HARTFORD:
-An age-old adage says that good things come in threes—not the case, however, for three Connecticut officers, from Naugatuck, Middletown, and Hartford respectively, who were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday. Despite the coincidence, the officers were arrested for separate, unrelated incidents. Hartford police Officer Rhashim Campbell was arrested following an internal investigation into assault that took place in the city lockup. Officer Angelo Passanisi of Middletown surrendered to Capt. William McKenna after being charted with insurance fraud, fabricating evidence, and falsely reporting an incident. In Naugatuck, Officer David Reilly was arrested by Wallingford Police and is now facing felony charges for larceny and computer crimes. (WSFB Hartford)
-Money actually does fall off trees—in the form of the uncollected leaves that have piled up in the yards of Hartford residents recently. Discarding Hartford’s curbside vacuuming of leaf piles has in fact saved the City an estimated $600,000 so far. Due to residents’ complaints, however, the town council has agreed to at least look into the possibility of reinstating the program. (The Hartford Courant)
-While the ghost Tom Sawyer cooks up in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn may be pure fabrication, according to “Ghost Hunters,” the pair of plumbers turned TV paranormal investigators, the historic Mark Twain house and museum in Hartford is haunted by Twain’s daughter, Susie Clemens. Apparently Clemens, who died in the home when she was 24, appears as particles of flashing white light on days when her dead soul has nothing better to do. Or at least that’s what the “Ghost Hunters” discovered after interpreting the shadows and electromagnetic field around the house in a Dec. 2 episode of their show on the Syfy network. Catch the re-runs of “Ghost Hunters” online or on the Syfy network. (The Hartford Courant)
Middletown:
– Save the procrastinators? The Common Council unanimously gave the Water Pollution Control Authority the go-ahead Monday to pursue shutting off water on customers who haven’t paid their bills. Councilman Ronald Klattenberg suggested, however, that no water be shut off during the winter months. Majority Leader Thomas Serra seconded this opinion and advocated that families’ financial circumstances be taken into account. In fact, according to Councilman David Bauer, if water to a home is shut off, the Health Department will deem the place uninhabitable. Water and Sewer Department Director Guy P. Russo said, though, that most private water companies already shut off water on delinquent accounts. Apparently, the threat alone is usually enough to force a customer to pay before the water is shut off. Considering that water is a necessity of life though, the Council is treading cautiously. (The Middletown Press)
-Take part in the warmth of the holiday season this year by participating in the Artists for World Peace foundation’s Annual Holiday Food and Clothing Drive 2009 Campaign, a Middletown tradition for the past 14 years. The foundation coordinates the Holiday Drive to collect warm clothing, blankets, and food for the Rose Bud Reservation in South Dakota. The foundation is also asking for donations of various non-perishable food items, as well as toys and art supplies for young children. Donations can be dropped off at the First Church of Christ on Court Street in Middletown, across from Klekolo Coffee House. (Middletown Eye)
NEW HAVEN:
-Last Wednesday was not a happy day for two New Haven women. Judging by the amount of crack, heroin, and marijuana found in their possession, a lot of other days in their past must not have been so great either. Karmela Brown, 22, and Melinda Brown, 21, are each charged with three counts of risk of injury to a minor, two counts each of possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of narcotics with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school. And we haven’t even gotten to the charges for controlled substance possession. Looks like they won’t be having a lot of great days any time soon, either. (New Haven Register)
– When firefighters woke Roxi Cunningham on Thursday morning, the traveling psychiatric nurse ran shoeless out of her burning home, forgetting her poor cat, Sox. Fire Chief Michael Grant said the fire started in the basement and quickly spread upwards to the first floor. Sox was luckily pulled out from under the bed mostly un-singed. No humans were injured either. (New Haven Register)
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