Bon-Ton Sets Closing Date for Hamden Store; Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting Teen; New Retailers Coming to Hamden Mart

The top Hamden Patch stories of the week include:

• Bon-Ton Store Sets Closing Date for Hamden Location
• New Retailers Coming to Hamden Mart
• Connecticut Meteorologist Justin Goldstein Enters Plea in Child Pornography Case
• Hamden Man, 59, Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teen
• Hamden to Finish Year with Budget Surplus: Officials
• ‘Bubblemania’ Returns to Hamden
• Hamden Resident Helps Build Quinnipiac School of Engineering from Ground Up
• Obituary: Dr. Sherif Daoud, 61, of Hamden

Dr. Daoud had the knack of having the healing power to make people laugh, and he was deeply loved by everyone who worked with him.>>>Read More.

• Obituary: Dr. Kevin George Basmadjian, 51; Quinnipiac University Dean

Kevin joined the faculty at Quinnipiac University in 2004, was appointed Interim Dean in 2012 and appointed Dean in 2014.>>>Read More.

• Obituary: Rita R. Levine Earnest, 81, of Hamden

Rita, who had a storybook romance with her husband Lance after they met in Hamden, will be sorely missed by all who knew her.>>>Read More.

• Upcoming Open Houses in Hamden