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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than 500 passengers and crew were being evacuated on Wednesday from a burning ship about a mile off Puerto Rico's north coast, and many required medical care, though there were no reported fatalities.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Police say six people were hospitalized for injuries they received when a ride at an amusement park in Connecticut shocked them.

CHESHIRE — A hearing took place Tuesday to discuss Town Manager Michael A. Milone's proposed capital budget.

WATERTOWN — The Town Council sent three bond projects to referendum after listening to the public's views Monday and Tuesday.

LITCHFIELD — An accord has been reached between the boards of education and selectmen regarding a school maintenance agreement the school board had raised concerns about.

WOODBURY — A health scare behind her, Woodbury Library Director Patricia Lunn returned to work on Monday for the first time since late March.

WATERBURY
For years, the faithful at the United Muslim Mosque on Prospect Street and the Albanian American Muslim Community on Raymond Street had little to do with one another. They worshipped in their own languages, ministered to their own families.

HARTFORD — State officials are proposing privatizing 40 group homes and other programs serving people with intellectual disabilities and eliminating nearly 500 more jobs in the Department of Developmental Services.

BEACON FALLS — Joe Granito and his teenage son fished on the banks of the Naugatuck River near the Riverbend Park Tuesday.

WINSTED — The local school district has finished cleaning out the former Hinsdale School, but it has not yet officially turned the building over to the town.