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• 1 person dead after falling into water near Guilford Yacht Club

  03-03-2018 23:37
  Guilford — Coast Guard officials have confirmed that one person is dead after they fell near the Guilford Yacht Club Saturday afternoon.
  Officials said eight people were in a barge on the Long Island Sound when it capsized around 2:30 p.m. Guilford Fire accounted for seven people and began to search for the eighth.
  The Coast Guard  assisted in the search for the missing person.
  One body was found by Guilford Police, which was confirmed to the be the missing boater.
  Guilford Police are
  
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• Nor’easter Causes Travel Headaches

  03-03-2018 23:05
  
  Whether a long trip or just a quick drive down the road, the powerful storm that hit Connecticut Friday caused travel headaches and delays all along the East Coast.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Travelers Delegation Building Baseball Field In Puerto Rico

  03-03-2018 22:46
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Travelers chief executive Alan Schnitzer is leading a delegation of 35 volunteers who are in Puerto Rico to build a baseball field.
  The insurance company says the group is fixing up a field used by youth leagues in Yabucoa as well as an adjacent playscape.
  The company says it reached out to local officials to see what they needed in the wake of the two hurricanes that devastated the island last year.
  They were told by Yabucoa’s mayor, Rafael Surillo Ruiz, that
  
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• Coginchaug Student Arrested After Social Media Threat: PD

  03-03-2018 22:08
  
  A student at Coginchaug Regional High School in Durham has been arrested after an investigation into a threatening social media post.
  
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• Warrant: Wife Of Slain Doctor Claimed Self-Defense

  03-03-2018 21:25
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A newly unsealed arrest warrant says a University of Connecticut scientist charged with killing her professor husband wrote in her journal that it was self-defense.
  The Hartford Courant reports the warrant unsealed Friday in New Britain Superior Court says Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi wrote that Pierluigi Bigazzi came at her with a hammer during a fight over home repairs, and she wrestled it away from him and struck him with it several times.
  Kosuda-Bigazzi is charged wit
  
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• State Treasurer Open To Review Of Investments In Gun Makers

  03-03-2018 20:53
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut state Treasurer Denise Nappier says she is open to reviewing whether the state should keep investments it has in gun companies.
  Nappier was asked last week by Democratic state Sen. Gayle Slossberg, of New Milford, to identify the state’s holdings in gun makers and the process to divest.
  Slossberg says it’s surprising Connecticut still has such investments, considering the state has been a leader in gun safety legislation since the 2012 massacr
  
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• WaPo: Stormy Daniels’ lawyer almost called off agreement with Trump lawyer

  03-03-2018 19:29
  WASHINGTON — The porn star known as Stormy Daniels threatened to call off a nondisclosure agreement with President Donald Trump’s lawyer weeks before the election, The Washington Post reports, citing an email from Daniels’ lawyer obtained by the newspaper.
  Trump’s personal legal counsel, Michael Cohen, agreed to pay the woman, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, reportedly in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair she had with Trump several years prior.
  
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• Senators back bipartisan gun seizure bill based on Conn. law

  03-03-2018 19:16
  HARTFORD — Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham say they’re working together on federal legislation modeled in part after a Connecticut law allowing authorities to temporarily restrict troubled people from having access to guns.
  Blumenthal is a Democrat and Graham is a Republican.
  Blumenthal called the proposal Thursday “a major legislative breakthrough” that differs from other bills introduced since the shooting at a Florida high
  
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• Middlesex Hospital ER Reopens After Car Rams Entrance

  03-03-2018 16:40
  
  The emergency department at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown has reopened after authorities said a man rammed his car into the emergency entrance of the hospital on Crescent Street on Feb. 22.Photo Credit: Middlesex HospitalThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Man Dead After Tree Hits Vehicle

  03-03-2018 16:39
  (Stamford, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Friday’s nor’easter may be to blame for a fatal crash in Stamford.
  State Police say around 1:30 p.m. a vehicle driven by 25-year-old Jonathan Melendez of Hawthorne, New Jersey was struck by a large, falling tree on the Merritt Parkway in Stamford.
  Investigators say Melendez was approaching the Riverbank Road overpass when the tree fell atop the right side of the vehicle.
  The vehicle, a Mini Cooper, came to rest about a quarter mile south of the ov
  
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• Samuelson Named AAC Player Of The Year

  03-03-2018 16:10
  (Storrs, Conn./WTIC Radio) – UConn junior Katie Lou Samuelson has been named the American Athletic Conference women’s basketball Player of the Year.
  Samuelson took top honors, after sharing the award with teammate Napheesa Collier last year.
  Heading into the AAC tournament, Samuelson leads the Huskies in scoring with 18.3 points per game.
  The 6-3 Californian also shoots at a 54.4 percent clip, and leads the nation in three-point percentage at nearly 50-percent.
  In addition, Samuelson
  
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• Nor’Easter Leaves Connecticut A Calling Card

  03-03-2018 15:51
  (Farmington, Conn./WTIC Radio) – Connecticut is cleaning up after the big nor’easter that blasted its way through the state on Friday.
  While mostly a rain and wind event for the vast majority of residents, don’t tell that to those on who live in the far northern and western reaches of the state.
  They received several inches of heavy, wet snow.
  There were numerous reports of trees down that also brought down power lines.
  Eversource says they have just under 42-thousand customers
  
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• Power Out for Nearly 65,000 Across Connecticut

  03-03-2018 05:01
  
  Power is out for nearly 65,000 houses and businesses across the state as a nor’easter brings rain, strong winds and snow, up from nearly 13,000 this morning.Photo Credit: @TollandAlert
  
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• Plainville Man Gets Slammed With $11K Bill After Motor Coach Accident

  03-03-2018 04:22
  
  When a Rizzo Pools driver rear-ended Larry Cummings’ 40-foot motor coach last year, he didn’t call police.
  
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• One Dies When Tree Falls On Car

  03-03-2018 04:08
  (STAMFORD,Conn./WTIC News) – One person was killed and another was taken to an area hospital for evaluation when a tree fell on their car on the Merritt Parkway in Stamford Friday afternoon.The tree toppled near Exit 33 southbound in strong winds spawned by Friday’s Nor’easter.
  The names of the victims have not been released. State Police continue to investigate.
  
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• 1 Dead, Flights Canceled, Wires Down After Strong Winds and Rain

  03-03-2018 03:38
  
  Strong winds have brought down trees and wires in several towns across Connecticut.Photo Credit: Maria DufourThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Some Fight Cancellations And Delays Expected At Bradley Saturday

  03-03-2018 03:25
  (WINDSOR LOCKS,Conn./WTIC News) -Approximately 40 percent of arriving and departing flights were cancelled at Bradley International Airport during Friday’s storm.
  Some cancellations and delays are expected Saturday morning as airlines try to catch-up with their schedules..
  Passengers scheduled to travel Saturday should check with their airline on their flight status and any re-booking options before going to the airport.
  real time flight status updates are available at http://www.flybdl.or
  
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• Power Out for Nearly 70,000 Across Connecticut

  03-03-2018 03:08
  
  Power is out for nearly 70,000 houses and businesses across the state as a nor’easter brings rain, strong winds and snow, up from nearly 13,000 this morning.Photo Credit: @TollandAlert
  
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• 1 Person Dead After Tree Falls on Car on Route 15

  03-03-2018 02:14
  
  One person is dead after a tree fell on their car on Route 15 amid rain and high winds.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• ​Flooding and fallen trees impact Southern CT

  03-03-2018 00:59
  MILFORD --  Today's nor'easter brought about another soggy setback for residents of one Milford beach community, as the streets at Bayview Beach flooded again.
  For years, drainage issues, especially following high tides, have beset this neighborhood. So, the City will install what’s called back flow preventers within the next year and a half
  "It’s a difficult environment with the salt water, the sand and rocks and everything especially under the storm conditions," said Steve Jo
  
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• Wires Down on School Bus With Children Aboard in Southington

  03-03-2018 00:23
  
  Wires came down on a school bus with children aboard in Southington amid high winds and heavy rain on Friday.Photo Credit: Alexandria Fabiano
  
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