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GOV. MALLOY: FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR OF EAST HADDAM’S BASHAN LAKE DAM EXPECTED TO BE APPROVED BY BOND COMMISSION

  $2.1 Million Needed to Repair Dam   (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that $2.1 million to fund needed repairs to Bashan Lake Dam in East Haddam is expected to be approved at the next meeting of the state Bond Commission.   “Bashan Lake is a very extremely popular recreational water resource used long enjoyed by residents and visitors,” said Governor Malloy.  “These repairs will improve the safety of the dam, ensure public access to recreational fishing and boating, and improve parking and access at the state boat launch.”   The historically rebuilt dam was originally of stone masonry construction.  The masonry was covered with concrete around 1939 to slow seepage through the structure.  Around 1966,…

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Woman Arrested After Exposing Herself

  (Bridgeport, CT – May 20, 2014) – Police arrested a woman who was allegedly exposing herself on Park Avenue Monday. Officer Jeffrey Long  responded to a shoplifting complaint Monday at 2:19 p.m. He also was informed that the suspect was exposing her breasts to passing motorists and patrons of the Park Avenue business. When Long arrived, Officer Fernando Oquendo had the woman in custody. Police learned that the woman, Sara Cox, 26, had been exposing herself outside the business. She then entered the business and took a beverage without paying. She proceeded back outside and continued to expose herself. She was charged with sixth-degree larceny, interfering with police, breach of peace, and criminal mischief.

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House Committee Passes Portion of Rail Safety Enforcement Act

    WASHINGTON, DC—A portion of the Rail Safety Enforcement Act was included in the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development funding bill that passed the House Appropriations Committee today. The legislation was introduced earlier this month by Connecticut Representatives Rosa DeLauro, who serves on the Committee, Jim Himes and Elizabeth Esty, and New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney.   The language directs the Federal Railroad Administration to provide a progress report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the status of railroad compliance with the Positive Train Control (PTC) requirement. Congress has already required PTC on 60,000 miles of railroad tracks by the end of next year. The language simply asks for transparency on the implementation of that technology.   “We want…

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