Tony Talks Sports

Go Ahead, Kill a Kid’s Confidence

By Tony Mentone

Last Saturday night I was tossing and turning in bed. So I got out of bed and went into the living room and put on the TV. I am sure it was the “basketball gods” that kept me awake. I was lucky enough to see the best basketball game I have seen in a long time.

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A Picnic for Obama

Dream Team.

U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) headlines an Obama for President! (whoo-hoo!) kick-off rally right here in Hamden, at Town Center Park on Meadowbrook. Click here for details.

I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY
By Steve Kalb

Goodbye Carrie Nation

Last July, I wrote in this column what I thought was a fairly cogent series of arguments for allowing young adults to legally drink at 18.

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Midgets Open with a Foursome

Mike Pierne scores.

Story and photos by Edward C. "Ned" Burt Jr.

It’s hockey season in August as the Hamden Midget Green Team started their season with an exciting split of four games in the Cromwell Tournament this past weekend. Hamden started strong against a big South Windsor Team. The select squad, made up mostly of prep school players, was no match for the hard-skating Hamden squad.

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Another Bat in the House

This time it flies into 13 Towne House Road. Click to read this week's "Red Hot Calls."

Letters to the Editor
Another Smashing Classic

How can we possibly show gratitude to the individuals and sponsors who contribute each year to the Frank P. Cesare Memorial Golf Classic and benefit dinner, held to support and memorialize our husband, father and grandfather? It is with our most sincere and heartfelt thanks that we write this letter of appreciation to all those involved in this event over the years.

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CT Dems Too Soft on Violent Crime

In July 2007, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Michaela Petit, were brutally murdered in the course of a home invasion in Cheshire by two men with extensive criminal records. As news of this tragedy spread, concerned citizens across the state watched as the Democratic-controlled General Assembly refused to get tough on crime.

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Tony Talks Sports

‘Go Take a BM for Yourself’

By Tony Mentone

SEE YOU AT THE RACES

In April I bought a new plasma TV for my wife and me for our wedding anniversary. The cable company came to hook it up to HD.

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$1K from Soccer for Skidmore

Patrick Wildes (in white T), an '08 Hamden High grad, recently received the Hamden Soccer Association Scholarship Award for 2008. Patrick has been involved with the association for the past 14 years as a player, referee and volunteer coach. He will attend Skidmore College this fall where he will play --what else? -- soccer. -- Courtesy photo

Whitneyville Before Elvis
Shell Game

Pvt. R. K. Johnson (me) and Sgt. R. J. Larsen. Courtesy photo

By Raymond K. Johnson

Before I return to my boot camp adventures I am going to "break the fourth wall" in order to explain something brought to my attention by my wife, Kay -- my conscience. After reading my last column, “Head Call -- Denied,” Kay looked at me and gave me “that little chuckle.” You men out there know what that is. The smile that accompanies the chuckle means one thing -- I am about to get a lesson about something.

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In Henrici’s Closet

By Ron Gambardella

Well, the verdict has officially come in. The Ethics Board announced last week that it has determined that there wasn’t enough information to draw any conclusions with respect to the matter of the mayor misappropriating funds to provide reimbursement for unsubstantiated mileage. (Click here and here for background stories.)

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Holy Batfly

Bat storms into Dunn’s Pub at 2345 Whitney Ave. Click here for the rest of this week's "Red Hot Calls," aka the fire log.

Matzo Balls in a NY Minute

Chabad of Hamden brings renowned chef and cookbook author to the JCC. Click for details.