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October Storm Hits Connecticut
Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Amtrak, Chris Murphy, Blue Back Square, Conservation
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Paradise City Arts Festival, In Northampton All Weekend
The Paradise City Arts Festival makes its annual three-day-weekend autumn stop in Northampton, Mass., on Saturday through Monday, showcasing hundreds of artisans, artists and craftspeople from all over the country, including 14 from Connecticut. The...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Wilton, Enfield
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Ferne L. (Trexel) McVicker, 97, of Jenner Township
Ferne L. (Trexel) McVicker, 97, of Jenner Township, died June 20, 2012, at Somerset Hospital. Born June 5, 1915, in Jenner Township, the daughter of Frank K. and Nettie Stella (Bittner) Trexel. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Warden H., on May 16,...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Kinda cranky pizza guy
Burt Katz drove home. It was the middle of the day. He worked downtown but lived in Skokie. His wife, Sharon, watched him come through the door. She was throwing a birthday party for their son, who was 5. "What are you doing home?" she asked.
Burt, who...Tags: Herman Melville, Rogers Park, Television, Dining and Drinking, Heart Attack
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Abbey L. Myers, 4 months
Abbey Lynn Myers, 4 months old, of 19215 Sharon Drive, Hagerstown, Md., passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012, at the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. Born Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Rockville, Md., she was the daughter of Kevin David Myers and Megan Patricia...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Stamford, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Damien Bona dies at 56; co-wrote 'Inside Oscar' on Academy Awards
Damien Bona earned a law degree from New York University in 1980 but spent only two years practicing law.
As he told the Los Angeles Times in 1986, "I had to choose between a job and an obsession. I chose the obsession."
Bona's obsession was the Academy...Tags: Sammy Davis Jr., The New York Times, Julie Christie, Roosevelt, New York University
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Uh oh, the dreaded EAB comes ever closer to Connecticut
Look out, the evil Emerald Ash Borer is now within 23 miles of Connecticut's western border. The little green ash-murdering bastards have been spotted east of the Hudson River and state officials here are warning Connecticut residents to be on the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Forestry and Timber, Environmental Issues, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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Winifred G. Smith, 93
Winifred Goldie Smith, 93, of Harwich, Mass., passed away peacefully Thursday, March 8, 2012, surrounded by members of her family. Affectionately known to her family as “Winnie” The Pooh, she was born Aug. 8, 1918, in Boston, Mass. She was...Tags: Human Interest, Crosswords, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Boston
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Unions Unsettled By Malloy's Call For Tenure Reform
The Hartford CourantThe leaders of the state's teachers unions aren't happy with how Gov.Dannel P. Malloydescribed the current tenure system in his State of the State address Wednesday — "the only thing you have to do is show up for four years" — but they say...Tags: Government, Andrew Fleischmann, Teachers Unions, Teaching and Learning, Southington
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Unions Balk At Teacher Certification Changes
The Hartford CourantTeacher union leaders, school administrators and state officials harmonized last week over a proposed teacher evaluation system. But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to "empower local school districts" — steps...Tags: Government, Unions, Teaching and Learning, Music, Unions
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'Rich Boy' by Sharon Pomerantz
Literary editorThough a friend likened "Rich Boy" to "The Great Gatsby" in its depiction of a young man living under the illusion that money can buy happiness, for me it evoked "An American Tragedy," Theodore Dreiser's great dramatic novel about a young man's struggle...Tags: Theodore Dreiser, Human Interest, Ronald Reagan, Politics, Elections
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Riders offer names for universal transit fare card
RedEyeIn Tuesday's column, Going Public asked riders what they would name a card that could be used on Metra, Pace and CTA. Last week, Gov. Quinn signed legislation that requires a universal fare card by 2015. Here are rider suggestions: >> Dory Kerstin, 54,...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Lincoln
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