A Shutout Leads to Championship; Scam Alert; Skulls In a City Dump

Here’s a look at Patch’s top news stories today from around Connecticut:

• Fairfield Woman Identified as Person Hit and Killed by a Train in Milford
• In a Shutout, New Canaan Wins FCIAC Field Hockey Championship
• Police: Truck Driver Involved in Parkway Crash Wasn’t Licensed
  
• State Grant Money Could be Sought to Purchase 5 Houses in Front of Naugatuck High School
• Hamden Woman, 67, Dies in Hit-and-Run Accident on Dixwell Avenue
• The Last CT Gubernatorial Debate Will be Held Monday in Milford on the ‘Chaz and AJ In The Morning’ Show
• Dog Found Wandering in Quaker Hill
• Scam Alert: Waterford Police Caution Against Holiday-Season Scam
• Vernon Police: Woman Steals Blind Man’s Car
• Report: Sexual Assaults on the Rise at Connecticut College Campuses
• In a Shutout, New Canaan Wins FCIAC Field Hockey Championship
• 2 Human Skulls Found at Stamford Refuse Transfer Station

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