UConn’s budget moves forward with slated tuition hikes but holds large fees like room and board stagnant. It also carves out $256 million for financial aid.
Not everything related to marijuana will be legal all at once. Here is a timelime of what’s to come.
The two chief executives of the Valley towns announced this week that they have been raising funds for a joint fireworks display from Fountain Lake.
Chief Andrew Cota has been a police officer in Ansonia for three decades.
The female officer claims her punishment for an incident in which she punched a teenager was more harsh than male officers received for “comparable” or “more serious” violations.
A Bridgeport woman was sentenced to 50 years for hiring her cousin and a friend to fatally shoot her ex-husband.
Hartford HealthCare system said it’s moving away from giant sites designed to vaccinate large groups of people quickly, and toward a community-based approach.
Police said the vehicles collided in the area of Orange Avenue and Pullman Drive Tuesday afternoon.
The bids have increased from $100,000 to $110,000.
Post Road East was shut down at Bulkley Avenue South for several hours after a serious collision on Tuesday night, police said.
The Meriden man trafficked heroin out of two stores he operated on East Main Street in Bridgeport, prosecutors said.
A 14-month ban on most new eviction cases in Connecticut, intended to keep people housed as they dealt with the financial fallout of the pandemic, will end Wednesday.
Gov. Ned Lamont has no plans to extend the moratorium beyond the June 30 expiration date, his director of communications, Max Reiss, said Tuesday.
Hundreds of millions of federal relief dollars are available to eligible renters and landlords, and with that money being distributed more quickly, Lamont said earlier this week the ban is no longer needed.
“The department of housing over the last month has been able to take care of more and more of those tenant-landlord disputes,” Lamont said Monday after an event in Hartford.
The governor was referring to the $457 million in rental relief that is being distributed through a program called UniteCT within the department of housing. Renters must meet the income threshold and have their applications approved by their landlord. Up to $15,000 in rental assistance is available in addition to up to $1,500 for utility assistance.
Connecticut was one of at least 10 states that instituted its own eviction moratoriums in the wake of the pandemic in addition to the federal ban, which is in place until the end of July.
Connecticut’s ban limited the reasons a landlord could evict a tenant to include owing six or more months of rent and committing a “serious nuisance” such as physically harming another tenant or the landlord.
Lamont extended the ban several times since first instituting it last spring as part of his emergency powers tied to the pandemic. He did so again last month to allow more time for money to get to those who needed it after a slow rollout of the program, which has been a problem for rental...
The head of the Bridgeport police academy has been placed on administrative status.
A Hartford man has been charged with raping a 12-year-old Bridgeport girl police said he met on Snapchat.
State lawmakers and activists say a Hearst Connecticut Media Group investigation into police discipline highlighted how more reform is needed.
Local business owners complained about not getting COVID-19 relief funding in a timely manner or at all.
Though the mosquito-borne illness doesn’t usually pop up until early to mid-July, mosquitoes trapped June 21 tested positive for the illness.
The education leaders lamented the loss of the School Volunteer Association in Bridgeport.
The Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Co. 1 said first responders were on scene at Route 8 north near Exit 12 for a rollover crash.
Officers responded to Main Street and Capitol Avenue for what was initially a call about a street fight, police said.
A Stratford man is charged with leading police on a chase to Milford on a yellow motorcycle.
“Housing is the most important type of infrastructure you can find,” said Noah Gotbaum of Building Neighborhoods Together.
Matthew Torres, 20, will be competing as a swimmer in the Paralympics.
Fairfield University held a ceremonial groundbreaking on its 3,500-seat Convocation Center Monday. The building is expected to open in late 2022.
One person was hospitalized early Friday after the shooting, which occurred in the westbound lanes of I-84.
The police presence Sunday afternoon was reported near a Motel 6 on Hartford Turnpike.
A Bridgeport official said lifeguards rescued two people who were “in distress” Sunday off Seaside Park.
Police said three people suffered minor injuries in the accident that caused significant damage to the Main Street business.
Police said the man suffered life-threatening injuries in the shooting Friday night.
“We’ll have a very transparent process,” the town’s economic development director said.
The Farrel Foundry and Machine Co. site in Ansonia dates back to the 1890s but has been vacant for years.
St. Vincent’s Medical Center has started offering spine surgeries using 7D technology, which is touted as being faster and yielding better results.
The crash, which was reported at 6:52, occurred between Exit 6 and Exit 8 on Route 25 South, officials said.
The two-vehicle crash was reported at 4:45 p.m., according to the DOT.
Stratford firefighters battled a two-alarm fire that displaced some residents.
Temperatures are rising in Connecticut this weekend despite the clouds looming overhead.
Confusion about what can be recycled has increased the contamination in bins and driven up the costs associated with it, officials said.
Connecticut’s Liquor Control Commission held a special hearing on Fifth State Distillery’s future
For the first time since the pandemic shutdown a jury is being selected for a murder trial in Bridgeport.
The city’s school board heard a first read of revised magnet school entrance policies and expectations this week.
The company plans to build a secondary facility on the currently vacant property.
The rain date is July 2.
Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi, 73, was arrested by the Central District Major Crimes Squad on a single count of first-degree larceny, state police said Friday.
A judge dismissed the charges against two women arrested during a protest that shutdown Route 8 last year.
Several individuals are being asked to answer investigators’ questions about absentee votes.
A Bridgeport man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison on a drug charge stemming from his 2019 arrest.
The mayor boasted about his accomplishments and said he feels confident residents will back him.
It’s unclear whether there are injuries.
The Fairchild Wheeler summer camp culminated Thursday with a high-altitude balloon launch.
Serving 120 years in prison, Caesar O’Neil asked a judge to release him early.
The state system is the latest in a string of colleges and universities to mandate the shot.
The city’s law department has warned of the risks of unilaterally imposing the prohibition.
A California man was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in distributing drugs in and around Bridgeport, prosecutors said.
Steven Barnes pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, oxycodone, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Sex offender tells judge he would rather ‘‘rot in prison’’ than do probation.
The owner of the Bridgeport club was arraigned Wednesday for allegedly planning the downtown party where two men were shot to death last month.
The town previously canceled the festivities last year due to the pandemic.
Fairfield University has introduced the School of Education and Human Development and launched a new doctorate in education program.
After years of precarious funding, the School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport made its dissolution official this month.
Fire crews and personnel from Aquarion responded to a water main break at East Village and Barn Hill roads in Monroe.
Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced on Wednesday that she will not run for re-election next year.
A third, and now final, person that authorities say was linked to an armed home invasion in 2020 was caught in Georgia.
No one was injured in a blaze that spread to three Shelton condo units on Tuesday.
The tree caused a small hole in the roof of the house, while images from the scene showed the tree crushed the top of the vehicle.
Longtime GOP operative Ben Proto, a lawyer from Stratford, was nominated for chair of the state Republican party Tuesday night.
Now the Secretary of the State must choose an impartial candidate for the job of elections monitor.
“She will be sorely missed,” Board of Education Chairperson Allison DelBene said.
Minutes before 11 a.m., the fire department responded to the Stratford Housing Authority apartments at 44 Leeward Drive for a fire.
Over a roughly one-year span, prosecutors said, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret’s lost over $100,000 through the scheme.
Police are looking for any information about a shooting Monday night that wounded one person.
The Bridgeport school board has voted to make Juneteenth a school holiday.
Readers submitted questions about recreational marijauna in Connecticut. Here are a few answers.
State Sen. Alex Kasser, D-Greenwich, announced Tuesday that she is resigning from office.
“It is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to resign from office, effective immediately,” Kasser said in her resignation letter to Senate leaders.
Kasser, who is in her second term as state senator, said her decision to resign was “due to personal circumstances and ongoing divorce litigation.”
“I cannot continue to dedicate myself to this job in the way it deserves,” she said.
For three years, Kasser has been engaged in contentious divorce battle with Seth Bergstein, a senior Morgan Stanley executive. Kasser has said Bergstein engaged in coercive control, a type of non-physical violence that can involve manipulative, isolating conduct that traps victims in abusive or violent relationships.
During the 2021 regular legislative session, which ended June 9, Kasser pushed for legislation to expand the criminal definition of domestic violence to include coercive control. That bill, known as Jennifer’s Law, for Jennifer Dulos, or Jennifers’ Law, for Dulos and a different woman named Jennifer, was adopted overwhelmingly.
Kasser created some controversy early in her tenure by hiring an aide using her own personal money in addition to Senate Democrat staff, which led to some concerns about access to systems at the Capitol. The Office of State Ethics issued an informal opinion that the aide’s employment by Kasser - who at the time used the name Bergstein -- was not a violation of state ethics law. Kasser ended the arrangement, saying it was only intended to be temporary.
Kasser later revealed that she was in a romantic relationship with the former aide.
Kasser was a vociferous supporter of...
A Bridgeport man wanted on charges out of Rhode Island was taken into custody this month after a disturbance, police said.
This month’s full moon, known as the strawberry moon, will rise above the horizon on Thursday night.
Travel will skyrocket during the July 4 holiday weekend with about 48 million people expected to travel, according to AAA Northeast.
The opening, which is set to be held on July 28 at 7:30 p.m., will feature bands REO Speedwagon and Styx, according to a release.
Police said Layla Malon was drowned in the family’s Westport home where her mother’s body was also found last week.
The Twilight Concert Series returns to the Pardee-Morris House in New Haven on June 23 for a summer of weekly outdoor concerts featuring local talent.
The city said it is investigating “potential employee misconduct” related to the FBI probe that resulted in the conviction of the former police chief.
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority recently filed a lawsuit against its insurer in connection with alleged COVID-19-related losses.
The fire was at an apartment building in the 500 block of Main Street, according to DEEP.
In a video posted to Mayor Joseph Ganim’s Facebook page, the acting chief called the promotion a “huge honor.”
Capt. Lonnie Blackwell claims in a federal lawsuit that Acting Police Chief Rebeca Garcia is retaliating against him for speaking up about discrimination.
The governor unveiled a 15-year rail improvement plan called “Time for CT” in Stratford Monday.
Units responded for a reported hazardous material situation at a local company on Monday during a fire.
Police said officer seized a loaded gun, 11.2 grams of marijuana, 281 bags of heroin, 28 Oxycontin pills, 27 grams of crack cocaine and $3,980.
A male victim suffered stab wounds in an assault in the area of Berkshire Avenue early Monday morning, officials said.
Patrol officers responded to the 100 block of Middlefield Street shortly around 12:15 a.m. Monday after a ShotSpotter gunfire activation.
One person remains in the hospital on Monday in critical condition after a Sunday night crash on Meriden Road.
Fire officials said the driver had to be freed after a rollover crash off Route 34 in Monroe on Sunday night.
Investigators continue piecing together what led to the death of Zaniya Wright, but there are still so many unknowns.
While the latest weather forecast indicates rain is possible for Monday and Tuesday nights, the conditions are expected to clear up later in the week.
A Bridgeport man shot in the leg by a police officer during a traffic stop last week called for the officers involved in the shooting to be held accountable during a news conference held outside Bridgeport police headquarters Sunday.
At least seven parks had closed because they reached capacity as of 1 p.m.
The race was not held last fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
FARMINGTON — Farmington Police Department officials said a motor vehicle crash Sunday took down a telephone pole with wire on Route 6.
Eversource is not reporting any power outages in the affected area
Police officials said there were no injuries in the crash, but Route 6 will be closed in the area while crews repair the pole.
Officials said there are detours, but they are asking motorists to avoid the area.
This chorus of opposition against affordable housing that isn’t age-restricted raises a larger question affluent Connecticut towns: Is this discrimination?
Critter Creek Farm Sanctuary in Florida, the new home of Buddy the beefalo, said in an update this month that he has not tried to escape for some time and appears to be settling in.
While a new CDC report indicates routine childhood vaccinations are still lagging nationwide, Connecticut health officials say orders for doses have increased 12 percent this year.
The school district has signed a three-year contract with Effective School Solutions to provide training and services to children and their families.
Most school districts are preparing for a full return to in-person learning, but there are still many unknowns.
A lawyer representing a Westport woman who died by suicide in her home where her 7-year-old daughter was found drowned said he is “deeply saddened” by the incident.
Bridgeport police are looking for a Shelton Street 14-year-old who was last seen on Thursday.
State police said a man suffered fatal injuries when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed, becoming ejected.
School officials made counselors available at Illing Middle School after the death of a seventh grader earlier this week.
Hartford police say a woman suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound in a shooting on Huntington Street.
A paving project went south when a dump truck hit power lines, damaging several utility poles and knocking out traffic control signals.
The weekend, Monday and Tuesday might bring some rain to the state, but skies clear up mid-week.
Recipients were notified two months ago but have yet to receive their share of $1 million in federal aid.
Even if you’re only slightly paying attention, you’ve heard the phrase “critical race theory.” It is the latest salvo in America’s fake culture war, opinion columnist Susan Campbell writes.
Paola Soto Santiago was last seen around 9 a.m. at her family home, according to police.
A series of murals have been unveiled around the state to recognize Juneteenth, a day celebrating the end of slavery.
A net drop of four patients reported Friday brought the state’s total hospital census for the disease to 33 — the lowest it has been at any point since the pandemic began, according to state data.
Police said a local man, walking with his family on a city street, was struck by a bullet fired by gang members.
Great Oaks Charter School Bridgeport hosted the school’s first graduation ceremony on Thursday.
Bunnell High School celebrated its Class of 2021 June 16 at Robert Mastroni Field.
The event will feature live music, food and guest speakers.
About 50 people gathered Friday to mark Juneteenth at a ceremony in front of Town Hall.
A nearby camera captured part of the incident after a Bridgeport officer shot a person in the leg Tuesday night, the state’s attorney said.
Lamont, who promised in his 2018 campaign to legalize cannabis, announced within minutes of the Senate vote that he looked forward to signing the bill.
One of the drivers involved in a head-on collision Monday died at the hospital on Thursday, police said.
Visitors will find not just fancy boats at the event, but also exotic cars, private jets and helicopters.
Lt. Ryan Shea said the teen’s mother called police Thursday night to report her missing. He said her body was found Friday morning.
A Bridgeport woman is accused of shooting another woman during a verbal argument that turned physical, police said Friday.
Sacred Heart University appoints Karen Daley dean of the Davis & Henley College of Nursing.
The bill would have given Connecticut consumers the right to access, correct, delete and export data collected about them, and to opt out of the sale of that data.
College Corps members are preparing this week for a statewide learning recovery and enrichment initiative.
Police said the woman and her 7-year-old daughter were found dead Thursday afternoon inside a Lyndale Park home.
Officials reported that units responded to an accident around 1 p.m. on the highway’s southbound lanes near the Exit 53 on ramp.
The site will be run through a partnership between the state’s Department of Public Health and Griffin Health.
The senior center would share space with the Ansonia Police Department and save the cities money, according to the officials.
Police said a National Guard officer posted a photo on social media holding an assault rifle and threatening to shoot up a Stratford school.
State police said the Special Licensing and Firearms Unit will close at 3 p.m. on Friday, July 9 and stay closed through the following Monday, July 12.
In a tweet, Gov. Ned Lamont offered his thanks to the “amazing healthcare workers who've worked tirelessly to get us to this day!”
A Bridgeport man was arrested after police said he attacked and robbed a woman after she turned down his request for a second date.
The developer for a proposed motel withdrew his application after facing public and government opposition in April and May.
The 4,500-square-foot warehouse will be producing about 200 pounds of vegetables per week by year’s end.
Crews evacuated buildings in the 2900 block of Fairfield Avenue on Thursday after a nearby gas line rupture.
There was an incident involving an ultralight aircraft near Windham Airport on Thursday morning, according to officials.
A major crash was reported on Hamburg Road, sending first responders to the area with medics requested, officials said.
It comes down to being simplier for people to understand.
On July 1, possession of an ounce-and-a-half of marijuana will be legal, under legislation that Gov. Ned Lamont will sign in the coming days.
The Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act would provide billions in grant money for hiring counselors and mental health professionals over police in schools.
Officials in the state’s biggest city announced they will put $100,000 toward fighting a recent spike in gun violence.
Three families were displaced after a fire at a Pliny Street home on Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said.
Authorities said the man, identified as a former Hartford police cadet, was seen involved in a drug sale in February 2019.
Investigators seized nearly a kilogram of cocaine, five guns, multiple high-capacity magazines, over $12,000 in cash and two vehicles, police said.
In the end, it’s usually a suspect’s desire to communicate with family or friends that tips police off to their whereabouts, law enforcement experts say.
The mural project at the Fairfield Circle Inn is among the latest efforts in a growing movement for adding outdoor public art.
Fairfield community staple, Aldo Melchionno, is retiring after 51 years as a barber in town and serving three generations of clients.
The state announced on Thursday that the second mobile vaccination unit made its last stop at the Bridgeport Department of Health.
More than 300 seniors graduated from Bridgeport’s Central High School Wednesday.
Stratford High School celebrated its class of 2021 graduates at Penders Field June 16, 2021.
Two Bridgeport men were arraigned Wednesday for their alleged part in a crowded party last month where a double homicide occurred.
More than 200 students graduated Wednesday from the high school.
Over the last 30 years, a Bridgeport parade celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation has gone from a short walk to a big celebration in Seaside Park, and other commemorations around the state.
The City Council and Mayor Joe Ganim have $110 million in federal relief to divvy up.
The current salary for the position is $110,000.
The Russian national, arrested in California in 2019, faces up to 15 years in prison when he’s sentenced on Sept. 30.
The CDC’s website now lists the Delta variant under “variants of concern,” after weeks of listing it as a “variant of interest.”
Acting Police Chief Rebeca Garcia and Mayor Joe Ganim asked for the public’s help to apprehend those causing the violence.
Five people have been shot by law enforcement officers in Connecticut this year. Last year, nine people were shot by police statewide.
Joseph DiMartino, an alderman representing the Second Ward, said he’ll make sure financial audits are done on time.
After months of negotiations and a handshake deal on legislation to help neighborhoods impacted by the war on drugs, a Senate amendment threatens collapse of the adult-use marijuana bill in the House.
Fairfield Warde High School celebrated its graduates with a special ceremony at Jennings Beach on Tuesday.
A provision in the 837-page special session bill implementing the state budget would allow people on parole to vote, completing a decade-long effort to end felony disenfranchisement in Connecticut.
The federal government is again trying to auction off the lighthouse.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report showing that suspected suicide attempts among 12- to 17-year-olds — particularly girls — jumped earlier this year.
Jonathan Law High School in Milford held its 2021 graduation ceremony on Tuesday, June 15.
There will be more empty lifeguard chairs this summer as local and state facilities struggle to find enough staff members.
Even though the state’s coffers, for now, are awash in money, a huge fiscal cliff looms two years from now, when billions of dollars in federal stimulus grants expire.
Police units remain in the area of Main and Catherine streets after the incident, which occurred around 10 p.m. Tuesday.
The vote under the veto threat puts the whole legal-cannabis issue in doubt, even as the House of Representatives is scheduled Wednesday to vote on the controversial measure.
An Ansonia woman claims in a federal lawsuit that Shelton police officers failed to stop her alleged assault by a former Bridgeport police officer.
The award winners were announced Tuesday and recognize the top columns written across the country.
The nearly unanimous vote came after members fought over moving ahead with the high school project.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at a three-story farmhouse on Route 169 in Woodstock during the early-morning hours of Tuesday.
The Valley MLK Committee is scouting potential locations in the city, including City Hall.
The money still needs to be signed off on and isn’t associated with any specific redevelopment plans yet.
One of the lawyers, if nominated, would be the first person of South Asian descent to serve as a federal judge in Connecticut, the White House said.
Since the state began trapping and testing mosquitoes earlier this month, none have yet tested positive for West Nile Virus or Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
The Public Health Committee passed a bill that would have banned all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, but that bill has been deeply diluted.
Ivan Whyte’s family has turned to prayer in the days since his death and expressed hope that his killer will be caught.
Bridgeport would have mandatory election monitors for the next two voting cycles, under legislation before the state Senate on Tuesday.
Crews responded to a Union City Road home around 3:45 p.m. after multiple 911 calls about a house fire.
One person was seriously hurt in a crash on New Haven Road near Hazel Avenue around 8 p.m. Monday, police said.
The UConn men’s and women’s basketball coaches topped the list, followed by several UConn Health Center employees.
In Connecticut, immigrants living in the country without legal permission don’t have access to outpatient services or less-expensive nursing home care if they require ongoing treatment after hospitalization.
Police activity has closed a portion of Route 8 between exits 4 and 8 Tuesday morning, the state Department of Transportation said.
Police responding to a ShotSpotter activation and calls about a person shot found the driver of a crashed vehicle shot multiple times.
Neighborhoods impacted heavily by the war on drug could gain a leg up in the new cannabis market, with investments, training and licenses.
“If they will not hear our voice, they will certainly hear our vote,” said the Rev. William McCullough, of Bridgeport’s Russell Temple CME Church.
The budget includes Medicaid increases for nonprofits across the board, but much of that money was diverted to settle strike threats with the group home workers.
The change in schedule goes into effect next Monday, June 21, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced Monday. Eight trains each will also be added to the Harlem and Hudson lines.
Mark Masselli, Community Health Centers’ president and founder, said the conversations on the show have started to focus on where the pandemic will lead the country.
The Delta variant was first detected in India a has become the dominant strain in the U.K. Researchers said it’s been found in Connecticut.
The four new board members are slated for three-year terms on the Bridgeport community college’s foundation.
Investigators have seized several items of evidentiary value during several search warrant completed in connection with Saturday’s homicide.
The man was arrested around 11 p.m. on June 11 and faces a variety of weapons-related charges.
The hospital will distribute one prepacked bag of food per household while supplies last.
The bio notes her role as COO/CFO for “the successful 2018 campaign for the governor of Connecticut,” but leaves out that the candidate was her father.
Police are asking for the public’s help to identify an individual they is linked to a January homicide.
Two men are in stable condition at Hartford Hospital after being shot early Monday morning on Bliss Street, police said.
When state police arrived at Fresh River Healthcare nursing home in East Windsor on May 19 to fingerprint a registered sex offender, they had no idea that another sex offender was also living there.
Police say they were linked to two stolen vehicles and may have been involved in several attempted car and garage burglaries over the weekend.
A 39-year-old man was arrested Friday night after a short foot chase. Police said he was in possession of a stolen gun.
Police responded to the 100 block of Birdsey Street around 1 a.m. Monday after a woman was shot in the neck, officials said.
The latest forecasts show slightly cooler temperatures compared with last week, but also some rain Monday and Tuesday.
Public information officer Ryan Tenny said the airport reopened around 6:30 p.m. after closing around 5 p.m.
Nationally, women of color make up a fraction of tenured faculty at public and not-for-profit institutions. Central Connecticut State University is not unique: A Hearst Connecticut analysis of the most recent federal data revealed the trend to be statewide as well.
The pay for the position has been $110,000 since 2015.
Police ask those who could have information or who have seen the Wrangler to contact them.
The arrest is in connection to the May 13 killing of James Smith of Waterbury on Chestnut Avenue.
The crash was reported about 9:30 a.m.
Tremaine A. Newton, 20, of Trumbull Avenue in Bridgeport, was killed 12 years ago on June 13, 2009.
The shooting was reported at a Hotel on Bridgeport Avenue.
As COVID patients decline, health care systems are returning to their pre-pandemic form and winding down mass testing and vaccination sites.
Corvus Capital has approached Bridgeport about re-visiting the Hubbell factory for the new Bassick High School.
While major bills on housing opportunities failed or were watered down in the General Assembly, a lot was accomplished on broad issues of racial fairness, Black and brown lawmakers say.
Police said they seized crack cocaine, powdered cocaine, heroin with fentanyl, ecstasy, Xanax, marijuana, scales, a gun, ammo and cash at Stylz barbershop.
Court records show Declan Kot pleaded not guilty in his pending state case regarding a fatal hit-and-run crash.
The weekend will cool down compared to earlier this week, with highs in the low to mid-70s.
Lindsay Bullock was given a choice to intubate before or after her C-section. She says her decision has affected her relationship with her newborn son.
For starters, let’s get a few things out of the way:
· Quaffing bleach will kill you.
· The COVID vaccine will not turn you into a giant magnet and
· The vaccine does not contain microchips by which Bill Gates can track you.
(Frankly, you are boring, and Gates, who is in the midst of what is turning out to be an ugly divorce, has other things on his mind.)
Please join me in playing whack-a-mole as we bat away online lies, misinformation, and outright stupidity perpetrated by people who should know better. We need you in the trenches, keyboard warriors. As COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths decline in states like Connecticut, the World Health Organization has been warning of a co-current pandemic, an “infodemic of misinformation.” We are awash in misinformation about the pandemic, vaccinations, and the spread of COVID. At a time when we should be celebrating getting through 15 horrible months, we are, instead, swimming in ignorance. In this case, ignorance isn’t bliss. It’s deadly.
This matters, a lot. One study early in the pandemic said 6,000 hospitalizations could have been avoided worldwide had we relied on serious sources. Lies have extended this pandemic, thanks to an army of bots enabled by gullible people.
A new study from the University of California San Diego, George Washington University and Johns Hopkins University says that bad bots - online products of artificial intelligence that are programmed to sow mistrust and misinformation -- are the primary sources for nonsense about the pandemic. They are effective in part because bots move with lightning speed to share information. The study said that Facebook bots average about 4.28 seconds between link shares, shares, compared to an average of...
Around 9:14 p.m. the city’s emergency communications center got a call about a person who had been shot near Noble Avenue and Shelton street.
The last time the state reported such a low one-day increase in infections was Aug. 25 of last year, in the spring and summer lull in cases last summer
The lack of fireworks from Derby has prompted pushback from one alderman, who said the decision is primarily about saving money.
The online portal will be developed by Permitium, a North Carolina based software company.
Matt Rocheleau, data editor for Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the Albany Times Union, shares a Pulitzer Prize in the award’s investigative reporting category for work he did at the Boston Globe.
Three women have filed official paperwork to run for the town’s top elected office.
“I never expected President Obama to violate his principles. And I don’t think he expected me to violate mine, Boehner said.
With the declining incarcerated population across the state, officials opted to close the Somers facility by July 1.
The chief of police was the second-highest paid employee in his department in 2020; Mayor David Cassetti was way down the list at $69,321.52.
Police said they responded to the area of Holy Cross High School on a report of shots fired early Thursday morning.
The man was swimming with three other Marines when they got caught up in a rip current on June 5. His body was found Wednesday.
City officials said the moped rider was hurt in the accident, which happened in the 1800 block of Boston Avenue.
The eight people were involved in selling cocaine and marijuana across Connecticut and elsewhere, prosecutors said.
A Hartford man will spend five years in federal prison for his involvement in selling oxycodone pills from a New Britain store.
The bill provides $50 million a year so the state can set aside and invest $3,200 for each child born after July 1 who is enrolled in Medicaid.
Connecticut’s eight largest cities will see nearly two-thirds of an increase in state aid that will exceeds $200 million.
It was a year with a few sweeping reforms — expansion of gambling to culminate a 6-year effort — and some attempts at reforms that fell short.
House Majority Leader Jason Rojas was reminded of a bill that still hadn’t been called in the House of Representatives when he pulled into the Capitol complex Wednesday morning, the last day of the legislative session.
Standing in his parking spot was the family of Corey Hausman, a Westport resident who died in 2018 after a skateboarding accident at the University of Colorado Boulder only 15 days into his freshman year, and the reason they were there was to urge the East Hartford Democrat to call Senate Bill 954.
The request was personal — the bill would require CT colleges and universities to include campus accidents that result in death or serious physical injury in the annual crime and safety report the institutions are required to provide data for.
“No, pressure, right?” Rojas joked minutes after the state House voted 131-0 on the legislation spurred by the family.
“I work in higher education, so I know how personal and devastating these types of issues can be for families when they lose a child or experience some type of accidental injury when they are at college.”
Months before the legislative session began, Nanette Hausman, Corey’s mother, contacted Sen. Will Haskell, D-Westport, who at the time was the co-chair of the higher education committee, to share what happened to her son, leading to the creation of the bill.
During a March public hearing, Nanette and her husband Joel told the higher education committee that when they tried to find out how common student deaths and serious accidents are at the college Corey attended after his death, they learned that school did not have a “finite number of how many kids died.”
Under the Clery Act, colleges and universities that receive federal funding are...
The bill, which previously passed the Senate unanimously, was abruptly withdrawn after about an hour of withering criticism late Wednesday night led by Rep. Chris Rosario of Bridgeport, Rep. Bobby Gibson Jr of Bloomfield, and Rep. Antonio Felipe of Bridgeport.
The governor delayed acting on the so-called clean slate bill, and formally asked for a fix, because he was concerned about a firearms provision.
Schools superintendent Janet Robinson was the highest paid employee of 2020.
Dylan Vitale was sentenced earlier this week to 15 years in jail, followed by five years of special parole.
Services begin Friday with the wake at The Lodge, 130 Deerfield Road in Windsor, starting at 6 p.m. and continuing through 9 p.m.
Property owner Robert Pierce says he is not responsible for a December party where two were killed.
Citing problems with unruly drinkers, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says the ban will last through Aug. 25.
The event will be held at the Johnson Stewart Community Center at 127 Martin St. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Turn unwanted guns into gift cards during a buyback event being hosted this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Connecticut has a stockpile of about 80,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses, most if which will expire by June 24, the state Department of Public Health says.
On Wednesday, police said the passenger, a 26-year-old East Hartford man, later died from his injuries.
There were multiple 911 calls about a large street fight around 10 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Highland and Washington avenues, a city official said.
The victim was shot in the stomach around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of Pequonnock Street, officials said.
While this arrest still does not charge anyone in connection with the double homicide, detectives continue to chase down leads.
If Connecticut legalizes recreational marijuana, police K-9s trained to smell pot will likely have to retire, according to the Connecticut State Police.
The sperm whale is the state mammal, the American Robin is state bird, but time ran out on efforts to declare pizza the ‘State Food.’
Progressives felt the measure did not go far enough to help immigrants without documentation, who were often essential workers on the front lines of the pandemic.
The normally placid lawmaker fired his blast at the start of a floor debate that ended with a bipartisan 31-4 vote, with support from eight Republicans.
Lt. Aaron Boisvert said in an email that those are separate incidents.
The European who led the massacre of 500 Native Americans in 1637 will be taken from a prominent spot on the exterior facade of the State Capitol, to the lesser-known Old State House museum.
Other bills awaiting action included legislation promoting fuel cells and better access to broadband internet service.
Her attorney said the punishment was too harsh and his client deserved another chance to prove herself.
John Pereugini was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
The Connecticut State Department of Education plans to use federal American Rescue Plan funds for programs to help students impacted by the pandemic.
Litchfield County could see showers and thunderstorms through the evening hours, the National Weather Service said.
It’s home to the proposed site of a long-stalled, $300 million casino that was to be built by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes.
Among the dozens of bills awaiting action in the final hours of the General Assembly’s regular session, is a bill that would designate pizza as the ‘state food.’
Two guns, ammunition, drugs and hundreds of thousands of dollars were seized during the search of a Meriden home, police said.
Officials did not provide details about the emergency, but said students are safe and were dismissed at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
English learners were significantly more likely to be chronically absent than their English-speaking peers this pandemic year.
The General Assembly approved a new highway usage tax on large commercial trucks to bolster Connecticut’s ongoing rebuild of its transportation network.
A Plainfield couple faces charges after two alleged incidents at a local school and police headquarters on Tuesday.
Temperatures on Wednesday are supposed to reach near 90 degrees with heat index values as high as 95, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast.
A Nevada man pleaded guilty to submitting false documents to an immigration agency in Connecticut in 2019, officials said.
The city has received $41 million, with another $69 million in the pipeline.
As transmission decreases and vaccination rates rise, the state and local hospitals are diverting resources from fighting the pandemic.
Family reported Jamie Lynn missing Tuesday around 4:30 p.m., police said in a release.
About 43 tires had been snatched from a U.S. Postal Service vehicle maintenance facility in May, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
With one day left in the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers began debate late Tuesday on a 700-page, $46 billion, two-year state budget that uses billions in federal stimulus dollars to avoid tax increases and spending cuts, but does not contain the sweeping reforms many Democrats had hoped to see.
Months of work developing a possible national model for retail sales of cannabis are at stake as House Republicans threaten a filibuster over a section of the bill that was deleted on the Senate floor late Monday night.
One board members suggested revisiting the vote “to make sure it matches what we think we’re voting for.”
The U.S. attorney’s office said Robert McGuire pleaded guilty to production of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny.
The two cities, considered some of the most economically distressed in the state, could receive funds for economic revitalization under a just passed bill.
Scattered thunderstorms expected throughout the afternoon and evening have led to a flash flood watch being issued across Litchfield, Hartford and Tolland counties until 10 p.m.
The Fairfield Prep graduation in Fairfield, Conn., on Sunday, June 6, 2021.
Masks, lack of air conditioning and inability to use fans due to the pandemic have been factors to the early dismissals this week, school officials said.
Customers will be able to check the digital signs on platforms or the smartphone application for available seating.
The cloud service company Fastly said Tuesday morning a fix had been applied, adding that customers could experience delayed loading as the issue resolves.
Hesitancy and a lack of urgency could be factors to low vaccination rates for children between the ages of 12 and 15, Connecticut officials say.
The law would allow self-pour alcohol machines to be used in bars, restaurants, and breweries around the state.
A state police official said the investigation is in “infancy stages.”
Lamont’s plan — including a $50 million tax on health insurance companies to subsidize expanded coverage and his proposal to cap drug price hikes — failed to gain traction.
On July 1, people would be allowed to have 1.5 ounces of cannabis in their immediate possession and as much as five ounces locked away.
Olivia Rinkes, 30, and Erin Melocowsky, 19, have both been charged with disorderly conduct, according to a police report.
The school district is asking staff to support students and their families displaced by a recent fire by donating clothing and gift cards.
“I am just excited to dive deeply into Stratford,” new schools Superintendent Uyi Osunde said.
The ceremony was held on the high school’s football field on Sunday morning and honored the 127 graduates, who come from 23 localities and several countries.
Tracy Landolfi and Donata Lupacchino were named teacher of the year in a press release on June 4
After decades of targeting inner-city communities in the failed war on drugs, CT’s adult-use cannabis law would focus on giving many licenses to entrepreneurs in impacted neighborhoods.
The latest joint report on variants show 18 cases of two variants first detected in India have been found so far Connecticut.
Every year, St. Vincent’s Medical Center offers free care through its Medical Mission at Home. This year’s event was scaled down considerably.
Troopers responded to I-84 west near Exit 58 around 3:50 a.m. for a crash where one of the drivers involved later died from her injuries.
Derby residents can choose to get a Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
An open house is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Birdseye Municipal Complex for a series of upgrades to Stratford’s Main Street.
Fire officials said the truck crashed through the guardrail and landed about 60 feet down an embankment on its side.
A plan to give a nine-member state panel broad authority to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax receipts in poor cities likely would violate the state Constitution, Attorney General William Tong said Monday.
The victim suffered non-life-threatening lacerations to his face, neck and one shoulder, officials said.
Around 2:40 p.m., officers were dispatched to Greene Homes on Highland Avenue for a reported shooting, officials said.
Passage of a bill that broadens the definition of domestic violence to include “coercive control” came after a debate dogged by suspicions that one of its provisions might benefit a Greenwich state senator who has made coercive control a central claim in her divorce from a Wall Street executive.
As leaders weeded one controversial item after another out of the budget, they left themselves a hefty list of related items to debate and pass as separate bills with just three days before the constitutional adjournment deadline of midnight Wednesday.
A West Hartford man crashed into a state police trooper’s cruiser on Interstate 91 early Friday morning, according to an incident report.
The National Weather Service said high temperatures will be “more reminiscent of the middle of summer” rather than early June.
In anticipation of the heat toward the beginning of the week, some Connecticut schools are planning to have students leave early.
One of those schools is the Ashford School in Ashford. The school is planning to dismiss students at 12:25 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, citing “excessive heat.”
Bridgeport Public Schools are also planning to dismiss early on Monday.
Hebron Public Schools are planning to have students leave three hours earlier on Monday as well as Tuesday.
These aren’t the only schools expecting to have students leave early. NBC Connecticut reported public schools in Ashford, Ellington, New Hartford, Simsbury, Southington and Windsor Locks would also have students leave early on Monday.
Hartford and Tolland counties are under heat advisories expected to last through 8 p.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Plymouth resident Thomas Kovalik was pronounced dead at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, according to state police.
Officers were called to the P.T. Barnum apartments after a ShotSpotter notification, police said.
Officers responded to the 200 block of Washington Avenue on a possible robbery and serious assault call about 12:50 a.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory throughout Hartford County Sunday morning through Monday evening.
COVID disrupted longstanding community-based approaches to gun violence, but with the worst of the pandemic behind Connecticut, those past efforts are gaining momentum, leaders say.
Acting Police Chief Rebeca Garcia wants to keep recruits from jumping to other departments.
Bradley claims his law office building as his home and polling address; his wife is registered to vote elsewhere.
Running the Senate floor, Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport, and Sen. Patricia Billie Miller, D-Stamford, made history Friday night.
The “quick” actions of some Fairfield residents helped their neighbors escape a blaze with no injuries according to officials.
While Connecticut residents might be seeing some fog this morning, forecasts show it will dissipate as temperatures peak into the 90s.
One Connecticut school superintendent, for example, is expected to get a $46,250 longevity bonus this December after joining the district in 2015.
Exclusive: Hearst CT reviewed 153 public school superintendent contracts for 2020-21 and found that the top five highest paid work in Fairfield County.
After eight nooses have been found at an Amazon site in Windsor, some experts say they are intended to send a clear “message.”
The Board of Aldermen is looking into allow Permitium to process records requests
Whether or not the coronavirus pandemic is officially over will be as much a matter of perception as metrics and data, experts say.
‘I think more people are thinking about what it means to not have basic needs.’ Joanne Samuel Goldblum.
The commission’s chairman said another meeting would be scheduled after the town’s lawyers do some research.
The Gibbons twins for the New Fairfield track and field teams have both qualified for Wednesday’s State Open.
Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, brought in boxlike rooms to the Capitol building for passersby to sit inside for a simulation of solitary confinement.
Democrats did promise major influxes of cash to the state’s cities, thanks to the federal American Rescue Plan stimulus funding, not from tax increases.
The warning applies to west central New London County and north central Middlesex County, according to the National Weather Service.
One new death was reported Friday, bringing the state’s official death toll from the disease to 8,246.
UConn will require students be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for the fall, the Board of Trustees decided Friday.
Kimmel joked on his show that another factor in Comey’s struggles was “living in Connecticut.”
‘I think everything is on the table at some point.’ Speaker of the House Matt Ritter.
A Stratford man pleaded guilty Friday to setting fire not only to the Shakespeare Theater but starting four other fires in 2019.
A strike of 2,100 group home workers, scheduled for 6 a.m. Friday, was called off late Thursday just before midnight as the union agreed to a 2-year deal with significant pay increases.
But the eleventh-hour deal came too late for the 200 group homes to avoid having to relocate hundreds of intellectually disabled residents.
In a statement issued Friday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont said the tenative agreement, which still has to be ratified by union members, “is a positive step forward for the workers as they will receive pay increases and more support.”
The $184-million, two-year state funding package will lead to significant wage increases and improved benefits for workers, the majority of whom are Black and Latina women, SEIU District 1199 New England, the state’s largest health care workers union, said in a press release early Friday morning.
“We believe this additional funding will resolve the open contracts. We have made substantial progress toward our goals for a $20 minimum wage, with major progress on retirement and other benefits,” said Rob Baril, the union’s president.
All day Thursday, group home operators had changed plans on the fly, pushing back deadlines to relocate residents until the last possible minute, with vehicles ready and destinations set.
Barry Simon, the chief executive officer of Oak Hill, a nonprofit which operates 70 of the affected homes, said that about 150 residents were moved to nursing homes Thursday night and it could take between 24 and 48 hours for the nursing homes to discharge them back to Oak Hill’s care.
In addition to their return, the agreement allows Oak Hill to “bargain in good faith to settle the contract with our employees,” Simon said.
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A search for two missing boaters, which ended with their bodies being recovered off the coast of Long Island, briefly reached Fairfield.
Carter Settles was born on April 1. In a Facebook post that day, his mother said he “made his way into my arms” around 1 a.m.
Someone who illegally possessed a firearm could be eligible to have that record exunged after 10 years — and could then apply for a gun permit.
A Farmington man faces federal prison time for allegedly selling oxycodone pills he was prescribed to others, officials said.
Prosecutors said the woman managed the Sale Village I and Salem Village II complexes in Brooklyn, and St. Mary’s in East Hartford.
Gunshots rang out in the 1000 block of Pembroke Street around 5:50 p.m. A victim showed up at a city hospital soon after.
Authorities in Trumbull are trying to reintroduce a fear of humans to a bear that has been spotted throughout town.
