November 10, 2007 (New Haven Register / James Tinley) -- A Florida man who came to Shelton for a pair of custom-made "vampire" teeth will be spending more time than he intended in Connecticut after being sentenced to serve eight years in prison for a vicious assault.

The following text is a translation of one of the oldest surviving versions of the story of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia -- known to his friends as Vlad the Impaler, or Prince Dracole. It was printed in Nuremburg in 1488.

Long before the appointed time Ernest walked up and down in front of the abode of Reginald Clarke, a stately apartment-house overlooking Riverside Drive.

Misshapen automobiles were chasing by, carrying to the cool river's marge the restlessness and the fever of American life. But the bustle and the noise seemed to the boy only auspicious omens of the future.

On Dominica there exists a creature known as the soucoyan. The "official" explanation of this creature's origin is that it is a curious combination of West African spiritualism and 18th Century Catholicism.

I surrendered to you,

my heart,

my love,

my soul.

You took it all,

greedily,

without remorse,

without a thought.

I gave you everything,

my time,

my dreams,

eternity.

I wanted forever

in your arms.

You gave me naught

but pain.

I wanted love and

you gave me hate.