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Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne

Email: lucy@thethinkering.com

Ain't no party like a Springsteen party, cause a Springsteen party don't Stop!

The StarCatcher Musicfest is scheduled for Friday night at Town Center Park.  The event is a benefit concert raising funds for Connecticut Cancer Charities, Tommy Fundy for Childhood Cancer and the Circle of Care.           

If you enjoy the musical stylings of Bruce Springsteen, you will enjoy this show.  Tramps Like Us is a Springsteen cover band they said of the event,        “We are honored to be involved in such a special event to help bring awareness to, and to help children overcome and beat this horrible disease.” Tramps like us is considered the #1 Springsteen tribute band in the world.          

Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne’

Email:  lucy@thethinkering.com

A local business was robbed last weekend as a man with a knife and face covered entered the establishment demanding money. 

Plato’s Closet is a used clothing store robbed on Saturday in the 2300 block of Dixwell Avenue.  The man was described as a white male, tattoos on his left arm, thin build and 5ft, 8 inches tall.   The man left the store and reportedly got into a dark red or “burgundy” Buick.    The company also purchases used clothing for cash payment.   According to their website they are the #1 ranked teen resale franchise according to Entrepreneur Magazine.

Police are asking for your help.  Anyone that can proved information about this robbery are asked to contact the Detective Division of the Hamden Police Department, 203.230.4040.

Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne

Email:  lucy@thethinkering.com

A Hamden teen got the surprise of his life when he wakes to find a skunk in his bed.  Late last month Hamden’s Animal Control Division went to a home on West Easton Street after receiving a complaint. 

When emergency workers arrived they smelled the stench of a skunk that had already been removed from the home by the owners.  Apparently, the animal was inside of an outside trash can when the family moved the can inside where the skunk got out of the can and began to explore. 

The 13-year-old, was awakened by the skunk when the animal got onto his bed. 

No injuries were reported and the skunk was not injured in the process. 

Scribe:  Samuel Otis

Email: samuel@thethinkering.com

Emergency workers from the Hamden Fire Department was deployed on Saturday morning to take part in a multi-agency rescue operation for a pit bull mix. 

The dog has somehow found its way through West Rock Ridge State Park and became stranded on a cliff.  Since there was no way to reach the animal from the ground emergency workers had to use an anchor and haul system to bring retrieve the dog. 

Because of the rocky and unstable ledges works had to go above the animal and lower a rescue worker down to the dog where the firefighter gained the dogs trust and hauled it to safety.  After being rescued in a multi-hour rescue operation the dog was released on a trail that led it out of the park and on to safety. 

Other agencies included the Woodbridge Animal Control and the Woodbridge Fire Department.  

Scribe:  Samuel Otis

Email:  samuel@thethinkering.com

An East Hartford man has been arrested and charged with third-degree burglary and first-degree larceny.   

Edwin Doss is being accused of burglarizing JLS Paving on Tabor Street on 5 August, and stealing a truck and power tools.  Post an investigation conducted by Hamden Detective Brian Stewart which pointed to the East Hartford man. 

The 34-year-old man was apprehended on 21 August I Hartford and was returned to Hamden.  He is being held on a $10,000 bond and charged with third-degree burglary and first-degree larceny.   He is expected in court on 5 September. 

Scribe:  Samuel Otis

Email:  Samuel@thethinkering.com

The numbers 6,7,16,23 and 4 are the numbers that have changed the life of the person or people who was lucky enough to have purchased the winning Powerball ticket in the city of Chicopee, Massachusetts. 

Yes, the biggest single jackpot in North American history at $758.7m according to lottery officials.

The payout from Wednesday night’s draw, is a lump sum payment of an estimated $443m. or could be made in 29 yearly payments. 

Six other people won $2m each in the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and the Virgin Islands.    Thirty-four other tickets won $1m. 

128,128 winning tickets were sold in Connecticut.  2 people in Connecticut won $1m.  and a single person won $2m, while there were three people who won $200,000 and 8 tickets winning $50,000.   

Check you tickets.  

Scribe:  N. Tru Bass

Email:  ntb@thethinkering.com

A local woman has been arrested at her home in conjunction with a 7 July murder in Springfield, Massachusetts. 

In the early morning hours of 18 August the Hamden Police in collaboration with the U.S. Marshall service served a warrant to a home on Arch St. where 24-year-old, Susie Otero resided.  She was found in the home hiding in a bedroom to avoid the attempted murder arrest warrant. 

Police got a two for one when the found Rashard Jones also hiding in a bedroom under a bed.  Both were taken into custody.  Jones on a parole violation. 

Otero was taking into custody as a fugitive from justice and held on a $250,000 bond and is expected in court on Friday 25 August.

Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne

Email:  lucy@thethinkering.com

While the path of Totality for the 2017 eclipse will be a few thousand miles away citizen of Connecticut will still get a nice partial view. 

The eclipse will begin at 1:25pm and ends at 3:59pm, the pinnacle of the view will be at 2:45pm, ET.   While eclipse’ are almost an annual event, people in southern Connecticut don’t usually have such cover. 

In the city of Hamden, and most of New Haven county the sun is expected to be obscured by 68.44 percent, Hartford resident will only see 66.9 percent, people in Bridgeport and Stamford can expect to see 69 percent coverage. 

Yale University will be hosting a solar eclipse viewing at the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium starting at 1 pm, eclipse glasses will be available.  

Scribe:  N. Tru Bass

Email:  ntb@thethinkering.com

I have good news for all.  Powerball’s jackpot has reached more than $510 million as of Thursday morning.  No winning ticket was sold for Wednesday night’s drawing. By Saturday night which is expected to be closer to $600 million by drawing time.  Cash value of the prize is estimated to be around $342.2 million. 

Numbers for Wednesday night drawing is 9,15,43,60 and the Powerball number is 4.

The odds of winning are really not that great with more than 44 states participating you have a kind of small 1 in 292.2 million.  It’s not very great, but remember a single ticket sold in Illinois on Friday with the Mega Millions Game whose jackpot worth $393 million. 

Good Luck New Haven County, it’s your turn.  

Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne

Email:  lucy@thethinkering.com

Waterbury man Ulyses Alvarez, 24, has been accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl at a residential treatment program facility. 

Alvarez, worked formerly with the Middletown police department and filed a discrimination suit in 2016.   The suit said that he was subjected to racist slurs and discrimination during his probationary period.  He is of Puerto Rican heritage and says when he complained he was told “have thick skin” and “wait until they get you in the locker room.”  Of 6 probationary officers at that time he was the only minority according to reports. 

A Middletown Press report says according to court documents a citizen made a false accusation against him, and the department assigned the same officer who told him to have thick skin.