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Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: Police: Naugatuck Man Killed in Train Incident Committed Suicide Seymour: Route 8 Closed Following Tractor-Trailer Accident [PHOTOS] Danbury: Danbury to Buy Building To Ease School Crowding Brookfield: Board of Ed to Study Homework Load on Brookfield Students
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Waterbury: Disease Outbreak at Waterbury Animal Shelter Means Dogs May Die Naugatuck: Proposal Calls for $100 Fine on Trash Scavenging Monroe: Town Council's Denial of an Inland Wetlands Appointment Stirs Heated Debate Newtown: Tiger Has a New Caddie – and He's From Newtown
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Danbury: Connecticut State Police Log: Forcible Rape Southbury: Southbury Murder-Suicide Victims Identified Oxford: Police Release Photos of Oxford Break-In Suspects
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Southbury: Two Bodies Found at Chain Trail Home in Southbury Naugatuck: Man Gets Two Years for Role in Defrauding Webster Bank $6 Million Newtown: Man Pleads Guilty, Forfeits More Than 100 Firearms Oxford: Oxford Martial Arts School Raises More Than $6,000 for St. Jude
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: Man Gets 15 Months In Prison for Naugatuck Bar Stabbing Newtown: Car-into-Boat Crash Investigation Continues Brookfield: Board of Ed Considering Full Day Kindergarten Southbury: State Trooper to Camp Out Atop Southbury Clock Tower
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Bethel: Man Arrested After Attempting to Have Sex With a 14-Year-Old Naugatuck: Police Recover 'Device' From Naugatuck Home Monroe: FEMA Reps Assessing Storm Irene's Damage Are Going Door-to-Door Danbury: Quiet Car Coming to Danbury Rail Line in October Newtown: February Break Now a 4-day Weekend
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: Jury Indicts former Head of Waterbury Boys and Girls Club Oxford: 'Welcome to Oxford' Sign Stolen Danbury: Danbury Schools Improve: NCLB Still Lists as Failing Brookfield: Why Is a Helicopter Landing on the Baseball Field?
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Middlebury: Irene-Related Accident Claims First Victim in Middlebury [UPDATE] Woodbury: Monday Morning Brought No Power for Woodbury Residents Southbury: [UPDATE 11:15 a.m.] Power Fully Restored in Southbury State: Local Leaders Slam CL&P's Storm Response Naugatuck: Naugatuck Police: Pair Shoplifted Over $500 in Groceries Newtown: Reed Subgroup Fails Federal Benchmark, Others Pass
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: Pills, Tube of Powder, Recovered from Derby School Administrator, Say Police Oxford: UPDATE: Copper Piping Stolen From Two Oxford Homes Newtown:Labor Officials Cite Drywall Firm at AFS Work Site Newtown: Officials: Three Dozen Residents Register With FEMA
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: Naugatuck Man, School Dean in Derby, Arrested on Drug Charges Danbury: Eyesore On The Block Brookfield: New Bully Law Signed Three Years After Tragic Brookfield Suicide
Follow these links for more on today's stories: Brookfield: Appleby, Kurtz Upset Belden, Dembowski in Primary Bid for BOF Oxford: Results of GOP Primary Middlebury: St. John and Strobel Garner the Most Votes at Republican Primary Danbury: Troy Grant Pleads Guilty to Reduced Sentence Southbury: Hearing for FOI Complaints Against First Selectman Scheduled Newtown: Kindergartner Falls Asleep on Bus, Misses Drop-off
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: Naugatuck Men Arrested in Federal Drug Ring Investigation [VIDEO] Waterbury: Feds Say Former Head of Waterbury Boys and Girls Club Stole Funds State, Newtown: Town, State Assessing Response to Irene Oxford: Oxford Airport to Get $5 Million Oxford: Oxford GOP Primary: 600 Voters as of 5 PM Brookfield: Low Morning Turnout for GOP Primary
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: Police Release Sketch of Naugatuck Sex Assault Suspect Danbury: Danbury Police Investigating Shooting and Eleven Charged Saturday in Fights in Dining and Entertainment District Route 8: Route 8 Closed After 5,000 Gallon Gas Spill Monroe: Health District Shuts Down Bill's Drive-In for Septic Issues Brookfield: Four Finance Candidates Vie for Two GOP Nominations Oxford: Oxford GOP Primary on Tuesday Middlebury: Republican Primary in Middlebury Tomorrow
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Naugatuck: State Police: Man Posing as Naugatuck Cop Sexually Assaulted Woman Monroe: Tree Branch Crashes Through School Bus Window Newtown: Tire Change on I-84 Leads to Car-Into-Boat Crash Naugatuck: VIDEO: 'I Never Saw One Chair, One Desk' in 9/11 Rubble, Says Naugatuck Rescuer Oxford: [Photo Gallery] Ten Years Later, Oxford Remembers Somber Day Region: 9/11 Ceremonies in the Region
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Danbury: Padanaram Brook, Unseen Mostly, Ran Amuck Through Downtown Danbury Southbury: UPDATE [3 p.m.]: Pomperaug River Currently Two Feet Below Irene Levels Woodbury: Flood Waters Receding After Early Morning Storm Naugatuck: Police: Woman Stole $115 Worth of Chewing Gum from Naugatuck Supermarket Bethel: New Committee Aims to Make Bethel Community Pool a Reality
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Danbury: Danbury Checking Its Dams Oxford, Monroe: Flood Warning Issued for Housatonic [VIDEO] Bethel: Document: Letter Officially Approves Burke, Slate as Tea Party Candidates Newtown: Board of Ed Chooses All-Star Oxford: Oxford to Hold 9/11 Ceremony Thursday
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Danbury: What Did Your Middle Schoolers Wear to School Today? Naugatuck: Police: Driver Crashes Truck Into Police Car During Pursuit Brookfield: Greenridge Petition Gains 200 Signatures; To Be Presented Wed Newtown: Motorcycle, Car Torched in Cedarhurst Newtown: It's Official – Labor Day Parade is on for Oct. 9
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Newtown: Llodra: 17 Crews in Newtown, Expect Another 7 Monroe: Hovey Blasts CL&P, Eat Fresh Bethel: 'Boil Water' Advisory Issued for Elmwood Court LLC in Bethel Naugatuck: Naugatuck Man Remembered as a Great Son, Friend and U.S. Marine Newtown: State Police Lt. Was Ill at Time of Crash, Officials Say Newtown: Newtown Road Race is POSTPONED
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Southbury: Southbury Flood Victims Plead With Politicians Newtown: Llodra: Clearing 17 Blocked Roads a 'High Priority' Monroe: 'We're On This 24 Hours a Day Until Power is Restored' Oxford: Update: Oxford Shelter to Open at 6 a.m. Thursday Naugatuck: First Day of School in Naugatuck Pushed to Sept. 6 Newtown: Trooper Crashes Into Pole, Causes Outage
Follow these links for more on today's headlines: Newtown: Town Says More CL&P Crews Arrive Monroe: Oh Irene, What Have You Done? Oxford: UPDATE: Schools Closed Until Sept. 6 Southbury: Lt. Governor to Visit Southbury Officials, Discuss Storm Damage Wednesday Bethel: [Updated] Power Coming Back Slowly in Bethel Danbury: Treatment Plant, Reservoir Off Generators, On Grid Naugatuck: Power Coming Back, Slowly But Surely
 
 
 

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