Friday 27th January, 2012
Connecticut GOP says Malloy pension savings fall short
Hartford (AP) - A nonpartisan analysis shows a $3.1 billion difference between how much Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expects to save from changes to the state's pension plan, and how much the General ...
Hartford officials echo New Haven's call for cameras at traffic lights
By The Associated Press HARTFORD - Hartford officials are joining New Haven in urging the Connecticut General Assembly to legalize cameras at traffic lights to catch red light ...
New Britain man charged in hit-and-run death on Western Connecticut State University campus last fall
By The Associated Press DANBURY - A New Britain man has been charged in connection with the death of a fellow Western Connecticut State University student who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run ...
Connecticut's chief medical examiner to step down but still take cases, testify at trials
Register CitizenBy The Associated Press HARTFORD - Connecticut’s chief medical examiner for more than two decades announced Thursday he will step down when a new chief is appointed.But Dr. H. Wayne Carver ...
Gov. Malloy: UConn should oversee Connecticut medical examiner's office
Register Citizen@nhrmoleary HARTFORD - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Friday said he plans to continue to consolidate additional government agencies, but any savings won’t be realized until future years as ...
Komisarjevsky becomes No. 10 on death row: last execution 2005
New Britain HeraldNEW HAVEN - Joshua Komisarjevsky was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home, a gruesome crime that unsettled the suburbs ...
United Nations Security Council sets unexpected meeting to discuss Syria
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council will discuss the crisis in Syria during an unexpected meeting Friday afternoon, French and other diplomats said.The French mission ...
Elderly man rescued from car submerged near 2 storm-fed rivers in Oregon
Middletown PressDivers from the Albany Fire Department pull an elderly man from a submerged car in the area of Bryant Drive near Albany, Ore., Thursday. The man, who drove past two "road closed" signs ...
New Hampshire principal rescues autistic student from frozen river
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.H. - An elementary school principal in New Hampshire jumped into a frozen river to save a 10-year-old student who fell through the ice.Firefighters say that ...
Italian coast guard official says grounded ship's captain wasted precious evacuation time
Middletown PressIn this Jan. 14, 2012, photo, Francesco Schettino, captain of the luxury cruiser Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the small Italian island of Isola del Giglio, is arrested in Porto Santo ...
South District firefighter has case continued
Middletown PressCatherine Avalone | The Middletown Press 1.27.12 South Fire District firefighter Stephen Tyrseck, of Durham who is facing charges of manslaughter from a fatal car crash in July 2011 received a ...
U.S. education department reportedly opens investigation into Valley Regional High School
Middletown PressDEEP RIVER - The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has reportedly opened another investigation into a complaint from Valley Regional High School.This is the second ...
Malloy to continue consolidating state agencies for budget savings
Middletown PressBy Mary E. O'LearyNew Haven Register HARTFORD - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s Friday said he plans to continue to consolidate additional government agencies, but any savings won’t be ...
Weekend Preview: Connecticut Theater
ExaminerIf you're looking for some theatrical activities to catch this weekend, then you are in luck! Here's a list of possibilities for this coming weekend: "Boeing Boeing" continues ...
Judge orders death for Petit murderer Komisarjevsky
The Bristol PressBy JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated Press NEW HAVEN - Former Bristol resident Joshua Komisarjevsky was sentenced Friday to die for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in ...
Judge sentences convicted Connecticut home invasion killer to death
Vancouver SunNEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Joshua Komisarjevsky, convicted of killing a mother and two daughters in a brutal home invasion, was formally sentenced to death on Friday by a judge who told him it was a ...
Blumenthal highlights Obama's jobs plan in Conn.
Associated PressNORWICH, Conn. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is highlighting how the president's proposal to create partnerships between community colleges and businesses is already under way in ...
Malloy continues meetings with firms eyeing Conn.
Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is continuing to meet with companies during his trip to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, and says one firm told him ...
Conn. senator returns to Capitol following stroke
Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- State Sen. Edith Prague has officially returned to her duties at the Connecticut state Capitol following a minor stroke in ...
Talk of base closings stirs New England states
Associated PressHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Less than seven years after local and state officials, business owners and civic groups beat back recommendations to shut a submarine base in Connecticut, the Obama ...
A list of Connecticut's death row inmates
Associated PressConnecticut's death row has 11 convicted killers after Friday's sentencing of Joshua Komisarjevsky for the 2007 home invasion murders of a woman and her two daughters. The state's ...
Connecticut killer sentenced to die for "unimaginable horror"
ReutersNEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A judge ordered Joshua Komisarjevsky to be executed this summer for the 2007 murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in ...
Military plan to delay submarine, engine projects could hurt Connecticut towns
Fox NewsOct. 8, 2010: The submarine USS Providence transits the Thames River as it departs Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., in this file photo. The sweeping defense cuts outlined by ...
Connecticut home invasion survivor cites 'personal holocaust'
Boston HeraldN EW HAVEN, Conn. - A doctor whose wife and two daughters were killed in a home invasion called 9t a "personal holocaust" and said he has trouble sleeping and trusting. Dr. William Petit ...
Middlesex County Steps Up Efforts To Stem Underage Drinking
Hartford CourantMiddlesex County want adults to know that it's illegal to provide alcohol to minors, and those who do so will be arrested.Jay Polke, who owns the Willowbrook Spirit Shoppe ...
Witness: Abusive Priest Said People Would Think Boy Was Gay If Word Got Out
Hartford CourantWATERBURY — A man who says a priest molested him when he was 13 years old testified Friday that the priest warned him that people would believe he was gay if he ever reported the ...
Analysts: NU-NStar merger approval likely in Connecticut
Business JournalFollow this company (NYSE: NU) and NStar (NYSE: NST) will likely be closed in the second quarter of this year, analysts said. Connecticut regulators said they would complete their review ...
Malloy seeks to consolidate more state agencies
The DayHartford – The Malloy administration is seeking to further consolidate the number of state agencies.The budget approved last spring reduced the number of state agencies to 59 from 81. The ...
Politicians, educators discuss upping 3rd grade reading scores
New Britain HeraldBy ROBERT STORACESTAFF WRITER NEW BRITAIN - Boosting the reading scores of the city’s third-grade students - who rank next to last in the state - might seem like a daunting task, but city ...
Twitter announces it can censor messages on country-by-country basis
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.The additional flexibility announced Thursday is likely to raise ...
11 hurt as floor partially collapses at Cincinnati casino
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press CINCINNATI - A partial collapse at the site of the city’s new casino sent at least 11 people to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said Friday.A 30-foot by ...
Woman tells storage company her grandmother's remains have been in unit since 1995
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. - Police in Florida found a woman’s skeletal remains, which were being kept in a storage unit.The discovery Thursday came after the manager of the ...
Concerned student helps foil bomb plot at Utah high school
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - A 16-year-old Utah student who shared a suspicious text message with a school administrator foiled plans by two schoolmates who apparently were plotting to ...
Cruise line company offers grounded ship's uninjured passengers $14,460 each to settle claims
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press ROME - Costa Crociere SpA offered uninjured passengers (euro) 11,000 ($14,460) apiece Friday to compensate them for lost baggage and the psychological trauma they suffered ...
Dwindling number of survivors marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day today
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland - Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor - who after World War II became director of the memorial site - died Friday on the 67th anniversary of ...
U.S. economy grows at 2.8% pace in final quarter of 2011
Middletown PressBy The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of last year, the fastest growth in 2011.Americans spent more on cars and trucks, ...
New York Times editorial: Maturo should resign in East Haven
Middletown PressA New York Times editorial says East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. should resign amid the controversy his "taco" comment earlier this week has caused. Read ...
Tweets from the courtroom: Komisarjevsky will be sentenced today
Middletown PressReporters from the New Haven Register, the Middletown Press' sister paper, are tweeting from the courtroom as Joshua Komisarjevsky is sentenced ...
Police charge Conn. college student in fatal crash
Associated PressDANBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Danbury police say a New Britain man has been charged in connection with a fellow Western Connecticut State University student's hit-and-run ...
Hartford, T.Rowe Price fall with financial sector
Market WatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. financial stocks fell on Friday morning with the broader market as a weaker than expected GDP number weighed on the investors' minds while an earnings report from ...
Financial Stocks: T. Rowe, Hartford fall with financial sector
CBS MarketwatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. financial stocks fell Friday morning with the broader market as a weaker than expected GDP number weighed on investors while an earnings report from T. Rowe Price and ...
Rocky Hill's Unusual Church-Town Support Program Celebrates 10 Years Of Volunteering
Hartford CourantOver the past six years, Romano, a 72-year-old retired social worker, and Jeffery have formed a close friendship. Their relationship developed through a unusual, town-run program that uses trained ...
Man to be sentenced for deadly home invasion
The DayNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man will be formally sentenced to death for the home invasion killings of a Connecticut woman and her two daughters.Joshua Komisarjevsky will be sentenced ...
Connecticut Education Department data shows 18,000 instances of restraint or seclusion in 2009-10
Register CitizenBy JORDAN FENSTER Data released Thursday by the state Department of Education shows more than 18,000 instances of use restraint or seclusion in the 2009-10 school year statewide, or about one ...
Connecticut Voices for Children: Standardized test scores skewed by exclusion of students with disabilities
Register Citizen@jordanfenster A study released Thursday suggests that increases in standardized test scores are, to some degree, dependent on the exclusion of students with disabilities from those ...
Cromwell business mixer a success, officials say
Middletown PressJEFF MILL, Press StaffCROMWELL - The first of a planned series of informal mixers for local businesses was a rousing success according to its organizer and a prominent local ...
Activists send 500 tacos to Connecticut mayor after controversial remark
Fox NewsJanuary 25, 2012: East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr., speaks to media in his office in the East Haven, Conn., Town Hall where he apologized for saying on Tuesday he "might have tacos" as ...
Malloy says reports of budget deficit are questionable
The DayHartford - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday for the World Economic Forum, pitching the wisdom of Connecticut to the world's business and governmental ...
It's 'taco' hell for East Haven mayor
The DayEast Haven - The office of East Haven's mayor was blasted with prank phone calls and a delivery of hundreds of tacos Thursday after his now-famous quip that he would address accusations of ...
Connecticut budget analysts say state deficit nearing $150 million
Register CitizenBy The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. - Budget analysts in the Connecticut legislature say state government's deficit is approaching $150 million.The legislature's nonpartisan Office of ...
New Britain doctor recalls trip with father to meet Joe Paterno
New Britain HeraldRob Heyl | Staff Dr Richard Fava of New Britain holds a picture of himself, his father, Joseph Fava, and Joe Paterno taken during a trip to Penn State in ...
2nd man charged in 2010 murder
New Britain HeraldBy Lisa BackusStaff writer NEW BRITAIN - A second man was charged Thursday in the shooting death of a Black Rock Avenue resident who was killed in front of his home in November 2010.Richard Ruiz, ...
Nafis family shows support for son after burglary arrest
New Britain HeraldBy Lisa BackusStaff writer NEWINGTON - An attorney for Daniel Nafis, the son of Democratic state Rep. Sandi Nafis, said the family is supporting him following his arrest on charges he either ...
Council OKs contract to repair stadium bleachers
New Britain HeraldBy ROBERT STORACESTAFF WRITER NEW BRITAIN - In an effort to improve safety and comfort at Veterans Stadium, the city has entered into a contract with a Texas company to replace more than 7,000 ...
Southington faces big Quinnipiac River cleanup bill
New Britain HeraldBy Susan CoricaStaff Writer SOUTHINGTON - Town officials are working to set up a meeting with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to lessen the financial burden of ...
Connecticut celebrates SAFE program anniversary
Middletown PressBy LAUREN SIEVERTPress Staff MIDDLETOWN - The state of Connecticut on Thursday celebrated the one-year anniversary of a new victim services program.The Gail Burns-Smith Sexual Assault Forensic ...
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