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Year in Review: Most-Read Stories of 2012

The articles you the readers clicked on most in 2012.

FBI One-Click Virus Check

The most-read article of 2012 wasn’t unique to Brookfield but offered that had apparently infected some 500,000 computers in the U.S. The free virus check was offered through the FBI — who wouldn’t click that headline?

Pre-Schools and Dance Studios

Hitting the top of our most-read list this year were two of our Readers’ Choice articles: Brookfield Pre-Schools and Dance Studios. Both polls received around 3,000 votes, with past and present patrons of all the local establishments weighing in.

Missing Brookfield Teen

Some of the most-read posts and easily the most-read collection of articles this year revolved around the sudden disappearance of 17-year-old Brookfielder Henry Manning. Manning had last been seen with his friends at Westfield Connecticut Post Mall in Milford and was not heard from for over a week and a half.

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The youth made a couple of calls home before finally being located in New York City nearly three weeks after disappearing. Manning was reunited with his family a few days later.

Shots Fired on Surrey Drive

After a Brookfield youth was charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm in his back yard, readers began a 67-count comment thread about where and how guns should be shot safely. The robust discussion lead to this routine arrest report becoming one of the most-read stories of the year.

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Brookfield Man Killed in Crash

In a sad turn, our final most-read post of the year was the death of Brookfielder Arnold Cresci, whose car went off the road during a snow and ice storm in late-November. According to Brookfield police, the 79-year-old resident was traveling below the posted 25 mph speed limit on Ironworks Hill Road when the tragic accident occurred.


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