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Jeopardy! Winner: Mystic Seaport Employee Advances To Next Round Of Popular Show Jeopardy! Winner: Mystic Seaport Employee Advances To Next Round Of Popular Show
Jeopardy! Winner: Mystic Seaport Employee Advances To Next Round Of Popular Show A woman who works at Mystic Seaport and attended a college in Massachusetts is a new Jeopardy! champion, and will soon again appear on the popular show.  Earlier Report - Somers Woman To Compete On Jeopardy! Katie Palumbo, a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts who works as a museum membership specialist at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, won on an episode of America's favorite quiz show on Monday, Jan. 16, beating out fellow contestants Yogesh Raut and Jimmy Davoren.  Palumbo's win ended Raut's three-day winning streak and also earned her a one-day …

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by Ben Crnic
News
Tropical Storm Sunday: Here's How Many Have Lost Power So Far In Connecticut Tropical Storm Sunday: Here's How Many Have Lost Power So Far In Connecticut
Tropical Storm Sunday: Here's How Many Have Lost Power So Far In Connecticut More than 28,000 Connecticut customers have lost power as Tropical Storm Henri has brought heavy rainfall and high winds through the region. Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in the early afternoon on Sunday, Aug. 22, about about 12 miles from Mystic Seaport in New London County. Related - Tropical Storm Sunday: Henri Makes Landfall As of just before 2 p.m. on Sunday, Eversource Energy reported that 28,003 of its more than 1.2 million customers in Connecticut experienced outages.  Related - Eversource Prepares For Tropical Storm Henri United Illuminating reporte…

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by Nicole Valinote
Weather
Tropical Storm Sunday: Henri Makes Landfall Tropical Storm Sunday: Henri Makes Landfall
Tropical Storm Sunday: Henri Makes Landfall With a sustained wind strength of 60 miles per hour, Tropical Storm Henri made landfall early Sunday afternoon, Aug. 22. Landfall happened at around 12:45 p.m. Sunday in Westerly, Rhode Island, which is located on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, about 12 miles east of Mystic Seaport, in New London County, Connecticut. Henri hit the New England Coast with heavy rain, in addition to the powerful winds. Officials in the area of the landfall are preparing for power outages as well as potential rescues due to flooding. Since Saturday morning, Henri's track has shifted about 50 …

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by Joe Lombardi