Dear Abby column readers weigh gifts and family bonds
A reader questions will and parental duties after a long marriage with suspected illegitimacy. Abby reminds that children from the marriage are legally theirs and advises reconsidering a will. In another note, a caller discusses thanking gifts by phone versus letter and another asks about contributing to a golden anniversary money tree. Pasadena reader weighs in on appropriate gifts.
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eMy
Pasadena
Polly's Pointers Household Help and Practical Tips
Dear Polly offers advice on removing odor from a rubber backed carpet and possible glue smell, plus DIY fixes for draperies dyed blue with bluing, odor deodorants, traveler hacks, tool tracking, door note against salespeople, repurposing torn sponges, and a London marble arch note about gate openings to the Royal Family.
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Phone Gas Readings Exclude City Area
Southern Connecticut Gas will allow New Haven area customers to read meters and phone readings to a 24 hour West Haven answering service. The Bridgeport Telegram report of Bridgeport readings was incorrect, and a citywide rollout could come later.
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Bridgeport
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West Haven
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New Haven Man Indicted in Slaying of Brother
A Superior Court grand jury indicted Charles Harris Jr., 26, of New Haven on a first degree manslaughter charge in the July 20 shooting death of his brother Dennis, 24, who was killed in a hallway of a West Haven apartment building. Harris is free on $25,000 bond awaiting trial. the murder charge had previously been filed.
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New Haven
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Haven
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