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WOLCOTT -- The police department, working with the Regional Traffic Unit, will hold a sobriety checkpoint starting Aug. 27 into early morning the next day.

OXFORD -- A local man faces several charges after state troopers say he fled the scene of a two-car accident on Oxford Road on Tuesday afternoon.

SOUTHBURY-- Police issued misdemeanor summonses to three juveniles Tuesday, after they allegedly rode dirt bikes on Main Street North with no lights or license plates.

HARWINTON -- A hearing will be held next month to discuss a new ordinance that aims to decrease the number of blighted properties in town.

PROSPECT — On Election Day, residents will not just be voting for the next President of the United States, they will also vote for changes to the town Charter.

NAUGATUCK — City Hill Middle School is inviting local businesses to become a small piece of a bigger puzzle, as it raises funds for its Wingman program.

WOODBURY — Town officials said taxpayers have been making up for a shortfall in state education cost sharing funding for years, and now they are taking steps to have all towns get their fair share.

TORRINGTON — After two guidance counselors were cut from Torrington High School during the 2016-17 budget season, the remaining counselors received a little boost only 10 weekdays from the start of the school year.

MORRIS — A proposed 2016-17 town budget that is less than the 2015-16 town budget and shows a $100,000 decrease from the spending plan voters defeated in a referendum on Aug. 11 has been crafted by the Board of Finance.

Fyvush Finkel of "Picket Fences" fame recently died at age 93. Here are five of his best intros as a defense lawyer in a fictional Rome, Wis., courtroom: