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Serious Injuries After Crash at Ansonia Stop & Shop

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Three people were injured when a driver lost control of a vehicle at the Stop & Shop in Ansonia Sunday.

Police said it appears the 88-year-old driver lost control of the car when she was pulling out of a parking spot at the store on Division Street, and she hit two pedestrians.

The first, a 51-year-old woman, had her leg caught against a steel column. Police said her leg was amputated below the knee. She was taken to a local hospital where she is listed in serious but stable condition.

The second pedestrian, a 60-year-old man suffered head and face injuries. He is listed in stable condition at the hospital.

The driver was treated for minor injuries. She did not offer a physical issue, illness or mechanical issue as a cause for the crash. Her driver’s license was seized and returned to the Department of Motor Vehicles, police said.


Former Teammates Start Pro-Amateur Basketball League in Connecticut

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Basketball has bonded Steve Samuels and Chris Prescott for years.

“We knew each other in middle school and high school,” said Bloomfield native Chris Prescott.

“We were rivals in high school, then we became teammates in college at Saint Peter’s University,” added Windsor native Steve Samuels. “Once we graduated and decided to play professional basketball, we wanted to give back as well.”

That’s when they founded ImpaCT Training in an effort to help athletes achieve their full potential.

“We do training, strength, conditioning as well as skill development and we do community events as well,” said Samuels.

Their reach is continuing to expand. This summer, Chris and Steve started The League, a pro-amateur basketball league that features some of the top players in the area.

“The league started so fast,” said Samuels. “We only had two weeks to get this done.”

“This is something I play in,” added Prescott. “I know what the players want, I know what they need.”

The league’s inaugural season concluded on Sunday and the first season was a huge success.

“The sky is the limit on where this can go,” said Prescott. “I just know the support that we’ve gotten this year has been phenomenal.”

Between The League and ImpaCT Training, Prescott and Samuels hope to be a positive influence on young athletes for years to come.

“This is something that is a calling for me as well as Chris,” said Samuels. “We just have to help build our community. It takes a village and we’re just doing our part.”

State Spraying for Mosquitoes at Pachaug State Forest

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The state is spraying for mosquitoes in parts of Pachaug State Forest considered at high risk for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus and West Nile virus.

The spraying is happening in the Mt. Misery campground, and the Horse, or Frog Hollow Horse Camp, as well as roads from the main entrance to Hell Hallow Road. Spraying started Monday at 7 p.m. and will continue overnight. Roads will be closed during the spraying.

The state closed campgrounds earlier this month over EEE concerns.

These areas have high concentrations of mosquitoes that have tested positive for EEE and West Nile. EEE is rare, but it can be deadly in humans and horses. West Nile is found in Connecticut most summers and cause serious disease in humans and horses.

The state is using a pesticide called Anvil, which contains the active ingredient d-phenothrin, or sumithrin. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officials said it is similar to the ingredients used in indoor pesticides and many common products for spraying for fleas and flying insects.

The areas being sprayed are not residential and nearby residents do not need to take precautions, officials said.

Spraying will reduce the risk of contracting EEE and West Nile, but not completely eliminate the risk. Anyone spending time in the area should take precautions to avoid being bitten, including:

  • Minimize time outdoors at dusk and dawn.
  • Be sure door and window screens are tight fitting and in good repair.
  • Wear shoes, socks, long pants, and long-sleeved shirts. Clothing material should be tightly woven.
  • Use mosquito netting when sleeping outdoors.
  • Consider using mosquito repellent when it is necessary to be outdoors and always use them according to label instructions. The most effective repellents contain DEET or Picaridin. Oil of lemon eucalyptus is also effective for brief periods of exposure.

East Hartford Principal Steps Down Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

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A central Connecticut magnet school will soon begin the academic year without a new principal.

Little was known about why the former principal of Riverside Magnet School resigned.

A note in June from the school district to parents said Principal Jasdeep Singh was leaving to explore new career opportunities.

A staffer reached out to NBC Connecticut Investigations, claiming Singh stepped down during an investigation into sexual harassment claims against him.

NBC Connecticut Investigates confirmed the report.

In April, Singh was placed on paid administrative leave after a pair of staffers claimed he sexually harassed them.

NBC Connecticut obtained the complaints they filed with the school district. One details how after getting drinks, Singh hugged her and “as he pulled away he went in and kissed me.”

"Coming forward and saying it's happening. It's embarrassing, it's demoralizing, there is tremendous fear of retribution,” explained Christine Palm of Sexual Harassment Prevention LLC.

Palm trains companies on how to prevent sexual harassment. She did not address Riverside specifically, but said more people are stepping forward.

"Most people just want the behavior to stop. Most people do not want to sue. They do not want to have to quit their job. They do not want to punish people. They just want to be left alone to do their work in peace,” Palm said.

The other alleged victim claims in documents that after drinks with her Singh “...leaned into me, but I turned my face so he wouldn't kiss my face. JS kissed my cheek, then leaned in again and kissed my shoulder.”

Lisa Dadio investigated thousands of crimes, many of a sexual nature in her 20-plus years at the New Haven Police Department. Dadio explained that sexual harassment is not a crime, However, "sexual harassment could easily bridge over into some type of sexual assault in regards to unwanted touching,” she said.

Singh resigned on June 4. He turned down a request for comment.

During the district’s investigation into his alleged sexual harassment, he wrote a letter to the district saying, “though I don't feel as though I've violated the policy, I recognize...the improvements I need to make.”

While not referring to Singh or Riverside Magnet specifically, Palm said she has seen serial harassers stay under the radar.

“It just becomes somebody else's problem. And we saw this with the Catholic Church, that just systematically reassigned priests to different parishes and then the behavior continued in the new parish. And that doesn't help anyone."

The LEARN school district, which oversees Riverside Magnet, gave a statement that reads as follows:

“Any alleged inappropriate behavior that is reported to us is dealt with immediately, as it was in the situation involving Dr. Jasdeep Singh. At LEARN we do not and will not tolerate any violation of the professional trust of our Riverside community.

“We want our students, faculty and staff to know that they always have our support. Should there ever be a situation where anyone experiences anything that makes them uncomfortable, we want to know about it. We have professional guidelines for a reason.”

East Hartford Police said they have not been contacted by the women or the school district about this situation.

Renovated Verplanck Elementary School to Open in Manchester

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A year in the making, the renovations at Manchester’s Verplanck Elementary School are nearly ready.

When students return to class next week, they’ll see their old school transformed with new classrooms, modernized technology, art spaces and more.

“They get the chance to be in a 21st century school,” said Principal Nicolas Jones Jr. “We’re doing any and everything to make sure we have a seamless transition. We’re providing all the necessary pieces that going to allow them to be successful in all subjects from science to reading to math.”

Work began on the building at the end of the 2018 school year and crews were still putting finishing touches on Monday, before the children return.

There is a new wing to connect the building’s two sides, improved gym and art spaces, a sensory garden and amphitheater.

The school is also growing in size. Nearly 200 additional students will attend this school year. The building still has additional capacity for about 25 more kids, seats the superintendent believes will be filled in the upcoming years.

Verplanck’s renovation is the final step in a project to modernize all Manchester elementary schools, something the superintendent hopes will boost student achievement.

“I think students will be stunned and then really excited and feel as though the school system and the community really values their education based on the investment that was made in these buildings,” Superintendent Matt Geary said.

Leaders at Verplanck said upping reading scores and overall student achievement is the top priority, and they believe giving stuents a better environment in which to learn is a big step in improving education.

“We have STEM classrooms and 21st century classrooms. So we expect to turn up the column of education both from an esthetic look as well as the content,” Manchester Board of Education chairman Darryl Thames said.



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3 Hurt in Rockfall at Utah's Zion National Park

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Three people were injured, including one who was transported to a hospital, in a large rockfall at Zion National Park in Utah on Monday afternoon, park authorities said.

"A substantial piece of rock" broke off Cable Mountain around 3,000 feet above Weeping Rock, the park said in a statement. Park staff were notified of the fall near a Weeping Rock shuttle stop around 5:50 p.m.

The falling rock felled trees and showered visitors with what was described as smaller rocks, branches and a plume of dust and sand, NBC News reported. The rock struck the East Rim Trail, which had been previously closed, before debris rained down.

The identities of those injured were not released.



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Weaver High School Students Begin New Year at Renovated School

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Students at Weaver High School in Hartford are beginning the new school year at a completely renovated school.

The school cost $133 million to rebuild and Tuesday is the first day students will be inside.

They'll get to experience a brand new rebuilt high school that includes Kinsella Magnet School for the Performing Arts.

The space can fit 800 students.

There are high-tech science labs complete with smart boards and computers for every student.

There are also two dance studios.

The district said the new building is a big deal for both students and staff.

"This community has waited such a long time for this beautiful state-of-the-art building. It's significant not only for our students, but for the faculty and staff Who are ready to offer students an amazing opportunity as a result of having this facility," said Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez.

Mayor Luke Bronin said it's a vital project, which is part of a larger plan to redevelop the Blue Hills neighborhood.

"The north end of Hartford is a neighborhood, a set of neighborhoods that were neglected for so long and were disinvested for so long so we've worked really hard on neighborhood development," Bronin added.

The state paid for a large portion of the new school.



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'Mr. Recovery': Gronk Announces Involvement in CBD Company

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Former New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski on Tuesday announced his involvement in a CBD company and said he would advocate for use of the cannibis extract to help athletes in the NFL and other professional sports leagues.

In a highly-anticipated press conference, Gronkowski also left the door open to a possible return to football if he reaches "another level with my body" and is still passionate about the sport.  

The future Hall-of-Fame tight end said he was partnering with Abacus Health Products to launch a line of "all natural fitness-oriented recovery products" after the company's CBDMEDIC line aided his recovery from injuries sustained during his nine-year NFL career. 

"Now you can call just call me 'Mr. Recovery,'" he joked.  

Gronkowski said he began using the products after his father recommended them, and that he is "for the first time in more than a decade... pain-free and that is a big deal.

"I am here today to appeal to the sports governing bodies of the world to update their position on CBD, whether it's the NBA, MLB or NFL," he said. "It's just time." 

Rumors had been swirling for months about Gronkowski's next step, including that he might eventually make a return to the field. 

Gronkowski said multiple injuries and nine surgeries took an "absolute beating on my body and my soul.

"I needed to recover," he said, becoming emotional. "I was not in a good place. Football was bringing me down and I didn't like it and I was losing that joy in life."

He did not, however, rule out a return to the field. 

"Whether that time comes, down in the future, if I have the desire to play football again; if I feel passionate about football again; if I'm feeling like I'm ready to be out there on the field, I will go back to football."

Asked if any return would be with the Patriots, Gronkowski noted he has a year left on his contract with the team. 

"So no matter what, that's going to have to happen," he said.   

Speculation had been rampant about Gronkowski's next step, including that he and girlfriend Camille Kostek could appear on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." However, their names were not among those revealed as cast members last week. 

Many had also speculated that Gronk could move to Hollywood or join WWE.

The future Hall of Famer announced his retirement via Instagram on March 24, shortly after the Patriots won their sixth Super Bowl championship.

Known as "Gronk," he was a fan favorite who helped the team win half of their championships and selected to the NFL Pro Bowl five times.



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Patient Death at Connecticut Valley Hospital: Sources

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Sources have told NBC Connecticut Investigates that doctors and administrators have been scrambling to get more information on why a patient at our state psychiatric facility died over the weekend.

The longtime male patient in his 50’s was living at Battell Hall on the Connecticut Valley Hospital campus in Middletown.

Our sources have told us the patient had a long history of preventable bowel obstruction issues that may have been overlooked by the medical staff on duty.

Mary Kate Mason, a spokeswoman from the Department Of Mental Health and Addiction Services, stated she cannot give any details on a possible patient, so she cannot say if a patient died at the state hospital.



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2 Children Killed, Several Hurt in Crash Involving Stolen Police Cruiser in Dayton

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Two children were killed and at least nine other people hurt when a suspect driving a stolen police cruiser crashed into two vehicles near a Dayton library Monday night, officials said, NBC News reported.  

The incident Monday evening began when police received a report of a stabbing in the city at about 7:10 p.m., police said, according to NBC affiliate WDTN in Dayton. 

The stabbing suspect had fled the scene, and a short time later, police responded to a single-vehicle crash in which the fleeing suspect's vehicle apparently hit a tree. Once again, the suspect fled the scene, but this time in a stolen police cruiser from Riverside, a city several miles east of Dayton, said Dayton police Lt. Col. Eric Henderson. 

Three minutes later, the suspect, who was driving at a high speed in the stolen cruiser, crashed into at least two occupied vehicles and several parked cars near the Dayton library, police said. At least 11 people had to be removed from their vehicles after the collision. 

Five children were taken to local hospitals, one of them in critical condition, WDTN reports. 

The suspect was also taken to a hospital with injuries.



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Calif. Utility PG&E Got Insider's Warning About Aging Transmission System

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Back in 2007, PG&E hired a low-key outsider, Ed Salas, to help assess the risks it faced.

Although he lacked engineering experience, Salas had a background evaluating corporate risks in the telecommunications industry. When he got to the utility, Salas soon realized the enormity of his task.

In the notes he took while being briefed on how it was assessing risks, he said it was clear "almost everything [was] broken” at the company and cited an immediate “need to triage.”

Salas testified at a civil deposition in 2012 that he decided rather than look at everything, he would focus on the most dramatic risks the company faced. He assembled a team and began to brief the company's highest executives, culminating with his system-wide "enterprise risk management" report in July 2010.

As a senior vice president, Salas was the designated “risk owner,” responsible for making sure the company made the changes needed to avoid catastrophes. One risk he identified was an unexpected pressure surge on one of PG&E's aging gas lines. It posed the risk, according to internal assessment obtained by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit, of a massive explosion that would cost $500 million. The company gas records were shoddy, he warned, and it was simply ill-equipped to assist emergency crews in responding to such a disaster.

Just two months later, one of those lines in San Bruno exploded – an incident that cost $500 million in civil settlements alone, with a $1.6 billion regulatory penalty and a scathing NTSB report that cited the company's faulty records and inept emergency response, noting it took some 90 minutes for crews to finally shut off the gas.

But that was not the only disaster Salas had warned about.

In the stilted, unemotional language of his section dealing with its high voltage transmission network, Salas identified a potential catastrophic risk of “fires caused by aged equipment failure that PG&E had not taken timely action to replace.”

Eight years later, the prophesy came true with the most destructive wildfire in state history, the Camp fire that devoured the town of Paradise and left 85 dead.

The origin has been traced to an aging hook on a nearly 100-year-old transmission tower that PG&E hadn't rigorously inspected for more than a decade. Just like Salas had predicted in his report.

“It was a terrible risk,” said Robert Cagen, a retired attorney for the state’s Public Utilities Commission. “They should have heeded their own warning, and they did not.”

As Salas left the company, he said he wrote top management in frustration. He recalled in a deposition in 2012 that he felt like a “permanently disabled wounded soldier” who was scapegoated for having identified problems the company still faced. "I played a crucial role in identifying several of these problems and have made strong recommendations on how they can and should be addressed,” he said in his emailed letter to then CEO Peter Darbee and President Chris Johns. Both soon were out of the company as well.

In a chart, Salas and the team warned the executives that the company was “weak” in key areas of its transmission system.

Like not replacing aging cables that can easily spark wildfires. Also, the company was weak in doing the detailed material reports and engineering analyses needed to learn lessons that could stave off disasters.

One of the executives who stayed on with the company from that time was Geisha Williams, who was CEO during the Camp fire.

The same year Salas briefed top executives of the doomsday scenarios -- a consultant with Quanta, an outside engineering firm, urged comprehensive climbing inspections to assess the state of its oldest transmission towers.

Quanta specifically called for PG&E to focus on transmission towers that were 80 years or older, like those remaining on the 56-mile long Caribou Palermo line, which was built in 1921.

PG&E records reviewed by NBC Bay Area’s investigative unit, however, show that as of 2017, the utility continued to rely on helicopter patrols and periodic visual checks by ground-based crews, not the more expensive effort of climbing its towers -- even when five towers collapsed on the Caribou-Palermo line in the winter of 2012.

Internal emails from 2014, indicate that PG&E insiders knew the temporary wooden poles used to replace the fallen towers were themselves at high risk of failure, but engineers believed any failure of those poles would most likely occur in a winter storm and did not pose a fire risk.

The company did not replace them until 2016.

An accounting of the towers PG&E generated in 2017, however, does not mention the 2012 collapse –nor what led three other towers to fail in the first part of 2017. Instead, the accounting of 47,000 steel structures highlights the failure of the Moss Landing tower as being the only failure between 2011 and 2016.

Today, PG&E disputes that it failed to analyze the reasons for the five tower failures.

The chart at the end of the 2017 report indicates the company had adopted a “run to failure” strategy for transmission structures considered at low and medium risk –with no planned maintenance. For older, higher risk towers, the chart calls for more patrols and engineering protections, but only “min[imum] req[uired] maintenance.” The strategy did not set out a plan to carry out the intensive climbing checks Quanta had called for back in 2010.

The focus was to be on coastal towers, which could be expected to last only about 80 years in service, while towers in valley and mountainous areas could last 100 years or more. The 2010 Quanta report indicated, however, that all towers approaching 100 years old -- no matter the location – were at high risk of component failure.

In the months before the fire, PG&E recently acknowledged it started to carry out the climbing inspections on some of its oldest towers, including 80 structures on the Caribou-Palermo line. Some were done just days before a worn C-hook failed, triggering the fire. But the nearest inspected tower was seven miles away, the company said recently.

PG&E recently told a federal judge that despite age, its transmission lines accounted for just a tiny fraction of all wildfires in the years before the Camp fire disaster.

And in a statement, the company said it has spent hundreds of millions on line preventative work, a category of work that supports the replacement of overhead conductors and devices on transmission structures operating at voltages from 60 kV to 500 kV.

“PG&E determines repair and replacement priorities for transmission assets based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to age. Among the factors that PG&E considers beyond asset age are public and employee safety, system criticality, customer impact, asset health, maintenance records, inspection history, and operational considerations.”

The head of the company at the time of the last-minute inspections, Geisha Williams, left when the company filed for bankruptcy.

As for Salas, whose report predicted two disasters, he took his $1 million PG&E severance – which came with a non-disclosure agreement that has left him publicly silent about his experience -- and started a church. He now lives in Southern California.

The former CPUC attorney, Cagen, says he’s convinced the Camp fire could have been avoided if PG&E had heeded Salas’ warnings. He said not acting “cost the people of Paradise 85 lives…and it’s a terrible thing -- and I think the survivors and their loved ones deserve a straight story.”



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Convocation Aims to Inspire, Motivate New Haven Public Schools Staff

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Teachers and administrators with New Haven Public Schools gathered for a convocation on Tuesday, meant to inspire and motivate the staff ahead of another school year.

Inside the Floyd Little Athletic Center students performed, the teacher of the year, Rose Murphy, spoke and Mayor Toni Harp and Superintendent Carol Birks motivated teachers.

“Our goal is to make sure that we all continue to focus on student achievement. That is our priority. So we’re gearing up with music, dancing, big celebration to launch the year,” said Birks.

One of the district’s ongoing goals is to motivate students to attend school. Administrators have already canvassed neighborhoods, reminding parents and students about the start of school. Birks said they also have staff who focus on making sure students attend school throughout the year. This year they will be more intentional about maintaining attendance logs and drilling down on why students are not coming to school.

“It’s really important that you get into school, you stay in school, you go to school every single day the school is open,” said Mayor Toni Harp. “For people who grew up as I did, African American, we knew education was the one way out, it was the way out of poverty, it was the way to assure that when you finish that you could get a good job, that you could contribute to yourself, your community and your children and it’s still the same.”

Mayor Harp said the City of New Haven has been working hard with the school district to balance its budget.

The school district started with a $20 million dollar deficit when the school year started last year. Mayor Harp said it is now closer to $2 million.



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Family Tracks Their Stolen Tesla, Car Thief at Large

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A car thieve stole a Tesla from outside a Hamden restaurant and the family the vehicle belongs to managed to locate it, but police are looking for a suspect. 

Police responded to Dixwell Avenue and Putnam Avenue around 9 p.m. on Saturday and learned the victims’ stolen Tesla sedan was being “tracked” in the vicinity of Warren Street. 

A police officer, Christina Giori, found the stolen vehicle unoccupied and parked diagonally in the road on Warren Street. 

Moments later, a Hamden woman arrived and said the vehicle belonged to her. Then her husband also arrived at the scene. 

Police determined the car had not yet been reported stolen and the woman told them she, her husband and their 7- and 12-year-old children were leaving a local restaurant after finishing dinner and noticed that their vehicle had been stolen. 

They then got into their other vehicle and began to “track” their stolen Tesla until getting a “ping” in the area of Dixwell and Circular avenues, police said. 

The husband, who was driving their other vehicle, had seen their Tesla parked at a red light at Dixwell and Putnam avenues, so he parked next to it and started yelling at the driver, police said. The suspect then hit the family’s car, fled and abandoned the Tesla on Warren Street. 

Police are looking for the person who stole the car. Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Cristina Giori of the Hamden Police Department Patrol Division at (203) 230-4030. 

As Hamden police look for the car thief, urge anyone whose vehicle is stolen to call the local police department immediately and not engage with the suspect, especially with small children present. 



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Power Outage Closes Moran Middle School in Wallingford on First Day of School

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A power outage has closed a middle school in Wallingford on the first day of school.

School officials said Moran Middle School will be closed to students on Tuesday due to the outage.

According to Wallingford Schools Superintendent Dr. Sal Menzo, a tree fell on a pole and took out the main power to the school. Frontier owns the pole and it needs to be replaced before power can be restored.

Experts did not release details about when the school will reopen.

The rest of the schools in town are still expected to hold their first day on Tuesday.

Crews Investigate Fire at West Hartford Apartment Complex

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Crews are investigating after a fire at an apartment complex in West Hartford on Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were called to the Westwood Condominiums at 100 Kane Street shortly before 3 a.m. after getting a report of an apartment fire.

The first crews at the scene found heavy fire showing from the third floor and additional firefighters were called in to assist, according to fire officials.

Firefighters fought the fire from the inside and quickly knocked down the bulk of it, experts added. Tenants from nearby apartments were evacuated so firefighters could make sure the fire hadn't extended.

All occupants of the apartment complex have been accounted for and no injuries were reported, according to firefighters.

Approximately eight to 10 apartments have been affected by smoke, water or fire, authorities said. The Red Cross and West Hartford Social Services have been contacted to provide assistance.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.



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Tip Leads Plainfield Police to Seize Almost 30 Pounds of Marijuana

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A tip led Plainfield police to seize nearly 30 pounds of marijuana, according to police. 

Police said someone contacted them Monday and said a large amount of narcotics could be found in a Lexus SUV with New York plates that was in the area of Norwich Road at Cemetery Road in Plainfield.

Officers responded to the area and saw a vehicle matching the description leave a local business and cross over the white fog line. They also reported that several items were hanging from the rear-view mirror, obstructing the driver’s vision.

Police stopped the car in the McDonalds parking lot just after 4:30 p.m. and brought in a drug-sniffing K9 who found two duffle bags in the back of the vehicle. The combined amount of prepackaged marijuana found in them was 27.15 pounds, police said.

Authorities identified the suspects as 35-year-old Ke Wenxiang and 29-year-old Cao Yong, both of New York.

Police said Wenxiang also had a white powdered substance, which he identified as ketamine, and more than $18,000 in cash.

Both men were arrested and taken to the Plainfield Police Department.

Wenxiang was charged with failure to maintain proper lane, traveling with an obstructed view, possession of narcotics and possession of more than a kilogram of marijuana with intent to sell. He was held on a $50,000 bond.

Yong was charged with possession of more than a kilogram of marijuana with intent to sell and he was held on a $50,000 bond.

Neither posted bond and both are scheduled to appear at the State of Connecticut Superior Court in Danielson.



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Crews Repairing Water Main Break in Derby

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Crews from the Regional Water Authority are preparing to repair a break on a 6-inch water main in front of 237 Roosevelt Ave. in Derby and water service will be interrupted to repair the water main. 

Officials said it will affect six businesses and two hydrants and all businesses have been notified of the service interruption. 

The repairs generally take four to six hours to complete.



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Boil Water Advisory Issued for Gales Ferry Tower Division Customers

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The Southeastern CT Water Authority has issued a boil water advisory for all customers in the Gales Ferry Tower Division after a water main break Monday near the Tower Division pumphouse. 

The break was repaired within two hours and the water authority has issued a boil water advisory as a precaution for all customers in the Gales Ferry Tower Division until water samples can be collected. 

The water authority expects to return to compliance by Wednesday. 

They said the risk of contamination is very small, but customers are encouraged to boil water for one minute, use bottled bottle or use an alternative source of drinking water until new samples are analyzed and approved by the State Department of Public Health.



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Skunk in Waterford Tests Positive for Rabies

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A skunk in Waterford has tested positive for rabies, according to the Waterford-East Lyme Animal Control. They said the skunk was on North Phillips Street.

Animal control is urging anyone who sees any animals showing neurological symptoms, aggression to humans or the appearance of being drunk to contact the local animal control officer or police department.

A skunk out in the daytime is not cause for alarm unless it is showing other symptoms, according to animal control.

They said dogs and cats must be vaccinated against rabies and any animal that is not and comes in contact with a rabid animal must be euthanized or placed in quarantine for six months.



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Crews Respond to Water Main Break on Albany Avenue in West Hartford

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Crews are working on repairing a broken water main in West Hartford.

MDC said the water main break is on Albany Avenue, near the intersection of Flagg Road.

The main, which was installed in 1922 was shut down at 12:30 p.m. and one property was affected, but they are installing a valve that that will allow them to make repairs without interrupting water service to any customers.

Repairs are now estimated to be complete between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

One eastbound lane of Albany Avenue, and the entrance to Flagg Road at Albany Avenue, is expected to remain closed for the duration of this repair.



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