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Youth football team in Southbury, Conn. mourns loss of assistant coach
A youth football team from Southbury is mourning the loss of their assistant coach. Mark Oesau, 53, died unexpectedly last Saturday. For four years, he helped coach middle school students from Southbury and Middlebury, including his own 12-year-old son, Gibson Oesau. On Sunday, less than 24 hours after his father’s passing, Oesau was back on the field and scored his first-ever...
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Darien hosts heartfelt send-off for Paralympian Ali Truwit
The Town of Darien celebrated one of their own before she competes in the 2024 Paralympic Games. Family, friends, and former teammates stood on either side of Boston Post Road in downtown Darien, dressed in shades of red, white, and blue, to cheer on 24-year-old paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit. The former D-1 swimmer from Yale was on vacation in Turks…
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13,000 flags placed at State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown, Conn.
Every year on Memorial Day Weekend, people come out to the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown to honor those who gave their lives for our country. “Everybody that didn’t come back, just thank you. Just thank you,” said Joel Cabral, of Newington. Cabral served in the Connecticut National Guard for seven years and says he regularly attends this event....
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Watch live: Crews use shears to break apart bridge on I-95 in Conn.
Crews are making significant progress demolishing parts of a bridge on Interstate 95 in Norwalk after a fiery crash on Thursday. Those crews are expected to be there through the weekend to get that part of I-95 back open. The demolition started at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and again on Saturday. You can watch it live here. The CT Department of...
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Woman found dead during mobile home fire in Vernon, Conn.
Police have identified the woman who died in a fire at a mobile home in Vernon early Sunday morning. Multiple 911 calls came in about a fire at a mobile home on Middle Terrace around 2:43 a.m. Fire Marshal Dan Wasilewski says first arriving units found a mobile home on 10 Middle Terrace engulfed in flames. “They made several attempts…
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Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms, in Vermont
“I feel grateful.” That’s how Jacob Shannon feels after saying goodbye to his 76-year-old mother Lynda Bluestein on Thursday. “She was going through a lot of pain, and that was hard to watch,” Shannon said. Shannon’s mother was diagnosed with stage four ovarian and fallopian tube cancer in February 2021. He said the constant pain and suffering turned her...
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Thousands participate in 30th annual Hartford Marathon in Conn.
It was a big day in the Capitol City on Saturday as tens of thousands of people came out for the 30th annual Hartford Marathon. Those who ran the 5K, half marathon and full marathon were quick to hit the buzzer at the finish line. Bill Galpin, of Litchfield, said he has been running for many years, but this was…
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Jury selection underway in trial connected to disappearance of CT mom Jennifer Dulos
More than four years after her arrest, jury selection has begun in Stamford for Michelle Troconis. She is one of the two alleged co-conspirators in Jennifer Dulos’ murder. The New Canaan mother of five dropped her children off at school on May 24, 2019, and hasn’t been seen since. Authorities believe she is dead. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was…
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Hungry Bear Steals 60 Cupcakes from Connecticut Bakery
A bear broke into a bakery in Avon Wednesday morning, helped itself to 60 cupcakes and made a “bluff charge” toward an employee. It happened at Taste By Spellbound on West Main Street in Avon. The kitchen supervisor for the bakery said she was putting baked goods in a vehicle in the garage area at the back of the bakery…
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UConn to Play San Diego State in National Championship Game Monday
The UConn Huskies are taking the court one more time on Monday night as they compete for the NCAA National Championship in Texas. Fans are so proud to see UConn in the final round, vying for the team’s fifth title. UConn will be playing San Diego State at NRG Stadium in Houston. As the Huskies head into the game,...
