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Middletown Arrests: March 17-24
Middletown Police report the following incidents: March 24 FAILURE TO KEEP PLATES READABLE, TINTING WINDOWS, NARCOTICS KEPT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, USE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, NON-STUDENT POSSESSING...
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Zoning Issue Not Quite Dead: Public Hearing Tonight Seeks Change
The city's planning and zoning commission will hold a public hearing this evening on a proposal to regulate two specific areas of town as residential zones instead of commercial. The amendment is...
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Police, FBI Warn of Child Porn Video Link on Facebook, Renew Search for 'John...
By Paul Singley Area police department have been receiving complaints from folks who found child pornography on Facebook. One in Naugatuck was filed March 21, when a woman advised officers that while...
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AT&T Chief Shows City Seniors Benefits of New Technology
Technology can only improve the lives of those who embrace it, according to Rodney Smith, President of AT&T Connecticut, who spoke to two dozen city residents at Middletown's senior center. “We...
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Obituaries: Bafumi, Fox, Gardner, Goodell, Sanderlin, Wade
Legacy.com reports the following deaths: Salvatore "Santino" Bafumi Brenda C. Fox A. Lucienne (Weston) Gardner Druscilla Belle "Tootie" (Stack) Goodell Geneva Sanderlin Francis C. "Frank""Guy" Wade...
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LIVE LUNCH CHAT: Talk Study Skills with Academic Coach Susan Schaefer
Is homework a daily struggle in your house? Or does your child have trouble planning for final exams? Academic Coach Susan Schaefer will be taking your study skill and student advocacy questions in a...
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Your Take: Are You Planning A Summer Vacation?
April is around the corner, which means summer is just down the block. Have you made your summer vacation plans yet? Are you traveling? Do you have a place you go to year after year? Or do you stay...
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PD: NFL's Amari Spievey Charged in Domestic Assault Over Child Support
An NFL football player and Middletown resident was arrested this week after getting into a physical fight with his girlfriend and mother of his 2-year-old, over child support payment, according to...
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Zoning Board Blocks Last-Ditch Effort to Save Historic Middletown Land
Editor's Note: Middletown Patch will have a full article published Thursday with greater detail of what transpired. Neighborhood activist Ed McKeon implored the city planning and zoning commission...
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Why We Don't Have Better Candidates for Goverment: Demagoguery
By Charles Ballard, President, East Penn School Board Merriam-Webster defines a demagogue as a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power. The...
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Ask a Trooper: Can Drivers Use Breakdown Lanes to Escape from Traffic Jams?
By Jayme Kunze Reader Question: Is it illegal to drive in the breakdown lane when there is a traffic jam to get off the next exit? Response from Lt. J. Paul Vance: Yes, it is illegal, even if you are...
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'Little Bump' Turns Into a Profanity-Laced Melee in Middletown
A tiny car-door mishap between two vehicles led to a large, profanity-laced melee downtown earlier this month between two groups of people waiting outside Middletown's Social Services Department....
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How to Help Sandy Hook Family Displaced by Fire
By Davis Dunavin After a house fire on Berkshire road in Sandy Hook displaced a family of five, friends and community members are rallying to help out. The fire broke out sometime Wednesday afternoon,...
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Court Documents Detail Evidence in Sandy Hook School Shooting
By Gary Jeanfaivre [Editor's note: The following report is based on court documents released today by the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch. All five documents released are attached to this article...
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Your Take: How Much Of The Newtown Investigation Should Be Made Public?
At midnight Wednesday, four search warrants obtained by Connecticut State Police in the immediate aftermath of the Sandy Hook School shootings were unsealed. A few pieces of information, including the...
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It's Good Friday in Middletown: What's Closed? Where are Services?
The Christian Holy Week continues on Good Friday, the day the faithful observe the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. City offices, most businesses and banks, the Post Office, the...
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Taxes Up 3.3 Percent in Mayor's $137.9M Budget Request
Property taxes would increase slightly less than a mil, or 3.3 percent, under the $137.85 million budget proposed by the mayor Thursday — a spending package that would fund the school board at $75.55...
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Newtown Protest Brings Out Both Sides of Gun Debate
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