With severe winter weather impacting the state frequently in recent years, some municipalities are wondering if they are experiencing a new normal and whether their tools are up to the task of responding.

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Tags: snow storm, blizzard, wyman, manchester, payloaders, road clearing, Windsor, dh

CTNewsJunkie wishes everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. We will be taking the next few days off to enjoy family, food, and friends. But don’t worry the columns will be posted and we’ll be back on Monday, Nov. 26. Until then please enjoy one of our turkey day traditions: WKRP In Cincinnati’s Turkeys Away episode.

In addition to the storm and the power outages at some polling places, Registrars of Voters are also dealing with a new, web-based Centralized Voter Registration system, which is cooperating for some and not for others.

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Tags: Registrar of Voters, norwalk, Fairifeld, Centralized Voter Registration system, Secretary of the State, Av Harris, dh

Brandon McGee supporters believe it was their hard work that elevated their candidate to victory in the court-ordered revote of the 5th Assembly District. But Leo Canty’s supporters believe it was the infusion of nearly $42,000 during the last few days of the campaign from an out-of-state special interest group affiliated with the controversial school-reform advocate Michelle Rhee.

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Tags: Leo Canty, Brandon McGee, Hartford, Windsor, 5th Assembly District, recount, revote, primary, dh

(Updated 12:32 p.m.) “If I had remembered in August I wouldn’t be here today,” one voter said as she got into her car Tuesday at John F. Kennedy School in Windsor.

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Tags: Windsor, Hartford, Leo Canty, Brandon McGee, StudentsFirst, dh

A school reform group with ties to StudentsFirst, the organization founded by the controversial former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. school system, is pouring nearly $32,000 into the Oct. 2 Democratic primary for the 5th Assembly District seat.

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Tags: Leo Centy, Brandon McGee, Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst, primary, Windsor, Hartford, Oct. 2, dh

(Updated 8:02 a.m., Thursday) Judge A. Susan Peck decided Wednesday afternoon to open the sealed ballot of an elderly Windsor woman initially thought to be deceased after weighing her right to privacy and her right to have her vote counted in the tied 5th Assembly District race.

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Tags: Windsor, Hartford, 5th Assembly District, mcgee, canty, trinks, Democrat, primary, registrar, Journal Inquirer, dh

Rumors of an elderly Windsor woman’s death have been greatly exaggerated, and since she’s still alive it’s possible her vote which is still sealed could decide the Democratic primary contest between Leo Canty and Brandon McGee.

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Tags: Leo Canty, Brandon McGee, John Kennelly, Thomas McDonough, Windsor, Hartford, recount

The candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in the 5th Assembly District are back to being tied Monday after a recount of all three polling places in Windsor.

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Tags: Leo Canty, Brandon McGee, Hartford, Windsor, 5th Assembly District, dh

Superior Court Judge A. Susan Peck called for an unprecedented second recount to be conducted next week in the 5th Assembly District race where one vote separates two Democrats.

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Tags: Judge A. Susan Peck, Hartford Superior Court. Leo Canty, Brandon McGee, recount