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READER SUBMITTED: Local Dad Sponsors Roller Derby Team To Raise Autism Awareness
Middletown/ShorelineBridgeport resident Todd Zavorskas approached the Connecticut RollerGirls with an unusual sponsorship idea: instead of promoting a business, why not promote awareness of autism spectrum disorders? Autism Awareness Patch The Yankee Brutals will wear this...Tags: Autism, Behavioral Conditions, Asperger Syndrome, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Woodbridge
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Health Exchange To Open Storefronts In Seven Cities
The state health exchange that will start selling Obamacare medical insurance on Oct. 1 has taken a cue from Apple: It will open its own stores. Unlike Apple's locations in malls and gentrified urban areas, Access Health CT will plant itself in the...
Tags: Willimantic (Windham, Connecticut), Stamford, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, New Britain, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Declaring Wright Brothers Not First Doesn't Really Fly
This was not the year for nonsense at the Capitol. Nevertheless, this session included a bill calling for a day to honor "the first powered flight" by Gustave Whitehead. The debate over whether the German immigrant was first to fly a powered aircraft is...Tags: Kitty Hawk, Newington, Smithsonian Institution, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Book fuels fascination with airplane wrecks
I have always been fascinated with shipwrecks, the granddaddy being the Titanic, followed by the Andrea Doria, and the nether world where they dwell, tragic relics frozen in time. Wrecked airplanes also do it for me. I remember looking at an issue of...
Tags: Lebanon, Air Transportation Industry, Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Lawmakers Debate Campaign Finance Package
The Hartford Courant— Independent political groups that violate Connecticut's campaign disclosure laws could face bigger fines, but big-time donors would be able to give thousands more to parties and candidates under a bill approved by the Senate early Tuesday. The...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Linda McMahon, Punishment, Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice
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Critics Challenge New Gambling Initiatives
The Hartford CourantDemanding that the state do more to combat addiction as lawmakers craft a budget with new revenue from keno, problem gambling advocates disrupted a press conference at the state Capitol on Monday aimed at boosting support for another form of betting,...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Windsor Locks, Addiction
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Education Commissioner Dismisses Teachers Union Complaint About Bridgeport Schools
The Hartford CourantThe state's education commissioner dismissed a teacher's union complaint Thursday against the Bridgeport public school district. Commissioner Stefan Pryor said in letter that he is dismissing the complaint because the complainant — Gary Peluchette,...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Several Flooded Intersections, Stranded Cars In Bridgeport
The Hartford CourantFirefighters responded to several calls of flooded roads and stranded vehicles Monday morning. Approximately a dozen underpasses in low-lying areas were flooded, said police spokesman Bill Kaempffer. A number of intersections along Crescent Street...Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Connecticut Students Eliminated From Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Hartford CourantThree students from Connecticut performed well during preliminaries but failed to advance to the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held Tuesday through Thursday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, Md....Tags: Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), South Windsor
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Airport Boss Grounded Over Driveway Deal
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceJust before hanging up the phone Wednesday morning, Sikorsky Airport Manager John Ricci admitted he had business dealings with multi-millionaire developer Manuel "Manny" Moutinho. Thanks in part to Ricci, Moutinho is enjoying a just-opened $400,000...Tags: Entertainment Events, Justice System, Lawyers, Long Island Sound, Entertainment
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New Haven Exhibit Of Work By Youths In Justice System
“The Complete Picture,” an exhibit of artwork by young people in the state's juvenile justice system, will be at The Grove, 760 Chapel St. in New Haven, weekdays through Friday, June 14. An artists’ reception will be Wednesday, May 29,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Arts and Culture, Arts, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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NTSB: Inspection Found Problem With Track Two Days Before Metro-North Train Derailment, Crash
The Hartford CourantAn inspection two days before a train derailed on Metro-North's New Haven line last month found an issue with the track that was not deemed serious enough to require immediate attention, a Metro-North spokesperson said. A preliminary report released...Tags: Grand Central Terminal, Transportation Accidents, Justice System, Transportation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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