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• Crews Respond to House Fire on Abbe Road in East Windsor

  24-04-2018 23:42
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a house fire on Abbe Road in East Windsor.Photo Credit: East Windsor Police Department
  
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• Stewart Taps Running Mate as Convention Approaches

  24-04-2018 23:40
  
  New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart, not quite three months into her bid for the state’s highest office, announced Tuesday she had selected Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei as her running mate to serve...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Enfield BOE Member Shares Her Story of Success With Autism

  24-04-2018 23:31
  
  Any parent, or someone who knows a child with autism, understands that they are gifted, but sometimes there are challenges. Enfield Board of Education member, Sarah Hernandez, is sharing her own story to inspire...
  
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• Check Out the New REI Location at the Corbin Collection

  24-04-2018 23:14
  
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• NRA Supporters Are Blowing Up Yeti Coolers In Company Boycott

  24-04-2018 23:03
  (CBS Local) – Gun owners around the country are blowing up expensive coolers after the NRA accused outdoor lifestyle company Yeti of joining a nationwide boycott of the gun-rights organization.
  According to a letter from Marion P. Hammer of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, Yeti has cut ties with the NRA and is refusing to do business with the NRA Foundation or offer discounts to members. “YETI should be ashamed. They have declined to continue helping Americ
  
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• Woman suspected of trying to abduct babies from hospitals in two states arrested

  24-04-2018 22:17
  Police have arrested a woman believed to have visited neonatal units of hospitals in the Carolinas “possibly in attempts to abduct a child.”
  Linda Mae Everett, 36, visited a women and children’s hospital in Wilmington, NC, on April 5th, but was denied entry at a check-in desk where all visitors must present photo identification, reports the News & Observer.
  Undeterred, Everett made her way to patient care areas anyway, says a rep for the New Hanover Regional Medical Ce
  
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• Video shows man being tasered on flight after allegedly groping, screaming insults at passenger

  24-04-2018 22:17
  MIAMI — 28-year-old Jacob Garcia is facing charges of disorderly conduct for allegedly groping a female passenger on an American Airlines flight from Chicago to Miami, according to WGN.
  A Miami-Dade police report says the flight crew told officers they tried to move 28-year-old Jacob Garcia of Chicago to another seat, but he continued to be unruly, screaming and insulting the woman and her boyfriend.
  Police then asked Garcia to leave Flight 2446, which was waiting to take off from Mi
  
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• Retired security guard arrested in 1986 deadly stabbing

  24-04-2018 22:13
  ESCONDIDO, Calif. --  A retired security guard was behind bars Monday for allegedly murdering a retiree in northern San Diego County more than three decades ago, according to KSWB.
  “A promise was made 32 years ago by the daughter of the decedent, that we would find and bring the killer to justice and that’s happened,” said Escondido Police Chief Craig Carter. Nathan Eugene Mathis, 62, was arrested last week at his Ontario home in connection with the fatal stabbing of
  
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• Neighbors complain wild sex parties disturb upscale Colorado community

  24-04-2018 22:11
  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- Sex parties hosted in one of the Denver area's nicest communities are angering neighbors who say it's time to take action.
  Residents on Avery Way in Castle Rock say organized sex parties at one home are causing parking problems and noise, but they are most concerned with the sexual nature of the events and any exposure to children, according to KDVR.
  One neighbor, who declined to provide her full identity, said she received a copy of a party invitation from an anonymous pe
  
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• 4-Month-Old Baby Found Safe; Search for Teen Mom Ongoing

  24-04-2018 22:10
  
  A Massachusetts baby reported as missing and endangered has been turned over to authorities amid an ongoing search for his teen mother.Photo Credit: Massachusetts State Police
  
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• Disney Hiring Thousands Of Workers, Offering Bonuses Up To $3,000

  24-04-2018 21:17
  ORLANDO (CBS Local) – Disney World is opening up their theme parks, and their wallet, in a search for thousands of summer workers this year. The Florida resort is looking to fill around 3,500 positions and is reportedly offering signing bonuses of up to $3,000 in order to entice part-time employees.
  Disney’s annual hiring blitz is in preparation for the summer vacation season and the company is looking to staff a wide variety of jobs including culinary chefs, lifeguards, bus drivers,
  
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• Truckers aid police in stopping suicide on Michigan freeway

  24-04-2018 21:14
  HUNTINGTON WOODS, Mich.  — More than a dozen tractor-trailers lined up beneath a Detroit-area freeway overpass to aid police trying to help a man contemplating suicide.
  Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw said troopers received a call early Tuesday about the man standing on an overpass above Interstate 696 in Huntington Woods. As officers routed traffic away, they directed truckers to drive into positions to shorten the fall if the man jumped.
  Thirteen trucks lined the freeway as p
  
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• Man finds rare Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig autograph card

  24-04-2018 20:35
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  VANCOUVER, WA — A Vancouver hobby shop owner has made an amazing find.
  Steve Tingwall, the owner of Columbia Hobby, was livestreaming opening some boxes for customers when he decided to open a Panini National Treasures baseball box worth $400 – and found a Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig autograph card.
  “Once I went through all the cards, I open it up and it’s just cut autographs,” Tingwall said. “I mean, you don’t see something like that. You just
  
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• Live Nation Kicks Off ‘National Concert Week’ With $20 Ticket Offer

  24-04-2018 20:28
  LOS ANGELES (CBS Local) – Live Nation is kicking off the summer season by offering music lovers a big discount on tickets to thousands of live events.
  The events promoter is celebrating the start of National Concert Week with $20 “all-in” tickets to over 2,000 of the company’s tour of summer concerts. The deal starts on April 30 and runs through May 8 on Live Nation’s website.
  SAVE THE DATE: National Concert Week is almost here! To celebrate summer concert seas
  
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• Ohio officer gives firefighter apology cake: ‘Sorry I tased you’

  24-04-2018 20:16
  HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — An Ohio police officer has apologized for a work mishap by bringing a firefighter a cake iced with an unusual message: “Sorry I tased you.”
  Hamilton Township Officer Darcy Workman says she accidently shocked firefighter Rickey Wagoner with her stun gun last week while attempting to restrain a patient being taken to a hospital. Wagoner wasn’t seriously hurt.
  WLWT-TV reports Workman brought a cake to Wagoner on Saturday to apologize. Photos shared
  
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• Photos: Police in West Hartford and Plainville Search for Robbery Suspect

  24-04-2018 20:06
  
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• Police and Semi Trucks Prevent Suicide Attempt on Detroit Freeway

  24-04-2018 19:16
  DETROIT (CBS LOCAL) – An incredible moment caught on camera, Tuesday morning when all lanes of I-696 were closed in both directions as a man considered suicide.
  This photo does show the work troopers and local officers do to serve the public. But also in that photo is a man s…twitter.com/i/web/status/9…—MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) April 24, 2018
  The Michigan State Police came up with a clever idea to shorten the fall. Acting fast they organized a row of 13 semi tru
  
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• Paris Jackson slams rumors claiming she is ‘about to die’

  24-04-2018 19:10
  Paris Jackson says she’s doing fine despite her relatives saying the model has “lost it,” according to FOX News.
  Michael Jackson’s daughter took to her Instagram Stories to address the rumors after a report by Page Six stated that relatives believed the 20-year-old was heading for a “serious meltdown.”
  “So apparently people think I’m about to die,” Jackson said in a video with a friend in the background. “My therapist texted me about it
  
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• City of Milford asks judge to end lawsuit over fatal school stabbing

  24-04-2018 19:06
  HARTFORD — Lawyers for the City of Milford, where a teenage girl was stabbed to death at her high school, are asking a state judge to end a wrongful death lawsuit by the student’s mother, saying school officials aren’t liable.
  Attorneys for Milford and the city’s schools filed the request in Superior Court earlier this month in the case involving 16-year-old Maren Sanchez.
  Sanchez was killed at Jonathan Law High School by fellow student Christopher Plaskon in April 2014.
  
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• Engineer Creates ‘Everything-Repellent’ Coating To Kid-Proof Items

  24-04-2018 18:59
  ANN ARBOR (CBS Local) – An engineer in Michigan may have just answered the prayers of many parents who have messy children at home. Researchers at the University of Michigan have reportedly created a new coating that’s being called an “everything-repellent.”The Details:University of Michigan scientists develop “omniphobic” coating that can repel nearly every liquid
  Inspired by co-author’s dream to create material that would make cleaning up after hi
  
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• Fire Rekindles at Abandoned Baltic Mill

  24-04-2018 18:53
  
  Crews from more than a dozen fire departments were called to the Baltic section of Sprague Monday afternoon after a massive fire broke out at an abandoned mill building on Bushnell Hollow Road and some...Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Health Officials Issue Warning After 2 Cases of Measles

  24-04-2018 18:39
  
  The state Department of Public Health is issuing a warning after two children in New Haven County contracted the measles while traveling outside of the United States.Photo Credit: Alissa Eckert/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
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• Senators delay VA confirmation hearing amid new allegations

  24-04-2018 18:27
  Senate Veterans Affairs Committee members are assessing allegations from whistleblowers that have told the panel about nominee Ronny Jackson’s questionable behavior including excessive drinking and a “toxic” work environment under his leadership, according to two former White House medical staff members who have spoken with the committee.
  Both sources who spoke with CNN told the committee about behavior they observed while working in the White House medical unit.
  Lawmakers who
  
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• Leaderboard: Andrew Landry And PGA Tour Second Chances

  24-04-2018 18:23
  By Dan Reardon
  In 1990, Mike Donald was one hole shy of completing the tournament of his life, the U.S. Open at Medinah Country Club. Donald needed only a par at the 18th of the Monday playoff to defeat Hale Irwin and find his place in golf history. He bogeyed and lost on the next hole in sudden death. Donald drifted on and off the PGA Tour over the next 15 years, never posting a win.
  In 1999, France’s Jean van de Velde stood on the tee of the final hole at Carnoustie with a three-sho
  
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• Man Dead, Another Injured in Crash in Derby

  24-04-2018 17:58
  
  A 36-year-old man is dead and a 52-year-old man is in serious condition after a two-car crash on Route 34 in Derby just before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Motorcyclist Dead After Crash in North Branford: PD

  24-04-2018 17:46
  
  The motorcyclist who was injured in a crash on Route 80 in North Branford Tuesday morning has died, according to police.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• School Bus, School Van Involved in Crash on I-91 in Hartford

  24-04-2018 17:37
  
  No serious injuries are reported after a crash involving a school bus, a school van, a minivan and a car on Interstate 91 South in Hartford Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Two People Hospitalized After Fire in North Canaan

  24-04-2018 17:36
  
  Two people are in the hospital after a fire at a home in North Canaan Tuesday morning and one of them has serious burns, according to fire officials.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• 5-Year-Old Claims Teachers Taped Mouth Shut, Threw Out Lunch

  24-04-2018 17:17
  DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI (CBS Local) – A Michigan family is demanding answers after their five-year-old son claims two teachers repeatedly taped his mouth shut and threw out his lunch at school.
  “She put the scotch tape on my mouth,” Abdul Dannaoui said, via WNEM. “They said don’t tell your mom or dad, or no one.” The Highview Elementary School student reportedly told his parents on March 26 that he had been prevented from eating his lunch as many a
  
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• The Baseball Report: Manaea Records First No-Hitter Of Season

  24-04-2018 16:40
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  Three weeks into the MLB season, and we’ve already got our first no-hitter. And it came against an unlikely source. The Oakland Athletics are off to a solid start to the season, sitting at 12-11 and just 3.5 games back of the Astros in the American League West division standings. However, heading into this past weekend’s series against the Boston Red Sox, you would have been forgiven if you believed that Boston would dominate the A’s. The Red Sox had burst out of the
  
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• Shelter Cats Learning To High-Five To Help Adoption Chances

  24-04-2018 15:36
  (CBS Local) – An animal behaviorist is giving shelter cats a hand in getting adopted by loving families. In an effort to make them more adoptable, cats are learning how to give their new owners a friendly high-five.
  Jackson Galaxy, host of the TV series “My Cat From Hell,” has created a project known as Cat Pawsitive, which aims to help felines maintain their social skills while waiting to be adopted. “The genesis of Cat Pawsitive stemmed from the simple desire
  
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• Pedestrian Hit By Car in Meriden Hospitalized

  24-04-2018 14:26
  
  A man is hospitalized after he was hit by a car in Meriden Monday night.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Water Main Break Causes School Closures in Danbury

  24-04-2018 14:05
  
  Broadview Middle School and the Henry Abbott Technical School are closed today because of a water main break on Tamarack Avenue in Danbury.
  
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• School Bus Involved in Crash on I-91 in Hartford

  24-04-2018 13:57
  
  A school bus has been involved in a crash on Interstate 91 South in Hartford.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police: 15-Year-Old Missing With Son Who Could Be in Danger

  24-04-2018 13:41
  
  Police are looking for a 15-year-old Massachusetts mother who left early Monday morning with her 4-month-old son, leaving medication behind.Photo Credit: Massachusetts State Police
  
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• Motorcycle Crash Closes Route 80 in North Branford

  24-04-2018 13:36
  
  Part of Route 80 in North Branford is closed after a serious motorcycle crash.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• One person injured in North Canaan fire

  24-04-2018 13:26
  NORTH CANAAN – One person was injured in a fire Tuesday morning.
  Officials said crews responded to a house fire at 35 Church Street in North Canaan. Lifestar has been requested to transport one burn victim.
  
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• One Person Hospitalized After Fire in North Canaan

  24-04-2018 13:14
  
  One person has been flown to a hospital after a fire in North Canaan.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Golf club apologizes for calling cops on black women members

  24-04-2018 13:02
  YORK, Pa. — A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course.
  “I felt we were discriminated against,” one of the women, Myneca Ojo, told the York Daily Record. “It was a horrific experience.”
  Sandra Thompson and four friends met up Saturday to play a round of golf at the Grandview Golf Club, where they are all members, s
  
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• Police Investigate Serious Crash in Derby

  24-04-2018 12:59
  
  Police are investigating a crash involving a car and an overturned refrigerated box truck at Route 34 and Buckingham Road in Derby.The road is shut down. Derby police are leading the investigation...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Suspect in Toronto van carnage due in court

  24-04-2018 12:26
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  Canadian investigators are piecing together information about the man accused of driving a van into multiple pedestrians at a busy Toronto intersection Monday, killing 10 and injuring 15.
  Witnesses described the vehicle plowing into people on the sidewalk and driving in the wrong direction down the street in what police say appears to have been a deliberate act.
  The suspected driver, Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, Ontario, is in custody, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said
  
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• Facebook reveals its internal rules for removing controversial posts

  24-04-2018 12:09
  Facebook is trying to be more transparent about how it decides what content to take down or leave up.
  On Tuesday, the company is making public for the first time its detailed internal community standards policies.
  The document is what Facebook’s 7,500 content moderators use when deciding what is and isn’t acceptable content, including hate speech, nudity, gun sales and bullying. A shorter version was previously available online.
  Facebook is also adding a way for individuals to appeal
  
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• Montville High acting assistant principal placed on leave after comments to student

  24-04-2018 11:54
  MONTVILLE — The acting assistant principal has been placed on leave after allegedly making comments to a student.
  Acting Assistant Principal Phil Orbe was placed on paid leave after a meeting Monday night.
  He was filling the role after three administrators were charged last week in the investigation into a so-called ‘fight club’ on campus.
  The Assistant Superintendent Of Schools Laurie Pallin says disciplinary action against Orbe has nothing to do with that ongoing investi
  
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• Waffle House shooting suspect asks for lawyer as he’s arrested

  24-04-2018 11:40
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  Two days after a gunman opened fire with an assault-style rifle at a Nashville-area Waffle House, authorities are trying to establish what their suspect did in the 35 hours between the deadly attack and his arrest.
  Wearing only a jacket, the accused gunman, 29-year-old Travis Reinking, allegedly fatally shot two people outside the Antioch restaurant, police said.
  He continued his rampage inside the restaurant, killing two more. Reinking fled the scene completely naked after a custome
  
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• Zoo visitors kill kangaroo with rocks while trying to make it hop

  24-04-2018 11:34
  FUZHOU, China – One kangaroo is dead and another is injured after visitors at a Chinese zoo hurled rocks and other objects at them in two separate incidents.
  The Straits Timesreports the first pelting happened at the end of February (though China Daily says it happened in early April), when gawkers decided to throw bricks and pieces of concrete at kangaroos at the Fuzhou Zoo in Fujian province to get them to hop around.
  A 12-year-old female marsupial was struck on her left f
  
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• Deaf and nearly blind dog stays with 3-year-old girl overnight, leads rescuers to her

  24-04-2018 11:31
  QUEENSLAND, Australia – Good boy, Max!
  A 17-year-old blue heeler in Queensland, Australia is being hailed a hero after staying by the side of a 3-year-old girl who had been missing for more than 15 hours in the wilderness, according to ABC.net.au.
  Aurora went missing around 3 p.m. Friday. After several hours without luck, the search party decided to stop for the night.
  “It was really disheartening when everybody left,” said Leisa Bennett, Aurora’s grandmother. &ldqu
  
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• Police close in Rt. 34 in Derby after serious crash

  24-04-2018 11:15
  DERBY — A section of Rt. 34 is closed Tuesday morning after a serious crash.
  Police confirmed Route 34 is shutdown in Derby between Buckingham Road and Cullens Hill Road due to a serious two vehicle crash. This is expected to be closed for an extended period of time.
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• Water main break in Danbury closes school

  24-04-2018 11:07
  DANBURY — A water main break has caused a school to be closed Tuesday.
  The break happened overnight on Tamarack Ave.  Officials said Broadview Middle School would be closed Tuesday.
  We have a very large water main break on Tamarack Ave. The break impacts Broadview Middle School. Therefore school is canceled for Broadview Middle School for 4/24. #Danbury
  — Mayor Mark Boughton (@MayorMark) April 24, 2018
  
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• Berlin firefighters rally to keep firefighting class in high school

  24-04-2018 05:46
  BERLIN -- Dozens of Berlin firefighters came out to Monday night's Berlin Board of Education meeting to support a high school firefighting class in danger of not running because of low enrollment.
  The school's tech classes -- woodshop, automotive and firefighting -- are not scheduled to run next year because of single-digit enrollment.
  "Going through that class was a life-changer for sure," said Sonny Vanbuskirk, a Berlin firefighter who took the firefighting class while a student at Berlin Hig
  
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• New Haven Public Schools Trying to Close Budget Shortfall

  24-04-2018 05:26
  
  New Haven Public School leaders are trying to figure out how to close a multi-million dollar budget shortfall for the upcoming school year, which could mean significant changes to the school district's staff and...
  
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