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• Waterbury family claims verbal attack was racially motivated

  19-06-2017 23:55
  
  WATERBURY — A Waterbury family claims a verbal attack on them while walking their dog was racially motivated. Tamara Lanier-Hanna says she and her two children were walking their bulldog, Ringo, around 8 p.m. Thursday evening when a neighbor on Hubble Avenue began shouting and cursing at them to get off his property. Lanier-Hanna said they never walked anywhere near the man’s property. “The gentleman jumped out of his truck and just started yelling ‘get off my property,&r
  
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• Police investigate 4 vehicle arson cases overnight in Southington

  19-06-2017 23:40
  
  SOUTHINGTON– Police reported that four attempted arson incidents occurred Sunday evening into Monday morning. The fire marshal and Southington detectives are investigating the incidents but have not yet found any suspects and don’t have suspect description. All four incidents involved parked, unoccupied vehicles at two separate apartment complexes located in lots at 500 Pleasant St. and 35 Darling St., according to Southington police. Police said the four vehicles had rags dipped in
  
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• Ray Dunaway: The State Budget Mess

  19-06-2017 23:30
  
  Keith Phaneuf, CTMirror’s State Budget Guru, spent an hour in the studio with Ray, discussing the state budget mess… and what the legislature can do to get us out of it.
   
  
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• Southington Police Investigate Several Attempted Car Arson Incidents

  19-06-2017 23:25
  
  Southington police are investigating several attempted car arson incidents.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Dunkin' Donuts Park Voted Top Double-A Ballpark

  19-06-2017 23:25
  
  Dunkin' Donuts Park, the home of the Hartford Yard Goats, was voted by fans as the number one Double-A ballpark in America. The contest was part of an online, bracket-style competition by Ballpark Digest...Photo Credit: Hartford Yard GoatsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 2 Tractor Trailers Get in Accident on I-84 East in Tolland

  19-06-2017 23:25
  
  Two tractor trailers were involved in an accident on Interstate 84 east in Tolland on Monday afternoon.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Coast Guard searching for missing kayaker near Straftord

  19-06-2017 23:17
  
  NEW YORK– The U.S. Coast Guard said they are  searching for a 41-year-old Long Island man in the water near Stratford, Connecticut. Gregory Blanco from Northport, New York has been reported as missing. The Coast Guard station on Long Island Sound received a call Monday morning at approximately 8:30 a.m. from someone reporting an unmanned red, 14-foot, one person kayak north of Stratford Shoal Middle Ground. Boatcrews from Coast Guard Station New Haven and Eatons Neck arrived on scene
  
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• 13-year old Bristol boy arrested after video shows him killing a rabbit

  19-06-2017 23:09
  
  BRISTOL–  An unidentified 13-year old male from Bristol has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a social media post showed the suspect killing and mutilating a rabbit. The incident occurred on Sunday and Bristol Police began investigating the incident on Monday after seeing the footage on social media. The video shows the juvenile shooting and decapitating the rabbit with hedge trimmers. Police were able to identify the juvenile in the post and issue him a juvenile sum
  
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• Coast Guard Identifies Kayaker Missing in Long Island Sound

  19-06-2017 23:05
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard has identified a kayaker who may be missing in Long Island Sound off of Stratford.Photo Credit: U.S. Coast Guard
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Mohegan Sun’s Hot Summer Fun Celebration

  19-06-2017 22:58
  The 20th annual Hot Summer Fun celebration at Mohegan Sun brings various special events including the first-ever Sun Tequila Tasting on July 28th, Mohegan Sun’s Cigar Social on August 12th, and New England Food Truck Festival on September 2nd & 3rd.
  Get a full preview of this year’s celebration!
   
  
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• US student freed by North Korea in a coma has died at 22

  19-06-2017 22:50
  
  An American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma has died in Ohio. Otto Warmbier was 22. His family said in a statement released by a hospital that Warmbier died Monday afternoon. The family thanked the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for treating him but said, “Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today. Warmbier […]
  
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• Dunkin’ Donuts Parks Named Tops In Double A

  19-06-2017 22:38
  
  (Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Hartford’s Dunkin’ Donuts Park has been selected the “Best Double-A ballpark in America”.
  The home of the Hartford Yard Goats was selected through online voting at ballparkdigest.com.
  The Yard Goats home field beat out that the home park of the Altoona Curve.
  Hartford has played before capacity crowds 15 times to date at Dunkin’ Donuts Park this season, including the last three weekends.  Nearly 20,000 fans turned out t
  
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• Coroner releases findings in Carrie Fisher’s death

  19-06-2017 22:21
  
  LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office has released a summary of its findings into the death of “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher. The actress and writer died in December at the age of 60. Her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, died one day later. In a news release, the coroner listed the results of a body examination performed three days after Fisher’s death. The agency said Fisher’s manner of death is undetermined. Medical examiners con
  
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• Tractor trailer accident on I-84 East near Exit 69 in Tolland causes delays

  19-06-2017 22:04
  
  TOLLAND —  A tractor-trailer accident has caused delays in Tolland Monday afternoon. State police said Exits 68 and 69 on I-84 East are closed due to an accident involving two tractor-trailers. Police said there are minor injuries. Police expect extended right lane closure and delays. Check back for further details as they develop.  
  
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• Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in New Britain Crash

  19-06-2017 21:50
  
  A 24-year-old New Britain man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in New Britain Sunday night.Photo Credit: Vito Peter Previti
  
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• Newington DOT Worker Finds Cocaine While Cleaning Grounds

  19-06-2017 21:34
  
  A Department of Transportation employee who was picking up trash on DOT property in Newington Thursday afternoon found a large package of cocaine, according to police.Photo Credit: Newington Police
  
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• New Britain Police Investigate Hit, Run Crash

  19-06-2017 21:22
  (New Britain, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Police in New Britain are investigating a serious crash that occurred Sunday night involving a motorcyclist and a motor vehicle.
  It happened just after 9:00 p.m. in the area of Stanley and Park Streets.
  Officers, fire, and EMS personnel were called to the scene.
  The 24-year-old New Britain man operating the cycle sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital. Police say he was not wearing a helmet.
  Investigators say the vehicle, initially
  
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• Robbery Suspect Stole Car with Grandmother, Children Inside

  19-06-2017 21:21
  
  A woman and two children are unharmed after the car they were riding in was carjacked by a robbery suspect in Southington Sunday, but the suspect remains at large.Photo Credit: Southington Police/ NBC Connecticut
  
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• Travelers Championship 2017 Favorites

  19-06-2017 21:19
  
  by Rob Joyce
  The Travelers Championship in Cromwell is normally a victim of timing. Usually the week after the U.S. Open, many of the world’s top golfers take the week off to rest after a major tournament. This year, though, some of the top names in the sport will go back-to-back, taking the trip from Hartford, Wisconsin to the suburbs of Hartford, Connecticut for the 66th year of pro golf in the Nutmeg State.
  This year’s field includes three of the world’s top-five players &nd
  
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• Teen Arrested After Rabbit Killing Video Is Posted

  19-06-2017 21:12
  
  A 13-year-old boy has been charged with animal cruelty after police started investigating a social media post showing someone killing and mutilating a rabbit in Bristol Sunday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Tune In: Todd Feinburg Live at Travelers Championship

  19-06-2017 21:00
  The newest addition to the WTIC NewsTalk 1080 family will be broadcasting live from the Travelers Championship on Friday, June 23rd from 3pm to 6pm.
  Tune in as Todd Feinburg kicks off the weekend tournament play on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 or stream live by clicking here starting Friday at 3pm!Sponsored by St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center 
  
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• Download Tickets To an Advance Screening of ‘SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING’

  19-06-2017 20:56
  
  Want to see an advance screening of SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING on Wednesday, June 28th at AMC Loews Theater in Plainville? Keep reading to find out how you can download a FREE ticket to the screening!
  Download and print your FREE tickets to see SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING at SONYSCREENINGS.COM
  About SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING:
  A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spi
  
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• Suspects Charged In Deliveryman Stickup

  19-06-2017 20:42
  (New Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Police in New Haven have arrested a pair of suspects in the early morning robbery of a pizza deliveryman.
  Just around 1:00 a.m., Elm City officers were called to an area on Foote Street.  The victim told them he was in the middle of a delivery for a local pizza restaurant.
  He told police he walked toward a woman, identified as 37-year-old Sonya Bracy, who he thought was the customer.
  The victim says two men began walking toward him around the same
  
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• Impaired Woman Hit People and Cars at Oakdale Theatre: Police

  19-06-2017 20:37
  
  One woman was arrested after hitting people and cars at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford Friday night, according to Wallingford police.Photo Credit: Wallingford Police Department
  
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• Alarm clock stuck inside wall for 13 years goes off every day

  19-06-2017 20:28
  
  PITTSBURGH — Every day. The alarm clock stuck inside the wall continues to ring. Since September 2004, an alarm clock hidden inside the wall of a home near Pittsburgh goes off every evening. But why? Well, the homeowner has himself to blame. Jerry Lynn told KDKA he tied the clock to a string, set it to go off 10 minutes later and lowered it down an air vent to help him find the spot to drill for a television wire. Soon after he lowered the clock,&nbs
  
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• Pizza Deliveryman Robbed at Gunpoint in New Haven

  19-06-2017 19:52
  
  Two people are accused of robbing a pizza deliveryman at gunpoint in New Haven early Monday morning.Photo Credit: New Haven Police Department
  
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• McDonald’s now available for delivery in Connecticut

  19-06-2017 19:44
  
  McDonald’s has joined UberEATS for delivery in Connecticut. Fifty-three Connecticut McDonald’s restaurants now offer McDelivery through the stand-alone meal delivery app that delivers food to any location. “With UberEATS, you can get the food you want, where you want it, delivered at Uber speed. We’re thrilled to partner with McDonald’s to give fans in Connecticut easy access to their McDonald’s favorites at the tap of a button,” said Casey Verkemp,
  
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• Body Found in Bathroom at New London Park

  19-06-2017 19:16
  
  New London police are investigating after a man was found dead in a portable bathroom at McDonald Park Saturday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Machete-wielding homeowner fends off 5 would-be robbers

  19-06-2017 18:48
  
  SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida — A homeowner in Florida used a machete to fend off five would-be robbers at his home, police say. The suspects were armed with a shotgun when they broke into the man’s home in Sarasota on Friday morning, around 4:45 a.m. Surveillance video shows the homeowner grabbing the machete and fighting back. He managed to disarm one suspect of a shotgun, while the other four took off. The homeowner held the suspect until police arrived. The other […]
  
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• USCG Rescues Schoolchildren from Grounded Boat Near Mystic

  19-06-2017 18:21
  
  The United States Coast Guard rescued a group of schoolchildren from a grounded Schooner near the mouth of the Mystic River Sunday evening.
  
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• Police seek second suspect Southington bank robbery, carjacking

  19-06-2017 18:14
  
  SOUTHINGTON– Police are searching for a second suspect in a carjacking and bank robbery on Sunday. Police are looking for Lamar McCarthy, 31.  McCarthy’s last known address is 9 Gorham Ave. Bloomfield.  A warrant has been issued charging McCarthy with Kidnapping First Degree 3 counts, Robbery Second Degree, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery Second Degree, Larceny Second Degree, Robbery Involving an Occupied Vehicle, Engaging In Pursuit McCarthy is described as a black male, age
  
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• Meriden man arrested for Southington bank robbery, carjacking

  19-06-2017 18:14
  
  SOUTHINGTON– Police said they found the second suspect who they said robbed a bank and then carjacked a Jeep with a woman and her grandchildren inside. Police said Norman Renaldi,  44, of Meriden, entered the People’s Bank inside Stop and Shop on North Main Street in Southington and handed the teller a note demanding money. He left the bank with the money and got into a red minivan operated by another suspect. Police said the two headed north on Route 10 […]
  
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• Florida Gov. Scott Hoping To Lure CT Businesses

  19-06-2017 18:12
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Florida’s governor is making a return visit to Connecticut, hoping to persuade state businesses to move to the Sunshine State.
  Monday’s meeting with community and business leaders in Norwalk marks the second time Republican Rick Scott has traveled to Connecticut to lure business to Florida as part of an “economic development mission.”
  He held similar meetings two years ago.
  As in 2015, Connecticut’s budget is currently in limbo. Legislat
  
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• Florid Gov. Scott Hoping To Lure CT Businesses

  19-06-2017 18:12
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Florida’s governor is making a return visit to Connecticut, hoping to persuade state businesses to move to the Sunshine State.
  Monday’s meeting with community and business leaders in Norwalk marks the second time Republican Rick Scott has traveled to Connecticut to lure business to Florida as part of an “economic development mission.”
  He held similar meetings two years ago.
  As in 2015, Connecticut’s budget is currently in limbo. Legislat
  
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• Norwalk Firefighters Rescue Ducklings from Storm Drain

  19-06-2017 18:03
  
  Norwalk firefighters came to the rescue of some feathered friends that were trapped in a storm drain Monday.Photo Credit: Norwalk Fire Department Ladder Co. #1
  
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• Search Underway in Long Island Sound After Kayak Is Found

  19-06-2017 17:57
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard is searching Long Island Sound after a kayak was found off the coast of Bridgeport. It’s not clear if someone went overboard.
  
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• Group wants to ban sale of cell phones for kids under 13

  19-06-2017 17:44
  
  DENVER — A group has started a  grass-roots effort to stop the sale of smartphones for use by children younger than 13 years old in Colorado. Parents Against Underage Smartphones is collecting signatures to get Initiative 29 on the 2018 ballot in the state. Colorado officials have cleared the language of the proposed ballot measure, the Associated Press reported Sunday. Supporters need about 300,000 signatures. “Initiative 29 prohibits retailers from selling or permitting t
  
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• Waterbury School District Suspends Administrators

  19-06-2017 17:43
  
  WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) – Three city and school district administrators have been suspended after a student involved in an after school program was left behind at a Waterbury park.
  Authorities tell the Republican-American (http://bit.ly/2tEIF2V ) the boy fell ill during the program April 24 and was moved to an internal room of the Chase House Park to lie down.
  Staffers forgot the student when they left.
  Officials say the boy, whose age was not disclosed, called his father who then notified p
  
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• Suspect Sought In Norwalk Pizza Shop Heist

  19-06-2017 17:28
  (Norwalk, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Norwalk police have released pictures from video surveillance of a burglary from earlier this month and their asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.
  The burglary occurred June 10 at Rowayton Pizza on Rowayton Avenue.
  According to police, the suspect broke a window with rocks, gaining access to the business.
  Once inside, surveillance shows the suspect making off with a cash register.
  He made his getaway in a small sedan, possibly a
  
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• Keidel: Hard To Hate These Yankees

  19-06-2017 17:21
  
  By Jason Keidel
  The New York Yankees have been lamented by the media and MLB masses for being monetary marauders who flexed their wallets and poached your club’s best players every winter. The Yankees, like the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, were a mutation of a Super-team, the sports iteration of the IRS, impossible to root for.
  Not really.
  Once the Yankees morphed into monsters — branded by Larry Lucchino as the Evil Empire when they signed Jose Contreras in 2003 — they&r
  
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• USCG Rescues Passengers from Grounded Boat Near Mystic River

  19-06-2017 17:13
  
  The United States Coast Guard rescued 17 people from a grounded Schooner near the mouth of the Mystic River Sunday evening.
  
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• Willimantic man killed in multi-vehicle crash

  19-06-2017 16:52
  
  CHAPLIN — Police said an investigation is underway after a deadly multi-vehicle crash over the weekend. It happened on Route 6, near Cross Road, in Chaplin at around 11 p.m. Sunday. Police said 48-year-old John William Crone of Willimantic was killed after his vehicle crossed the center double yellow line and crashed into two separate cars. A third car was damaged by debris from the impact of the crash. According to police, Crone was pronounced dead at the scene. The people […]
  
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• New Haven police arrest two in West Haven after carjacking

  19-06-2017 16:41
  
  WEST HAVEN — New Haven police arrested two people in West Haven this morning after a carjacking incident occurred, police said. New Haven police chased a vehicle through several different towns and into West Haven,  where they said they found it  abandoned on First Avenue. From there the suspects took off on foot before being caught, police said. No injuries were reported, according to police. Connecticut State Police assisted New Haven police with the pursuit.
  
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• Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Fungus Slow to Make an Impact: State Entomologist

  19-06-2017 16:40
  
  This wet spring was supposed to help mitigate the massive gypsy moth caterpillar problem in the southeastern part of the state. The rain triggers a fungus that kills the caterpillars, but now experts are saying...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Moses Kingsley: My Life As An NBA Draft Prospect

  19-06-2017 16:30
  
  The 2017 NBA Draft is set for Thursday, June 22nd. As the stars of the college game get ready to find out where they will begin their NBA journey, CBS Local Sports’ “My Life As” series will give them an opportunity to talk about how they got to this point and what they expect from the future in their own words.
  Today, we hear from Arkansas Razorbacks senior forward Moses Kingsley. Moses had an interesting path to get to this moment as he was born in Nigeria and moved
  
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• West Hartford police: Man damages school playground with anti-Trump messages

  19-06-2017 16:29
  
  WEST HARTFORD — Police need your help to identify what they’re calling a person of interest accused of writing anti-Trump messages and threats to President Donald Trump on signs around the Morley School playground in West Hartford. According to police, a man was caught on video riding a mountain bike onto the property on June 15. He’s described as a white male in his 30s or 40s and balding. He was wearing a Red Sox t-shirt and had a small […]
  
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• Saves And Speed Still Can Be Secured By Smart Shopping On The Waiver Wire

  19-06-2017 16:01
  
  By Sam McPherson
  A lot of experienced fantasy baseball owners do not risk high draft picks on relief pitchers before the season starts, because other than a few secure closers that go early, a lot of save opportunities “change hands” over the course of a six-month Major League Baseball season. By combing the waiver wire regularly, saves can be picked up cheaply after the draft, thus allowing a team manager to load up on other key categories in fantasy baseball that will win the leagu
  
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• Schooner Runs Aground Near Mystic

  19-06-2017 15:53
  MYSTIC, Conn. (AP) – The Coast Guard has rescued 17 passengers from a schooner that ran aground off Connecticut.
  The 126-foot schooner Alabama, with 17 passengers and five crew members on aboard, ran aground near the mouth of the Mystic River at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday.
  A New London-based Coast Guard crew quickly located the schooner and safely transferred the passengers to the Noank Shipyard in Groton.
  Investigators are scheduled to determine the integrity of the vessel prior to the vesse
  
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• Threats Against President Found at West Hartford School

  19-06-2017 15:37
  
  Someone posted threats directed at President Donald Trump at Morley Elementary School in West Hartford Thursday and police said they are looking for a person of interest.Photo Credit: West Hartford Police
  
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• Danbury High School Graduation Postponed Due to Weather

  19-06-2017 15:33
  
  Danbury High School graduation has been postponed due to the weather, according to the Superintendent’s office.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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