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Sharing the Love with Newtown
Thousands of little hands have hugged and petted my little brown therapy dog this school year during author visits for my children’s book. She’s turned around quite a few bad days for some kids who just needed some unconditional love. It&...
Tags: Animals
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A Place Where Trolls Could Roam
The Hartford CourantThe folktale of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" is something that has stayed with me from my childhood. Each time I see some old stone bridge, I think of the story about the ugly troll trying to eat each of the three goats that tried to pass over. The third...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, Transportation, Road Transportation
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Rediscovering The Connecticut River In Windsor
The Hartford CourantMany towns and cities have turned their backs on the Connecticut River since early in the 20th century, so New England's longest waterway often flows unnoticed through our state. But if you search it out, you'll find places like the Windsor Locks...Tags: Long Island, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Windsor Locks
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'MotherToBaby CT' Launches For Mother's Day
A CDC-recommended non-profit organization has been launched in time for Mother's Day. Through 'MotherToBaby CT', experts will be able to provide the public with free answers to the many questions that arise during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Read...
Tags: Mother's Day, Science and Technology, Disease Prevention, Family, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Kentucky Derby Parties In Connecticut May 4
Don your most ornate hat and head to these spots to drink bourbon, eat Kentucky-inspired fare and watch "the most exciting two minutes in sports" this Saturday. Max Downtown, 185 Asylum Street, Hartford, hosts a Derby party at 3 p.m. The event...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Hamburgers, Foods and Beverages, Testicular Cancer, American Cancer Society
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Hanna, Age 12, Guest Blogger
Hello! My name is Hanna. I live in Farmington and go to school in West Hartford at a great school called Renbrook. I am twelve years old and in seventh grade. For this year, my father lives in Washington, D.C. and works for Senator Rockefeller when he was...
Tags: FBI, John D. Rockefeller IV, Mary L. Landrieu, Washington, DC, Politics
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State Fires Worker Who Showed Lanza's Body To Her Husband At Morgue
The Hartford CourantConnecticut's chief medical examiner has fired a state employee who let her husband view the body of mass killer Adam Lanza in the morgue two days after the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre, The Courant has learned. The employee, Jean Henry, was...Tags: Watertown, Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, John G. Rowland
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Kevin Hunt: Why Are Some New MDC Water Fees 'Astronomical'?
The Hartford CourantA glass of tap water, a cold shower and hosing down the car will cost every Metropolitan District Commission customer more this year. The reality of fee increases, following a vote of the MDC's member towns last November to fund the second phase of the...Tags: Granby, Politics, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), South Windsor, Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut)
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Galician Dinner at Barcelona Wine Bar April 17
Barcelona Wine Bar, 971 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, presents a "Foods of Galicia" dinner April 17 at 7 p.m., featuring dishes from the region in the northwest corner of Spain. The menu: Caldo gallego: Kale and bean soup with cow's milk cheese...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, West Hartford, Wines, Dining and Drinking
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50 Cent Fills The Boxing Impresario Bill
The Hartford CourantWhen the hands on the clock climb toward midnight at 50 Cent's Birthday Bash on July 5 at the Connecticut Convention Center. When the hands climb toward the actual birthday of Curtis James Jackson III, we may find it appropriate to consider three men...Tags: Television Industry, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Sundance Channel (tv network), Vince McMahon, Oscar De La Hoya
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PTR In Bristol Is First Firearms Maker To Declare It's Exiting Connecticut
The Hartford CourantDuring the three-month debate over gun control in Connecticut, the name PTR Industries Inc. barely came up, but the Bristol manufacturer with 50 employees has become the first maker of military-style rifles to announce its exit from Connecticut since...Tags: Firearms, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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New England Brewing Company Beer Dinner at Max's Oyster Bar April 25
Max's Oyster Bar, 964 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, hosts a New England Brewing Company beer dinner on April 25 at 6:30 p.m. Five courses are paired with selections from the Woodbridge brewery. The menu: Reception: "Ode to the Elm City" with Elm...
Tags: Woodbridge, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, West Hartford, Dining and Drinking
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