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Hamden, Connecticut is affectionately known as the "Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden was originally settled in 1638 as part of the New Haven Colony. Land Area: 33 square miles. Population (2000): 56,913. Official website: www.hamden.com
Hamden, Connecticut is affectionately known as the "Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden was originally settled in 1638 as part of the New Haven Colony. Land Area: 33 square miles. Population (2000): 56,913. Official website: www.hamden.com
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Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law
Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...
Tags: Politics, Lobbying, New Britain, Adam Lanza, John McKinney
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Monster blizzard storms through Northeast
BOSTON -- Carrying hurricane-force winds, a monstrous blizzard pounded the Northeast on Satur day, dropping more than two feet of snow in many areas and causing as many as 650,000 homes and businesses to lose power. Even as snow-clogged roads gave...Tags: Politics, Long Island Expressway, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Dannel P. Malloy , National Weather Service
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Connecticut gunman identified as Ryan Lanza, son of school employee [Corrected]
For the Record, 2:02 p.m. PST Dec. 14: Officials have corrected the identity of the gunman in Friday’s deadly shooting at an elementary school in suburban Connecticut, saying the suspect was Adam Lanza, 20, and not his brother, Ryan. Ryan Lanza...
Tags: Quinnipiac University, Shootings
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Ernest Borgnine dies at 95; won Oscar for 'Marty,' showed comic side in sitcom
Ernest Borgnine seemed born to play the heavy when he burst onto the Hollywood scene as "Fatso" Judson, a sadistic stockade sergeant who viciously beats a private to death in the 1953 movie "From Here to Eternity." But two years later came the title role...
Tags: Frank Sinatra, Jr., Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Bette Davis, Theater, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Anthony J. Lumsden dies at 83; Southern California architect
Anthony J. Lumsden, a prolific Southern California architect who helped develop new ways of wrapping buildings in smooth glass skins, accelerating a shift that reshaped skylines around the world, died Sept. 22 in Los Angeles. He was 83.
The cause was...Tags: Politics, Eero Saarinen, Federal Aviation Administration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts
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Ted Leo takes an extended solo
When indie rocker Ted Leo comes to Los Angeles, he and his taut band the Pharmacists typically head to clubs like the El Rey and the Troubadour, where they played a packed, high-energy show last March that included a killer cover of the Waterboys' 1988...Tags: Health, University of California, Health and Medical Professionals, Scranton, Music Industry
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READER SUBMITTED: Grassland Reserve Program Sign-Up Announced
StatewideLisa Coverdale, Connecticut State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Bryan Hurlburt, State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) have announced that...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Norwich, Torrington, Agriculture, Environmental Issues
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READER SUBMITTED: NRCS Seeks Sign-Ups Or Wetlands Conservation Program
StatewideThe Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications from landowners interested in the Wetlands Reserve Program. A new round of funding authorizes $255 million to enroll as many as 100,000 additional acres into WRP nationwide. Sign-up...Tags: Norwich, Torrington, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues
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Volunteers To Fix Veterans' Homes in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville
The Hartford Courant— Three veterans struggling to make much-needed repairs to their homes will get help this Memorial Day weekend from squads of volunteers deployed by a charity called House Of Heroes. The workers will be assembled by the year-old Connecticut chapter...Tags: Plainville, Home Improvement, New Britain, Memorial Day, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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House Changes To GMO Bill Irk Activists
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Activists pressing for a state law requiring labels on food with genetically modified ingredients are disappointed and angry that the House of Representatives weakened a bill approved by the Senate earlier this week. "It's very clear...Tags: Politics, Laws, Robin Williams, J Brendan Sharkey, Activism
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Tras Sandy, parques estatales están listos para el fin de semana de Memorial Day
El Hartford CourantLa primera temporada de verano desde la tormenta Sandy comenzará este fin de semana de Memorial Day y los parques estatales están listos, dijo el jueves un portavoz del estado. Los árboles que fueron derribados por la tormenta por muchos de los 107...Tags: Memorial Day, Manufacturing and Engineering, New London (New London, Connecticut), Holidays, Haddam
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Post-Sandy, State Parks Ready For Memorial Day Weekend
The Hartford CourantThe first summer season since storm Sandy kicks off on Memorial Day weekend, and the state's parks are ready, a state spokesman said Thursday. The trees knocked down by the storm at many of the state's 107 state parks have been cleared, said Dennis...Tags: AAA, State Parks, Transportation Accidents, Automotive Equipment, Dinosaur State Park and Arboretum
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