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JANUARY 6, 2013

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BITTER PILL
GENO AURIEMMA, NO. 1 HUSKIES SUFFER 73-72 HOME LOSS TO NO. 5 NOTRE DAME, PAGE 1C

Donations bring challenges

Newtown, state officials try to manage funds; main one up to $6M
BY PAT EATON-ROBB
ASSOCIATED PRESS

PACKERS, TEXANS WIN

GREEN BAY BEATS MINNESOTA, 24-10, IN AN NFC WILD CARD GAME, WHILE HOUSTON TOPS CINCINNATI, 19-13, IN THE AFC, PAGE 1C

Kindergarten plan is affordable

The plan for a full-day kindergarten program will not require additional funding in order to be included in the Region 15 school districts 2013-14 budget, officials say. PAGE 1B

The next Miss America?

Emily Audibert, who was Miss Wolcott 2012 and is now Miss Connecticut, will compete in the Miss America pageant Saturday in Las Vegas at 9 p.m. on ABC. It has been 80 years since Miss Connecticut captured the national crown. PAGE 8E

Weapons cache in Farmington

Bank representatives cleaning out a foreclosed home in Farmington found 130 guns, 20,000 rounds of ammunition, a grenade and a mortar. PAGE 3A

OPINION OF THE DAY: Can anyone absolutely guarantee our children and their children will enjoy the freedom so many of us take for granted? It can happen here. ... the Second Amendment, providing for an armed citizenry to resist tyranny, is a bulwark the Founding Fathers bequeathed to us. Steve Grammatico, Middlebury
READ THE FULL LETTER ON PAGE 9A

HARTFORD Connecticut and Newtown officials say they are trying to get a handle on the number of charitable funds and organizations that have been raising money for causes related to last months shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary school. The biggest, the Sandy Hook School Sup>> A Colombian port Fund, company is which is bemaking armored ing adminclothing for istered for children in the free by wake of the the United Newtown Way, has shootings, taken in Page 2A. more than >> Tracey $6 million OShaughnessy in donations reflects on a in the three Newtown boys weeks since push to send the fatal violent video shootings of games to the 20 firstdump, Page 8E. graders and six school administrators. But Newtown Selectman Will Rodgers says the town has compiled a preliminary eight-page list of other groups that have been raising money to pay for everything from funerals to mental health counseling for first responders to a permanent memorial or a new school. We are going to send a copy to the state attorney general, the FBI and Consumer Protection asking them to take whatever effort they can take to vet these funds, he said. State Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein said his department is already well into that process and has identified dozens of Newtown-related charities. He said that while most of the groups raising money are wellmeaning, many of them are not properly registered with the state, something they were legally required to do before they began collecting money. He said in most cases state officials are meeting with the charities, outlining for them their responsibilities and making sure they are now taking the steps to come into compliance with the law. But, he added, several fraud investigations that could lead to criminal charges are under way. We dont think thats a large bulk of the money, but neverSee DONATIONS, Page 4A

DARLENE DOUTY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

Erica Lafferty daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, the principal killed in the Sandy Hook shootings on Dec. 14 and her family are selling WWDD (What Would Dawn Do?) bracelets to raise money for a scholarship in her name. The scholarship will be given to a graduating Naugatuck High School senior who wants to pursue a career in education.

IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED AND SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO ME OR MY SISTER, MY MOM WOULD HAVE A GOAL. SHE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD WANT DONE, AND SHE WOULD WANT OUR LEGACY TO CARRY ON.
ERICA LAFFERTY
DAUGHTER OF DAWN HOCHSPRUNG, THE LATE PRINCIPAL OF SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Sandy Hook principals daughters start NHS scholarship in her name

BY ALIA MALIK
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

NAUGATUCK t was the night before the wake for Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, the murdered principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School, and her daughters were putting together collages to display the next day. Erica Lafferty, 27, who lives on Highland Avenue, said she and her sister, 28-year-old Cristina Hassinger of Oakville, were trying to make sure they were equally represented in photos with their mother, because they knew Hochsprung would have approached the project that way. There was one picture that we were questioning, and my fiance said, Well, what would Dawn do? Lafferty said. And

DARLENE DOUTY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

Erica Lafferty holds a photo of her mom alongside a tattoo in her moms writing that says Mommy with a smiley face and a heart on her hand. then my brother-in-law instantly said, WWDD? The exchange inspired an initiative that has gained supporters from all over the country. The two, with the help of family and friends, are selling green rubber bracelets with WWDD printed on them in

See DAUGHTERS, Page 4A

WEB EXTRAS
TO DAY AT R E P -A M .CO M >> MOMIX Find more photos from the illusionist dance troupes latest show, Alchemia, left. >> HOOPS Video report on the UConn womens basketball game vs. Notre Dame; photo gallery for Chase Collegiate boys. >> FEST CAM Bonus photos of the Boars Head Festival in Winsted.

State lawmakers entering new session with full plate

BY PAUL HUGHES
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

DARLENE DOUTY REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

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Morning snow flurries, then clearing and cold. Page 10C

Waterbury Generation plant on Washington Avenue is the only power plant in our region that buys carbon allowances at the regional carbon auction to lower greenhouse gases.

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Cap-and-trades early success spurs push for more efficiency

BY PENELOPE OVERTON
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

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Connecticut wants to make changes to the regions landmark carbon cap-and-trade program that would push fossilfuel-burning power plants to run more efficiently. The power plants in the nine states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, are producing less carbon now than when

Connecticut joined in 2008. But that has more to do with mild weather, a weak economy, and falling natural gas prices than the influence of the programs carbon auctions, said Daniel Esty, the states top environmental official. Lower carbon emissions is always good, but that doesnt mean the plants are actually running more efficiently, said See CAP, Page 4A

before the massacre at Sandy Hook. The budget still presents daunting challenges. HARTFORD State lawThe legislature and Malloy makers return to work must adopt a two-year budget Wednesday amid some of the plan that closes estimated most trying circumstances deficits of more than $1 billion they could ever confront. each year. We are going to have a full They must also watch this plate, for sure, said Rep. Jef- years $20.5 billion budget. frey J. Berger, a Waterbury The governor and lawmakDemocrat entering his 14th ers moved last month to head session. off a projected The massacre in >> A look at new budget shortfall in Newtown is going to the current year. assignments for be a constant presSpending cuts and area lawmakers, ence through the other changes saved Page 4A. five-month session $353.1 million or from opening day $375.3 million, dethrough its adjournment at pending on the estimate. midnight on June 9. The state The state comptrollers ofis still reeling from the mass fice reported in its Jan. 1 murder of 20 schoolchildren budget estimate that the state and six staff members at is still running $40 million in Sandy Hook Elementary the red despite those budget School on Dec. 14. changes. In response, lawmakers and Legislators and Malloy have Gov. Dannel P. Malloy are plenty of unfinished business pledging to pass legislation to take up, including education concerning gun policy, school reform, liquor pricing and ensecurity and mental health is- ergy policy. There also will be sues. no shortage of new business. Budget issues had been expected to dominate the session See LAWMAKERS, Page 4A

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