Fairfield, CT
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Former CT Resident Sentenced For Violating Sex Offender Registration Law Former CT Resident Sentenced For Violating Sex Offender Registration Law
Former CT Resident Sentenced For Violating Sex Offender Registration Law A convicted sex offender who forced a teenager to view sexual activity has been sentenced after admitting to failing to register as a sex offender in Connecticut for nearly two years after claiming he moved to Puerto Rico. Ismael Sanchez Colon has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, followed by three months of home confinement and five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). He pleaded guilty in September last year in Bridgeport District Court to violating SORNA following his conviction in Wisconsin for causing a chil…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains, NY
News
Did You Buy It? Winning $298M Powerball Ticket Sold In New York Did You Buy It? Winning $298M Powerball Ticket Sold In New York
Did You Buy It? Winning $298M Powerball Ticket Sold In New York One New Yorker’s life has been forever changed and is now nearly $300 million richer after buying the lone winning Powerball ticket at a gas station. A newly minted millionaire has been crowned after a $298.3 million Powerball ticket was sold at Arnold’s Service Station in Brooklyn. The cash option for the Wednesday, Dec. 26 drawing was an estimated $180.2 million. The winning numbers on Dec. 26 were 5-25-38-52-67 with a Powerball number of 24. The name of the new one-percenter has not been released. There were also $1 million second-prize tickets sold in Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida. A …

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
Politics
Blame It On The Rain, Snow: Cuomo Poses Theory For Upstate Population Flight Blame It On The Rain, Snow: Cuomo Poses Theory For Upstate Population Flight
Blame It On The Rain, Snow: Cuomo Poses Theory For Upstate Population Flight Snowy winters in Upstate New York is not a new phenomenon.  But Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle blames lousy cold weather -- including excessive snow and rain -- on the loss of nearly 1 million residents in northern NY counties during the past decade, according to multiple news reports. On Tuesday, Sept. 25, Cuomo said that upstate population is shrinking because many of those moving out of New York simply want to live in a better climate. Upstate counties have collectively experienced a population drop of nearly 1 million people over the past 10 years, but the governor drew no connection …

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
News
Area Resident Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration Law Area Resident Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration Law
Area Resident Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration Law A convicted sex offender who forced a teenager to view sexual activity admitted to failing to register as a sex offender in Connecticut for nearly two years after claiming he moved to Puerto Rico. Ismael Sanchez Colon pleaded guilty this week in Bridgeport District Court to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act following his conviction in Wisconsin for causing a child between the ages of 13 and 18 to view sexual activity. In December 2001, Sanchez Colon, 44, was first convicted in Wisconsin, where he was sentenced to 60 days in prison, followed by five years probation…

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by Zak Failla
Greenwich, CT
Police & Fire
Greenwich Police Issue K2 'Spice' Warning After More Than 100 Overdose In New Haven Greenwich Police Issue K2 'Spice' Warning After More Than 100 Overdose In New Haven
Greenwich Police Issue K2 'Spice' Warning After More Than 100 Overdose In New Haven After more than 100 people overdosed in New Haven recently, police are issuing a warning to Fairfield County residents on the dangers of K2, also known as "Spice." Greenwich Police report they have seen a rise in the use of the drug, known as a synthetic cannabinoid and overdoses have also been reported in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.  Synthetic cannabinoids are human-made mind-altering chemicals that are either sprayed on dried, shredded plant material so they can be smoked or sold as liquids to be vaporized and inhaled in e-cigarettes and other de…

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by Kathy Reakes
White Plains, NY
Lifestyle
More Than 400 Sickened In McDonald's Salad Outbreak More Than 400 Sickened In McDonald's Salad Outbreak
More Than 400 Sickened In McDonald's Salad Outbreak The foodborne outbreak linked to McDonald's salads is growing and has now sickened 436 people in 16 states, including Connecticut, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak involves Fresh Express items used in the McDonald's salads that were contaminated with the parasite Cyclospora. McDonald's has stopped selling those salads at some 3,000 restaurants, all located in Midwest states: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, West Virginia and Missouri. People who purchased salads while trave…

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by Joe Lombardi
White Plains, NY
Lifestyle
Parasite In McDonald's Salads Sickens 163 People In 13 States Parasite In McDonald's Salads Sickens 163 People In 13 States
Parasite In McDonald's Salads Sickens 163 People In 13 States The foodborne outbreak linked to McDonald's salads is growing. A total of 163 people have now been sickened across 13 states after eating salads contaminated with a parasite, Cyclospora. McDonald's has stopped selling those salads at some 3,000 restaurants, all located in Midwest states: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, West Virginia and Missouri. McDonald's said it stopped selling salads at impacted restaurants "until we can switch to another lettuce blend supplier." Most people infected with Cyclospor…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Recall Alert: These Pork Products May Have Ingredients Not On Labels Recall Alert: These Pork Products May Have Ingredients Not On Labels
Recall Alert: These Pork Products May Have Ingredients Not On Labels Did you buy them?Nearly 13,000 pounds of pork products were recalled by the United States Department of Agriculture. Nueske’s Meat Products, which is based out of Wisconsin, has announced a recall of 12,946 pounds of pork products due to misbranding, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which announced the recall on Monday. The recall was necessitated because some of the products may contain brown rice flour and glycerin, ingredients that are not declared on the product label. The items were packaged on various dates between Feb. 24 last year and May 23 this ye…

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
Lifestyle
NJ, CT, NY Have Highest Percentage Of Millennials Living With Parents NJ, CT, NY Have Highest Percentage Of Millennials Living With Parents
NJ, CT, NY Have Highest Percentage Of Millennials Living With Parents You can call it "full nest syndrome." New Jersey, Connecticut and New York state lead the nation in having the highest percentage of millennials living with their parents, according to WalletHub. The high cost of housing is a leading factor to this phenomenon, especially in New Jersey, according to the WalletHub website. That is one finding in this study of the best and worst states for millennials, in which Connecticut ranked 15th overall. New York state ranked 19th overall while New Jersey ranked 32nd. "Today, these early-20-to-early-30-somethings who are often depicted t…

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by Jon Craig
Fairfield, CT
Politics
Malloy's No. 1 (Sort Of): Rated Least Popular Governor In Nation Malloy's No. 1 (Sort Of): Rated Least Popular Governor In Nation
Malloy's No. 1 (Sort Of): Rated Least Popular Governor In Nation Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, is the least popular governor in the country, with 72 percent of survey respondents disapproving of his job performance, according to Morning Consult. For the fifth quarter in a row, America’s 10 most popular governors are all Republicans. That’s according to the latest edition of Morning Consult’s Governor Approval Rankings, compiled from online surveys conducted with nearly 275,000 registered voters from Jan. 1 through March 31. More details can be found by clicking here.  The top four most popular in the rankings remain unchanged from the fourth quarte…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Cuomo Issues Advisory On New Storm, Update On Nor'easter Recovery Cuomo Issues Advisory On New Storm, Update On Nor'easter Recovery
Cuomo Issues Advisory On New Storm, Update On Nor'easter Recovery Gov.. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, March 6 updated New Yorkers on the status of storm recovery operations in the Hudson Valley as a second winter storm is being forecasted to impact New York. Last week's storm caused extensive damage to electric utility infrastructure, including hundreds of broken utility poles and damage in remote, hard-to-reach locations. This has made the completion of restoration efforts extremely challenging, especially in the face of a second storm, however power outages have continued to steadily decrease. Cuomo of New Castle said utilities have restored more than 270,000…

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by Jon Craig