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Loved Ones Honor Connecticut Couple Killed In Massachusetts Rollover Crash Loved Ones Honor Connecticut Couple Killed In Massachusetts Rollover Crash
Loved Ones Honor Connecticut Couple Killed In Massachusetts Rollover Crash Tributes are pouring in for a Connecticut couple who lost their lives in a rollover crash in central Massachusetts last week.  Luc Morin, age 65, and Christine Banavige, age 52, both of New Britain, died when their pickup truck was struck and rolled over on I-290 in Worcester on Saturday, July 30. The couple was apparently heading to their cabin in Maine, according to a GoFundMe organized in their honor. "Christine has two young adult daughters who are just starting out their adult lives," the campaign read. "They were Christine’s world and are completely unprepared and blindsided by these…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Support Grows For Firefighter Who Rescued Neighbor's Baby As His Boston Home Burned Support Grows For Firefighter Who Rescued Neighbor's Baby As His Boston Home Burned
Support Grows For Firefighter Who Rescued Neighbor's Baby As His Boston Home Burned The headline was memorable: Off-duty firefighter catches baby thrown from a second-story window as a Hyde Park home burned on Sunday, July 17.  But the untold story was that off-duty firefighter lived in the same building with his wife and infant son. They lost everything as the fire crept from the rear of the multi-family home and through their downstairs duplex.  Firefighter Danny Loring was "just doing what firefighters do," says a GoFundMe set up to help him and his wife Rachel replace what they lost in the blaze. Now the fundraiser's founder, Jamie Hayhurst, hopes the community will h…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Fairfield County Family Says Video Shows 6-Year-Old Wasn’t Set On Fire By Bullies Fairfield County Family Says Video Shows 6-Year-Old Wasn’t Set On Fire By Bullies
Fairfield County Family Says Video Shows 6-Year-Old Wasn’t Set On Fire By Bullies The mother of a Fairfield County child accused of deliberately setting his 6-year-old neighbor on fire claims a newly released video proves her son is innocent and wants the family punished. Dominick Krankall, age 6, was burned around 4 p.m., Sunday, April 24 in Bridgeport, the Bridgeport Police said. The incident happened when a group of four boys were playing with gasoline and a ball, police said. After the incident, Dominick's mother claimed her son was burned by a "bully" who kicked the flaming ball at him causing injuries to his face and hands. Now, the mother of the alleged "bully,…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Community In Massachusetts Pours One Out For Popular Local 'Can Man Joe' Community In Massachusetts Pours One Out For Popular Local 'Can Man Joe'
Community In Massachusetts Pours One Out For Popular Local 'Can Man Joe' Joseph Bottis, better known as “Can Man Joe," had a big reputation in his community in Worcester County.  The 39-year-old from Webster spent his days collecting cans and talking with the local community, according to his obituary.   "Joe loved Webster very much," his brother Jacob Luckhart said in a GoFundMe campaign. "Even while he was homeless, he did his part to care for and clean up the community."  Joe also struggled with bipolar depression and "fell into trouble from time to time," Luckhart said. Unfortunately, Joe was found dead outside the Webster Commons P…

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by David Cifarelli
Obituaries
Support Pours In For Family Of NY Fourth-Grader Who Died During Little League Game Support Pours In For Family Of NY Fourth-Grader Who Died During Little League Game
Support Pours In For Family Of NY Fourth-Grader Who Died During Little League Game Support from the community is pouring in for the family of a 10-year-boy who died while playing a Little League baseball game. Lazar LaPenna died on Long Island in Long Beach on Friday, April 29, during a Long Beach/Lido Little League baseball game, school district and league officials said. The diehard Mets fan had hit a single during the first game of the season and run to first base with a grin on his face, when he collapsed from an epileptic seizure, reported the Long Island Herald. His older brother, Jerry, was coaching at first base when Lazar collapsed as the crowd was cheering alon…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Thousands Of Dollars Donated To Support Family Of Child Who Died In CT Tractor Accident Thousands Of Dollars Donated To Support Family Of Child Who Died In CT Tractor Accident
Thousands Of Dollars Donated To Support Family Of Child Who Died In CT Tractor Accident Members of the community have donated thousands of dollars to support the family of a 4-year-old girl who died in an accident involving a farm tractor in northern Connecticut over the weekend. Ellie Kuslis died in the incident on a Litchfield County field, located on Barnes Road in Watertown, on Saturday, April 23, the Watertown Police Department reported. Police said Ellie became trapped under a slice seeder that was attached to a farm tractor. Authorities said the tractor, which was being operated by Ellie's father, was stationary when the incident happened, but the seeder remained e…

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by Nicole Valinote
News
Thousands Of Dollars Raised For Funeral Of 21-Year-Old Fatally Shot In CT Thousands Of Dollars Raised For Funeral Of 21-Year-Old Fatally Shot In CT
Thousands Of Dollars Raised For Funeral Of 21-Year-Old Fatally Shot In CT Members of the community have raised thousands of dollars for the funeral services of a 21-year-old woman who was fatally shot in Connecticut. The Hartford Police Department reported that Allison McCoy, of Hartford, was pronounced dead after she was found at an apartment on Evergreen Avenue on Monday, Feb. 7, with multiple gunshot wounds.  Another woman was also injured in the shooting, police reported. Earlier report - Hartford Shooting Leaves One Woman Dead, Another Critically Injured McCoy's mother, Stephanie Howard, set up a GoFundMe with the goal of raising $7,000 for McCoy…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
Support Pours In For Massachusetts Cop Battling Stage 4 Cancer Support Pours In For Massachusetts Cop Battling Stage 4 Cancer
Support Pours In For Massachusetts Cop Battling Stage 4 Cancer Support has been pouring in for a Massachusetts police officer just a day after learning he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. In just a day of learning the diagnosis, more than $50,000 has poured in for Worcester Officer Iggy Garcia, according to a GoFundMe page. A 17-year veteran of the force, Garcia is set to begin treatment at The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, the page said. The monies raised will help offset medical expenses and help with family expenses. “He is committed to fighting this cancer with everything he’s got, but he cannot do this alone,” GoFundMe said. “We need you…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect
Community Rallies For Girl Attacked With Machete By CT Home Invasion Suspect In the wake of a brutal attack by a home invasion suspect, a 15-year-old teen girl is recovering from her injuries with a little help from the community on a GoFundMe page. The girl was assaulted inside her home by a teen who had targeted her and viciously attacked her with a hatchet on Wednesday, March 17 in Litchfield County, said the Watertown Police. The attack was discovered around 4 p.m. in Watertown when officers responded to a single-family residence on Morris Town Line Highway for the report of a home invasion and that the suspect was armed with a hatchet and injured an occupant in…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Patriots, Bruins Rally Around Local High School Hockey Player Who May Not Walk Again Patriots, Bruins Rally Around Local High School Hockey Player Who May Not Walk Again
Patriots, Bruins Rally Around Local High School Hockey Player Who May Not Walk Again An outpouring of support from the local community, Boston Bruins, and Robert Kraft is being directed at a teen in critical condition following a terrible accident during a high school hockey game. The injury happened on Tuesday, Jan. 26, when Bishop Feehan Ice Hockey player AJ Quetta, missed a shoulder-to-shoulder check, and skated headfirst into the boards during a game against Pope Francis in West Springfield, according to the Bostin Globe. It is possible Quetta, of Attleboro, may never move again, according to a GoFundMe established to help offset medical expenses. The GoFundMe was sta…

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by Kristin Palpini
Business
Ice Cream Truck Robbed, May Close For Good Ice Cream Truck Robbed, May Close For Good
Ice Cream Truck Robbed, May Close For Good Following a motor vehicle break-in, a popular ice cream truck is cutting the season short and possibly closing for good. On Saturday, Oct. 17, Mary Neumeister owner of Nanas Ice Cream of Springfield said her ice cream truck had been broken into. Someone stole all the ice cream and damaged the vehicle including cutting out a few feet of the exhaust pipe and taking the catalytic converter. “It is with great sadness and hurt in my heart that I let you all know unfortunately Nanas Ice Cream season is cut sort and quite possibly out of business permanently,” Neumeister said in a Facebook post. …

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by Kristin Palpini
News
Danbury Mayor To Comedian John Oliver: We'll Take Offer To Rename $110M Sewage Plant After You Danbury Mayor To Comedian John Oliver: We'll Take Offer To Rename $110M Sewage Plant After You
Danbury Mayor To Comedian John Oliver: We'll Take Offer To Rename $110M Sewage Plant After You * Watch a video of the announcement here Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton says he's going to make good on his promise to name the city’s $110 million sewer plant after John Oliver and has accepted an offer from the comedian - with one condition. "You must come here to Danbury when we cut the ribbon," Boughton said. Oliver said that he would donate $25,000 to the Connecticut Food Bank, $25,000 to Donors Choose fund for Danbury teachers, and $5,000 to ALS Connecticut if Boughton went through with what was initially a tongue-in-cheek proposal about renaming the sewage plant. Boughton's proposal c…

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by Joe Lombardi