FAIRFIELD As the state continues to investigate water and farmland in Fairfield that are contaminated with forever chemicals, the town and some of its residents are mobilizing to come up with long-term solutions in 2021.

Lifelong Fairfield resident Stana McLeod, 74, has formed a Facebook group that now has more than 40 members.

McLeod posts information to educate residents about the ongoing investigation and a similar situation that unfolded more than 20 years ago, both involving the spreading of sludge.

So far, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has discovered 18 wells in Fairfield that have levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFOA and PFOS that are higher than the 70-parts-per-trillion limit allowed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The discoveries came after a test was conducted by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry in February that showed milk from Tozier Dairy Farm along Ohio Hill Road had levels of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid that were higher than the state-allowed limit of 210 parts per trillion.

Milk samples from the farm had levels of 12,700, 14,900 and 32,200 parts per trillion. The farms products have been pulled from shelves.

Jerri-Lee Cookson, 65, who lives less than a mile from two fields owned by the Toziers and 3 miles from the farm, is among those who have had their water sources tested.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection officials discovered in September 2020 that Cooksons water contained such high levels of PFOS and PFOA that she was advised to stop drinking it.

Cooksons neighbor, Judy Poulin, 77, had even higher levels of the chemicals in her water and was told to stop using it, too.

My right to clean water has been taken away from me, and I didnt have anything to do with it, Poulin said in November 2020. Im not a happy camper.

In October, Poulin began hauling five-gallon containers of fresh water to her house for drinking and cooking.

Those things are heavy, she said. I have to wait for somebody to come to bring them in the house for me.

PFAS are a group of manmade chemicals introduced in the 1940s. They were used in consumer products, such as carpeting, fabric, clothing, food packaging and pots and pans. They were also used in firefighting foams used at airports, training facilities and military bases.

They are called forever chemicals because their bond is strong and they do not break down easily in the environment or in the body.

Studies have shown exposure can cause health issues, such as elevated cholesterol, thyroid disease, damage to the liver and kidneys, adverse effects on fertility and low birth weight. Other studies show links between PFAS and the elevated risk of certain cancers, according to the U.S. EPA and other sources.

In 2021, McLeod said she will continue following the investigation so she and other residents can file a class-action lawsuit through Susan A. Faunce, a personal-injury lawyer from Lewiston.

(Faunce) handles things like this, and they suggested that I as people find out their wells are contaminated I would have them call there and talk to her, McLeod said in December. They will keep a record of these people, and then we can talk about the class-action lawsuit.

McLeod said she remembered a similar situation that arose from the disposal of paper mill waste in a Fairfield landfill in the 1970s and 1980s. From McLeods grandmothers house, the landfill could be seen glowing in the dark, sometimes catching fire, smelling horrible and being connected to a cancer cluster.

With PFAS chemicals, the threat became insidious because the sludge was billed as beneficial to farmland and lasting forever, according to reports.

I feel like we are doomed out here, McLeod said in an interview in December, adding her efforts to bring the situation to the attention of local and state officials were not getting through.

Meanwhile, Fairfield will continue providing bottled water to residents who have been told to stop drinking from their wells while the state installs filtration systems.

The Department of Environmental protection has assured me that they will continue to make water available to residents with effected wells until they can install the granular activated carbon filtration systems at each private home, Town Manager Michelle Flewelling wrote in a Dec. 23 email.

The Town provides updates to residents, that are received from DEP, with the weekly water pick up. Those updates are then posted to our website under the PFAS notification section.

In November, Poland Spring, the bottler of spring water, donated 960 gallons of water for the town to distribute to residents. The town of Skowhegan has also donated 900 gallons of water that was left from the apparent contamination of its drinking water system that resulted in a do not drink order.

Fairfield is also looking to expand its water system as another long-term solution.

The Town is currently investigating the extension of the Kennebec Water Districts infrastructure so that public water can be provided as a long term solution, Flewelling wrote in her email.

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Each day, Mike Petty looks through the archives of the Cambridge News. Below are some of the stories that made the headlines on January 3.

1978

A tornado cut a two-mile swathe through Newmarket. Roofs were ripped off buildings, windows smashed and cars overturned. Every window in the railway station signal box was smashed.

Chief inspector Trevor Hewitt of Newmarket police said: Its a disaster area. It was just a freak storm and only lasted a couple of minutes.

"The damage is appalling. Roofs have caved in, windows have been smashed and cars overturned.

In Cambridge, the wind lifted the roof from a house in King Street.

1976

Almost all the stock of top class boats being built by St Neots Rowing Club were lost when the wall of the boathouse collapsed during the recent storm.

They included a brand new boat that was to have been used by the elite four who had been invited to take part in Olympic trials at Henley.

Also lost were some old clinker sculls and clinker fours, now virtually irreplaceable.

There was also widespread damage in the area. At Alconbury, the police office roof was damaged and council workmen were kept busy during the night clearing fallen trees on most major roads, including the dual carriageway A.1 north-bound road at Southoe.

1961

The farthing died its tiny death with scarcely a single serious mourner in Cambridge.

Thousands of pounds worth will never be cashed. Some people will keep them for their sentimental value, others as part of a coin collection while many will simply not know that they still have farthings in the bottom of an untidy drawer.

They will be used as tokens for playing cards, by children playing shop, or by handymen as washers.

The coin will, however, be missed by drapers who kept a stock for their eleven-three-farthings prices.

* Anyone with forgotten farthings in untidy drawers could still spend them in the Antarctic and other faraway places until October 31, 1971.

1953

Cambridge will be one of the first cities in England to be lit almost entirely by 'sodium' street lighting. And, said the mayor, it will be one of the best-lighted in the world.

A motorist can appreciate sodium lighting better than any pedestrian can. Black spots and fog are obliterated. Trunk roads will be lit, stopping at the inner ring-road, as this type of light is not thought suitable for the historic city centre.

A completely new type of lantern is being used which gives an exceptionally high light output in relation to the electrical energy consumed.

1939

Sir Teversham people cannot understand why we are not going to be allowed to have electric light brought into our houses. Two years ago, an inspector came and condemned our pumps and put up notices saying, not fit to drink. Still we are waiting for the piped water supply. It seems as though the chief objection to electric light is against poles being stuck up in the village. But what about the lovely looking building on the corner of Teversham Road a machine gun range. We are going to have all the noise from guns, aeroplanes, etc, but not a little comfort and cleaner water. Lightwater

1925

Schoolmasters complain that the wireless fascination is becoming a menace to education.

It is the exception for the schoolboy not to interest himself in wireless and it is he who, in a vast number of cases, has installed it in the home.

The youthful enthusiast usually makes his own set and prefers to occupy himself in this way to poring over home lessons. Sometimes, however, there is no convenient place in which to do his homework if the rest of the family want to listen to a loud speaker.

This should not be allowed by parents, and there is the alternative of the silent headphones.

1908

On Saturday morning, a badger was noticed sitting in a hole near a haystack at High Town Drove, Burwell.

The animal appeared to be very fierce and attacked a dog whose owner promptly killed it.

It was shown to the vicar who pronounced it a very fine specimen of the English badger.

The owner took it to Newmarket for sale, where he was offered five shillings for it. He refused and took it back to Burwell where he eventually accepted one-and-six.

It is many years since a badger has been seen here.

1904

The eastern vacuum cleaning company has cleaned two of the large rooms the coffee room and the commercial room of the Lion Hotel in Petty Cury, Cambridge, and the result is remarkable.

The carpets are rich, large carpets so large, in fact, as to be almost unwieldy under the old method of beating but under this system, they have been cleaned in the most perfect manner and not a particle of dust can be found.

Out of one carpet, 28 lbs of dust and dirt was extracted and now the whole of the hotel is to be dealt with in similar manner.

1899

A most extraordinary story has just come to light respecting the matrimonial affairs of a young woman residing in Cambridge.

It appears she has been keeping company with a young man who lived away from Cambridge and it was arranged that the wedding should take place on Christmas Day.

It transpired, however, that the laws with respect to residence in the district had not been complied with and the wedding was postponed until Sunday. The appointed hour drew near, but no bridegroom turned up, nor has he been seen since.

Upon being shown the grooms photograph, a police officer identified him as being wanted in connection with an assault which has since proved fatal.

It is hoped the efforts of the police to bring such a heartless fellow to justice will prove successful.

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When I first moved to San Antonio in 1974 to teach art history at the University of Texas at San Antonio, the university was just starting out at the Koger Center. My daughter Miriam and I lived in a condominium, but there werent any kids around for her to play with, so in 1984, when Miriam was 8, I decided to look for a neighborhood where she could make friends.

By then I was teaching at UTSAs main campus on the Northwest Side, so I chose to look for a home in the area to be close to work and so my daughter could stay in Northside schools. Woods of Shavano was a perfect fit.

It was one of the first subdivisions built in the area, so there wasnt much around at first. There was an H-E-B nearby, but that was about it. I remember when the main campus of UTSA first opened and people thought it was in Boerne because it was so far out. Though it might have felt far away from downtown and the city back then, the city has come out to meet us. Now were in the middle of everything and have become a second epicenter with The Rim and La Cantera.

A couple of local favorites are Sol y Luna, a fantastic, family-owned bakery, and Royal Pizza, which in addition to excellent pizza serves great gyros. Also within walking distance, we have everything from a hookah lounge to a beer bar to Chinese takeout and a Walmart Neighborhood Market.

Because its such a walkable area, youll always run into neighbors while out for a stroll. People here are friendly. If youre out walking your dog, there are always other people out walking their dogs. Thats how Ive gotten to know a lot of my neighbors.

One of the most memorable nights here was when there was a moon eclipse and everybody went outside to watch. Kids were running around and adults were catching up with each other. I even met people I hadnt met before. It was just lovely.

While we cant do a whole lot of socializing these days because of the pandemic, the community association has done a great job keeping us connected with events like food truck nights and produce markets.

Neighbors have come and gone, but Woods of Shavano has always felt like home. For us older residents, its nice to see new faces around the neighborhood. Both of my next-door neighbors have moved in within the last year. Thanks to new families moving in, there are still little ones running around. Its a nifty neighborhood because there are people of all ages and from all over the place here. Were close enough to the Medical Center that we have people from there, there are a lot of UTSA people like myself, and, though were still a primarily white neighborhood, the area is getting more and more diverse.

Unlike many of the newer subdivisions where the trees have been stripped out, almost every house in Woods of Shavano has a live oak in the front yard. They dont call it the woods for nothing. There are a lot of different styles of homes here and over the years the neighbors have personalized their houses so that it doesnt look like the typical, cookie-cutter subdivision. Though most of the houses followed builders conventions of the 1970s, each of them has become as diverse as its inhabitants.

My house started out as a 70s tract house and it was rather dark, with wood paneling and bookcases in the living room. The previous owners took out those bookcases and installed windows to bring more light in. Ive made my own updates over the years, like changing the carpeting and putting solar panels on the roof. When I moved in the kitchen was tiny. As someone who dwells in the kitchen, I needed a lot more space, so I took half the garage and doubled the size of the kitchen.

The home has gotten a bit big for me since Ive been on my own, but Id hate to leave this neighborhood and my dream kitchen. Plus my daughter still visits often and my 2-year-old granddaughter, Sydney, stays with me one night of the week, so its nice to have room for her to play.

Though its been a long time since anyone could say were in the middle of nowhere, the neighborhood still feels disconnected from downtown and the urban core because we dont have a quick way to get there. There are limited public transportation options and those options arent very efficient. I would love to see light rail in San Antonio to connect different hubs in the city. Because San Antonio is so spread out by design, you need a car to get around to it all. Not everyone has a car (or the patience to sit in traffic even if they do), so we miss out on exciting spaces outside of our own. Light rail would help bring us all together.

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While no one knows exactly how far the Moana re-theme will go at Disneys Polynesian Village Resort, a recent permit may indicate that it may affect common spaces throughout the resort as well, spanning beyond just guest rooms. Walt Disney World has filed a permit for general construction at the location of the Polynesians main Lava Pool, with possible Moana theming to come.

The permit lists the location of the main pool, as well as the contractor, MLC Theming:

The permit is set to expire on June 25, 2021, which is around the slated Summer 2021 time frame for the resorts reopening after the refurbishment is completed.

We saw the first signs of the resorts Moana-fication back in March with the installation of themed carpet at Ohana. Since then, we also caught a glimpse of the exterior halls for the Moana test rooms, with carpets and light fixtures themed to Mauis tattoos.

Disney has so far stated that changes to the rooms will include a move to a Pacific Ocean-inspired color palette as well as details, patterns and textures from Disneys Moana. At this point, its unknown what other areas the resort re-theme will impact, from the Great Ceremonial House, to restaurants, and beyond.

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On a snowy evening in March 1770, an angry mob gathered outside the old Massachusetts State House to harass the British troops gathered there to guard it. Tensions were rising between the colonists and their rulers, the first whiff of revolution in the air. As the crowd tightened around them, the troops grew more anxious. A stone launched from somewhere in the mob struck a soldier, prompting him to fire. His shot killed Crispus Attucks, a former slave, the first of many to die that night. And so began the Boston Massacre, precursor to the American Revolution.

For the 250th anniversary of that night, Revolutionary Spaces, the organization that runs historical programming for the site and the small museum inside, had commissioned a powerful, public, interactive installation, with red carpet ringing the state house and the curl and sway of a glittering black flag suspended above. Strains of blues and jazz would have filled the air. And an array of performances slam poetry and dance, curated from the citys Black community would have brought the old building new life. It was all to be part of artist lauren woodss Crispus in July a nod to his often-co-opted tale, rarely told accurately a public art project made to bring Attucks out of the shadows and into the spotlight of the American Revolutionary story. Now+There, the public art agency that sponsored the project, is hoping to revive it in 2022. It just wont have the nice round marker of a 250th anniversary to help occasion it.

Status: Scheduled for March, it was shut down before opening. Postponed until 2022.

Lucian Freud: The Self Portraits

Ive never been a fan of Freuds, the dismal theatricality of his fleshy figures always a bit lacking in nuance for my tastes. (His still-lifes are another story; please consider this a public request.) But I was as deflated as anyone to see the MFAs presentation of the renowned British painter shut down just 12 days into its run last March. Museums like the Gardner and the ICA were able to mothball their spring exhibitions to reopen in the summer. But the MFAs Freud was packed up and shipped off, its works long since promised back to their owners. For me, it was the tomb slamming shut; The Self Portraits was the last exhibition I would see, anywhere, for four months. Had I known, I might have lingered longer and savored more, trying to understand my disconnect with the artist, and the special gift it is to stand in front of any works, like them or not, with space to contemplate even your own disdain.

Status: Opened March 1. Closed March 13. Originally scheduled through May 25.

Firelei Bez

In only its third year, the Institute of Contemporary Arts glorious Watershed across the harbor in East Boston was shut tight by the pandemic, torpedoing its growing ambitions, at least for a time. The first two Watershed installments were both wonders: Diana Thater in 2018, John Akomfrah in 2019. But both artists populated the big industrial space with large-scale video work absorbingly so, but logistically a little easier to manage than the massive sculptural installation Firelei Bez had planned, built to evoke the ruins of the Haitian royal palace of Sans-Souci.

While we missed the work for now we also missed something more. The distance across the water from the ICA to the Watershed can be navigated by sea shuttle in 20 minutes or so, but the real chasm between the sleek, generically gentrified nowhere of the Seaports glass box village and the rich layers of immigrant, working-class East Boston is harder to bridge. The Watershed helped do that, bit by bit, with programs that recognized East Boston itself something so needed in this moment. Bez now plans to reprise her project in 2021.

Status: Scheduled for May 24 to Sept. 2, it never opened. Postponed to summer 2021

Cy Twombly: Making Past Present

This one hurts. Cy Twombly was remarkable, original, and ignored for much of his career for his delicate, semi-scriptlike mark-making when burly Abstract Expressionism or Colorfield abstraction were all the rage. I adore him. And I hate to think itll be 2023 2023! before this show, an MFA original, finally comes to fruition. In this pandemic year of missing most everything, weve been trained to look for silver linings wherever possible. So heres mine: The book, which I got a few months back, is gorgeous.

Status: Originally scheduled to open in July. Postponed to early 2023.

Painting Edo

Harvard Art Museums largest-ever exhibition illuminated, over 120 works spanning 200 years, the trajectory of the period in which insular Japan, under the warrior government of the shoguns, began to open itself to the outside world. I saw the show when it opened in mid-February, all but drowning in the volume of detail and mastery. A little more than three weeks later, it was closed. Unlike many of its peers, Harvard Art Museums never reopened, adhering to the schools strict COVID policies. The show has been extended through July 18, 2021 at least on paper a full year longer than its initial run. But theres still no sense of when the museums might reopen, leaving the specter of a full years closure or longer very much a possibility.

Status: Opened Feb. 14. Closed March 13. Originally planned through July 26, 2020. Extended through July 18, 2021.

Carlos Garaicoa: Partitura

In a year of shows cut short, it just might be a record: Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoas immersive film and music installation at the Peabody Essex Museum ran for only four days before COVID shutdowns closed it for good. (It beat the Metropolitan Museum of New Yorks Gerhardt Richter survey, a career-topper for one of the worlds most-renowned artists, which lasted only a week and was gone by the museums summer reopening.) When Peabody Essex reopened in July, Garaicoas symphony of the street the piece virtually combined gifted buskers from Madrid and Bilbao was gone, moved on to its next engagement.

Status: Opened March 8. Closed March 13. Not rescheduled.

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This exciting project for Totowa has been the result of several years of planning

TOTOWA, N.J. (PRWEB) December 22, 2020

In the true spirit of teamwork, the Totowa Mayor, Council, and Department of Recreation came to the recent decision to move forward with the installation of Shaw Sports Turf on Totowa PAL Field. This exciting renovation will take the towns beloved field, used for both baseball and football, to the next level in sports technology.

This will give added healthy value to our Totowa Borough community, said Mark Monteyne, Totowa Borough Recreation Director, in an interview with Our Town Totowa. Our families will love it for years to come, making life memories for all, added Monteyne.

In total, 119, 233 square feet of Shaw Sports Turfs Legion NXT turf will be installed at Totowa Field. Legion NXT is a hybrid system that offers realistic aesthetics with an electrifying degree of durability. This system is built for strength, built for pushing the envelope and providing endurance through even the toughest of match-ups.

Shaw Sports Turf has partnered with Athletic Fields of America, one of most prominent field builders in the Tri-State Region, to handle the complete transformation of the field. The well-known, New Jersey based construction company won the project through a town open bid process administered by the Totowa Borough Clerk, Joe Wassel. Athletic Fields of America is in the current process of leveling the field, putting in the drainage system, and adding the fencing and netting. Turf installation will follow soon after initial site work is completed.

The current field has been used for as long as we can remember. The new multipurpose turf field can provide use after inclement weather and will be available more days of year, said Monteyne.

Installation is set to be completed by early next year. Both Totowas baseball and football programs will be able to use the field for games and practices.

Like many metropolitan towns with lack of field space, The Borough of Totowa is turning to synthetic turf to provide an all-weather surface for their many sports activities at Totowa PAL field site. This exciting project for Totowa has been the result of several years of planning, and Shaw Sports Turf is pleased to be proving the synthetic turf portion, said Lee DeFreitas, Shaw Sports Turf Territory Manager.

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Miami vibrates with color and bright nightlife. And below the surrounding coastal waterline, coral reefs play out their own neon dramas that rival those of the city. Making these similarities obvious to the public is the aim of the art duo called Coral Morphologic. Musician J. D. McKay and marine biologist Colin Foord collaborate and use footage of coral from Florida and around the world in video, multimedia and art installations. Their goal is to help viewers appreciate and want to protect this vital underwater ecosystem. The duos brilliantly hued work has appeared inside and on exhibit halls. No, really: Coral Morphologic has projected images of fluorescent red and green polyps over entire buildings in Miami.

In recent years, coral surrounding Miami has begun growing on local seawalls, and Coral Morphologic hopes this is a sign of the creatures resilience in the face of changing ocean conditions. These pioneering corals may hold the keys to understanding how reef organisms worldwide may adapt to human influence in the 21st century, the collaborators share in a statement. If corals can find a way to thrive on the rapidly changing Miami coastline, then where else might they manage to persist?

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Corals eat more than just microscopic creatures called zooplankton. Here, a Fungia coral in the Indo-Pacific sneaks its mouth around a fish head. Other members of the genus in the Red Sea have been spotted dining on jellyfish half their size.

The mouth of a Cycloseris coral found in an Indo-Pacific reef. Meals disappear into the gastrovascular cavity, which is also where the equivalent of digestive cells empty their waste.

A close-up of coral belonging to the Echinophyllia genus found in the Indo-Pacific.. Many of these coral varieties grow like a carpet coating rocky surfaces on a reef. The tactic makes the Echinophyllia less susceptible to storm damage compared to their vertical, branching relatives.

Neither jellyfish, coral or anemone, this organism, known as a corallimorph, is one of the lesser-known members of the Cnidaria phylum and shown here in a fluorescence photo. In 2007, researchers found a particular corallimorph smothering reefs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, possibly attracted by the degrading iron from buoys and a nearby shipwreck.

Ricordea florida, the species shown here, has been the victim of illegal wildlife harvesting in both Florida and Puerto Rico.

A Phymanthus crucifer anemone, which could be found attached to a reef around Florida, unfurls its tentacles. Each tendril is lined with special cells that launch piercing or adhesive bits into passing prey.

The mouth of a corallimorph known as Ricordea yuma, found in the Indo-Pacific. Corallimorphs cant build their own exoskeletons, but are closely related to corals that can. Scientists are struggling to figure out why the two cnidarian varieties evolved differently on this crucial trait.

An astreoides coral. This variety belongs to a larger group of stony corals, meaning each polyp pushes out calcium carbonate to create a durable underlying structure. The compound is otherwise known as limestone, and constitutes each Florida Keys islandmeaning human residents live atop long-dead coral reefs.

If it took you a minute to distinguish the seahorse from the coral, thats exactly the effect the pregnant male was going for. These centimeter-long Pygmy seahorses live exclusively amongst gorgonian sea fan corals.

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Flowers and tributes have been left to a young man killed in a tragic car crash near Coalville just days before Christmas.

Friends and loved ones have been visiting the scene of the tragedy, in Leicester Road, Whitwick, where they have also written heartfelt messages honouring the victim.

The incident happened on a notorious stretch of road between the village and Coalville shortly before 1.30am on Wednesday.

Leicestershire Police said that two men had been travelling in the car, a black Nissan Note, when it left the road.

No other vehicle was involved.

A police spokesperson confirmed yesterday that a 24-year-old passenger had been pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, a 22-year-old man who was injured in the collision was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.

The spokesperson said: "The car, a black Nissan Note, was travelling from Whitwick towards the Leicester Road/Abbey Road/Warrens Hill Road crossroads when it left the carriageway.

"One man, aged 24, was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Another man, aged 22, was taken to the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham to be treated for injuries that are not life-threatening."

The spokesperson added: "A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of drugs and has since been released under investigation."

Detectives from the Leicestershire Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) are appealing for witnesses to the fatal collision outside Whitwick overnight (Wednesday 23 December).

Detective Sergeant Ed Des-Chanelle would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident, or who saw the car shortly before it crashed.

"Our enquiries are still in their early stages and I would like to speak to anyone who saw the Nissan Note in the area of Whitwick prior to the collision," he said.

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Motorists who may have dashcam footage of the car being driven in the area is also asked to get in touch.

"We have spoken to some people who stopped at the scene, but I would also ask anyone who saw what happened or who has a dashcam installed in their vehicle and thinks they can help to come forward," said Det Sgt Des-Chanelle.

He added: "Any information you have could help our investigation."

Anyone with information should call the police 101 number or get in touch using the force website.

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Santa is coming early this year, finally bringing hope & happiness to 2020 w/ this beautiful South Hampton charmer. It's on your list, you checked it twice, & it's just for you at the right price! You will instantly feel right at home in this well kept 2bed 1bath home located merely blocks from St. Louis' Francis Park, Macklind Avenue Business District, Hampton Village Shopping Center, & the World Famous Ted Drewes! It's a Neighborhood where people really want to be. You will be impressed w/ its architecture, curb appeal, pointed arch entryway, original hardwood floors, special millwork, stained glass windows, & its much sought after two-toned wood doors. You will definitely have a piece of mind with the newer updates that include a recently installed A/C system, storm doors, ceiling fans, shower & sink fixtures, toilet, Sun Room, & fresh paint throughout the Main Floor. This home has great bones & a lower level w/ a walk-up that can be for extra storage or finished to your liking.

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