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“WILL O’ THE WISP” 229 WINS (65 BY KO), 11 LOSSES, 1 DRAW World Featherweight Champion 1942–1948, 1949–1950 The Ring Fighter of the Year 1945 International Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee 1990 Muhammad Ali may have invented the phrase, “Your hands can’t hit what your eyes can’t see,” but it was Willie Pep who invented the act decades earlier. With reflexes so quick they belonged in a superhero comic, Pep’s defensive wizardry baffled fans, sportswriters, and opponents alike. Trying to lay a…

At the beginning of the new year Connecticut Governor delivered his first state of the state address since being re-elected. …

Why would someone name their daughter “Goody?” Absolutely NO ONE. “Goody" is short for “Goodwife.” This term was referred to a married woman of middle to lower class in colonial times and it was how they were sometimes referred to in court records. My ancestor, Sarah Wildes was referred to…

NOTHING IS HAPPENING — This Just in. The event transpiring will most likely rock the current flow of journalism. Note: What you are about to read is not just about a sycamore tree, but how the speed of time still falls. For now, the mysterious excitement of rural life is peaking as it bridges…

Everyone is aware that 30 people were wrongfully convicted of the felony of witchcraft at Salem, MA in 1692. Nineteen were hanged. One was crushed to death. Five died in jail. Five others escaped the injustice for reasons too lengthy for this story. Justice eventually came to every one of those 30 people. Early in the 1700s, through the loving acts of their family members, most of the attainders were eventually reversed. Their loved ones names were cleared and the government paid restitution towards the immense loss of money and goods suffered by the families.

The Sandy Hook Shooting occurred exactly ten years ago. I remember being at my desk in Redding and working on a project for university when I heard the news. I was shocked to my core when I saw reports coming across my Twitter feed shortly before 10 am. …

The CT GOP twitter account has now been on a several day long bender ranting against the existence of trans children after reposting a video of a Darien millionaire at a Board of Education meeting complaining hyperbolically about a mermaid book. The CT GOP account, generally thought to be run…

What was the “Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth”, and why did it become so popular? Editor's note: This is the next in a series of stories written in an alternative format. We are still working out the technical details of embedding the StoryMap directly into the CTDA Connect article, so for now, you have to leave this publication and go to the new article. We think that this new format offers more opportunity for interactive and interesting storytelling. We hope you enjoy it.