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Yesterday | NewsTimesLive.com

Warrant details former Gunnery dean's sex with students

To some, Robert Reinhardt , the former dean of students at the Gunnery, was an openly gay man who befriended and counseled students uncertain about their own sexuality.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Fri Nov 20, 2009

News Times

Brookfield Route 7 bypass is open to traffic

Traffic began flowing along the Route 7 bypass around noon on Thursday. After more than 30 years in the making and about two years of construction, the new highway connecting Fairfield to Litchfield County was open to traffic.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Harsh words for Healy from the newspaper that once employed him: Capitol Watch

Before he became a political operative, Chris Healy worked as a reporter at the Register Citizen in Torrington.

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Related Topix: Torrington, CT, Journalism, Norfolk, CT, Goshen, CT

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Boston.com

Appeals court disturbed by Conn. court practice

A federal appeals court says it is disturbed by allegations that some prosecutors have long denied low-income defendants their right to arraignment and free legal representation when they first appear in court.

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Related Topix: Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Bantam, CT, Torrington, CT

Thu Nov 12, 2009

My Left Nutmeg

An closer look at the Q-poll funny numbers

Upon taking a close look at the latest Q-poll, there seems to be some numbers within the data that makes absolutely no sense.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Rosa DeLauro, US House of Representatives, Democrat, New Haven Metro

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Proposed 9/11 Memorial In Kent Causing Stir

It is a bright, Indian summer afternoon in the Litchfield Hills, and the downtown streets of this tourist mecca look invitingly peaceful.

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Related Topix: Kent, CT, Litchfield, CT

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Hartford Courant

Billboard Blues

One of the collateral rewards we get each year for living in Connecticut is our spectacular display of fall foliage.

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Related Topix: Farmington, CT, Bristol, CT, Opinion

Tue Nov 03, 2009

New Yorker

Jill Lepore: Why is American history so murderous?

Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, who met three years ago in a Hartford drug-treatment center and shared a room in a halfway house in between stints in prison, were both seasoned burglars, though Hayes, a forty-four-year-old crack addict, was quite a bit older than Komisarjevsky, who was twenty-six, and the great-grandson of a Russian ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Winsted, CT

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NBC Connecticut

Woman Dies of Swine Flu at L&M

A 64-year-old woman has died after contracting swine flu. She died Tuesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London .

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Related Topix: Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT

Fri Oct 30, 2009

ABC News

Travel: Hit the Connecticut Wine Trail for a Weekend Getaway

Fall is a great time to hit the Connecticut wine trail while you take in New England's foliage .

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Related Topix: Connecticut, Wine, Drink, Litchfield, CT, Watertown, CT, Agriculture, Science, Travel

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Boston.com

Second wave of swine flu arrives in Conn.

A health official says the second wave of the swine flu pandemic is hitting Connecticut.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters

News Times

United Way urges New Milford to respond to increased need

Toni Dessereaux sees giving to the United Way of Western Connecticut as the best way to ensure charity dollars are spread around to those most in need in southern Litchfield County.

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Related Topix: New Milford, CT, Milford, CT, Fairfield County, CT

Mon Oct 26, 2009

NewsTimesLive.com

Union Savings Bank of Danbury announces merger with First National Bank of Litchfield

Union Savings Bank officials announced today a merger with The First National Bank of Litchfield.

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Related Topix: Litchfield, CT, Danbury Metro, Danbury, CT, New Haven Metro, Hartford County, CT

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Jackson Memorabilia Marketer Gets 2 Years For Dodging Taxes

A Litchfield County marketer with exclusive rights to manufacture certain Michael Jackson memorabilia was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for dodging taxes and hiding money from the IRS .

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Related Topix: Tax, Litchfield, CT, Torrington, CT

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Herald Journal

Winsted couple on the road again; visit Winsted, CT

Over the years, George and Betty Jepson of Winsted have enjoyed many road trips together.

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Related Topix: Winsted, CT, Wedding, Watertown, CT, Norfolk, CT, Colebrook, CT

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Connecticut Post

Snow hits region, expected to continue

The surprise snow that fell Thursday across Connecticut and much of the East Coast could be a harbinger of things to come this winter, according to a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com . "It's certainly unusual to have snow this early, especially compared to recent years," said AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Edwards.

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Related Topix: Weather, New Haven Metro, Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT

Sat Oct 17, 2009

NewsTimesLive.com

DEP would give aquatic life more consideration in new stream flow rules

A group in Litchfield County sued the city of Waterbury in 1995 for its decades-long policy of draining the Shepaug River almost dry every summer to supply Waterbury with drinking water.

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Related Topix: Waterbury, CT, Waterbury Metro, New Haven Metro, Fairfield County, CT

Thu Oct 15, 2009

WTIC-TV Hartford

Daytripping Among Litchfield Foliage

Travel with us to Litchfield County for a gorgeous leaf peeping tour at the height of Connecticut's foliage season! This area of our state has a national reputation for having the most incredible autumn colors around! Take a traditional horse and buggy ride in Terryville and see a postcard come to life in Litchfield.

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Related Topix: Litchfield, CT

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Hartford Courant

Joan Stolicny, Torrington

Joan Stolicny of Torrington is a recent octogenarian and a retired high school art teacher who earned her master's degree with a study of Connecticut's rustic beauty, including numerous paintings of lily pads, roaring brooks and rock walls.

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Related Topix: Torrington, CT, Farmington, CT

Mon Oct 12, 2009

WTNH

Freeze Warning

THE CENTER OF A COLD AIR MASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION. UNDER A MAINLY CLEAR SKY AND LIGHT WIND...TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND FREEZING THIS EARLY MORNING AND WILL LIKELY DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK IN MOST OF THE WARNING AREA.

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