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Famous Duck Donuts To Open First Shop In CT Famous Duck Donuts To Open First Shop In CT
Famous Duck Donuts To Open First Shop In CT If you love donuts then a new national donut chain opening its first shop in Connecticut will make your heart go pitter-patter when you walk through the doors, according to local foodies and Yelpers. Duck Donuts -- famous on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where they got their start -- has announced they will open in New Haven County in Orange. With 145 shops nationwide and in several other countries, the concept and all the hype behind their success is each donut is made to order and you get to pick the toppings. Connecticut's first will be located at 350 Boston Post Road, said Cassidy …

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by Kathy Reakes
Weather
New Tropical Storm Warning For Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas As System That Could Affect US Nears New Tropical Storm Warning For Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas As System That Could Affect US Nears
New Tropical Storm Warning For Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas As System That Could Affect US Nears Just a week after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas and made a major impact on parts of the East Coast, a new system expected to become a tropical storm could follow a similar path. A Tropical Storm Warning has just been issued for the Bahamas, where the storm could hit as soon as overnight Thursday night, Sept. 12 into Friday, Sept. 13. A look at the projected path of the system, released Thursday night, appears above. If it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Humberto. It's expected to dump heavy rain on the northern islands in the Bahamas, the same area most severely affec…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Far From Florence: Former Norwalk Hospital Nurse Evacuates Before Hurricane Makes Landfall Far From Florence: Former Norwalk Hospital Nurse Evacuates Before Hurricane Makes Landfall
Far From Florence: Former Norwalk Hospital Nurse Evacuates Before Hurricane Makes Landfall Judging by the number of OBX stickers spotted on cars, it’s fair to say that North Carolina’s Outer Banks are a popular escape destination for many in the area.  That was certainly the case for Caron Balitsos who has been making the 10-hour drive to Hatteras Island every summer for decades.  In fact, the former Norwalk Hospital ER nurse has moved to the Tar Heel state permanently, thanks to her love for the ocean and the slower pace of life down South. And now it is that very ocean that has Balitsos back in Connecticut. Heeding mandatory evacuation orders for her town located midway betwe…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Weather
Dramatic Change In Path Projected As Cat 4 Hurricane Florence Closes In On Coast Dramatic Change In Path Projected As Cat 4 Hurricane Florence Closes In On Coast
Dramatic Change In Path Projected As Cat 4 Hurricane Florence Closes In On Coast Click here for an updated story: East Coast Braces For Massive Amounts Of Rain, Devastating Flooding From Florence There has been a dramatic change in the projected path of the first hurricane of the season expected to make landfall on the United States. The latest tracks for Category 4 storm Florence, released early Wednesday morning, now have the storm staying farther south, following the European model. This means the storm will have less of an impact in northern North Carolina and southern Virginia and more of an impact on southern North Carolina, South Carolina and northern Georgia.…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Man Who Transported Endangered Snakes Sentenced In Fairfield County Man Who Transported Endangered Snakes Sentenced In Fairfield County
Man Who Transported Endangered Snakes Sentenced In Fairfield County A man who illegally collected and shipped endangered snakes to his Connecticut house was sentenced to three years' probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel in Bridgeport. William Carl Bartlett, 66, of Eastpoint, Florida and formerly Cheshire, Conn., was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and perform 300 hours of community service. Prosecutors say Bartlett, a snake and reptile collector, shipped 10 kingsnakes from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Connecticut  in violation of that state’s laws in 2012. He also collected two kingsnakes from the Outer Banks to breed them in C…

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by Cecilia Levine