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Former RTM Candidate Charged With Breach Of Peace, Interfering With Officer In Westport Former RTM Candidate Charged With Breach Of Peace, Interfering With Officer In Westport
Former RTM Candidate Charged With Breach Of Peace, Interfering With Officer In Westport A political candidate who unsuccessfully ran for the Representative Town Meeting in Westport earlier this year was arrested for breach of peace and struggling with officers during a late-night incident in Fairfield County, police said. Officers from the Westport Police Department responded to a Robert Lane residence at approximately 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, when a neighbor reported that he had been woken up by a man next door yelling and kicking the front door of a nearby home. According to police, the neighbor did not recognize this man was and feared that he was attempting to brea…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
How 22-Year-Old Staples HS Grad Will Help Shake Up State Senate How 22-Year-Old Staples HS Grad Will Help Shake Up State Senate
How 22-Year-Old Staples HS Grad Will Help Shake Up State Senate Will Haskell, who announced his State Senate candidacy during his senior year of college, ran on a platform of restoring tolls to highways, paid family leave and tougher gun control laws. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the 22-year-old Haskell of Westport toppled Toni Boucher of Wilton, a Republican who has served in the state legislature since 1997 including the 26th Senate District — nearly as long as Haskell has been alive. Haskell is a graduate of Staples High School and Georgetown University. For more background about Haskell, read an earlier Daily Voice profile of him by clicking here.  …

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by Jon Craig