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Dodgers Co-Owner Puts CT Mansion On Market For $19M, Includes Batting Cage, Bowling Alley Dodgers Co-Owner Puts CT Mansion On Market For $19M, Includes Batting Cage, Bowling Alley
Dodgers Co-Owner Puts CT Mansion On Market For $19M, Includes Batting Cage, Bowling Alley While Todd Boehly, co-owner of the Dodgers, cheers on his team in Los Angeles in Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees on Friday, Oct. 25, real estate agents on the other side of the country will be working to sell his Fairfield County estate near the Long Island Sound.  The 51-year-old billionaire investor and media mogul has put his 10,000-square-foot Darien mansion on the market for $19 million, and the nearly 90-year-old home comes with all of the modern-day amenities you'd expect from a sports lover.  Related: Former New Canaan Home Of Paul Simon, Richard…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Connecticut, Come On Down! Mohegan Sun Hosts Audition For 'Price Is Right' Connecticut, Come On Down! Mohegan Sun Hosts Audition For 'Price Is Right'
Connecticut, Come On Down! Mohegan Sun Hosts Audition For 'Price Is Right' Who hasn't daydreamed about the prizes they could win on "The Price is Right" if they were just given the chance? Well, here's your chance.  The Mohegan Sun in New London County is hosting an open audition for the iconic daytime game show on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Two semi-finalists will go to Los Angeles for a taping, and one of them will compete on the nationally syndicated series, a news release said.  The audition runs from 2 to 6 p.m. at The Shops Concourse at the Uncasville casino and includes games and competitions to see who has what it takes to make it on the se…

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by Josh Lanier
Obituaries
'Dawson's Creek' Actor, Yale Graduate Dies At 51 'Dawson's Creek' Actor, Yale Graduate Dies At 51
'Dawson's Creek' Actor, Yale Graduate Dies At 51 An actor with ties to the region who was known for roles on several popular television shows such as "Dawson's Creek" is being remembered for his enduring positivity following a battle against an eating disorder.  Actor Obi Ndefo died on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at the age of 51 after a long illness, his sister Nkem Ndefo announced in a social media post on Monday, Sept. 2.  "Tragically, Obi’s heart gave out in his longstanding battle against the eating disorder orthorexia," Nkem Ndefo wrote in a post on X, adding, "As his family, we share this news to bring attention to …

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by Ben Crnic
News
Hartford Named Most Expensive City To Live In US, Another CT Locale Makes Top 5 Hartford Named Most Expensive City To Live In US, Another CT Locale Makes Top 5
Hartford Named Most Expensive City To Live In US, Another CT Locale Makes Top 5 For anyone looking for an affordable place to live, there are two places in Connecticut they may want to avoid, according to a new study.  Hartford ranks as the most expensive city in the United States with New Haven finishing in fourth, according to U.S. News & World Report. Joining them on the list are Los Angeles at No. 2, Miami at 3, and New York City at 5.  Nearby Boston is 9 with two other Massachusetts cities — Springfield and Worcester — also in the top 25.  Researchers looked at the average price of goods like groceries and transportation, along with r…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Doctors, 'Ketamine Queen' Linked To Death Of New England Native Matthew Perry: Report Doctors, 'Ketamine Queen' Linked To Death Of New England Native Matthew Perry: Report
Doctors, 'Ketamine Queen' Linked To Death Of New England Native Matthew Perry: Report Police have arrested multiple people in connection with the death of former Hollywood superstar Matthew Perry, including two doctors, authorities said.  The "Friends" star was found face down in a pool at his Los Angeles home on Oct. 28, 2023. The medical examiner blamed his death on the acute effects of ketamine, an anesthetic with psychedelic properties.  Related: Hollywood Mourns Death Of Matthew Perry On Thursday, Aug. 15, investigators announced they had connected five people to Perry's death, the US Attorney for the Central District of California.  Those include his a…

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by Josh Lanier
Sports
Look Who's Coming Back: Dan Hurley Spurns Lucrative LA Lakers' Offer To Stay With UConn Look Who's Coming Back: Dan Hurley Spurns Lucrative LA Lakers' Offer To Stay With UConn
Look Who's Coming Back: Dan Hurley Spurns Lucrative LA Lakers' Offer To Stay With UConn UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley has turned down a jaw-dropping offer from the Los Angeles Lakers and will stay to pursue a third straight national title, according to multiple news reports. Related: UConn's Dan Hurley Could Be LA Lakers' Next Coach The Lakers had dangled a $70 million offer in front of the 51-year-old Hurley, which sent him to Los Angeles last week to meet with team brass, news sources reported. The offer would have made Hurley one of the NBA's highest-paid coaches, said Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN on X.  It would have also allowed him to work with the …

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Northern Westchester's Chazz Palminteri Bringing 'Bronx Tale' One-Man Show To Area Theaters Northern Westchester's Chazz Palminteri Bringing 'Bronx Tale' One-Man Show To Area Theaters
Northern Westchester's Chazz Palminteri Bringing 'Bronx Tale' One-Man Show To Area Theaters Beloved actor Chazz Palminteri is again bringing his acclaimed one-man show, "A Bronx Tale," to theaters in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.  Palminteri, age 72, originally premiered "A Bronx Tale" as a one-man play in Los Angeles in 1989. Since then, the show has been turned into a feature film with the help of famed actor Robert DeNiro, as well as a musical that opened in 2016.  Now, Palminteri, a lifelong New York and Bronx native who currently lives in Northern Westchester County in the town of Bedford, is once again bringing the original one-man show to the…

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by Ben Crnic