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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 04:50 am

New Britain News

Local news for New Britain, CT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

9 hrs ago | The Herald

$6M Pinnacle plan is short on specifics

Residents were excited Wednesday night to hear the $6 million plans for developing Pinnacle Heights, although Robert Landino, president of Hartford-based Centerplan Development Co., didn't actually present any.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Hartford Courant

Charged In Robbery

Jose A. Beltran, 23, was charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree forgery, second-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit robbery and larceny.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Hartford Courant

Man Charged In Attack

Milton Famania Jr., 33, is being held with bail set at $100,000 for the alleged attack.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

hosted Hartford Courant | Hartford Courant

In New Britain, Business Is Built On A Left-Handed Rifle

As a boy, Mark Malkowski used a regular, right-handed rifle when he went to his target shooting club in Southington. But he had to switch the gun to his left side to use it.

'I'm right-handed, but left-eye dominant,' he explained.

The constant shuffle was partly the impetus, years later, for founding his own manufacturing company, said Malkowski, 30, president of Stag Arms LLC.

The 5-year-old firm's signature products are its left-handed AR-15-type rifles designed for southpaws or marksmen who are left-eye dominant. The lightweight, semiautomatic, 5.56 mm rifles were developed by the military in the 1960s but have been adapted for civilian and law enforcement use.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Minor League News

New Britain Rock Cats Reward Big Crowd with 5-4 Win over Portland Sea Dogs

New Britain Rock Cats Reward Big Crowd with 5-4 Win over Portland Sea Dogs MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - NEW BRITAIN, Conn.

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Hartford Courant

Elevated Levels Of Lead Found In New Britain

Tests performed in April, May and June showed that those households had lead concentration levels at about 21 parts per billion, the report states.

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Hartford Courant

New Britain Workshop Planners Not Deterred By Turnout

"They would have read each other's poems and almost do an interview of each other - but not, 'What's your name? How old are you?'" Thomas said.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Libraries, Family, Kids

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Minor League News

New Britain Rock Cats Edge Portland Sea Dogs 5-4 - AA, Eastern League

New Britain Rock Cats Edge Portland Sea Dogs 5-4 - AA, Eastern League MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com New Britain, CT - The Rock Cats took the fourth game in a five game set from Portland, in front ...

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Hartford Courant

Rich Vos Pays Return Visit To New Britain's Trinity-On-Main

Rich Vos is a comedian who has appeared on 'Last Comic Standing'; 'The Opie & Anthony Show'; 'American Dreams,' where he portrayed Lenny Bruce; and 'The View.' He has never been one to hide his opinions in ...

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

Art Daily

Contemporary Glass: Chihuly and Beyond Opens at New Britain Museum of American Art

Beth Lipman, Basket with Melons, Pomegranates and Pineapple, 2006, Glass/mixed media, 16 x 44 x30 inches.

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Sat Jul 12, 2008

Hartford Courant

Another of the men in Waterbury sex case sentenced

Another of the several men involved in a Waterbury sex case involving a 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to prison.

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Related Topix: Waterbury, CT, Waterbury Metro, New Haven Metro

Fri Jul 11, 2008

hosted Hartford Courant | Hartford Courant

New Britain Woman Killed In West Hartford Crash

A 23-year-old woman from New Britain was killed in a one-car crash on I-84 this morning, state police said.

Eva Roswell was thrown from the car, a 1991 Honda Accord, and was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said.

The driver and two other passengers were taken to area hospitals for minor injuries.

The crash was reported at 1:23 a.m. The Honda was going west on the highway east of Exit 44 when it veered out of control, jumped the median and landed on the east bound lanes, state police said.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

WTNH

Two killed in Wethersfield crash

Two women were killed and three others were injured after a crash early Friday morning on I-91 in Wethersfield.

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Related Topix: Wethersfield, CT

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Hartford Courant

New Britain Photos

View photos taken by Courant photographers in and around New Britain. July 8, 2008 Image 1 of 4 JAVIERA PIZARRO, 9, of New Britain, gets into the groove during a field trip to the city's Central Park .

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hosted Hartford Courant | Hartford Courant

Several Fatal Crashes Over Holiday Weekend

Despite more troopers on the road and more sobriety checkpoints, this past 4th of July weekend was deadly, with at least seven fatalities on state and town roads, state police said.

'We had none last year,' state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said Monday. 'There's no rhyme or reason. We had extra people out there, our ticket numbers were up. We're doing everything we can do.'

Vance said police were unsure whether traffic would be heavier or lighter this holiday, given the high price of gasoline. But as it turned out, traffic volume was heavy throughout the weekend, which may have contributed to the high number of deadly accidents.

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Related Topix: Rocky Hill, CT, Windsor, CT, Wethersfield, CT, Middletown, CT, East Hartford, CT

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Minor League News

Adam Witter Hits Two Dingers to Help New Britain Rock Cats Past the Connecticut Defenders

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com New Britain, CT Adam Witter hit two home runs and the pitching staff shut down the Rock Cats to lead the Defenders to a 5-0 victory at New Britain Stadium.

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

Hartford Courant

Ex-Convict Charged In Middletown Shooting

City police Thursday charged a 39-year-old ex-convict with a violent past in connection with the shooting Wednesday night of Rodney Taylor, 38, on Rapallo Avenue.

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Related Topix: Middletown, CT

Sat Jul 05, 2008

hosted Hartford Courant | Hartford Courant

In New Britain, 18 State Residents Become Citizens

Michelle Dunbar has had plenty of opportunities to become a U.S. citizen since her parents brought her here from their native Jamaica 20 years ago.

But it was Barack Obama who finally inspired the East Hartford woman to raise her right hand Friday, renounce her allegiance to her homeland and pledge to support and defend the U.S.A.

Like Dunbar, many of the 18 Connecticut residents who became citizens during a special Independence Day ceremony atop home plate at New Britain Stadium were not newcomers.

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Related Topix: World News, Jamaica, Central America, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, East Hartford, CT

Fri Jul 04, 2008

hosted Hartford Courant | Hartford Courant

Man Pleads Guilty For Role In Attempted Robbery, Slaying

A Plainville man who drove the car in a 2006 botched Plymouth robbery that ended with a fatal shooting entered a plea of guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery.

John Martin, 21, will be sentenced on Sept. 4 in Superior Court in New Britain, the same day that co-defendant Walter Smylka is to be sentenced on a similar charge.

Both men initially faced more serious charges, but prosecutors substituted the lesser charge because the two helped the state prosecute Sean Bodamer, the gunman, and Krista LaFountain, the ringleader.

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Related Topix: Plainville, CT, Plymouth, CT, Newington, CT

Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Hartford Courant

New Britain Fire Appears To Be Arson

A fire that appears to be arson damaged a vacant former school on Osgood Avenue early this morning, burning in the same spot where someone deliberately set a blaze in February, fire officials said.

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