Guess they were done MONKEYING around! Get it?! Monkeying! (We’ll be here all week … remember to tip your waitress.)
[May 20, 2010] The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection has called off a search for a monkey that had been spotted around Greenwich …
Source: Greenwich Time

Apparently, the bag had been there for a few years before anybody decided to report it — must’ve had a really long fuse.
[May 20, 2010] The state bomb squad was called out to investigate a suspicious package at a commuter lot near the Sikorsky Bridge in Stratford, which turned out to only be an old bag of rocks …
Source: Hartford Courant

Either this happens more than is reported or this is an unusual coincidence. That or some sort of drunken bet gone awry.
[May 17, 2010] Farmington police say that in two separate incidents over the weekend, drunken men broke into random homes in the city and tried to go to sleep …
Source: Hartford Courant

This is interesting — one expert suggests the stone may be a legitimate historical object while another one dismisses it as wishful thinking.
[May 16, 2010] A Woodbury man claims to have uncovered a stone that purportedly has a mythical Native American creature carved into it …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Seems like the set up for a Jeff Foxworthy type of joke: “You might be a bit obese if …”
[May 13, 2010] Bridgeport firefighters and police had to remove part of a wall and use a forklift to remove the large body of Alexandros Martakis, who had grown to nearly 800 pounds …
Source: Connecticut Post

Lumberjacks in Stamford, is that okay?
[May 11, 2010] Stamford police arrested a man who was swinging an ax at patrons at the Discovery Cafe because he was allegedly upset over the frisking policy …
Source: Connecticut Post

Not exactly the Rockettes, but the video is fun to watch.
[May 8, 2010] A flash mob of about 100 people “spontaneously” broke out into a choreographed dance routine to Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” in the plaza of the Old State House in Hartford …
Source: Hartford Courant

Usually if there’s any wild turkey in downtown New Haven, it’s wrapped in a brown paper bag and sipped slowly.
[May 8, 2010] A lone wild turkey brought traffic to a halt in downtown New Haven as it wandered around looking for food …
Source: New Haven Register

Let’s see if the governor can keep her ego in check long enough for the deal to go through this time so that Seaside Sanatorium can be sold.
[May 7, 2010] After being foiled by Gov. Rell previously, the state has agreed to sell the property of the former Seaside Sanatorium in Waterford to the developer who had agreed to buy it the first time …
Source: New London Day

Okay, the inn won’t exactly be the star, but it should be heavily featured, like Charles Nelson Reilly in “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.”
[May 6, 2010] Film production is underway for “The Innkeepers” at the Yankee Pedlar inn in Torrington …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American