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Man charged with carrying loaded gun crack cocaine
By LISA BACKUSSTAFF WRITER NEW BRITAIN - A man detectives suspected was carrying a gun was arrested Thursday night after he failed to stop for a stop sign and patrol officers found a loaded gun and $1,400 worth of crack cocaine in his car.Detectives alerted patrol staff that Angel Lara-Mateo, 22, of 639 Myrtle St., may be carrying a loaded revolver as they were investigating a report of shots ...
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Dionysos Festival celebrates Greek heritage despite rainy weekend
By BRIAN M. JOHNSONCORRESPONDENT NEW BRITAIN - The weather failed to dampen the launch of the 30th annual Dionysos Festival Friday at St. George Greek Orthodox Church.The festival is going well, said Artemis Nemphos, of Southington, festival chairman and church treasurer, as the three-day celebration opened Friday."People are having a good time," she said. "Our food is authentic ...
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Southington to hold public hearing Tuesday to discuss Calendar House ordinance
SOUTHINGTON - The Town Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on whether Calendar House’s Membership Association should continue to report to the town manager.Just under a year ago, the council changed the ordinance defining Calendar House Management so that the executive director reports directly to the town manager for a one-year trial period. Now the council will vote on whether to ...
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Stanley Golf Course holds contest to celebrate best dad
By ROBERT STORACESTAFF WRITER NEW BRITAIN - The Parks & Recreation Department - with a little help from Stanley Golf Course - plans to give away $1,000 worth of prizes to the individual who can best describe why their Dad is the best Dad.Just in time for Father’s Day, June 16, the department is holding the "Stanley Golf Course Best Fathers Contest.""We thought it would ...
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The Rev. Roderick Sr. retires today
By BRIAN M. JOHNSONCORRESPONDENT NEW BRITAIN - The Rev. Mark J. Roderick Sr., of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, retires from the ministry today after 42 years. He will remain a supernumerary minister, he said.The Rev. Roderick was born in New Britain Aug. 12, 1941, and began his call to the ministry at Parker A.M.E.Z Church in Meriden, under his father-in-law, the late Rev. Dr. ...
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Bristol officials ready to restrictfood vendors in downtown areas
By STEVE COLLINSSTAFF WRITER BRISTOL - After years of indecision, city councilors appear ready to restrict food vendors in certain locations downtown.The city’s Ordinance Committee is eyeing a proposal to bar vending trucks from North Main and Main streets, as well as the section of Riverside Avenue that runs between them.The move would keep the vendors away from the former mall site ...
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Mayor Youth Commission honors eight extraordinary Bristol youths
By JAMES DRZEWIECKISTAFF WRITER BRISTOL - Mayor Arthur J. Ward and the Bristol Youth Commission honored eight extraordinary youths at the 2013 Youth Recognition Awards.This year’s selected youths and their families were invited to attend a recognition ceremony sponsored by the city Tuesday, at the City Council meeting.Each youth was presented a proclamation by the mayor recognizing their ...
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Malloy talks guns education and more in exclusive interview
By ROBERT STORACESTAFF WRITER HARTFORD - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy blasted area gun manufacturers who have threatened to leave the state following legislation last month that bans varieties of military-style rifles and high-capacity magazines.In a wide-ranging exclusive interview from his office at the state Capitol Friday, the Democratic governor said he encourages businesses that provide guns to ...
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Southington’s all-day kindergarten saved but SOAR program is cut
By DIANE CHURCHSTAFF WRITER SOUTHINGTON - The Board of Education managed to save the all-day kindergarten scheduled to start in the fall, but it was at the expense of SOAR, the gifted and talented program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.SOAR employed two full-time teachers. Eliminating the program saves $93,500."This is a sad moment for me," Superintendent of Schools ...
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A tribute to Hap Barnes
STAFF REPORT BRISTOL - The New England Carousel Museum is hosting "A Happening" at the Museum June 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. as a remembrance of Hap Barnes who played a prominent role in the development and success of the museum.Hap donated his fire equipment and memorabilia collection and the funding to build the Museum of Fire History in 2002 and left a generous gift as a legacy to the ...
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Police seek your help in robbery case
Bristol Police DepartmentThis surveillance photo is of a female robbery suspect from Nov. 29 at Rite Aid Pharmacy 430 N. Main Street, Bristol. at 8:07 a.m. The BPD Narcotics Division is requesting assistance from the public with the identification of the suspect. Any information should be forwarded to Det. Motel by calling (860) 584 ...
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Fair in Rockwell Park rescheduled for Sunday
STAFF REPORT BRISTOL - Joan Simpson’s fair in Rockwell Park, which was scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for Sunday due to weather. The event will begin at 11 a.m. and run until 6 p.m. Rockwell Park can be accessed through Jacobs and Addison ...
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Unusual condition seen before Connecticut train collision
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board has previously ruled out foul ...
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Waterbury man sentenced for his role in Killingworth bank robbery
Surveillance photo of robbery. NEW HAVEN >> A 32-year-old Waterbury man was sentenced Friday for his involvement in the August 2012 robbery of TD Bank in Killingworth.Dario Pabey was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, according to a statement from Acting United States ...
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Upcoming events for Memorial Day start Saturday in Portland
PORTLAND >> Connoisseurs of chipped beef on toast, your wait is over.The American Legion Post No. 69 is hosting its annual Memorial Day breakfast Saturday morning, from 7 to 11 a.m. at the post headquarters on Freestone Avenue.The breakfast features a menu right out of a 1942 army kitchen manual: Sgt. Kathy Burke’s Chipped Beef on Toast, baked Army omelets, the choice of bacon or ...
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Police Driver hits pole flees scene in Cromwell
CROMWELL >> A driver who said he dropped his cell phone and then leaned over to pick it up, ran off the road and struck a utility pole, setting off a chain of cascading events.Police said the driver fled to the scene even as emergency personnel, state environmental officials and utility company personnel scrambled to deal with the mess the man had created.The driver was ultimately tracked ...
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Middletown High School musicians perform in Hartford
Sandy Aldieri/Special to the Press Conductor Edward Cumming gives a thumbs up for the audience participation during the strings performance of Middletown High Goes to the Symphony on Thursday. MIDDLETOWN >> Middletown High School’s concert band, orchestra, string orchestra, jazz ensemble, chamber choir and concert chorus perform with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra Thursday in the ...
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Beaches Make Comeback Seven Months After Sandy
By the time storm Sandy wound down last fall, it was clear that some of the most popular coastal state park beaches in southern New England were all but destroyed.In Connecticut and Rhode Island, the storm sent a surge of water so powerful that in places it washed many thousands of cubic yards of sand from beaches into parking lots, park roads and picnic areas.While parts of New Jersey and New ...
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Hartford Schools Announce 2013 Teacher Of The Year
Mario Marrero, Hartford's 2013 Teacher of the Year, instructs a group of students in his fourth-grade class at Betances STEM Magnet School this ...
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Theater program celebrates partnership between MARC and Oddfellows
MIDDLETOWN >> A theatre program at Oddfellows Playhouse intended to aid students with intellectual and development disabilities wrapped up the first of two eight-week sessions Friday.About 15 students took part in closing activities where they learned how to improvise in certain situations and to communicate with others through body language.Kimberly West, the teacher of the program, was ...
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3 nabbed in Middletown drug bust
MIDDLETOWN >> A Hartford man and two others are facing charges following a drug bust on Thursday.Officials said city detectives conducted a search in the St. John’s Rectory area for a silver Honda Civic coupe believed to have contained the three suspects, two of them juvenile. The search took place after police received numerous complaints from residents about narcotic transactions ...
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Middletown man accused of stealing snow blower
MIDDLETOWN >> A city man is accused of stealing a snow blower from his neighbor Thursday.Police said another neighbor reported the theft around 4 p.m., which took place at Hawks Nest Circle. The neighbor told police a green "Cadillac type vehicle" backed into the driveway of the victim’s home and load up the machine.The homeowner confirmed the larceny and said the snow ...
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House Changes To GMO Bill Irk Activists
HARTFORD — Activists pressing for a state law requiring labels on food with genetically modified ingredients are disappointed and angry that ...
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Cromwell Veteran Recalls Battle Of The Bulge
U.S. Army 's 805th Field Artillery Battalion, the 179th Field Artillery Battalion and the 691st Tank Destroyer Battalion. He drove a tractor hauling a 155mm howitzer on a trailer, and with his unit fired shells at German troops as American soldiers tried to hold back advancing enemy units and aid the besieged 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions.The battle started after a German ...
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Ghanian-Americans Launch Outreach Program
UNESCO and state Sen. Steve Cassano, D-Manchester, are among the officials slated to attend the public event.Outreach group members live in Greater Hartford, especially Manchester and East Hartford. They are a combination of immigrants and American-born, high school and college students from a variety of backgrounds. Cassano, whose district includes Manchester, said the Ghanian population is ...
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Connecticut Food Bank needs help
Residents of Connecticut living in poverty, or those who find themselves pushed out of the middle classes by a bad economy, are increasingly turning to a local NGO known as the Connecticut Food Bank for help in having their daily food needs met. Yet the tragedy of groups such as this is that at times when they’re needed most, in times of high unemployment and economic hardship, they see a marked reduction in donations and dwindling supplies.
The Connecticut Food Bank has a simple mission, “To alleviate hunger”, but that goal is far from simple during the worst recession in almost 100 years. Connecticut’s economy took a hammering with the rest of the country, and indeed the world, and while it is now on the path to recovery, the aftermath of the recession remains. Read more
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