You think you know a girl after 4,000 years …
[March 20, 2010] Another detailed analysis of Pa-Ib, the mummy at Bridgeport’s Barnum Museum, has revealed even more information about the 4,000 year-old-woman’s life and death …
Source: Connecticut Post
At least no one was asking if they had Prince Albert in a Can.
[March 19, 2010] A woman in Stonington is among the many state residents receiving incessant phone calls from a Wyoming phone number over the last few days …
Source: New London Day
Another nice use of taxpayer money.
[March 18, 2010] An Ansonia police officer was quickly acquitted by a jury after a three-day trial in which he was accused of stealing a $25 garden hose …
Source: Connecticut Post
Sycamore sap spilled in the streets by the shore …
[March 16, 2010] Bridgeport police are investigating an incident where 15 innocent sycamores along St. Marys-by-the-Sea were apparently attacked by a deranged chainsaw-wielding vandal …
Source: Connecticut Post
Maybe it’s the stench of learning. Ugh!
[March 16, 2010] A strange odor that was making students and staff ill was responsible for closing McGee Middle School in Berlin …
Source: NBC 30
Everything is getting smaller here in Connecticut, from our brains to our business.
Got irony?
[March 15, 2010] A tanker truck carrying milk spilled some of its contents on Milk Lane in Newington …
Source: Hartford Courant
The long-abandoned Norwich State Mental Hospital property has been rumored to be haunted (and “The Ghost Hunters” are scheduled to visit), so maybe if they finally knock the buildings down, the alleged ghost will depart.
[March 13, 2010] The city of Preston has officially taken over the Norwich State Mental Hospital and has begun to make plans for cleaning up the property …
Source: New London Day
North Carolina license plates claim that state is “First in Flight.” Well, there’s evidence that the title, as well as the Wright Brothers’ place in history, may be in dispute due to the little-known story of Connecticut’s Gustave Whitehead.
Seems a little early in the season to even see a dolphin in the Sound, let alone find one that ran aground.
[March 10, 2010] A dolphin that had run aground and died was discovered in a tidal creek of Long Island Sound near Norwalk …
Source: WTNH 8
