Middletown

Isn’t sibling rivalry a great spectacle sport? Two Middletown women have taken their sibling feud from squabbling in the back seat to arguing in court. Rose Bakaysa and her younger sister Theresa Sokaitis, both in their 80s, made regular trips to Foxwoods Resort Casino and purchased countless lottery tickets through the years with no outstanding return. But when Bakaysa and her brother won a $500,000 in 2005, the family finally achieved peace, happiness, and endless wealth, or maybe just a major headache. Sokaitis says Bakaysa violated a notarized contract that they signed to split all future winnings. The lawsuit was originally dismissed under a Conn. law that makes gambling contracts illegal, but the state Supreme Court said the sisters’ agreement wasn’t covered by that law because talking money at the dinner table isn’t quite illegal…yet.

The Middletown Press

Early Wednesday morning the operator of a forklift in Hartford was pulling out of a driveway and heading towards Industrial Park Road when he lost control of the machinery. The forklift overturned, pinning him between the concrete and, well, another hard place. The operator is in critical condition at Hartford Hospital.

Middletowneye

Hartford

Wednesday was not such a great day for Hartford schools after they found out that they were doing an even worse job of getting high schoolers to graduate than expected. A new tracking system found that only 79.3 percent of high school students in Connecticut got their diploma within four years in 2009. The rate for minorities was even worse. Only 58.1 percent of Hispanic students and 66.2 percent of African American students graduated in the same four-year span.

The Hartford Courant

I have a great idea! It goes something like this: let a whole bunch of undercover cops pose as prostitutes, and see how far the gag goes before arresting the patrons… Apparently the Hartford Police Department’s vice and narcotics division thought it was a great idea—they arrested 10 men last week after the stunt. One has to wonder how many of the posing undercover cops were female and how many were male…

The Hartford Courant

New Haven

Can’t figure out what’s kosher and what isn’t? Seder Dinner giving you trouble? No worries, Rabbi Adam Haston will be your Jewish mother. Haston has set up “The Kosher for Passover Corner” in a New Haven Stop & Shop to answer questions about Passover. Dressed in a tie and yarmulke made of a matzoh print material, Rabbi Haston invites shoppers to sample potato chips and kosher chocolate. Soon to be released in grocery stores everywhere?

New Haven Register

Last Sunday, sixteen busloads of New Haven residents pulled up in Washington D.C. The New Haveners joined hundreds of thousands of others at a pro-immigrant rally demanding immigration reform. A blur of white T-shirts and American flags could reportedly be seen en masse as tens of thousands peacefully made their way to the National Mall. Chants of “Si se puede!” (“Yes, we can!) continued through the afternoon and through the speeches. Unhappy with the Obama administration’s un-kept promises regarding immigration, the speakers called for justice. Many of the speakers not too long ago were tirelessly organizing their constituents to bring about “Change” by electing President Obama.

New Haven Independent