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KKK-Hooded Beer Should Not Have Gotten Bartender Fired, Says Lawsuit KKK-Hooded Beer Should Not Have Gotten Bartender Fired, Says Lawsuit
Kkk-hooded Beer Should Not Have Gotten Bartender Fired, Says Lawsuit A fired bartender is seeking more than $15,000 in damages and lost wages after attempting to serve a beer in a white KKK-type hood to two patrons. On Tuesday, Dec. 1, Nathan Thaller, of South Windsor, filed a lawsuit in Hartford Superior Court against World of Beer in West Hartford (WOB, LLC) claiming that the firing was a violation of his free speech. Thaller was fired in July. The incident began when two customers asked to try Omnipollo Brewery’s “Yellow Belly” beer, according to the lawsuit, which was filed on Thaller’s behalf by attorney Michael J. Reilly of Cicchiello & Cicchiello,…

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by Kristin Palpini
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From Football To The FBI, Longtime Fairfield County Resident Milton Graham Shares His Story From Football To The FBI, Longtime Fairfield County Resident Milton Graham Shares His Story
From Football To The FBI, Longtime Fairfield County Resident Milton Graham Shares His Story The way the story was shared in the news a couple of years back, you’d think Charles Tillman, known as one of the best cornerbacks in Chicago Bears history, was the first retired professional football player to become an FBI agent. But you’d be wrong. That honor actually belongs to another (albeit briefly) former Bear — 85-year-old Milton Graham. Graham now calls an assisted-living facility in Norwalk, Brightview, home after losing his wife of 60 years less than a year ago and becoming beset by health issues — but he still has stories to tell, like how a highly recruited high school basket…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz