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Collinsville Press, Jan. 27: Undefeated Enfield prevails in battle of top 2 teams in NCCC

Collinsville Press, Dec. 11: Canton winter sports previews (basketball, wrestling, track)

Collinsville Press, Dec. 11: Avon winter sports previews (basketball, hockey, wrestling, track)

Collinsville Press, Dec. 7: Canton hires Dee Stephan as their new athletic director

Collinsville Press, Dec. 7: Avon field hockey won't share NCCC title

Collinsville Press, Nov. 18: Avon girls soccer earns spot in third straight Class L final

Collinsville Press, Nov. 11: Strong start for Avon field hockey team in tournament

Collinsville Press, Nov. 8: Cahill finishes third in Class SS, Warriors take 2nd in cross country

Collinsville Press, Oct. 29: Avon girls finish 2nd in Class MM, Rosow wins state championship

Collinsville Press, Oct. 26: Now, they can't get Canton's Erick Latvis off the field

Collinsville Press, Oct. 21: Avon girls outrun Suffield to win NCCC championship

Collinsville Press, Oct. 21: Cahill takes third as Canton boys finish third

Collinsville Press, Oct. 21: Falcons get back on winning track with win over Canton in boys soccer

Collinsville Press, Oct. 15: Farmington football begins 5-0 for just third time in school history

Collinsville Press, Oct. 12: Avon girls cross country finishes undefeated at 13-0
A decade of memories
We are remembering Canton's greatest athletic memories from the first decade of this century. Our countdown is underway with No. 10 and 9. We've also included a list of teams and individuals to win state and conference titles the past decade for Canton.
Canton's 2000s sports memories

Top 10 Avon High's greatest football games from 2000s.

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Granby, Mills, Avon finish
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Lip Service
Since 1992, award-winning sports journalist Ken Lipshez has been covering sports in central Connecticut. Click on a link to read Ken's latest coverage of Nutmeg sports from his blog LIP SERVICE

Dec. 20: Coxon to help build new pro team in CT
Dec. 7: Winning is great but participation is better
Dec. 6; Tebucky's honesty is refreshing
Sept. 22: Plight of commuity journalism
Sept. 9: Back in New Britain and loving it












Debate begins on CT's hidden gasoline tax
Connecticut News Junkie
HARTFORD, Jan. 5 -- A freshman senator from Meriden says he’s going to introduce legislation to cap the state’s gross receipts tax on gasoline. For those unfamiliar with gas taxes the gross receipts tax is often referred to as the hidden gas tax. Currently the tax is 7 percent of the wholesale price of gas and Sen. Len Suzio, R-Meriden, is proposing capping it once the wholesale price hits $3. Connecticut also has a flat 25-cent-per-gallon state gas tax. The gross receipts tax adds about another 20 to 25 cents per gallon depending on the wholesale price of gas. Asked about what he thought about the proposal to cap the gross receipts tax, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said, “Let me remind everybody that New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, all have tolls. This is how we pay for transportation in the state of Connecticut.” Read more












CT regulators say they will review proposed merger of NU, NSTAR
Connecticut News Junkie
HARTFORD, Jan. 5 -- Regulators from Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) have reversed their position and say they do now have the authority to review a proposed merger between Northeast Utilities and Massachusetts-based NSTAR. In June, the regulatory board concluded it didn’t have the jurisdiction to review the merger, which would create one of the biggest utilities in New England. Under the deal NSTAR shareholders would acquire 44 percent of NU, the parent company of Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) and Yankee Gas, and be allowed to appoint seven of its 14 board members. Some state officials are worried about the influence of Massachusetts regulators, the new management team at NU and how their decisions could affect CL&P and Yankee Gas. Read more
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CIGNA quietly moves jobs to India, but not enough to jeopardize
CT tax incentives
Connecticut News Junkie
HARTFORD, Dec. 28 – CIGNA plans to lay off an undisclosed number of employees starting in May as it shifts some of its accounting functions to India over the next three years. However, CIGNA has far more job openings—about 330 in Connecticut and 320 in Pennsylvania— than the number of jobs it will be outsourcing to a subcontractor in New Delhi. The news that some of its accounting functions will be outsourced to India doesn’t impact the tax incentives from the state of Connecticut as long as the company creates more than 200 jobs over the next two years. An additional 200 jobs would bring the company’s state payroll to more than 4,000.
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Baldwin says investment in XL Center obvious; Malloy not on board
CT News Junkie
Hockey promoter and Hartford cheerleader Howard Baldwin helped unveil a $105 million plan to modernize and revitalized downtown Hartford’s XL Center in December, but in order to make it happen he needs the state to make a sizeable investment to be matched by private funds. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said that the state’s not interested in Baldwin’s plan. “Listen the XL Center needs to stand on its own. I can’t imagine a Hartford without an XL Center or its equivalent, but whether any particular proposal at this early date is the right one, clearly I’m not making that judgment,” he said.
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Proposed bills could
wipe out bloggers
Politico.com
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 28 -- The conservative and liberal blogospheres are unifying behind opposition to Congress’s Stop Online Piracy Act, with right-leaning bloggers aruging their very existence could be wiped out if the anti-piracy bill passes.
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Winter 2011-12 previews, schedules
Canton High
Boys basketballScheduleLooking for more than 8 wins
Girls basketballScheduleRebuilding with new coach
Wrestling  ScheduleSmall team, some veteran wrestlers
Indoor track     Schedule2nd-time defending NCCC boys champs

Avon High
Boys basketballScheduleSome experienced players return
Girls basketballScheduleVery young team on the floor
Wrestling  ScheduleAvon has won 4 straight NCCC titles
Boys swimmingScheduleNew coach for co-ed squad
Ice hockeyScheduleFarmington joins co-op team
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Boys basketball
Enfield's knockout punch comes quickly
AVON, Jan. 27 -- Defending NCCC champion Enfield scored the first 13 points of the game and remained undefeated with a 65-45 victory over Avon. The visiting Raiders had three players score in double figures, led by Hugh Lindo with 20 points.

Collinsville Press, Jan. 27: Enfield takes out Falcons early in battle of top NCCC teams

Left, Avon's Brandon Feinberg (32) tries to get to the basket as Enfield's Hugh Lindo (12) closes in to make a block from behind.