HARTFORD, Conn. — Adam Lanza’s parents and educators contributed to his social isolation in the years before he carried out the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre by accommodating — and not confronting — his difficulties engaging with the world, according to a state report issued Friday. The Office of the Child Advocate, which investigated […]
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Mexico conference on active-shooter situations keys on Sandy Hook school tragedy
MEXICO — “The first half-hour of this incident was Armageddon — it was crazy,” Maureen Will told about 100 dispatchers, first responders, educators and school administrators on Saturday about the Sandy Hook tragedy. On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy […]
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Connecticut police release documents from Newtown investigation
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbing picture yet of the rampage and Adam Lanza’s fascination with murder, while also depicting school employees’ brave and clearheaded attempts to protect the children. Among the details: More than a […]
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Newtown school shooter obsessed with mass murders
HARTFORD, Conn. — A report on the Newtown school shooting says that the gunman had an obsession with mass murders but that investigators did not discover any evidence he had indicated to others an intention to carry out such a crime. The summary of the investigation by Connecticut State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky says Adam Lanza […]
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With Labor Day parade, Newtown reflects ‘how we’re healing’
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Ten thousand decisions go into creating a big, boisterous parade. No one knows that better than Robin Buchanan, who for years has juggled the lineup at the Labor Day parade that has jubilantly closed out every Newtown summer for five decades. But never before had this happened: Calls and emails from […]
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Theresa ‘Terry’ B. Emmons
1931 – 2013 MONMOUTH — Theresa “Terry” B. Emmons, 82, a resident of Main Street, Monmouth, formerly of Newtown, Conn., died Thursday, July 11, in Lewiston, following a period of declining health. She was born March 15, 1931, in Fairfield, Conn., the daughter of Michael and Theresa (Burian) Chervansky. Terry was a graduate of Roger […]