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11/9/2012-So Long Linda
This makes at least four high profile Connecticut multi-millionaires in the last 32 years to go down in flames trying to buy a political office; Joel Schiavone, Ned Lamont, Tom Foley and Linda Mcmahon. Can we safely say that we voters can't be bought?...
Tags: Fairfield County, Elections, Republican Party, Ned Lamont, Politics
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John J. Walsh, 77
John Joseph Walsh, 77, of Boonsboro, Md., died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, at his home. Born May 7, 1935, in Scranton, Pa., he was the son of the late David James and Helen (Moran) Walsh. The family moved to Washington, D.C., where John graduated from...
Tags: Orange (New Haven, Connecticut), Scranton, Joe Walsh, Port Orange, U.S. Air Force
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Crime & Punishment: A Couple People Who Really Hate Obama
Every autumn, Colchester holds a community-made scarecrow display on the Town Green. On election years, town Democrats sponsor a patch and put up scarecrow effigies of candidates, according to the Norwich Bulletin. Not the best at arts and crafts, the...
Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Barack Obama, Southbury, Pumpkin, Parties and Movements
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Cyril S. Hamilton, 53
Cyril Steven "Chris" Hamilton, 53, of 10537 Greenwich Drive, Williamsport, Md., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at Georgetown University Hospital. Born Monday, Feb. 9, 1959, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Frank Joseph Hamilton and...Tags: Georgetown, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Hamilton, Kent (Litchfield, Connecticut), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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This Week's Picks: 4 Author Events in Fairfield County
Writers may be able to work from home in their underwear, which is a pretty sweet deal, but they've also got to hit the road and promote their books and publications from time to time. This week there are a handful of such events in local libraries and...
Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Literature, Westport, Authors, Fairfield University
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Is Connecticut In Play Politically?
State Republican Party Chairman Jerry Labriola is doubtless too optimistic in trying to persuade national party officials that Connecticut will be a battleground state between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in November — that the Electoral College...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements
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Expect To See More Black Bears in Connecticut
A young female black bear removed by state wildlife officials from a back yard near downtown Greenwich in early July may become the first of its kind to set up a permanent residence in Fairfield County in the past couple of centuries, according to the...
Tags: Fairfield County, Science and Technology, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Hudson River, Wildlife
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Connecticut Businesses Find That Adopting a Highway is Good Advertising
Businesses are, in the lexicon of the Munchkins from the Wizard of Oz, "morally, ethically... positively, absolutely... undeniably and reliably" banned from putting advertising directly on major highways in Connecticut. Unless, of course, they spend a...
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, American Civil Liberties Union, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Business
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Experience Gives Shays Edge In GOP Senate Primary
Voters have been treated to a clash of titans in the U.S. Senate primary race — Connecticut's last U.S. House Republican vs. an enormously successful businesswoman with a compelling life story. The Courant endorses Christopher Shays in the Aug....
Tags: Jim Himes, Olympia J. Snowe, Republican Party, Politics, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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Alien Crab Invasions and Bug Quarantines
Look out folks, we’ve got Chinese crabs invading Greenwich and state officials ready to declare a quarantine for all of New Haven County over a little green bug. The evil crustacean in question is the Chinese mitten crab (aka Eriocheir sinensis), a...
Tags: New Haven County, Beacon Falls, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Naugatuck, Hudson River
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Paralympics Have Gained Respect And Support
The Hartford CourantWhen Paul Nitz made his first Paralympic team 20 years ago, he had to pay his own way to Barcelona. "When I made the team, their next statement was like, 'All right, now you've got to cut us a check for $2,000,' " Nitz said. "I was like, 'What if I don't...Tags: Andrew Johnson, Amputation, Bob Costas, Awards and Prizes, Track and Field
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Is there a mountain lion conspiracy in Connecticut?
The 140-pound mountain lion who wandered all the way from South Dakota to die on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Milford 12 months ago was a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon in Connecticut, if you believe the wildlife experts. Or it was finally proof that the...
Tags: East Haddam, Hudson River, Wildlife, Middletown, Travel
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