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Seems to me that something like this happened around this time last year.
[February 17, 2010] A baby gray seal was seen sunning itself on some rocks in Milford harbor, a rare site for southern Connecticut …
Source: New Haven Register
Seems to be an odd thing to celebrate a one-year anniversary of, but it was in all the papers.
[February 17, 2010] A year after being savagely attacked by Travis the chimp, Sandra Herold continues to try and recover from her horrific wounds …
Source: NBC 30
Doesn’t say if any of the supposed ghosts were hurt in the blaze.
[February 15, 2010] A fire damaged one of the abandoned factories on the Remington Arms site in Bridgeport …
Source: Connecticut Post
Things haven’t been particularly “weird” lately, so here’s a 12-foot snowman story for you!
[February 13, 2010] Five young men got together after this week’s snowstorms and created a 12-foot-high snowman in Fairfield …
Source: Connecticut Post
Just in time for Valentine’s Day. Awww.
[February 10, 2010] A Norwich man was reunited with his lost wedding ring after it was luckily found in the snow outside a Bozrah hardware store …
Source: Norwich Bulletin
Heather?
[February 4, 2010] A Thomaston woman died from multiple cuts and injuries she sustained after falling through a glass coffee table in her home …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American
Must’ve kept the machine that goes “BING” quite busy.
[February 4, 2010] A Bridgeport man “died” five times between the emergency room and five hours of surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital, due to massive blood clots throughout his body …
Source: Connecticut Post
Awww crap! Can we get a recount or something?
[February 2, 2010] Chuckles, the “official” state groundhog, saw her shadow this morning at the Lutz Children’s Museum in Manchester, forecasting six more weeks of winter …
Source: NBC 30
Always nice to see a local make it to the national stage.
[January 31, 2010] Actor and Salisbury resident Rip Torn was arrested Friday night after breaking into a Salisbury bank intoxicated, while carrying a loaded handgun …
Source: Register-Citizen
Well, well, well … talk about unbridled excitement.
[January 30, 2010] A young horse was rescued after falling into an old well on the property of a Litchfield riding stable …
Source: Register-Citizen
