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Wanted Sex Offender Captured At Norwalk Motel: Police Wanted Sex Offender Captured At Norwalk Motel: Police
Wanted Sex Offender Captured At Norwalk Motel: Police A 41-year-old New Jersey man wanted for failing to register as a sex offender was captured at a motel in Connecticut on Thursday, Oct. 5, authorities said. Juan Marales, of Raritan in Somerset County, was apprehended by police after being named the Somerset County's Prosecutor's Office Fugitive of the Month for October.  The prosecutor's office's Fugitive Unit along with the Norwalk Police Department were able to determine that Morales was a motel in Norwalk, authorities said. Marales surrendered to police without incident and was taken into custody by Norwalk Police and processed at …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Massive Fairfield County Internet Outage: Duo Accused Of Cutting Fiber Optic Lines Massive Fairfield County Internet Outage: Duo Accused Of Cutting Fiber Optic Lines
Massive Fairfield County Internet Outage: Duo Accused Of Cutting Fiber Optic Lines Two people have been charged with cutting fiber optic lines which resulted in more than 40,000 customers with lost internet, TV, and phone service in Fairfield County. The incident took place in Norwalk on Friday, March 24 around 7:15 a.m. Norwalk officers responded to a report of damage to Optimum cable lines on Broad Street. Optimum personnel on the scene reported over 2000 fiber optic lines had been cut and as a result, over 40,000 customers had lost service, said Norwalk Deputy Police Chief Terrence Blake. The outages were mainly in Norwalk and New Canaan. Earlier repo…

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by Kathy Reakes
Real Estate
Fairfield County Ranks As 'Undervalued' For Home Prices, New Report Says Fairfield County Ranks As 'Undervalued' For Home Prices, New Report Says
Fairfield County Ranks As 'Undervalued' For Home Prices, New Report Says Homes in some regions in Connecticut are being considered “undervalued” amid the current housing bubble, according to a new Fortune Magazine report. Fortune studied home price growth, which is wildly outpacing income growth across the country, with areas in Connecticut considered “overvalued" or “undervalued.” Specifically, in Fairfield County, Bridgeport, Stamford, and Norwalk were considered undervalued. Also undervalued for housing are Hartford, East Hartford, and Middletown, the report said. New Haven County and Milford were rated as “normal,” with no other areas highlighted by the …

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Biden Easily Won CT, But Trump Took These Towns In Fairfield County; Breakdown By Community Biden Easily Won CT, But Trump Took These Towns In Fairfield County; Breakdown By Community
Biden Easily Won CT, But Trump Took These Towns In Fairfield County; Breakdown By Community President-elect Joe Biden handily won Connecticut’s nine electoral college votes over President Donald Trump, though some Fairfield County communities swung red. With election results now certified by the Electoral College, Biden officially received 1,080,680 votes in Connecticut to Trump’s 715,291, with all but three towns in Fairfield County voting for the challenger over the incumbent. In total, Biden received 59.2 percent of the Connecticut vote versus Trump’s 39.2 percent, with all votes officially counted. Biden handily won in Fairfield County, though Trump was the narrow favorite in…

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by Zak Failla
News
Connecticut Highway On '25 Most Dangerous Roads In US' List Connecticut Highway On '25 Most Dangerous Roads In US' List
Connecticut Highway On '25 Most Dangerous Roads In US' List A Connecticut highway has made the list of the top 25 most dangerous roads in America, according to a new ranking by Popular Mechanics. Connecticut has the country’s 23rd most dangerous roadway: I-95. The road is particularly treacherous in the 8-mile section around Norwalk, according to the ranking. There are about 735 crashes there annually, the magazine reported. Similarly sized street sections in other cities such as New Haven, Milford, and Greenwich, have about 600 car accidents per year. Factors that make the roadway dangerous are traffic congestion, curves, and hills. Most of the r…

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by Kristin Palpini