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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
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
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
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
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
Maybe they’re hanging out with those white-nosed bats?
[March 1, 2010] The state population of chimney swifts — key birds in terms of insect control — has been declining mysteriously and, well, swiftly …
Source: Connecticut Post
Sort of surprised they haven’t been there already.
[February 24, 2010] Syfy’s “Ghost Hunters” team have reached an agreement to investigate the long-abandoned former Norwich State Hospital property in Preston …
Source: Norwich Bulletin
