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“CHRISTMAS!,” shouted 5-year-old Angelique into our NBC CT microphone. Like a kid on Christmas or in this case, Christmas Eve, holiday cheer was easy to spot Thursday night even after such a tough year. “It’s been a hard year for everyone, but we’ve been fine’” said Angelique’s mother Angela Marrera, of Queens, NY. “Thank God. No sickness, nothing,” After...

Like a kid on Christmas or in this case, Christmas Eve, holiday cheer was easy to spot Thursday night even after such a tough year.

There are national concerns about the United States Postal Service delivering mail on time due to budget cutbacks. Looking at the agency’s overtime costs, it’s easier to understand why budgets may need to be tightened up. Late last month the USPS Inspector General reported overtime has gone up 35% over the past six fiscal years, from $3.7 billion to $5…

Jean Egan’s brother’s remains were supposed to arrive by mail in Maryland in just two days at the most. “I hope we are the last family that has to suffer the pain that we have gone through,” Jean said. Jean said the cremated remains of her 68-year-old brother Scott Egan, a U.S. Medical Corp veteran, were not only nearly...

A Suffield woman is upset after she says the U.S. Postal Service lost track of her brother’s cremated remains earlier this summer.