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Time To Prepare: Rising Sea Levels Threaten Connecticut Coast
Tropical Storm Irene hammered the houses in the low-lying Cosey Beach area of East Haven last August. Now, according to town officials, most of those homes are being rebuilt. This is understandable. But is it wise? Residents of Cosey Beach Avenue are...Tags: Tropical Storms, Nuclear Power, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues
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Best Assisted Living Center
1) Masonicare Assisted Living Over 120 satisfied seniors live in this 168-acre assisted living community and have access to their home-like, apartment-style settings, transportation, walking paths, various classes and social events, on-site nursing home,...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease
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Best Ribs
1) The Rib House Ask Rib House manager John Finkle what keeps customers coming back for nearly three decades, and he'll tell you it comes down to one thing: consistency. "Our sauce is the same rib sauce that we've used for 29 years, and the same farm for...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Bars and Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sandwiches, Restaurants
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Best Place to Buy Your Wedding Cake
1) Take the Cake When it comes to wedding plans, brides-to-be have plenty to be anxious about. So when it comes to the wedding cake, according to Take the Cake owner Nancy Purcell, they aren't looking for a novelty cake shaped like, say, the statue of...
Tags: Wedding Cake, Marriage, North Branford, Family, Weddings
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Best Bakery
1) Sugar Bakery & Sweet Shop Though Sugar is well known for its cupcakes and its stint on Food Network’s reality TV show, Cupcake Wars. The East Haven shop crafts equally wonderful cakes, cookies and other delights. Owners Brenda dePonte and...
Tags: Whipping Cream, Food Network (tv network), Coconut, Chocolate Cake
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Best Cupcakes
1) Sugar Bakery & Sweet Shop This mother-daughter-run bakery celebrates its second Advocate win after 8 years in business and a stint on Food Network's reality TV show, Cupcake Wars. The East Haven shop carries 36 flavors of cupcakes including cannoli...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Food Network (tv network), West Haven
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Best Ice Cream Shop
1) Ashley's Ice Cream Café Ice cream. The ultimate comfort food. You can get it practically anywhere. It's the go-to summertime treat. Ashley's Ice Cream must be doing something right if they can steer the masses away from the cheapest, most readily...
Tags: Ice Cream, Foods and Beverages, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Lifestyle and Leisure
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Best Locally Made Food or Drink
1) Foxon Park Beverages Walk into any deli, sandwich shop, or burger joint worth its salt in the greater New Haven and you'll find Foxon Park soda in at least one flavor. That flavor's likely to be the White Birch (also available in diet form), which...
Tags: Woodbridge
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Best Restaurant Delivery
1) J Roos Restaurant "Our menu is bigger than any other delivery menu," says J. Roo's manager Jason Mazzaro. "We deliver over 150 items plus pizzas. If your kid wants mac & cheese, you want a steak, and your wife wants a salad… we have it all....
Tags: Pizzas, Foods and Beverages, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Scientific study shows Taser shocks can cause heart attacks and death
A new study has found evidence that getting hit in the chest with a Taser stun gun can lead to cardiac arrest and can potentially result in death. Since 2005, at least 11 people in Connecticut have died after being hit with police Taser weapons. In...
Tags: Heart Attack, Science and Technology, Meriden, Heart Failure, Chest
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Best Health Club
1) Planet Fitness For $10 a month, it doesn't really matter if you use that gym membership or not, right? That's one of the reasons so many folks head to Planet Fitness, this year's winner for Best Health Club. Of course, there's much more, says co-owner...
Tags: Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Best Tanning Salon
1) Tommy's Tanning The Tommy of Tommy's Tanning is Tommy Kelleher, the same Tommy who rode the video-rental boom of the '90s as Tommy K's Video. Tommy's Tanning is actually owned and managed by Tommy's brother Ed. Tom Kelleher is busy looking for new...
Tags: Southington, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Guilford (New Haven, Connecticut), Cheshire
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