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Breeze Airways Adding Nonstop Service From CT Airport To This Sunny Destination Breeze Airways Adding Nonstop Service From CT Airport To This Sunny Destination
Breeze Airways Adding Nonstop Service From CT Airport To This Sunny Destination You’ll soon have more options when it comes to booking that Florida vacation. Breeze Airways is expanding its service from New York and Connecticut to the Sunshine State, the airline announced Wednesday, Aug. 7. Starting this fall, customers can book nonstop flights from both Westchester County Airport and Long Island MacArthur Airport to Sarasota, Florida. The airline is also adding nonstop service from Westchester to Daytona Beach, Florida. The Westchester to Sarasota route will operate Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays starting Thursday, Oct. 31, while flights to Daytona Beach will be av…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Drunk Man Drives Over Top Of Motorcycle, Gets New Charges In CT Fatal Crash: Police Drunk Man Drives Over Top Of Motorcycle, Gets New Charges In CT Fatal Crash: Police
Drunk Man Drives Over Top Of Motorcycle, Gets New Charges In CT Fatal Crash: Police A man has been slapped with a manslaughter charge for his involvement in a Connecticut crash that left a 34-year-old victim dead, police said.  Dashon Ellison-Moss, age 25, of Sarasota, Florida, turned himself in to state police on Wednesday, July 12 on an active arrest warrant charging him in a fatal crash in Hartford County that happened on June 11, 2022.  According to state police, on the day of the crash, around 3 a.m., a three-wheeled motorcycle driven by New Britain resident Luis Gonzalez, age 34, had been driving on the Route 15 Southbound Exit 86 off-ramp directly in front…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Dies After BMW Slams Into Pole In CT: Police Investigating 19-Year-Old Dies After BMW Slams Into Pole In CT: Police Investigating
19-Year-Old Dies After BMW Slams Into Pole In CT: Police Investigating Authorities are currently investigating a crash in Litchfield County that left a 19-year-old passenger dead and another teenager hospitalized.  The crash happened on Thursday, July 6 just before 6:30 p.m. in Salisbury, when a BMW traveling eastbound on Route 44 east of Twin Lakes Road lost control and collided with a utility pole in the right shoulder, according to state police.  Once first responders arrived, they found that the driver, a 19-year-old Falls Village resident, had suffered suspected minor injuries.  Crews also found that the passenger, 19-year-old Jason Tituni…

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by Ben Crnic
Weather
Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Status As It Takes Aim On US, Projected Path Changes Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Status As It Takes Aim On US, Projected Path Changes
Hurricane Ian Nears Category 5 Status As It Takes Aim On US, Projected Path Changes Ian has strengthened to Category 4 hurricane status and its projected path has changed as it nears a direct hit on the southwest Florida coast with the potential to be one of the most devastating and costly storms in US history. Early Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, the center of Ian is now heading straight to the Fort Myers/Sarasota, Florida area, a notable shift in the path to the south southeast after early path projections had its track moving farther north toward Tampa and St.Petersburg. It is about 65 miles west-southwest of Naples, Florida at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Deadly Listeria Outbreak Spanning 10 States Linked To Ice Cream Brand, CDC Says Deadly Listeria Outbreak Spanning 10 States Linked To Ice Cream Brand, CDC Says
Deadly Listeria Outbreak Spanning 10 States Linked To Ice Cream Brand, CDC Says The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a listeria outbreak that killed one person and sickened 22 others across the nation has been linked to an ice cream brand. Consumers who have Big Olaf Creamery brand ice cream at home should throw away any remaining product, says the CDC.  Big Olaf Creamery brand ice cream is sold only in Florida. Among 10 people providing information related to the outbreak who did not live in Florida, eight traveled to Florida in the month before getting sick. Big Olaf Creamery, based in Sarasota, Florida, is voluntarily contacting retail l…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Chilling Details Emerge After Brian Laundrie's Full Autopsy Is Released Chilling Details Emerge After Brian Laundrie's Full Autopsy Is Released
Chilling Details Emerge After Brian Laundrie's Full Autopsy Is Released Gruesome new details have been released in a 47-page report by a medical examiner as to the condition of Brian Laundrie's remains after they were discovered in an environmental preserve in Florida. The report, released Monday, Feb. 14, by District Twelve Medical Examiner in Sarasota, Florida, revealed that Laundrie, who admittedly killed fellow Long Island native Gabby Petito, who also grew up in Blue Point in Suffolk County, shot himself in the left side of the head and his body was then partially eaten by animals. His remains were found on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Sarasota County…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Was On Yacht Off CT Coast When Arrested For Defrauding Donors Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Was On Yacht Off CT Coast When Arrested For Defrauding Donors
Ex-Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Was On Yacht Off CT Coast When Arrested For Defrauding Donors Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, was aboard a yacht off the Connecticut coast when he was arrested and taken into custody for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors. Bannon was on the yacht named "Lady May" off Westbrook, in Middlesex County, Connecticut on Thursday morning, Aug. 20 when six federal agents representing the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and a member of the United States Coast Guard who were aboard a Coast Guard marine unit arrived to serve Bannon his s…

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by Joe Lombardi