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Trump Fires Nation's Senior Military Officer Trump Fires Nation's Senior Military Officer
Trump Fires Nation's Senior Military Officer President Donald Trump announced on social media that he has just fired the nation's senior military officer and named a successor. General Charles Q. Brown Jr., age 62,  made history as only the second African American to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Trump appointed retired three-star general John D. Caine to fill Brown's position as he seeks to reshape military leadership. “Today, I am honored to announce my nomination of Lieutenant General Dan ‘Razin’ Caine as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Friday evening, Feb…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Harvard Grad Student Becomes First Active Military Member Crowned Miss America Harvard Grad Student Becomes First Active Military Member Crowned Miss America
Harvard Grad Student Becomes First Active Military Member Crowned Miss America A graduate student at Harvard has made history as the first active duty member of the military to be crowned Miss America. Madison Marsh, who is working on her master's degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and currently a graduate intern with Harvard Medical School, was crowned on Sunday, Jan. 14. She is also the reigning Miss Colorado.  The 22-year-old graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in physics in 2023, according to her pageant bio. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Ameri…

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by Khier Casino
News
List Of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers Members Includes 5 CT Law Enforce Officials List Of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers Members Includes 5 CT Law Enforce Officials
List Of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers Members Includes 5 CT Law Enforce Officials Several law enforcement officials in Connecticut are among thousands of names appearing on leaked membership lists for the far-right extremist group, the Oath Keepers, according to a report released Wednesday, Sept. 7. The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Center on Extremism examined more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership rolls and identified more than 470 people who currently work in law enforcement or serve in the military. It also identified more than 80 people who were running for or served in public office in the United States as of early August 2022. The names were p…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Report: Former HS QB In Fairfield County Among Three Sailors Who Died By Suicide This Month Report: Former HS QB In Fairfield County Among Three Sailors Who Died By Suicide This Month
Report: Former HS QB In Fairfield County Among Three Sailors Who Died By Suicide This Month Three US Navy sailors stationed on the USS George Washington in Virginia, including one from Connecticut, died by suicide within seven days of each other this month, The Washington Post reports.  Fairfield County native Xavier Sandor, age 19, of Shelton, was found unresponsive aboard the ship in Newport News on Friday, April 15, The Post says. Two other sailors on the ship reportedly died by suicide on April 9 and 10. A fourth also died by suicide in 2021, the outlet says. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby addressed the deaths in a press conference this week. “Each death i…

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by Annie DeVoe
Obituaries
Founder Of Caldor Dies At Fairfield County Home Founder Of Caldor Dies At Fairfield County Home
Founder Of Caldor Dies At Fairfield County Home Fairfield County entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of the Caldor department store chain, Carl Bennett, has died at the age of 101. Bennett died at his home in Greenwich on Thursday, Dec. 23. The Caldor empire came to be while working with his late wife, Dorothy Bennett, who together turned an $8,000 military salary savings into a chain of discount department stores that spanned from the 1950s to the mid-1980s when he sold his 120 store business to Associated Dry Goods. Raised above his father's grocery store located in Greenwich, on Steamboat Road, Bennett Grocers, with his two sis…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
One Dead, 22 Injuries Reported In West Point Personnel Carrier Crash One Dead, 22 Injuries Reported In West Point Personnel Carrier Crash
One Dead, 22 Injuries Reported In West Point Personnel Carrier Crash This story has been updated. One cadet is reported dead and 20 cadets and two soldiers are wounded following a crash of a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle crash at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The crash, according to officials at West Point, took place around 6:45 a.m., Thursday, June 6, off Route 293 in the Camp Natural Bridge area. The injured have been transported to local hospitals. Details of the incident are under investigation. This is a developing story. Check back to the Daily Voice for updates.

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by Kathy Reakes