Jesse Leavenworth
Reporter at CT Insider
Reporter with Hearst CT newspapers. Former Hartford Courant reporter. Love Connecticut history, true crime, news of the weird.
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4 days ago |
ctinsider.com | Jesse Leavenworth
ROCKY HILL - Although he had close calls, Connecticut World War II veteran Edward J. Apicella Sr. said he survived the hellish battle of Okinawa physically unscathed. But the Waterbury native, his voice breaking at times at memories of the Pacific Theater's longest and deadliest fight, told Chief State's Attorney Patrick J. Griffin Monday that he fully expected to take part in the dreaded invasion of the Japanese homeland, which promised a catastrophic cost in lives.
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4 days ago |
ctinsider.com | Jesse Leavenworth
SOUTHINGTON - Tyler James Wall, a Southington native and fitness coach who died in February, is the inspirational heart of a viral video that shows him driving, encouraging and praising a man who was challenged to lose 100 pounds within a year. Wall, 38, coached Majd Khader, a candidate to win $250,000 from Mr. Beast, also known as Jimmy Donaldson, a YouTuber with 407 million followers. Khader started the challenge at 324 pounds, and by Day 178, he had slimmed to 222 pounds, the video shows.
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1 week ago |
greenwichtime.com | Jesse Leavenworth
GREENWICH — A former New York Yankees third baseman won a jury verdict expected to total about $500,000 after suing his landlord for mold problems, pests and other issues in a leased Greenwich mansion. Josh Donaldson filed the federal suit against the Lake Avenue property owner, Bill Grous, in 2022 after paying a $110,000 security deposit and leasing the 4,480-square-foot home for $55,000 per month. The jury in U.S. District Court in Connecticut issued its verdict Wednesday.
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1 week ago |
trumbulltimes.com | Jesse Leavenworth
GREENWICH — A former New York Yankees third baseman won a jury verdict expected to total about $500,000 after suing his landlord for mold problems, pests and other issues in a leased Greenwich mansion. Josh Donaldson filed the federal suit against the Lake Avenue property owner, Bill Grous, in 2022 after paying a $110,000 security deposit and leasing the 4,480-square-foot home for $55,000 per month. The jury in U.S. District Court in Connecticut issued its verdict Wednesday.
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1 week ago |
ctinsider.com | Jesse Leavenworth
MILFORD - After searching for his son in the dark along Interstate 95 last week, Jose Febus Sanchez said he resumed the search in daylight and found the 31-year-old Hamden man in brush off Exit 38 in Milford. Jose Febus Rivera's eyes were open, his father said, but he obviously was dead.
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