January 28, 2012
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Finizio says New London faces budget crisis
Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio announces that the city is facing a $12 million budget shortfall and lists some possible remedies to help bridge the gap.
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COMMENTS (7)90,000-gallon fuel leak at SEAT was undetected for years, officials say
An underground diesel-fuel leak at the SEAT facility in Preston has been ongoing for years, officials say, and it will cost at least $1.4 million to clean up.
COMMENTS (1)Sen. Prague back, 'practically 100 percent recovered'
State Sen. Edith Prague, D-Columbia, returned to the state Capitol Friday for the first time since her stroke on Christmas Day. The 86-year-old looked and sounded like her regular self as she joined a news conference on home health care options for seniors.
COMMENTS (0)State fiscal office predicts pension savings less than Malloy estimated
The state's Office of Fiscal Analysis says the pension savings from a labor deal struck by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy last summer will be significantly less than the governor had projected.
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