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Also on today's calendar: Come Quilt with Us! A New Day Time Group! and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• New details emerge in fatal CT officer-involved shooting. A pistol was found near man who shot officers. (courant.com) — A state Inspector General report details a fatal police shooting that ended on Webster Street in Newington after a chase from Hartford, with two officers wounded and a suspect killed. The preliminary findings describe the pursuit, body camera footage, and discovery of a pistol near the man's body, while stressing that the justification for the officers' use of force is still under investigation.
• 'It's insane': CT patients, officials blast proposed average health insurance rate hikes of 16% (nhregister.com) — Newington residents are directly touched by proposed 16% average health insurance rate hikes, as one local advocate urged regulators to "deny, deny, deny" increases she says punish patients needing cancer screenings. At a Hartford hearing, state officials, insurers, and advocates clashed over rising costs, coverage mandates, and whether company profits justify such steep premium jumps for Affordable Care Act plans.
• One West Hartford Teen's Mission to Keep Pets With the Families Who Love Them - We-Ha (we-ha.com) — A West Hartford teen is raising money to support the Connecticut Humane Society's Pet Food Pantry, which operates out of its Newington location to help families keep their pets. Her Paw Purpose Project fundraiser, including local events and an online campaign, aims to provide food so animals can stay in loving homes instead of entering shelters.
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