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5 Dogs Saved From House Fire; Chemo Backpack Helps Children With Cancer; A Vow to End Common Core

Plus a Chihuahua's awesome recovery and need for a home, how one town is handling panhandlers, and more from our Connecticut Patches.

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News from around our Connecticut Patches:

Connecticut Firefighters Save a Dog, 4 Puppies From a Burning House

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Naugatuck Girl, 11, Invents Chemo Backpack to Help Children With Treatments

McKinney Vows to End Common Core if Elected Governor

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Hope the Chihuahua Needs a Home

Milford To ‘Have A Heart’ Toward Panhandlers

Vandals Ruin Hillary Clinton For President Banner in Madison

Update: Teen Killed in Old Greenwich Boating Accident

Suspect in Sex Assault of 12-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty

Eat Your Way Through New Canaan

East Haven Employee Who Filed Sexual Harassment Claim Against The Mayor Files Federal Lawsuit


Hypnosis Workshop in Newtown Explores Past Life Experience


Milford Cops: Danbury Woman Charged With Stealing Car, Possession of Heroin


Fairfield Man Accused of Sexual Contact With 13-Year-Old Girl


Stratford Man Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl


CT’s Tax Free Week 2014 Starts August 17

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