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Enterprise Rent-A-Car To Occupy Former Gas Station
Courant Staff Writer— The former Citgo gasoline station on Route 44 has sat vacant for two years, collecting weeds and descending into an eyesore on the busy thoroughfare. But the blighted property is getting a face-lift now as Enterprise Rent-A-Car relocates from...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Simsbury, Torrington, West Hartford, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Bristol Police Investigate Suspicious Device
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Bristol police are looking for the person who placed a suspicious device in a car that had been parked in a lot on Main Street, triggering a bomb scare. Traffic was diverted off several busy streets for more than three hours...Tags: Police, Vehicles, Police Investigations, CVS Corporation
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New Blood Thinner Misses Clot-Prevention Test Goal
A new type of blood thinner being developed by two top pharmaceutical companies didn't meet its goal in a late-stage test of its ability to prevent certain dangerous blood clots, but research for other uses will continue, the companies said late Tuesday....Tags: Research and Development, New London (New London, Connecticut), Groton, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Pfizer Incorporated
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Petition Forces Vote On Structure Of Bristol Government
Courant Staff WriterThe petition drive by a group that wants to redesign city government has paid off: Their proposal will go to a referendum, most probably on Election Day. City employees verified that 3,661 local voters signed the petitions, more than enough to force a...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Local Elections, Meriden, West Haven, Regional Authority
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Bristol Educators May Expand Computerized Tutor Program
Courant Staff WriterTrying to improve the consistently poor reading skills of some students, the school system might expand a successful, but expensive computer-based tutoring program, Superintendent Philip Streifer said. Scores on standardized reading tests have...Tags: Academic Progress, Connecticut, School Examinations, Schools
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Prison For Bristol Man For Soap Punishment
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP)- A 36-year-old Bristol man has been sentenced to a year in prison for helping his girlfriend punish her 10-year-old son by forcing liquid soap down his throat. John Mierzejewski (meer-zuh-JEW'-skee) pleaded guilty Wednesday to one...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Punishment
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Bristol Man Sentenced For Robbing 14 Banks
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP)- A Bristol man who robbed 14 banks during a 16 month period has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. Forty-five-year-old Richard Ferry had blamed addiction to heroin and morphine as the reason behind his crime spree...Tags: Crimes, Plainville, Trials, Punishment, Theft
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Capsules Of American Legion Northeast Regional
American Legion Tournament Northeast Regional Where: Muzzy Field in Bristol When: Starting today at 9:30 a.m. eight teams in a double elimination tournament with the final at 5 p.m. Monday Who: Teams from Connecticut ( Waterford), Rhode Island, New...Tags: New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, American Legion, New Hampshire
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Here's To Good Health
So far, five hospitals have responded to the University of Connecticut's call for clinical partners who will collaborate to keep the Farmington academic health center, well, healthy. This is a heartening response to a proposal that promises to strengthen...Tags: University of Connecticut, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Health and Safety at School, Academic Progress, Health Treatments
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UConn receives proposals for affiliations
The University of Connecticut announced Monday it has received four proposals from area hospitals to form new affiliations with the financially struggling UConn Health Center in Farmington. Hartford Hospital and The Hospital of Central Connecticut in...Tags: University of Connecticut, Medical Research, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), National Government, University of Connecticut Health Center
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UConn Health Care Center Has Five Suitors
Courant Staff WritersFive local hospitals — including the region's two health care heavyweights — have stepped up as potential saviors of the cash-strapped University of Connecticut Health Care Center. Hartford Hospital, which made a joint proposal with the...Tags: University of Connecticut, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), National Government, Michael J. Hogan, University of Connecticut Health Center
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Preview Of The Little League Eastern Regional
Breen Field, GiamattiCenter, Bristol New England Regional Teams: Shelton National, Shelton, Conn.; Camden-Rockport, Camden, Maine; Parkway National, West Roxbury, Mass.; Manchester North, Manchester, N.H.; Cranston Western, Cranston, R.I.;...Tags: Roxbury, Delaware, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut
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