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Connecticut Pet Food Company Recalls Some Pig Ears Chews

A Connecticut pet food company is recalling some boxes of its pig ears chews because of a possible salmonella risk. Vernon-based Bravo! said Friday the voluntary recall involves 50-count bulk oven-roasted Pig Ears that were shipped to distributors and retailers …

Connecticut Driver of Car Hit by Train Billed for Damage

Metro-North plans to bill a 40-year-old woman for the damage one of its trains suffered when it struck the woman’s car in Milford on Sunday. Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders says the commuter railroad has determined that Vicki Buker-Besse of Milford …

Honor Students Sentenced to Prison in Connecticut Arson

Three college honor students have each been sentenced to 90 days in prison for burning down a vacant warehouse in East Lyme. Christian Bardoli, Matias Francone, and Alexander Tsuji pleaded guilty in New London Superior Court Monday to misdemeanor criminal …

Connecticut House Passes Municipal Liability Limits Bill

The Connecticut House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a bill that limits the liability of cities and towns that make certain types of public lands available for recreational purposes. House members on Tuesday passed the legislation on a 142-1 vote. …

Connecticut Bus Company Ran Uninsured Buses

Connecticut officials say a bus company’s operating license is in limbo as regulators investigate why it allegedly used unregistered, uninsured buses for a school field trip to Washington, D.C. A spokeswoman for Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen says Affordable Bus …

Connecticut Student Killed When Lab Machine Snags Hair

A Yale University student nearing graduation was killed inside a school chemistry lab when her hair was pulled into a piece of machine-shop equipment, school officials said Wednesday. Michele Dufault, a senior majoring in physics and astronomy, died Tuesday night …

Pool Company Admits Guilt in Connecticut Boy’s Drowning

A swimming pool company president charged in a Connecticut boy’s 2007 drowning pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, for not installing a state-mandated safety device. David Lionetti had been charged with manslaughter, which could have carried a …

Connecticut Builders, Fire Officials Spar over Sprinkler Rule

With his Connecticut home-building business down more than 90 percent, the last thing Robert C. Fusari Sr. says he needs is a new rule telling him to spend thousands of dollars to install home sprinkler systems that customers don’t want. …

Man Killed in Connecticut Woodchipper Incident

Connecticut police say a 58-year-old owner of a tree service company has died after being struck at an Old Lyme work site by a woodchipper attached to a truck. The Day newspaper reports that police identified the victim Tuesday as …