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Read Article Robert Legendre, shown in 1919, was a star athlete at Georgetown University whose track and field career began in his native Lewiston, Maine. National Photo Co. Collection at the Library of Congress On the first day of competition at the Olympics in 1924, Lewiston native Bob Legendre took his spot behind a chalked line on the field of the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Paris. He wore boxy white shorts and a T-shirt with number 246 written across it. Two years after graduating...

Gun discoveries in hotels, including in downtown Chicago, a security concern as Lollapalooza nears, crowds return Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune © Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune Buildings surround Grant Park on July 13, 2021, in Chicago. It’s still unknown why an Iowa man allegedly had a rifle with a laser scope in his hotel room overlooking a downtown Chicago beach over the Fourth of July weekend. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago police Superintendent David Brown have ...

The affidavit written by New Haven police to obtain a warrant charging Pan with Jiang’s...

In a sealed deposition, Janice Gembara Weston said John Gembara began bringing Marek Matczuk to the bank’s annual board meeting after the ouster of a board member.

The affidavit written by New Haven police to obtain a warrant charging Pan with Jiang’s...

UpdatedThu, May 13, 2021 at 3:52 pm CT Reply David J. Cottrell Jr., 31, sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in federal prison, has been held in federal custody at the Metropolitan Corrections Center in Chicago since 2018. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) CHICAGO — A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Park Ridge native who admitted blackmailing girls over the internet to produce videos and images of child sexual exploitation to 27 years in federal prison. David J. Cottrell Jr., 31, who most recently lived with ...

Tweed New Haven airport announces $70 million expansion Thomas Breen :: New Haven Independent Avports CEO Jorge Roberts, right, with Sean Scanlon, said his company will invest $70 million in the improvements. Tweed New Haven is embarking on a $70 million privately funded expansion, with a new four-gate, 74,000 square-foot terminal and daily service from a new airline. The announcement marks a new chapter in the decades-long saga of the quest of New Haven business leaders to increase air travel ...

New Haven Schools Superintendent Iline Tracy. New Haven’s typically cash-strapped school system has a big challenge, and a big opportunity: Figuring out how to spend $136 million in pandemic-induced federal relief over the next few years without getting hooked on the short-term dough. New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) Superintendent Iline Tracey, Asst. Superintendent Keisha Redd-Hannans, and soon-to-depart Chief Financial Officer Phillip Penn described that surprise conundrum last week during ...

Closely followed Woodbridge zoning case enters new phase After six months of public hearings on a widely followed Woodbridge rezoning proposal, commissioners are to start deliberating. Is multi-family housing in the suburbs a civil rights issue? Or a matter of water and sewer access? Or is the idea of an environment-housing “balance” an excuse for avoiding necessary systemic change? Woodbridge Town Planning & Zoning Commissioners will confront those questions next month as a lengthy dispute...

Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven (right) and Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury (left) Lisa Marquis caught COVID-19 last November and has been unable to return to her job as a nursing home aide since then. And as the clock ticks on her health benefits, and her financial stability, Marquis and many others are watching as Connecticut lawmakers grapple with the ultimate balancing test. Do they leave the burden of compensating thousands of workers who potentially contracted COVID-19 through their jobs to ...