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Read objective, thought-provoking commentary on current affairs and issues from a conservative perspective encompassing the republican values of free market capitalism and limited federal governance. The Republican-American is a privately owned multimedia news organization with local coverage of 36 communities in New Haven and Litchfield counties.
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By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2025. There are 329 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history. Though a majority of senators expressed unease ..read more
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NAUGATUCK – A Wisconsin man was extradited back to Connecticut after he stole a firearm from his former borough roommate and sold it. Naugatuck police received a complaint back in September of 2021 that a borough resident’s shotgun was taken and sold it without the owner’s knowledge. An investigation uncovered that at the time, 29-year ..read more
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WATERBURY – It might have ended with a losing record, but Joe Begnal Jr.’s first season with the Michigan State football program was triumphant in every other way for the Waterbury native. Begnal, who played at Sacred Heart High and also began his coaching career with the Hearts, got his first taste of big-time football ..read more
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The UConn men’s basketball team went into Saturday’s game at Marquette in a precarious position. A loss would have dropped the Huskies three games behind St. John’s in the Big East standings while negatively affecting their NCAA Tournament seeding in a significant way. Although they still didn’t play with the desperation and tenacity Coach Dan ..read more
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OAKVILLE – With heavy hearts, the family of Joanne Zemaitis, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and cherished member of the community, shares the news of her peaceful passing on Jan. 30, 2025, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Joanne was predeceased by her husband, Alfred A. Zemaitis, who passed away in 1983. Joanne was born ..read more
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NAUGATUCK – A family of four was displaced after a fire broke out in a walk-in closet at their home early Sunday evening. The Naugatuck Fire Department responded to a fire at a single-family home on Tyler Hill Road at about 5:20 p.m. for a report of a bedroom fire. Engine 3, out of Eastside ..read more
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On this date in 1974, Patty Hearst, 19, was kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, Calif., by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army. 5 more abductions: 1) Charles Lindbergh Jr., Mar. 1, 1932. Infant son taken from N.J. home, found dead in May. 2) Frank Sinatra Jr., Dec. 8, 1963: Taken from his dressing room ..read more
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TORRINGTON – The State’s Attorney’s Office in Torrington served 19 subpoenas to potential witnesses who could be called to testify in the upcoming Robert Fisher manslaughter trial in Superior Court. Fisher’s attorneys, William A. Conti and Robert Salerno, have dispatched more than 20 through judicial marshals certified as process servers. Some of the names are ..read more
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WATERBURY – Jean-Marc Boivin, 82, passed away peacefully on Feb. 2, 2025 at the VITAS Inpatient Hospice Care Unit in Saint Mary’s Hospital. He was husband of Lise (Gelinas) Boivin for 58 years. Jean-Marc Boivin was born in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada, on Oct. 19, 1942. He served in the U.S. Army, and retired from Calvary ..read more
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WATERBURY – Regina Elaine Marshall passed away on Jan. 24, 2025. She was born on Jan. 28, 1958 in Waterbury, to Clarence Marshall and Louise Morgan. A celebration of Regina’s life will be on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at Zion Baptist Church, 137 Pearl St., Waterbury, at 11 a.m.; viewing in church from 10 a.m ..read more