All entries by Ray

Collapsing Coop Kills 85,000 Chickens

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That’s a lot of omelettes.
[February 4, 2011] A Bozrah chicken farm reported that a coop roof collapsed due to heavy ice, killing 85,000 chickens …
Source: The Day of New London

Derby to Allow “Ghost Hunters” to Investigate

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You can read what we know about the Sterling Opera House before the Ghost Hunters get there.
[February 2, 2011] Derby has consented to let SyFy’s “Ghost Hunters” investigate the famed Sterling Opera House for an upcoming episode …
Source: Valley Independent Sentinel

Man Attacks Mascot

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That’s a five-minute major and a game misconduct. (On a side note — Pucky?!)
[February 1, 2011] An East Hartford man was arrested for drunkenly tackling and punching Pucky, the Hartford Whale mascot, at the XL Center after friends allegedly bet him to do it …
Source: NBC 30

Leather Man Mania

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Just because an anonymous wanderer has been dead for over 130 years doesn’t mean he can’t still be in the headlines.

Bridgeport Woman Solves Own Missing Person Case

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Remarkable that not only did this woman realize she was abducted as an infant, but that she actually was able to find her birth parents.
[January 20, 2011] A Bridgeport woman who was kidnapped as an infant has solved her own missing person case and found her birth parents …
Source: Hartford Courant

Fatal Stabbing Blamed on Flatulence Insult

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Man, that is not what you want to be remembered for.
[January 19, 2011] A Bristol man confessed to police that he stabbed four people — including one man fatally — because they were making fun of his flatulence …
Source: WTNH 8

Man Steals Funeral Urn

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Uh, a domestic dispute?
[January 16, 2011] An Oxford man was arrested for allegedly stealing a funeral urn containing the ashes of his girlfriend while armed with a handgun …
Source: Connecticut Post

Man Accused of Hitting Son in Head with Snow Shovel

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Snow rage?
[January 15, 2011] A New Canaan man was arrested by police after allegedly striking his 23-year-old son in the head with a snow shovel …
Source: NBC 30

Plane Crashes in Yard

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Just thought they’d drop in?
[January 14, 2011] A small single-engine plane crashed in the snowy yard of a Cheshire man, with the pilot and passenger walking away unharmed …
Source: Hartford Courant

Mystery Odor Sends 10 to Hospital

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This had to be a really unusual smell to be noticed at a nursing home.
[January 9, 2011] A mysterious odor at a Tolland nursing home was responsible for sending 10 residents to the hospital after they complained of queasiness and nausea …
Source: Hartford Courant