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  • Lots to crow over at Rooster Tail Inn
  • Located in an 18th century colonial in the center of Warren, the Rooster Tail Inn is the latest addition to fine dining in Litchfield County. Homebuilders Clifford and Maureen Jones carried out a major restoration and renovation of the property and ...
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 3/12/2010 12:07:03 AM
  • OUR VIEW: Sorting out luxuries from true necessities
  • Last year, faced with massive deficits, the state Legislature began reluctantly cutting the budget though their actions more resembled snips than slashes. They also looked for ways to add revenue, including doubling state park and camping fees, and ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 3/11/2010 7:27:53 PM
  • Hartford festival to showcase Jewish films
  • ... family was accompanied by Eli Kindler of Israel, whose family shared the pigsty attic, and by two of Halamajowa's grandchildren, Grace Kuzcharzyk and Jolanta Staron of Connecticut ... Israel, comedic short "Gefilte Fish," coming of age tales ...
  • Norwalk Hour
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  • 3/10/2010 9:52:14 PM
  • Connecticut River : Connecticut River News and Photos ...
  • These days, the Connecticut River is used primarily for fishing and recreational boating, as communities along the river have discouraged further development along the banks and controls were enacted to clean up damage caused by industrial plants.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 3/10/2010 3:18:32 PM
  • Connecticut River : Connecticut River News and Photos - Courant.com
  • The largest river in New England, the Connecticut River originates at the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire and flows south, acting as the border between New Hampshire and Vermont before crossing into Massachusetts and then bisecting ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 3/10/2010 3:18:32 PM
  • Fill a Ram’ with food for your neighbors
  • TORRINGTON — The United Way of Northwest Connecticut’s food drive “is on par with last year’s,” according to Executive Director Bill Egan, but the hope is to do much better. . The Seventh Annual United Way of Northwest Connecticut Food For ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 3/8/2010 11:27:40 PM
  • Keeping their eyes on the skies: Scouts with telescopes follow the ...
  • ... their large size, they weigh only 10 to 12 pounds, since birds have hollow bones," said Tricia Kevalis, a teacher-naturalist with the Connecticut Audubon Society Center in Fairfield. Kevalis showed the children a Peregrine falcon she brought ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 3/8/2010 8:00:04 PM
  • Keeping their eyes on the skies: Scouts with telescopes ...
  • ... with FirstLight Power Resources, the goal of the observatory is to educate the public about Connecticut wildlife. It's also to protect bald eagles, which are on the state Department of Environmental Protection 's endangered species list. "
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 3/8/2010 8:00:04 PM
  • Vegan activist speaks out against animal cruelty
  • NEW BRITAIN — After Jon Camp learned about how animals raised for food suffer on factory farms, he decided to never eat meat again. A few years later, he also cut out dairy products and eggs. Now it is his mission to go out and spread the word ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 3/8/2010 6:34:10 PM
  • AROUND BRISTOL: Aiding child today
  • AIDING CHILD: A fundraiser for Venezia (Zia) Sirianni, the 3-year-old daughter of two Bristol teachers Mary and Scott Sirianni who has been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, will be held today from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Nuchie’s in ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 3/8/2010 6:34:10 PM
  • ArtFarm off table for Maromas
  • MIDDLETOWN — One of the three new proposals for ways to use city-owned land in Maromas has been withdrawn. The city’s Department of Planning, Conservation and Development put out a request for proposals for uses for the city-owned land formerly ...
  • Middletown Press
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  • 3/7/2010 11:14:32 PM
  • ArtFarm off table for Maromas use
  • The city’s Department of Planning, Conservation and Development put out a request for proposals for uses for the city-owned land formerly belonging to Connecticut Valley ... to, among other activities, camping, fishing, riverfront preservation ...
  • Middletown Press
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  • 3/7/2010 10:02:57 PM
  • Your Reader-Submitted Articles - Courant.com
  • Submitted by Martha Schwartz, The Friendship Force of Connecticut, on 2010-03-08. The Friendship Force of Connecticut invites you to join it for a visit to Devon, in southwestern England, from August 26 through September 3, 2010. During a one-week ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 3/7/2010 3:57:53 PM
  • Jewish film festival lights up Hartford screens
  • ... that will be accompanied by a seven-member orchestra of students who created an original score to stories on celluloid of Israeli sumo wrestlers and angst over gefilte fish, the 14th ... countries, and a few have Connecticut ties.
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 3/7/2010 12:05:49 AM
  • Goodwill hunting: The search for bargains draws a mix of shoppers ...
  • STAMFORD -- It is the place where castoffs find new life as bargains. The Goodwill store on Broad Street was humming Friday with shoppers, their heads studiously bent downward as they rifled through the cluttered merchandise. Atop one rack, there ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 3/6/2010 7:16:30 AM
  • Goodwill hunting: The search for bargains draws a mix ...
  • You have both donors and customers," said Dorothy Viets , the director of community relations for Goodwill Industries of Western Connecticut . The organization ... Priced at $6, it would make a good bag to hold fish, he said. Next month, they plan to ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 3/6/2010 7:16:30 AM
  • Goodwill hunting: The search for bargains draws a mix of shoppers ...
  • You have both donors and customers," said Dorothy Viets , the director of community relations for Goodwill Industries of Western Connecticut . The organization ... Priced at $6, it would make a good bag to hold fish, he said. Next month, they plan to ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 3/6/2010 7:09:21 AM
  • Are Higher Fees At Connecticut State Parks Unnatural ...
  • Supporters and activists involved with the state park system not only fear that you aren't, but also that the new fees will endanger programs meant to attract residents to the outdoors and hurt fundraising efforts to maintain and improve Connecticut ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 3/6/2010 4:24:42 AM
  • Are Higher Fees At Connecticut State Parks Unnatural Enemies?
  • With a few exceptions, it applies to state park fees for parking, reserving a campsite, renting facilities, admission to state park museums, boating certificates and hunting and fishing licenses. The new fees went into effect after most parks stopped ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 3/6/2010 12:14:10 AM
  • Fishing Column: Fishing seminars are a good catch
  • Roffer as he discusses fish location through ... guide with over 40 years experience in fishing New England waters. Gibson also served as Editor for Salt Water Sportsman for 25 years. Joining Poveromo and Gibson in Connecticut will be Captain Rick ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 3/5/2010 9:43:51 PM
  • Pick the right guide for your fishing trip
  • When you are looking to take a guided fishing trip, you need to consider a few things before deciding which guide will best serve your needs. Although most people think that experience is the best way to select a guide, there are other things to ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 3/5/2010 5:54:47 PM
  • Carole Peck’s cafe is quite the culinary marvel
  • Carole Peck is ahead of the culinary curve by a country mile. Always has been. Chef/owner of Carole Peck’s Good News Cafe in Woodbury, she was a celebrity chef before the phrase was coined. In her long and pioneering career, she’s been a creative ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 3/4/2010 11:03:46 PM
  • Edward Charles Shanley
  • He also enjoyed deep-sea fishing. He was a dedicated stamp collector, and was president of the Eire Philatelic Society of Connecticut for 15 years. Besides his wife, surviving are two sons and a daughter, David E. Shanley and wife, Ruthanna, of ...
  • Newtown Bee
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  • 3/4/2010 11:58:03 AM
  • AROUND PLYMOUTH: Civil War program
  • CIVIL WAR PROGRAM: Dave Koch, an assistant professor of history at Housatonic Community College, will present “Connecticut in the Civil War” at the ... CORNED BEEF DINNER: The Terryville Fish and Game Club will host a family night corned beef and ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 3/3/2010 7:58:51 PM
  • The Plastic Problem
  • We support limiting the free distribution of plastic bags at supermarkets, especially in coastal regions like Connecticut." The statistics ... square mile of ocean, and this transmits pollutants to the fish, which humans then eat, Hershkowitz says. "
  • New Haven Advocate
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  • 3/3/2010 10:40:30 AM
  • Where it's always Mardi Gras
  • The festive scene is straight out of Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras: People packed into a charming old house that's been converted into a restaurant, donning sparkly beads and colorful masks, dancing on the tables to a live blues band, knocking ...
  • TheDay
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  • 3/3/2010 1:57:57 AM
  • Supportive housing plan widely opposed at Westport P&Z hearing
  • Supportive and affordable housing guidelines in Westport are based on Connecticut statute 8-30g ... There are fish in the sea that taste bad when they're bitten, so bigger fish don't bite them. We should be a distasteful fish and not allow developers ...
  • Westport News
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  • 3/2/2010 10:08:53 PM
  • AROUND BRISTOL: Prom fashion show
  • PROM FASHIONS: Bristol Central High School’s senior class is holding a prom fashion show Friday at 7 p.m. in our BCHS auditorium. There will be raffles, music, food in the lobby. Proceeds go toward senior prom. Adult tickets are $5 aand students ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 3/2/2010 8:00:02 PM
  • Java: MaryEllen Fillo
  • While the stars take their seats on the West Coast, about 250 people in Hartford will watch the televised awards show at the Connecticut AIDS Resource ... the food choice will be Moroccan: couscous, baked fish, spreads and curries. "Amadeus" will be ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 3/2/2010 7:14:06 AM
  • Global warming prognosis not rosy for New England if left alone
  • It's near the turn of the 22nd century, and much of coastal Fairfield is underwater, leaving the town's once-bustling beaches a distant memory, along with roads and homes. Along the Connecticut shoreline, it's a similar scenario as the rising waters ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 3/1/2010 3:57:50 PM
  • U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard Investigation Board Safety Bulletin ...
  • He loved fishing, he loved his family, he loved his work," said ... to members of his family in Poland who had heard the news that "something terrible happened in Middletown, Connecticut." Among those in attendance were Gov. M. Jodi Rell, Attorney ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/28/2010 10:08:16 AM
  • Problems Between UConn, State Football Coaches A 2-Way Street
  • New Britain) and cornerback Byron Jones (St. Paul-Bristol). Khairi Fortt and Silas Redd, who both attended schools in Stamford, are Penn State-bound, and Wethersfield's Tyler Murphy is headed to Florida. So Edsall was once again asked about big fish ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/28/2010 5:36:15 AM
  • Hundreds Attend Mass For Victims Of Middletown Plant Explosion
  • MIDDLETOWN - Hundreds of people, including several state officials, turned out Saturday for a memorial Mass in honor of the six workers who were killed in the Kleen Energy plant explosion. Pews were filled inside the Catholic church of St. Mary of ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/28/2010 5:29:05 AM
  • He Was 'Confirmed Bachelor,' Until He Met Her
  • Walt's other hobby is fishing, which led to summers on the Connecticut shore. Mary Anne spent the summers supervising their daughter and two sons at the beach in Westbrook and later at Black Point Beach in Niantic, while Walt commuted from Newington ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/27/2010 9:00:51 PM
  • Area Events calendar
  • The 20 game schedule runs April thru September with competitive games primarily Sunday mornings ... Anglers 16 and over must purchase valid CT Fishing licenses at a Tackle Shop or On-Line. All teaching materials and fishing gear are provided.
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/26/2010 6:31:43 PM
  • Scouts with telescopes eye bald eagles
  • The answer may surprise you. "Even though eagles are so big, their call is just a low-sounding chirp," said Joseph Calandro , 10. "It's the red-tailed hawk that makes a high-pitched screeching sound." Joseph learned about their calls and other bird ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/26/2010 5:34:27 PM
  • Daytrippers: Spending Time In Nature
  • We were actually scheduled to go ice fishing but the mild temps put a damper on that plan. So, thanks to my husband and his thoughtful Christmas gift this year (a book about Connecticut's Coast) I discovered ... Fish & Wildlife Services in the ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/26/2010 5:02:50 AM
  • Fun-loving No. Haven man had passion for food
  • In his spare time, Palumbo liked to bowl, golf, fish, cook and play cards. He was a fan of the Yankees, Giants and University of Connecticut basketball. He and his wife visited Massachusetts, California, Florida, New York state and Italy, and went on ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/26/2010 2:53:59 AM
  • Stepping Out
  • Make your pet a Star: Entries being submitted now for the 1st Annual Pet Tail Amateur Video Awards contest. Deadline for submission is March 7. Free to enter. Nominated videos will be shown at the Avon Theatre, Stamford. Winners take home the golden ...
  • Norwalk Hour
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  • 2/26/2010 1:56:43 AM
  • Sound Off for Feb. 26
  • Broken promises The Obama health care outline is like five-day-old fish, it stinks and no one wants to go near it ... Proud of Connecticut’s (mythical) animals You may have noticed the snow snakes fattening up for spring and summer hibernation.
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/25/2010 11:12:04 PM
  • NINO SECHI: Don't take Greenwich's many jewels for granted
  • Our outside thermometer read 43 degrees at around 3 p.m. last Saturday. The sun was shining brightly, hardly a cloud in the sky -- perfect weather for a walk in the park, Bruce Park that is, even if it was still Feb. 20 and the middle of a sub ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/25/2010 1:39:25 PM
  • South Side School kids "Get Smart"
  • BRISTOL — Children from South Side School are beginning an after school program that includes time at Indian Rock Nature Preserve. The program, run by the Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut, is funded by a state Department of Education ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/23/2010 6:35:16 PM
  • Just Eat It
  • It can get you into the great outdoors and help the environment. It taps into the locavore craze and the foodie mania for eating weird shit. It can even (if you're so inclined) allow you to kill things with a clear conscience. Interested? Then try ...
  • Hartford Advocate
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  • 2/23/2010 11:18:37 AM
  • For Predator Birds, Connecticut's A Popular Dining Spot In Late Winter
  • With more snow on the way and many of the state's lakes dotted with ice-fishing shacks, it's hard to think of Connecticut as a sort of Florida for wintering birds. But that's exactly the role the state plays this time of year, with thousands of ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/23/2010 3:33:20 AM
  • From ‘best ribs’to ‘best insurance’
  • SOUTHINGTON — A former rib restaurant is finding new life as the headquarters of a local insurance company. Dino Carbone and Joe Calvanese III purchased the former Brannigan’s for Ribs, a once-popular restaurant just off Interstate 84 and Queen ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/22/2010 7:55:12 PM
  • Just Eat It
  • Chef Bun Lai, of Miya’s in New Haven, with some Asian shore crabs. Lai has started a conversation with diners about our relationship to what we eat. It can get you into the great outdoors and help the environment. It can tap into the locavore craze ...
  • New Haven Advocate
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  • 2/22/2010 3:58:59 PM
  • Seafood Consumers Paying For Ice Buildup
  • If you're buying a 5-pound bag of shrimp at $6 a pound, but a quarter pound is just ice, you're really paying $6.31 for the shrimp," Farrell said. The products tested included shrimp, scallops and fish. Inspectors removed packages of the 26 products ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/22/2010 10:29:42 AM
  • Annual deer hunt under way to thin herd at Bluff Point
  • Groton - After dark last Wednesday, when Bluff Point Coastal Reserve was closed to dog-walkers, bird watchers, bikers, hikers and cross-country skiers, a team of hunters from the state Department of Environmental Protection entered the park to finish ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/22/2010 12:57:02 AM
  • KATE MILLER: Take moment to enjoy natural history
  • Many feel that connection is now being severed, that modern life is lived in a world of our own invention, inside, electronic ... There are field guides for birds, ferns, trees, flowers, mushrooms, caterpillars, fish — the more specific it is to ...
  • Middletown Press
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  • 2/21/2010 10:48:11 PM
  • EDITORIAL: DEP should rethink stream flow rules
  • There is no disagreement that the state needs to do a better job of regulating the flow and health of its rivers and streams. The University of Connecticut nearly pumped the Fenton River dry to supply drinking water to its Storrs campus. A tributary ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/21/2010 10:19:33 PM
  • Crows face unnatural deselecting
  • Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the Sandy Point nature preserve in Little Narragansett Bay, in large measure to help the struggling plovers. Some coastal locations are entirely off limits to humans and vehicles to protect plovers, including ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/21/2010 12:58:13 AM
  • EDITORIAL: DEP should rethink stream flow rules
  • There is no disagreement that the state needs to do a better job of regulating the flow and health of its rivers and streams. The University of Connecticut nearly pumped the Fenton River dry to supply drinking water to its Storrs campus. A tributary ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/21/2010 12:15:16 AM
  • From Southington’s ‘best ribs’ to ‘best insurance’
  • SOUTHINGTON — A former rib restaurant is finding new life as the headquarters of a local insurance company. Dino Carbone and Joe Calvanese III purchased the former Brannigan’s for Ribs, a once-popular restaurant just off I-84 and Queen Street, in ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 2/20/2010 6:38:50 PM
  • Jackass on Ice
  • The trouble is, that might not happen until next winter. Outdoor ice-skating enthusiasts in southeastern Connecticut ... Back then there were always a pickup hockey game or two and kids playing crack-the-whip. It’s been a while since I’ve seen ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/20/2010 12:52:15 AM
  • Fishing Column: Northeast Fishing, Hunting Expo a must
  • The "13th annual Northeast Fishing & Hunting Expo" is coming Friday, February 26 through Sunday, February 28, 2010 to the Connecticut Convention Center . Expo hours are Friday ( noon to 8 p.m), Saturday (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m. to 5 p ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/19/2010 8:20:14 PM
  • New dry dock to float more work at Derecktor
  • BRIDGEPORT -- The R.E. Derecktor will set sail probably next month, but it won't be following Derecktor-built vessels across the oceans to faraway ports. Instead, the new dry dock will stay off the bulkhead in Bridgeport Harbor, lifting huge yachts ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/19/2010 7:22:58 PM
  • Winsted Woman Charged With Fraud
  • Nonetheless, she was seen in May casting a fishing pole while on a fishing trip, "twisting and bending over the side of a boat to haul up the anchor," according to the release. In June, she said during a deposition that she was unable to move without ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/19/2010 7:55:46 AM
  • It’s Gonna Cost You!
  • org) and click on the tab for Our State Parks, you'll learn lots of neat things about the parks and historic sites within ... And whether you like to hike, fish, climb, ski or swim, you'll find a Connecticut State Park or Forest that's just right for ...
  • Newtown Bee
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  • 2/18/2010 10:55:55 AM
  • DEP eyes Millstone water discharges
  • and the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, had been pushing for the DEP to force Millstone to change its water intake and discharge practices to minimize environmental harm, including the killing of millions of fish larvae. The groups argued that ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/18/2010 12:54:37 AM
  • 'Go Fish!' exhibit at Norwalk Maritime
  • It was during the early hours on a summer morning in 1979 that Charlie Toth caught the biggest bluefish Connecticut had ever seen. Toth, a lifelong Norwalk resident and local fishing legend, was angling off the Norwalk Islands on his classic Lyman ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/16/2010 3:30:18 PM
  • New La Salle Road Eatery Brings Hope And Corned Beef To An Otherwise ...
  • For Martin Bernstein, who has heard tales of places like Scoler's and Top Nosh, dining has new meaning in West Hartford because at last there is a deli in town. "It's the one option that has been missing around here for a while," said the 42-year-old ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/16/2010 2:33:02 PM
  • Reuben's Already Hopping
  • Reuben's is open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Telephone is 860-233-3354. Buddy Valastro, TLC's "Cake Boss," is coming to Hartford as a featured guest at the Connecticut Cake Competition and Live Cake ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/16/2010 2:25:53 PM
  • Text Size
  • When Robert Landolphi looked over a list of supplies that his son, Joseph, needed for a science experiment, all-purpose flour was one of them. Hardly an unusual ingredient, white flour is a staple in most home kitchens, particularly when the man of ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/16/2010 2:25:53 PM
  • Veteran educator was a handy guy
  • NEW HAVEN — Carl DiGuiseppe was a very helpful person and great at fixing just about anything. “We rarely had to buy anything new, because he was always repairing things around the house,” laughed a daughter, Petrina Blakeslee of New Haven ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/15/2010 3:49:58 AM
  • Law, Sheehan making waves
  • Last Friday’s meeting between Law and Sheehan was not only a matchup between a pair of Southern Connecticut Conference surprises, but also two potential Class M state title contenders. Sheehan won Friday’s game 62-52, splitting the season series ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/15/2010 12:08:04 AM
  • Ohio's Danbury sits by Lake Erie
  • Danbury Township in Ottawa County, Ohio, was given its name by the original settlers who arrived there from Danbury, Conn., in the early 1800s. It's located at the eastern part of the county, at the end of Marblehead Peninsula, which juts into Lake ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/14/2010 9:30:35 PM
  • Ohio's Danbury sits by Lake Erie
  • Danbury Township in Ottawa County, Ohio, was given its name by the original settlers who arrived there from Danbury, Conn., in the early 1800s. It's located at the eastern part of the county, at the end of Marblehead Peninsula, which juts into Lake ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/14/2010 9:23:26 PM
  • AROUND PLYMOUTH: Garden Club meets
  • GARDEN CLUB: The Plymouth Garden Club will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Senior Lounge of the Plymouth Town Hall. The guest speaker will be Thomas Rathier from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Rathier, an expert in plant problems ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/14/2010 7:14:35 PM
  • The Dart: New Wave Seafood in the flow of things in Springdale
  • STAMFORD -- Peter Vorvis of New Wave Seafood begins each day at 5:30 a.m. on the phone with wholesalers buying frozen shrimp, clams and other marine delicacies as workers unload fresh fish off trucks from Massachusetts, Florida, Maine and Connecticut ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/14/2010 3:54:09 PM
  • The Dart: New Wave Seafood in the flow of things in Springdale
  • STAMFORD -- Peter Vorvis of New Wave Seafood begins each day at 5:30 a.m. on the phone with wholesalers buying frozen shrimp, clams and other marine delicacies as workers unload fresh fish off trucks from Massachusetts, Florida, Maine and Connecticut ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/14/2010 3:54:09 PM
  • Explosion victim remembered
  • OLD SAYBROOK — His obituary said he was a pipe fitter and a union man, but to friends and family in this shoreline town Raymond Dobratz was much more. At the historic First Church of Christ Congregational, Dobratz, 58, was remembered Saturday as a ...
  • Middletown Press
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  • 2/14/2010 7:18:45 AM
  • Eulogy for a working man: Ray Dobratz was a model dad, friend
  • The went boating and fishing together. “He was just a total genuine guy ... Two fellow Connecticut pipe fitters were laid to rest in funerals in Colchester and Thomaston. “It is my belief also that Raymond would want us to include these other men ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/13/2010 11:33:28 PM
  • Hidden gems can be uncovered in South Florida
  • Sure, everyone knows Miami, with all the pop and sizzle of international jet-setters and the allure and glamour of the hottest fashion models. Palm Beach has its palm tree-lined luxury shopping boulevards, Fort Lauderdale its swinging beach scenes ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/13/2010 11:33:28 PM
  • Week ahead
  • There will also be food and items from local businesses to make the event special for Valentine's Day. Tickets are $95 and $125; call 203-438-5795 or visit www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org. Feb. 15 Author Ryan SanAngelo will share his book "Spaghetti ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/13/2010 7:08:36 PM
  • Mourners remember Old Saybrook pipe fitter killed in Middletown ...
  • He’d drop everything that he’s doing and go take care of people’s needs.” Dobratz was one of five workers killed last week at the Kleen Energy Plant explosion in Middletown. Two fellow Connecticut pipe fitters were laid to rest in funerals in ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/13/2010 4:38:17 PM
  • Birds vs. People on Sandy Point
  • Every so often somebody says something that makes me want to stand up and cheer while other people want to throw rocks. My new hero is Anne Roberts-Pierson, president of the Avalonia Land Conservancy, who put elements of a hostile crowd in its place ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/13/2010 1:00:33 AM
  • Fishing Column: Time to speak up on fishing license fee increase
  • My final column for 2009 dealt with my wishes for 2010. One of my wishes was for the roll back of the 100 percent price increase in the just created saltwater fishing license. I wrote "Last year was not an especially good one for Connecticut anglers ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/12/2010 11:27:29 PM
  • Source Marketing lands Charlie the Tuna
  • ... aisles increases the likelihood of sales by putting savings opportunities right where the product is, said Kevin McEvoy , a marketing professor at the University of Connecticut 's Stamford branch. "It's at the point of sale, so people are more ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/12/2010 3:20:44 PM
  • Nonfiction lovers read on
  • "The discussion is led by volunteer Kay Ingram ," she said, explaining Ingram had experience with a similar group at the library near her previous home in Colorado. After moving to Connecticut, she volunteered to lead the Nonfiction Book Club ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/12/2010 2:16:18 PM
  • Nonfiction lovers read on
  • "The discussion is led by volunteer Kay Ingram ," she said, explaining Ingram had experience with a similar group at the library near her previous home in Colorado. After moving to Connecticut, she volunteered to lead the Nonfiction Book Club ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/12/2010 2:09:09 PM
  • Nonfiction lovers unite
  • "The discussion is led by volunteer Kay Ingram ," she said, explaining Ingram had experience with a similar group at the library near her previous home in Colorado. After moving to Connecticut, she volunteered to lead the Nonfiction Book Club ...
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/12/2010 8:39:52 AM
  • Nonfiction lovers unite
  • "The discussion is led by volunteer Kay Ingram ," she said, explaining Ingram had experience with a similar group at the library near her previous home in Colorado. After moving to Connecticut, she volunteered to lead the Nonfiction Book Club ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/12/2010 8:39:52 AM
  • Kids see food before it reaches their plates in ‘Go Fish!’ at the ...
  • Design consultant Brian Morrissey works on a model fishing boat at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Incidentally, the Invisible Man did not get a “Go Fish!” preview. Visitors can stand behind the yellow waders and be photographed holding their ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/11/2010 2:21:40 AM
  • Flay & Co. strike a more sophisticated pose at Bar Americain
  • Although celebrity chef Bobby Flay might be best known for his TV appearances, his three Mesa Grill restaurants and accompanying line of specialty foods, he has also opened two "American Brasseries" called Bar Americain, first in Manhattan, and as of ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/11/2010 12:55:46 AM
  • Sussing Out What The Framers Meant
  • Bad decision. I refer to the recent vote by the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a century-old restriction on influence-peddling by big business. Justice John Paul Stevens , in his dissenting opinion, wrote that the ruling is "profoundly misguided," "a ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/10/2010 11:58:30 PM
  • On this fishing trip?
  • NORWALK — The Maritime Aquarium’s ship has just come in. It’s a little ship, actually. It sits next to a fake cafe, a Wii Sports game and a 30,000-gallon fish tank stocked with assorted seafood. An odd combination? Not if you’re trying to ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/10/2010 10:25:26 PM
  • Broadview students make honor roll
  • Times New Roman Dreams Come True of Western Connecticut will hold a major fund-raiser "Spring Fling Gala " March 20 at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury. It will be an elegant evening of food and dance. The organization that grants dreams of ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/10/2010 5:10:28 PM
  • Victim from Old Saybrook was planning to retire soon
  • Middletown - Raymond Dobratz of Old Saybrook was working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week as part of a large crew trying to complete the Kleen Energy Systems plant here. In a few months, he planned to retire. "He was tired. He was going to take the ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/8/2010 12:59:19 AM
  • AROUND THE CORNER: Fedorich speaks about area fishing group
  • Jim Fedorich, a Torrington resident and a fisherman most of his life, is treasurer of Northwestern Connecticut Chapter 009 of Trout Unlimited. “The 009 means that we were the ninth chapter, nationally, to be organized,” he said. “The ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/7/2010 9:03:06 PM
  • AROUND PLYMOUTH: Uncle Bill's rabbit pot pie
  • GAME SUPPER: The Terryville Fish and Game Club will hold its annual game supper Feb. 20 at the Middle Pond Clubhouse on Grove Street, Terryville, starting at 7 p.m. The public invited. Cost is $25 per person. The menu includes assorted hors d ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/7/2010 7:58:40 PM
  • Catch of the day
  • ... stop members of the Terryville Fish ... kid’s fishing derby this spring.” Open to the public, the derby lured several fisherman, and at least one woman, from East Hartford to Watertown to a little bit of the arctic in central Connecticut.
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/6/2010 6:48:17 PM
  • Fishing Column: You can impact the future of Connecticut's forests
  • The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced last week that a series of "Forest Resource" Roundtables will be held during February and March. Ideas and visions from the roundtable discussions will influence the future of ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/6/2010 2:44:54 PM
  • Icebound Among the Eagles
  • Our vessels generated these sounds earlier this week while breaking through ice on the Connecticut River, where friends ... I’ve watched eagles fly, perch on trees along the banks and dive for fish. Last year one flew about 10 feet over my head; a ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/6/2010 12:54:32 AM
  • Long Beach sales deal is a washout
  • STRATFORD -- The anticipated sale of Long Beach West to the federal government was killed Thursday by joint agreement of the town and a nonprofit land agency, 15 months after voters overwhelmingly approved sale of the sweeping waterfront property for ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/4/2010 7:47:55 PM
  • Help needed for Haitian bake sale Saturday
  • Danbury Bridge Club, 10 a.m., Fish & Game Association, 33 Hayestown Road. 354-7567. Take Off Pounds Sensibly, Connecticut No. 134, 6:30 p.m., Central Christian Church , 71 West St. 203-426-6224. Irish set dancing lessons, beginning through advanced ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/4/2010 7:04:58 PM
  • Fishing Column: Places fishermen can go during winter
  • Families and individuals may attend this indoor class from 10 a.m. -- Noon in preparation for some wintry days of fishing. Volunteers from the Connecticut Aquatic Recreation Education (CARE) program will be on hand to lead both experienced and novice ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/4/2010 5:39:04 PM
  • Long Beach sales deal is a washout
  • Fish and Wildlife Service within five years ... Whitney Hatch , director of TPL's Southern New England region, which covers Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, said Thursday that TPL had no choice but to seek an agreement with the town to ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/4/2010 4:13:10 PM
  • New enforcement at Sandy Point
  • Sandy Point won't be going to the dogs. That was abundantly clear at the public forum Wednesday night on the Avalonia Land Conservancy's decision to partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the island nature preserve in Little ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/4/2010 6:33:21 AM
  • Everything Entertainment
  • Performance: Disney Theatrical Productions and The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts announced today that tickets for the long-awaited return engagement of Disney’s THE LION KING will perform onto The Bushnell’s stage on Wednesday, Jan. 27 ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/4/2010 12:49:45 AM
  • Simsbury On 2010 Dozen Distinctive Destinations List
  • ... officials, and members of Connecticut's congressional delegation who promoted Simsbury for the designation, said the town's attractive and historically preserved downtown, its hiking and biking trails and top-rated restaurants were all factors ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/3/2010 3:42:44 AM
  • Bureaucrats gone wild
  • Groton, some southeastern Connecticut Realtors complain, is the region's police state when it comes to trying to ... No one there would help her fish it out, she added. Tonight, a delegation of Realtors is expected to turn out for a public hearing ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/3/2010 2:23:59 AM
  • Wildlife will welcome Sandy Point sheriff
  • McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, a network of about 10 sites along the Connecticut shoreline. A public meeting is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Stonington Community Center where FWS will listen to concerns and explain its plans. There are going ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/1/2010 12:53:18 AM
  • Local chef competes in annual Oyster Open
  • The Litchfield Saltwater Grille is an upscale fish house with steak house concepts. It was voted “Best New Restaurant, Litchfield County” by Connecticut Magazine 2008, and “Best Seafood, Litchfield County” and “Best Hidden Gem, Litchfield ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 1/31/2010 10:30:08 PM
  • We Saw A Bald Eagle On This Trip... We Really Did!
  • It was a sound like the wind whispering through the boughs of a pine tree. Or the sound a baseball makes as it flies through the air on a warm summer night. I was walking along the Quinnipiac River Gorge Trail last weekend with my family and a friend ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 1/31/2010 12:04:23 AM
  • Fishing Column: Springfield Sportsmen Show in February
  • Fly-fishing shows growth in popularity 07.26.2006 01:00 a.m. Sudden burst of frigid weather gets ice fishing season underway 12.16.2005 01:00 a.m. The cold weather got you down? Got an itch to fish? Then get ready for the 2010 Springfield Sportsmen's ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 1/30/2010 3:21:50 PM
  • Wth water, quantity matters
  • Normally, water issues in Connecticut concern someone dumping 100 gallons of fuel oil into a stream or dealing with the residual industrial chemicals that still linger in the silt of rivers. But the current fight isn't about what's in the water -- it ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 1/29/2010 7:04:55 PM
  • Quantity matters
  • Normally, water issues in Connecticut concern someone dumping 100 gallons of fuel oil into a stream, or dealing with the residual industrial chemicals that still linger in the silt of rivers. But the current fight isn't about what's in the water ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 1/29/2010 6:14:49 PM
  • 50% of Sandy Point to be shut April-Sept. to protect shorebirds
  • Stonington - Approximately half of Sandy Point will be closed from April through the end of September as a way to protect nesting shorebirds, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service official who will oversee the island. Richard Potvin, the ...
  • TheDay
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  • 1/29/2010 12:56:52 AM
  • Francis M. Gilroy
  • Francis "Frank" M. Gilroy, 92, died January 20, at Masonic Healthcare Center in Wallingford, with his family at his side. He struggled valiantly with Alzheimer's disease for 13 years. Born April 9, 1917, in Waterbury, he was the son of the late ...
  • Newtown Bee
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  • 1/28/2010 11:56:37 AM
  • Family Ice Fishing Derby
  • Members of the Department of Environmental Protection's Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) program conduct a "Family Ice Fishing Derby ... 16 years of age must have a valid fishing license. Call the DEP at 424-FISH.
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  • 1/28/2010 5:01:26 AM
  • Parts of Sandy Point to be off-limits to protect birds
  • Fish and Wildlife Service ... A 2008 survey showed that of the 15 pairs of nesting American oystercatchers spotted in Connecticut, five were on Sandy Point. Sandy Point is a unique site, Jones said, because it needs to balance its status as a nature ...
  • TheDay
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  • 1/28/2010 12:58:03 AM
  • Swimming against the tide
  • The DEP acknowledges less than 1 percent of the streams in Connecticut are at risk for excessive drawdown, and currently, the state regulates only the streams it stocks with fish — 15 percent of 5,800 miles of rivers. It is quite enough for the ...
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 1/28/2010 12:07:56 AM
  • Matthew Doran column: NHS coach battles a different foe
  • The day I woke up and couldn't walk, I was very scared about my future," said Trimboli, a former standout at Norwalk High, Trinity Catholic and Southern Connecticut State ... hyperactivity, it was like watching a fish out of water. Trimboli went home ...
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  • 1/27/2010 7:35:56 PM
  • Around Bristol...Jan. 28: Karaoke at Polish Club
  • BEHS ANNIVERSARY: Bristol Eastern High School invites teachers and staff who have retired from BEHS to its 50th anniversary celebration in May. Anyone who knows the name and address of a retired teacher or staff member may forward the information to ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 1/27/2010 7:21:37 PM
  • Around the towns...Jan. 28: Ice fishing in Plymouth
  • ICE FISHING: The Terryville Fish and Game Club will hold its annual ice fishing derby Feb. 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Middle Pond on Grove Street, Terryville. Registration begins 7 a.m. in the clubhouse. Open to the public with breakfast ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 1/27/2010 7:21:37 PM
  • Connecticut at 2:15 p.m.
  • The breaking news staffer is Sylvia Lee Wingfield, followed at 5:30 p.m. by Rodrique Ngowi. The news editor is Karen Testa. The Hartford bureau can be reached at (860) 246-6876 or toll-free (800) 842-2068. For problems with equipment, the ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 1/27/2010 11:29:10 AM
  • Water Wars
  • State Rep. Mary Mushinsky: The legislation did not intend for a condemned class of river. For years, Waterbury was piping water from the Shepaug River into the city's reservoir and selling the excess water to other towns. In the summer months ...
  • New Haven Advocate
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  • 1/27/2010 10:24:44 AM
  • To catch a sex predator
  • It took only moments for the net to catch a fish -- and for Cradle to trade her usual attorney role for that ... Nash, a Milford police officer, is a member of the FBI's Connecticut Computer Crimes Task Force, which is one of two task forces in the ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 1/26/2010 2:07:50 PM
  • To catch a sex predator
  • This story originally appeared in the Sunday, January 24 print edition of the Connecticut Post. Click here to subscribe. The disturbing sight that met Melanie Cradle 's eyes as she observed Detective Robert Nash at work online was exactly what Nash ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 1/26/2010 2:07:50 PM
  • Ambulance, Car Collide In Burlington
  • Emergency crews responded to an accident between an ambulance and a car Monday morning in Burlington. Connecticut state police said the accident happened near Punch Brook Road and Case Road around 9:20 a.m. State police said that there were minor ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 1/25/2010 12:57:26 PM
  • Ambulance And Car Collide In Burlington
  • Emergency Crews responded to an accident between an ambulance and a car Monday morning in Burlington. Connecticut State Police said the accident happened near Punch Brook Road and Case Road around 9:20 a.m. State Police said that there were minor ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 1/25/2010 11:02:54 AM
  • Madison Shoreline Debate: Preserve Or Build?
  • ... water quality of Long Island Sound, according to Audubon Connecticut. In addition, birds and other wildlife that stop over on that site are losing their habitat throughout the state. It's a key breeding ground for fin fish in the river leading ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 1/25/2010 2:27:30 AM
  • Tuesday's Referendum Might Resolve Open Space Land Issue In Madison
  • MADISON — - A great debate rages that Tuesday's referendum might finally resolve. Residents are becoming increasingly vocal about their desires for the 42-acre former Griswold Airport property on Boston Post Road: Either preserve it as open space ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 1/25/2010 12:04:20 AM
  • See The Willimantic River In Action In This State Spot
  • The Willimantic River begins in Stafford Springs at the confluence of Middle River and Furnace Brook and flows south through northeastern Connecticut to the historic mill ... There are a number of old fishing trails along the river, so explore at ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 1/24/2010 5:27:39 AM
  • They're plant tanks -- not fish tanks
  • Michael Teesdale, a biology researcher at Yale and founder of the Connecticut Aquatic Plant Association, has nine lushly planted aquariums like the one above in his Hamden home. (Peter Casolino/Register) HAMDEN — It’s always a good time when ...
  • New Haven Register
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  • 1/23/2010 10:53:57 PM
  • United way gets food program going
  • Food For Your Neighbors was started by the United Way of Northwest Connecticut in order to meet the needs ... increase; Salvation Army Winsted 15 percent, Friendly Hands a 55 percent increase, and FISH a 17 percent increase. Even in the less ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 1/23/2010 10:18:09 PM
  • OWEN CANFIELD: It’s never too late to talk about the fire department
  • It was held yesterday (Saturday) at Connecticut Billiards on the Winsted Road in Torrington ... In another volunteer effort, the department works to help FISH and the Friendly Hands Food Bank. “Before Halloween, we park our in front of supermarkets ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 1/23/2010 10:18:09 PM
  • Birds of prey liven up a reading of an old classic
  • We make sure we go over how to keep them safe by not damaging the environment with plastic bags, balloons, and fishing lines. We tell people ... moving experience, I wanted to be able to have the people of Connecticut experience that as well,” said ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 1/23/2010 6:21:56 PM
  • Birds of prey liven up a reading of an old classic
  • SOUTHINGTON — Isis, a peregrine falcon, and Dashiell Hammett’s classic hard-boiled detective thriller, “The Maltese Falcon” shared top billing Saturday as part of a series of events at the Southington Library to encourage local residents to ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 1/23/2010 6:21:56 PM

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