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WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE

ARREST MADE IN EL MURDER

A young woman stabbed to death Monday night in a Niantic motel has been identified and her alleged killer arrested. Police have identified her as 25-year-old Corina Zukowski, of East Lyme.After several hours of investigating, East Lyme Police said Tuesday afternoon that they had made an arrest in the case, apprehending 28-year-old Avery Hallbrooks and charging him with…

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TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE

MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING WOMAN TO DEATH AT EAST LYME INN

EAST LYME, CT (WFSB) — Ayoung woman is dead after having been stabbed Monday night in a motel on the shoreline.   Officers were called to the Starlight Inn just after 10 p.m. on Monday for the report of a woman having been stabbed several times.   She was rushed to the hospital where she died.   Police have identified her as 25-year-old…

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TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE

WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH AT STARLIGHT INN

EAST LYME, CT (WFSB) – Police in East Lyme said they are searching for a person of interest after a woman was stabbed to death at an inn on Monday evening.   Officers responded to the Starlight Inn at 256 Flanders Rd.around 10:30 p.m. for a reported stabbing.  A woman was located inside one of the rooms with a stab wound and she was transported to…

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MONDAY EVENING UPDATE

WILLIMANTIC RECYCLING CENTER FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION

WILLIMANTIC, CT (WFSB) — As crews battled a large three-alarm fire at a recycling center in Willimantic, people who are nearby were evacuated.   The fire broke out at Northeast Recycling Center around 4 p.m. on Monday.  The center, which recycles cars, is located on Boston Post Road.   The plumes of smoke could be seen for miles, which were…

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MONDAY MORNING UPDATE

METH LAB SUSPECTED IN RI

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management says a suspected meth lab was encountered in Richmond on Friday. A hazmat unit was part of the response as DEM officials said they were ready to assist in removing alleged drug-making chemicals from a home. WJAR-TV reports a 46-year-old man was arrested on unrelated domestic violence charges, and that no drug…

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SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE

HUNDREDS BRAVE COLD FOR NIANTIC LIGHT PARADE

(WFSB)

Hundreds braved the cold to enjoy the fireworks and the parade at the Niantic Light Parade on Saturday night.    In its 30th year, the Niantic Light Parade is regarded as one of the largest and longest running light parade in Connecticut.   Complete with floats decorated and illuminated with thousands of lights, appearances by Santa and…

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SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE

POLICE INVESTIGATE SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT

East Lyme Police are investigating an incident when a male student reported that he was approached by an older white man in a gray mini-van who verbally interacted with the student making him uncomfortable. The incident was reported as soon as the student got to school. District Security, East Lyme Police, and the bus company were all notified. Police…

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FRIDAY EVENING UPDATE

VERDICT IN GOTH TRIAL 

A guilty verdict in what has been described as the Norwich Goth strangulation case.  A New London Superior Court jury today finds 30-year old Kristopher Prudhomme guilty of three of five charges against him.  Prosecutors says Prudhomme attacked his housemate Michael Lovering in their Norwich apartment in October, 2016, after Lovering admitted sleeping with Prudhomme’s…

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FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE

NFA BOARD DISCUSSES SEX INVESTIGATION

Norwich Free Academy’s Board of Trustees met behind closed doors last night for nearly two and a half hours to get an update from its hired independent investigator as to the situation regarding former athletic coach Anthony Facchini.   Board chairman Sarette Williams says the investigation is not complete and that they trust the investigator as to when the…

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THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE

TRAVELERS TO HELP CRUMBLING FOUNDATION HOMEOWNERS

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Hartford-based insurer Travelers has agreed to provide supplemental assistance to its customers in Connecticut with crumbling home foundations. The money, up to $25,000, would be in addition to funds that homeowners can receive from an insurance entity set up by the state to help replace foundations built decades ago with…

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THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE

CGA RESPONDS

The Coast Guard Academy has responded to a Homeland Security report about an investigation into a staff member’s discrimination and harassment complaints against her superiors that may have reflected unfavorably on her annual performance evaluation. The Coast Guard said “Discrimination, bullying and harassment are contrary to our core values and will not be tolerated in the Coast…

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WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE

CONNECTICUT RECEIVES FEDERAL DECLARATION FOR RAIN STORMS

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut state agencies, municipalities, and the state’s two federally recognized tribes are now eligible to receive federal financial assistance to help repair the damage caused by severe rain and flooding in September. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday his request for a major disaster…

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TUESDAY EVENING UPDATE

GOV. MALLOY CALLS FOR A MINUTE OF SILENCE AT 10AM WEDNESDAY

overnor Dannel P. Malloy today issued an executive order declaring Wednesday, December 5th, a Day of Remembrance in honor of President George H.W. Bush and asking Connecticut residents to observe one minute of silence beginning at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow

HEAD ON CRASH IN PLAINFIELD

Plainfield police responded to a report of a two-car,…

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TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE

MUNI COMPLEX APPROVED

It’s been more than a decade in the making but Waterford may be getting a new municipal complex. The Representative Town Meeting last night approved spending $16 million for a new complex to house town offices and the town garage. The current complex on Hartford Turnpike would be demolished. The town plans to borrow as much as $15 million for the new complex. The project had…

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MONDAY EVENING UPDATE

LAWYER FOR SENATE GOP FIRED OVER MISAPPROPRIATED DONATIONS

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – State Senate Republicans in Connecticut say they have fired their lawyer after he said he improperly took tens of thousands of dollars donated to support legislative candidates.  Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano says Michael Cronin was terminated Monday as legal counsel to the Senate Republican Caucus. He said…

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MONDAY MORNING UPDATE

GIFT OF MOBILITY HELD

One-hundred people yesterday got new or reburbished wheelchairs in the annual Gift of Mobility program in Norwich. That’s 580 chairs now given away by AZ Pawn owner Phil Pavone in nine years of the event. Twenty-four-year-old Danielle Ciccotti of Preston was the first to get her chair yesterday. She suffers from a rare genetic disorder and calls her $4,500 Whill Model her ”…

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SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE

ELDERLY/DISABLED HOUSING STUDY TO BE RELEASED

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A new report that examines challenges in state-funded “mixed population” housing in Connecticut is set to be released.   The Connecticut Department of Housing and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center will unveil the study at a series of upcoming public forums. The report stems from legislation passed by the General Assembly in…