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Officer Injured After Cruiser Collides With Vehicle, Hits Parked Car In CT Incident Officer Injured After Cruiser Collides With Vehicle, Hits Parked Car In CT Incident
Officer Injured After Cruiser Collides With Vehicle, Hits Parked Car In CT Incident A police officer was taken to a hospital after their cruiser collided with another vehicle while driving to the scene of a disturbance in Connecticut.  The incident happened in Hartford County on Thursday, Dec. 28 just before 7:15 a.m., when Manchester Police officers were dispatched to an active disturbance call.  According to the department, a marked patrol vehicle that was driving to the scene of this disturbance with lights and sirens activated had been traveling south on Main Street (Route 83) in the area of Pearl Street when another car abruptly turned left in front of it.&n…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Robberies Of New England Donut Shops On National Donut Day Being Probed By Police Robberies Of New England Donut Shops On National Donut Day Being Probed By Police
Robberies Of New England Donut Shops On National Donut Day Being Probed By Police A robber ruined National Donut Day at some stores in New England when he allegedly made off with tip jars and cash from multiple shops. The robber, who wasn't interested in any sweet treats, committed the robberies in the early morning hours at donut shops along Mammoth Road (Route 128) in Massachusetts and New Hampshire beginning before 6 a.m., Friday, June 3. Police were able to get a description of the vehicle used by the suspect, described as a red Toyota Camry, said Capt. Bryan Smith, of the Windham Police Department in New Hampshire. In one incident, the robber, described as a w…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Junk King Delivers For Hillside Food Outreach Junk King Delivers For Hillside Food Outreach
Junk King Delivers For Hillside Food Outreach A couple of weeks ago, Tom McCabe, owner of Junk King Tri-County, a junk removal company based in Danbury and servicing Fairfield County in Connecticut and Rockland County in New York, saw two elderly widowed customers within a two-day period. Both ladies were lonely and scared to leave their homes to mail packages or to buy groceries with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the stay at home orders. “It was those two meetings that created a turning point for me,” said McCabe, originally from northern New Jersey but now calling Putnam County in New York home. “I realized I’m sitting at ho…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz