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Saturday | The Hartford Courant

Borough Of Litchfield Board: Get Those Yellow Ribbons Off Our Town Green Trees

For the past six years several military mothers here and their supporters have decorated the trees on the town green with yellow ribbons to express their support for local residents who serve in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Related Topix: Litchfield, CT, Norfolk, CT, Life, Veteran Affairs

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Ballot Access News

Nader Again Non-Committal on Possible U.S. Senate Run

The newspaper that covers Litchfield County, Connecticut, has this November 29 story about Ralph Nader's appearance in Norfolk, Connecticut, for his book tour.

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Related Topix: Norfolk, CT

Mon Nov 30, 2009

NewsTimesLive.com

Wind causes power outages in Kent, Cornwall and Sharon

Strong winds downed trees and branches across the region causing scattered power Saturday.

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Related Topix: Cornwall, CT, Sharon, CT, Kent, CT, Sherman, CT

Sat Nov 28, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Christmas Tree Shops: Cut-Your-Own Farms Have Wide Variety, Fun Family Atmosphere, And Heavenly Smell

Meghan Baker, 7, of Enfield, embraces a tree while her family hunts for the perfect one at the Hemlock Hills Christmas Tree Farm in Somers on Sunday Nov.

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Related Topix: Enfield, CT, Somers, CT, Hartford, CT, Hartford Metro, Easton, CT, Entertainment

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Gurney, Robinson, Bloom At Torrington

Playwright A.J. Gurney , novelist Roxana Robinson and University of Connecticut English professor Lynn Bloom will be the panelists for a discussion about the impact writing can have on human rights when the Litchfield County Writers Project concludes its fall series "Justice, Injustice and Human Rights" at the Torrington campus of the university.

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Related Topix: Torrington, CT, Connecticut, University of Connecticut, Activism, 9

Mon Nov 23, 2009

News Times

Brookfield Four Corners businesses have mixed reaction to Route 7 bypass

Ken Mann , of Danbury, couldn't believe his good fortune Thursday afternoon. He drove to the Main Moon Chinese restaurant near the Four Corners on Federal Road without getting stuck in one of the road's traffic jams.

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Related Topix: Brookfield, CT, Danbury Metro, Danbury, CT, New Haven Metro, New Milford, CT

Sat Nov 21, 2009

NewsTimesLive.com

Warrant details former Gunnery dean's sex with students

To some, Robert Reinhardt , the former dean of students at the Gunnery, was an openly gay man who befriended and counseled students uncertain about their own sexuality.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

Fri Nov 20, 2009

News Times

Brookfield Route 7 bypass is open to traffic

Traffic began flowing along the Route 7 bypass around noon on Thursday. After more than 30 years in the making and about two years of construction, the new highway connecting Fairfield to Litchfield County was open to traffic.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Harsh words for Healy from the newspaper that once employed him: Capitol Watch

Before he became a political operative, Chris Healy worked as a reporter at the Register Citizen in Torrington.

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Related Topix: Torrington, CT, Journalism, Norfolk, CT, Goshen, CT

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Boston.com

Appeals court disturbed by Conn. court practice

A federal appeals court says it is disturbed by allegations that some prosecutors have long denied low-income defendants their right to arraignment and free legal representation when they first appear in court.

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Related Topix: Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Bantam, CT, Torrington, CT

Thu Nov 12, 2009

My Left Nutmeg

An closer look at the Q-poll funny numbers

Upon taking a close look at the latest Q-poll, there seems to be some numbers within the data that makes absolutely no sense.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Rosa DeLauro, US House of Representatives, Democrat, New Haven Metro

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Proposed 9/11 Memorial In Kent Causing Stir

It is a bright, Indian summer afternoon in the Litchfield Hills, and the downtown streets of this tourist mecca look invitingly peaceful.

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Related Topix: Kent, CT, Litchfield, CT

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Hartford Courant

Billboard Blues

One of the collateral rewards we get each year for living in Connecticut is our spectacular display of fall foliage.

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Related Topix: Farmington, CT, Bristol, CT, Opinion

Tue Nov 03, 2009

New Yorker

Jill Lepore: Why is American history so murderous?

Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, who met three years ago in a Hartford drug-treatment center and shared a room in a halfway house in between stints in prison, were both seasoned burglars, though Hayes, a forty-four-year-old crack addict, was quite a bit older than Komisarjevsky, who was twenty-six, and the great-grandson of a Russian ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Winsted, CT

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NBC Connecticut

Woman Dies of Swine Flu at L&M

A 64-year-old woman has died after contracting swine flu. She died Tuesday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in New London .

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Related Topix: Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT

Fri Oct 30, 2009

ABC News

Travel: Hit the Connecticut Wine Trail for a Weekend Getaway

Fall is a great time to hit the Connecticut wine trail while you take in New England's foliage .

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Related Topix: Connecticut, Wine, Drink, Litchfield, CT, Watertown, CT, Agriculture, Science, Travel

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Boston.com

Second wave of swine flu arrives in Conn.

A health official says the second wave of the swine flu pandemic is hitting Connecticut.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters

News Times

United Way urges New Milford to respond to increased need

Toni Dessereaux sees giving to the United Way of Western Connecticut as the best way to ensure charity dollars are spread around to those most in need in southern Litchfield County.

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Related Topix: New Milford, CT, Milford, CT, Fairfield County, CT

Mon Oct 26, 2009

NewsTimesLive.com

Union Savings Bank of Danbury announces merger with First National Bank of Litchfield

Union Savings Bank officials announced today a merger with The First National Bank of Litchfield.

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Related Topix: Litchfield, CT, Danbury Metro, Danbury, CT, New Haven Metro, Hartford County, CT

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Hartford Courant

Jackson Memorabilia Marketer Gets 2 Years For Dodging Taxes

A Litchfield County marketer with exclusive rights to manufacture certain Michael Jackson memorabilia was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for dodging taxes and hiding money from the IRS .

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Related Topix: Tax, Litchfield, CT, Torrington, CT

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