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Missing: Silver Alert Issued For 22-Year-Old CT Man Missing: Silver Alert Issued For 22-Year-Old CT Man
Missing: Silver Alert Issued For 22-Year-Old CT Man Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help locating a man who has been missing for more than a day. New Haven County resident Garrette Cruz, 22, of Waterbury, who is considered a highly-functioning man with autism went missing around 11:50 a.m., Sunday, July 23 from Rumford Street in Waterbury. According to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police, Curz is described as being 6-foot-6 with a thin build and blonde hair. He was last seen wearing a maroon and gold jersey with the Number 10 on it and pink shorts. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Waterbury Detective Bu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
President Kennedy? RFK Jr. Announces 2024 Bid For White House President Kennedy? RFK Jr. Announces 2024 Bid For White House
President Kennedy? RFK Jr. Announces 2024 Bid For White House There's now a possibility of another Kennedy back in the White House if the political winds blow in the right direction. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - son of the late US Attorney General and New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy - filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for president in the 2024 election, he announced Friday, April 7. The 69-year-old will run as a Democrat, according to his FEC filing. He said that he will officially kick off his campaign in Boston on Wednesday, April 19. “I am grateful for the outpouring of support…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
4-Year-Old Found After Multi-Agency Search Near Ridgefield Border 4-Year-Old Found After Multi-Agency Search Near Ridgefield Border
4-Year-Old Found After Multi-Agency Search Near Ridgefield Border A 4-year-old boy who slipped away from his grandfather as he turned his back for a second was the focus of a large manhunt in the dark woods of a Northern Westchester town.  The incident took place around 5 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30, in North Salem, off Hardscrabble Road.  The search for the autistic, non-verbal boy began when he disappeared within a second as he played in the backyard of his home with his grandfather and two brothers, said North Salem Police Officer Anthony Spennicchia. The boy apparently slipped through a hole in a chain-link fence into the neighbor's yard that inc…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Missing 3-Year-Old Northern Westchester Girl, Mother Found Missing 3-Year-Old Northern Westchester Girl, Mother Found
Missing 3-Year-Old Northern Westchester Girl, Mother Found Update: A 3-year-old girl and her mother have been located after going missing in New York. Northern Westchester County resident Sabrina Cabrera was last seen with her mother Jennifer Cabrera in the village of Ossining on Madison Avenue at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 4, according to authorities. Late Tuesday morning, April 5, authorities announced the two have been found and are safe. Original report: A 3-year-old girl and her mother from Northern Westchester County have gone missing and authorities in New York are asking the public's help in locating them. Sabrina Cabrera wa…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Police In CT Searching For Missing 22-Year-Old Man Police In CT Searching For Missing 22-Year-Old Man
Police In CT Searching For Missing 22-Year-Old Man Police in Connecticut have asked the public for help locating a missing 22-year-old man. Antonio Thomas was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 5, in New Haven County, the Milford Police Department reported on Friday, Dec. 11. Police said Thomas was last seen at the Sunoco Gas Station, located at 322 Old Gate Lane in Milford. 🚨MISSING PERSON🚨 The Milford Police Department is looking for Antonio Thomas (DOB: 11/15/99). Antonio was last seen... Posted by Milford CT Police Department on Friday, February 11, 2022 Thomas is described as being 6-foot-2, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last se…

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by Nicole Valinote
Politics
Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines
Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been taken to task by three members of his famous family for his views on vaccines, which have been debunked by health officials. Although the country is mired in one of the worst measles outbreaks in years, Kennedy, a former Bedford resident, has been known to spread conspiracy theories about vaccines causing autism and other impairments on social media, prompting his family to respond in an essay posted on Politico. The World Health Organization has reported a 300 percent increase in the number of measles cases around the world as compared to this time last year,…

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by Zak Failla
News
Amber Alert Update: 2-Year-Old Abducted In NYC Found After Near 24-Hour Search Amber Alert Update: 2-Year-Old Abducted In NYC Found After Near 24-Hour Search
Amber Alert Update: 2-Year-Old Abducted In NYC Found After Near 24-Hour Search Update: The 2-year-old girl with autism who was abducted in New York City has been found safe and a suspect is in custody after a nearly 24-hour search. Seniya Benitez, 2, who is non-verbal and has autism, was kidnapped by her father, 21-year-old Christian Benitez, who is not permitted to have unsupervised contact, in the Bronx near Gleason Avenue around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, police say. No further details have been released. Original report: An Amber Alert has been issued following the abduction of an infant in New York City. Seniya Benitez, 2, who is non-verbal and has autism, w…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
Education Fund Started For Ridgefield Son Of Attorney Killed In Plane Crash Education Fund Started For Ridgefield Son Of Attorney Killed In Plane Crash
Education Fund Started For Ridgefield Son Of Attorney Killed In Plane Crash Frends and family of a man who grew up in Northern Westchester and was an attorney in Fairfield County and one of three victims in a fatal plane crash have started an education fund for his son. Richard Terbrusch, 53, of Ridgefield, was killed Saturday, Oct. 13 in a plane crash along with two other people, including the pilot Munidat "Raj" Persaud, the owner of a Danbury flight training company, and Dr. Jennifer Landrum, a teacher at Thomson High School in Georgia. Terbrusch, a 1983 graduate of John Jay High School in Cross River whose family law practice was in Danbury, left behi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award
Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award A high school special education teacher from Connecticut has won a prestigious $15,000 leadership award. Kelsey LaPrad of Stamford, who teaches at Brien McMahon High School n Norwalk, received the grant as part of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s Lawrence W. O’Toole Leadership Awards. A total of 13 teachers across the region are being honored for their leadership.   LaPrad provides students with intellectual disabilities and autism with real-world learning experiences.  LaPrad said she plans to use the grant to train students and teachers to implement a peer-assisted classroom model …

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by Jon Craig
News
Search Party From Three States Looking For Missing CT Boy Search Party From Three States Looking For Missing CT Boy
Search Party From Three States Looking For Missing CT Boy A search party with authorities from three states is out looking for a 13-year-old boy who has gone missing near the borders of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The boy, who is from Waterbury, went missing in Mount Washington in western Massachusetts, near the neighboring Mount Everett State Reservation and the Taconic State Park in Columbia County, New York. The unidentified boy was hiking with his father when he went missing Friday at around 8:15 p.m., WesternMassNews reported. State police said the boy, who is autistic, has a cell phone with him, but reception is not good in the …

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by Daily Voice
Neighbors
Wilton Woman Crafts Stories On Page and Screen Wilton Woman Crafts Stories On Page and Screen
Wilton Woman Crafts Stories On Page and Screen Megan Smith-Harris is all about telling important stories. By day she's the editor of Wilton Magazine but after hours, before hours and weekends, she wears a different hat: That of a filmmaker. In her 25+-year career, Smith-Harris has produced 30 films -- 24 short documentaries on famous people in the arts in Canada and six long-form documentaries in the U.S. The Wilton resident is also a playwright, a screenwriter, and is in the midst of developing a television series.  "My friends think I’m a little crazy because I’m always juggling various projects, but once again, everything is re…

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by Jeanne Muchnick