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Former Forbes Chief Charged in School Bus Incident; Family Reunited; ‘White Privilege’ Essay Contest: CT News
Cheerleaders from CT at Super Bowl/ Longtime coach fired/ "40 under 40" list/ Adults fight at Chuck E. Cheese parking lot, youth injured...
There was plenty of news across Connecticut this past week. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of some of the top stories.
Police say the incident left dozens of children terrified, according to a published report.>>>Read More.
State Police responded in riot gear to make the crowd of 200 disperse. The organizer was captured after trying to flee.>>>Read More.
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"In an age of 'alternative facts,' a massacre of schoolchildren is called a hoax," reports the L.A. Times.>>>Read More.
The town’s diversity group and the local library asked high school students for their thoughts on "white privilege.” And now the town is national news.>>>Read More.
Find out what's happening in Fairfieldfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Can you guess which Connecticut community had the first reported UFO sighting of 2017?>>>Read More.
Connecticut Magazine's annual list of some of the state's formidable residents under the age of 40.>>>Read More.
The governor of the Bay State is in ongoing talks about a possible relocation of the Connecticut company to the Boston area.>>>Read More.
Seven cheerleaders with Connecticut ties will be dancing on the sidelines at Super Bowl LI.>>>Read More.
A longtime football coach was dismissed late last week, and an investigation is underway by the Department of Children and Families.>>>Read More.
Police say the man who was stabbed Sunday was already wanted on kidnapping and strangulation charges involving his wife.>>>Read More.
He made several derogatory comments about President Obama on his personal Facebook page, prompting an outcry from several residents.>>>Read More.
The McDonald’s employee, and mother of three, is taking her husband as her special guest for the trip and says it will serve as a second honeymoon for the couple.>>>Read More.
Police say the youth tried to break up the physical fight between the adults but ended up getting injured in the fight.>>>Read More.
The firefighter was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with a utility pole in Connecticut..>>>Read More.
A Connecticut resident from Syria was denied being reunited with his family that he hadn't seen in two years after Trump's immigration order.>>>Read More.
A proposed bill comes after Total Wine and More absconded the state's minimum bottle price rule and filed a lawsuit against the practice.>>>Read More.
Police had previously said the victim was jogging when he was hit by a car.>>>Read More.
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