"Report: Arrest made in Rhode Island cow thefts" March 19, 2012
Police in the Rhode Island town of Tiverton say they've made an arrest in a rare case of cattle rustling. The Newport Daily News reports that Ledyard Lewis of North Stonington, Conn., turned himself in on Friday in the theft of at least 18 cows from High View Farm. Lewis says he took the cows because the farm's owner, Arthur Smith, owed him money. Police say Lewis told them Smith owed him for feed. Lewis was arraigned and released on $10,000 personal recognizance. He faces charges of felony larceny and theft of animals. Authorities say transporting the stolen animals across state lines could lead to federal charges. Because the cows were mixed in with those on Lewis' farm, they are under quarantine until they can be tested for tuberculosis.
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"Fingerprint rule shakes Conn. city" February 24, 2012|By Maria Sacchetti
EAST HAVEN, Conn. - Federal immigration officials activated the controversial crime-fighting program known as Secure Communities across Connecticut this week, stunning this city just weeks after the FBI arrested four police officers on charges of harassing immigrants and Latinos.
The launch marked the second New England state to fully deploy the program since it started in 2008 and signaled to the remaining states, including Massachusetts, that the federal government is plowing ahead with the initiative in spite of resistance. The program automatically checks the fingerprints of everyone arrested by state and local police against immigration databases to ensure that they are in the country legally.
Like Governor Deval Patrick, Governor Dannel Malloy of Connecticut last year sought to delay Secure Communities on concerns that the program - designed primarily to catch and deport criminals - is also deporting high numbers of immigrants who have not been convicted of any crime.
Related: Boston No Longer Secure
Federal officials activated the program with little public notice, illustrating how quickly the landscape can change.
After three years you realize Obama meant no change from Bush; he's just advancing the same agenda.
Few communities were more caught off guard than East Haven, a working city of 29,000 on the Quinnipiac River in southern Connecticut....
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"Ailing Connecticut woman seeks third kidney transplant" March 05, 2012|By Bella English
People do it all the time: They ask friends, colleagues - even strangers - if they’ll donate to a good cause. For the third time in 25 years, Alicia Martin is asking for a donation: She needs another kidney.
A quarter of a century ago, Martin’s first kidney transplant made national news. Five years later, she underwent the first kidney-and-liver transplant in New England. She now needs a third kidney transplant....
I'm sorry, but any time I see a transplant story in my agenda-pusher I can't help wondering where they get such things.
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Also see: Greenwich officials endorse leaf blower ban
Conn. may isolate prisoners if death penalty ended
Conn. lawmakers revisit medical marijuana issue
I must have forgotten to read that one.
