning at noon Saturday ahead of the snowstorm. This will allow plows to keep up with an anticipated 3 to 6 inches of snow that is expected...
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Report: Surgical Mistakes on the Rise in Connecticut Hospitals
The latest report of Connecticut hospitals by the state's Department of Public Health shows that surgical mistakes in 2011 — the most recent year for which data was available — jumped by 62 percent...
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$100 Million Suit for Newtown Family at Stake in Attorney's Claim to State
NEWTOWN, CT -- Claiming that the state failed to protect Sandy Hook Elementary School from "foreseeable harm," a New Haven-based attorney is seeking permission to file a $100 million lawsuit on...
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Milk Could Skyrocket to $6 to $8 a Gallon
By Susan Petroni Come Jan. 1, there is a threat that milk prices could rise to $6 to $8 a gallon if Congress does not pass a new farm bill that amends farm policy dating back to the Truman...
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