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Weapons cache in Farmington
Bank representatives cleaning out a
foreclosed home in Farmington found 130
guns, 20,000 rounds of ammunition, a
grenade and a mortar.PAGE 3A
The nextMiss America?
Emily Audibert,
who was Miss
Wolcott 2012
and is now Miss
Connecticut, will
compete in the Miss
America pageant
Saturday in Las
Vegas at 9 p.m.
on ABC. It has
been 80 years since
Miss Connecticut
captured the
national crown.
PAGE 8E
Kindergarten plan is affordable
The plan for a full-day kindergarten program
will not require additional funding in order to
be included in the Region 15 school districts
2013-14 budget, officials say. PAGE 1B
OPINION OF THE DAY: Can anyone absolutely
guarantee our children and their children will enjoy the
freedom
so many of us take for granted? It can happen here. ... the
Second Amendment, providing for an armed citizenry to resist
tyranny, is a bulwark the Founding Fathers bequeathed to us.
Steve Grammatico, Middlebury
READ THE FULL LETTER ON PAGE 9A
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>>HOOPS Video report on the UConn womens
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>>FEST CAM Bonus photos of the Boars Head Festival in
Winsted.
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BY P AT E ATON-ROBB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARTFORD Connecticutand Newtown officials say theyare trying to
get a handle on thenumber of charitable funds andorganizations that
have beenraising money for causes relat-ed to last months shooting
mas-sacre at the Sandy HookElementary school.
The biggest, the Sandy HookSchool Sup-port Fund,which is be-ing
admin-istered for
free bythe UnitedWay, hastaken inmore than$6 millionin
donationsin the threeweeks sincethe fatalshootings of20
first-graders andsix school
administrators.But Newtown Selectman Will
Rodgers says the town has com-piled a preliminary eight-pagelist
of other groups that havebeen raising money to pay foreverything
from funerals to
mental health counseling forfirst responders to a
permanentmemorial or a new school.
We are going to send a copyto the state attorney general,the FBI
and Consumer Protec-tion asking them to take what-ever effort they
can take to vetthese funds, he said.
State Consumer ProtectionCommissioner William M.Rubenstein said
his departmentis already well into that processand has identified
dozens ofNewtown-related charities.
He said that while most of thegroups raising money are
well-meaning, many of them are notproperly registered with
thestate, something they werelegally required to do before
they began collecting money.He said in most cases state
of-ficials are meeting with the char-ities, outlining for them
theirresponsibilities and making surethey are now taking the steps
tocome into compliance with thelaw. But, he added, several
fraudinvestigations that could lead tocriminal charges are under
way.
We dont think thats a largebulk of the money, but never-
Donations bring challengesNewtown, state officials try to manage
funds; main one up to $6M
DARLENE DOUTY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
Waterbury Generation plant on Washington Avenue is the only
power plant in our region that buys carbon allowances at the
regional carbon auction to lower greenhouse gases.
BY P AUL H UG H E S
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
HARTFORD State law-makers return to workWednesday amid some of
themost trying circumstancesthey could ever confront.
We are going to have a fullplate, for sure, said Rep. Jef-frey
J. Berger, a WaterburyDemocrat entering his 14thsession.
The massacre inNewtown is going tobe a constant pres-ence
through the
five-month sessionfrom opening daythrough its adjournment
atmidnight on June 9. The stateis still reeling from the massmurder
of 20 schoolchildrenand six staff members atSandy Hook
ElementarySchool on Dec. 14.
In response, lawmakers andGov. Dannel P. Malloy arepledging to
pass legislationconcerning gun policy, schoolsecurity and mental
health is-sues.
Budget issues had been ex-pected to dominate the session
before the massacre at SandyHook. The budget still pres-ents
daunting challenges.
The legislature and Malloymust adopt a two-year budgetplan that
closes estimateddeficits of more than $1 billioeach year.
They must also watch thisyears $20.5 billion budget.
The governor and lawmak-ers moved last month to head
off a projectedbudget shortfall ithe current year.Spending cuts
andother changes saved
$353.1 million or$375.3 million, de-
pending on the estimate.The state comptrollers of-
fice reported in its Jan. 1budget estimate that the stateis
still running $40 million ithe red despite those budgetchanges.
Legislators and Malloy haveplenty of unfinished businessto take
up, including educatioreform, liquor pricing and en-ergy policy.
There also will beno shortage of new business.
State lawmakers enteringnew session with full plate
BY P E NE LOP E OVE RTON
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
Connecticut wants to makechanges to the regions land-mark carbon
cap-and-tradeprogram that would push fossil-fuel-burning power
plants torun more efficiently.
The power plants in the ninestates participating in the
Re-gional Greenhouse Gas Initia-tive, or RGGI, are producingless
carbon now than when
Connecticut joined in 2008.But that has more to do with
mild weather, a weak economy,and falling natural gas pricesthan
the influence of the pro-grams carbon auctions, saidDaniel Esty,
the states top envi-ronmental official.
Lower carbon emissions isalways good, but that doesntmean the
plants are actuallyrunning more efficiently, said
Cap-and-trades early success
spurs push for more efficiency
DARLENE DOUTY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
Erica Lafferty daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, the principal killed
in the Sandy Hook shootings
on Dec. 14 and her family are selling WWDD (What Would Dawn Do?)
bracelets to raise money
for a scholarship in her name. The scholarship will be given to
a graduating Naugatuck High
School senior who wants to pursue a career in education.
BY ALI A MALI K
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
NAUGATUCK
It was the night before thewake for Dawn LaffertyHochsprung, the
mur-dered principal of Sandy
Hook Elementary School, andher daughters were putting to-gether
collages to display thenext day.
Erica Lafferty, 27, who liveson Highland Avenue, said sheand her
sister, 28-year-oldCristina Hassinger of Oakville,were trying to
make sure theywere equally represented inphotos with their mother,
be-cause they knew Hochsprungwould have approached theproject that
way.
There was one picture thatwe were questioning, and myfiance
said, Well, what wouldDawn do? Lafferty said. And
then my brother-in-law instant-ly said, WWDD?
The exchange inspired aninitiative that has gained sup-porters
from all over thecountry.
The two, with the help offamily and friends, are sellinggreen
rubber bracelets withWWDD printed on them in
Sandy Hook principals daughtersstart NHS scholarship in her
name
>> A Colombian
company is
making armored
clothing for
children in the
wake of the
Newtown
shootings,
Page 2A.
>> Tracey
OShaughnessy
reflects on a
Newtown boys
push to send
violent video
games to the
dump, Page 8E.
IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED AND SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN
TO ME OR MY SISTER, MY MOM WOULD HAVE A GOAL. SHE WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD WANT DONE, AND SHE WOULD WANT
OUR LEGACY TO CARRY ON.
ERICA LAFFERTY
DAUGHTER OF DAWN HOCHSPRUNG, THE LATE PRINCIPAL OF SANDY HOOK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DARLENE DOUTY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
Erica Lafferty holds a photo of her mom alongside a tattoo
in
her moms writing that says Mommy with a smiley face and a
heart on her hand.
See DONATIONS, Page 4A
>> A look at new
assignments for
area lawmakers,
Page 4A.
See DAUGHTERS, Page 4A
See CAP, Page 4A See LAWMAKERS, Page 4A
