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Danbury High School musicals a 2-decade tradition
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — When their roles. "Hairspray" opened at Danbury Eighteen-year-old senior High School on Thursday, it Bennett Cognato played the became the 20th stage French horn in the pit production there to showcase orchestra of productions for talent, teach life skills, two years before he went on and create a family of stage last year. students, staff and alumni. This year he plays Tracy's The musical, set in Baltimore mother, Edna Turnblad , the in 1962, is the story of drag role made famous by John plump teenager Tracy Turnblad Travolta and Harvey Weinstein , portrayed in this show by . junior Sydney Coehlo. Senior Zach Jackson plays Tracy becomes a celebrity Seaweed Stubbs in his seventh when she succeeds in her high school play since he was dream to dance on a local TV recruited in fifth grade. show. She then campaigns to Justin Morgan learned integrate the program, technical skills as a stage underscoring the play's manager and crew member for commentary on that era's three years as a student. social injustices. He now teaches technology and It's been a decade since 27- serves as technical and year-old Eddy Silva was a lighting design director for student on the Danbury High. the productions as a part of Since then he's performed in what NeJame calls her team, small theater and a cappella which includes Schulze; Liz groups. When he was offered Diker , the parent of alumni the chance to return in the and costume director; and part of Tracy's father, he Michael Burnett , a tutor at jumped at it. the school, choreographer and "It reminded me of the good assistant director. time we had. It's fun," Silva "In my first year, all the said. "It's good to see the sets were made of cardboard," youth of today still Morgan said. "Every year we interested in the arts. It set the bar a little higher keeps a lot of kids out of with cast, music, sets and trouble doing something they lighting. We used to rent out love." a sound system. Now we have The production's business our own. We're completely manager for all 20 years has student-run now." been Patricia Schulze , the NeJame, 58, who begins work principal's administrative on the musical in the late assistant. Schulze attended fall each year, said the the high school when it was productions are about love, on White Street and held laughter and the yearly musicals. participants' sense of family. When she arrived to work at "It's about the love and her alma mater in 1989, there energy the family exudes and weren't any musicals. But the relationships that when she saw a middle school continue over the years," she play English teacher Cindy said. NeJame produced in 1991, she "While I love that we create promised to help if NeJame a product to please, I love would produce plays at the that it is about life skills, high school, where she soon " she said. "The students began teaching. don't need to be a theater "What she gets out of the major to be working on skills kids is amazing — not just like attention to detail, from the performers, but the focus, basic communication, stage crew and technical creativity, listening, staff," Schulze said. following directions, sharing "There's a sense of and caring. excellence. Anyone who goes "It's a gamut of skills. I to the play asks, how does love that, as a team, we are she do it? I'm just in awe of constantly reinforcing these Cindy. It's just like family. life skills," she said. They really love each other. ___ That's how I see it." Information from: The News- Students change and grow in Times
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Girl struck and killed by car driven by acquaintance
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) -- A drive away he struck teenage girl was killed after Washington. She was taken to being struck by a car driven St. Mary's Hospital with by an acquaintance in internal injuries and was Waterbury Saturday. pronounced dead three hours The incident occurred around later. 3 a.m., in the area of 46 “It was like a Boom, a real Liberty Street. loud sound, so I ran real According to police, 29-year- quick and opened the door and old Justin Skipwith, of 675 went outside” Luis Acevedo Wilson St., was driving his told News 8. “I didn't even red 2003 Dodge Durango west know the girl was there at on East Liberty St. when he first, because I was at the stopped to speak with 17-year- front of the truck. I walked old Brianna Washington and around and she was really her 17-year-old female friend. dazed and she was really While speaking with the girls, badly hurt, she had a real Skipwith was confronted by 20- big bump on the right side of year-old Eric Delbuono, of 55 her head, really big.” Farrington Ave. Delbuono was charged with Police said Delbuono, who second-degree assault. He is dates Washington's friend, being held on $150,000 bond. was apparently upset that Skipwith was charged with Skipwith was speaking with first-degree manslaughter, her. Skipwith got out of his first-degree reckless vehicle and they began to endangerment, and third- fight in the street. degree assault. He is being When Skipwith got back into held on $500,000 bond. his vehicle and attempted to
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Conn. has 2nd Lucky for Life winner
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) -- Connecticut was announced. The state of Connecticut sure The winning numbers in that is lucky. Twice in one week, drawing were 03-09-10-11-34 a Connecticut Lucky for Life with a Lucky Ball number of player has won the grand 19. Officials say this prize of $1,000 a day, every winning ticket was sold in day for the rest of their West Haven. Neither winner lives. The CT Lottery says a has come forward. CT Lottery person has won the Thursday, draw game tickets and prizes May 3 drawing. The winning expire 180 days from the date numbers are 03-08-12-29-37, of draw. The CT Lottery with the Lucky Ball of 17. On encourages winners to sign Monday, April 30, the first winning tickets immediately Lucky for Life winner in to establish ownership.
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Red light cameras are a no go for now
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) --Red for next session, because light cameras at busy finding people running red intersections will likely not lights is not a difficult become a reality this year. task. "You see a lot of other The bill's chief sponsor said people do it, they just get the issue is dead. As for away with it," said Troy folks running through red Thompson of New Haven. News 8 lights, News 8 cameras caught cameras captured evidence of a few. The proposed red light that at New Haven's Ella T cameras created a lot of Grasso Boulevard and Derby controversy. The idea was Avenue, and at the stop right that a mounted camera takes a near Yale New Haven Hospital. snapshot of the plate-number News 8 also spotted drivers if the driver runs the red running red lights at the light. A ticket would soon corner of York Street and follow. "I'm glad there's no Frontage Road. "When you have red light, because you're people riding bikes, walking, probably getting blamed for people run red lights like something you didn't do," they're nothing," said Dante said Joe Harris of New Haven. Adams of New Haven. The red The chief sponsor of the bill light camera bill is said to said the issue is dead and be proposed again in the near won't get enough votes, but future. he'll have enough horsepower
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Bridgeport police getting more firepower
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CT Post) -- 2004. With the proliferation of Currently the gun of choice more and better quality guns on the streets is a 9mm, in the hands of criminals, according to Police Spokesman local police are finding they Det. Keith Bryant. He said have to step up their the 9mm, popularized in many weaponry to keep up. crime movies and television The Bridgeport Police shows, has been used in many Department recently signed recent shootings. However, with Smith & Wesson to equip police would not say what its patrol officers and caliber bullets were found at detectives with the 45- the scene Monday at Maplewood caliber military and police Avenue and Poplar Street semi-automatic pistol. where a 3-year-old girl was The weapon replaces the 40- shot. caliber Sig Sauer semi- Read more at the Connecticut automatic pistols that police Post officers have carried since
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Cold case back open after bones found
MONTVILLE, Conn. (WTNH) -- A "They just asked if I see month and a half after the anything cause I come home skeletal remains of a missing from work that way," said Norwich woman were found Grafton Gardiner. "And I just police are back in the area told them I never see much on where she was found. This that road at all." Chief time, Norwich police, State Louis Fusaro says the Police, and the FBI were littlest detail can sometimes trying to find out if anyone break open a case. "Everyone saw anything suspicious. More in neighborhoods, they see than 70 investigators went things and they may not think door to door, covering a mile they're important," he said. radius surrounding the spot The chief is confident where 26-year-old Erika the Cold Case Unit will be Cirioni's skeletal remains able to provide answers to were found on March 18 off of Cirioni's family. Norwich Oxoboxo Dam Road. The police have never given up on discovery came five years this case and their efforts after the Norwich mother of now are also appreciated by two disappeared on December those in the neighborhood who 31, 2006. "I mean it's may have seen something which disrupted the whole could connect the dots for neighborhood when stuff like police. "We want to bring that happens in a closure to Erika's mother, neighborhood, especially a her family, and her friends," community like this," said said Chief Fusaro. Michael Brycki. "It's a big "Definitely makes us feel deal." Investigators are safer," said Brycki. Police hoping to find out any left flyers with a picture of information which will lead Erika Cirioni at the houses to answers into Cirioni's where no one was home. death and disappearance.
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Remains of missing kayaker found
STRATFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- calling off the search. Then, Three years after he was in May 2011, human remains reported missing, police say were found in the Housatonic Michael Krupa's body has been River near the Stratford Army found. 22-year-old Krupa was Engine Plant. On Saturday, reported missing in 2009 when April 28, 2012 police he and a friend went kayaking informed Krupa's family that near Charles Island in DNA analysis confirmed the Milford. Police searched the remains belonged to him. waters for 34 hours before
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Doc arrested for sex assault again
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- "It's mind boggling, very An East Hartford doctor has mind boggling. I just heard been arrested again for about it. We just moved out sexual assault charges. here a couple of weeks ago," Dr. Edwin Njoku, 51, was Ashley Pedraza told News 8. arrested for criminal attempt Njoku was able to post bail, to commit first-degree sexual but when News 8's Marc assault with a court set bond Robbins tried to speak to him of $250,000, two counts of at his home, no one answered fourth-degree sexual assault the door, and a woman came to with a court set bond of $100, the front window on the 000 for each count, and second floor saying he wasn't second-degree larceny by home. defrauding a public community "For a professional person to with a court set bond of $5, actually present himself and 000. take advantage of that. Police said the sexual That's pretty shameful. I assault charges involve three hope they give him a good separate victims, and sentence," said Herboto Soto. investigations that occurred Njoku is scheduled to appear at the Christus Medical Group, in court on May 16th in located at 589 Burnside Ave. Manchester.
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A sobering demonstration hits home
SEYMOUR, Conn. (WTNH) -- A comparing to what they are sobering scene shows telling ya." I think it's teenagers the reality of beneficial for all of us. drinking and driving as Especially because we all student celebrations step-up have our licenses, or are this time of year. getting our license," said Kids from Seymour and Oxford Allie Caple. "This is High Schools stepped into an something we really need to outdoor classroom to at they see." The students also need are going to learn is to understand the commitment something they hopefully and the resources it takes to never have to go through, but properly execute this type of also something they will rescue. "Like you don't think never forget. The students of many things, like how many took in the scene of a people are needed, the demonstration and manpower, the money that is dramatization of a multi-car needed and then you think accident involving teens, about what the families must caused by a drunk driver. be going through," said James While rescuers put forth Badas. The message has struck extreme effort, the audience a nerve, drinking and driving, stood, somewhat shocked, texting and driving are taking in the scene. Juniors dangerous and deadly. At and seniors from Seymour and least one student says things Oxford High Schools watched will be different for him. their classmates being tended "I've been in this situation to in a real life-like before. I'm going to try my disaster. "When you see this best and avoid this all these it's scary," said Will situations," Mike Conlan said. Denzlow. "It's reality
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Cops: Cashier pocketed $713 from register
SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) -- money out of the cash A Stop & Shop employee was register. Officers determined arrested after police say he he stole $713 from the South rang up 46 fraudulent charges Windsor Stop & Shop where he and then pocketed money from worked. He was charged with the register. 19-year-old fifth degree larceny and Brian Baksh-Doyle was released on a $500.00 non- arrested after police surety bond. He is scheduled determined he rang up 46 to appear at Manchester false transactions over a two Superior Court on May 10. month period and then took
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