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• Dunkin Donuts Park construction will resume next week

  29-09-2016 23:44
  
  HARTFORD – The contracts are signed and officials have announced a new contractor has been selected to finish Hartford’s beleaguered Dunkin’ Donuts Park. Officials with Arch Insurance, the project’s surety, tell FOX 61 construction will resume next week. An Arch Insurance spokesman says Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. will finish the yet-to-be-completed home of the Hartford Yard Goats, the Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. “The goal here is no sur
  
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• Increasing clouds Thursday night

  29-09-2016 23:33
  
  This week we’re be stuck in a bit of a rut with cloudy, cooler weather lasting all the way through this weekend. Here’s the good news though, we will get some much-needed rainfall, especially Friday though Saturday, so it’s tough to complain about that! Friday and Saturday look overcast with showers, drizzle and fog. Some short-range computer models are showing a few beneficial downpours for us on Friday. By Saturday there will be showers around, but it doesn’t appear it&
  
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• Connecticut corn maze survives summer drought

  29-09-2016 23:23
  
  MIDDLEFIELD – At the Lyman Orchards’ Apple Barrel, corn is big business – for sale – and for wandering The .4 acre corn maze is one of the largest in the state and after a dry summer season – John Lyman is just relieved that it is open. “There was a lot of discussion about how dry it was,” he said. “I think people were worried about the vegetables.” After all, you can’t have a corn maze without corn. “Corn […]
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Sound Off Connecticut – Stop and Frisk: Does It Work? Is It Legal?

  29-09-2016 23:15
  
  Barbara Vicevich, the Sound Off Sister, was an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and special trial attorney for the Department of Justice, Criminal Division; a partner in the Florida law firm of Shutts & Bowen, and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami, School of Law.
  The Sound Off Sister joins in a discussion on FBI Director Comey’s Testimony before the House Committee on why he didn’t indict Hillary.
  Then, Jonathan Blanks is a Rese
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Aer Lingus Trans-Atlantic Flights Come To Hartford

  29-09-2016 23:04
  
  Kevin Dillon, Executive Director and CEO of the Connecticut Airport Authority, talks Aer Lingus, offering the first Trans-Atlantic flights from Bradley International Airport.
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Premium Gas Could Cost You

  29-09-2016 23:02
  
  Jim MacPherson, WTIC’s Car Doctor, says you don’t need to run your car on premium gas — and if you do, it could be costing you money.
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• DPH Declares Public Water Supply Emergency for 4 Fairfield County Towns

  29-09-2016 23:01
  
  The Department of Public Health commissioner declared a public water supply emergency for four Fairfield towns as drought conditions persist.
  
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• LISTEN ON DEMAND: Is The Season Ending For The Sox?

  29-09-2016 23:00
  
  Dave O’ Brien, NESN Play By Play for Boston Red Sox wonders if the season is ending for the Sox?  Plus, O’Brien will discuss Big Papi’s swan song for this season.
  
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• State Police arrest Killingly man on 11 charges after pursuit, social media boasts

  29-09-2016 22:56
  
  KILLINGLY – A man who state police had to chase in Killingly was arrested, despite boasting “I won” on social media. On Tuesday just before 9:15 p.m. went to a Killingly home to deal with an active domestic disturbance. They said Aaron Morrissette, 21, was fighting with several people and smashed the window of a car on the property. Police said when they got there, Morrissette drove a pickup truck towards the police cruisers and then across the front yard […]
  
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• Ex-Student Gets Year In Prison For Wesleyan Drug Overdoses

  29-09-2016 22:51
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A former student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut will serve a year and a day in prison for selling drugs involved in a series of on-campus overdoses.
  Eric Lonergan, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was sentenced Thursday in Hartford. He pleaded guilty in November to a drug conspiracy charge.
  Prosecutors say Lonergan sold drugs from his dorm room and told students how to ingest them.
  Eleven people were hospitalized and one nearly died after ingesti
  
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• Ex-Student Who Sold Drugs Linked to 2015 Overdoses Sentenced

  29-09-2016 22:48
  
  One of the five former Wesleyan University students arrested in connection with a slew of party drug overdoses last year has been sentenced to serve time in prison.Photo Credit: Middletown Police
  
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• Man Who Led Police on Pursuit Writes 'I Won' on Social Meda

  29-09-2016 22:31
  
  A man who led state police on a brief pursuit in Killingly on Tuesday apparently wrote "I won" on social media, before being arrested the following day.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Big Y Giveaway in Ansonia

  29-09-2016 22:18
  
  ANSONIA — When the problems of the world seem big, remember each person can make a difference simply by taking the time to show love, appreciation, and kindness to the people around them. Big Y is teaming up with FOX 61 to surprise shoppers each week inside the grocery stores with free gift cards! This week, FOX 61’s Sarah Cody surprised Ameed S. & Sheonte D. of Derby and paid for their entire cart of groceries with gift cards at her […]
  
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• Former Wesleyan student who dealt ‘Molly’ that caused ODs gets sent to prison

  29-09-2016 22:13
  
  HARTFORD – A former Wesleyan University student charging with dealing synthetic drugs that caused overdoses has been sentenced to prison. Eric Lonergan, 23, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced Thursday to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for dealing drugs that caused several Wesleyan University students to overdose last year. According to court documents and statements made in court, Lonergan and Zachary Kramer began selling both “M
  
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• Arrest made in Norwalk pawn shop armed robbery

  29-09-2016 21:55
  
  NORWALK – An arrest has been made in the armed robbery of a Norwalk pawn shop. On Thursday, federal marshals in North Carolina arrested Donald Outlaw, 28, of Hartford, in High Point North Carolina. The Norwalk Police Department had an active arrest warrant for Outlaw for his involvement in the September 9 armed robbery of the Gold Rush Pawn Shop located at 495 Connecticut Avenue. Police said Outlaw had committed the armed robbery. Once extradited back to Connecticut, Outlaw will […]
  
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• Arrest made in armed robbery of Norwalk pawn shop

  29-09-2016 21:55
  
  NORWALK – An arrest has been made in the armed robbery of a Norwalk pawn shop. On Thursday, federal marshals in North Carolina arrested Donald Outlaw, 28, of Hartford, in High Point North Carolina. The Norwalk Police Department had an active arrest warrant for Outlaw for his involvement in the September 9 armed robbery of the Gold Rush Pawn Shop located at 495 Connecticut Avenue. Police said Outlaw had committed the armed robbery. Once extradited back to Connecticut, Outlaw will […]
  
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• Pair Stealing Mailbox Packages in Bethel Arrested

  29-09-2016 21:51
  
  A pair who stole packages out of mailboxes in Bethel has been arrested, police said.Steven Sautner, 27, and Dilsa Collado, 43, are accused of stealing packages from homes on Nashville Road and...Photo Credit: Bethel Police
  
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• Clough’s Hardware and Gifts in Stratford to Close After 83 Years

  29-09-2016 21:27
  
  These days there’s not much left on the shelves at Clough’s Hardware and Gifts in Stratford.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Heavy Delays on I-84 in Southington Following Fiery Crash

  29-09-2016 21:26
  
  Drivers should expect heavy delays on I-84 in Southington going eastbound following a fiery crash.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Teens Riding Bikes Stealing Phones From Peoples' Hands

  29-09-2016 21:20
  
  A group of teens riding BMX-style bikes stealing phones in Hartford, police said.
  
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• First Connecticut Case of Zika Acquired in U.S.: DPH

  29-09-2016 21:01
  
  State officials have announced the first Connecticut case of Zika acquired within the United States and officials from the state Department of Public Health said the patient had recently traveled to Florida.
  
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• Construction Flaws Found After Trinity Deck Collapse

  29-09-2016 20:57
  
  An investigation into the deck collapse at off-campus Trinity College housing that injured 32 students has revealed that two decks on the house were structurally deficient and collapsed because of construction...Photo Credit: WVIT
  
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• DOT Changing Rest Area Times

  29-09-2016 20:56
  
  The state Department of Transportation is changing the hours at several rest areas across the state.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Federal, state and local agencies investigating Nathan Carman case

  29-09-2016 20:50
  
  BOSTON — Nathan Carman, the man who was rescued from a life raft after seven days on the Atlantic said suspicions about his account of the sinking of his boat are compounding his grief over the apparent drowning of his mother, Linda Carman. The twenty-two-year-old was picked up by a passing freighter Sunday about 100 miles off the coast of Massachusetts after what he said was a week adrift that began when his aluminum fishing boat sank during a mother-and-son […]
  
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• State, Advocates Broker Child Welfare Agreement

  29-09-2016 20:39
  
  (Bridgeport, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The state and child advocates appear closer to a plan to streamline the system and remove the Department of Children and Families from court oversight.
  The new plan, before a U.S. District Court judge, reduces the remaining goals from 22 to 10.
  It stems from a lawsuit, Juan v. Malloy.
  While the plan that replaces one first filed in 2004 does acknowledge some existing priorities, it also states progress has been made.
  It says DCF is working toward decre
  
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• Feds Investigating Linda Carman's Disappearance

  29-09-2016 20:35
  
  Federal law enforcement agencies, as well as state law enforcement in Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts, and local police in South Kingstown, Rhode Island are working together to investigate what happened...Photo Credit: necn
  
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• Investigation Into Trinity College Deck Collapse Finds Construction Flaws

  29-09-2016 20:02
  
  An investigation into the deck collapse at off-campus Trinity College housing that injured 32 students has revealed that two decks on the house were structurally deficient and collapsed because of construction...Photo Credit: WVIT
  
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• Trinity says elevated decks that collapsed were ‘structurally deficient’

  29-09-2016 20:00
  
  HARTFORD – On Wednesday, Trinity College released the independent report of the balcony collapse at 1713-1715 Broad Street on September 10. The report, conducted by Cirrus Structural Engineering, found the two elevated decks to be structurally deficient relative to “code requirements, engineering principles and general best practice.” The report further concluded that “the failure of the rear elevated decks at 1713-1715 Broad Street was primarily caused by constructi
  
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• Trinity College says elevated decks that collapsed were ‘structurally deficient’

  29-09-2016 20:00
  
  HARTFORD – On Wednesday, Trinity College released the independent report of the balcony collapse at 1713-1715 Broad Street on September 10. The report, conducted by Cirrus Structural Engineering, found the two elevated decks to be structurally deficient relative to “code requirements, engineering principles and general best practice.” The report further concluded that “the failure of the rear elevated decks at 1713-1715 Broad Street was primarily caused by constructi
  
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• Engineering Report: ‘Construction Flaws’ Responsible For Trinity Deck Collapse

  29-09-2016 20:00
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – An independent review of the deck collapse at an off-campus house owned by Trinity College in Hartford finds “construction flaws in some of the deck framing” was the primary cause of the collapse.
  A party was occurring at the the home at 1713-1715 Broad Street on September 10, when the deck gave way, injuring 32 Trinity students. First-responders said at the time it was a miracle that no one was killed in the accident.
  An independent report b
  
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• Stewart Named WNBA Rookie Of The Year

  29-09-2016 19:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Breanna Stewart is the WNBA rookie of the year.
  The league announced Thursday that Stewart received 38 of the 39 votes from a national media panel. San Antonio’s Moriah Jefferson got the other vote.
  The No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 draft out of Connecticut, Stewart averaged 18.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.9 blocks, becoming the sixth player in league history to reach those averages in the same season. She helped the Seattle Storm reach the playoffs for the first tim
  
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• Driver who crawled to road 3 days after crash faces charges

  29-09-2016 19:27
  
  VERNON, Ind.  — Police in Indiana said a Pennsylvania man faces charges for lying to officers when he was found injured three days after a crash that sent the SUV he was driving down an embankment, killing his girlfriend. Indiana State Police said a warrant was issued Wednesday for 39-year-old Kevin Bell of Dover, Pennsylvania. Police said they haven’t located Bell, who was released from an Indianapolis-area hospital earlier this week. A phone message left by The Associated Pres
  
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• Pizza night with Tom Brady, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck offered for $10

  29-09-2016 19:15
  
  BOSTON – Who wouldn’t want a pizza and beer night with Matt Damon, Tom Brady and Ben Affleck? Brady, Damon and Affleck are hosting some lucky fans in Boston to support three non-profit organizations – Eastern Congo Initiative, Water.org, and The TB12 Foundation, which collectively support global health, education and safety. Affleck and Damon are among the organizations’ founders. Each donation enters participants for the chance to win exclusive merchandise from omaze, a
  
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• ‘Don’t Block The Box’ Campaign Ramps Up

  29-09-2016 19:00
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – In an effort to ease traffic gridlock on city streets in Hartford, police will start fining motorists who stop halfway through an intersection and block crossing traffic.
  Officials held a press conference in Downtown Hartford Thursday to announce the “don’t block the box” campaign. Grid patterns have been painted in many of the city’s busiest intersections to help with enforcement.
  Under a new city ordinance, the fine for blocking
  
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• Family Sues West Haven Over Eminent Domain Case

  29-09-2016 18:58
  
  A West Haven family has filed a lawsuit against the city saying the planned use of eminent domain on two of their properties for The Haven is unconstitutional.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Hoboken train passengers: ‘It just didn’t stop’

  29-09-2016 18:19
  
  HOBOKEN, New Jersey – Passengers on a New Jersey Transit train said the train never slowed before it barreled into the Hoboken station Thursday.Then came a sudden crash, throwing passengers to the floor as the train plowed through the station and then left the tracks. The crash left one dead and at least 75 injured, a handful seriously. A few stricken passengers had to climb out windows to flee the crippled train. Here are some of their accounts of the crash: […]
  
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• Sisters on vacation found dead in villa on African island

  29-09-2016 18:09
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man says his family has been given little information on how his two sisters died while vacationing on a tropical African island. The bodies of 37-year-old Annie Korkki and 42-year-old Robin Korkki were found in their resort villa last week on the island of Seychelles off Africa’s east coast in the Indian Ocean. Their brother, Chris Korkki, of Lakeville, says the family has learned nothing through official channels about his sisters’ deaths. Their bodi
  
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• Former New York Giants player opens up about struggles with addiction

  29-09-2016 17:53
  
  HARTFORD — Jeff Hatch used to be an offensive tackle for the New York Giants. But he’s also struggled with addiction. Hatch is Ivy League educated—and now, in recovery and works in a recovery center in New Hampshire. Thursday evening he’s speaking at a free community forum at Asnuntuck Community College about combating addiction and its stigma. The forum will discuss the opioid and heroin epidemic that is plaguing the country, the stigma surrounding opioid use and th
  
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• Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Slashing Man’s Throat: Police

  29-09-2016 17:44
  
  A New Britain woman has been charged with attempted murder after she slit a man’s throat, according to New Britain police.Photo Credit: New Britain Police
  
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• Waterbury man who used wheelchair in Rolex theft pleads guilty

  29-09-2016 17:39
  
  STAMFORD — A Waterbury man who pretended he needed a wheelchair so he could steal a $37,000 watch from a jewelry store is heading to prison. The Connecticut Post reports that 36-year-old Larry Johnson of Waterbury pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbery, larceny and assault. Authorities said Johnson entered a Stamford jewelry store in a wheelchair in May 2015 and asked to see a Rolex watch. Once he had the watch in hand, he got out of the wheelchair, used Mace […]
  
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• 1 Suspect in Armed Robbery at Norwalk Pawn Shop in Custody in North Carolina

  29-09-2016 17:37
  
  U.S. marshals have detained a man in North Carolina who is suspected in an armed robbery at a Norwalk pawn shop earlier this month.Photo Credit: Norwalk Police
  
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• Robbery Suspect Arrested In North Carolina

  29-09-2016 17:28
  
  (Norwalk, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Police in Norwalk are reporting the arrest in North Carolina of a Hartford man accused in an armed robbery earlier this month.
  Twenty-eight year old Donald Outlaw was picked up in High Point, North Carolina, Norwalk police said.
  The robbery at the Gold Rush Pawn Shop in Norwalk occurred on September 9.
  Detectives working the case say Outlaw and a co-conspirator were the ones behind the robbery.
  Outlaw will be charged with robbery, larceney and conspiracy
  
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• National Coffee Day: Where To Get Free Coffee

  29-09-2016 17:05
  
  Waking up will be a little easier for caffeine fiends Tuesday.
  
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• Showers Return Friday and Last Into the Weekend

  29-09-2016 16:47
  
  An upper-level low will bring showers to Connecticut Friday through the weekend.
  
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• Residents Raise Concerns to Willimantic Housing Authority After Homicide

  29-09-2016 16:46
  
  On the surface, John J Ashton Tower in Willimantic seems secure. You need a key fob to enter the front door and there's a security camera in the lobby, but residents say it's all a deception and they are asking...
  
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• Deer tries to settle the score with New Jersey driver who hit it

  29-09-2016 16:35
  
  Guess deer don’t believe in letting bygones be bygones. A New Jersey woman was driving down a road, when — bam! — she hit a deer that had crossed her path. The deer took off — or so she thought. As the driver, Ellen Snyder, opened the door to check out the damage to her SUV, the deer suddenly charged back across the road towards her vehicle, pinning her inside. “It was trying to get in. I don’t know exactly […]
  
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• Deer tries to settle the score with driver who hit it

  29-09-2016 16:35
  
  Guess deer don’t believe in letting bygones be bygones. A New Jersey woman was driving down a road, when — bam! — she hit a deer that had crossed her path. The deer took off — or so she thought. As the driver, Ellen Snyder, opened the door to check out the damage to her SUV, the deer suddenly charged back across the road towards her vehicle, pinning her inside. “It was trying to get in. I don’t know exactly […]
  
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• Registrars of Voters in Manchester Take Steps to Make Election Go Smoothly

  29-09-2016 16:33
  
  With Democratic candidates and Republican candidates running full slates this presidential election year, the registrars of voters in Manchester resolved not to let lines back up voting for more than an...
  
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• Pet of the Week – Finnegan

  29-09-2016 16:28
  
  Finnegan a 6 month old, male, domestic short hair.  He is all white, with hazel  eyes. He was born in a foster home after his mother came to Protectors of Animals when her owners lost their home. He is curious, friendly, and active. And he loves a good cuddle! Finnegan is also completely deaf. Because this is a congenital condition (white cats are sometimes born deaf) he needs no special medical care.   And because he was born deaf, Finnegan has no idea […]
  
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• Former Coventry Woman Charged With Embezzling $400K

  29-09-2016 15:34
  
  COVENTRY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A former Coventry woman is accused of embezzling more than $400,000 earmarked by the Connecticut Department of Social Services for her employer for various social-service programs.
  Michelle Labrec, 52, now of Ronkonkoma, New York is charged with first-degree larceny, first-degree identity theft, and 114 counts of second-degree forgery.
  During a ten-month investigation, police say they determined that Labrec, when she was manager of accounts payable at Al
  
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