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The Top 5 Stories of the Week on WIlton Patch

The five most read stories on Wilton Patch from Jan. 28-Feb. 1.

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The most read story of the week on Wilton Patch is about a 71-year-old Westport woman who was arrested on prostitution charges:

  1. Police Charge 71-Year-Old Westport Woman With Prostitution
  2. Bearing Witness at the Gun Violence Hearing
  3. Storm Leaves 14 Percent of Wilton Residents Without Power; Closes Roads
  4. Wilton Police Make Six DUI Arrests
  5. The Short Life of Red's Roadside Attraction
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Thomas Paine June 18, 2013 at 01:29 pm
And here's more about the article:…Read More http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/06/18/ms-magazines-my-month-with-a-gun-story-shooting-blanks/?print=1
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Thomas Paine June 18, 2013 at 01:32 pm
The concluding paragraph from the item above: "Hopefully her 30-day experience will remove her…Read More fear of firearms and help her recognize that the vast majority of American firearms owners have taken to their responsibility with the necessary seriousness and gravity required. Maybe she’ll also learn that no matter how many laws you pass, you can’t regulate irresponsibility out of existence. Grown-ups still have to be grown-ups. Maybe she will also learn how the Bill of Rights is supposed to work, and how one amendment strengthens another. At a minimum, people like Heidi Yewman should be passingly familiar with the Constitutional rights they’re agitating to take away from their fellow citizens."
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Thomas Paine June 18, 2013 at 01:44 pm
PR - I am out of town Thursday evening but you should attend this one:…Read More http://weston-ct.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/gun-violence-panel-at-trinity-episcopal-this-thursday_087922d8
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Ronnie Raygun June 17, 2013 at 09:32 am
never forget Newtown...!! (RNS) Each Father’s Day, Neil Heslin and his son, Jesse Lewis, used…Read More to go to a car show. But that tradition died when 6-year-old Jesse was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. This Father’s Day, Heslin, who has been active with other Sandy Hook parents in pushing for gun control legislation, is giving his support to the No Father’s Day campaign. Speaking at a media teleconference to launch the campaign, Heslin said, “Jesse was my only child, my only immediate family. I don’t have a father to share Father’s Day with.” Initiated by PICO National Network’s Lifelines to Healing Campaign, the campaign asks participants to send e-cards to Congress, urging passage of legislation to create universal background checks and end gun trafficking.
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Ronnie Raygun June 17, 2013 at 09:32 am
(RNS) Each Father’s Day, Neil Heslin and his son, Jesse Lewis, used to go to a car show. But…Read More that tradition died when 6-year-old Jesse was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. This Father’s Day, Heslin, who has been active with other Sandy Hook parents in pushing for gun control legislation, is giving his support to the No Father’s Day campaign. Speaking at a media teleconference to launch the campaign, Heslin said, “Jesse was my only child, my only immediate family. I don’t have a father to share Father’s Day with.” Initiated by PICO National Network’s Lifelines to Healing Campaign, the campaign asks participants to send e-cards to Congress, urging passage of legislation to create universal background checks and end gun trafficking.
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Sanchez June 17, 2013 at 10:27 am
Exploiting dead children for your political points is disgusting and vile. Given the poster there…Read More can be no surprise about such.
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Publius Redux June 14, 2013 at 11:17 pm
From linked article_______ "The victims “have a financial uncertainty, they need the…Read More money,” Feinberg said. “You have to say, ‘Here’s the money, here’s what we’re doing with it.’” Some Newtown families say that didn't happen in their town. Lafferty-Hassinger posted to Facebook her frustration about the United Way requiring "proof of hardship" to determine how to distribute funds: "We shouldn't have to fight for what is rightfully ours, but we won't be taken advantage of in our darkest hour," she wrote. "We've all been walking a fine line between not wanting to profit from the death of our loved ones and not wanting someone else to profit from our source of grief. We went down when we were kicked, but we are Sandy Hook. It's time to stand back up."___________ I reckon my questions are thusly: What financial uncertainty is there in the death of a child, AND since when did money that is donated privately become something that is 'rightfully' belonging to someone else due to a tragedy that is not a natural event like a tornado or hurricane?
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AZ June 13, 2013 at 12:39 am
Foul! Foul! Blocking foul! What an odd sensation this false empowerment. I did not understand…Read More this tingling sensation. No need to tell you about internet anonymity...Publiticus Reflux.
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Cathy June 14, 2013 at 08:58 am
Where is the concern for the character development of our kids? Where is the concern for the…Read More physical health of our kids? What long term health effects will these 'pills' have on the young - still forming bodies? Will taking these drugs have any long term side effects that can make life miser able in the future? If a 16 year old girl is being bullied into sex, is that an excuse for providing this contraceptive? Can she get on the pill ...the one that is taken profilactically - without an Rx? I think not...why the difference? Having condoms in a bowl like candy in the high school nurses office is a major contradiction to the teachings in many a home...and now this...how sad. Childhood gets shorter and shorter....
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AZ June 14, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Reality is minors have sex. As for character development, I would rather my 16 year old daughter…Read More continue her development without an unintended pregnancy. If your child child is being bullied into sex, having sex regularly and not talking to their parents, or having to get condoms from the school nurses office as if they were like candy....you as parents have missed the boat and the the ship of parental guidance has set sail long ago.
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