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Connecticut Wants Crackdown on Distracted Drivers
A proposal in the state's General Assembly would also hike the fines for distracted driving violators.

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A proposal in the state's General Assembly would also hike the fines for distracted driving violators.

A proposal in the state's General Assembly would also hike the fines for distracted driving violators.
Monday night, the Waterford Representative Town Meeting began its deliberations on a budget proposal for next year that increases spending by 3.86 percent, and made just one, $250 cut.
Katherine Welch, Michaela Green and Nicholas Poscich were honored Monday as the Waterford Rotary Club's sixth-graders of the year.
Opinions came pouring in when we asked this on our Facebook page. What do you think?
The following arrest information was provided by Montville and State Police and does not constitute a conviction.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Waterford Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
An unprecedented uptick in gun sales following the Sandy Hook shootings has created the backlog.
An unprecedented uptick in gun sales following the Sandy Hook shootings has created the backlog.
Every generation of students has dance moves that parents don't like. What's your take?
Every generation of students has dance moves that parents don't like. What's your take?
That is the question Waterford’s Representative Town Meeting will ask itself as it finalizes the town’s budget for 2013-14 fiscal year over the next seven days.
A Montville man is proposing to give town seniors a property tax break, a move he said will both help out those on fixed incomes and stimulate the economy.