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WATERBURY — The Green Party Organizational Meeting scheduled for tonight has been moved to 41 Pilgrim Ave., in the city's North End, at 6 p.m., Greater Waterbury Green Party convenor Jimmie Griffin said.

WATERBURY — Work on the Interstate 84 reconstruction project this week will require a shift of the westbound highway between Pierpont Road and Exit 25.

WATERBURY — After a test earlier this summer showed lead levels in the water at Gilmartin Elementary School that alarmed some parents and school board members, the results of a new test show nearly undetectable concentrations of the element.

HARTFORD — The number of threats to schools in Connecticut has been declining in recent years, falling to 35 in 2014-2015 from levels more than twice as high, according to the state Department of Education.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The prosecutor calls it "bomb week," his shorthand for eight school threats — many written in school bathrooms or on notes — over a few days in May that set off evacuations and investigations, parental panic, and the rumor mill of students linked by cellphones and social media in his Ohio county.

KENT — KentPresents wrapped up its three-day event Saturday evening by encouraging its attendees to make the short trip to Main Street Kent and participate in Kent Arts Night. The ideas festival was jam packed with thought-provoking sessions and discussions on wide variety of topics.

WINSTED — More than 15 years since town and state officials began talking about the need to replace the Holabird Avenue bridge, work is almost ready to start.

WOODBURY — First Selectman William J. Butterly is forming alliances behind his town's proposal for the state legislature to ensure all towns get a fair share of Connecticut's education cost-sharing funds.

KENT — Artist Rex Brasher's unique life as an artist was revealed through a talk by two of his grandnieces and the president of the Rex Brasher Association during a special presentation Saturday afternoon at the Kent Memorial Library.

TRENTON, N.J. — Tens of thousands of fans will crowd into MetLife Stadium three times over the next week to watch Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, some because they acted quickly enough to buy tickets at face value — and others because they were willing to pay more on the secondary market.