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Norwalk News: Cold Case Murder Arrest

#Norwalk CT--Hakeem Atkinson, age 22, of 68 Bradley St., Bridgeport, was charged with Murder in the unrelated slaying Joseph “Jabs” Bateman, who was fatally shot behind the Avalon Gates housing complex on Belden Avenue in Norwalk on February 3, 2012. According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Atkinson was 16 years old when Bateman was shot to death in a crime related to street gang activity in Norwalk. The arrest is the result of an intensive investigation by the Norwalk Police Department in conjunction with the Cold Case Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney and the Office of the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford/Norwalk. Bateman’s death was featured in the fourth edition of the cold…

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Fairfield Museum and Black Rock History Committee Help Rescue Historic Mural

A large mural painted by a renowned local artist in the 1940s, and which was on display in a Black Rock bank for nearly 70 years, has been preserved by the Fairfield Museum & History Center in partnership with the Black Rock History Committee. The mural of "Old Black Rock Harbor About 1810" was commissioned by the Black Rock Bank & Trust Company in the mid-1940s and remained on display there until this year, when it was removed prior to the building undergoing a complete renovation.   “Through the generosity of the building’s new owner Tom Quinn, this important part of Black Rock’s artistic history has been donate to the Fairfield Museum and will be preserved for future generations,” noted…

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