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In Memoriam: Giuliano, Sternthal, Augeri, Bartosiak, Cardoze, Fistler,...
Santina (Musumeci) Giuliano, 90. Harriet (Epstein) Sternthal, 65. Thomas B. Augeri, 64. Nellie Bartosiak, 88. Adolph Cardoze, 84. Barbara Ann Fistler, 71. Arthur Edward Geiger, 89. Concetta Gennaro,...
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Bridgeport Man Charged With Breaking Into Hickey’s Deli, Leads Police on Foot...
A 20-year-old Bridgeport man is facing numerous charges after he allegedly tried to break into Hickey’s Deli on East Main St., early Tuesday morning and then led police on a foot chase after he was...
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Reader: City's Efforts During Blizzard Commendable
To the Editor: It’s been nearly two weeks since Blizzard Nemo walloped our state and Middletown has struggled to dig out from the mess. Watching our public works crews and emergency responders at work,...
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Police Interviewing Middletown Stabbing Suspect
Middletown Police are investigating a stabbing that took place early Wednesday on Summer Hill Road, according to a report by the Hartford Courant. The incident was reported to police about 1:30 a.m....
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'Peanut Butter Bandit' Returning Home After Stay in Middletown
By Megan Bard After decades of criminal behavior, the man known as the Peanut Butter Bandit is moving from Middletown back to Tolland. On Thursday, Frederick R. Merrill, 66, a man with a violent...
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Wesleyan to Discipline Students Kicked Out of CT Science Center
Some of the 500 Wesleyan Class of 2013 students who took part in the Feb. 15 senior party at the Connecticut Science Center will be disciplined for reported unacceptable behavior, according to a...
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PD: Man Who Taped Wes Student in Restroom Also Booted From Dartmouth Campus
A West Hartford man is facing voyeurism and related charges after police say he secretly videotaped a female student using the Wesleyan University library toilet and was found with a camera...
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Patch's Poll: Should the Law Limit an Individual's Total Contributions to...
An Alabama man's case — which argues that the overall limits on an individual's campaign contributions are too low — is now headed to the Supreme Court, the New York Times reports. In 2010, the same...
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Patch Tip: How to Give a Buzz Cut
By Jayme Kunze The buzz cut may be the simplest of hair styles to create at home, but there are still some rules that you should follow before picking up those electric clippers! The experts down at...
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'The Twelve Tribes of Hattie' Is Worth a Look
By Susan Schoenberger "The Twelve Tribes of Hattie," Ayana Mathis' debut novel, has been a huge hit with the imprimatur of Oprah's Book Club. Without Oprah's backing, I'm not sure the book would have...
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Middletown Arrests: Jan. 26 to Feb. 19
Middletown and Newington Police report the following incidents: Feb. 19 DUI, RED LIGHT VIOLATION — At 1:30 p.m., James Dawson, 28, of Hawksnest Circle, Middletown, was arrested on the Berlin...
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Habitat for Humanity to Rebuild North End Middletown Home
Middlesex Habitat for Humanity is gearing up to rebuild a home in the city's North End, enabling one more partner family to become a homeowner in Middlesex County. A vacant wood-frame house built in...
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Bullied Middletown Teen Featured in New Book
An editor from the online site Slate has written a new book on the dangers of bullying among teens and has focused some of that work on the case of a bullied teenage girl here in Middletown. Emily...
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Live Stream: Biden Talks Gun Violence at WCSU in Danbury
Staff Reports Vice President Joe Biden, the man President Barack Obama tapped to come up with the federal government's response to the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, is the keynote speaker at a...
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Meet Playboy's First Connecticut Centerfold
By Ronni Newton Ashley Doris Wilson, who now goes by the name Ashley Doris, didn't set out to be the first Connecticut woman to be featured as a centerfold model in Playboy. She didn't even plan to...
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Deaths: Barry, Dudley, Fitzpatrick, Horton, Hannon, Inferrera, Johnson,...
Legacy.com reports the following deaths: Edward Daniel Barry David Dudley Michael John Fitzpatrick Arline (Rumley) Horton James "Jim" Hannon Jr. Lena M. Inferrera MaryLin A. (King) Johnson Barbara...
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Wesleyan's New College of Film and Moving Image Hopes to Compete With...
Just days before two Wesleyan alumni are up for four Oscars for the critically acclaimed Beasts of the Southern Wild, University President Michael Roth announced the creation of the College of Film...
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Patch's Poll: Should Malloy Bypass the Legislative Task Force on Gun Violence?
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy surprised many — possibly even his own staff — by telling the Journal Inquirer this week that he would release his own set of proposals to combat gun violence, bypassing a...
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VIDEO: Biden Honors Newtown Victims, Calls for Tighter Gun Control Laws
Ronald DeRosa and David Moran Standing before an audience of local, state and federal officials, Vice President Joe Biden delivered a stirring keynote address at a conference on gun violence that...
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Middletown PD Nab OId Saybrook 'Shaken Baby' Suspect Looking into Cars
A little after 7 p.m. Thursday, Middletown Police officers were dispatched to 99 Union Street, the Northern Middlesex YMCA, for a suspicious male looking into vehicles. Officers arrived on scene and...
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