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• Newington Police Hold Annual Stuff-a-Cruiser Holiday Event

  02-12-2017 23:46
  
  Shopping carts lined up outside this Newington Walmart filled up quickly, as members of the Newington Police Department played Santa’s elves for their annual stuff-a-cruiser event on Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• 1 man injured in Bridgeport shooting

  02-12-2017 23:39
  BRIDGEPORT — One man is in the hospital, after they were shot Friday night.
  Police said that a man limped to St. Vincent’s Medical Center with a non- life threatening gunshot wound.  Officials could not say where the victim was shot.
  Calls for shot fired came in after 9 p.m. around the area of Beechmont Avenue and Valley Avenue. Officers that responded to the call, found a crime scene at 300 block of Valley Avenue.
  The victim’s identity has not been released.
  
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• North Korea’s new ICBM likely broke up upon re-entry, US official says

  02-12-2017 22:07
  WASHINGTON, D.C. —  An intercontinental ballistic missile that North Korea said could reach the “whole” mainland of the United States likely broke up upon re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, a US official said Saturday.
  North Korea on Tuesday broke a two-month lull in weapons testing. It launched an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong-15, that state-controlled media described as the “most powerful ICBM” carrying a “s
  
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• State’s congressional delegation respond to tax reform passage

  02-12-2017 20:31
  Republicans are celebrating the passage in the U.S. Senate of a tax reform plan that could have historic consequences.  Connecticut’s representatives in Washington, D.C. are reacting to the passage of the landmark tax reform bill passed by the Senate last night. The U.S. House of Representatives has already passed their version of the bill — any differences must be worked out in a conference committee before being sent to President Trump.  Trump said on Twitter that he look
  
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• Three people escape robbery at gunpoint in Vernon; suspect in custody

  02-12-2017 19:34
  About 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, Vernon Police received a frantic call from a woman stating that someone had just held a gun to her head.She told the officers who responded that she and a friend were giving two men a ride to Springfield, MA.  But when they stopped at the Shell gas station on Hartford Turnpike, one of the male passengers pulled out a gun and held it to her head.  The man, Trevor McCarthy, hit the victim in the head with the gun and told her he would shoot her if she didn&rs
  
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• Woman Giving Men a Ride Held at Gunpoint in Vernon

  02-12-2017 19:29
  
  A woman who was giving two men a ride was held at gunpoint early Saturday morning.Photo Credit: Vernon Police
  
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• 2 Men Charged With Sexually Assaulting Boy Met Through App

  02-12-2017 19:16
  DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Two Connecticut men have been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy they met through a dating app.
  Police say 56-year-old Timothy Connolly turned himself in Friday. Thirty-one-year-old Jamal Jackson was arrested Thursday in Danbury when he appeared in court for an unrelated matter.
  Police say a 15-year-old boy had come to the department with his parents to report the sexual encounter hours after it allegedly happened in July. The boy said he had met the men
  
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• Yale alumni contribute to star athlete’s sex-expulsion case

  02-12-2017 19:05
  HARTFORD — Court documents show Yale University alumni are helping pay the legal costs of a former basketball star who is fighting his expulsion for sexual misconduct.
  Jack Montague told attorneys in a court deposition that between $25,000 and $30,000 has been raised from alumni to help fund his lawsuit. He claims he was wrongly expelled in 2016. He is seeking monetary damages and to be readmitted to the Ivy League school.
  Montague says his former teammates also helped raise another $5,000
  
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• 75-Year-Old Man Dead After Trailer Park Fire in Shelton

  02-12-2017 18:50
  
  One person is dead after a fire broke out in a Shelton trailer park on Friday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Victim Identified in Fatal Hartford Shooting

  02-12-2017 18:13
  
  Police have identified the victim in the fatal Hartford shooting that killed one man on Friday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Silver alert for 4 year old and 1 year old; last seen in Middletown

  02-12-2017 18:00
  MIDDLETOWN — Connecticut State Police have issued Silver Alerts two Middletown siblings who have been missing since Wednesday.
  Police are advising the public to be on the lookout for four-year-old Natasha Thompson and one-year-old Jacob Meeks. Both were last seen in Middletown.
  Jacob Meeks, the one-year-old, is white, has blonde hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing a blue shirt and jeans.
  4-year-old Natasha Thompson is also white with blonde hair and blue eyes. Police say she was
  
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• FOUND: Silver Alert for missing Middletown 4 year-old and 1 year-old resolved

  02-12-2017 18:00
  MIDDLETOWN — Connecticut State Police have resolved the Silver alert involving the two missing children who have been missing since Wednesday.
  Police resolved the Silver Alert at 7:28 p.m. for Natasha Thompson and Jacob Meeks.  Police said they found the two missing children with their parents, Kristina Thompson and Andy Meeks, in New Haven. The children were found in good health and were taken into custody of DCF.
  The parents, Thompson and Meeks were taken into custody due to th
  
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• Police Look for 1-Year-Old and 3-Year-Old Suspected to Be With Parents

  02-12-2017 17:59
  
  Police are looking for a 1-year-old and 3-year-old suspected to be with their mother and her boyfriend who are both known drug-users.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Police investigating shooting death at home in Kent

  02-12-2017 17:41
  KENT— Connecticut State Police are investigating a shooting death in the rural town of Kent, on the New York border.
  Troopers responded to a home on Kent Cornwall Road  around 6 p.m. Friday. One person was found with an apparent fatal gunshot wound. The medical examiner’s office will determine the exact cause and manner of death.
  Detectives from the Western District Major Crime squad have assumed the investigation.  State police say a person of interest was taken into
  
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• Person of Interest in Custody After Deadly Kent Shooting

  02-12-2017 17:34
  
  A person of interest was taken into custody after one person was shot and killed in Kent on Friday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Call Center Hours Extended At Access Health CT

  02-12-2017 16:22
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace is extending call center operating hours to help people sign up for health insurance before the shortened open enrollment period ends.
  The call center will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, from Dec. 11 through Dec. 21.
  There will also be expanded weekend hours on Dec. 22, the enrollment deadline.
  The call center will be open from 8 a.m. until midnight.
  Access Health CT CEO Jim Wadleigh (Wahd-LEE&rs
  
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• Fire In Shelton Leaves One Dead

  02-12-2017 15:51
  (Shelton, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – In Shelton, police and fire officials are investigating a fatal fire from Friday night.
  Authorities say around 7:45 p.m., they responded to the blaze at 35 Hemlock Drive at the Fairchild trailer park in the city.
  Upon their arrival, first responders were met with flames shooting out from one structure.
  They received reports that at least one person was inside.
  Once the fire was extinguished, they found 75-year-old Richard Kowalsky in the trailer.
  He was p
  
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• Person Of Interest In Fatal Shooting

  02-12-2017 15:49
  (Kent, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – In Kent, one person is dead following a shooting in that small town Friday night.
  State Police Sergeant Eric Haglund says the call came in around 6:00 to Kent Cornwall Road, reporting one person had sustained a fatal gunshot wound.
  Investigators say they do have a person of interest in custody.
  However, there’s no word yet on a motive or the identity of the victim.
  
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• Police shoot gunman who opens fire at California hospital

  02-12-2017 13:22
  BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — A man was shot Friday after police say he opened fire at a hospital in Bakersfield, California.
  Police responded to the Bakersfield Heart Hospital after they received reports of an active shooter.
  Assistant Police Chief Greg Terry said the suspect first fired several shots into a glass door at the rear of the building and then entered the hospital with a handgun and an assault rifle.
  The man was confronted by a security officer but no shots were fired.
  Shortly after,
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: Tips on how to set & keep to a budget when shopping for the holidays

  02-12-2017 12:32
  Do you struggle with how to set and keep a budget for your holiday shopping?
  Certified Financial Educator Patrina Dixon share some helpful tips.
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: Novel Hartford Training Program for Hartford young adults

  02-12-2017 12:31
  The Capital City Youth Build AmeriCorps program is a novel training program for Hartford young adults, ages 18-14 – who are not in school.
  It’s run by the Community Renewal Team. Program Manager Cynthia Baisden joins Stan Simpson to explain more.
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: CT politics – A much anticipated 2018

  02-12-2017 12:30
  With Gov. Dan Malloy not running for a third term, the race to replace him in 2018 is wide open.
  A plethora of candidates have expressed interest. The latest – and arguably most intriguing – is Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. He is finishing his second year as mayor of the capital city and had previously vowed to stay at least a full term.
  In related news, popular Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman said she will not be running for the top job. And Secretary of State George Jepsen says he will not be r
  
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• Hartford Police Investigating Friday Homicide

  02-12-2017 11:54
  (Hartford, CONN./ CBS Connecticut)– Hartford Police are investigating the death of a man found in the City’s South End Friday evening.
  Six rounds of bullets activated a shotspotter alert for Police who responded to Bond Street a little after 8 p.m. to find 45-year-old Edgardo Galindez of Hartford on the sidewalk.
  Galindez was pronounced dead on scene around 8:30 p.m. He had been suffering from multiple gunshot wounds when police and paramedics arrived.
  Hartford detectives and th
  
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• Police: Social media trash talking led to fight between New Canaan, Darien football players; 2 players arrested

  02-12-2017 04:57
  NEW CANAAN — Police in Connecticut say trash talking on social media led to an assault at a home in a wealthy suburb that resulted in the arrests of two high school football players and another student on the night before a big game.
  An arrest warrant affidavit released Thursday revealed details of the Nov. 6 confrontation at a New Canaan home.
  Police said a New Canaan teen started the feud in Snapchat communications with a female friend in Darien by disparaging Darien High School. Authori
  
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• Family wish realized: Father and hometown hero buried at Arlington

  02-12-2017 04:57
  NEW BRITAIN -- Scott Johnson wore many hats. He was a husband and father, a New Britain Firefighter, and a Chief Petty Officer for the U.S. Coast Guard.
  Sadly, Johnson also was a victim of colorectal cancer and died of the disease in August. He was just 43-years-old.
  Johnson had a dying wish which was to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, where his father, Roy, a marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient, is also buried.
  After months of working the phones, writing letters, and makin
  
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• A hands on glimpse into the history of the Hardware City

  02-12-2017 04:48
  NEW BRITAIN – The Hardware City is celebrating its history and inspiring the future with the New Britain Industrial Museum.
  “If you want to know about industry, innovation, inventiveness that’s pretty much what we’re about,” Acting Museum Director Randall Judd said.
  The Museum, previously located within CCSU, is reopening at a new location at 59 West Main Street. He said the museum is the former coffee shop of the old Burrit Hotel.
  Judd is hoping the location, step
  
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• Neighborhood walk in New Britain set for Saturday following controversial Facebook post by former mayor

  02-12-2017 04:36
  NEW BRITAIN --  A couple of New Britain common council members will get a first hand look Saturday at problems residents have been complaining about in the North and Oak Street neighborhoods.
  Council pro tempore Eva Magnuszewski and new council member Iris Sanchez will go on a '"walk-through" Saturday morning with residents pointing out the problems.
  The gesture comes at the end of a contentious week that began with a resident of the neighborhood accusing the council of ignoring their prob
  
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• Woman reportedly went through 50 surgeries to look like Angelina Jolie

  02-12-2017 04:24
  An Angelina Jolie fan has sparked conversation with her own social media followers with photos that show her trying to look like the Hollywood star.
  The Daily Mail says, Sahar Tabar, 22, from Tehran, Iran, has an Instagram account shows her with Angelina-esque cheekbones and famously plump pout, albeit much different versions.
  Belgian media has reported that Sahar has undergone 50 procedures to look like Jolie.
  Tabar has over 590 thousands followers on Instagram.
  
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• A man’s tattoo left doctors debating whether to save his life

  02-12-2017 04:13
  FLORIDA — Picture this: A man is admitted to the hospital, unconscious, with a history of serious health problems and a high blood alcohol level. He has no identification and no family with him. On his chest, he has a tattoo: “Do Not Resuscitate.”
  What would you do?
  It sounds like a worst-case-scenario question from a medical ethics course, but it really happened recently at a Florida hospital. A newly published study in The New England Journal of Medicine explored th
  
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• FD: 1 dead following fire in Shelton

  02-12-2017 03:51
  SHELTON —  Fire officials said one person has died following a house fire Friday night.
  Shelton Fire Department said the fire broke out in the Fairchild Heights Trailer Park off of Bridgeport Avenue around 7 p.m.
  This story is developing and will be updated.
  
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• One Dead After Shooting at Home in Kent

  02-12-2017 03:26
  
  State police responded to a shooting at a home in Kent Friday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• One Dead In Kent Shooting

  02-12-2017 03:24
  (KENT,Conn./WTIC News) – A person who sustained a gunshot wound Friday evening in Kent has died.
  State Police have a suspect in custody.
  No other information has been released.
  
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• AP source: Boone picked by Yankees as next manager

  02-12-2017 02:57
  NEW YORK  — A person familiar with the decision says the New York Yankees have picked ESPN broadcaster Aaron Boone to succeed Joe Girardi as manager.
  The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday night because the decision had not been announced by the team.
  The decision was first reported by former New York Daily News columnist Bill Madden.
  Now 44, Boone has never been a manager or even a coach at any level since retiring as a player after the 2009 season. His 11th-inning home ru
  
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• Report: Yankees Select Aaron Boone As Their Next Manager

  02-12-2017 02:56
  NEW YORK (AP) _ The Yankees have picked ESPN broadcaster Aaron Boone to succeed Joe Girardi as manager, a person familiar with New York’s decision told The Associated Press.
  The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday night because the decision had not been announced by the team.Now 44, Boone has never been a manager or even a coach at any level since retiring as a player after the 2009 season. His 11th-inning home run off Boston’s Tim Wakefield won Game 7 of the AL Championshi
  
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• Aaron Judge gets 10 votes for New York City mayor

  02-12-2017 02:35
  NEW YORK — A unanimous winner of the AL Rookie of the Year Award and runner-up in Most Valuable Player voting, Aaron Judge also received ballots in another election: for New York City mayor.
  The New York Yankees right fielder was listed on 10 ballots as a write-in candidate for mayor, according to final totals released late Tuesday by the New York City Board of Elections.
  Judge received three votes in New York County (Manhattan and the Marble Hill section of the Bronx), four in Brooklyn, t
  
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• PD: 1 dead following shooting in Hartford

  02-12-2017 02:29
  HARTFORD --  Police said they are investigating a shooting that took place Friday night.
  Hartford police said the shooting occurred at 93 Bond Street. Police said a man in his 40s has died after suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. No other details have been released.
  We’re seeing the body covered by a tarp on the sidewalk
  — Carmen Chau (@CChauFOX61) December 2, 2017HPD calling for the Major Crimes Unit to Bond Street right now
  — Carmen Chau (@CChauFOX61) December 2, 2
  
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• Hartford police investigating a shooting

  02-12-2017 02:29
  HARTFORD —  Police said they are investigating a shooting that took place Friday night.
  Hartford police said the shooting occurred at 93 Bond Street.
  We’re seeing the body covered by a tarp on the sidewalk
  — Carmen Chau (@CChauFOX61) December 2, 2017HPD calling for the Major Crimes Unit to Bond Street right now
  — Carmen Chau (@CChauFOX61) December 2, 2017Hartford police investigating a shooting on Bond Street. Expect the area to be closed off as they investigate. pic
  
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• Potentially hundreds of New Haven residents have faulty foundations

  02-12-2017 02:07
  NEW HAVEN -- When the State Bonding Commission awarded residents of northeastern Connecticut communities $5 million to fix their crumbling basements last month, many residents of New Haven took note.
  Residents of the Westville section of New Haven, near the Yale Golf Course, have had issues with their home’s foundations crumbling or sinking and even flooding for more than a decade.
  And local and state legislators are asking that the governor approve $4 million in state funding for assessm
  
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• Monica Lewinsky slams HLN special carrying her name

  02-12-2017 01:50
  NEW YORK — Monica Lewinsky isn’t too pleased with the title of an upcoming TV special about her affair with President Bill Clinton that led to his impeachment.
  Lewinsky tweeted a screenshot of a headline about an HLN special, “The Monica Lewinsky Scandal.” She crossed out the title and suggested replacing it with “The Starr Investigation” or “The Clinton Impeachment.” She quipped in the tweet: “fixed it for you. you’re welcome.”
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• Mix of sun and clouds for the weekend with temps in the 40s

  02-12-2017 01:31
  This weekend will not be perfectly sunny with a few weak disturbances passing through the area. But it will be dry with temperatures near average for this time of year (40s). Overall, not bad for the first weekend in December!
  The next chance for rain will come next Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the 50s. The rain is associated with a strong cold front that will bring a big change in the weather pattern.
  It will turn much colder Friday into next weekend.  High temperatures may struggl
  
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• Towns to Receive Reimbursements for Police Body Cameras

  02-12-2017 01:17
  
  More than $1.7 million in reimbursements are coming to over a dozen Connecticut police departments that paid up front for body cameras and other equipment.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Investigate Shooting in Kent

  02-12-2017 01:16
  
  State police responded to a shooting at a home in Kent Friday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Simsbury PD: 2 men wanted for suspicion, no longer wanted

  02-12-2017 01:14
  SIMSBURY —  Police said the two men who were wanted for suspiciously ringing a doorbell at a home, are no longer wanted.
  Simsbury police said the two gentlemen identified themselves and were found to be “legitimately on the premise.”
  “SPD would like to take this opportunity to not only thank those who tried to assist with information, but to encourage people to be observant, secure your premises and belongings, look out for one another and do not hesitate to call the
  
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• UConn Students Call For End To Campus Hate Speech

  02-12-2017 00:44
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) _ University of Connecticut students have rallied to call on school officials to prevent hate speech on campus, in response to an altercation at an event featuring a conservative commentator earlier this week.
  Students said Friday that the university should not condone speeches like the one titled “It’s OK To Be White” given on campus Tuesday by Lucian Wintrich, the White House correspondent for the right-wing blog Gateway Pundit.
  A young woman appeared to ta
  
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• Conservative speaker event spurs student rally at UConn

  02-12-2017 00:24
  STORRS — University of Connecticut students are calling on school officials to put a stop to hate speech on campus, in response to an altercation featuring a conservative commentator earlier this week.
  Students said Friday at a rally that the university should not condone speeches like the one titled, "It's OK To Be White." The speech was given on campus Tuesday by Lucian Wintrich, the White House correspondent for the right-wing blog Gateway Pundit.
  During Wintrich's event, a young
  
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• Send-off For Hartford Police Athletic League Football Team

  02-12-2017 00:20
  (CBS Connecticut) — A small crowd today sent off a Police Athletic League football team from the Capitol City that is heading to Florida to take part in a national tournament.
  The Hartford Wildcats are made up of 11-year-olds from Hartford and East Hartford.
  Coach Guillermo Casado says the team won its league, then was victorious on the state level, and eventually came out on top in the New England Region.
  “The camaraderie, the love that they share with each other, the time they spen
  
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• Renters Rebate Enrollees To Get Delayed Checks

  02-12-2017 00:19
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Thousands of elderly and disabled Connecticut renters with limited incomes will soon begin receiving delayed state reimbursement checks.
  Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office announced Friday that the rebates should arrive over the next few days. Daily batches of approximately 8,000 checks will be mailed until all of the nearly 50,000 checks have been sent.
  Office of Policy and Management Secretary Ben Barnes is thanking enrollees in the state’s Ren
  
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• Stonington Awarded For New Autism Safety System

  02-12-2017 00:11
  
  A new system in Stonington called “Citizens with Autism Safety System” (CASS) is helping families and first responders keep people with autism safe.
  
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