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Conn. football player dies after losing consciousness during practice: superintendent
A high school football player from Windsor has died after reportedly losing consciousness during a football practice on Tuesday afternoon, according to the school district. In a letter to parents, Superintendent Terrell Hill said Elijah-Jay Mariano-Rivera was treated by emergency personnel at practice. Hill said Mariano-Rivera was not engaged in any football drills or tackling before losing consciousness. Windsor police…
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Person dead after stealing car with child in it, robbing bank and hitting tree in Conn.: police
A person has died after stealing a car with a small child in the back seat from a school in Windsor, robbing a bank, then getting into a crash, according to police. The child has been taken to Connecticut Children’s to be evaluated and treated. Windsor police said they received a report just after 9 a.m. Wednesday that a...
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Connecticut Considers Exonerating Accused Witches Centuries After Hangings
Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft. The Windsor town clerk registered the death on May 26, 1647, in a diary entry that read: “Alse Young was hanged.” Young was the first of nine…