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  • State biologist backs effort to lure anglers to Norwich
  • And Gephard didn’t disappoint, saying the watershed’s ecologic and biologic diversity make it one of Connecticut’s most sustainable locations for year-round fishing ... by the more than 300,000 people who fish in Connecticut. In addition to luring ...
  • Norwich Bulletin
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  • 2/21/2012 9:01:13 PM
  • Kara Brooks, Bill Taibe Nominated For James Beard Foundation Awards
  • The James Beard Foundation today announced the semifinalists for its 2012 Restaurant and Chef Awards, tapping two Connecticut names for "Best Chef" honors in the Northeast. Taibe was nominated in the same category last year. Brooks was nominated ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/21/2012 9:55:30 AM
  • The Hidden Risks Of Heart Attacks
  • Even more common, says Heather Swales, a cardiologist at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, people don't recognize ... at least two servings of fish per week or more, and less than 1,500 mg of sodium per day. The last one's tough, Swale ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/21/2012 8:43:55 AM
  • Heart Healthy Tips To Live By
  • Eat a healthy diet – that includes getting 4.5 or more cups of fruits and vegetables, at least two servings of fish per week or more, and less than 1,500 mg of sodium per day. Choose foods low in saturated fat and high in fiber.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/21/2012 8:43:55 AM
  • Balki's back! Pinchot has new show on DIY channel
  • "Harford is to be seen through my lens, which is that that it's heaven on earth," he said. "None of this 'big fish in a little pond.' No. We're not doing 'Green Acres.'" Pinchot, 52, an antiques collector and enthusiast of classical art and architecture ..
  • WTNH.com
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  • 2/21/2012 8:15:17 AM
  • Lee Elci moving across the dial
  • The 6,000-watt station, whose shows will emanate from the company's Ledyard studios, is using a tower in Long Island to transmit within a 40-mile radius in eastern Connecticut
  • TheDay
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  • 2/21/2012 3:57:35 AM
  • Vt. seeks to preserve Lake Champlain marsh
  • (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is working to buy 110 acres of Lake ... the area will become a wildlife management area that will be open for public use such as hunting, fishing, trapping, bird-watching, and photography.
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/21/2012 2:03:03 AM
  • State: Restoring historic schooner to cost $1.4M
  • NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — State officials say restoring the historic fishing schooner Ernestina to sailing condition will cost at least $1.4 million. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation, which is responsible for the historic vessel moored .
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/20/2012 10:42:37 PM
  • Free Starter at Dish 'n Dat
  • Another freebie of note: Dine in at Dish 'n Dat in Canton this Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (Feb. 21-23) between 11 a.m. and closing, and get an appetizer or salad on the house. Just mention "Free App" to your server. The discount (value up to ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/20/2012 11:15:25 AM
  • The Beloved Brunch Is Back At Old Avon Farms Inn
  • When Avon Old Farms Inn closed in September 2010, regulars mourned the demise of the award-winning Sunday brunch. It was the epitome of lazy-morning fare, a buffet to behold and the place to go for holidays and family get-togethers. It's back. Now called .
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/20/2012 9:49:31 AM
  • NL Firefighters Burn Foundation seeks to ease burden for victims
  • Renee Ghent had never heard of the New London Firefighters Burn Foundation until about a year ago when her husband, a volunteer firefighter in Portland, was seriously injured. Responding to a report of a propane leak at a duplex, Todd Ghent ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/20/2012 3:58:46 AM
  • 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Episode 14, 'No Bones About It'
  • Phaedra wants to "raise the cultural awareness" of the ladies. I feel like the producers are still fishing for stories. They end up sniffing medicine and oils from a witch doctor as an old ritual. He ends up being some sort of fortune teller ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/19/2012 9:03:35 PM
  • APNewsBreak: FDA to review inhalable caffeine
  • BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand it as a dietary supplement. AeroShot went on the ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/19/2012 8:31:58 AM
  • RANDALL BEACH: 'Ranger Dan' is the man, at peace in East Rock Park
  • Barvir smiled when I read back that quote. “My girlfriend says I have three major loves: my (fishing) boat, the park and her!” He also describes himself as “a bit of a dinosaur.” He added, “I’d rather read a book than go online.
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/19/2012 12:03:44 AM
  • EDITORIAL: Church dinners: A tradition worth saving
  • Last year, the organizers delivered 209 donated dinners to places such as Helping Hands in Torrington and FISH (Friends in Service to Humanity ... of food to the public become more stringent. Connecticut currently has strict standards for ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/18/2012 6:20:08 PM
  • Westminster Squash Star Living The American Dream
  • "He came here determined to become a student. He felt like a fish out of water at first. He didn't have much experience with reading long amounts or writing sophisticated essays. He asked me if I would work with him outside of class. He was very ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/18/2012 3:14:01 PM
  • A year on, Morocco's democracy movement founders
  • In one Casablanca protest, a man with the mask of a hated adviser of the king dangled a baguette on a fishing rod above the grasping hands of three ragged figures representing the people. There is no denying that in the initial months of the protests ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/18/2012 6:24:18 AM
  • Fishing Column: World Fishing Expo coming in March
  • Dreaming about fishing? Today is the final day of the 15th annual Northeast Fishing & Hunting Show" at the Connecticut Convention Center in ... to the Suffern show is the 5,000 gallon "Hawg Trough" fish tank that is loaded with monster largemouth bass.
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/17/2012 8:37:19 PM
  • European-Moroccan pact loosens fish, food trade
  • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The European Parliament approved on Thursday a new fishing and farming accord with Morocco designed to reduce customs costs and boost trade across the Mediterranean. The tariff reductions spread over 10 years are expected to ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/17/2012 7:47:13 PM
  • Personal bankruptcy filings drop by 14% in Connecticut in 2011
  • Personal bankruptcy filings in Connecticut dropped by 14% to 8,518 in 2011, down from 9,887 in 2010, according to a new report from the Warren Group, publisher of The Commercial Record. Chapter 7 is the most common option for individuals who are seeking ..
  • Amity Observer
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  • 2/17/2012 3:58:09 PM
  • Venture capital sees big returns in big data
  • Fishing fleets could use the information to find areas with the best catch, he said, or shipping companies could use it to find the fastest routes. Consumer plays include companies like Google, Facebook, and Zynga. "Social media is not ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/17/2012 9:38:46 AM
  • Couple to wed on frozen Minnesota lake
  • There will be ice fishing before and after the ceremony and minnows and fishing poles will decorate the tables. And for their guests from Arizona and Texas, the couple will have a heated tent.
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/17/2012 6:39:48 AM
  • Canton: Talk On Collins Co. Tools Scheduled
  • The third event in the Canton Historical Museum's Winter Lecture Series is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. Jan Fish, "The Collins Lady," will present her collection of Collins Company Tools. Fish is a well-known collector of the tools ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/17/2012 5:35:23 AM
  • Increase in deer population expected in NH, Vt.
  • Kent Gustafson of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says when deer are confined in small, deep-snow areas for a long time, they use more energy to stay warm, which leaves them more vulnerable to predators. Gustafson tells the Eagle Times that if .
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/17/2012 5:28:13 AM
  • Mild winter a blessing for region's fishermen
  • owner of the Hel-Cat II party fishing boat, which is docked in Groton and runs trips once a week in the winter. "We were catching anything and everything." Migratory fish species - including striped bass, black sea bass, bluefish and some of the ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/17/2012 12:56:13 AM
  • COMMENTARY: For Connecticut train commuters — next stop, Penn Station?
  • There’s discussion again about bringing some Metro-North trains directly from Connecticut into New York City’s Penn Station. But will it happen? As with many good ideas that seem so easy, this one also has been studied thoroughly and found to be ...
  • Amity Observer
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  • 2/16/2012 11:37:28 PM
  • Catch all the latest activity
  • hunting and outdoors enthusiasts will be a big part of the 15th annual Northeast Fishing & Hunting Show this weekend at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. And more than 65 hours of seminars by national and regional expert fishermen ...
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 2/16/2012 10:25:53 PM
  • Polish community pick up paczkis for Fat Thursday
  • “This is the last day we eat meat before Ash Wednesday so we just have fish and Polish pierogis but no meat until Easter.” While pączkis are popular on Broad Street, these pastries can even be found in Connecticut’s chain grocery ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 2/16/2012 6:51:08 PM
  • EU blames Iceland for collapse of "mackerel war" talks
  • BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The latest round of talks to try to resolve a dispute over mackerel fishing rights in the northeast Atlantic ... Iceland increased its annual catch quota for the fish from around 2,000 tons to 130,000 tons.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/16/2012 10:15:44 AM
  • Noted writer on wildlife enforcement issues to speak in Winsted
  • Attempting to curb this illegal trade is a small cadre of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service secret agents ... 6:30 p.m. in Founders Hall auditorium at Northwestern Connecticut Community College in Winsted. The book, which was published last ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/16/2012 10:01:25 AM
  • No Sobriety Test For Driver Of Flipped Car In Enfield Fatal Hit-And-Run
  • A father of three, he coached his son's roller hockey teams and enjoyed golfing and fishing. Berry also is a father of three. A roofer who does part-time tree work, Berry spent six years in the U.S. Army, his public defender said in court Wednesday.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/16/2012 9:32:47 AM
  • 'Top Chef' recap: Final four's culinary Olympics
  • Bev decides to cook her artic char with an untried recipe by mixing the fish with very earthy ingredients that she thinks will work. On the other hand Sarah chooses to cook her rabbit in a style from her German background by braising it and making sauerkra
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/16/2012 5:29:25 AM
  • Hunting and fishing show will feature record catches
  • ... want to attend the Northeast Fishing and Hunting Show at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford this weekend. The 2011 fishing and hunting seasons produced two record-class fish and a monster buck that were collected by hard core, experienced ..
  • Norwich Bulletin
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  • 2/15/2012 8:32:32 PM
  • North Branford man to be honored for world record striped bass
  • these new records include a striped bass that has been confirmed by the International Game Fish Association as a new world record. We are hoping that anglers from around the country will take notice and make Connecticut their fishing vacation destination."
  • TheDay
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  • 2/15/2012 10:59:53 AM
  • Photo: North Branford man to be honored for world record striped bass
  • these new records include a striped bass that has been confirmed by the International Game Fish Association as a new world record. We are hoping that anglers from around the country will take notice and make Connecticut their fishing vacation destination.”
  • TheDay
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  • 2/15/2012 10:31:15 AM
  • Fishing variety is the spice of life
  • Striped bass fishing will begin to pick up in the three rivers. Perch fishing can be phenomenal in early spring especially in the Connecticut River in the area of Hamburg Cove and in the Housatonic River at Pink House Cove. Look for early ...
  • Norwalk Hour
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  • 2/15/2012 10:16:56 AM
  • Susan MacKay: Jill of all trades, master of many
  • Later, she went on to double major in art and art history at Connecticut College ... She’s made many friends working as a bartender at Go Fish in Olde Mistick Village for 15 years. Rich Lotz, a fellow bartender who has worked with MacKay ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/15/2012 8:08:05 AM
  • Blues artist Marcia Ball in Ridgefield
  • A: A lot of it comes from growing up down there in a part of the country where there's a lot of fun things to write about -- the food and the dance and the fishing and everything ... Erik Ofgang is a freelancer in Connecticut.
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/14/2012 3:11:36 PM
  • Post-Grateful Dead player scores medical hit
  • "There are products that are as competitive ... but not as simple or as good." Realizing they needed a bigger fish to manage the product's continued growth, the founders began courting would-be partners, eventually finding a suitable exit with ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/14/2012 2:07:11 PM
  • Amarin stock rises on news of FDA move
  • Amarin's stock price, which two years ago had been in the $1 range, climbed to nearly $20 last year on positive data from a key trial of AMR101, a fish oil-derived medicine intended to lower fat in the blood. But the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/14/2012 12:52:36 AM
  • Go Away With ... Peter Barnes
  • Q. For a relaxing vacation, where do you go? A. Jackson Hole, Wy. We're going out for about 10 days this year and I'm going to fly-fish! My wife doesn't fish, but she loves to eat fish, so it works out. Nantucket's kind of a second home.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/14/2012 12:31:08 AM
  • Commentary: Business Scene: Corporate social responsibility
  • Sixty business leaders met at Central Connecticut State University’s Institute of ... I am a strong believer of teaching someone to fish rather than feeding someone for a day. "For example, rather than support food drives I would like to ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/13/2012 8:42:04 PM
  • Commentary: Business Scene: Corporate social responsibility
  • Sixty business leaders met at Central Connecticut State University’s Institute of ... I am a strong believer of teaching someone to fish rather than feeding someone for a day. “For example, rather than support food drives I would like ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 2/13/2012 8:20:36 PM
  • Say Cheese! Park Central Tavern Reinvigorates Menu
  • Seafood stars on the sandwich menu, too, with a hot lobster roll on brioche, a po'boy with fried oysters and crispy calamari, and a daily blackened-fish sandwich special. And fans of the Caseus Cheese Truck will enjoy the American/Gruyere/Vermont cheddar .
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/13/2012 6:58:52 AM
  • Nigerian poverty rising despite economic growth
  • ABUJA (Reuters) - Poverty in Nigeria is rising with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day, despite strong growth in Africa's second largest economy, data showed on Monday. The percentage of Nigerians living in absolute poverty ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/13/2012 1:00:57 AM
  • Mystic Aquarium reopens Stingray Bay exhibit
  • The exhibit is home to 18 cownose stingrays, three southern stingrays, nine pork fish, two nurse sharks and a sea turtle named Charlotte, who floats with her rear end up after being struck by a boat in 2008. She is the subject of Kiki Latimer's ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/13/2012 12:53:48 AM
  • Rising prices eat into Senior Center lunch funding
  • The Elderly Nutrition Program provides meals to senior centers, senior housing complexes and Meals on Wheel, but with demand exceeding available funding, the Southwestern Connecticut Agency ... cabbage to lemon pepper fish, and include desserts like ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/12/2012 9:54:50 PM
  • Rising prices eat into Senior Center lunch funding
  • The Elderly Nutrition Program provides meals to senior centers, senior housing complexes and Meals on Wheel, but with demand exceeding available funding, the Southwestern Connecticut Agency ... cabbage to lemon pepper fish, and include desserts like ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/12/2012 9:33:22 PM
  • Wisconsin fishermen on ice as sturgeon spear season opens
  • When and if a sturgeon swam into their hole, one of the men was to drop a five-tined spear onto the prehistoric-looking fish. Once the sturgeon is speared, fishermen pull the fish - which could weigh 200 pounds - out of the hole in the ice.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/12/2012 3:06:49 PM
  • Advocates work to protect rattlesnakes in Vt.
  • New Hampshire has one known area where rattlesnakes settle and Massachusetts and Connecticut have about 10 ... The snakes come onto peoples' property," Jenkins said. Fish and Wildlife Biologist Doug Blodgett has studied the snakes for years.
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/12/2012 10:34:48 AM
  • Advocates work to protect rattlesnakes in Vt.
  • New Hampshire has one known area where rattlesnakes settle and Massachusetts and Connecticut have about 10 ... The snakes come onto peoples' property," Jenkins said. Fish and Wildlife Biologist Doug Blodgett has studied the snakes for years.
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/12/2012 10:27:39 AM
  • Marathon runners honoring local legend
  • Shea has talked with the Connecticut Tigers, who plan to sponsor a 5K road race ... Admission is free. The annual Ice Fishing Derby Jeff Bousquet puts on at the Valley Springs Sportsman Club in Thompson has run into a little problem this year: There ...
  • Norwich Bulletin
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  • 2/11/2012 7:18:32 PM
  • Fishing Column: Northeast Fishing, Hunting Show next weekend in Hartford
  • The 15th annual Northeast Fishing & Hunting Show will be held at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford ... live fishing at a Catch & Release Trout Pond-- if you catch a tagged fish, you win a child's rod and reel. Other activities include Panning .
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/11/2012 2:10:44 PM
  • Woe for Federer as Swiss crash, Spain cruise
  • Former world number one Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka needed to win the doubles to keep the tie alive after Friday's two singles went to the U.S. but after a good start the Swiss pair lost 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 to Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/11/2012 12:37:41 PM
  • Eastern Connecticut Conservation District seeks volunteers
  • The Eastern Connecticut Conservation District is seeking volunteers ... The project is being funded in part by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation as part of the Long Island Sound Study. Those interested in participating ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/11/2012 10:57:28 AM
  • William John Soyka
  • He spent his summers in Connecticut enjoying time with his family and friends, but he came to truly love his life at The Villages in Florida whether he was golfing, fishing or just hanging out by the pool. He is survived by three sons ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 2/11/2012 4:52:23 AM
  • In Bloomfield, A Park On The Rebound
  • Just north of the town center there's a piece of land with a lot of potential. Except for the pond so full of silt that you can't ice skate or fish. Or the bridges that are so unsafe that the town has blocked them off with fencing and caution tape.
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/10/2012 9:07:06 PM
  • Danielson man inspired to help in Haiti
  • Kids playing soccer is not unusual in Leogane, a rural fishing village 18 miles west of Port-au-Prince ... began drumming up support for GOALS Haiti in Eastern Connecticut, meeting with business owners and courting local philanthropic groups, such as ...
  • Norwich Bulletin
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  • 2/10/2012 8:45:38 PM
  • Robert Miller: Cutting back on junk lawn food
  • In spring, when the grass in Connecticut is just waking up and starting to grow ... Their waters get turbid and stagnant, and fish and plant life have trouble living in those waters. So reducing phosphorus in lawn fertilizer is, like a lot of things ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/10/2012 3:09:11 PM
  • John Isner Stuns Roger Federer; Gives U.S. 2-0 Lead In Davis Cup
  • The upset was preceded by a thrilling opening singles match, with Mardy Fish outlasting Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 9-7. The U.S. can eliminate Switzerland in doubles in the best-of-five series Saturday. Mike Bryan and teenager Ryan ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/10/2012 12:31:42 PM
  • NYC opens 3 upstate reservoirs to small boats
  • Pepacton and Schoharie reservoirs and only for fishing. The new program will allow tags to be issued by certified private steam cleaning vendors for the other small boats. Connecticut's $190 million share of a multistate settlement of abusive mortgage ...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/10/2012 11:12:58 AM
  • Ski jumping and human dogsled race comes to Connecticut this weekend
  • Something new has been added this year when the Salisbury Winter Sports Association (SWSA) hosts the 86th annual Jumpfest Weekend from Feb. 10 to 12 in northwestern Connecticut. In addition to the US Eastern Ski Jumping Championships that attracts the most
  • Amity Observer
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  • 2/10/2012 5:00:44 AM
  • James J. Picard
  • A quiet person, he enjoyed hunting, especially at Meshomasic State Forest in Marlborough, and fishing for striped bass and catfish in both the Connecticut River and in Rhode Island. He was also a NASCAR fan. In addition to his parents ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 2/10/2012 2:23:15 AM
  • List of World Press Photo winners
  • Johnny Haglund, Norway, Vi Menn, Girls catch fish in the Congo river ... Mao Zedong remembered. Connecticut's $190 million share of a multistate settlement of abusive mortgage servicing practices by large banks is just the beginning...
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/10/2012 2:08:56 AM
  • Connecticut men discover shipwreck believed that of Naval hero
  • They dived twice in the area and left empty-handed. The metal detector didn't even turn up a fish hook. The third dive was the charm. “I look ahead and see this long cylindrical thing," recalled Buffum. It was a cannon. Harger and Buffum kept ...
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 2/10/2012 12:21:34 AM
  • Mill History Lives Along Nipmuck Trail, Fenton River
  • Huge pines shade deep pools in the river as a fish jumps nearby. After emerging from the forest, civilization appears again in the form of an old miller's cottage where four-term Connecticut Gov. Wilbur Lucius Cross was born. His family operated ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/9/2012 4:29:07 PM
  • Dover Seawright, Jr
  • Streets in March 1982 and served as Mount Aery Baptist Church Deacon Chairperson followed by later serving as Chaplain of Deacon Alliance of Connecticut ... He was an avid motorcycle rider, enjoyed fishing, and baseball and was a true New ...
  • Newtown Bee
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  • 2/9/2012 10:45:31 AM
  • Glastonbury East Hartford Elementary Magnet School Work Progressing
  • Those walking into the school will be greeted by a "wall of science," complete with TV screens, fish tanks and weather stations. The school, offering a program focusing on science, technology and global studies, has outgrown its current space in ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/9/2012 8:29:31 AM
  • Return of the Native Mountain Lion in Connecticut?
  • But could they really be back in Connecticut? Many thought the answer was a definitive ... [Cougars] can swim 10 miles, they will eat fish, they will scavenge, eat garbage and they have been seen in the suburbs and in cities.”
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/9/2012 7:03:37 AM
  • Pakistani man wages unusual battle with police over 40-foot whale shark
  • Khan is in the business of buying fish, albeit usually much smaller ones, and jumped at the chance on Tuesday to pay about $2,200 for the 20-ton behemoth, which was discovered dead in the Arabian Sea off the southern Pakistani city of Karachi. Business was
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/9/2012 6:06:21 AM
  • White: Take a break from New England cuisine, try Southern food
  • I love living in New England, especially Connecticut. And I'm very much a Northeast woman ... I went on a Wednesday and a Friday, with one friend, then two others. We all ordered fish — seared tuna, stuffed flounder, roasted cod, bouillabaisse ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/9/2012 2:17:17 AM
  • Fisheries commission OKs ban on lobster catches for 11 weeks in fall
  • vice president of the Connecticut Commercial Lobstermen's Association, said this could pose a problem for him and others who planned to fish for conch during the 11 week lobstering hiatus. He and others already have turned to conch fishing to ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/9/2012 12:58:32 AM
  • Outdoor writers association features New England’s best
  • In recent conversations just before his book was published, Merly told me about spending weekends sleeping in his car at literally all of the trout fishing locations he wrote about, across the state of Connecticut. He wanted to fish them himself and talk .
  • Norwich Bulletin
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  • 2/8/2012 8:12:12 PM
  • Phelps using hyperbaric chamber to aid recovery
  • "That's something that is so important to me now being older. I don't recover as fast as I used to." He said the chamber looked like a fish tank: "Imagine, like, a bed with a box around it." "It's kind of strange but it's good," Phelps said during an ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/8/2012 11:22:30 AM
  • 3M names Thulin to replace retiring Buckley as CEO
  • "Unless I drop dead first I'm going to work here as long as the board wants me to work here," he said. "I'm not anxious to go fishing just yet." Buckley will remain chairman until the company's annual shareholder meeting in May, when the board plans to ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/8/2012 10:03:45 AM
  • L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival Heading To Twain House
  • The "Festival Encore" will run Friday, Feb. 24; Saturday, Feb. 25; and Sunday, Feb. 26 and will be presented by the Connecticut Film Festival ... Mo' Money, Mo' Ninjas; Fish & Chicks; Liars and Tigers and Bears; and Best Of The 2011 L.A ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/8/2012 6:57:38 AM
  • Amarin patents acquired in deal
  • Amarin Corp. plc's fish-oil patents aren't just for people at risk of heart attacks. Other patents cover central nervous system diseases, and now they have been acquired by a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based firm called Prismic Pharmaceuticals Inc ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/8/2012 2:04:09 AM
  • Super Bowl: Coughlin, Manning now forever linked
  • It's obvious he still wants to coach. "I don't fish, I don't golf," he said. "My wife keeps telling me, `You better have something to do, buddy boy. If you think you're going to hang around here, you're crazy."' Mara said it's safe to say the ...
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 2/7/2012 11:05:11 PM
  • Brooklyn department heads make modest early budget requests
  • She said residents purchasing fishing licenses or looking up vital statistics often ... Soucy reported increases in the membership costs to the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments and the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
  • Norwich Bulletin
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  • 2/7/2012 7:51:55 PM
  • There’s no stopping Day
  • When he moved to Connecticut, he got into real estate ... or reeling in the big one that is hooked on the end of his fishing line. “I never ask for help unless I’ve tried to do it first,” he said. “There are so many people that just ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/7/2012 7:44:46 PM
  • Consumer groups want tougher probe of engineered salmon
  • WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/7/2012 5:21:36 PM
  • Radioactive element found in fish far from Vermont nuclear plant
  • Low levels of Strontium-90, an isotope produced by nuclear reactions, were found in fish caught in August where groundwater from the plant runs into the Connecticut River, state authorities said. Now, new tests of bass caught 150 miles away in ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/7/2012 2:01:10 PM
  • Plan For Purple Heart Home In Glastonbury Progressing
  • As winter continues its spring fling, momentum is gaining as Purple Heart Homes is hoping to break ground on the construction of a new house for Marine veteran Manny Jimenez by early March. Since the kick-off ceremony last month, two marathons ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/7/2012 1:18:13 PM
  • Stamford murder suspect mounts defense
  • Riley said he was fishing off a nearby hurricane barrier the morning of Raymundo's death and passed through her condo complex as he walked to his car. He said he saw a man and woman arguing outside the complex. Riley, 51, wore tinted glasses and a black .
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/7/2012 11:09:22 AM
  • Enfield DMV Office Reopens After Renovations
  • The state Department of Motor Vehicles has reopened the branch office in town after the freak October snowstorm caused extensive damage to the building at 4 Pearson Way. Repairs to the roof, which had leaks even before the snowstorm, and ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/7/2012 9:50:37 AM
  • Enfield DMV Office Reopens
  • The state Department of Motor Vehicles has reopened the branch office in town. The freak Oct. 29 snowstorm forced the DMV office, at 4 Pearson Way, to close while about $400,000 worth of repairs were made to its roof and other areas, the DMV ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/7/2012 9:00:31 AM
  • State Rep. Srinivasan Holding Office Hours In Glastonbury Thursday
  • State Rep. Prasad Srinivasan, D-Glastonbury, will hold office hours on Thursday. Constituents are encouraged to make an appointment to talk about any issues, questions or concerns related to Glastonbury or state government. The office hours will ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/7/2012 4:42:49 AM
  • Manning-Coughlin: A tandem for the ages
  • It's obvious he still wants to coach. "I don't fish, I don't golf," he said. "My wife keeps telling me, "You better have something to do, buddy boy. If you think you're going to hang around here, you're crazy."' Mara said it's safe to say the ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/7/2012 1:00:55 AM
  • Factbox: Key facts about the Maldives
  • CAPITAL: Male ECONOMY: The country is under a $92.5 million IMF loan program, part of a plan to turn around perennial government deficits in the tourism- and fishing-dependent economy. TOURISM: Most tourists are taken straight to their island ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/6/2012 10:59:13 PM
  • 'The Bachelor' recap: Episode 6
  • After a commercial break, they eat dinner that thankfully didn’t include endangered fish species. Kacie B. admits to having an eating disorder as a teen. Chris: The adventure date was lame and scripted, but still 10 times more interesting than ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/6/2012 7:38:47 PM
  • Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin have taken center stage as NFL's top duo
  • It’s obvious he still wants to coach. “I don’t fish, I don’t golf,” he said. “My wife keeps telling me, ‘You better have something to do, buddy boy. If you think you’re going to hang around here, you’re crazy.“’ Mara said ...
  • Register Citizen
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  • 2/6/2012 7:17:19 PM
  • Backward Bills: No Time To Cut Transit
  • Kate Slevin, executive director of the nonpartisan Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said Connecticut plans to spend $858 million on public transportation projects in fiscal 2012, of which $465 million would come from federal funds — funds ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/6/2012 3:56:53 PM
  • Chinese Delegation Welcomed By Schools
  • It is our job," she said, "to prepare them for that world." One of the events the delegates attended over the weekend was a Western Connecticut Chinese Association, Newtown International Center for Education (NICE), HuaXia Chinese School ...
  • Newtown Bee
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  • 2/6/2012 12:57:55 PM
  • French minister's remarks seen as Muslim putdown
  • He's "targeting Muslims, he's targeting Islam," Pierre Moscovici said on LCI television. Socialist politicians described the comments as a fishing expedition to lure voters from the far-right National Front to Sarkozy's conservative camp. Sarkozy has yet .
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/6/2012 12:07:49 PM
  • International career leads to yoga, new book
  • I'd eat salads and fish, count calories. Then I got to a point where yoga was about getting grounded in life. I stepped onto the mat not because I have buns of steel. The weight came off and stayed off. I have a more healthy relationship with food.
  • Danbury News-Times
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  • 2/6/2012 8:40:14 AM
  • Connecticut lawmakers propose limits on lawn fertilizers
  • The legislation would improve water quality in Connecticut’s rivers and lakes ... depleting oxygen and harming the health of rivers, lakes and fish. They said at least 11 states have imposed similar legislation.
  • Middletown Press
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  • 2/6/2012 4:01:03 AM
  • Connecticut lawmakers propose limits on lawn fertilizers
  • The legislation would improve water quality in Connecticut’s rivers and lakes ... depleting oxygen and harming the health of rivers, lakes and fish. They said at least 11 states have imposed similar legislation.
  • New Haven Register
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  • 2/6/2012 4:01:03 AM
  • Woman rescued by son in NH snowmobile accident
  • New Hampshire Fish and Game officers say 76-year-old Jean Misulia of ... wrist fracture and was in the beginning stages of hypothermia. She was treated at Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook.
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/6/2012 3:53:54 AM
  • Stench bearable for $85 more pay
  • HARTFORD — Working at a state fish hatchery is such a yucky job that maintenance workers get extra pay for performing unpleasant work. Despite a general wage freeze, state employees are still getting all sorts of contractually required ...
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 2/6/2012 3:03:47 AM
  • Conn. lawmakers propose to limits on fertilizers
  • The legislation would improve water quality in Connecticut's rivers and lakes ... depleting oxygen and harming the health of rivers, lakes and fish. They said at least 11 states have imposed similar legislation.
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/5/2012 10:53:15 PM
  • Conn. lawmakers propose to limits on fertilizers
  • The legislation would improve water quality in Connecticut's rivers and lakes ... depleting oxygen and harming the health of rivers, lakes and fish. They said at least 11 states have imposed similar legislation.
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/5/2012 10:46:05 PM
  • A POINT TO PONDER: Looking for a leader
  • And they are now getting down to fish-or-cut-bait time. As I am writing this, I think the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, should get the nomination. He has a sense of the way things can get done in the House and the Senate ...
  • Bristol Press
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  • 2/5/2012 7:25:39 PM
  • Nelson: It may be time to head south for the winter
  • ... and there is currently no safe ice to fish upon within Connecticut, many anglers are heading south to fish on guided trips. Some northerners are heading to both fresh and salt water fishing locations to participate in their favorite activity on guided
  • Greenwich Time
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  • 2/5/2012 6:14:04 PM
  • Opinion: Republicans need a composite leader
  • And they are now getting down to fish-or-cut-bait time. As I am writing this, I think the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, should get the nomination. He has a sense of the way things can get done in the House and the Senate ...
  • New Britain Herald
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  • 2/5/2012 5:38:17 PM
  • Oregon lawmakers could name new coastal reserves
  • Marine reserves aim to increase fish numbers, provide a refuge for fish, boost ocean research and allow scientists to gauge the impact of fishing on fish populations. Reserves allow boating and research, but bar fishing, crabbing, pipelines and industrial
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/5/2012 2:25:01 PM
  • Woman is put out with man who won’t fix what’s broken
  • If you come up with a minus instead of a plus, perhaps you should throw him back and keep fishing. DEAR ABBY: My niece, "Sara," is considerably overweight at the age of 9. I'm becoming very concerned that she'll become diabetic by the time she's ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/5/2012 1:24:45 AM
  • Snow wasn't missed at Winter Fest
  • About 400 people attended the event, participating in winter-themed activities organized by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, including ice fishing at Black Rock Pond. The event is part of the state agency's No Child Left ...
  • Waterbury Republican-American
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  • 2/5/2012 1:17:36 AM
  • Kayaking Among the Seals off Fishers Island
  • I spot the magnificent raptors occasionally in winter, particularly if I'm kayaking on the Connecticut River – stay tuned and I'll report on an eagle-watching paddle in a few weeks – because they fish in ... A lone fishing boat droned ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/4/2012 12:57:19 AM
  • A creative haven at Mystic's Workshop
  • The Workshop is the latest such enclave, providing aesthetic nutrients and cheap practice space for a scene of young, upcoming bands such as Herff Jones, Rhapsodists, Fish House, Dirty Stayouts and the Sam N Andy Power Trio. These acts ...
  • TheDay
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  • 2/4/2012 12:57:19 AM
  • Game agency reports 100 dead pigeons in SD town
  • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department is investigating about 100 suspicious deaths in downtown Rapid City — and the victims are all pigeons. John Kanta, regional wildlife manager for the department, said Friday that ...
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/3/2012 10:34:09 PM
  • Fishing Column: DEEP adjusts blackfish regulations
  • The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental ... The February 18 Hearing immediately follows the Trophy Fish Award Program during the Northeast Fishing and Hunting Expo. The hearings will also include 2012 recreational fishery management measures
  • Stamford Advocate
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  • 2/3/2012 8:03:49 PM
  • Advertisers hope Super Bowl ads make a lasting impression
  • “The people of Tibet are in trouble,” Hutton said in the ad. “But they still whip up an amazing fish curry.” All ads pointed viewers to www.savethemoney.org, which encouraged visitors to donate to each of the charities related to the ...
  • Middletown Press
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  • 2/3/2012 6:16:27 PM
  • Homeowners Warned About Company's Pitch Regarding Property Tax Bills
  • A company is pitching what sounds like an attractive deal for Connecticut homeowners ... "It seems like they're fishing, like they did a blanket mailing," said Middletown Assessor Damon Braasch. "Their solicitation approach is to place the ...
  • Hartford Courant
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  • 2/3/2012 3:17:29 PM

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