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Visitation Planned For 4 Children Who Perished In CT Fire Visitation Planned For 4 Children Who Perished In CT Fire
Visitation Planned For 4 Children Who Perished In CT Fire A visitation will be held to honor the four Connecticut children killed in a house fire as the community continues to raise money and donations of goods to help the grieving mother and remaining siblings. 4 Children Dead After Fire Rips Through Multi-Family Somers Home Fire Update: Residents Donating To Help Somers Family That Lost 4 Children In Blaze The fire occurred in Tolland County around 10:25 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 44 Quality Ave., in the town of Somers. Killed during the fire were Lukas Koropatkin, age 11; Genevieve Koropatkin, age 9, Benjamin Koropatkin age 7, and Archer Kor…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Effort To Aid Ukraine Has Powerful Point Person In Redding Effort To Aid Ukraine Has Powerful Point Person In Redding
Effort To Aid Ukraine Has Powerful Point Person In Redding Facebook gets a lot of blame for various societal ills, but the social media network has been forefront and indispensable to Ulyana Bolgachenko and thousands—if not millions—of Ukrainians. On Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, everything changed for Bolgachenko, who came to the United States 22 years ago. She awoke that morning to news of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “That day, we were all on our phones just watching Telegram (a social media platform) and following every explosion,” said the Redding resident. “I decided I had to do something.” That something was sending anything that could help the…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
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Nationwide Support Pours In For Toddler Who Lost Both Parents In July 4th Parade Mass Shooting Nationwide Support Pours In For Toddler Who Lost Both Parents In July 4th Parade Mass Shooting
Nationwide Support Pours In For Toddler Who Lost Both Parents In July 4th Parade Mass Shooting From every corner of the country, donations are pouring in for a 2-year-old boy whose parents were gunned down in the parade shooting in a northern Chicago suburb that left six dead and dozens wounded. Kevin, age 37, and Irina McCarthy, age 35, of Highland Park, Illinois, the parents of little Aiden McCarthy, were killed on Monday, July 4th protecting their son as a shooter opened fire on an excited crowd lined up to watch the annual parade. Aiden was found wandering the street after the shooting, in which his father had laid on top of his son to protect him during the rampage. Police took…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Alert Issued For CT School Athletic Program Scam Alert Issued For CT School Athletic Program Scam
Alert Issued For CT School Athletic Program Scam Police in Connecticut are cautioning area residents of a new scam making the rounds where fraudsters pose as representatives a local school district soliciting donations for a youth sports program. The Vernon Public School District recently alerted the Vernon Police Department of an unauthorized solicitation conducted by an out-of-state business. The business claims that it is raising funds on behalf of “Rockville Athletics,” though they have not been authorized to do so. Police said that the business did not have permission from the school district to collect any funds and the school has n…

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by Zak Failla