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• Simsbury hockey player's memory skates on in scholarship

  19-06-2023 22:33
  
  This time of the year, it’s hard to miss celebrating high school seniors, excited for their next steps – many of them going on to college with the help of a community scholarship. As they gave out those awards this spring at Simsbury High School, there was a new one added to the list: the Abigail Harris Memorial Hockey Scholarship....
  
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• Police look for 80-year-old with dementia missing out of Windsor

  19-06-2023 21:20
  
  Police are looking for an 80-year-old man with dementia that’s missing from Windsor. A Silver Alert has been issued for Earl Wright, who was last seen Sunday morning. Officers responded to a home on Becker Circle after getting a missing person report Monday. Investigators are actively searching for him. Police say Wright was recently diagnosed with dementia. He weighs about...
  
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• 80-year-old man with dementia who was missing from Windsor found safe

  19-06-2023 21:20
  
  An 80-year-old man with dementia who was missing from Windsor has been found safe. Lt. Nicholas Dally, of the Windsor Police Department, said the department received a missing person complaint around 6 p.m. Monday and they learned that an 80-year-old man, who has been diagnosed with dementia, was last seen around 11:45 a.m. Sunday, so police started to search with...
  
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• Juneteenth blood drive aims to help sickle cell patients

  19-06-2023 17:26
  
  Commemorating Juneteenth, a very specialized blood drive was held in Hartford Monday. It was the inaugural “Juneteenth Sickle Cell Awareness Blood Drive and Expo.” Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans. Aiming to increase awareness several community organizations came together with the American Red Cross, to support sickle cell patients and encourage blood donation to...
  
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• CT communities observe Juneteenth as a state holiday for the first time

  19-06-2023 16:43
  
  For the first time in state history, Connecticut observed Juneteenth Independence Day as a legal state holiday Monday. Dozens of towns held celebrations over the three day weekend to commemorate the Freedom Day milestone. “For far too long, Juneteenth and the end of slavery have not been truly appreciated as a major part of United States history to the extent...
  
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• Waterford police look for thieves accused of stealing from employee lockers

  19-06-2023 15:59
  
  Waterford police are asking for your help identifying two thieves that allegedly snuck into the back of a store and stole from employee lockers. The police department said one person will distract workers while the other goes into the back room and steals from their purses and lockers. The two have stolen employee phones and credit cards, police said. Anyone...
  
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• Man critically hurt after being attacked with machete at Bridgeport baseball field

  19-06-2023 15:47
  
  A Bridgeport man is in critical condition after being attacked by a person with a machete at a high school baseball field Sunday night, authorities said. The police department said they were called to Central High School on Lincoln Avenue at about 8 p.m. for a reported assault. Responding officers found a 26-year-old man suffering from a very large wound...
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly taking tip jar from restaurant and threatening employees in Southington

  19-06-2023 15:30
  
  A Southington man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a restaurant’s tip jar and threatening workers at another business on Sunday, police said. Officers were called to Zheng’s Chinese Restaurant on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike at about 8 p.m. for a reported robbery. Witnesses told police that the thief entered the restaurant and asked for a menu before muttering something and grabbing...
  
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• Woman found in East Hartford home was stabbed to death: police

  19-06-2023 13:50
  
  A woman found dead inside a home in East Hartford Sunday died of multiple stab wounds, according to police. Officers initially responded to Martin Circle sometime around 6:30 a.m. to conduct a welfare check at one of the residences. police said. When officers got inside, they found an unresponsive woman and pronounced her dead at the scene. Police initially said...
  
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• Police ID woman stabbed to death in East Hartford home

  19-06-2023 13:50
  
  A woman found dead inside a home in East Hartford Sunday died of multiple stab wounds, according to police. They have identified her as 51-year-old Andra Elizabeth Valcinord, of East Hartford. Officers initially responded to Martin Circle sometime around 6:30 a.m. to conduct a welfare check at one of the residences. police said. When officers got inside, Valcinord was unresponsive...
  
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• Multiple crews at scene of structure fire in Derby

  19-06-2023 10:32
  
  Multiple crews are at the scene of a structure fire in Derby on Monday morning. Several fire trucks and numerous firefighters are at the building on Maple Street. The fire appears to have impacted the second floor of the building. Officials have not released details about the fire including the extent of the damage or what may have caused it.
  
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• Multi-family home damaged by fire in Derby

  19-06-2023 10:32
  
  Firefighters responded to a house fire on Maple Street in Derby Monday morning. Crews received a call about the fire in a multi-family home around 9 a.m., according to fire officials. Arriving firefighters found heavy fire coming from the rear of the building. They were able to begin attacking the fire from the outside, before moving inside to battle the...
  
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• Wrong-way driver accused of hitting state police car on I-95 in Madison

  19-06-2023 09:48
  
  State police have arrested a man who is accused of hitting a police car while driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 in Madison early Monday morning. Troopers received multiple calls about a pickup truck traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of I-95 near exit 60 around 3:40 a.m. A trooper in the area found the vehicle traveling the wrong...
  
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• Hawk rescued from net at Sportsplex in North Branford

  19-06-2023 09:38
  
  A hawk is being rehabilitated after it was rescued from a net at the Sportsplex in North Branford over the weekend. The Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter said the Sportsplex contacted them about a hawk that was stuck in one of their nets. Animal control officers arrived and carefully removed the hawk’s talons from the net. He was then secured in...
  
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• Police stop vehicle traveling wrong way on Route 5 in South Windsor

  19-06-2023 07:33
  
  Police stopped a vehicle that was traveling the wrong way on Route 5 in South Windsor on Sunday morning. Authorities said an officer watched a Wethersfield man turn south onto Route 5 from Chapel Road. The man then began traveling southbound in the northbound lanes. A police officer was able to catch up to the vehicle and safely stop it....
  
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• Sunshine and nice temps for Juneteenth

  19-06-2023 06:10
  
  The new work week is starting with sunshine and nice temperatures. Clouds will be building throughout the day. A few pop up showers are possible, but not likely. Highs will be in the middle to upper 70s on Juneteenth. Tuesday looks similar to Monday with highs near 75. Wednesday is Summer Solstice and the day looks fair and pleasant. Warmer...
  
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• Fire damages commercial building in Bloomfield

  19-06-2023 05:29
  
  A fire damaged a commercial building in Bloomfield early Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the building on Newberry Road around 2:45 a.m. after someone passing by reported the fire. When crews arrived, they found fire coming from the east side of the building. Fire officials said the fire was knocked down pretty quickly. There is some damage to offices...
  
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• 2 people rescued, 1 firefighter injured during Hartford house fire

  19-06-2023 04:44
  
  Two people were rescued from a house fire in Hartford early Monday and one firefighter was hospitalized after suffering an injury. Firefighters were called to a multi-family home on Bulkeley Avenue around 1 a.m. and found smoke coming from the second floor. According to fire officials, two people were rescued from the home. Both people were unconscious and were transported...
  
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• 1 adult, 1 child in serious condition after Hartford house fire

  19-06-2023 04:44
  
  One adult and one child are in serious condition after a house fire in Hartford early Monday morning. Firefighters were called to a two-family home on Bulkeley Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. after getting a report of a working fire. When crews arrived, they said they found a kitchen fire on the second floor with heavy smoke. The fire was...
  
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