Assuming this was cut up to be sold as scrap — too bad because they don’t make ‘em like that any more. At least they caught the perpetrator.
[March 9, 2010] A 120-year-old bronze statue that had been stolen from an historic Norwich cemetery was recovered by police — parts of it anyway, as it has been cut up into numerous pieces …
Source: New London Day

For over 200 years, The Pettibone Tavern (now Abigail’s Grille & Wine Bar) has been a Simsbury landmark. It has been host to Revolutionary War heroes, historical figures, gregarious bar patrons and … a ghost?

Maybe it was a pirate?
[March 6, 2010] New Haven police are searching for a one-eyed man who broke into a home while was dressed as a woman …
Source: NBC 30

The debate rages on …
[March 5, 2010] A recent e-mail making the rounds claiming that mountain lions are here in the Northeast — this with a picture of three cats on a red truck — has been debunked as a photo from Colorado …
Source: Hartford Courant

Looks like we’re going to busy this week — an excursion to Gungywamp and then the legendary Bat Boy is coming to town!

The screen mile?
[March 4, 2010] A Hartford man stole a 32-inch flatscreen TV from the Hartford Marriott and carried it a mile before being apprehended by police …
Source: Hartford Courant

Random road rage?
[March 4, 2010] A Stamford woman was injured when a tire unexpectedly came off a Volkswagen Jetta and struck her as she was crossing the street …
Source: Connecticut Post

This is one ornery bird!
[March 4, 2010] Stonington police are on the lookout for a red-tailed hawk that has attacked at least five people, including a woman, who had to be hospitalized for facial lacerations …
Source: Hartford Courant

Growing up in Milford, one of the local stories we all heard about was about a group of giant-headed mutants who lived on the outskirts of town, a band of inbred freaks who were ready to prey Deliverance-style on whoever was careless enough to wander into their midst….

Sad that it only came back because someone was obviously worried about where they might be headed after they died.
[March 3, 2010] A sign that had hung at Greenwich Country Day School was returned 43 years after it had been stolen, apparently as a final wish of an alumnus who had stolen it and was dying …
Source: Connecticut Post