By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Rhode Island and Hawaii rank as America's most Democratic states, though both lag far behind the District of Columbia. They are followed by New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts, a recent Gallup Politics report shows.
5 years ago today:
Johnston police charge Louis L. Vinagro Jr., the former pig farmer and trash hauler and onetime Johnston mayoral candidate, with drunken driving after responding to reports that a motorist was driving erratically on Central Avenue and had sideswiped three cars.
25 years ago today:
The Connecticut Red Cross says blood supplies for 40 hospitals are dwindling because of the strike by a big group of blood suppliers - blue-collar workers at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton.