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$400K Scheme: Woman Steals From CT Addiction Nonprofit, Spends Funds On Vacations $400K Scheme: Woman Steals From CT Addiction Nonprofit, Spends Funds On Vacations
$400K Scheme: Woman Steals From CT Addiction Nonprofit, Spends Funds On Vacations A 50-year-old woman has admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Connecticut nonprofit at which she served as executive director, federal officials said. New London County resident Michele Devine of Waterford, age 50, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with her alleged theft of almost $400,000 from a Norwich-based addiction and mental health nonprofit, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced on Monday, Oct. 21. According to federal officials, Devine served as the executive director of the Southeastern Regional Action Council on S…

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by Ben Crnic
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Google Doodle Honors Connecticut Native Who 'Planted Seed' Of Climate Change Awareness Google Doodle Honors Connecticut Native Who 'Planted Seed' Of Climate Change Awareness
Google Doodle Honors Connecticut Native Who 'Planted Seed' Of Climate Change Awareness Search engine giant Google paid homage to Eunice Newton Foote, a scientist, inventor, and women's rights advocate, on what would have been her 204th birthday Monday, July 17 with a Google Doodle.  Foote, who was born in Connecticut (in the town of Goshen in Litchfield County), and died in Lenox, Massachusetts, was the first person to document what we now call the "greenhouse effect." Google said Foote "planted the seed" for climate change awareness more than 160 years ago.  According to NewScientist, Foote described how different gases, such as oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon di…

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by Josh Lanier
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New England Man Accused Of Traveling To Meet Minor For Sex New England Man Accused Of Traveling To Meet Minor For Sex
New England Man Accused Of Traveling To Meet Minor For Sex A New England man has been accused of traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, federal authorities in New York announced. Martin Connearney, age 32, of Lenox, Massachusetts, in Berkshire County, was arrested Thursday, May 5 and charged with traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, the Department of Justice's US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York and the FBI's Albany Field Office announced. The criminal complaint alleges that between Wednesday, April 6, 2022 and Wednes…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Casting Call: Bradley Cooper Movie Filming In New England Needs Extras Casting Call: Bradley Cooper Movie Filming In New England Needs Extras
Casting Call: Bradley Cooper Movie Filming In New England Needs Extras Movie star Bradley Cooper is filming a new movie in New England and is looking for extras to appear in the film.  Cooper is starring in and producing the movie called "Maestro," in Western Massachusetts which will film in Berkshire County in Tanglewood from Saturday, May 21 to Thursday, May 26, according to the casting company New York-based Grant Wilfley Casting Inc. Tanglewood, Lenox, and Berkshire locals are encouraged to apply, the company said. The parts available -- all paid --  call for actors to portray people from the 1940s; men must be comfortable receiving a perio…

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by Kathy Reakes