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Conn. school probe leads to court fight - Boston.com

Conn. school probe leads to court fight - Boston.com

Conn. school probe leads to court fight


May 21, 2010
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MIDDLETOWN, Conn.—Middletown's mayor and the city's Board of Education are now fighting each other in court amid a police investigation into whether school funds were misused.
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