Happy Birthday Granny!

7 Children

12 Grandchildren

15 Great-Grandchildren

9 Great Great-Grandchildren

Domestic Violence Stats:

20,042. That's the number of family violence incidents reported in 2007 in Connecticut. Here's the breakdown:

• 22 people died.
  
  
• There were 6,543 reports of assault, 107 reports of sexual assault, 17 reports of kidnapping.
  
  
• Of 18,180 victims, 13,622 were women.
  
  
• In 950 cases, a gun or knife was involved.
  
  
• In 13,183 cases, the weapon or weapons were hands, fists or feet.
  
  
• Children were involved or present in 7,401 cases.
  
  
• Drugs or alcoholwas confirmed in 6,340 cases.
  
  
• A prior court order had been issued in at least 3,692 cases.
  
  
• More incidents occurred on Sundays (3,475) than on any other day, closely followed by Saturdays (3,360).
  
  

Source: CT Dept. of Public Safety

Happy Halloween!

The FOX 61 Morning News Team dressed up like Gilligan's Island for Halloween! We were also joined by the Six Flags crew who taught us the Thriller Dance!

Logan and I were Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Howell

And since it's Halloween, I have to recommend my favorite Halloween movie... More than 300 years ago, the Sanderson sisters bewitched the lives of little children. Now it's Halloween, and the witches are back! This time, they've got their eyes on immortal life and have turned their wrath on trick-or-treaters! This is a definite must-see... my all-time FAVORITE Halloween movie -- Hocus Pocus -- starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy.

Meet Grandma Weenie...

2009 ING Hartford Marathon

Jeff Valin & I supporting our colleagues, Nicole Jacobs & Logan Byrnes, running in the marathon!

Congrats to Patrick Moulton - who won the race for the 2nd year in a row!

Benefit Show

"Many people walk in and out of your life, but only true friends leave footprints on your heart." - Eleanor Roosevelt

This weekend we celebrated the life of Alice Morrin. We presented a beautiful plague to Alice's family -- which will be placed in our newsroom for all to see.

Coming up on Oct, 17th -- We are holding another event to raise money for the Morrin Education Fund. Please come to this Benefit Show! Bronze Radio Return, Columbia Fields, and Forward Motion are all performing.

Directions: The Warehouse

45 Bartholomew Ave.

Hartford, CT

(860) 985-3100

Michael Bolton Charities

FOX 61 reporter Jennifer Lahmers, assignment editor Nick Caito, and I attended the 17th Annual Michael Bolton Charities Benefit Concert to benefit women and children at risk of domestic violence. Our late colleague and dear friend, Alice Morrin, was honored at the event.