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Trumbull News: Rollover Accident

10:51pm--#Trumbull CT--Its Trumbull's turn for a rollover accident.  This one is reported to be on Nichols Avenue near Route 8.  Police on scene reporting the car rode up the guy wire of a utility pole.  They are also requesting a breathalyzer to the scene. This report sponsored by: Es el turno de Trumbull para una volcadura. Éste se informó de que en Nichols Avenue, cerca de la Ruta 8. La policía en la escena de informes del coche montó el cable de sujeción de un poste de electricidad. También están solicitando un alcoholímetro a la escena. É a vez de Trumbull para uma capotagem. Este é relatado para ser em Nichols Avenue, perto Route 8. Polícia na cena relatando o…

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Reps Concerned About Unemployment Taxes

HARTFORD – State Rep. Gail Lavielle (R-143) today expressed serious concerns about an increase in unemployment taxes that Connecticut employers will have to pay starting in 2015. The additional tax is designed to help the state pay off the more than $1 billion it borrowed from the federal government in 2009 to keep its unemployment compensation trust fund solvent. Connecticut is the only state where employers will have to pay this tax. As a result, Connecticut’s employers will have the highest federal unemployment tax rate in the country.   “Although employers will see the increase in their federal tax bills, the state is responsible for it,” said Lavielle. “The other seven states with loans outstanding for more than five years all applied for, and obtained, waivers from…

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Monroe News: House Fire

1:31pm--#Monroe CT-- Fire at 317 Old Zoar Road.  The house if fully engulfed in flames according to radio reports. This report sponsored by: Fuego en 317 Antiguo Zoar Road. La casa si está completamente envuelto en llamas de acuerdo con reportes de radio. Fogo em 317 Old Zoar Road. A casa esta totalmente envolvida em chamas de acordo com relatos de rádio.

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STATE POLICE “STUFF A CRUISER HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE”

Everyday Connecticut State Troopers encounter children in need. Many of these children would not wake up Christmas morning with a smile if it were not for the generosity of the people of Connecticut. On Saturday, December 13, 2014 between 10a.m. and 5 p.m. off duty Connecticut State Troopers from Troop G will personally be on hand to collect new unwrapped toys at Walmart located at 150 Barnum Aveune Cutoff Stratford, Connecticut. The new (unwrapped) toys all will be distributed to local Social Services agencies.

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Milford News: Gas Leak at the Inn……Again

3:20pm--#Milford CT--Firefighters are at the Hampton Inn at  129 Plains Road with a gas leak near the laundry room.  They have readings of 10 parts per million and now a fire alarm has been activated.  Gas company on the way.  This is the second time in a couple months they have been called to the same location for a gas leak. No need to worry about that with our sponsor Joe's Fuel! Los bomberos están en el hotel Hampton Inn en 129 Plains Road con una fuga de gas cerca de la sala de lavandería. Tienen lecturas de 10 partes por millón y ahora una alarma de incendio se ha activado. Empresa Gas en el camino. Esta es la segunda vez…

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Swim Coach In Deep Water Texting 13 Year Old Girl

UPDATE: (Bridgeport Police Report)-- A swim coach was arrested Wednesday for sending inappropriate text messages to a 13-year-old member of the swim team for which he works. Police Officer Bobby Jones responded Wednesday to a recreation facility at 400 University Ave.  on a report that the suspect, Alan Marcel, 28, of Norwalk, had sent text messages with sexual content to one of his swimmers. The texts were discovered on the girl’s phone by the victim’s mother, who alerted a member of the board of directors from the swim club. Marcel is an instructor with the club. Police reviewed the texts and observed texts from the suspect to the victim that were explicitly sexual. Marcel was arrested for risk of injury to…

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Devon Rotary Delivers Dictionaries to Milford Third Graders

#MILFORD, CT – The Devon Rotary Club continued its annual tradition of helping make smarter students in Milford.  Devon Rotary Club members John Bergin, Scott Moulton, Dean Parrott, Ann Brignola, Greyson Schwing and Bob Morelli recently hand-delivered brand new dictionaries to third graders at Meadowside, Pumpkin Delight, and St Gabriel School Elementary schools. At Meadowside and Pumpkin Delight, Principals Gail Krois and Carrie Keramis joined in deliveries to each of the classrooms, sharing enthusiastic introductions along the way. At St. Gabriel School, Mr. Schwing taught children the Rotarian 'Four Way Test,' while introducing them to the joy and 'smell' of a new book!  The 'Four Way Test' measures the things Rotarians “think, say, and do” while posing the questions: (1)…

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Norwalk News: Pedestrian Hit By Train

1:43am--#Norwalk CT-- Reports of a pedestrian being hit by a train at track 45 about a half mile from the train station.  Police on scene reporting the pedestrian hit is behind the UPS station on Martin Luther King Drive. This report is possible only by sponsors like:   Informes de un peatón ser atropellado por un tren en la pista 45 a un kilómetro de la estación de tren. La policía en la escena de informes el golpe peatonal está detrás de la estación de UPS en Martin Luther King Drive. Relatos de um pedestre ser atropelado por um trem na pista 45 cerca de um quilômetro da estação de trem. Polícia em cena relatando o sucesso de pedestres está…

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