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Manchester School District Announces Two New Principals

courant.com — The school district on Monday announced appointments of two new principals at Verplanck and Waddell elementary schools.. Nicolas Jones, principal of Simpson-Waverly School in Hartford, was named principal of Verplanck Elementary School. Michael Moynihan, now assistant principal at the Birch Grove Primary School in Tolland, will head Waddell School.
Jesse Leavenworth Reporter, Hartford Courant @jessleavenworth
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How A Hartford Wise Guy Got Caught Up In A $500 Million Museum Heist

courant.com — It was a shore dinner in Maine a decade ago that transformed Robert Gentile, an aging, unremarkable wise guy from Hartford, into the best lead in years in one of the world's most baffling crime mysteries, the unsolved robbery of half a billion dollars in art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Jesse Leavenworth Reporter, Hartford Courant @jessleavenworth
Great story - A Hartford Wise Guy And A $500 Million Museum Heist courant.com/news/connectic…
Bill Leukhardt Reporter, Hartford Courant @bleukhardt
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courant.com — A male passenger was killed and four others injured in a head-on collision on Highland Avenue Saturday, police said. A 2002 Honda Civic carrying three people collided with a 2004 Subaru Legacy carrying two people just before 7 p.m. in the area of 1658 Highland Ave., Waterbury police Lt.
Alex J. Martin Social Engagement Manager, Silicon Valley Business Journal @amartinmedia
RT @hartfordcourant: Passenger Dies In Head-On Collision In #Waterbury. #cttraffic courant.com/community/wate…

Home Destroyed By Fire In Southington

courant.com — A home on Old Farms Road was destroyed by an early morning fire Saturday, fire officials said. Just before 1 a.m. firefighters responded to 165 Old Farms Road for a house fire, fire officials said. Upon arrival the house was fully involved and extra manpower was brought to the scene.
Bill Leukhardt Reporter, Hartford Courant @bleukhardt
Home Destroyed By Fire In Southington courant.com/community/sout…

Oxbow takes the Preakness, dashing hopes of a Triple Crown

courant.com — Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who at age 50 came out of retirement last year, led Oxbow to a wire-to-wire victory in 1:57.54 and a big upset of Kentucky Derby winner Orb today in the 138th Preakness at Pimlico Race Course.
Nancy Schoeffler Senior Web Producer, Hartford Courant @nschoeffler
RT @hartfordcourant: #Oxbow takes the #Preakness, dashing hopes of a #TripleCrown courant.com/sports/bal-pre…

Mansfield Woman Sentenced For Series Of Burglaries

courant.com — Before she was sentenced this week for burglarizing eight Mansfield homes and trying to break into lockers at a local health club, Kristin Gardiner could not suppress her larcenous ways, according to police and court officials. On Saturday, the Mansfield woman went to Buckland Hills mall in Manchester and tried to steal handbags and wallets of employees at a store, police said.
Jesse Leavenworth Reporter, Hartford Courant @jessleavenworth
Mansfield Woman, Recently Arrested in #Manchester, Sentenced For Series Of Burglaries courant.com/community/mans…

Commuter Train Derails Near Bridgeport-Fairfield Line; Possible Injuries

courant.com — A Metro-North commuter train derailed Friday night and hit a train heading in the opposite direction near the Fairfield- Bridgeport border, and there are preliminary reports of injuries, an MTA official said. At about 6:10 p.m. an eastbound train, the 4:41 p.m.
Nick Rondinone Assistant Digital Editor, Iowa City Press-Citizen @nickrondinone
RT @StephenBus: Traffic volume on I95 south still very heavy Bridgeport-Norwalk #metronorth cour.at/12GuqZ2
Andrew Julien Editor, Hartford Courant @andrewjulien
RT @StephenBus: Traffic volume on I95 south still very heavy Bridgeport-Norwalk #metronorth cour.at/12GuqZ2
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Traffic volume on I95 south still very heavy Bridgeport-Norwalk #metronorth cour.at/12GuqZ2
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@TheRealKitReed @jennydwilson Will take days to repair tracks. courant.com/community/fair…
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Commuters Face Nightmare As Metro-North Scrambles To Get Passengers Around Crash Site courant.com/community/fair…
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Questions Persist For Power Couple; Rep. Esty Returns More Campaign Funds

courant.com — An unusual cocktail of politics, electricity and matrimony gives a provocative flavor to the story of an environmental group's lawsuit over wind-turbine developers' illegal clear-cutting of 2.5 acres of state forest on Canaan Mountain in 2010.
Jonathan Stankiewicz Staff Writer, The Willimantic Chronicle @jonstank
Questions Persist For Power Couple; Rep. Esty Returns More Campaign Funds courant.com/news/politics/…
Jon Lender Reporter, Hartford Courant @jonlender
Questions Persist For Power Couple Of CT Politics: Rep. Elizabeth Esty Returns More Campaign Funds courant.com/news/politics/…

Berlin Community Gardens Filling Up

courant.com — A fenced-in patch of garden on the former Scheer Farm is where land-poor folks in Berlin can find a small plot to plant and harvest vegetables and flowers. - A fenced-in patch of garden on the former Scheer Farm is where land-poor folks here can find a small plot to plant and harvest vegetables and flowers.
Bill Leukhardt Reporter, Hartford Courant @bleukhardt
Berlin Community Gardeners Cultivate A Field Of Dreams — Mostly Of Tomatoes courant.com/community/berl…

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Jesse Leavenworth Reporter, Hartford Courant @jessleavenworth
Ideas to improve downtown #Manchester courant.com/community/manc…