News Headlines for Amston, Connecticut

Akron leads Connecticut after six (The Norwich Bulletin)
Wes Hodges hit a two-run homer in the sixth and Akron has a 2-0 lead over Connecticut at Dodd Stadium Thursday night.

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Line Break Causes Closing Of Connecticut River (NBC 30 Connecticut)
Connecticut River is closed to boat traffic between Windsor and Wethersfield because of a broken line that dissipates static electricity, a representative of the Hartford Fire Department said.

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Witch trials: Middletown filmmaker documenting a little-known fact: Connecticut was hanging witches long before Salem ... (Republican-American)
They called Elizabeth Goodman a witch. In Colonial Connecticut, stories swirled about the old woman who lived with the New Haven Colony's then-deputy governor: Goodman muttered to herself. She accused others of witchery. She sinisterly knew about unseen figs tucked in one woman's pocket. Another woman complained that after Goodman tried buying her chickens, they died and when they cut open the ...

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Lockton Enhances Connecticut Commerical Insurance Staff (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FARMINGTON, Conn.----Lockton Companies, the world’s largest independently owned insurance broker, has expanded the capabilities of its Connecticut-based Commercial Insurance team with the addition of Orlando Rodriguez as Vice President, Unit Manager.

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Time travel at the Connecticut Trolley Museum (Journal Inquirer)
One visit to the Connecticut Trolley Museum will make you a fan for life. Opened in 1940, it is the oldest museum of its kind in the country. The museum is located off Interstate 91 in East Windsor and open March through October, with special Halloween and Winterfest programs.

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Connecticut criticized for placing girls in prison (Boston Globe)
Connecticut's child advocate is criticizing the state's child welfare agency for placing delinquent teenage girls in the state prison for women.

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Connecticut Attorney General cautions communities not to rely on recent turf report (Newton Tab)
At least one public official is skeptical about the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recent report on synthetic turf. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is calling on the CPSC to immediately remove and revise its recent report on turf, saying that it may dangerously and deceptively mislead citizens into believing that artificial turf has been proven safe.

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Connecticut Has Third Highest Tax Burden in U.S. (Westport News)
Connecticut residents have the third highest tax burden in the nation, behind New York and New Jersey.

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Various groups hope to amend Connecticut's Constitution to allow initiative petition (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
HARTFORD, Conn. - A coalition of same-sex marriage opponents and taxpayer groups is trying to persuade voters to approve a state constitutional convention in the hopes of bringing the initiative petition process to Connecticut.

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Connecticut Water Service, Inc. Increases Dividend (Centre Daily Times)
Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: CTWS) announced that on August 19, 2008 the Company's Board of Directors approved an annualized dividend increase of two-cents per common share, or 2.3%, above the current cash dividend. The quarterly cash dividend on common shares was increased to $0.2225 per quarter from $0.2175. The increased dividend will be effective with the dividend declared by ...

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