New Haven Register back issues from March 2008:
Read book about life of Castro?
Mar 01, 2008; ... After reading the editorial "Change remains in Cuba's future," Ibegan to wonder if the editorial writer ever thought about readingsomething substantive about Cuba instead of regurgitating the sameoutdated Cold War rhetoric that emanates from the Bushadministration. I recommend an ...
Why they are looking at the skinny guy?
Mar 01, 2008; ... SEN. John McCain is 71 and most likely he will be the last "oldguy" presidential candidate for all of you baby boomers. Goodbye,Great White Father in Washington. It happens as you age: Otherpeople get younger. The pilots flying you to New York are teenagers.Your banker, your therapist, ...
Campaign rehashed in state of town address
Mar 01, 2008; ... North Haven First Selectwoman Janet McCarty's state of the townaddress was a rehash of inaccurate charges made during the electioncampaign. The newest charge was, "I inherited a mess." Those wereastonishing words and untrue. Without details, her audience heardabout "phony accounting," ...
Support at scene, after accident appreciated?
Mar 01, 2008; ... On Feb. 14, while returning home from an Amity High Schoolbasketball game, my wife, Debbie, a teacher at the high school, andI were in an auto accident. I had only minor bruises. However,Debbie sustained more serious, but fortunately not life-threatening, injuries. Her doctors expect her ...
'I still like Nader,' though he shuns show ?
Mar 01, 2008; ... RALPH Nader is running for president again, and there is no truthto the rumor that the nominating convention will be held in hisgarage. Too spacious. With a few exceptions, the press was openlyhostile to Nader's announcement. Nader "remains as obstinate,prickly, and egotistical as ever," ...
Wilco at Shubert brought life to downtown
Mar 01, 2008; ... The show Feb. 24 at the Shubert was a great success. Wilco playedand the band brought in a fantastic crowd. As a local bar owner, Iwas extremely happy with how the evening turned out. It was a Sundaynight and we were packed. In fact, all the bars were packed, and wewere packed with ...
McCarty critics acting like sore losers?
Mar 01, 2008; ... First Selectwoman Janet McCarty has been busy cleaning up themesses created by North Haven's former Republican administration.One of the thorniest problems concerns the pension of VincentPalmeri, the recently retired finance director. He submitted aretirement request to the defeated ...
Q: I love reading your column in the Palm Beach [Derived Headline]
Mar 01, 2008; ... Q: I love reading your column in the Palm Beach Post. A long timeago, one column really hit home, but the newspaper got away from meafter all family members read it. It was a column about how Godhelps us when good things happen but does not send bad things ourway. We lost our 23-year-old ...
Disappointing Oscars ceremony a tribute to itself?
Mar 01, 2008; ... I was disappointed in this year's Oscar broadcast. This awardceremony is supposed to be a tribute to film, not a self-servingtribute to itself. It had more scenes from former Oscarpresentations ...
Police union could be getting 'payback'?
Mar 01, 2008; ... North Haven First Selectwoman Janet McCarty has decided PoliceChief James X. DiCarlo cannot be in the same room with unionnegotiators working out the new police contract. When asked why, herreply was a terse, "It's my decision." The police union supportedMcCarty during the fall election ....
women's track
Mar 01, 2008; ... From staff reports Junior John Brinley, from Southern ConnecticutState University, won the weight throw at the New England indoortrack and field championships Friday at Boston, Mass. Brinley's throw of 60 feet, two inches propelled the Owls to athird place finish after the first ...
Awards ceremony succeeds despite weather?
Mar 01, 2008; ... On behalf of the West Haven Black Coalition, a thank-you is inorder to our many friends and supporters. In spite of bad weatherand the change of days for our 22nd annual Carroll E. BrownScholarship & Community Awards celebration, we had a tremendousturnout. The level of support for the ...
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Mar 01, 2008; ... Caption ...
THAT '70S SCENE
Mar 02, 2008; ... Continued from C1 "Some of the things we came across just made usthink, 'How could this be?'" Indeed, adds Younger, "You forget what's happened in that amountof time. We had to change the loitering laws so women could beallowed to go into bars. We still had 'Help Wanted Male' and ...
MAIN: Party of 10 SUB: A flock of chickadees show [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... MAIN: Party of 10 SUB: A flock of chickadees show up for dinner I gave myself a new bird feeder for my birthday. Tired ofsquirrel-feeding, I invested in the newfangled tube-feeder-within-a-cage model. Petite birds can slip between the bars. Squirrels, jays,starlings and other big ...
Make up your mind
Mar 02, 2008; ... An 18-year-old speaking on a WTIC-AM talk show weeks ago said hehas concluded that Barack Obama isn't experienced enough to bepresident. He said he decided this after listening to Rush Limbaughand talking to his mother. I'm surprised he didn't come to thisconclusion watching Fox News ...
Government steps needed to lower gasoline prices?
Mar 02, 2008; ... The price of gasoline has gone over $100 a barrel, which meansConnecticut drivers will be paying more than $3.20 a gallon. Itcertainly seems the state and federal governments should be takingsteps to see that oil does not keep increasing in price. They could take off the taxes they ...
AS Republican presidential candidate Sen. John [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... AS Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain twistedbriefly in the wind kicked up by that New York Times storysuggesting he had swapped political favors for the personal favorsof an attractive lobbyist for the telecommunications industry, Ikept waiting for the public policy ...
Late Winter Bird Walk, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Trowbridge [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... Late Winter Bird Walk, 10 a.m. Wednesday, TrowbridgeEnvironmental Center at East Rock Park, corner of Cold Spring andOrange streets, New Haven, registration requested, $2 pernonresident suggested, (203) 946-6086. Haunting the Pond: A Year ofFilm-making, with Florence McBride of Hamden, 5 ...
Day trip to Boston includes Fenway Park
Mar 02, 2008; ... Hamden Adult Education is sponsoring an April 26 day trip toBoston for a Fenway Park tour and visits to the New England Aquariumand Quincy Market. Call 407-2028. Space still left to seePhiladelphia flowers Limited seating is still available on a trip to the PhiladelphiaFlower ...
Fox 61 rises and shines with 'Morning Show' Monday
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Joe Amarante Register Television Editor WTIC-61 hasn't launched a news show since the spring of 1989. ButMonday at 6 a.m., Fox 61 rolls out a morning news show to competewith the other local stations. Long rumored and planned, "The Fox 61 Morning Show" will featureveteran ...
Scientists 'take great exception' to lobbyist
Mar 02, 2008; ... Gary Hale, a lobbyist for the Broadwater liquefied natural gasproject, questions our motivations and integrity in the article"Scientists blast feds on LNG plan." As the marine scientists whoprovided detailed criticisms of the final environmental impactstatement for the project at a ...
RINCETON (5-21, 2-9)Min FG	 ;FT Reb A PF Pts. Koncz 32 1-5 [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008 ... Yale 67 Princeton 59 (At New Haven) PRINCETON (5-21, 2-9) Min FGFT Reb A PF Pts. Koncz 32 1-5 5-6 6 2 1 8 Savage 25 5- 10 1-2 6 0 5 15 Finley 20 1- 2 4-4 1 1 4 6 Gunn 15 0-1& #009;0-0 0 0 0 ...
Billboards better than telemarketers?
Mar 02, 2008; ... Concerning Gov. M. Jodi Rell's unilateral banning of thebillboards, I would rather have billboards I can choose to view ornot than have telemarketers hamper my ...
Rell should help business climate?
Mar 02, 2008; ... I read the article on the issue of the billboards and Gov. M.Jodi Rell. As a builder-developer for 48 years in Connecticut withsome 500 industrial retail tenants, I think the governor shouldconcentrate on making it easier for companies willing to come toConnecticut by improving the ...
Bicycles being boosted as part of remedy for ills of car culture?
Mar 02, 2008; ... BICYCLING'S best year since the start of the auto age? That's theargument likely to be made as hundreds of cyclists from across thenation gather in Washington this week for the National Bike Summit,sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists. A crescendo oftrends and developments ...
At 35
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Jim Shelton Register Staff HARTFORD -- There's a reason for the word "permanent" in thestate's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. For all the progress of the past generation, from curbing sexualharassment in the workplace to recruiting female firefighters ...
IT becomes clearer every day that relatively small [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... IT becomes clearer every day that relatively small changes tobuilding designs can be good for the environment and for the bottomline. The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo recentlybrought the revolution of "green buildings" to Chicago. Thegathering of 18,000 industry experts ...
A fascinating and innovative program now in its [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... A fascinating and innovative program now in its early "pre-trial" stages has important implications for the future of seniorhealth care. Known as Money Follows the Person, it is a federallyfunded initiative to help give income-qualified elderly and peoplewith disabilities the choice to ...
return with us now
Mar 02, 2008; ... Every good Irishman has heard those forever jokes about "Pat andMike." Well, I offer one of the best. It comes from my early days injournalism as the news editor of the fledgling WNHC-TV, Channel 6,Connecticut's first television outlet. My guys were the "Goode fellas": good ...
a, Chicago, Ill.) CONNECTICUT (28-1, 14-1)Min FG	 ;FT Reb A PF Pts. [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008 ... CONNECTICUT 77 DePaul 76 (At McGrath Arena, Chicago, Ill.) CONNECTICUT (28-1, 14-1) Min FGFT Reb A PF Pts. Moore 34 7-1 2 2-3 13 3 0 16 McLaren 14 1 -3 0-0 3 2 1 2 Charles 32 5 -8 5-8 6 0 3 15 Montgomery ...
Ignore writer's 'stupid' take on the hamburger?
Mar 02, 2008; ... A good friend sent me a copy of Randall Beach's review of JoshOzersky's "The Hamburger." Beach is right on in objecting toOzersky's decision on the invention of the hamburger. It doesn'treally matter how much research Ozersky did, he makes his decisionby setting his own arbitrary ...
Gensickis' 60th
Mar 02, 2008; ... Roman and Helen Gensicki of New Haven celebrated their 60thwedding anniversary with a dinner hosted by their children Nov. 18with family and friends at Sage American Grill & Oyster Bar in NewHaven. The former Helen Sypniewski and her husband were married Nov.22, 1947, at St. Stanislaus ...
Sheas' 60th
Mar 02, 2008; ... Philip J. and Inez Meegan Shea of Hamden celebrated their 60thwedding anniversary with a dinner at the 95 Gathering inWallingford. The couple was married Jan. 10, 1948, at St. John theEvangelist Church in New Haven. The dinner was hosted by the couple's children and ...
As he peered up and saw a pair of DePaul players about to hit midcourt with nothing but daylight ahead [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Jim Fuller Register Staff CHICAGO -- As he peered up and saw a pair of DePaul players aboutto hit midcourt with nothing but daylight ahead of them and preciousseconds ticking off the clock, University of Connecticut women'sbasketball coach Geno Auriemma was pondering the ...
enter, Hartford) WEST VIRGINIA (20-9, 9-7)Min FG	 ;FT Reb A PF Pts. [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008 ... CONNECTICUT 79, West Virginia 71 (At XL Center, Hartford) WEST VIRGINIA (20-9, 9-7) Min FG FT Reb A PF Pts. Butler 40 3- 13 2-4 7 3 3 9 Alexander 3514-24 4-4 10 2 3 32 Smalligan 120-5 0-0 0 1 4 0 Nichols ...
Vault: 1. Mallory Miller (Pomperaug), 9.5; 2. Molly McKinnon (Southington), 9.35; 3. Pauline Krzysyczyk [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... Gymnastics STATE OPEN (At Southbury) Vault: 1. Mallory Miller (Pomperaug), 9.5; 2. Molly McKinnon(Southington), 9.35; 3. Pauline Krzysyczyk (Farmington), 9.250; 4.Jennifer Fuggi (West Haven), 9.2; 5. Christine Caron (Killingly),9.15; 5. Alexa Ahrem (Hamden), 9.15; 5. Allie ...
From staff reports NEW HAVEN -- Travis Pinick [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... From staff reports NEW HAVEN -- Travis Pinick had 15 points and10 rebounds to lead the Yale men's basketball team to a 67-59 IvyLeague victory over Princeton at the John J. Lee Amphitheater onSaturday. It was the final home game for Yale's four seniors, Eric Flato,Matt Kyle, ...
From staff reports The Quinnipiac University men's [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... From staff reports The Quinnipiac University men's hockey teamwas shutout by Clarkson 8-0 in an ECAC Hockey game in Potsdam, N.Y. Quinnipiac drops to 17-13-4 overall and 9-9-4 in league play.Clarkson improves to 20-10-4 overall and 15-4-3 in league action. Prior to the game, ...
Fuggi finishes fourth in State Open meet?
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Dan Nowak Register Staff SOUTHBURY -- There were mixed feelings among area gymnasts and atleast one coach at the CIAC Gymnastics State Open on Saturday atPomperaug High that took nearly seven hours to complete. Despite a slip on the uneven bars that cost her some ...
EN -- The Quinnipiac and Yale men's hockey teams will go head-to- head in next weekend's ECAC playoffs. [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Chip Malafronte Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- The Quinnipiac and Yale men's hockey teams will gohead-to-head in next weekend's ECAC playoffs. Well, sort of. Both will play host to a best-of-3 first-roundseries starting Friday and running through Sunday's "if necessary"games, ...
Gunfire reports bring 4 arrests; pistol found
Mar 02, 2008; ... NEW HAVEN -- Police seized a handgun and arrested four teensFriday after responding to a report of a group of armed youthsfiring a gun in Fair Haven. Kenneth Phillips, 18, and a 17-year-oldboth were charged with unlawful discharge, carrying a pistol withouta permit, reckless endangerment ...
SLAP SHOTS
Mar 02, 2008; ... Continued from E1 Just 10 seconds after the Engineers' JohnKennedy was called for roughing, Little got the puck from TomDignard, raced into the RPI zone through traffic and lifted a shotover the shoulder of Mathias Lange (31 saves). The Bulldogs killed off two more RPI power plays ...
009;0 0 -- 0 Yale 0 1 2 -- 3 First period: No scoring. [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... YALE 3, RPI 0 (At New Haven) RPI 0 0 0 -- 0 Yale 0 1 2 -- 3 First period: No scoring. Second period: 1. Yale, Broc Little (Thomas Dignard, BrendanMason), pp, 4:46. Third period: 2. Yale, Pat Brosnihan (Dave Germain, ...
Mansfield does it again
Mar 02, 2008; ... By John Steady Special to the Register WEST HAVEN -- Amity-Woodbridge goalkeeper Alec Mansfield has theCheshire hockey team wondering what it's going to take to score. Mansfield, a freshman, recorded 24 saves and registered hissecond consecutive shutout against the Rams, ...
7 teens caught drinking outside rink, cops say
Mar 02, 2008; ... NORTH BRANFORD -- Seven teens were arrested outside a localhockey rink in underage drinking incidents Wednesday and Thursday. The arrests were part of the Police Department's ongoing effortthrough its underage drinking grant to prevent young people frombuying and consuming ...
cent 273-space surface lot early in the morning, [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... cent 273-space surface lot early in the morning, sending hundredsof others to scramble for spaces in the Temple Street Garage, theformer Veterans Memorial Coliseum site, the Gateway garage acrossthe street and onto Union Avenue. Others simply give up and drive towork, defeating the state ...
prevention are the best answers to the problem, [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... prevention are the best answers to the problem, so people don'tget hooked in the first place. "The only real, true way to fix theproblem of heroin addiction once and for all is to never start," shesaid. "More programs in the schools are needed. I am willing to talkto anybody." ...
manager, whose idea the system was. It originally [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... manager, whose idea the system was. It originally was to havegone live Thursday, but the date had to be postponed because of someproblems tying the system in to the Connecticut Light & Power grid,Deming said. "Basically, the way this thing works is, we're makingelectricity for the same ...
Yale, Richards blank RPI
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Chip Malafronte Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- As it turns out, Saturday night's regular-seasonfinale between Yale and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could havebeen billed as a "getting acquainted" game. The Bulldogs, behind a shutout from Alec Richards, defeated ...
UCONN, CPTV RE-UP
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Jim Fuller Register Staff CHICAGO -- The Big East regular-season champion won't bedetermined until Connecticut and Rutgers square off in a winner-take-all showdown Monday. But the rest of the conference tournamentpicture is starting to come into focus. With wins on ...
From staff and wire reports DeMario Anderson scored [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... From staff and wire reports DeMario Anderson scored 27 points,but the Quinnipiac men's basketball team lost Saturday night atWagner 77-68. The defeat, combined with a Mount St. Mary's winagainst Monmouth, means the Bobcats will take the No. 5 seed and theaccompanying trip to Emmitsburg, ...
Mathis leads Career into? LL semis?
Mar 02, 2008; ... From staff reports Ilicia Mathis had 34 points and 16 reboundsfor the Career girls' basketball team, which advanced to the ClassLL state tournament semifinals with a 70-66 overtime win overTrinity Catholic-Stamford Saturday evening at Stratford. Anisha Wilson added 20 points for ...
Cross advances to Class L semifinals
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Mike Pucci Register Staff BRANFORD -- The Wilbur Cross girls' basketball team had 6 minutesto either extend its season or see it fall short of the team'sultimate goal. The 14th-seeded Governors trailed by eight points against Hand-Madison in the quarterfinals of the Class ...
en stop breast-feeding once they get back to work [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... en stop breast-feeding once they get back to work because it'stoo difficult," said Michele Griswold, a board-certified lactationconsultant and registered nurse at Wildwood Pediatric and AdolescentMedicine in Essex. The Healthy People 2010 report issued by the U.S.Department of Health and ...
percent of the 23 million firms in the United States. [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... percent of the 23 million firms in the United States. Black-owned firms posted the highest growth rate from 1997 to 2002, whileHispanics constituted the largest demographic group among minoritybusinesses. Asians also experienced growth in the number of firmsand annual payroll. But on ...
lier generation. Donadio was parade queen in 1962 [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... lier generation. Donadio was parade queen in 1962 and LaFrance,the third queen to become grand marshal, wore the crown in 1994."Bernadette is a special person in her own right," Donadio said."She says she's a stay-at-home mom, but I view her more as adomestic engineer. I'm so humbled to ...
Boa rescued from car now on respirator
Mar 02, 2008; ... NEW LONDON -- First, an auto repair shop helped Cami the boaconstrictor. Now it's a veterinarian. Left for a few minutes in RyanBlackwood's car, his 9-foot snake wrapped herself around the heaterbox under the dashboard, possibly looking for warmth. Blackwooddisassembled the dashboard, ...
ehab facilities: A--228,000 in 1995 A--254,000 in 2005 Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... HEROIN STATS Annual admissions to heroin rehab facilities: A--228,000 in 1995 A--254,000 in 2005 Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Connecticut heroin deaths: A--95 in 2005 A--104 in 2006 A--113 in 2007 Source: ...
ORD -- Bernadette Smyth LaFrance has a recipe for life that is a lot like her special recipe for Irish [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Pamela McLoughlin Register Staff GUILFORD -- Bernadette Smyth LaFrance has a recipe for life thatis a lot like her special recipe for Irish soda bread. The mouth-watering bread recipe she created combines raisinspresoaked and plumped in hot water from friend Bernadette ...
iecki, a junior linebacker at Seymour, gave an oral commitment to play football at the University of [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... By Chip Malafronte Register Staff Mike Osiecki, a junior linebacker at Seymour, gave an oralcommitment to play football at the University of Connecticut onSaturday, Seymour football coach Paul Sponheimer said. Osiecki was on UConn's campus Saturday for a Junior Day event ....
Bute keeps super-middleweight title
Mar 02, 2008; ... Undedeated Montreal fighter Lucian Bute stopped William Joppy at1 minute, 8 seconds of the 10th round Friday night to retain his IBFsuper-middleweight title in Montreal. Bute (22-0) knocked down Joppy(39-5-1) with a right in the ninth and forced the American to take aknee again in 10th ....
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Mar 02, 2008; ... From staff reports Briiana Rende scored 14 points, 12 coming inthe second half, to help the University of New Haven women'sbasketball team close out its regular season with a 74-67 East CoastConference win over St. Thomas Aquinas College Saturday afternoon atSparkill, N.Y. UNH, ...
(At Fairfax, Va.) H E Quinnipiac 010 100& 0 -- 2 4 0 [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... Softball CORNELL 4, QUINNIPIAC 2 (At Fairfax, Va.) R& H E Quinnipiac 010 100&00 9;0 -- 2 4 0 Cornell 000 004 x -- 4 6 2 Carolyn Schmoltz, Iaquinto and Davidson; Meunier and Cheever; WP--Meunier (1-0); LP--Schmoltz (0-2); 3B--March (C); ...
From staff reports Three Quinnipiac players scored [Derived Headline]
Mar 02, 2008; ... From staff reports Three Quinnipiac players scored double-doubles as the women's basketball team defeated Wagner 65-47Saturday in New York, setting a program record for victories in aseason. Quinnipiac is 23-4, the wins the most in the program's history atthe Division I level ....