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• FOX61’s High School game of the week: Haddam-Killingworth vs. Coventry co-op

  06-10-2017 23:52
  COVENTRY —  For Coventry, it’s been a long time coming. As for Haddam-Killingworth, it only takes one win to get the ball rolling. This week’s High School Football Patrol Game of the Week pits one of the football season’s pleasant surprises against a battle-tested squad that is ready to make a run to the postseason. The Coventry co-op squad, which consists of the title town, Windham Tech, Bolton, and Lyman Memorial, is 4-0 through the first month of the season. [&hel
  
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• Kathrine Herzer: “Madam Secretary Experience Is Better Than I Could’ve Dreamed”

  06-10-2017 23:12
  Kathrine Herzer has been an actress since she was 10 years old, but her role as Allison McCord on the CBS hit political drama Madam Secretary changed her life. While the California native had small roles in movies such as Mr. and Mrs. Smith and A Lot Like Love, her recurring role alongside stars such as Tea Leoni and Keith Carradine took her career to the next level.
  “Madam Secretary is the best,” Herzer told CBS Local in a recent studio interview. “I got the part when I was a
  
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• Las Vegas concert was a Mother’s Day gift; now she’s fighting for her life

  06-10-2017 23:10
  LAS VEGAS —  After recounting, year after year, how much fun she and her sister had at the Route 91 Harvest festival, Stephanie Melanson got a ticket for their mom this Mother’s Day so she could join them at the country music event in their hometown of Las Vegas. Then, during Sunday’s final show, gunfire erupted. Amid the barrage that left 58 people dead, a bullet struck Rosemarie Melanson. “It penetrated her stomach, it penetrated her spleen, and it also penetr
  
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• Keith Carradine: “Tea Leoni Is The Best Of The Best”

  06-10-2017 23:05
  Keith Carradine has had a storied career in Hollywood. The longtime actor and musician won an Oscar for his song “I’m Easy” from the 1976 movie Nashville worked alongside stars such as Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig and is going into his fourth season as President Conrad Dalton on the CBS hit political drama Madam Secretary. Carradine has been a part of many great TV shows and movies, but he says nothing compares to his experience on Madam Secretary
  “Tea Leoni is the best
  
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• Nursing home that had 12 people die lays off all workers

  06-10-2017 23:02
  HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  — A Florida nursing home that had 12 patients die after Hurricane Irma has laid off 245 workers. The Sun Sentinel reported the layoffs Friday for the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. The facility was evacuated last month, several days after the storm damaged the electric transformer that powered the facility’s air conditioning. State officials later suspended their license, and owners eventually closed the facility permanently. The layoffs include 79 ce
  
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• Danielson man dead after being struck by train

  06-10-2017 22:42
  DANIELSON —  A man who was struck by a train Thursday night has died, according to state police. Troopers identified the victim as 33-year-old Dustin Orr. Troopers said the incident was reported in the area of 1 Franklin St. around 8:20 p.m. Officials said the victim was in critical condition when they arrived. Life Star transported Orr to a hospital in Plainfield where he was pronounced dead. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Trooper Kane at 860
  
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• Keidel: Can Packers Overcome Injuries Against Cowboys?

  06-10-2017 21:48
  By Jason Keidel
  The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers have felt historically fused for about 60 years. And, oddly enough, it started in New York City.
  For those who don’t obsess over NFL history, Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi were once assistant coaches for the New York Giants. And, through some act of epic ineptitude, the Giants hired neither as its head coach.
  Landry became the Cowboys’ patriarch, while Lombardi became a football deity in Green Bay. Both clubs flourished while t
  
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• Body of missing US service member recovered in Niger

  06-10-2017 21:46
  NIGER —  The body of a US service member who went missing following a deadly ambush Wednesday in southwest Niger has been recovered, multiple US officials told CNN Friday. The discovery of the missing US service member in a remote area of the northwestern African country by Nigerien troops comes nearly 48 hours after he was first discovered to be missing in the wake of the attack. The recovery of the missing US service member raised the number of US […]
  
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• Connecticut Officials Renew Push For Federal Gun Legislation

  06-10-2017 21:44
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation have renewed their calls for tighter controls on guns in response to the Las Vegas mass shooting.
  Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Rosa DeLauro told dozens of people at a New Haven rally Friday that they will be submitting new legislation and resubmitting old bills on universal background checks, banning high-capacity magazines and prohibiting so-called “bump stock&rd
  
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• Tiffani Thiessen Dishes On Her Love For Food & Upcoming Projects

  06-10-2017 21:33
  Actress Tiffani Thiessen has always had a love for food. While Thiessen is known for her roles as Kelly Kapowski on Saved By the Bell, cooking has always been one of her biggest passions.
  “I’ve always had a love for cooking since I was little,” she told CBS Local. “I cooked in the kitchen with my mom, grandmother and aunt and then I came up with an idea for TV show called Dinner at Tiffani’s.”
  Thiessen spent the week in New York last month to work with TownHou
  
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• Man Arrested in Connection With Discovery of Baby's Body

  06-10-2017 21:18
  
  State police have charged a Bristol man in connection with the discovery of a baby’s body in a bag at a reservoir in March.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• State Chooses Hartford, Stamford Sites for Amazon HQ Bid

  06-10-2017 21:16
  
  The state will propose Hartford and Stamford regions as potential sites for Amazon's second headquarters location, according to Governor Malloy's office.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• Man Charged With Disposing Of Infant’s Body

  06-10-2017 21:14
  (CBS Connecticut) – State police have now arrested a Bristol man in connection with the discovery of the body of an infant boy in a bag in a reservoir in Harwinton back in March.
  Benjamin Edgerly, 21, is charged with illegal disposal of a dead body and conspiracy to conceal the delivery of a child. He was arrested Friday and held on $100,000 bond pending arraignment in Bantam Superior Court.
  State police previously said they had located the boy’s mother. Police said the woman, a Conn
  
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• Gov. Malloy: Connecticut will propose Hartford and Stamford regions as potential Amazon sites

  06-10-2017 21:04
  HARTFORD – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith,  announced Friday that Connecticut has chosen two sites for its proposal to Amazon for the company’s second headquarters. Gov. Malloy said Hartford and Stamford are the two regions selected. Last month, Amazon announced that it was seeking a site for a second headquarters known as “Amazon HQ2”  in North America. “W
  
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• Party with a purpose fills Blue Back Square in West Hartford

  06-10-2017 20:54
  WEST HARTFORD — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and FOX61 was proud to once again host the Pink Party. It was the sixth year of party, held in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square. One in eight women get breast cancer and it is the most common type of cancer for women here in Connecticut, higher incident of the disease occur here compared to the rest of the country. Last week, Emmy-award winning actress Julia Louis Dreyfus revealed she had […]
  
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• Bristol man charged in connection to death of infant found in Harwinton reservoir

  06-10-2017 20:48
  HARWINGTON —  Police said they have arrested a man in connection to the death of a baby boy who was found in a bag at a Harwinton reservoir in March. State police said they arrested Benjamin Edgerly of Bristol and charged him with disposal of a dead body, and conspiracy to commit/concealment of delivery of newborn. On March 21, police said they received a call around 10:40 a.m. on reports of a body found in Bristol Reservoir #4. That’s located on Route 72 [&hellip
  
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• Wisconsin mom faces life in prison for allegedly setting autistic son, 4, on fire

  06-10-2017 20:39
  MILWAUKEE, WI – A woman in Wisconsin is facing life in jail for allegedly setting her 4-year-old son with autism on fire and tying him up with seven belts before his death, Fox News reports. According to a criminal complaint, Amelia Di Stasio, 23, set her young son Antonio on fire in their apartment last week. Fox News said fire crews responded to the apartment following a report of smoke coming from the building. When officials arrived, they found Antonio’s […]
  
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• Police: Fleeing Drug Suspect Hits 4 Parked Cars

  06-10-2017 20:25
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Police in Hartford say a fleeing drug suspect struck four parked cars and caused minor injuries to a woman and several children whowere in one of the vehicles.
  The incident began shortly before 8 a.m. Friday, when detectives pulled over a 19-year-old driver as part of a drug investigation in the city’s South End.
  Police say the suspect threw his car into reverse, almost hitting an officer, and later crashed into four parked vehicles near a school.
  A woman in o
  
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• Company Comes to Rescue of Group Collecting Donations for Puerto Rico

  06-10-2017 20:12
  
  After three weeks of collecting, labeling and stacking supplies, the Puerto Rican Society of New Britain and the Boriqueneers Motorcycle Club have more than 40 pallets of donations to deliver to Brooklyn,...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• CT resident and new SBA Chief McMahon relishes new role

  06-10-2017 19:57
  HARTFORD — FOX61’s Jenn Bernstein sat down for a on-on-one conversation Friday morning with long-time Connecticut resident Linda McMahon to talk about her new role in President Donald Trump’s administration. McMahon is in the middle of touring the country, where she is meeting and listening to small business owners. McMahon said Trump reached out before his inauguration to see if she was interested in the job. “He told me that he wanted someone from the private sector, so
  
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• Juvenile Suspect Charged In Home Invasion

  06-10-2017 19:48
  (Groton, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Groton police have made an arrest in connection with a home invasion earlier this week in town.
  They say a 16-year-old male has been taken into custody in the October 4 incident in a home on Buddington Road.
  That night, police say, two masked men barged into the home armed with a gun and a baseball bat.
  One of the occupants was struck with the bat.
  The suspects made off with several items, including cell phones and gaming systems, as well as an undetermine
  
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• Federal Officials Study Crumbling Foundations

  06-10-2017 19:44
  WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Federal officials have visited Connecticut to study the mineral blamed for causing foundations to crumble in thousands of homes.
  WVIT-TV reports officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finished a two-day visit to the state Thursday.
  Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy says the team will discuss their findings with lawmakers at the end of the month.
  Malloy says he requested “short order” guidance on standa
  
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• Prosecutor: Officers Justified In Deadly Force

  06-10-2017 19:38
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut prosecutor has ruled that two Stamford police officers were justified when they shot a 25-year-old man to death when he pointed a gun at them last year.
  Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky III said in a decision released Friday that Lt. Christopher Baker and Sgt. Steven Perrotta legally used lethalforce to defend themselves and others when they shot Dylan Pape with their rifles on March 21, 2016.
  Sedensky’s report said Baker fired twic
  
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• Teen arrested for violent home invasion in Groton

  06-10-2017 19:10
  GROTON — Groton Town Police found one of two suspects who were armed when they broke into a home. Police said that on Wednesday night, just before 10 p.m., police went to 91 Buddington Road, Lot 16, for the report of a home invasion. Two masked men dressed in dark clothing entered the home, holding a gun and a baseball bat. One of the people in the home, a female victim, was struck numerous times with the bat. She was […]
  
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• Trump deals major blow to Obamacare birth control mandate

  06-10-2017 18:42
  In a blow to Obamacare‘s controversial contraceptive mandate, employers may now have more leeway to withhold birth control coverage on religious grounds, according to new rules issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services on Friday. The rules would let a broad range of employers — including nonprofits, private firms and publicly traded companies — stop offering free contraceptives through their health insurance plans if they have a “sincerely held religious or
  
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• Man cleared of killing daughter, 2, after son, 7, confesses

  06-10-2017 18:27
  FORT WORTH, Texas — A capital murder charge has been dismissed against a North Texas man in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, after prosecutors learned her then-5-year-old brother said he caused her death. Anthony Michael Sanders was accused of smothering his daughter, Ellie Mae, at their home in the Fort Worth suburb of Watauga in 2015. Investigators believed Sanders held his hand over her mouth out of anger for her interrupting his computer games. Jailed since April 2016, Sanders [&h
  
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• Teen Charged in Violent Home Invasion in Groton

  06-10-2017 18:25
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been charged in a brutal home invasion in Groton.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 3-Year-Old Injured When Impaired Driver Hits Car: Police

  06-10-2017 18:15
  
  A 3-year-old girl was badly injured when an impaired driver hit the car she was in on Route 44 in Colebrook Thursday night, according to state police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Dr. Seuss museum to replace mural after complaints of racism

  06-10-2017 18:08
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A Massachusetts museum dedicated to Dr. Seuss says it will replace a mural featuring a Chinese character from one of his books after three authors said they would boycott an event due to the “jarring racial stereotype.” The mural features illustrations from the author’s first children’s book, “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.” The museum, which is located in the author’s hometown of Springfield, said Thursday that
  
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• President Trump at dinner with military commanders cites ‘calm before the storm’

  06-10-2017 17:56
  While taking photos alongside military leaders and their spouses before a dinner at the White House, President Donald Trump made an ambiguous statement, citing “the calm before the storm.” “You guys know what this represents? Maybe it’s the calm before the storm,” Trump said at the photo op Thursday night, following a meeting with his top military commanders. When reporters present asked what he meant, Trump replied: “It could be, the calm, the calm before the
  
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• Linda McMahon Stops By

  06-10-2017 17:53
  
  Linda McMahon, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, stopped by NBC Connecticut to talk about her work with the Trump Administration, small business and the business environment here...
  
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• Search Underway for Possible Person in Water in Stamford

  06-10-2017 17:49
  
  Rescue divers from the Stamford Fire Department are searching the water off of Harbor Drive for a person after reports that someone went under water.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• RIP AOL Instant Messenger

  06-10-2017 17:37
  AOL Instant Messenger is about to put up an away message forever. AIM will officially shut down on December 15 after 20 years in service, its parent company announced Friday. The news marks the end of an era for anyone who came of age with the internet in the late 90s and early 2000s. When AIM launched in 1997, using the World Wide Web required a desktop computer with a clunky dial-up connection that tied up the phone lines. Perhaps […]
  
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• Danielson Man Hit By Train Has Died: State Police

  06-10-2017 17:34
  
  A 33-year-old Danielson man who was hit by a train Thursday night has died, according to state police.Photo Credit: Danielson Fire Department
  
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• First Alert Issued for Remnants of Tropical Storm Nate

  06-10-2017 17:11
  
  The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for Monday because of the impact remnants of Tropical Storm Nate will have on Connecticut.Photo Credit: National Hurricane Center
  
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• Patriots Team Grades: Somehow, Some Way…The Defense Defeats The Buccaneers

  06-10-2017 16:30
  By Danny Cox
  After registering a 2-2 record through the first four weeks of the season, this was hardly the same New England Patriots team that won a Super Bowl last year. The offense appeared to be clicking just fine, but the defense left so much to be desired and was a huge reason that they had fallen out of favor with oddsmakers to be the top choice to win a championship this year.
  On this week’s edition of Thursday Night Football, the Pats somehow found a defense and defeated the Tampa
  
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• Summer Weather for Picking Apples, Searching for Pumpkins

  06-10-2017 16:08
  
  The leaves are turning, with many starting to fall to the ground, but it feels more like summer than fall.
  
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• FEMA, Army Corps of Engineers Address Crumbling Foundations

  06-10-2017 15:33
  
  Gov. Dannel Malloy on Thursday said officials from FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have wrapped up a two-day visit to the state to evaluate pyrrhotite, the mineral suspected of causing concrete...
  
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• Man Killed In Marlborough Crash

  06-10-2017 15:14
  (Marlborough, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – A Thursday night crash in the town of Marlborough has left one person dead.
  State Police say it was just before 11:00 p.m. when a vehicle, a 2007 Nissan Altima, was traveling north on Saner Road and left the roadway on the right side, hitting a rock, a mailbox and two trees before it finally came to rest.
  Investigators say the only person in the vehicle was the driver, identified as 22-year-old Jonathan Thomassian of East Hampton.
  Thomassian was prono
  
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• Man Struck, Killed By Train

  06-10-2017 15:08
  KILLINGLY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – A man is dead after he was struck by a train Thursday night in the Danielson section of Killingly.
  State police say troopers, firefighters, and paramedics were called to train tracks in the area of Franklin Street around 8:19 to find Dustin Orr, 33, of Danielson suffers from critical injuries.
  Orr was taken to the Backus Emergency Care center in Plainfield where he succumbed to his injuries, said police.
  Anyone with information on the incident is urged
  
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• Official: Las Vegas shooter tried to buy tracer rounds before massacre

  06-10-2017 15:06
  Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock tried to buy tracer ammunition at a gun show in the Phoenix area in recent weeks, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells CNN. Paddock bought other ammunition at the show, but he couldn’t obtain the tracer ammunition — bullets with a pyrotechnic charge that, when the round is fired, leaves an illuminated trace of its path — because the vendor didn’t have any to sell, the official said. Paddock did not use t
  
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• He was shot in the leg in Las Vegas. He still stood up for the President

  06-10-2017 14:44
  Thomas Gunderson was one of the almost 500 people wounded in the Las Vegas shooting attack at the Route 91 Harvest Festival last weekend. He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the leg. Gunderson was laying in his hospital bed Wednesday when President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump swung by. The President and first lady went to Las Vegas to meet and talk with survivors of the shooting, as well as first responders, doctors and nurses during […]
  
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• Woman Charged With Fatally Shooting Sleeping Man

  06-10-2017 14:29
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Police say a Connecticut woman fatally shot an acquaintance as he slept, poured bleach on his hands in an attempt to remove her DNA and planned with a friend to make the death look like a botched robbery.
  The Hartford Courant reports 21-year-old Ashley Pace appeared in court Wednesday and was held on $1.5 million bail.
  Pace is accused of murder in the June 22 death of 37-year-old Shermane Rose. An arrest warrant says she told investigators she was
  
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• Connecticut’s Amazon Bid To Include Stamford, Hartford Areas

  06-10-2017 14:25
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters will include sites in the Stamford and Hartford regions.
  The Hartford Courant reports that Catherine Smith, commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development, told local officials in a letter on Monday of that determination by a team including representatives from several state agencies.
  She said those locations meet Amazon’s criteria.
  The Seattle company
  
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• East Hampton Man Killed in Marlborough Crash

  06-10-2017 14:07
  
  A 22-year-old East Hampton man was killed in a crash in Marlborough Thursday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Inflight behavior blamed on hallucination

  06-10-2017 14:03
  HONOLULU — A Turkish man whose inflight behavior prompted fighter jets to escort a plane to Honolulu said he was hallucinating and trying to catch a butterfly at the time. Anil Uskanli pleaded guilty Tuesday to interfering with a flight crew. He said he was ill and now realizes there was no butterfly on the plane. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Brady says Uskanli was acting oddly on the American Airlines flight from Los Angeles, including walking to the front of […]
  
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• Car Crashes Into House in Middletown

  06-10-2017 13:53
  
  A car crashed into a vacant house in Middletown Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Fire Destroys Jewett City Home

  06-10-2017 13:45
  
  Fire destroyed a home in Jewett City early Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Warmer weather continues, showers possible Sunday

  06-10-2017 13:26
  Mild autumn weather continues on Friday with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid-upper 70s. Saturday may start off cloudy with a warm front nearby. As it lifts, skies will turn partly cloudy and it will get warmer and increasingly humid. High temperatures will rise into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. Sunday will be warm and humid as well with highs in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. More clouds will hang around and there is […]
  
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• Foodie Friday train hits The Iron Rail in New Milford

  06-10-2017 12:17
  NEW MILFORD – Next stop on the Foodie Friday train is New Milford and The Iron Rail, which serves up the ultimate in comfort food. The menu is filled with favorites like homemade mac and cheese with seemingly endless fillings. “It’s just the classic easy dish that you can add Gorgonzola or bacon, buffalo chicken,” smiled Executive Chef Erin Toolan. “It’s heart food, it’s love.” “We use Wisconsin cheese and Vermont cheese, but I can’t te
  
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