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	<title>Connecticut Postings</title>
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		<title>Rebates for buying new appliances</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/20/rebates-for-buying-new-appliances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ttompkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cash for clunkers was a program everyone knew about: trade in your bomb for a new vehicle in an effort to stimulate the economy.
But did you know you can do something similar with your old appliances?
Connecticut officials say clothes washers and refrigerators are the most popular items purchased so far under a rebate program for energy-efficient appliances.
You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-girlfriend settles score with box cutter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/20/ex-girlfriend-settles-score-with-box-cutter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Cuda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT — An encounter with a friend’s ex-girlfriend — and a box cutter — left a woman with numerous cuts to her face and other body parts Friday night.
According to police reports, shortly after 10 p.m., a woman reported that she had been driving around on Trumbull Avenue with a friend, when a woman, identified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another direct flight from Bradley</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/20/another-direct-flight-from-bradley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those air passengers frustrated with the lack of direct flights from Bradley International Airport should be cheered by the announcement that Delta will be operating a nonstop flight to Los Angeles International Airport.
The new service begins June 10 and continues through August 16 on a Sunday through Friday basis  (no Saturday service). After August 16, service is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could be end of the line for seizure-prone Stratford cop</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/19/could-be-end-of-the-line-for-seizure-prone-stratford-cop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Stratford officials indicating Friday it has &#8220;uncovered new evidence&#8221; involving Police Officer Justin LoSchiavo &#8211;  who crashed his patrol cruiser into four cars while having a seizure last June &#8212; the son of former Deputy Police Chief Joseph LoSchiavo and Human Resources Assistant Linda LoSchiavo may have only a few days left on the force.
Town officials warned the 31-year-old officer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI agent: Mayor&#8217;s cell phone was wire-tapped</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/18/fbi-agent-mayors-cell-phone-was-wire-tapped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN —  FBI Special Agent Chris Halpin testified Thursday that his agency received a court order to wire-tap a cell phone issued to Mayor Mark A. Lauretti by the city of Shelton.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rahul Kale said the prosecution is expected to play at least several of the conversations between Shelton developer James [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trumbull residents want Siting Council changes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/18/new-state-regulations-sought-for-gas-fired-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/18/new-state-regulations-sought-for-gas-fired-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD – Dozens of Trumbull residents on Thursday asked state lawmakers to protect the Nichols neighborhood from a planned fuel-cell facility that would depend on high-pressure natural gas flowing through 50-year-old pipes.
Wearing “Fragile Handle With Care” lapel stickers, the Trumbulites, led by their legislative delegation and First Selectman Timothy Herbst, told the Energy &#038; Technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discover the Discovery School</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/18/discovery-the-discovery-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be an informational meeting on the opening of the new Discovery Interdistrict Magnet School at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 30 at the Geraldine Johnson School, 475 Lexington Avenue, Bridgeport.
 The school _ which will be a free public school _ will draw elementary school students from Bridgeport, Easton and Redding, Fairfield, Milford, Monroe, Shelton, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cat shot in BPT?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/18/cat-shot-in-bpt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new one: This morning police were called to help the owner of a habitually-roaming cat, who claims someone shot at the pet with a BB gun.
The cat may have wandered into a sewer near the the PT Barnum housing complex, where the owner lives, a city animal control officer said.
The owner is waiting  &#8212; with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New CAO on the job in Stratford</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/new-cao-on-the-job-in-stratford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/new-cao-on-the-job-in-stratford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since Stratford&#8217;s former Chief Administrative Officer Suzanne McCauley was among several high ranking officials who walked out on new Mayor John A. Harkins during his first day in Town Hall more than two months ago, the town has been operating without its second highest official.
That changed on Monday when Geen Thazhampallath, 35, former top aid to Middletown Mayor Sebastian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbst endorses Foley for governor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/herbst-endorses-foley-for-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/herbst-endorses-foley-for-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s endorsement season, as candidates for statewide office try to line up as much party support as possible headed into May&#8217;s party endorsement conventions.
Trumbull First Selectman Timothy Herbst Wednesday cast his lot with Republican Tom Foley for governor. Foley is a successful businessman and former U.S. ambassador to Ireland. He was tapped by President George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kid tips for preschool parents</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/kid-tips-for-preschool-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/kid-tips-for-preschool-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Renowned author/educator Alfie Kohn to speak at Fairfield University

Author and educator Alfie Kohn will give a lecture at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 31 at the Quick Center at Fairfield U.  Admission is free but tickets are required.
 
Kohn will share ideas for working with children as opposed to doing things to them and will discuss controlling techniques, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness grilled on inconsistencies in testimony</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/witness-grilled-on-inconsistencies-in-testimony/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/17/witness-grilled-on-inconsistencies-in-testimony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN — A witness who claimed a Shelton developer told him he bribed that city’s mayor was questioned at length this morning about a number of inconsistencies about dates he claimed those conversations took place.
William F. Dow, III, the attorney for James Botti, the developer accused of bribing Shelton Mayor Mark A. Lauretti, pointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Shakespeare Theater Another Storm Casualty?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/is-shakespeare-theater-another-storm-casualty/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/is-shakespeare-theater-another-storm-casualty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There could be a leaky roof at the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford less than six months after a $500,000 repair job, and damage may have been sustained inside the theater during last weekend&#8217;s wicked rain and wind storm.
Town officials are investigating reports that a leak began either during, or after the storm that did most of its damage in the lower Fairfield County area.
With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milford trench collapse</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/milford-trench-collapse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<title>Worker injured in trench collapse in Milford</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/trench-has-collapsed-in-milford-possible-injuries/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/trench-has-collapsed-in-milford-possible-injuries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man working on the Moses Wheeler Bridge reconstruction project was injured today when a trench he was working in partially collapsed, trapping his lower extremities.
The 47-year-old man was taken to Bridgeport Hospital and with non-life threatening injures.
His name was not released.
He was working in a trench, protected by a trench box composed of wooden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgeport man charged in Milford slaying</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/bridgeport-man-charged-in-milford-slaying/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/bridgeport-man-charged-in-milford-slaying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police have released the name of the suspect in Sunday&#8217;s murder of Ryan Simpson of Woodland Drive, Milford.
Philip Moncrease, 32, of Virginia Avenue, Bridgeport, has been charged with murder, first-degree reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, operating under suspension, engaging in pursuit, reckless operation, interfering with police, criminal attempt at assault on a police officer and possession [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;No&#8217; vote meant no gift basket for commission member</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/botti-trial-continues-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/16/botti-trial-continues-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN — A state representative, who was an alternate member of the Shelton Planning &#038; Zoning Commission that approved a controversial proposal by developer James Botti in 2006, took the stand today in Botti’s federal corruption trial.
State Rep. Jason Perillo testified for about 20 minutes before U.S. Senior District Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home invasion in BPT</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/home-invasion-in-bpt/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/home-invasion-in-bpt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police are looking for two young male suspects who allegedly burst into a young woman&#8217;s apartment on Norman Street, both brandishing handguns and demanding money.
No one was hurt, but the invaders allegedly ransacked the apartment at 855 Norman, police said.
Both black males in their late teens or early 20s, the suspects left in an unknown direction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More from mammouth ed hearing in hartford&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/more-from-mammouth-ed-hearing-in-hartford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testifying Monday in Hartford, Mayor Bill Finch told the legislature&#8217;s education committee he supports a bill that would allow parents to &#8220;trigger&#8221; change in failing schools as well as a bill that would allow funds to follow students to public schools. He said charter schools are where the excitement is and that they deserve more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big ed hearing in Hartford&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/big-ed-hearing-in-hartford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/big-ed-hearing-in-hartford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legislature&#8217;s education committee, holding a marathon hearing on education reform bills, just heard Commissioner of Education Mark McQuillan speak in favor of House Bill 442, which would allow the state to replace school boards of chronically failing school districts. McQuillan said the law would be used sparingly, and would not necessarily usurp local elections, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge denies injunction in Polansky case</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/judge-denied-injunction-in-polansky-case/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/judge-denied-injunction-in-polansky-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Derby Superior Court judge Monday refused to grant an injunction that would have blocked the Milford Board of Education from holding a termination hearing for Superintendent Harvey Polansky.
&#8220;To grant this would be showing a lack of respect for elected officials who have taken an oath to perform their duties in the best way they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The slow pace of restoring power</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/the-slow-pace-of-restoring-power/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/15/the-slow-pace-of-restoring-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sheer volume of downed trees and power lines is making the restoration of power across predominantly southern Fairfield County a very slow operation.
As of 10 a.m. Monday, 3,400 UI customers in Fairfield did not have power &#8212; 15 percent of the utililty&#8217;s overall base in that town. A little over 500 customers in Bridgeport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One person dead in Milford stabbing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/14/one-person-dead-in-milford-stabbing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/14/one-person-dead-in-milford-stabbing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a fatal stabbing early today in Milford.
The incident happened a little after 4 a.m. at 447 Woodland Drive.
Two people were injured. One was taken to Bridgeport Hospital, the other to Yale-New Haven Hospital&#8217;s pediatric unit.
It&#8217;s not known which of the injured has since died. We are trying to get more details on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numerous power outages continue</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/14/numerous-power-outages-continue/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/14/numerous-power-outages-continue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of people in Fairfield County remain without electricity this morning, with outages particularly  heavy in the southern part of the county.
As of 9:05 a.m. Sunday, more than 16,000 customers in Greenwich are without power &#8212; more than 55 percent of Connecticut Light &#38; Power&#8217;s service base, the utility said. Other communities hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late deliveries</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/14/late-deliveries/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/14/late-deliveries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A combination of press problems, power outages and lousy weather have delayed delivery of this morning&#8217;s Connecticut Post. Papers are being delivered throughout the morning.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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		<title>Not smiling</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/13/not-smiling/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/13/not-smiling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s rains have forced the cancellation of the St. Patrick&#8217;s Day parade in Milford. It has been rescheduled for March 21st, starting at 1 p.m.
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		<title>Hearing Monday on Polansky Injunction</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/12/hearing-monday-on-polansky-injunction/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/12/hearing-monday-on-polansky-injunction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers for suspended Superintendent Harvey Polansky will be in  Derby Superior Court at 11:30 a.m. Monday in an attempt to block the Milford Board of education from beginning termination hearings against Polansky on Wednesday.
If the request for a temporary restraining order is granted it would block the board from holding hearings until at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where the books are.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/12/where-the-books-are/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/12/where-the-books-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the chronic complaints made against the Bridgeport Public Schools, which runs on a $215.8 million budget, is that there are not enough textbooks in the classroom and to send home with students.  At a curriculum committee Thursday, Cynthia Fernandes, director of learning and teaching for the district, said the problem is not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas pedal mistaken for brake ends in accident</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/11/gas-pedal-mistaken-for-brake-ends-in-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/11/gas-pedal-mistaken-for-brake-ends-in-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SEYMOUR &#8212; An elderly man mistook his car&#8217;s gas pedal for the brake Thursday afternoon, sending his vehicle into a column in the Seybridge Plaza parking lot Thursday, according to police.
The man was parking his car near Seybridge Pharmacy Thursday afternoon when he hit the gas rather than the break and hit the column that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City official: Developer tried to bribe him and others</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/11/city-official-developer-tried-to-bribe-him-and-others/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/11/city-official-developer-tried-to-bribe-him-and-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN &#8211; Shelton’s planning and zoning administrator, Richard Schultz, said he once received an envelope containing two tickets to a Broadway show, as well as approximately $200 in cash from Monty Blakeman, a Shelton developer. “I quickly handed it back,” Schultz said.
The city official said he was told by John Cook, that city’s inland/wetlands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child recovering from near drowning in Shelton</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/11/child-recovering-from-near-drowning-in-shelton/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/11/child-recovering-from-near-drowning-in-shelton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHELTON – A two-year-old girl is in intensive care at Yale-New Haven Hospital after she fell into the swimming pool at her Ladis Place home Wednesday afternoon.
Police and EMS received the call of the child not breathing about 1:30 p.m., Det. Sgt. Kevin Ahern said.
The girl had apparently unlatched a screen door to get out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness said threat led to his recording developers, city officials</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/witness-said-threat-led-to-his-recording-developers-city-officials/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/witness-said-threat-led-to-his-recording-developers-city-officials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In testimony Wednesday, Randy Szkola told the jury in the James Botti corruption trial that the reason he began recording conversations with Shelton developers and city officials was an incident involving the then-chairman of the city’s Planning &#038; Zoning Commission.
Botti, a 47-year-old Shelton developer is on trial for conspiracy, bribery and mail fraud.
Szkola, a Shelton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victim in Derby blaze identified</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/victim-in-derby-blaze-identified/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/victim-in-derby-blaze-identified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DERBY— The person who died in an early morning fire today on Derby Avenue has been identified as David Kostrey, 57.
Kostrey’s body was found in a room in the rear portion of his apartment on the second floor of a two-family house at 196 Derby Ave.
He died of smoke inhalation, according to a spokeswoman at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malloy makes it official: He&#8217;s running for governor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/malloy-makes-it-official-hes-running-for-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/malloy-makes-it-official-hes-running-for-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD – Dannel P. Malloy, the former Stamford mayor who lost the 2006 Democratic primary for governor, made it official Tuesday afternoon, filing candidacy papers with state officials.
Emerging to cheers from about 150 people gathered on the sidewalk in front of the State Elections Enforcement Commission, Malloy pointed across the street at the Capitol and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgeport lining up properties to unload</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/bridgeport-lining-up-properties-to-unload/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/bridgeport-lining-up-properties-to-unload/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport is preparing to sell 13 properties. The properties, most of which are vacant or considered blighted by city officials, are being put up for sale in hopes of both rehabbing the sites and adding to the city’s tax base.
The proposed sales have been referred to the City Council’s Economic and Community Development and Environment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark your calendars for an ed rally in Bpt.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/mark-your-calendars-for-an-ed-rally-in-bpt/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/10/mark-your-calendars-for-an-ed-rally-in-bpt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What is billed as a &#8220;Peaceful Rally for Bridgeport Education&#8221; will take place on the steps of city hall, from noon to 2 p.m., Monday, March 22, organizers said.
 Prophetess Gerry Claytor said everyone is invited. The group is hoping to draw at least 100 participants. Details to follow.
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		<title>Stratford Council &#8220;Demands&#8221; EPA Remove Raymark Toxic Waste</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/09/stratford-council-demands-epa-remove-raymark-toxic-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/09/stratford-council-demands-epa-remove-raymark-toxic-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Town Council has joined with community activists after waiting nearly two decades, and is demanding  the federal Environmental Protection Agency clean up most, or all, of the remaining Raymark toxic waste from Stratford.
 Tom Smith, a co-founder and president of the SaveStratford grass-roots group that has fought against consolidating Raymark waste &#8212; which includes asbestos, lead and PCB&#8217;s &#8212; at a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoydick welcomed in style to House</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/09/hoydick-welcomed-in-style-to-house/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/09/hoydick-welcomed-in-style-to-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


 
Laura Hoydick got the royal treatment when she was sworn in Monday as the General Assembly’s newest member.
The Stratford Republican, winner of a special election last week to fill the vacant seat in the 120th District of the state House of Representatives, took the oath of office at the Capitol as three of the state’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State funding will help preserve more farmland</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/08/state-to-help-preserve-more-farmland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced that $5 million, which will allow the state to add hundreds of acres of working farmland to ongoing preservation efforts, is expected to be approved when the state Bond Commission meets March 16.
Today, she will be at the 62-acre Bomba Farm, a former dairy operation, in Seymour where owners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Harding High School, the tour.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/08/warren-harding-high-school-the-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Connecticut General Assembly&#8217;s Black &#38; Puerto Rican Caucus, including State Rep. Don Clemons, D-Bridgeport and State Sen. Edwin Gomes, D-Bridgeport, will tour Harding High School in Bridgeport Tuesday afternoon to view  &#8220;a normal day of activity.&#8221; The tour starts at 1:30, about an hour before school lets out for the day.
 The tour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cops nab suspect in armed holdup at service station</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/08/cops-nabbed-suspect-in-service-station-holdup/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/08/cops-nabbed-suspect-in-service-station-holdup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANSONIA – A Bridgeport man was arrested today for allegedly holding up a Main Street service station at gunpoint.
Audelan Chassangne, 35, of Stoneridge Road, Bridgeport, was charged first-degree robbery, fourth-degree robbery and second-degree reckless endangerment.
About 6:20 a.m. this morning, police received a report of an armed robbery at Fuel First at 575 Main St., Lt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor names Lauretti as Public Official Number One</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/08/prosecutor-names-lauretti-as-public-official-number-one/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/08/prosecutor-names-lauretti-as-public-official-number-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN &#8211; The prosecutor in the federal corruption trial against Shelton developer James Botti lifted the veil off &#8220;Public Official Number One&#8221; today in his opening remarks when he told the federal court jury that Shelton Mayor Mark A. Lauretti received $20,000 in lumber and construction work on his home in 2002.
Assistant U.S. Attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UConn women beat Syracuse for their 70th straight win</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/07/uconn-women-beat-syracuse-for-their-70th-straight-win/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/07/uconn-women-beat-syracuse-for-their-70th-straight-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UConn women&#8217;s basketball team was ready to take direct aim at another championship when they faced ninth-seeded Syracuse today.
Tina Charles tied her career-high with 34 points on 16-of-19 shooting and had six rebounds and five blocks to lead UConn to a 77-41 victory before XX at the XL Center. The Huskies tied their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strike averted as three locals approve Stop &amp; Shop contract</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/07/strike-averted-as-three-locals-approve-stop-shop-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/07/strike-averted-as-three-locals-approve-stop-shop-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is reporting that three of five union locals in southern New England have ratified a contract with Stop &#038; Shop, ending weeks of difficult negotiations over health benefits and wages.
Brian Petronella, president of Local 371 of the United Food and Commercial Workers in Connecticut, said about 500 members of his local approved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I-95 southbound closed in Milford</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/06/i-95-southbound-closed-in-milford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/06/i-95-southbound-closed-in-milford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A serious accident has closed I-95 between Exits 32-34 in Milford. We&#8217;ll have updates later this morning.
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		<title>Mets fan forever</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/05/mets-fan-forever/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/05/mets-fan-forever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Longtime Fairfield town employee Mary Alice Morley was an avid fan of the N.Y. Mets. Each spring, she&#8217;d travel to Florida to attend spring training games. Mary Alice, who died last year, won&#8217;t be making the trip in person, but she will be there in spirit. Family members have arranged for this memorial to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing man found in Westport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/04/missing-man-found-in-westport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/04/missing-man-found-in-westport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An 82-year-old man with Alzheimers was found in Westport this afternoon after being missing for 90 minutes in 45 degree weather.
Westport Police say they received a call shortly before noon from the man&#8217;s wife who was doing business in Town Hall. She told police her husband had been waiting in their car, but when she returned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop &amp; Shop workers may strike</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/03/stop-shop-workers-may-strike/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/03/stop-shop-workers-may-strike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MariAn Gail Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop &#38; Shop&#8217;s five unions can go out on strike any time after 3 p.m. Thursday. 
 The bargain units representing the grocery chain&#8217;s 40,000 employees served management just moments ago with formal notification at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, where negotiations have been underway for days.
The unions&#8217; three-year contract with Stop &#38; Shop expired Feb. 21st.
&#8220;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Man, repossessing car, is shot in the leg by car&#8217;s owner</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/03/man-repossessing-car-is-shot-in-the-leg-by-cars-owner/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/03/man-repossessing-car-is-shot-in-the-leg-by-cars-owner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANSONIA – A man attempting to repossess a vehicle on Reichelt Terrace this morning was shot in the leg, apparently by the car’s owner, according to police.
Officers received a call of shots fired there about 9 a.m., Lt. Andrew Cota said, and found the injured man.
“The owner confronted the man and he was shot one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged Marine Deserters Arrested</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/03/alleged-marine-deserters-arrested/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/03/alleged-marine-deserters-arrested/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two area men, allegedly deserters from the U.S. Marine Corps, have been arrested in Milford.
David Nunziata, of West Clark Street in West Haven, and Ryan Schultz, of Fawn Trail in Fairfield, were arrested by Milford police on a military warrant early Wednesday.
Police said the two 19 year-olds were stopped at the Exit 40, Woodmont Road, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Himes&#8217; Rangel money was $16G, not $2G</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/himes-rangel-money-was-16g-not-2g/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/himes-rangel-money-was-16g-not-2g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Jim Himes said Tuesday evening that he would support a resolution asking House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel to step down from his post.
Rangel was admonished by the House ethics panel last week for taking several trips to the Caribbean that were paid by private corporations, a violation of the chamber&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoydick wins in special election</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/hoydick-wins-in-special-election/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/hoydick-wins-in-special-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>llevinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Laura Hoydick has won the special election for the 120th Assembly District seat recently vacated by Stratford Mayor John A. Harkins.
Hoydick received 1,949 votes to 1,390 for Democrat Janice Andersen. Hoydick won in all six voting districts with 58 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Andersen.
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		<title>Milford man pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy charge</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/man-pleads-guilty-to-racketeering-conspiracy-charge/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/man-pleads-guilty-to-racketeering-conspiracy-charge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raul Suner, also known as “Sonny,” 49, of Milford, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of racketeering conspiracy stemming from his involvement in an illegal gambling operation, Nora R. Dannehy, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced Tuesday.
According to court documents and statements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigator says workers took chances prior to explosion</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/investigator-said-workers-at-power-plant-took-chances-prior-to-explosion/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/investigator-said-workers-at-power-plant-took-chances-prior-to-explosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD – Workers at the Kleen Energy Plant in Middletown were taking big chances when they used pressurized natural gas to blow out debris from new pipes on the morning of Feb. 7, a federal investigator told lawmakers Tuesday morning.
Donald Holstrom, investigations supervisor for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), said during an informational forum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cablevision seeks subscriber help in ABC negotiations</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/cablevision-seeks-subscriber-help-in-abc-negotiations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/02/cablevision-seeks-subscriber-help-in-abc-negotiations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cablevision subscribers this morning turned on their television sets to discover that they may lose their channel 7, or the ABC network.
Unlike Cablevision&#8217;s negotiations with the Food Network, the cable company has decided to be proactive, setting cable boxes to turn on to channel 1999, which shows a message &#8211; that plays over and over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vigil for Milford Crash Victims</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/01/vigil-for-milford-crash-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/01/vigil-for-milford-crash-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<title>Vigil planned for brother and sister killed in car crash</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/01/vigil-planned-for-brother-and-sister-killed-in-car-crash/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/01/vigil-planned-for-brother-and-sister-killed-in-car-crash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vigil is planned tonight at 7 p.m. at the scene of the accident that killed a Milford brother and sister Sunday afternoon. Paul Heron, 19, and his sister, Alexa, 15, died after the 1995 Honda Civic Paul was driving hit a telephone pole on Gulf Street near Gulf Beach near old Field Lane.
That&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspect in Trumbull home burglary nabbed</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/01/suspect-in-trumbull-home-burglary-nabbed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/03/01/suspect-in-trumbull-home-burglary-nabbed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man fleeing the scene of an attempted home burglary on Riverbend Road this afternoon was caught, police said, while his accomplice escaped into the woods.
A burglary in progress was reported about 1:50 p.m. in a neighborhood near the lower section of Daniels Farm Road, adjacent to Route 25, police said.
Officers apprehended one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car crashes into pole on Gulf Street, Milford</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/28/car-crashes-into-house-on-gulf-street-milford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/28/car-crashes-into-house-on-gulf-street-milford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A witness on the scene of an accident this afternoon on Gulf Street, Milford, said two people in the car apparently died.
The witness, who asked not to be identified, said the vehicle hit a telephone poll and split in half.
The accident took place near the fishing pier on Gulf beach shortly before 4 p.m.
Police have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop and Shop, union talks head to deadline</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/27/stop-and-shop-union-talks-head-to-deadline/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/27/stop-and-shop-union-talks-head-to-deadline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contract negotiations between the Stop and Shop grocery chain and its five union locals have continued today. Federal mediators are at the table.
Stop and Shop has 240 stores in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The contract under negotiation covers 36,000 employees and would run through 2012.
The union locals have set a deadline for a tentative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victims of explosion remembered</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/27/victims-of-explosion-remembered/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/27/victims-of-explosion-remembered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The six workers killed in a Feb. 7 explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant in Middletown were remembered by about 500 mourners at a memorial service not far from the damaged facility.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell and U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd were among those at the service Saturday at St. Mary Czestochowa Parish.
The Rev. Marek Masnicki [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Himes doesn&#8217;t want Rangel&#8217;s money</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/26/himes-doesnt-want-rangels-money/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/26/himes-doesnt-want-rangels-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Jim Himes says he will give to charity contributions made to his campaign by Rep. Charles Rangel, who was admonished by a House ethics panel this week.
“I admire Mr. Rangel for his decades of leadership on civil rights and his service in the armed forces and in Congress,&#8221; Himes said. &#8220;But as elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratford Mourns death of long-time political activist Sylvia Guberman</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/25/stratford-mourns-death-of-long-time-political-activist-sylvia-guberman/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/25/stratford-mourns-death-of-long-time-political-activist-sylvia-guberman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sylvia Guberman, the fiesty, outspoken political activist from Stratford who told Bill Clinton in her own kitchen 30 years ago he would &#8220;some day be president,&#8221; has died at age 74.
Guberman died late Wednesday night with family by her side after fighting a lenghty and very tough illness with the same bull-dog determination she had for years fought political opponents.  
Guberman, who worked with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chemical Safety Board reports on power plant explosion</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/25/chemical-safety-board-reports-on-power-plant-explosion/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/25/chemical-safety-board-reports-on-power-plant-explosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents, gave an update today on its ongoing investigation into the accident at the Kleen Energy Plant in Middletown earlier this month.
Board officials, during a press conference in Middletown this morning, said there are &#8220;multiple potential sources&#8221; for the cause of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness lists released for upcoming Botti corruption trial</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/24/witness-lists-released-for-upcoming-botti-corruption-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/24/witness-lists-released-for-upcoming-botti-corruption-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN —  Shelton Mayor Mark A. Lauretti heads the list of prominent Valley politicians and developers who will be called as witnesses in the upcoming bribery and corruption trial of Shelton developer James Botti.
The list was made public during jury selection Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Besides Lauretti the witness lists include Robert Scinto, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jury selection begins in Botti&#8217;s bribery and corruption trial</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/24/jury-selection-begins-in-bottis-bribery-and-corruption-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/24/jury-selection-begins-in-bottis-bribery-and-corruption-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jury selection in the upcoming bribery and corruption trial of Shelton developer, James Botti, began today in New Haven before Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Haight, Jr.
By the lunch break, roughly 40 of the 113 prospective jurors had been eliminated for a variety of reasons.
Botti, 46, of Maple Avenue, Shelton, was convicted in November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratford Animal Shelter Debate on for Thursday Night</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/23/stratford-animal-shelter-debate-on-for-thursday-night/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/23/stratford-animal-shelter-debate-on-for-thursday-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether the town should reduce the size and cost of what had been a nearly $3 million animal shelter proposal will be the subject of a special Building Needs Committee meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Employee Lounge in Town Hall.
Animal rights activists, who have been fighting for a new animal shelter to replace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four specialists added to veterans&#8217; outreach program</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/23/four-disabled-veterans-outreach-program-specialists-hired-with-fed-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/23/four-disabled-veterans-outreach-program-specialists-hired-with-fed-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal funds provided to the state Department of Labor have allowed the agency to add four Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists to better assist veterans seeking employment, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced today in a press release.
The new personnel will provide a wide range of services to Army, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard and Air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shelton man charged for illegal hunting at his home</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/23/shelton-man-charged-for-illegal-hunting-at-his-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/23/shelton-man-charged-for-illegal-hunting-at-his-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shelton man has been arrested for illegal hunting in that city, according to a press release from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Jose Gouveia, 51, was arrested Friday by the DEP&#8217;s Environmental Conservation Police after Shelton police heard a gunshot coming from Gouveia&#8217;s residence and observed a deer fall behind it, the release said.
Gouveia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s upgrade frustrates CT customers first</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/22/peoples-upgrade-frustrates-ct-customers-first/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/22/peoples-upgrade-frustrates-ct-customers-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Vermont People’s United customers cruise through an electronic banking system upgrade later this year, they can thank guinea pig customers in Connecticut.
Last week, CTPost Blogger Josh O’Connell, explored the recent upgrades to People’s United Bank’s On line banking system. He and other readers uncovered some problems, including that some people were unable to access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on missing Oxford funds will be discussed tonight</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/22/report-on-missing-oxford-funds-will-be-discussed-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/22/report-on-missing-oxford-funds-will-be-discussed-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OXFORD – Two town boards will discuss, behind closed doors tonight, a report from the town’s auditors concerning the funds missing from the Tax Collector’s office.
Auditors Michaud and Accavallo submitted the report over the weekend, First Selectman Mary Ann Drayton-Rogers said, and she will brief the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Finance as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate sale to benefit homeless animals</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/22/chocolate-sale-to-benefit-homeless-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/22/chocolate-sale-to-benefit-homeless-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stratford Animal Rescue Society &#038; Stratford Animal Control will be having a Munson&#8217;s Chocolate Sale to benefit the homeless animals impounded at the Stratford Animal Control Facility. The event will take place on Saturday, March 20, from 10am to 4pm at Petco, which is located at 955 Ferry Boulevard, Stratford.
Chocolates will be available for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut teen dies in Vermont snowmobile accident</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/21/connecticut-teen-dies-in-vermont-snowmobile-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/21/connecticut-teen-dies-in-vermont-snowmobile-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A television station in Vermont is reporting that a Connecticut teenager died Saturday night when the snowmobile she was a passenger on crashed into a tree. The accident happened in Somerset, VT.
The 15-year-old girl, from Watertown, was pronounced dead at the scene. The girl&#8217;s aunt, who lives in Middlebury, was operating the vehicle, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strike at Stop &amp; Shop still a possibility</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/21/strike-at-stop-shop-still-a-possibility/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/21/strike-at-stop-shop-still-a-possibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop &#038; Shop and the union representing about 40,000 supermarket workers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have extended negotiations for a week, but the union is preparing for a possible strike, according to a news story filed by the Associated Press.
The contract ended Saturday, but the supermarket chain and the United Food and Commercial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Industry Training Program is being offered again</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/21/film-industry-training-program-is-being-offered-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/21/film-industry-training-program-is-being-offered-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state will again be offering its Connecticut Film Industry Training Program (FITP), an opportunity for residents seeking the skills to work in the state&#8217;s rapidly growing film industry, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced in a press release Sunday.
 This will be the third time Connecticut has offered the program, the first of its kind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latinos want to make Census count</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/latinos-want-to-make-census-count/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/latinos-want-to-make-census-count/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another meeting of Bridgeport officials, community activists and volunteers working to make sure the city’s Latino community is fully counted in this year’s federal census will take place next week.
The session will take place at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bridgeport YMCA, 651 State St.
One of the organizers, state Rep. Andres Ayala, D-Bridgeport, said, “We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A raise already&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/a-raise-already/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/a-raise-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been years since many of us have seen an increase in our paycheck. Ben Barnes is about to get one after about three weeks working for the Bridgeport School System.
Barnes, who was named executive director of building operations and facilities for the district by the Board of Education late last month, was given a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fairfield LWV &#8216;bags&#8217; Flatto for luncheon</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/fairfield-lwv-bags-flatto-for-luncheon/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/fairfield-lwv-bags-flatto-for-luncheon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bring some lunch — and a few tough questions — for Fairfield First Selectman Kenneth Flatto when he addresses a Brown Bag lunch of the Fairfield League of Women Voters next month at the Fairfield Public Library.
Flatto specifically will be talking about five grants the town has recently received, including money for a Reverse-911 interactive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liquid Lunch lends a hand</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/liquid-lunch-lends-a-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/19/liquid-lunch-lends-a-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Cuda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local eatery Liquid Lunch is donating soup to Area Congregation Together, to help the social service agency feed its clientele. The donation comes on the heels of a food drive held last weekend, in which ACT collected significantly less food and cash than needed.
Here is the release that Liquid Lunch put out yesterday on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident on 8/25 in Bridgeport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/18/accident-on-825-in-bridgeport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/18/accident-on-825-in-bridgeport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Police say they are investigating a crash that occurred minutes ago on the Route 8/25 connector northbound, near exit 4 in Bridgeport.
It was not immediately clear how severe the accident was.
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		<title>Derby Historical Society to open one weekend a month</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/18/derby-historical-society-to-open-one-weekend-a-month/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/18/derby-historical-society-to-open-one-weekend-a-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Derby Historical Society will be open one weekend a month beginnning this Saturday, Feb. 20.
Starting then, the David Humphreys House on 37 Elm St. in Ansonia will be open every third Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for guided tours.
The cost is $5 per person, $3 for those over 65 and $3 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You can go home again &#8212; and talk about Kennedys</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/18/you-can-go-home-again-and-talk-about-kennedys/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/18/you-can-go-home-again-and-talk-about-kennedys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former volunteer at the Pequot Library in Fairfield returns Sunday to talk about her new book, “Joseph Kennedy Presents:  His Hollywood Years.”
Cari Beauchamp, now an award-winning writer for “Vanity Fair” and other magazines, in the book explores the Kennedy patriarch’s involvement in the movie industry, detailing his financial expertise and personal life.
Beauchamp, selected as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increased demand leaves Goodwill stores in need of donations</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/17/increased-demand-leaves-goodwill-stores-in-need-of-donations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/17/increased-demand-leaves-goodwill-stores-in-need-of-donations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goodwill stores are in urgent need of donations, according to Dorothy H. Viets, director of Community Relations. She said donations are currently not keeping up with the increased need for Goodwill’s employment services, as well as the increased demand for low cost merchandise. Goodwill is asking people to donate clothing, furniture and household items such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seizure-prone Stratford cop out sick during week of town-physical exam</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/seizure-prone-stratford-cop-out-sick-during-week-of-town-physical-exam/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/seizure-prone-stratford-cop-out-sick-during-week-of-town-physical-exam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Stratford Police Officer Justin LoSchiavo&#8217;s town physical exam just two days away (Feb. 18), the officer who crashed his patrol car into four vehicles last June while having a seizure is out sick for the week, town officials say.
LoSchiavo, the son of former Deputy Police Chief Joseph LoSchiavo and Human Resources Assistant Linda LoSchiavo, was placed on &#8220;light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowed out: Stratford meeting on animal shelter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/snowed-out-stratford-meeting-on-animal-shelter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/snowed-out-stratford-meeting-on-animal-shelter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight’s meeting on the possible downsizing of plans for a new Stratford animal shelter has been cancelled because of the snowy weather.
The Town Council’s Building Needs Committee had been scheduled to meet to discuss revising the $3 million project off Main Street with the goal of reducing the projected price tag.
No date for a future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgeport&#8217;s website is down. But who could tell?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/bridgeports-website-is-down-but-who-could-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/bridgeports-website-is-down-but-who-could-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The city of Bridgeport’s website — http://ci.bridgeport.ct.us/ — is offline, and has been for the last several days.
But, honestly, it’s a miracle that anyone could tell.
Without doubt, the Bridgeport municipal website is THE worst in the state. Lacking features that even the smallest communities have had on their websites for years as a service to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official: Lamont announces candidacy for governor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/its-official-lamont-announces-candidacy-for-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/its-official-lamont-announces-candidacy-for-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ned Lamont made it official just minutes ago when he announced his candidacy for governor before about 200 enthusiastic supporters in the Old State House in Hartford.
He said today he would snap Connecticut out of its economic doldrums, if elected governor.
Cutting state spending, focusing on job creation and retaining young people graduating state colleges and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call about &#8220;white powder&#8221; turns up nothing suspicious</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/call-about-white-powder-turns-up-nothing-suspicious/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/call-about-white-powder-turns-up-nothing-suspicious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shelton police and fire personnel responded to Pitney Bowes on Waterview Drive this morning after a call was received about &#8220;white powder&#8221; found at the building. Those responding were unable to locate anything suspicious, said Detective Ben Trabka. However, as a precaution, the state Department of Environmental Protection has been called to the scene.
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		<title>Protest grows over Evans&#8217; dismissal</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/protest-grows-over-evans-dismissal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/16/protest-grows-over-evans-dismissal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A group plans to hand-deliver a letter to Mayor Bill Finch protesting his recent sacking of Health Director Marian Evans.
Evans was shown the door by the mayor over management issues that he and his staff refuse to discuss publicly.
Since then, however, there has been a growing chorus of criticism over Evans’ sudden dismissal and replacement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ansonia mayor recovering from heart surgery</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/15/ansonia-mayor-recovering-from-heart-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/15/ansonia-mayor-recovering-from-heart-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ansonia Mayor James Della Volpe was resting comfortably Monday evening after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery, his assistant Beth Lynch said.
The mayor was admitted to the Hospital of St. Raphael&#8217;s in New Haven Friday after a stress test found a blockage an artery, Lynch said.
The mayor suffered a heart attack in 1991 and has since then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driver injured in fiery 2-vehicle crash</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/15/driver-injured-in-fiery-2-vehicle-crash/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/15/driver-injured-in-fiery-2-vehicle-crash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A two-car crash on Judson Place this afternoon sent one person to the hospital with what fire officials are calling serious injuries.
Firefighters had to extricate the driver of a Nissan that, along with a van, smashed into a brick fence on Judson Place, according to Fire Capt. Luis Rivera.
“They had to cut the door open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Threat&#8217; against teacher discounted as prank</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/15/threat-against-teacher-discounted-as-prank/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/15/threat-against-teacher-discounted-as-prank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD — A threatening phone call to the first selectman’s wife over the weekend was apparently a prank by one of her students, according to police, and no arrests were made.
The call to Liz Flatto, an eighth-grade reading teacher at Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull, came in around 6:45 p.m. Saturday, police said, and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rell names recipients of America the Beautiful grants</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/14/rell-names-recipients-of-america-the-beautiful-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/14/rell-names-recipients-of-america-the-beautiful-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen municipalities and non-profit organizations will be receiving America the Beautiful grants, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Sunday.
These grants cover a range of urban forestry activities, including the development of a municipal forest plan, the inventory and maintenance of significant trees, and the planting of new ones.
“Planting new trees and providing continued care of existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Stratford CAO will be named more than two months after Harkins became mayor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/13/new-stratford-cao-will-be-named-more-than-two-months-after-harkins-became-mayor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/13/new-stratford-cao-will-be-named-more-than-two-months-after-harkins-became-mayor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than two months after Mayor John A. Harkins took over as Stratford&#8217;s second mayor, he has made a decision and tendered an offer to a new chief administrative officer.
While the new CAO&#8217;s name has still not been released, Harkins&#8217; Chief of Staff Adam Bauer said the only factors holding up appointment of the second-highest ranking town official is the final part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polansky Retires in a Bid to Keep Benefits</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/13/polansky-retires-in-a-bid-to-keep-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/13/polansky-retires-in-a-bid-to-keep-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILFORD &#8211; The school board voted unanimously Saturday afternoon to notify Superintendent Harvey Polansky that it intends to terminate his contract.
But lawyers for the embattled superintendent, suspended since Nov. 15 for allegedly sexually harrassing two female principals, say the contract was terminated Friday when Polansky filed retirement papers with state education officials.
School board lawyer Floyd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 escape Fairfield house fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/13/2-escape-fairfield-house-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/13/2-escape-fairfield-house-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An elderly woman and her housekeeper escaped without injury a fire that seriously damaged a Sasco River Lane home in Fairfield this afternoon.
The blaze appears to shave started in the home’s family room and spread to other parts of the structure, according to fire officials.
The fire damage appears to have left the house uninhabitable.
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		<title>Dodd and &#8230; Corker?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/12/dodd-and-corker/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/12/dodd-and-corker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Chris Dodd has reached out to a new ally in his quest to get the financial regulatory reform package back on track, The Washington Post reports.
It is, drum roll please: Freshman Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee.
Dodd acknowledged when he announced his decision to leave the Senate earlier this year that he fervently wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fate of new Stratford Animal Shelter to be debated Tuesday Night</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/12/fate-of-new-stratford-animal-shelter-to-be-debated-tuesday-night/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/12/fate-of-new-stratford-animal-shelter-to-be-debated-tuesday-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though the Town Council last week, acting on a recommendation by Mayor John A. Harkins, rescinded the previous council&#8217;s approval for a  nearly $3 million animal shelter, everyone seems to agree that a new shelter is long overdue.
Or do they?
That will be the subject of a special meeting Tuesday of the council&#8217;s Building Needs Committee at 7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant snowman in Fairfield</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/12/ginat-snowman-in-fairfield/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/12/ginat-snowman-in-fairfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the snowday on Wednesday, Kevin and some buddies built a 12 foot snowman!

Do have have pictures you want to share? Submit them to our galley, here!
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		<title>HMA hosts show for a true American master</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/hma-hosts-show-for-a-true-american-master/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/hma-hosts-show-for-a-true-american-master/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pboros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Housatonic Museum of Art opened yet another great exhibit Thursday night with a reception that attracted crowds (from toddlers to senior citizens, students and professors to business people and art-lovers) at the Bert Chernow Galleries at Housatonic Community College in downtown Bridgeport.
 The turnout was a fitting salute to artist Stanley Boxer (1926-2000), a true American master [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local energy efficiency projects get federal funds</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/energy-efficiency-projects-get-federal-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/energy-efficiency-projects-get-federal-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gov. M. Jodi Rell today announced that 121 small and mid-sized municipalities will share in $6.7 million in federal stimulus funds to help pay for energy efficiency projects that will ultimately lower costs to local taxpayers.
“These smart investments that municipalities make now will pay for themselves in the long run. It truly is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pothole patching planned on Route 8 Friday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/pothole-patching-planned-on-route-8-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/pothole-patching-planned-on-route-8-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pothole patching will be taking place on Route 8 (northbound &#038; southbound), between exits 15 and 22 in Derby, Ansonia and Seymour, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The patching is slated to take place on Friday, Feb. 12.
For more information, please visit the ConnDOT website: http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=2135&#038;Q=455668
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		<title>Milford BOE Sets Saturday Meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/milford-boe-sets-saturday-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/milford-boe-sets-saturday-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The school board in Milford will meet Saturday at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the employment status of Superintendent Harvey Polanksy.
Polansky, who has been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for allegdly fondling two principals, has until Friday to accept a $125,000 buyout of his contract.
The board&#8217;s meeting in executive session, at the Parsons Government Center, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment insurance claims can be filed on holidays</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/unemployment-insurance-claims-can-be-filed-on-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/unemployment-insurance-claims-can-be-filed-on-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The state Department of Labor’s Call Centers for filing unemployment insurance claims will remain open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on two state holidays in February, Gov. M. Jodi Rell said in a press release issued today.
“Despite some early signs of improvement in the economy, our state continues to struggle with record unemployment levels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amann ends gubernatorial bid</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/amann-ends-gubernatorial-bid/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/11/amann-ends-gubernatorial-bid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Underfunded and less-known in a crowded field of Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls, James A. Amann, the former speaker of the state House, ended his bid Thursday for the party nomination.
&#8220;I&#8217;m just a beach kid from Milford, Connecticut,&#8221; said Amann during a news conference in the Capitol&#8217;s Hall of the Flags.
&#8220;You know, it just didn&#8217;t work out,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgeport snowfall as of 3:15 p.m.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/10/bridgeport-snowfall-as-of-315-p-m/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/10/bridgeport-snowfall-as-of-315-p-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the fun things about a major snowstorm is to get out the ol&#8217; ruler and find out how much snow has blessed us with its presence.  (One of our newsroom cohorts actually offered a truly ol&#8217; ruler: one with Roman numerals.  We passed.)
Our king of the Snow Zone, Jim Shay, loves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So where&#8217;s the snow?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/10/so-wheres-the-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/10/so-wheres-the-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow it on AccuWeather.com&#8217;s radar by clicking here to see the live action.
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		<title>Mayors to Rell: Sell booze on Sunday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/10/mayors-to-rell-sell-booze-on-sunday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/10/mayors-to-rell-sell-booze-on-sunday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The mayors of three major Connecticut cities don&#8217;t always agree. But they have decided it&#8217;s time to end the state&#8217;s ban on the Sunday sale of alcohol.
Bridgeport&#8217;s Bill Finch, Hartford&#8217;s Eddie Perez and New Haven&#8217;s John DeStefano Jr. Wednesday urged the governor to lift the ban, a news release from Finch said.
A legislative report concluded that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State prepares for major winter storm</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/state-prepares-for-major-winter-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/state-prepares-for-major-winter-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To avoid gridlock on state highways as a result of a major winter storm bearing down on Connecticut, Gov. M. Jodi Rell today announced in a press release that she is activating a plan in which major Hartford-based employers, including the State of Connecticut, will implement staggered release times if employees are allowed to leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arts chief reception postponed</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/arts-chief-reception-postponed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/arts-chief-reception-postponed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pboros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport has waited years for an arts council to get up and running. And now that it finally has one, folks have been looking forward with great anticipation to Wednesday&#8217;s welcoming celebration for the group&#8217;s first executive director Penny Harrison.
They&#8217;ll just have to wait a little longer.
The reception, slated for Wednesday evening at Housatonic Communtiy College&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drivers beware: Park at your own risk</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/drivers-beware-park-at-your-own-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/drivers-beware-park-at-your-own-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Bridgeport has declared a snow emergency beginning at midnight because of the huge snowstorm expected Wednesday.
They have also released a list of the streets designated as snow emergency streets, meaning no one is allowed to park on these streets &#8211; unless you really want to pay a nice big fine.
Here are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday will be Day of Mourning for explosion victims</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/wednesday-will-be-day-of-mourning-for-explosion-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/wednesday-will-be-day-of-mourning-for-explosion-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD – A day of mourning for the victims of Sunday’s explosion in Middletown was announced this morning by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
The governor ordered state flags will be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown Wednesday. A moment of silence will be observed at 11 a.m., about the time that the blast occurred at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>P.R. Pageant Practice</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/p-r-pageant-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/09/p-r-pageant-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Puerto Rican Parade of Fairfield County  Inc,has begun registrations and practices for the 2010 Cultural Pageants.
There are currently three categories and they are:
- Mr. &#038; Miss Puerto Rico (ages 16 to 21 years old)
- Little Mr. &#038; Miss Puerto Rico (ages 5 to 10 years old)
- Miss Teen Puerto Rico (ages 11 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not the peanut butter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/08/not-the-peanut-butter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/08/not-the-peanut-butter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police Chief Dave Peck was out and about Saturday morning when he was apparently flagged down from some employees of a tree company doing some work on the Old Post Road in the town&#8217;s Southport section.
The workers found a headstone in a small stream on the property. It&#8217;s engraved &#8220;Skippy &#8211; August 21, 1942 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rell assembles experts to review cause of blast, state safety codes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/08/rell-assembles-experts-to-review-cause-of-blast-state-safety-codes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/08/rell-assembles-experts-to-review-cause-of-blast-state-safety-codes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced she is assembling a panel of state agencies – to be chaired by Senior U.S. District Judge Alan H. Nevas – to identify the cause and origin of the Kleen Energy power plant explosion in Middletown on Sunday, including any potential contributing factors such as construction problems, worker safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merritt Parkway backed up due to tree cutting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/08/merritt-parkway-backed-up-due-to-tree-cutting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/08/merritt-parkway-backed-up-due-to-tree-cutting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traffic is snarled on the Merritt Parkway southbound from exit 53 to exit 50 and beyond. It could be that way for a couple of hours as the state Department of Transportation cuts down trees along that stretch of roadway, according to state police.
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		<title>Power plant explosion leaves at least five dead</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/07/power-plant-explosion/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/07/power-plant-explosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At least five people are dead and 12 injured in the explosion early today of a gas-fired power plant on the River Road in Middletown.
There are fears the death toll will rise.
The injured have been taken to three area hospitals, while some of those not seriously injured were treated at the scene.
State police are at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrested in Jail</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/06/arrested-in-jail/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/06/arrested-in-jail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 11 p.m. on Friday state troopers received a strange call. The Bridgeport Correctional Facility &#8211; I&#8217;m guessing on North Avenue &#8211; was reporting that an inmate was found to be in possession of narcotics.
When the state trooper arrived he discovered 6 small baggies in the left front pant pocket of inmate Juan V. Torres&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do they always run?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/06/why-do-they-always-run/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/06/why-do-they-always-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport&#8217;s Strategic Enforcement Team officers arrested three men just before 2 a.m. Friday when they caught the men loitering outside the Green Homes Apartments, despite being told to stay away from the public housing complex because none of them live there.
When police saw Marco Antonio Medina, Jr., 34, Tajah McCain, 31, and Ernest R. Lloyd, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Shakespeare Theater Deal Falls Apart: Could be the &#8220;Final Curtain&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/05/another-shakespeare-theater-deal-falls-apart-could-be-the-final-curtain/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/05/another-shakespeare-theater-deal-falls-apart-could-be-the-final-curtain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For more than 20 years the once renowned Shakespeare Festival Theater in Stratford has deteriorated, it&#8217;s stage bare and dark, and today is much like the spooky theater in &#8220;Phantom of the Opera.&#8221; 
Meanwhile,  numerous attempts to revive the legendary Elm Street showcase and raise the curtain on its deep, massive stage have ended in one Bard tragedy after another.
On Monday night in Town Hall, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Seizure-prone cop be back in patrol car by end of month?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/04/will-seizure-prone-cop-be-back-in-patrol-car-by-end-of-month/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/04/will-seizure-prone-cop-be-back-in-patrol-car-by-end-of-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deadline looms for Stratford officials to determine whether Police Officer Justine LoSchiavo can return to active duty six months after being placed on &#8220;light duty&#8221; as a result of crashing his patrol car into four vehicles last June while having a seizure.
But some cops and residents fear what could happen if LoSchiavo got back into his patrol car and was permitted again to carry a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call to artists: Bridgeport office building needs beautification</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/04/call-to-artists-bridgeport-office-building-needs-beautification/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/04/call-to-artists-bridgeport-office-building-needs-beautification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pboros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for local artists!
Word from Caryn Kaufman Communications is that MainState Ventures is looking for six artists to adorn a wall at the corner of Broad and State streets in downtown Bridgeport.
And not only will the winning artists have the pleasure of exhibiting their work, each for a two-month stretch, at one of downtown&#8217;s busiest intersections,  they might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parties for the arts in Bridgeport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/03/parties-for-the-arts-in-bridgeport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/03/parties-for-the-arts-in-bridgeport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pboros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Mark your calendars now: 
For those interested in Bridgeport&#8217;s arts scene, the place to be on two evenings next week will be the Housatonic Museum of Art at  Housatonic Community College.
On Wednesday, Penny Harrison, Bridgeport&#8217;s new arts council chief, will be introduced to the community at a free public reception, beginning at 6 p.m.
On Thursday, it&#8217;s back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boycott the Super Bowl? Good luck</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/03/boycott-the-super-bowl-good-luck/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/03/boycott-the-super-bowl-good-luck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guy can dream can&#8217;t he???
MIAMI &#8211; &#8220;Most Americans know more about football than they do about the Constitution or their political leaders,&#8221; says Mark Dice, who last week posted a video on YouTube showing him gathering signatures on a petition to repeal the First Amendment to prove his point. &#8220;People yell and scream at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rell&#8217;s budget: Reduced spending, no tax hikes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/03/rells-budget-would-reduce-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/03/rells-budget-would-reduce-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This report was filed by Reporter Ken Dixon in Hartford:
Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s final budget would reduce spending by about $30 million in the fiscal that starts July 1 and erase the current half-billion dollar deficit.
The budget tactic, proposed to the General Assembly during its 13-week budget-adjustment session that begins today, is an attempt to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative session opens today</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/03/legislative-session-opens-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Dixon reports this morning on the opening of the state&#8217;s General Assembly:
HARTFORD – The first order of business before the General Assembly today will be the expansion of COBRA health care benefits and the approval of additional revenue for distressed municipalities, including Bridgeport, New Haven and Torrington.
 On the day that Gov. M. Jodi Rell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratford Police Chief John Buturla being considered for New Haven&#8217;s top cop?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/stratford-police-chief-john-buturla-being-considered-for-new-havens-top-cop/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/stratford-police-chief-john-buturla-being-considered-for-new-havens-top-cop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Stratford Police Chief John Buturla on Tuesday denied reports based on police sources in Stratford and New Haven that he has applied for the pending police chief vacancy in the state&#8217;s second largest city, he would not deny he was under consideration for the job.
&#8220;I have not interviewed for the police chief&#8217;s job in New Haven,&#8221; says Buturla, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milford police seek help in finding missing man</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/milford-police-seek-help-in-finding-missing-man/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/milford-police-seek-help-in-finding-missing-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milford Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man missing since Monday.
Charles Morrell, 47, has undisclosed medical issues and is considered endangered, said Officer Jeff Nielsen, the police spokesman.
Morrell may be operating a gray 2002 Mitsubishi Diamante, with the Massachusetts plate 44EZ85, Nielsen said.
Anyone with information on Morrell’s whereabouts is asked to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blumenthal rules on AG qualifications</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/blumenthal-bysiewicz-not-qualified-to-run-for-ag/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/blumenthal-bysiewicz-not-qualified-to-run-for-ag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD — Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz may be two-to-four years short of the requisite 10 years of legal experience needed to run for attorney general, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal indicated Tuesday, creating instant havoc in the political race for his successor.
The reading of state law means that Bysiewicz — who last month dropped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still a chance to be Puerto Rican royalty</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/still-a-chance-to-be-puerto-rican-royalty/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/02/still-a-chance-to-be-puerto-rican-royalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Puerto Rican Parade of Fairfield County Inc. is seeking enthusiastic and motivated young ladies and gentleman to participate in our Annual Cultural Pageant for 2010. We are celebrating our 17th year! Come join the fun and make new lifelong friends!
Pageant requirements:
Mr. &#038; Miss Puerto Rico (16-21years of age)
Miss Teen Puerto Rico (11-15 years of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milford Police Chief Moving On?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/milford-police-chief-moving-on/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/milford-police-chief-moving-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milford Chief Keith Mello&#8217;s name has been mentioned in connection with the search for a new chief for the New Haven Police Department.
Mello said Monday night that he has not applied for the New haven opening. Asked if he has been approached about heading the New Haven police, Mello declined to comment.
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		<title>Who&#8217;s got game?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/whos-got-game/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/whos-got-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For students, there&#8217;s nothing more fun than watching your teachers get embarassed. They&#8217;ll get a chance (they hope) at the Roger Ludlowe Middle School Basketball Bash Tuesday from 5:30 &#8211; 9 p.m. at the school gym.
The boy&#8217;s and girl&#8217;s varsity teams will take on the faculty in the school&#8217;s biggest fundraiser of the year.
In addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seymour high closed due to heating problem</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/seymour-high-closed-due-to-heating-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/seymour-high-closed-due-to-heating-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A problem with the heating system Monday resulted in an unexpected day off for Seymour High School students.
Shortly after they arrived at school, students were sent home when the heating system broke down and temperatures dropped in the building to unacceptable levels, school officials said.
It&#8217;s anticipated that the problem will be fixed today, they said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child allegedly Left Outside in the Cold</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/child-allegedly-left-outside-in-the-cold/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/02/01/child-allegedly-left-outside-in-the-cold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILFORD &#8212; An 8 year-old child has been turned over to the state Department of Children and Families, after the child&#8217;s mother left for work Friday with the third-grader waiting 45 minutes for the school bus in extreme cold, police said.
Ronni Cruz,34, of York Street was arrested Friday on a single count of risk of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All that glimmers is Garthwaite</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/31/all-that-glimmers-is-garthwaite/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/31/all-that-glimmers-is-garthwaite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pboros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greenwich landscape artist Ernest Garthwaite, a master of the centuries-old technique of applying gold leaf, will be feted at a reception on Friday (Feb. 5) to mark the opening of his exhibit at the new Southport Galleries in Fairfield.
Garthwaite will be on hand from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery reception, which is free and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rell proposes tougher cell phone fines</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/30/rell-proposes-tougher-cell-phone-fines/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/30/rell-proposes-tougher-cell-phone-fines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the state is finally realizing that people talk and text on their cell phones while driving.
So &#8230; here&#8217;s the latest attempt to enforce the law by Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
Good luck.
&#8220;This law has been in place for nearly five years now, more than enough time for Connecticut motorists to be familiar with its requirements,&#8221; Governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI arrests Milford man</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/29/fbi-arrests-milford-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILFORD – A West Avenue man was arraigned Friday in federal court, charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
Alexander DeFelice, 32, of 184 West Avenue, remained in custody after the hearing in U.S. District Court in New Haven, and he faces a detention hearing in the same court on Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monroe From the Inside</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/29/monroe-from-the-inside/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/29/monroe-from-the-inside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how your town operates? First Selectman Steve Vavrek wants to show you. He&#8217;s scheduled public tours for Tuesday and Wednesday that will show off the Highway Garage, Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, Police Department, Senior Center, and Town Hall offices. For the full schedule click here and then download the file.
Vavrek said the tours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More hours to pay taxes: In line or online</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/29/more-hours-to-pay-taxes-in-line-or-online/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/29/more-hours-to-pay-taxes-in-line-or-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Tax Collector’s Office will open at 8 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 29 and Monday, Feb. 1 to accommodate tax payments.
 The office also will be open Saturday, Jan. 30 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Taxpayers can pay current bills in person by using cash, personal check, cashier&#8217;s check or money order; back tax payments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Footloose just robbed AGAIN</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/28/footloose-just-robbed-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police are broadcasting that the Footloose shoe store at 1374 Barnum Ave., held up Christmas Eve by two masked men brandishing guns, has just been robbed AGAIN.
Shortly after 5 p.m., two men held up the shoe store today.
Sounds like a good likelihood it could be the same two whose pictures were featured in today&#8217;s paper&#8211;with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More counts filed against Perlitz in alleged sexual abuse case</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/28/more-counts-filed-against-perlitz-in-alleged-sexual-abuse-case/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/28/more-counts-filed-against-perlitz-in-alleged-sexual-abuse-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned a superseding indictment today charging Douglas Perlitz with additional counts related to the alleged sexual abuse of several boys in Haiti, U.S. Attorney Nora R. Dannehy said in a press release.
Perlitz was the founder and director of Project Pierre Toussaint, a boys school in Cap-Haitien, Haiti.
The superseding indictment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t make this stuff up&#8230;funny/quirky cop stories</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-funnyquirky-cop-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-funnyquirky-cop-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget drugs; this alleged thief needed his chocolate fix.
A 24-year-old city man was arrested Monday after he tried to steal — no kidding here — 24 bags of peanut M&#38;Ms from the Walgreens at 1000 Park Ave.
Must&#8217;ve been one heck of a craving.
After loading up on the candy and trying to leave without paying, 24-year-old Nicholas Payne fought with store security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Help for Haiti</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/more-help-for-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/more-help-for-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time, it comes courtesy of Cub Scouts Pack 64 in Trumbull, who will be happy to take your recyclable cans and bottles this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Jane Ryan School, 101 Park Lane. All monies raised will be donated for the American Red Cross. And even if you don&#8217;t have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s in&#8230; for now</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/hes-in-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILFORD – Former House Speaker James Amann says he’s still a candidate for governor, but that could change if Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont enters the race.
“I’m still the only Democrat officially running for governor, so I guess I’m ahead,’’ Amann said Wednesday afternoon. “But I’m a realist too. If Ned enters the race and decides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A future president?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/a-future-president/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/a-future-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[10-year-old Sean Oppenheimer may only be in the fifth grade, but he already has aspirations to become the U.S. President one day. The Osborn Hill student has invited Governor M. Jodi Rell to his school&#8217;s variety show this Friday. Listen while he gives his views on health care reform:

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		<title>Is Amann Bowing Out?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/is-amann-bowing-out/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/27/is-amann-bowing-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MILFORD – Is former House Speaker James A. Amann  preparing to drop out of the governor’s race?
That is the rumor making the rounds today, but a prominent supporter notes that the rumor has circulated before.
“I’ve heard this before, I heard it last week, but when I talked to Jim he didn’t mention it,’’ said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HCC students hold drive to help earthquake victims</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/26/hcc-students-hold-drive-to-help-earthquake-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/26/hcc-students-hold-drive-to-help-earthquake-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students at Bridgeport&#8217;s Housatonic Community College are conducting a &#8220;Help for Haiti&#8221; drive to collect food and other items for victims of the recent earthquake that ravaged that island.
The drive will run through March 2.
Besides food, the students will be collecting toiletries, water and warm-weather clothing. All the items will be shipped to Haiti.
Items can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polansky report released</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/26/polansky-report-released/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/26/polansky-report-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILFORD – A 13-page investigator’s report released Tuesday morning quotes former Superintendent Harvey B. Polansky as admitting that he hugged and occasionally kissed female staff members, “but in the spirit of a congratulatory ‘good job’ sentiment.’’
Nothing sensuous or romantic was intended by the overtures, Polansky told investigator Loren Lettick, and the former superintendent said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work with your spouse? We want to talk to you!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/26/work-with-your-spouse-we-want-to-talk-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/26/work-with-your-spouse-we-want-to-talk-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Cuda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you and your spouse work in the same place? If so, we might want to interview you for an upcoming story. We want to know what it&#8217;s like to work with your beloved. How do you balance work and family? How do you work together and live together without driving each other crazy? Do you have boundaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Botti rejects plea deal; case now goes to trial</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/25/botti-rejects-plea-deal-case-now-goes-to-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/25/botti-rejects-plea-deal-case-now-goes-to-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN &#8211; Shelton developer James Botti today officially rejected a plea deal offered in his federal corruption case, despite prior urging from the judge hearing the case that he accept the deal.
Botti was already convicted of structuring bank deposits in order to avoid IRS attention and is facing up to 10 years in prison. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire tears through George St. homes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/24/fire-tears-through-george-st-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/24/fire-tears-through-george-st-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Cuda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An early morning blaze that engulfed four residences on George Street in Bridgeport has left at least 16 people homeless.
Bridgeport Fire Capt. Luis Rivera said, shortly before 2 a.m., fire personnel receive a report of a fire in the city&#8217;s Hollow neighborhood. The fire reportedly started at 331-335 George St., a multi-family home, and spread tothree other buildings.
No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Children Haitian update</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/23/save-the-children-haitian-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/23/save-the-children-haitian-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Save the Children just sent along an update and this video on its Haitian relief efforts.
Here it is &#8230;
Save the Children and AmeriCares have partnered to bring medical aid to more than 85,000 Haitians affected by the earthquake. Westport-based Save the Children’s emergency response team in Haiti has distributed more than 16.5 tons of medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>buildOn posts updates from Haiti</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/buildon-posts-updates-from-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/buildon-posts-updates-from-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[buildOn, a Stamford-based organization, has a team of buildOn staff and volunteers aiding the people of Haiti. They are providing daily updates on their Web site of their relief efforts. 
Through after-school programs held in 130 high schools across the nation, buildOn members engage in local community service projects, raise money for school construction projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race to Post</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/race-to-post/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/race-to-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So earlier this week, Connecticut joined 40 other states and the District of Columbia in putting its hand out for a piece of a $4.35 billion competitive education stimulus package aimed at improving teaching, data collection and student performance.
 The Connecticut plan asks for $192.7 million over four years and has the support of 122 school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job Hunting?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/job-hunting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/job-hunting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re interested in one of the high-paying jobs listed on the Town of Trumbull Web site &#8212; finance director, public works director, or assessor &#8212; there&#8217;s just one more week to get the paperwork in as Personnel Manager Mary Ann Meier said today that the process will close Jan. 29.
The previous finance director resigned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to be the next Mr. or Miss Puerto Rico?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/want-to-be-the-next-mr-or-miss-puerto-rico/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/want-to-be-the-next-mr-or-miss-puerto-rico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Also from the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network newsletter:
Puerto Rican Parade of Fairfield County Bridgeport Pageant Registration 
Dear Members and friends,
We are reminding everyone that Pageant regsitrations will be taking place at the South End Community Center, 650 Park Ave., Bridgeport, from 6-8 P.M. on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
The categories are as follows: 
- Mr. &#038; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telemundo gives tax advice en español</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/telemundo-gives-tax-advice-en-espanol/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/telemundo-gives-tax-advice-en-espanol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from the Greater Bridgeport Latino Network&#8217;s newsletter:
WASHINGTON &#8211; The Internal Revenue Service is joining national TV network Telemundo in a special one-hour tax program for Spanish-speaking taxpayers on Sunday, Jan. 24. 
The program, &#8220;Los Impuestos y Usted&#8221; (&#8220;Taxes and You&#8221;), will air at:
·        3:00 p.m. Eastern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stamford accountant cops to guilt in mortgage fraud</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/stamford-accountant-cops-to-guilt-in-mortgage-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/22/stamford-accountant-cops-to-guilt-in-mortgage-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stamford Accountant Jose I. Flores, 50 of Fairfield Avenue, admitted Wednesday in federal court to participating in a four-year-long mortgage fraud scheme.
According to U.S. Attorney Nora R. Dannehy, Flores submitted &#8220;accountant letters&#8221; containing false information related to borrowers incomes and other financial data to mortage lenders in order to secure residential real estate mortgages.
Dannehy&#8217;s office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A show of support for Polansky</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/a-show-of-support-for-polansky/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/a-show-of-support-for-polansky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Frank Juliano, reporting at a special Milford Board of Education meeting tonight:
The show of support for embattled Milford schools chief Harvey B. Polansky at the meeting includes his wife, Harriet, and superintendents from three Connecticut school districts.
Also there is Joseph Cirasuolo, executive director of the Connecticut Association of School Superintendents.
Not there is Polansky and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Network and HGTV will be returning to Cablevision</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/food-network-and-hgtv-will-be-returning-to-cablevision/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/food-network-and-hgtv-will-be-returning-to-cablevision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) and Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) today announced that they have reached an agreement allowing for the return of Food Network and HGTV programming to Cablevision customers in the New York Tri-State region beginning today.
Both companies noted that their primary focus throughout the process was to work as hard as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But &#8216;Who will adopt Bridgeport?&#8217; &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/but-who-will-adopt-bridgeport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/but-who-will-adopt-bridgeport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; The headline for this item is actually a comment today by a reader of ctpost.com on our story about the efforts of Bridgeport City Council member Michelle Lyons to have the city “adopt” a Haitian community in the wake of last week’s earthquake.
A little snide? Yes. Totally off base? Well, &#8230;
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		<title>Prosecutor is investigating murder-suicide</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/prosecutor-will-investigate-w-h-murder-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/prosecutor-will-investigate-w-h-murder-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State&#8217;s Attorney Kevin D. lawlor said this afternoon that his staff will investigate the events surrounding the murder-suicide of a West Haven couple on Sunday.  Selami Ozdemir was arrested Saturday night around 5:30 p.m. on family violence charges. Police believe that Ozdemir went back to the Blohm Street home he shared with his wife Shengyl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easton memorial on agenda</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/easton-memorial-on-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/easton-memorial-on-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are the folks who have shepherded the proposed 9/11 Memorial going to be able to see it through?  That&#8217;s what some folks are wondering now that the Board of Selectmen will &#8220;discuss and take possible action on the formation and charging of a building committee for a 9-11 memorial.&#8221; The board meets tonight at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Program offers Energy Star appliance rebates</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/program-offers-energy-star-appliance-rebates/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/21/program-offers-energy-star-appliance-rebates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers could receive rebates of $50 to $100 for buying Energy Star appliances and $500 for Energy Star central air systems, under a $3.4 million stimulus-funded program the state will offer beginning Monday, according to Gov. M. Jodi Rell.
The governor, in a press release today, said the rebates would cover purchases of Energy Star qualified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All aboard!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/all-aboard/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/all-aboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on a story about the trials and tribulations commuters in our region face just trying to find a parking space at their train station. Been waiting  for a permit for years? Leave hours before your train to make sure you get a spot? Or are you one of the lucky ones with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Assessor Tries to Get Job Back</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/ousted-assessor-tries-to-get-job-back/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/ousted-assessor-tries-to-get-job-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Trumbull Tax Assessor Ross Murray, ousted by new First Selectman Timothy M. Herbst Dec. 8 on grounds it was his right under the charter, finally gets a hearing before the state Department of Labor Thursday morning. Murray&#8217;s arguing that the dismissal was a violation of his union contract.
Herbst did not point to any specific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Beach West Sale Could be Dead a Year After Referendum was approved by Stratford Voters</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/long-beach-west-sale-could-be-dead-a-year-after-referendum-was-approved-by-stratford-voters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/long-beach-west-sale-could-be-dead-a-year-after-referendum-was-approved-by-stratford-voters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The controversial sale of the Long Beach West peninsula to the federal government could be dead just a year after voters in Stratford overwhelmingly approved the sale to the federal government for at least $10 million, town officials say.
But it turns out that because the referendum question asked voters to cast ballots on whether  the 34-acre peninsula [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning issued on texting scam involving debit cards</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/warning-issued-on-texting-scam-involving-debit-cards/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/warning-issued-on-texting-scam-involving-debit-cards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Better Business Bureau is warning Wachovia bank debit card holders about a texting scam aimed at securing cardholders’ account numbers, expiration dates and Personal Identification Numbers (PIN).
Consumers have contacted several BBBs to tell them about a text message claiming their Wachovia account has been deactivated and requires action to reactivate it, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pequonnock Yacht Club sailing to New Haven</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/pequonnock-yacht-club-sailing-to-new-haven/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/20/pequonnock-yacht-club-sailing-to-new-haven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pequonnock Yacht Club is moving to New Haven.
The 105-year-old club&#8217;s 250 members will be moving into the former Oyster Point Marina building, at 98 South Water St., after renovations are completed on the historic New Haven building.
According to stories published in the New Haven Independent, the yacht club had a hard time getting permission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edmund Winterbottom back on Bpt. payroll</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/19/edmund-winterbottom-back-on-bpt-payroll/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/19/edmund-winterbottom-back-on-bpt-payroll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just one month after leaving Stratford under a dark cloud by departing without giving notice to new Mayor John Harkins and receiving $40,000 in unused sick and vacation benefits, Edmund Winterbottom is on the Bridgeport pay roll &#8211; again.
Winterbottom retired from his Bpt job as Labor Relations Director in 2007, but now he&#8217;s baaaaack.
What is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radio Cumbre</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/19/radio-cumbre/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/19/radio-cumbre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greater Bridgeport United &#8212; a coalition of local leaders, politicians and businesspeople who organize in times of natural disasters to aid nations in need &#8212; collected $32,000 for the American red Cross&#8217; Haitian relief fund.
Tons and tons of people helped&#8230;believe me I was there.
It was amazing to watch tons of politicians, local people, young people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/19/missing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/19/missing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I wrote a story on Bridgeport&#8217;s grants payroll, which ran in the paper on Sunday, Jan. 10. The story was on the front page of the paper and had a tease to the accompanying story that read something like this &#8220;More Online: Grants employees respond to concerns over their jobs, only at ctpost.com.&#8221;
Except the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help for Haiti: spiritual and financial</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/18/help-for-haiti-spiritual-and-financial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/18/help-for-haiti-spiritual-and-financial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Mass to mourn victims in the horrific Haitian earthquake will take place tonight in Bridgeport.
The service, planned as a way to help bring some comfort to the region’s Haitian community, will be led by Bishop William Lori of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport. The service is set for 6 p.m. in Saint Charles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspect in Milford Murder in custody</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/18/suspect-in-milford-murder-in-custody/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/18/suspect-in-milford-murder-in-custody/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Milford police have made a second arrest in the August murder of a New Haven man.
   Javier Cruz-Falcon, 35, of West Spring Street, West    Haven, will be arraigned Tuesday in Milford Superior Court on capital felony murder and first-degree kidnapping charges.
   Cruz-Falcon was located in Queens, N.Y. in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nominations sought for humanitarian award</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/18/nominations-sought-for-humanitarian-award/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/18/nominations-sought-for-humanitarian-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Valley United Way is accepting nominations for the 2010 Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award for community service in the Valley area.
The award is named for Charles H. Flynn, who was the publisher of the Evening Sentinel and a very active community leader. Following his death in 1969, the award was established because of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murder suicide in West Haven</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/17/murder-suicide-in-west-haven/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/17/murder-suicide-in-west-haven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A husband who had been arrested the night before on a domestic violence charge returned to his West Haven home Sunday morning and allegedly killed his wife and then himself, according to police.
Sometime after 4 a.m. the West Haven Police Department said officers forced their way into 341 Blohm St. where they found the bodies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratford &#8220;a model&#8221; in keeping the growing senior population in their own homes: In Sunday&#8217;s Connecticut Post</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/15/stratford-a-model-in-keeping-the-growing-senior-population-in-their-own-homes-in-sundays-connecticut-post/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/15/stratford-a-model-in-keeping-the-growing-senior-population-in-their-own-homes-in-sundays-connecticut-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It turns out that Stratford, which has taken more than its share of criticism in recent years for everything from governmental bungling to accusations of cronyism, nepotism and dropping the ball on public safety, is doing something right on one of society&#8217;s most vital social issues.
Town programs are  helping to keep the increasing numbers of senior citizens in their own homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Help for Haiti</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/15/federal-help-for-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/15/federal-help-for-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a meeting Friday organized by the mayor&#8217;s office, Shanté Hanks, director of constituent services for Congressman Himes, gave some statistics and information on the nation&#8217;s aid for Haiti in this devastating time.
Here is what she said:
- as of Friday the U.S. Department of Defense had sent about 900 soldiers to Haiti
- the Air Force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Human Resources Director in Stratford to be &#8220;resource rather than adversary.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/new-human-resources-director-in-stratford-to-be-resource-rather-than-adversary/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/new-human-resources-director-in-stratford-to-be-resource-rather-than-adversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In naming a new human resources director a month after taking office, Mayor John A. Harkins wants Town Hall employees to know he&#8217;s expecting a &#8220;big change&#8221; from previous HR honchos in the way Ronald Ing does his job.
Ing, a Stratford resident who is currently Director of Human Resources for Uretek/Archer, LLC, a New Haven-based manufacturing company, will start his $88,000 a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbst to Talk to Taxpayers</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/herbst-to-talk-to-taxpayers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/herbst-to-talk-to-taxpayers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that he&#8217;s been on the job for over a month, Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst has had a chance to form some impressions of his role &#8212; and he&#8217;s planning to share them with the public. He&#8217;s scheduled to speak before the Trumbull Taxpayers Association on Jan. 26.
The session is scheduled to take place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shelton building official suspended</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/shelton-building-official-suspended/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/shelton-building-official-suspended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shelton Building Official Elliott Wilson has apparently been suspended from the job he&#8217;s held for many years.
Wilson pleaded guilty last week to lying to federal investigators and to a federal grand jury about gifts he accepted from two developers.
Wilson, 66, admitted that he &#8220;received items of value from developers in Shelton who sought to influence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Saga Grows on in Easton</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/a-saga-grows-on-in-easton/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/14/a-saga-grows-on-in-easton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you thought a Town Meeting Wednesday would settle the matter of whether a memorial Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks would be built on the green in front of the town library, you were wrong. After a long organizational delay and nearly 2 1/2 hours of debate, a special meeting Wednesday overturned by 188 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plane crashes near Oxford Airport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/13/plane-down-in-oxford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/13/plane-down-in-oxford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A single-engine plane has gone down near Waterbury/Oxford Airport. Sources say there was a large explosion in an area off Christian Street off Commerce Drive that caused power outages in the area when it took down all the tranmission lines. One person on the plane was seriously injured. That person was taken to Waterbury Hospital.
&#8220;Every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobcat killed on Route 8</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/13/bobcat-killed-on-route-8/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/13/bobcat-killed-on-route-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southbound traffic was backed up on Route 8 near exit 13 in Shelton this morning. No surprise, that&#8217;s usually the case every weekday morning.
But what was different was the cause: a bobcat was struck and killed and laying on the side of the road. Naturally brought traffic to crawl as drivers looked at the dead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batter up!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/batter-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/batter-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the cold weather we&#8217;ve been enduring it may seem like spring training and warm sunshine will never arrive. But the Fairfield Museum and History Center is already thinking about summer and baseball.
The museum is looking for any paraphernalia from local baseball teams in the Bridgeport-Fairfield area prior to 1950 &#8211; anything from uniforms and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smuggler Sentenced in Attempted Rape</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/smuggler-sentenced-in-attempted-rape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man convicted of the kidnapping and attempted sexual assault of a 12 year-old girl he was smuggling into the country was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Francisco Pascual, 27, faces deportation when he completes his sentence. Judge William Holden imposed the sentence Tuesday afternoon in Milford Superior Court.
Pascual had driven the girl across the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McKinney won&#8217;t seek nod for governor&#8217;s race</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/mckinney-might-be-first-to-back-down-from-govs-race/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/mckinney-might-be-first-to-back-down-from-govs-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD – John McKinney, the state Senate minority leader, announced abruptly Tuesday that he will not seek the Republican nomination for governor.
Speaking to reporters in the Capitol Press Room, McKinney said the next governor should consider being a one-term office holder, who will keep vetoing legislation until the state can get a grip on its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murder in Lake Forest</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/murder-in-lake-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/murder-in-lake-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 58-year-old Lake Forest resident has been charged with the murder of his wife after her body was discovered lying in a pool of blood in their North End home.
We will have the story for you soon here at www.ctpost.com and in the Connecticut Post tomorrow. 
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		<title>Bysiewicz to announce run for attorney general tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/bysiewicz-considering-run-for-attorney-general/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/12/bysiewicz-considering-run-for-attorney-general/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has scheduled a news conference in Middletown City Hall at 11 a.m. Wednesday when she, most likely, will announce her plans to run for state attorney general, according to a source familiar with her plans.
Earlier this week, she was on verge of changing her focus from the Democratic nomination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgeport City Council takes no action against Walsh</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/11/bridgeport-city-council-takes-no-action-against-walsh/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/11/bridgeport-city-council-takes-no-action-against-walsh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an hour-long discussion of remarks made by City Council member Bob Walsh to his 132nd District partner, M. Evette Brantley, the 20-member body voted on Monday not to take action against the councilman, but to use the incident as a catalyst for change by participating in cultural diversity training as a group.
Here is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Should Mark McGwire be voted into the Hall of Fame?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/11/poll-should-mark-mcgwire-be-voted-into-the-hall-of-fame/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/11/poll-should-mark-mcgwire-be-voted-into-the-hall-of-fame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Now that Mark McGwire has admitted steroid use, do you think he should he be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Why?(survey software)

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		<title>One dead after car goes into river in Bridgeport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/10/car-in-water-in-bridgeport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/10/car-in-water-in-bridgeport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT — One person is dead after a car went into the Pequonnuck River, according to Assistant Fire Chief Robert McLeod.
The body was pulled from the icy water behind a building at 688-700 North Washington Ave., near Lindley Street about 1 p.m.
The name of the deceased has not been released, pending notification of next of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby calf at Field View Farm in Orange</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/09/baby-calf-at-field-view-farm-in-orange/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/09/baby-calf-at-field-view-farm-in-orange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cabraham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Orange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I was shooting roofers for a cold weather feature at Field View Farm in Orange when I came across Ashlie, a Jersey calf that was born on August 08, 2009. She was named in honor of Ashlie Krakowski who was killed along with her boyfriend David Servin by a Milford Police officer who was driving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesse Jackson to visit Bpt. Saturday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/08/jesse-jackson-to-visit-bpt-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/08/jesse-jackson-to-visit-bpt-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got this press release:
&#8220;Reverend Jesse Jackson and Dan Malloy, who’s considering a run for the governorship of Connecticut, are featured to speak this Saturday, January 9, at 11AM, at the Russel Temple CME Church, Reverend Nicholas O’Neil Pastor, 555 Connecticut Avenue, Bridgeport.
The event is being sponsored by the Interdenominational Ministries Alliance. The President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Message for Trumbull Seniors</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/08/message-for-trumbull-seniors/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/08/message-for-trumbull-seniors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t line up yet for expanded tax relief. The plan to expand the credits for seniors who make up to $58,000 or so was sent back by the Town Council Thursday to the Finance Committee to evaluate the financial implications for the town. Council Chairman Carl Massaro Jr. said analyses by the tax assessor and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police hunt for Derby robbery suspects</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/07/police-hunt-for-derby-robbery-suspects/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/07/police-hunt-for-derby-robbery-suspects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DERBY – Police here are teaming up with Ansonia detectives to see if an armed robbery that occurred Wednesday at a Third Street service station is connected to a similar one in Ansonia last month.
Shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday, two men wearing ski masks entered Raro’s Service Center and demanded cash, according to Lt. Sal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State headline writers weep</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/state-headline-writers-weep/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/state-headline-writers-weep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh O'Connell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, it was Gov. Rell.  Now, it&#8217;s U.S. Sen. Dodd.
For those of us who work with the words you read on a daily basis, this is a bad year coming up for us.  Names like McMahon, Blumenthal and Bysiewicz just don&#8217;t fit as well in big type at the top of the page [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maestro Meier subject of hour-long interview on Web</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/maestro-meier-subject-of-hour-long-interview-on-web/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/maestro-meier-subject-of-hour-long-interview-on-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pboros</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took about 50 years to complete, but now that Gustav Meier&#8217;s magnum opus on the art of conducting has been published by Oxford University Press, the book has become the source of much excitement within the music world.
The Michigan-based maestro, who is now celebrating his 38th season as conductor and creative head of the Greater Bridgeport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Chris Shays of the North&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/the-chris-shays-of-the-north/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/the-chris-shays-of-the-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
When I was up in Vermont a few days this week, I discovered the &#8220;Chris Shays of the North.&#8221; He&#8217;s actually
Peter Welch, a Democratic congressman from Vermont, but to me he looks similar to Chris Shays, the former Republican congressman from Connecticut.
Above is a video of Peter Welch, left is Chris Shays.
What do you think?
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		<title>All Dodd, all the time</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/all-dodd-all-the-time/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/all-dodd-all-the-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blogosphere is alive with the sound of speculation regarding Chris Dodd&#8217;s decision not to seek re-election. To wit&#8230;
Who pushed him? Sens. Chuck Schumer and Bob Menendez, aghast at the notion of losing a safe seat to the Republicans? The White House?
How many Dodd attack TV ads does Republican hopeful Linda McMahon now have to toss in the trash?
What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blumenthal plans to announce run for Senate</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/blumenthals-announcement-at-230-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/06/blumenthals-announcement-at-230-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD &#8211; Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will wait about two hours after U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd announces his retirement today, before he declares his Senate candidacy.
 Blumenthal had originally set a noontime announcement in Democratic state headquarters today, but when Dodd&#8217;s office issued a news release setting a 12 p.m. news conference at his East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cops and robbers</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/cops-and-robbers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/cops-and-robbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport police sprang into action and nabbed the burglar who forced his way into a Black Rock home this afternoon and ran off with jewelry and cash from inside.
With help from a police dog who bit the fleeing suspect, police quickly tracked down the man who broke into and stole from a home on Brewster Street and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mall misconduct: It&#8217;s okay (or is it?) to dis teens</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/mall-misconduct-its-okay-or-is-it-to-dis-teens/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/mall-misconduct-its-okay-or-is-it-to-dis-teens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MariAn Gail Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi readers. This Connecticut Post columnist (MariAn Gail Brown) weighs in on conduct codes at area malls and finds they bite the teen hand that feeds their revenue stream. Teens pumped $85 billion in 2009 into the nation&#8217;s ailing economy. In 2010, they are projected to spend even more.  And this money coming from teens&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratford&#8217;s Hero Police Dog Zak Getting His Own Service</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/stratfords-hero-police-dog-zak-getting-his-own-service/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/stratfords-hero-police-dog-zak-getting-his-own-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that an animal gets to be Top Dog in a Police Department with a funeral procession and memorial service upon his death.
But Stratford&#8217;s K9  &#8221;Zak&#8221; was so beloved and respected by the 110-member force and community that he&#8217;s getting his own memorial service and a &#8221;last ride&#8221;  procession this Friday at 1 p.m. at the Birdseye Street Muncipal Complex.
Zak, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new hat in the ring</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/a-new-hat-in-the-ring/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/a-new-hat-in-the-ring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A newcomer on the Town Council, David Pia, R-1, already has his sights on a new office. Pia has declared his candidacy for the state senate seat in the 22nd district, currently held by Democrat Anthony Musto.
A faceoff between them is no sure thing though, as GOP Board of Finance member Mark E. Smith announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Walsh boycott possible?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/is-walsh-boycott-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/is-walsh-boycott-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council meeting to discuss the comments made by Bob Walsh on M. Evette Brantley&#8217;s cell phone is next week &#8211; on Monday at 6 p.m. in the wheeler rooms at City Hall.
An unknown factor, though, is whether Walsh will even appear at the council meeting. 
Although he attended yesterday&#8217;s regular council meeting, Walsh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truck flips, highways jam in Bridgeport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/truck-flips-highways-jam-in-bridgeport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/05/truck-flips-highways-jam-in-bridgeport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT — An overturned tractor-trailer truck this afternoon has shut down the exit ramp from southbound Route 8/25 onto Interstate 95 northbound.
The truck, hauling containers, flipped onto its right side about 1 p.m. and is partially overhanging the ramp above Warren Street and Railroad Avenue.
Witnesses indicate the truck driver appeared to be shaken but not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homicide, home invasion and hold-up</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/homicide-home-invasion-and-hold-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/homicide-home-invasion-and-hold-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy night for crime.
On top of a homicide on the East Side &#8212; one man dead at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds &#8212; Bridgeport police are investigating a home invasion on William Street.
Police broadcasts indicated two or three males in dark clothes with faces covered burst into a home, pistol-whipped a victim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Near death in BPT shooting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/near-death-in-bpt-shooting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/near-death-in-bpt-shooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He can&#8217;t be reached for comment at the moment, but the owner of a Bridgeport strip club has made a clear statement, nonetheless: Don&#8217;t mess with me or my club&#8217;s dress code.
Police said he shot and nearly killed a city man who got mad that he wasn&#8217;t allowed in and opened fire on the Mystique Gentlemen&#8217;s Club [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fight against detention center plan goes on</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/fight-against-detention-center-plan-goes-on/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/fight-against-detention-center-plan-goes-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and Rep. Christopher Caruso are going to Hartford with their battle to derail a proposed juvenile detention center for girls.
The two, along with other elected officials and a number of neighborhood residents and business leaders, have a capital news conference set for Tuesday. Finch and Caruso are leading the effort to stop Gov. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPT police promos coming up</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/bpt-police-promos-coming-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/04/bpt-police-promos-coming-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Word has it the Bridgeport PD will be promoting 21 officers to the rank of sergeant later this month. The top 21 scorers on the sergeant&#8217;s exam will be honored at a ceremony when that unnamed day comes.
After that, the department plans to hire more new officers to eventually fill the resulting gaps in the patrol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apparent Suicide in Westport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/03/apparent-suicide-in-westport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/03/apparent-suicide-in-westport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  A man found dead Saturday on the ground in front of a vehicle on Sunny Lane likely took his own life, police said.
Joseph P. Wirsing, 58, of Pond Road in Westport was found dead, with a handgun at his side Saturday afternoon.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday at the Office of the Chief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rell signs agreement concerning new fuel options</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/03/rell-signs-agreement-concerning-new-fuel-options/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/03/rell-signs-agreement-concerning-new-fuel-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed an agreement today with 10 other states to develop regional, lower-carbon alternatives to current fuels for motor vehicles. Rell made the announcement in a press release Sunday.
The joint effort will promote fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce exposure to gasoline price spikes, foster energy independence and create new jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Weather Service issues wind advisory for our area</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/03/national-weather-service-issues-wind-advisory-for-our-area/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/03/national-weather-service-issues-wind-advisory-for-our-area/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An intense winter storm over the Gulf of Maine will continue to produce strong and gusty northwest winds across the tri-state into this afternoon.
This includes the areas of Fairfield and New Haven countines where a wind advisory is in effect and will remain in effect until 6 p.m. today, according to information posted by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two dead in Wallingford accident</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/02/two-dead-in-wallingford-accident/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/02/two-dead-in-wallingford-accident/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Cuda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
State police are investigating an early morning accident that killed a Bridgeport woman and a Stamford woman were killed and a injured Hamden woman on I-91 southbound in Wallingford.
The accident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday, when the car the women were in went off the road and hit a guardrail. The Hamden woman was taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: A state poet laureate</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/01/wanted-a-state-poet-laureate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/01/wanted-a-state-poet-laureate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Connecticut is looking for a poet laureate, an honorary position created by the Legislature in 1985. The former occupant of the job, John Hollander, resigned in October.
What does a poet laureate do? According to the state&#8217;s Commission on Culture &#38; Tourism, the poet laureate serves as an advocate for poetry and promotes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing HGTV or the Food Network?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/01/missing-hgtv-or-the-food-network/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/01/missing-hgtv-or-the-food-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a Cablevision subscriber and wanted to turn on HGTV or the Food Network today, you&#8217;re out of luck. The cable company dumped the two Scripps Network Interactive channels at 12:01 a.m. today in a dispute over distribution fees.
As usual with these fights, the cable provider is taking a hard line. Cablevision, in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First local babies of year arrive</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/01/first-local-babies-of-year-arrive/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/01/first-local-babies-of-year-arrive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An annual New Year&#8217;s Day rite is the announcement of the first babies born in the area. For 2010, we appear to have twins to claim that distinction, delivered at 2:26 a.m. at Bridgeport Hospital.
Reporter Kate Ramunni will have more details later, and we&#8217;ll have photos, too.
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		<title>Hope for a better New Year at First Night in Westport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/hope-for-a-better-new-year-at-first-night-in-westport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/hope-for-a-better-new-year-at-first-night-in-westport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was everything from a Beatles Tribute group (they sounded somewhat like the Fab Four, but with little physical resemblance), to jazz great Chris Coogan, who mesmerized audiences at Christ and Trinity Church. 
There were magicians, face-painters, and caricatures for kids, and fortune tellers, palm readers, psychics and Tarot Card readers for those looking for some hope that 2010 will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State troopers keeping busy</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/state-troopers-keeping-busy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/state-troopers-keeping-busy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State police have released their enforcement totals for the last two days, from midnight Wednesday to 4 p.m. Thursday (today). 
Total Accidents: 350
With injury: 41
DUI Arrests: 16 
Speeding arrests: 359
Seatbelt Arrests: 49
Hazardous Moving Arrests (follow too close, unsafe lane change, fail to signal etc): 687 
The numbers are pretty scary. Please be careful this New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/driving-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/driving-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even though roads are clearer since snow began this morning, it&#8217;s no picnic out there. There are many unplowed areas, with slick areas underneath. Some sort of wet or even icy stuff is expected to continue, so my advice is go slow.
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		<title>Snow ringing in New Year; fender-benders pile up</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/snow-ringing-in-new-year-fender-benders-pile-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/31/snow-ringing-in-new-year-fender-benders-pile-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By STAFF REPORTS
Snow has begun falling across southwestern Connecticut this morning, leaving a slick sheen on roads and causing treacherous  driving conditions.
In addition to snow, according to the winter weather advisory posted by the National Weather Service, sleet and rain are expected to overspread the region into late this afternoon.
Most precipitation is forecast to end by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Truck is Near I-95 Exit 40</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/30/burning-truck-is-near-i-95-exit-40/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/30/burning-truck-is-near-i-95-exit-40/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Traffic southbound near the mall is backed up because of a truck fire; only one lane is open.
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		<title>Truck Fire Snarls Traffic</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/30/truck-fire-snarls-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/30/truck-fire-snarls-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A truck on fire on Interstate 95 in Milford has forced the closing of all but one southbound lane near exit 35. Firefighters and state police are on the scene.
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		<title>Lights Out in Milford</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/lights-out-in-milford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/lights-out-in-milford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Power is out in Milford along New Haven Avenue from the corner of River Street downtown to Buckingham Avenue.
Police are on the scene directing motorists through the three affected traffic signals.
High winds apparently caused the outage. More to follow.
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		<title>Accident closes section of Route 110</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/accident-closes-section-of-route-110/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/accident-closes-section-of-route-110/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A section of Route 110 in Shelton near East Village Road is closed due to a motor vehicle accident reported around 5:11 p.m. The road was, at one point, apparently closed in both directions.
Motorists are advised to seek an alternate route, since it&#8217;s estimated it will take a while to clear the road.
The accident is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only on Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/only-on-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/only-on-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note to Trumbull seniors or anyone else with an interest in expanding the applicable tax relief plan: The Legislative &#38; Administration Committee WILL NOT take up the matter Tuesday night after all. A public hearing scheduled before the Finance Committee is still on tap for Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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		<title>Note to Chase Bank: Puerto Rico is part of U.S.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/note-to-chase-bank-puerto-rico-is-part-of-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/note-to-chase-bank-puerto-rico-is-part-of-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dtepfer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A customer representative for Chase Bank Monday said the bank charges a 3 percent conversion fee for any purchases made in Puerto Rico with either a Chase credit card or debit card. She said the fee is for converting the purchases to U.S. dollars. 
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		<title>Wind Delays Metro-North</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/wind-delays-metro-north/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/29/wind-delays-metro-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Haven line commuters be prepared: Metro-North is experiencing 30-minute delays in both directions through Port Chester. Spokesman Dan Brucker said debris blew onto the overhead wires creating problems.
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		<title>Two young women hit by car</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/two-young-women-hit-by-car/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/two-young-women-hit-by-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police and fire officials responded tonight to the scene of an accident on Wood Avenue in Bridgeport, where two young women were hit by a car but apparently not seriously injured.
Fire officials said the women were 24 and 29, and the driver who hit them said they ran out in front of his car in front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing girls in Norwalk</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/missing-girls-in-norwalk/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/missing-girls-in-norwalk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police are searching for two teen girls who purportedly ran away on Saturday from a juvenile alcohol rehabilitation facility in Norwalk.
Norwalk police issued a Red Alert notice with the following descriptions of the girls, believed to have left on foot from the Midwestern Connecticut Council on Alcoholism&#8217;s Adolescent Residential Treatment Program on West Rocks Road:
The younger girl, 14, is about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rell vetoes Democratic deficit bills</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/rell-vetoes-democratic-deficit-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/rell-vetoes-democratic-deficit-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. M. Jodi Rell today vetoed House Bill 7101, An Act Concerning the Estate and Gift Tax, and Senate Bill 2101, An Act Concerning a Deficit Mitigation Plan for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2010.
In a press release, Rell said both bills are further examples of the Democrat-controlled Legislature’s refusal to confront the reality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your New Year&#8217;s resolution?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/whats-your-new-years-resolution/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/whats-your-new-years-resolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Cuda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, thousands of people use the dawn of a New Year as an opportunity to try changing some facet of their lives. Maybe they promise themselves they’ll lose weight or swear that they’ll spend more time with their families.
Are you making a New Year’s resolution? What is it? What steps are you taking to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man killed in Westport crash ID&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/man-killed-in-westport-crash-idd/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/28/man-killed-in-westport-crash-idd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The identity of the man killed in an accident early Sunday on Greens Farms Road in Westport has been released.
Police on Monday said that Charles Rochlin, 24, of Meeker Road in Westport died from injuries he suffered in the crash. The chief state medical examiner’s plans an autopsy today.
Rochlin was the passenger in a 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fatality on the Merritt Parkway</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/27/serious-accident-on-the-merritt-parkway/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/27/serious-accident-on-the-merritt-parkway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Police have just confirmed that a one-car accident on the Merritt Parkway this afternoon resulted in a fatality.
The accident also caused a massive back-up southbound, near exit 53, which takes you onto Route 110/River Road in Stratford, near Sikorsky Aircraft. All lanes were closed at one point.
Traffic is still tied up in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trumbull Mall Security Overwhelmed by Rowdy Teens</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/27/trumbull-mall-security-overwhelmed-by-rowdy-teens/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/27/trumbull-mall-security-overwhelmed-by-rowdy-teens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the end of a long Saturday night, security guards at the Trumbull mall couldn&#8217;t contain the growing number of rowdy teens who just kept coming back in every time they ejected them.
&#8220;This was a kind of a strange one, a real fluke,&#8221; says Trumbull Police Lt. Richard Applebaum, who was forced to lead a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A soon-to-be wet Christmas</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/25/a-soon-to-be-wet-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/25/a-soon-to-be-wet-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A meteorological lump of coal &#8230;
That’s the weather that has been unwrapped this gray Christmas Day in southwestern Connecticut. But enjoy the dry, relatively balmy mid-day temps in the upper-30s range, because things are going to get worse later this evening, according several online weather data sources.
While the temperature will be in the tolerable range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Track of Santa</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/keeping-track-of-santa/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/keeping-track-of-santa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been keeping track of Santa? I have, thanks to the good folks at the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs.
The heartwarming story of how a key military defense unit added following Santa&#8217;s deliveries to its roster of commitments is one of my favorites. You can learn more about it and follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation Corps member breaks statue</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/conservation-corps-member-breaks-statue/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/conservation-corps-member-breaks-statue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
According to a claim filed Friday at the Bridgeport City Clerk&#8217;s office, a member of the Mayor&#8217;s Conservation Corps beheaded an angel statue during a visit in October to a Chalmers Avenue home to discuss energy audits.
The woman is asking the city to pay her $40 for the statue, pictured above, which she said was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New rail cars unveiled</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/new-rail-cars-unveiled/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/new-rail-cars-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Gov. M. Jodi Rell today unveiled the first two-car set of M-8 rail cars for use on the New Haven Line at Union Station in New Haven. The first ones will be added to the New Haven Line in 2010. Each car has 105 seats.
Reporter Rob Varnon shot this video this morning. The guy with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Home Holiday Advice</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/some-home-holiday-advice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/some-home-holiday-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems to happen every Christmas, someone is careless during the holidays, and a serious fire erupts.
So thanks to Monroe Fire Marshall Bill Dakin for sending along some tips, which include: 1) Use a timer so you don&#8217;t forget something&#8217;s cooking, and keep anything that can catch fire away from the stove. Create a 3-foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truckin to Maine</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/truckin-to-maine/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/truckin-to-maine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soon to depart the Stepney Fire Department: its 1990 ladder truck, which was replaced with a new vehicle that was part of a six-fire truck town purchase.
The Bangor Daily News has reported that the town of Lincoln, Me. negotiated a purchase for $176,000. The town has something like 5,000 residents.
Stepney Fire Department Chief Mike Klemish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marshals deliver presents</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/marshals-deliver-presents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/24/marshals-deliver-presents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Judicial Marshals Michelle Muniz, Eli Almodovar and Michael Anders handed out Christmas presents to students of Sherry Rothman&#8217;s class at Park City Magnet School on Chopsey Hill Road on Wednesday. The marshals also did a food drive during Thanksgiving to the Thomas Merton House.
 
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		<title>Trash-can princess finds a new home</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/23/trash-can-princess-finds-a-new-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/23/trash-can-princess-finds-a-new-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Princess, the 4-year-old puppy discovered in a garbage can in Bridgeport, has found a new home.
In October, Bridgeport Animal Control Officer Jimmy Gonzalez sent me an e-mail asking for help in finding the owners of the puppy they named Princess. The emaciated dog was found at the corner of Crescent and Waterview avenues in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book it! A new holiday tradition</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/23/book-it-a-new-holiday-tradition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/23/book-it-a-new-holiday-tradition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A holiday tradition of “note” takes place later today on the grounds of Pequot Library in the Southport section of Fairfield.
The library at 720 Pequot Ave. will host a community caroling event from 4 to 6 p.m., and anyone is invited to join in and give voice to those great songs of the season.
A new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check out story and MariAn Gail Brown&#8217;s column on latest Miron contoversy on website later tonight and in Wed paper</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/22/check-out-story-and-marian-gail-browns-column-on-latest-miron-contoversy-on-website-later-tonight-and-in-wed-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/22/check-out-story-and-marian-gail-browns-column-on-latest-miron-contoversy-on-website-later-tonight-and-in-wed-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More information surfaced Tuesday on the cashouts approved by former Mayor James R. Miron for himself and five of his top administrators and administrative aides.
The Harkins administration released the additional information on the cashouts that raises questions about how these deals were made, as well as questions for the former mayor about his campaign theme of union pension abuses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe for burned sugar shortbread</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/22/recipe-for-burned-sugar-shortbread/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/22/recipe-for-burned-sugar-shortbread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the oops file &#8230;
WASHINGTON — A Washington Post recipe for Brown Sugar Shortbread gave an incorrect baking time of 50 to 55 minutes. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the shortbread is golden brown; start checking at 35 minutes.
 

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		<title>Head Injury at Milford Police Department</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/head-injury-at-milford-police-department/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/head-injury-at-milford-police-department/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical personnel are at the Milford Police Department, where there is a report of a person with a head injury. The call is for an Advanced Life Support ambulance.
More to follow&#8230;
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		<title>Car fire on Route 8/25</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/car-fire-on-route-8/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/car-fire-on-route-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you stuck in worse-than-usual rush hour traffic on the Route 8/25 Connector in Bridgeport this afternoon, wonder no more.
Here&#8217;s why you were crawling along: A southbound car was involved in an accident and caught fire near Exit 2. State Police at Troop G in Bridgeport said it was nothing major&#8230;no noteworthy injuries, just the usual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not your average high-speed chase</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/not-your-average-high-speed-chase/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/not-your-average-high-speed-chase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRIDGEPORT – A Shelton man and at least two companions are accused of leading police on a chase through Bridgeport Sunday, dragging a stolen safe in the snow behind their car, Dan Tepfer reports.
Police said the men broke into Madison Auto on Main Street early Sunday morning. Unable to pry open the 1,000-pound safe in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firefighters respond to Shelton blaze</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/firefighters-respond-to-shelton-blaze/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/firefighters-respond-to-shelton-blaze/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firefighters are at the scene of a fire at a home on Geissler Drive in Shelton that is believed to have started in the kitchen.
The call came in shortly after 11 a.m., fire officials said, and the one person who was in the house was able to get out.
The Fire Marshal&#8217;s office is on scene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downs House deal to get off back burner?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/downs-house-deal-to-get-off-back-burner/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/downs-house-deal-to-get-off-back-burner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expect the battle over the fate of Milford&#8217;s historic John Downs House to heat up, Frank Juliano reports.
 After more than a year of inactivity concerning the North Street property, Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr. said the potential sale is moving toward the top of his to-do list.
“At some point in the new year I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columbus Elementary work may be upgraded</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/columbus-elementary-work-may-be-upgraded/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/21/columbus-elementary-work-may-be-upgraded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Columbus Elementary students in Bridgeport may not only come back to a school next year with enhanced accessibility features, they may also find a building with new windows, air conditioning, and some paint, Linda Conner Lambeck reports.
The add-ons have been recommended because the $8.6 million project &#8212; to bring the school up to code with, sprinklers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Few planes depart from Bradley due to storm</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/20/few-planes-depart-from-bradley-due-to-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/20/few-planes-depart-from-bradley-due-to-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A spokesman says operations at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks probably won’t be back to normal until Monday, according to report by the Associated Press.
Bradley spokesman John Spillane says eight aircraft were at the airport overnight. Typically, 35 planes are at the airport. And of those eight, Spillane says only two departed.
However, the airport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rell closes snow emergency center</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/20/rell-closes-emergency-center/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/20/rell-closes-emergency-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the snowstorm mostly over this morning, Gov. M. Jodi Rell  announced she was closing the state&#8217;s Emergency Operations Center.






 “There is never a ‘good’ time to have several inches of wind-driven snow dumped on state highways – but if you could pick a time, overnight between Saturday and Sunday is one of the better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Popular Stratford Police Dog Zak Will Be Missed</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/popular-stratford-police-dog-zak-will-be-missed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/popular-stratford-police-dog-zak-will-be-missed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zak, Stratford&#8217;s popular police dog,  knew how to put on quite a show entertaining kids and adults at local schools and community events. He was tough while under command by his handlers, but gentle and quite a ham when showing off his skills as a top police dog.
 Zak, who died while on duty last Saturday, will always be remembered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conquering cancer</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/conquering-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/conquering-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixteen month old Campbell Taft has already been through three surgeries in his battle with cancer and is scheduled for yet another surgery after the Christmas holiday. Despite it all, Campbell is a happy, cheerful little guy. You can read the full story in Sunday&#8217;s Connecticut Post. For a sneak peak, watch this:

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		<title>Holiday video card</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/holiday-video-card/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/holiday-video-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m not a big fan of e-mail holiday cards, I have to say this one from Fairfield University is kinda cool. Check it out here.
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		<title>Musical Posts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/musical-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/18/musical-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re talking about the movement of officials in Monroe, where John P. Fracassini, sworn in for a new term as Treasurer Nov. 23, resigned this week to become Town Attorney in the GOP administration. Fracassini&#8217;s post has been filled by Ronald Bunovsky Jr., who resigned from the Board of Finance. Still to come: a recommendation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighting up the Season</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/17/lighting-up-the-season/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/17/lighting-up-the-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to see some nifty holiday lights and spread some seasonal cheer, drop by the house of Trumbull resident John Terwilliger. A local fast-food executive, Terwilliger has fashioned a 95,000-light display synchronized with Christmas music on his limited-frequency radio station, 97.3-FM, at his house at 20 Macdonald Road.
Besides entrancing spectators, Terwilliger is also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flags returned to full staff today at dusk</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/17/flags-returned-to-full-staff-today-at-dusk/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/17/flags-returned-to-full-staff-today-at-dusk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. M. Jodi Rell said U.S. and State of Connecticut flags should be returned to full staff today at dusk.
On Dec. 10, Rell ordered flags lowered to half staff to honor a U.S. Marine from Waterbury who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Cpl. Xhacob Latorre, 21, died Dec. 8 of wounds sustained while supporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bean Counts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/bean-counts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/bean-counts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Bean wasn&#8217;t off the Trumbull Planning and Zoning Commission long. Nine days after his term ended, the formerly unaffiliated commissioner signed on as a Republican, and was promptly appointed by First Selectman Timothy M. Herbst to fill out the one year remaining on his own unexpired term.
The former commission vice chairman also was elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shelton house condemned</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/shelton-house-condemned/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/shelton-house-condemned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vacant house that&#8217;s been teetering on a cliff on North Oak Avenue in Shelton has been condemned, Mayor Mark A. Lauretti said this morning. However, he said he&#8217;s still not sure when the structure will be demolished.
Tuesday, a mudslide, which one neighbor said sounded like an earthquake, brought down 100-foot-tall trees, a metal fence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toy donations to Goodwill Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/toy-donations-to-goodwill-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/toy-donations-to-goodwill-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas toys for 50 needy children will be delivered to Goodwill in Bridgeport on Wednesday afternoon, as part of a yearlong initiative by a Farmington company that targeted 50 community service projects to mark its 50th year in business.
The deliveries come after a statewide toy drive by a team of construction-industry companies and a partnership of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robberies in Bridgeport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/robberies-in-bridgeport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/16/robberies-in-bridgeport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police are investigating two robberies in Bridgeport Tuesday night &#8212; one of them armed.
First, police said a strong-arm robbery occurred near the intersection of Artic and Brooks streets on the city&#8217;s East Side, about 9:15 p.m. Apparently, no weapon was used.
Less than an hour later, at 10:10 p.m., there was an armed robbery at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video from Shelton mudslide</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/15/video-from-shelton-mudslide/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/15/video-from-shelton-mudslide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<title>Mudslide in Shelton</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/15/mudslide-in-shelton/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/15/mudslide-in-shelton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHELTON — A vacant house on North Oak Avenue is teetering on the brink of collapse and is in danger of sliding down a 100 to 200 foot cliff after a mudslide took out a portion of the structure this afternoon.
While that house, at 161 North Oak Ave., was vacant, police evacuated an occupied home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lucky for Old Lyme woman NYC Fireman was &#8220;in the right place at the right time&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/14/lucky-for-old-lyme-woman-nyc-fireman-was-in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/14/lucky-for-old-lyme-woman-nyc-fireman-was-in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York City firefighter Vincent Sottile wasn&#8217;t supposed to be anywhere near Interstate 95 on the West Haven- Orange border at about 4 p.m. on Saturday.
It was also a &#8221;fluke&#8221; that the 38-year-old paid and volunteer fireman happened to have his fire gear in his car with him at the time. If not, 56-year-old Janice Valliancourt would likely have burned alive in her 2003 Volkswagen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rain/ice mix causes 50 car pileup in Shelton</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/13/rainice-mix-causes-50-car-pileup-in-shelton/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/13/rainice-mix-causes-50-car-pileup-in-shelton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mixture of rain and ice on a hilly section of Route 110 in Shelton near Indian Well caused a chain reaction, 50 car pileup Sunday afternoon.
At least 20 people were injured; none with life threatening injuries, according to Assistant Fire Chief Nick Verdicchio, public information officer for the Shelton Fire Department.
He said the accident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masked men with Nazi flags disrupt Menorah lighting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/13/masked-men-with-nazi-flags-disrupt-menorah-lighting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/13/masked-men-with-nazi-flags-disrupt-menorah-lighting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lighting of a Menorah on the third night of Hanukkah Sunday on the Sherman Green in Fairfield took an ugly turn when three masked men, carrying Nazi flags and shouting obscenities, showed up.
The three, standing in the rain a short distance from where the lighting was taking place, tried to disrupt the ceremony, attended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard A. Grande, former Derby mayor, dies</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/13/richard-a-grande-former-derby-mayor-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/13/richard-a-grande-former-derby-mayor-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Derby Mayor Richard A. Grande passed away Saturday at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was 59.
Grande served as mayor for three terms, from 1986 to 1991.
He spearheaded the building of the new Derby Police Headquarters and was responsible for bringing back Olde Derby Day and the construction of the Gazebo on the Derby Green.
He also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident on I-95</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/12/accident-on-i-95/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/12/accident-on-i-95/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state&#8217;s Department of Transportation is reporting a motor-vehicle accident on the northbound side of Interstate-95 around exit 41. The left northbound lane has been closed.
We have no further information about the incident yet and it&#8217;s not clear how long it will take to re-open the closed lane. 
DOT traffic cams show traffic has slowed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low temps = Low crime?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/12/low-temps-low-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/12/low-temps-low-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the freezing cold temperatures are keeping the local crime rates low. 
I started thinking about this during my regular weekend rounds this morning. The first indication that the temperatures may be keeping people indoors &#8211; and therefore out of trouble &#8211; was the low number of police reports at the Bridgeport Police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Accident on Merritt Parkway in Trumbull late Thursday Night</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/car-accident-on-merritt-parkway-in-trumbull-late-thursday-night/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/car-accident-on-merritt-parkway-in-trumbull-late-thursday-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Police confirmed reports of a car accident along the Merritt Parkway about 11:30 p.m., nothbound,  just north of Exit 49.
State police in Troop G in Bridgeport said they had no other details, and declined to indicate whether traffic was backed up. They said they did not yet have any information on whether there were any injuries or if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratford School Supt. Cornish retiring, but staying too</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/stratford-school-supt-cornish-retiring-but-staying-too/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/stratford-school-supt-cornish-retiring-but-staying-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statford Supt. of Schools Irene Cornish willl be retiring June 30, 2010, after more than six years leading the school district.
Or, Cornish will be signing on to a new three-year pact that begins July 1.
Actually, she&#8217;s doing both.
By retiring from her current post as the full-time schools chief as of July 1, but agreeing to sign on to a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lori meets with pope at Vatican</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/lori-meets-with-pope-at-vatican/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/lori-meets-with-pope-at-vatican/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Baden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bishop William E. Lori of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport met with Pope Benedict XVI Thursday morning at the Vatican. 
The meeting was under the auspices of Lori&#8217;s role as Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus. Joined by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, Lori presented the pope with a check for $1.6 million from the Knights&#8217; annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Head of the Class</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/head-of-the-class/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/head-of-the-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though one of its newest member, former Trumbull High School Principal Ted Lovely has jumped right to the top of the Board of Education ladder with his selection as Chairman. Lovely, also the district&#8217;s former assistant superintendent, was chosen earlier this week after Deborah Herbst declined nomination, noting that her son Tim is now the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metro North service resumes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/power-outage-affects-metro-north/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/power-outage-affects-metro-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Shay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metro North service has been restored into and out of Grand Central after an earlier power problem.
 

 
 

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		<title>The Bridgeport Bookcycle</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/the-bridgeport-bookcycle/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/10/the-bridgeport-bookcycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Just after 12:30 p.m. I was walking down State Street toward Main Street when I heard a voice yell behind me: &#8220;Hey Keila!&#8221;
When I turned around I was surprised to see City Librarian Scott Hughes riding a bright yellow bicycle towards me. It&#8217;s a rare site, at least for me, to see someone riding a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow/rain storm is a swCT &#8216;classic&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/09/snowrain-storm-is-a-swct-classic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/09/snowrain-storm-is-a-swct-classic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The storm sweeping through the region this morning is shaping up as the classic stereotype for southwestern Connecticut — south of the Merritt/Cross parkways there’s been more rain than snow and north of the parkways there has been a lot more snow.
Right now, the coastal region is being lashed by strong winds. Easterly blasts this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huge fire in Fairfield</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/huge-fire-in-fairfield/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/huge-fire-in-fairfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fire companies from three towns are battling a huge blaze at 24 Hulls Highway in Fairfield, near the Westport line.
Some nearby units have been evacuated. All available police officers were called to help manage the scene.
More to come&#8230;
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		<title>Car hits house in Bridgeport</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/car-hits-house-in-bridgeport/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/car-hits-house-in-bridgeport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fire department is still on scene at a house hit by a car at the intersection of Hancock and Maplewood avenues tonight.
The car drove into the house at about 10:24 p.m., a fire official said, but no one was seriously injured.
The extent of the damage is unclear, but the incident appears to be less serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant robbery in BPT</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/restaurant-robbery-in-bpt/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/restaurant-robbery-in-bpt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Frampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detectives are investigating a holdup tonight at a city restaurant.
Police said armed, masked men burst into the Serenata Restaurant, 1854 East Main St., at about 8:45 p.m. and may have fired gunshots inside while robbing the place, but apparently no one was injured.
Police said early reports of shots could not be absolutely confirmed tonight. Apparently, no suspects have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Bassick High win money.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/help-bassick-high-win-money/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/help-bassick-high-win-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conner Lambeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a money shot. Not only did a final play help Bassick High School beat cross-town rival Harding on Nov. 16, they entered a video of the play and now are one of ten finalist in the State Farm Friday Night Feats high school football video contest on YouTube. Top prize is $15,000. YouTube subscribers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire on Main Street, Ansonia</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/fire-on-main-street-ansonia/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/fire-on-main-street-ansonia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s apparently a fire at the former Opera House on upper Main Street, Ansonia. We&#8217;re not sure how bad the fire is and have a reporter tracking down that information.
We will update you as soon as we learn more.
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		<title>Easton Town Meeting on 9/11 Memorial Set</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/easton-town-meeting-on-911-memorial-set/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/easton-town-meeting-on-911-memorial-set/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If at first you don&#8217;t succeed: the Town Meeting on the 9/11 Memorial proposal on the Easton Library Green that was postponed has been rescheduled for Jan. 13. Right now it&#8217;s set for 8 p.m. at Samuel Staples School, but stay tuned because it could be moved earlier.
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		<title>Milford Cop in Crash Hadn&#8217;t Been Drinking</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/milford-cop-in-crash-hadnt-been-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/08/milford-cop-in-crash-hadnt-been-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason Anderson, the Milford police officer charged with manslaughter in the deaths of a young Orange couple, was given a blood alcohol level after the crash. “It was zero,’’ Anderson’s lawyer, Hugh Keefe, said this morning.
Anderson has been suspended with pay since being charged last month in the deaths of Ashlie Krakowski and David Servin, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A (Too) Quiet Takeover</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/a-too-quiet-takeover/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/a-too-quiet-takeover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems Republican Timothy M. Herbst is already on the job as first selectman, even though he didn&#8217;t exactly broadcast it.
With the charter calling for the transition in town officials to take place at a non-specific time on Dec. 7, Herbst said he was sworn in promptly at 12:01 this morning by one of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milford House Fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/milford-house-fire-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/milford-house-fire-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<title>Milford House Fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/milford-house-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/milford-house-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Juliano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at 124 Platt Lane off of North Street  in Milford, where heavy smoke is pouring from the roof.
All occupants are reported to be safely out of the home.
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		<title>203 phone call hangup this a.m.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/203-phone-call-hangup-this-a-m/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/07/203-phone-call-hangup-this-a-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schwing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if the simple act of making a telephone call had not recently become infinitely more confusing with the advent of 10-digit dialing, this morning we here in “203 land” have been hit with a bona fide problem.
It seems that any call within the 203 area code that requires an additional “1” is not going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armed robbery being investigated</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/06/armed-robbery-being-investigated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Genny Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport detectives are on scene at 85 Pequonnock St. investigating a report of an armed robbery apparently by three men wearing ski masks. Initial reports indicate that about $350 was taken in the incident, and one of the suspects may have been carrying a semiautomatic gun. They left in a blue car. We&#8217;ll give you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vehicle fire causes traffic jam</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/06/vehicle-fire-causes-traffic-jam/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/06/vehicle-fire-causes-traffic-jam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vehicle fire has tied up traffic in the northbound lanes on I-95 in Bridgeport, just past exit 27.
It&#8217;s not known if there are any injuries or how long the traffic jam will continue.
We will post more information as we get it.
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		<title>These cats need help, homes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/06/these-cats-need-help-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/06/these-cats-need-help-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHELTON – The discovery of a group of cats living at a Bridgeport Avenue home has one animal rescue organization looking for help – and homes.
Police were recently called to the home for a welfare check on the elderly couple living there. The home was deemed unfit for human occupancy but the cats are still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five-Car Accident on Route 8 in Derby Backs up Traffic</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/04/five-car-accident-on-route-8-in-derby-backs-up-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/04/five-car-accident-on-route-8-in-derby-backs-up-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A five-car &#8220;chain reaction&#8221; accident at Exit 15 northbound on Route 8 in Derby about 7:30 p.m. Friday night closed down the left lane temporarily, state police said.
The accident, apparently caused by a heavy traffic-backup in the left lane not far from Exit 15, resulted in several minor injuries and damaged cars that leaked automobile fluids onto the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident on I-95 Southbound</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/04/accident-on-i-95-southbound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An accident on the southbound side of Interstate-95 between Exits 34 and 32 has caused the right lane to be closed.
The Department of Transportation reported the accident about 20 minutes ago. Traffic cameras show cars have slowed down in the area but hasn&#8217;t stopped completely. 
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		<title>GOP Mayor-elect Harkins Names Democrat Tim Bishop Town Attorney in Stratford</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/03/gop-mayor-elect-harkins-names-democrat-tim-bishop-town-attorney-in-stratford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/03/gop-mayor-elect-harkins-names-democrat-tim-bishop-town-attorney-in-stratford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Weizel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long-time Democrat Timothy Bishop, once an active member of the Democratic Town Committee, said he was &#8220;shocked&#8221; when Stratford&#8217;s Republican Mayor-elect John Harkins asked him to serve as the new town attorney.
&#8220;At first I didn&#8217;t think it would be a good idea, that he (Harkins) would get a lot of grief from members of his own party and I didn&#8217;t want to be in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monroe, Stepney tree lightings on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/03/monroe-stepney-tree-lightings-on-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Amato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fans of public tree lightings can look forward to a double-dose of holiday cheer this weekend in Monroe.
The Monroe Women’s Club will sponsor a tree lighting on the green in front of Monroe Town Hall at the gazebo Saturday at 4 p.m., Besides Christmas carols, hot chocolate and cookies, the occasion will include a visit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/03/making-the-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Silvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We at the Connecticut Post are keeping tabs on whether your elected officials are keeping their campaign promises&#8230;so we want to let you know that the three paid Trumbull officials taking office Monday will be making 3 percent less money than their predecessors in what First Selectman-elect Timothy Herbst called  &#8220;an example of fiscal discipline.&#8221;
Rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taste a Puerto Rican Christmas</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2009/12/03/taste-a-puerto-rican-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keila Torres</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Puerto Rican Parade of Fairfield County is sponsoring their 2nd Annual Coquito Tasting contest. 
The competition will be held Saturday, Dec. 19 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Germania Schwaben Club, 416 Horace St. in Bridgeport. There will also be live music at the holiday event.
Coquito is an eggnog-like drink. The ingredients are: [...]]]></description>
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