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Shelton Firefighters Respond To Route 8 Accident Shelton Firefighters Respond To Route 8 Accident
Shelton Firefighters Respond To Route 8 Accident SHELTON, Conn. – Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Company 1 and other members of the Shelton Fire Department dealt with a one-car accident on Route 8 late Thursday afternoon. Along with Company 1, Company 3 responded to the accident call about 5:30 p.m., as the incident happened on Route 8 north between exits 11 and 12. When crews got there, they found one person outside the car and one inside, they removed the rear door to get the person out. Both people were transported safely to the hospital by Shelton Emergency Medical Service.

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News
Weston Public Library Staying Open During Major Renovations Weston Public Library Staying Open During Major Renovations
Weston Public Library Staying Open During Major Renovations WESTON, Conn. – The Weston Public Library will stay open as it starts a major renovation late next month, with an eye toward wrapping up the project by September and the start of school, according to the Weston Forum. Plans are to completely redesign the library, adding a cafe, teen room, additional meeting rooms and more, the Forum said. The library's existing community room will be converted into a temporary library for regular services, reported the Weston Forum. This is the third expansion for the library in 30 years, with similar projects completed in 1985 and 1994, the Forum noted. …

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Police & Fire
Couple Found With Forged Credit Cards On Palisades Interstate Parkway Couple Found With Forged Credit Cards On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Couple Found With Forged Credit Cards On Palisades Interstate Parkway ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Middletown couple were arrested and charged by New York State Police for possessing forged credit cards during a traffic stop on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Rockland. Etinosa Imafidon, 26, and Ladaizah Smith, 19, face charges of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and possession of a forgery device after police discovered that they had forged credit cards and a credit card reader encoder used to create cards. The couple were arraigned in Spring Valley Village Court and held at Rockland County Jail pending an upcoming court appearance.

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Business
Stratford Combines Business Strength With Smart Growth Stratford Combines Business Strength With Smart Growth
Stratford Combines Business Strength With Smart Growth STRATFORD, Conn. – The town of Stratford has combined business strength with smart growth to foster a wave of expansion in the area, utilizing its location between New York City and Boston, wrote Karen Kaiser in a Westfair Communications column. Many companies, ranging from FedEx to local stalwart Two Roads Brewing Company, have expanded their work force, shrinking the town's unemployment rate 4 percentage points since 2012, Kaiser wrote. The town also has worked with the state's Department of Economic and Community Development to clean up and demolish dangerous buildings and restore brown…

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Politics
Trumbull Finance Board OKs Proposed Budget Of Nearly $175M Trumbull Finance Board OKs Proposed Budget Of Nearly $175M
Trumbull Finance Board OKs Proposed Budget Of Nearly $175M TRUMBULL, Conn. – Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst's proposed 2016-17 budget was approved with an increase of over $230,000 by the town's Finance Board on Monday night, according to the Connecticut Post. The increase pushes the proposed budget to just under $175 million, the Post said. While the education budget stayed at Herbst's proposed $108.7 million, the police budget was cut by just over $161,000, eliminating two vacant positions and adding a third school resource officer, reported the Connecticut Post. The proposal will now go to the Town Council for final approval, the Post not…

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Politics
Judge Upholds Bridgeport Union's Retroactive, Future Raises Judge Upholds Bridgeport Union's Retroactive, Future Raises
Judge Upholds Bridgeport Union's Retroactive, Future Raises BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – An attempt by Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim to cancel a collective bargaining agreement his predecessor signed with retroactive and future raises was shot down Monday, March 21, in Superior Court, according to the Connecticut Post. Ganim's legal team thought it had found a loophole to cancel the agreement Bill Finch made with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees due to the fact that the date had been changed on the contract, the Post said. The contract signed by Finch is for five years and contained two years of retroactive increases and three fu…

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Police & Fire
Greenwich Police Investigate Cabbie Assault, Attempted Robbery Greenwich Police Investigate Cabbie Assault, Attempted Robbery
Greenwich Police Investigate Cabbie Assault, Attempted Robbery GREENWICH, Conn. – A cab driver in Bryam told police that he was assaulted during an attempted robbery early Tuesday morning, according to Greenwich Time. Police told Greenwich Time that the RC Taxi driver picked up a passenger on Morgan Avenue in Byram around 4:30 a.m. for a trip to Port Chester, N.Y., Greenwich Time said. It was then that the passenger grabbed the cabbie and began to punch him and demand cash, causing the vehicle to hit a tree, reported Greenwich Time. The assailant escaped on foot, and the cabbie suffered minor cuts and bruising as a result, Greenwich Time noted. Click…

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Schools
Somers Student Honored With Upstander Award Somers Student Honored With Upstander Award
Somers Student Honored With Upstander Award SOMERS, N.Y. – Somers High School student Emily Schreer was honored with this year's Neil Ginsberg Student Upstander Award recently at the 15th annual Human Rights Institute for High School Student Leaders. The award is traditionally given to students who promote human rights at their schools and throughout their community, while showing the traits of an 'upstander:' care, empathy, dedication, displays of courage. Neil Ginsberg, a social studies teacher at Scarsdale High School for more than 35 years, was at the ceremony to help present Schreer with the award.

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Sports
New Rochelle HS Senior Strikes Gold At State Indoor Track And Field Meet New Rochelle HS Senior Strikes Gold At State Indoor Track And Field Meet
New Rochelle HS Senior Strikes Gold At State Indoor Track And Field Meet NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – New Rochelle High School senior Monae Cooper took home gold from the state indoor track and field meet in Ithaca, according to lohud.com. Cooper, who is headed to Northeastern University in the fall, won the weight throw for the second straight year and finished second in the shot put, up from fifth in last year's meet, lohud.com said. Another New Rochelle resident, Iona Prep's Andrew Cannistraci, broke his personal record in the shot put by four feet with a winning mark of more than 62 feet, reported lohud.com. Cannistraci also will attend Northeastern in the fall. R…

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News
Legislators Voting On Proposed Dutchess County Jail Plan Legislators Voting On Proposed Dutchess County Jail Plan
Legislators Voting On Proposed Dutchess County Jail Plan DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. – Dutchess County legislators will vote on a plan to build a new jail and sheriff's office Monday night, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. While the plan would require the county to borrow almost $200 million, legislators are unconcerned about the large increase of debt as a result, the Journal said. The county's debt would grow to almost $300 million as a result, but fiscal experts have said that the increase isn't an issue, especially as the state has been pushing for new county jail facilities for some time, reported the Poughkeepsie Journal. County Executive …

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