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Student From Fairfield County Found Dead At SCSU Was History Major, Ex-Basketball Player Student From Fairfield County Found Dead At SCSU Was History Major, Ex-Basketball Player
Student From Fairfield County Found Dead At Scsu Was History Major, Ex-Basketball Player A 22-year-old from Fairfield County who was found dead in his car at Southern Connecticut State University was an American history major and basketball player who attended elementary school in Westchester. Brookfield resident Sean Gallo was found unresponsive in his vehicle that was parked in the West Campus Parking Garage at approximately 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, school officials said. Gallo, born in Hong Kong, was a graduate of Brookfield High School, Class of 2015 and received his associate degree from Naugatuck Valley Community College.  He was studying history at SCSU at the ti…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Brookfield Man, 22, Found Dead At Southern Connecticut State University Brookfield Man, 22, Found Dead At Southern Connecticut State University
Brookfield Man, 22, Found Dead At Southern Connecticut State University The body of a 22-year-old Fairfield County man was found dead on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. Brookfield resident Sean Gallo was found unresponsive in his vehicle that was parked in the West Campus Parking Garage at approximately 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, school officials said. Gallo was later pronounced dead. No foul play is expected in his death. Officials said that Gallo was a junior at the school in his first semester after transferring from Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury. “Our deepest sympathies are extended to Sean's family …

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Joel Barlow HS Grad, 30, ID'd As Man Killed In Fire Joel Barlow HS Grad, 30, ID'd As Man Killed In Fire
Joel Barlow HS Grad, 30, ID'd As Man Killed In Fire A 30-year-old Joel Barlow High School grad has been identified as the person killed in a condominium fire on Saturday, Dec. 22.Sean Ryan Lindsley, 30, of Seymour, died at Griffin Hospital following complications received during a residential fire at the Balance Rock condominiums in Seymour. Born in Bridgeport on June 22, 1988, Lindsley was raised in Seymour and Easton, graduating from Joel Barlow High School in 2006.  He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2008 attaining the rank of Corporal and served his duty assigned to security forces until the time of his honorable discharge…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Another Political First For Connecticut: Sending Its First African-American Woman To Congress Another Political First For Connecticut: Sending Its First African-American Woman To Congress
Another Political First For Connecticut: Sending Its First African-American Woman To Congress There are so many new freshman members of the next U.S. House of Representatives -- more than 90 -- that some news gets lost in the transition. Connecticut scored another historic first on Election Day. Jahana Hayes will is the first African-American elected to Congress from the Nutmeg State. The former National Teacher of the Year scored an easy victory over Republican Manny Santos, former mayor of Meriden, in the open 5th Congressional District. Hayes' identity as a black woman was central to her campaign. “I know the system does not reflect us,’’ Hayes said in a video that went v…

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by Jon Craig