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• Regents Approve Community College Merger

  14-12-2017 22:43
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is moving ahead with a plan to combine its community colleges into one school with 12 campuses.
  The state’s Board of Regents for Higher Education approved a plan on Thursday that will merge the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system into a single institution.
  Officials say the plan will save $28 million by consolidating administration of the system. It’s expected to cut 190 jobs and take two years to implement.
  Some faculty m
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick Clash Of Champions 2017

  14-12-2017 22:39
  By Chuck Carroll
  The WWE Clash of Champions card features the return of Daniel Bryan to a match for the first time since his retirement. No, he’s not wrestling. But it is a gigantic step forward for the former champion, whose concussion history forced a premature retirement, to be in the ring as a referee.
  Bryan has been adamant that he will wrestle again one day. Will it be in WWE? That is up to the company doctor to decide. For now, we’re being teased with that possibility, as the
  
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• State Approves Merger Of Community College Administrations

  14-12-2017 22:29
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Connecticut is moving ahead with a plan to combine its 12 community colleges into one school with 12 campuses.
  The state’s Board of Regents for Higher Education approved a plan on Thursday that will merge the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system into a single institution.
  Officials say the plan will save $28 million by consolidating administration of the system. It’s expected to cut 190 jobs and take two years to implement.
  Some faculty members h
  
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• Coast Guard Tracks 1,000 Icebergs In Shipping Lanes In 2017

  14-12-2017 22:14
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) _ The U.S. Coast Guard says about 1,000 icebergs drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes this year, marking the fourth consecutive “extreme” ice season.
  The Coast Guard International Ice Patrol monitors iceberg danger in the North Atlantic and warns ships.It held its annual meeting Thursday to discuss 2017 and look ahead to 2018.
  The Ice Patrol says storms broke up significant amounts of sea ice in 2017, freeing many icebergs, and that Greenland glaciers
  
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• Board Votes to Consolidate State Colleges

  14-12-2017 22:11
  
  The Connecticut State Colleges and University board of regents has voted in favor of a plan to consolidate campuses and staffing by combining the state's 12 community colleges into one college with three regions...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Former Transit Employee Ordered to pay $8,600 To Avoid Jail

  14-12-2017 22:10
  NORWALK, Conn. (AP) _ A former Norwalk Transit District employee will avoid jail time if he repays $8,600 that prosecutors say he embezzled from the bus company.
  The Norwalk Hour reports 40-year-old Otis Weeks, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty to first degree larceny on Wednesday. He will face only probation if he returns the money during sentencing on Feb. 15, but otherwise could be ordered to spend up to three years in jail.
  Police say Weeks stole more than $24,000 from August 2016 to February 2017
  
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• Paulie Malignaggi: ‘Joshua Vs. Klitschko Was Best Fight Of 2017’

  14-12-2017 22:00
  By DJ Sixsmith
  Boxing had an incredibly interesting year. But ‘interesting’ only begins to describe the sweet science in 2017, with all the surprising, unexpected, and, of course, entertaining events that happened in and around the boxing ring. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor fought possibly the most anticipated fight ever, with a buildup and payday to match. Anthony Joshua went to Wembley Stadium and took down Wladimir Klitschko in what some argue was the best heavyweight fi
  
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• Search of Hartford Chicken Restaurant Leads to Several Arrests

  14-12-2017 21:42
  
  An investigation into a man suspected of drugs and firearms violations let to a raid on a Hartford chicken restaurant where police found Molly marijuana and more. And police said that was just part of the...Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Nurses Aide Accused Of Sexual Assault

  14-12-2017 21:19
  ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut nurse’s aide who was accused of sexually
  assaulting a female patient has been arrested. The Journal-Enquirer reports
  26-year-old Marshal Sharif, of Manchester, has been charged with second-degree
  sexual assault of a physically helpless person. Court records say the
  56-year-old patient reported she was assaulted at the Parkway Pavilion Health
  and Rehabilitation Center in Enfield in January. The woman says Sharif assaulted
  her eight to 10 times as he
  
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• The end of net neutrality: What it all means

  14-12-2017 20:38
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  The fight for the future of the internet just came to a head.
  The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to repeal Obama-era net neutrality protections. The repeal passed along a party-line vote.
  Ajit Pai, the FCC chairman appointed by President Trump, has framed the repeal as getting the government to “stop micromanaging the internet.”
  The move is supported by the telecom industry, which claims existing regulations threaten to hamper br
  
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• ‘Survivor’ Castoff Ashley Nolan: ‘We Should Have Been on Ben Patrol At All Times.’

  14-12-2017 20:34
  CBS Local – Who leaves a dominant player like Ben alone to search for an idol? These remaining castoffs of “Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers” do. That’s partially why this week’s castoff – Ashley Nolan – had her torch snuffed. Here’s her unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on the goings-on behind the scene as well as the moment she realized her game was done.
  AB: Do you think i
  
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• Missing Suffield Woman Found in Simsbury

  14-12-2017 20:24
  
  A 52-year-old Suffield woman who was reported missing on Wednesday was found in Simsbury on Thursday.Photo Credit: Suffield Police
  
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• Water Main Break Closes Schools in Winchester

  14-12-2017 20:21
  
  Schools in Winchester were closed Thursday because a water main on Main Street broke around 3:30 a.m., but the superintendent said there will be school Friday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Investigate Armed Robbery at Gas Station in Prospect

  14-12-2017 20:15
  
  Two people held up a clerk and robbed the Sunoco gas station at 68 Waterbury Road in Prospect at gunpoint Wednesday night and police are looking for them.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• UK surgeon admits signing initials on patients’ livers

  14-12-2017 20:11
  LONDON — A British surgeon has admitted assaulting two patients by burning his initials into their livers during transplant operations.
  Simon Bramhall pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of assault, in a case a prosecutor called “without legal precedent in criminal law.”
  Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, which seals bleeding blood vessels with an electric beam, to mark his initials on the organs.
  Prosecutor Tony Badenoch says the brandings were “an intentional ap
  
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• Willimantic police: Man sexually assaulted 3 girls

  14-12-2017 19:51
  WILLIMANTIC — Willimantic police  said they have arrested a man on a variety of sexual assault charges.
  They said that after a 4-month investigation, Angel Rosario, 51,  was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with risk of sexual injury to a minor, and first-degree sexual assault and fourth degree sexual assault involving three minors.
  The victims were all juvenile girls and ranged in age of 7-14 years old, according to police. Rosario is currently being held on 
  
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• Extensive Investigation and Arrests By Hartford Vice And Narcotics Detectives

  14-12-2017 19:46
  Hartford, Ct.  (WTIC 1080 News)  Following an extensive investigation Hartford police Vice and Narcotics Detectives located and arrested Pascious Minks on
  Wednesday. A search of 2739 Main Street turned up Molly, 5.5 ounces Marijuana, Suboxone Narcotics, packaging, scales, materials, controlled substance pills and
  over $2300. cash. Another location was searched, this time 202 Mary Sheppard Place where police seized several stolen and suspected stolen firearms including 2
  assault weapons
  
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• As ‘Net Neutrality’ Vote Nears, Some Brace For A Long Fight

  14-12-2017 19:43
  NEW YORK (AP) – The federal government is preparing to unravel sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet. And advocates of the regulations are bracing for a long fight.
  The Thursday vote scheduled at the Federal Communications Commission could usher in big changes in how Americans use the internet. It’s a radical departure from more than a decade of federal oversight.
  The broadband industry promises that the internet experience isn’t going to ch
  
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• Man Found With 11 Pounds of Marijuana in Jeep: Police

  14-12-2017 19:34
  
  State police said they stopped a man on Interstate 91 in North Haven Wednesday and found more than 11 pounds of marijuana in his car.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• This Week In College Basketball: Wildcats Back At Top Of Rankings

  14-12-2017 18:59
  By Steve Silverman
  Villanova has staked its claim to the top spot in the college basketball rankings, and the Wildcats may just be able to stay on top for quite a while.
  Head coach Jay Wright saw his team move into the top spot after Duke lost its first game of the season, dropping an 89-84 decision at Boston College last week.
  The Blue Devils had a rather shoddy defensive effort against the Eagles that is atypical of a Mike Krzyzewski-coached team. Boston College connected on 31-of-61 shots ove
  
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• Florida man arrested after stepfather finds disturbing images on 9-year-old’s tablet

  14-12-2017 18:21
  THOMASVILLE, N.C. -- A Florida man is facing child pornography charges after a notification on a 9-year-old North Carolina girl's tablet prompted her stepfather to call police.
  "There it was in plain sight," Joseph Lyons told WGHP. "A pedophile just exposing himself to my little girl. She didn't deserve the pictures that she got."
  She was using the app "Say Hi." Lyons said he saw a video of a man named Scott molesting a little girl. He says he will never get that image out of his head. Even mor
  
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• Regal Cinemas to start serving Cheetos popcorn

  14-12-2017 18:18
  Could there be a better combination than movie theater popcorn and Cheetos?
  Luckily for moviegoers everywhere, Regal Cinemas is pairing up with the popular snack to serve Cheetos popcorn.
  The snack is available in 32 oz. cups and will include both Cheetos-flavored popcorn and actual Cheetos.
  Humanity has peaked. pic.twitter.com/d4kKr0s2YY
  — Chris Branch (@cbranch89) November 16, 2017“We’re excited to give moviegoers a chance to experience Cheetos in an unexpected and delicious
  
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• A month after a New York woman died, someone used her identity to campaign against net neutrality

  14-12-2017 18:15
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  Margaret Mary Basco died on June 9, 2017, at Saint Peter’s Hospital in Albany, New York. She was 58.
  And then, just over a month after she died, Margaret Basco submitted a comment to the Federal Communications Commission about its proposal to overturn net neutrality.
  “The unprecedented regulatory power the Obama Administration imposed on the internet is smothering innovation, damaging the American economy and obstructing job creation,” the comment read.
  Basco’
  
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• Man accused of groping teenage girls inside Starbucks near Colorado high school

  14-12-2017 18:12
  ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. -- A man is behind bars after a surveillance operation caught him inappropriately touching teenage girls at a Starbucks near their high school.
  Sergio Gallegos-Munoz, 40 of Denver, was booked into the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility on Monday on three counts of sexual assault on a child and three counts of unlawful sexual contact, according to KDVR.
  The sheriff's office said it had received several reports over a one-month period of a man having u
  
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• Surgeon Admits To Burning Initials Into Patients’ Livers

  14-12-2017 18:11
  CBS Local — A British doctor has admitted to burning his initials into the livers of two patients during organ transplant surgery. Dr. Simon Bramhall has now been charged with assault, years after another surgeon discovered the branding.
  Bramhall pleaded guilty to two counts of assault on Dec. 13, in a case that prosecutor Tony Badenoch called, “without legal precedent in criminal law.” The prosecution added that the 2013 assaults were carried out, “with a disregard for t
  
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• Mom arrested after 4-month-old baby found unresponsive

  14-12-2017 18:09
  WESTMINSTER, Calif. - A 29-year-old mother in Westminster, California was arrested after her baby was found unresponsive, police said Wednesday. Her boyfriend said she “kept laughing” when he asked what happened to their baby, according to KTLA.
  Westminster police officers responded to their home about 10:55 p.m. Tuesday.
  The baby’s father told police his girlfriend, Thi Nhat Ha Nguyen was acting strangely and their son, Nau, was not breathing.
  Hung Nguyen told KTLA that he as
  
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• Ohio man tried to trade chicken Alfredo, Sprite for sex with minor: police

  14-12-2017 18:04
  AUSTINTOWN, Ohio – An Ohio college student faces multiple charges after police say he tried to have sex with an underage boy, who turned out to be an undercover officer, according to WXIX.
  Austintown police arrested Albert Maruna IV, 22, a student at Youngstown State University, on charges of attempted unlawful sexual contact with a minor, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, possessing criminal tools and importuning.
  College student arrested; tried to trade chicken alfredo, Sprite f
  
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• Meriden Man Arrested On Over 11 Pounds of Pot Possession

  14-12-2017 18:04
  Meriden, Ct. – (WTIC 1080 News) Police conducted a traffic stop on I-91 northbound just after 9 o’clock wednesday night when a trooper observed a white Grand
  Cherokee Jeep unable to maintain his lane. The trooper detected an odor of marijuana while speaking to the driver. After searching the vehicle police found 11 1/2
  pounds of marijuana, 4 cell phones and over $6800 dollars cash. Another cell phone was found on the person of Joel Cruz of Meriden. Cruz was arrested and taken
  into cu
  
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• Willimantic Police Arrest Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting 3 Girls

  14-12-2017 18:02
  
  Willimantic police have arrested a 51-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting three girls.Photo Credit: Willimantic Police
  
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• Manchester Bus Gets Stuck in Snow

  14-12-2017 18:00
  
  A Manchester School bus got stuck in the snow Thursday morning.
  
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• See How Much Snow Your Town Got

  14-12-2017 17:59
  
  Following are snow totals from across the state as of this morning.Photo Credit: drsteelers75
  
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• Teen accused of stabbing K-9 could face just 15 days in jail, according to Missouri law

  14-12-2017 17:41
  CASS COUNTY, Mo. – A Missouri K-9 named Champ is recovering after being stabbed in the neck as he was trying to stop a suspected thief – who may only spend a couple weeks in jail.
  Champ tracked Zachary Wilbanks, 17, from the Harrisonville Walmart to a field behind a nearby strip mall.
  “It was pretty amazing how many cops showed up," witness Jake Niemann told WDAF.
  The deputy handling Champ heard a bark and a yelp. Wilbanks was tracked down a short time later. But as the d
  
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• Opinion: Another Christmas Without Vicki After Sandy Hook

  14-12-2017 17:16
  
  Carlee Soto's sister Victoria Soto was shot and killed while shielding her students from gunfire during the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook School in December 2012. She wrote this essay for NBC News' THINK...Photo Credit: AP
  
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• State Representatives Head to Puerto Rico to Bring Donations

  14-12-2017 17:14
  
  State Representatives Geraldo Reyes, of Waterbury, and Minnie Gonzalez, of Hartford, will be going to Puerto Rico this week, but traveling there will be no vacation for them.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Woman Charged With Guitar Theft From Disabled Man

  14-12-2017 16:49
  SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut woman has been charged with stealing two electric guitars from a disabled man she’d been hired to care for.
  The New Britain Herald reports that police allege 54-year-old Barbara Nolan stole the guitars worth $1,500 during the summer and sold them to a local musicstore.
  She appeared in court this week to face a fourth-degree larceny charge.
  Police say Nolan was hired by a Southington man paralyzed below the waist.
  He contacted police when he not
  
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• Police Investigating Armed Robbery In Prospect

  14-12-2017 16:09
  Prospect, Ct. (WTIC 1080 News)  State Police from Troop I and Prospect police are investigating an armed robbery at the Prospect Sunoco gas station on Waterbury Road around 8:45 Wednesday
  night. Upon arrival police were told two male suspects walked into the gas station, one of the pointed a gun at the attenednat and demanded money. The fled toward Scott Road in Prospect after
  taking $100. cash and $800. worth of Newport Cigarettes. The two suspects were decsribed as a young black male
  
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• Police Arrest Greenwich Man For Indecent Behavior

  14-12-2017 15:53
  Greenwich, Ct. -( WTIC 1080 News)  Greenwich Police responded to a report of a person exposing and pleasuring himself to high school age kids walking to a bus stop on Booth place. Two victims
  and one of the victims mother’s provided sworn statements to authorities. Police arrested Gerrymie Herrera for exposing himself from his second story window on Armstrong Court. Herrera
  admitted to police that he did in fact perform the act.  Herrra was released on a $260 bond and scheduled t
  
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• Patriots Team Headlines: As Showdown With Steelers Approaches, Pats Make A Lot Of Roster Moves

  14-12-2017 15:50
  By Danny Cox
  This weekend will easily bring one of the biggest games of the 2017 NFL regular season as the 11-2 Pittsburgh Steelers take on the 10-3 New England Patriots. Both teams were on a bit of a hot streak until the Pats fell short this past week against the Miami Dolphins in a shocking loss on Monday Night Football.
  Still, there is nothing to say they won’t bounce back this week, and it is putting a lot of hype on the huge match-up, which has Steelers’ head coach Mike Tomlin v
  
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• UPS Employee Charged With Stealing Items During Deliveries

  14-12-2017 15:43
  NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ A UPS employee in Connecticut has been charged with committing two thefts while making his deliveries.
  North Haven police say 26-year-old Quintell Suggs was arrested earlier this week, just days after he was hired as a temporary employee for the holiday season.
  A woman told police she saw Suggs remove a package from her mailbox and open it while he was making another delivery. She says she confronted him after seeing him slip a video game under
  his shirt. Police recover
  
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• 2 Arrested, Large Amount Of Heroin Seized In Springfield

  14-12-2017 15:36
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ Police in Massachusetts say they have seized about 23,000 bags of heroin and arrested two people after executing a search warrant at a Springfield home.The raid Wednesday afternoon also netted about $13,000 in cash, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
  Police arrested 23-year-old Brian Santiago and 46-year-old Javier Torres at the scene and charged them with heroin trafficking and marijuana possession.Santiago also faces a charge of illegal possession of ammunition.
  They a
  
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• New London Police Officer Suspended

  14-12-2017 15:29
  NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) _ A veteran New London police officer has been suspended for using excessive force during an arrest last year.
  Chief Peter Reichard tells The Day that Officer Deana Nott was suspended following the conclusion of an internal affairs investigation into the June 2016 incident that wrapped up last week.He did not know the exact length of the suspension but Nott’s lawyer says he believes it is for seven days.
  Nott was accused of striking a handcuffed man in the face as th
  
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• Plow Catches Fire in Clinton

  14-12-2017 13:43
  
  A pickup with a plow caught fire in Clinton Thursday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Disney buys 21st Century Fox in $52 billion deal

  14-12-2017 13:11
  BURBANK — Disney has reportedly bought 21st Century Fox in a deal worth $52 billion.
  It will bring together the film studios and help them grow overseas.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway December 14, 2017

  14-12-2017 12:17
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  7:20- Jordan Goodman, “America’s Money Answers Man,” says it’s certainly been a great year for bitcoin — starting in January at less than $1,000 and soaring to its current value of more than $17,000. While the worth of this recently new currency has rapidly increased, some leading economists are calling bitcoin a bubble and a fraud.
  7:50- Jack Pott, the producer and director of a Christmas Festival i
  
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• Kentucky lawmaker found dead after sexual assault allegations

  14-12-2017 12:02
  LOUISVILLE, KY — A Kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2013 died in a probable suicide Wednesday, a day after he denied the allegations.
  Republican State Rep. Dan Johnson was found dead of a single gunshot wound near Mount Washington, Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said.
  He drove onto a bridge in a rural area southeast of Louisville, parked and shot himself in front of his car, Sheriff Donnie Tinnell told CNN affiliate WDRB.
  Shortly before his deat
  
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• Governor Malloy releases budget mitigation plan

  14-12-2017 10:45
  HARTFORD –– Governor Malloy released his constitutional obligatory deficit mitigation plan to the legislature Wednesday afternoon.
  In it are cuts to services and hikes in taxes. They are painful proposals that the administration says are necessary to balance  the budget with a deficit of more than 200 million dollars.
  Social Services will be taking a hit in the funding they receive from the state. It includes the family support grant, school passed health centers as well as ment
  
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• Water main break closes Route 44 in Winsted and Winchester public schools

  14-12-2017 10:23
  WINSTED — Officials confirm they are responding to the area of 47 Main Street (Route 44) in Winsted for a water main break.
  They say the call came in around 3:30 a.m. The road remains closed at this time.
  Winchester public schools are also closed for the day due to the break.
  There is no estiemated time for repairs so morning commuters might want to seek an alternate route.
   
  
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• Early snow leads to sun Thursday; Cold temperatures for Friday

  14-12-2017 10:18
  It’s not a lot of snow, and certainly not worth getting crazy about, but a clipper in bringing in a fresh coating of snow this morning, in advance of the commute. And that’s the problem. An inch of new snow on untreated surfaces will provide plenty of slippery spots, and the potential for delays – and hopefully a minimal amount of accidents.
  The snow winds down quickly and exits the region by lunchtime, leaving us with clearing skies, and sunshine that doesn’t warm us up
  
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• DA investigating suicide of Connecticut prep school student after ‘bullying’

  14-12-2017 06:36
  THOMPSON — The death of a Connecticut prep school student from Massachusetts is under investigation.
  The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office confirmed with FOX 61 that it is investigating the death of Connor Tronerud, 15, of Sutton, Mass.
  Massachusetts State Police are also investigating Tronerud’s death, according to the Worcester D.A.’s office.
  Tronerud attended Marianapolis Preparatory School in Thompson, Conn.
  Tronerud’s obituary directly confronts what
  
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• Sandy Hook victims honored in Wall of Remembrance

  14-12-2017 05:59
  NEWTOWN -- In a quiet hallway in Newtown Municipal Center is a place to reflect and remember the 26 beautiful lives taken at Sandy Hook Elementary School five years ago.
  The families that experienced immense loss on December 14, 2012 helped put together a temporary exhibit with pictures of their loved ones.
  The display includes pictures of the victims with a note that reads in part, “The gallery is a small effort to say we remember and we will never forget."
  First Selectman Daniel C. Rose
  
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