Connecticut’s contracting watchdog has been a shell operation. It’s close to adding an investigative team.

“We’re on it, we’re active, but it’s just taking its time,” said West Hartford Democrat Lawrence Fox, the board’s chairman. “No one is slow-walking it.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Former Bridgeport labor director files wrongful termination suit

Andre Forde, who served about two months as the city’s chief labor negotiator, claims in his lawsuit that he was fired in August in violation of the city charter. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Glitter bandit’ pleads guilty to bank robberies in Stratford and Bridgeport

A woman nicknamed the “Glitter Bandit” faces 7 years after pleading guilty to three bank robberies. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

5 Bridgeport men convicted of large-scale drug operation

Federal prosecutors said the Bridgeport men were connected with Mexican-sourced drug suppliers in California who provided them with fentanyl and heroin. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Debate rages in this CT town: ‘Shocking’ political sign theft or misunderstanding?

The Enfield Republican Town Committee is calling on two Democratic Town Council members – one of whom is running for state representative – to resign after they were allegedly seen on surveillance video removing GOP signs from the lawn of a store on Hazard Avenue. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Urban League of Greater Hartford hosts third annual “Trunk or Treat” event with arts & crafts, prizes and safe, prepackaged candy

Hartford-area children and families are invited to the Urban League of Greater Hartford’s third annual Trunk or Treat. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut’s Jahana Hayes, George Logan differ on abortion laws in 5th District debate

Logan said he did not believe that a federal right to abortion supported by Hayes and President Joe Biden would pass constitutional muster. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

State issues key permit for long-shuttered Bridgeport bridge

The Congress Street drawbridge over the Pequonnock River got stuck in the open position in 1997, and stayed that way until it was demolished in 2010. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Unofficial results show Bridgeport Councilman Marcus Brown leads do-over state House primary

Both campaigns reported Brown won the 127th state House primary by 136 votes, but official results were not immediately available from the Democratic Registrar. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

One hospitalized after crash involving car on fire Tuesday, Bridgeport officials say

One person was transported to the emergency room following a three-car crash in Bridgeport Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said.  Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Jahana Hayes tops George Logan in CT 5th District race fundraising

In the most recent fundraising quarter, which covers July through the end of September, Hayes raised more than twice the amount of Logan, bringing in about $736,000. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut state representative’s abortion vote subject of controversial text

The abortion bill was a combination of two measures, one that created the safe harbor and a second that allows medical providers other than doctors to perform first-trimester abortions. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Glastonbury looking to add an MLK mural as part of MLK39 initiative

The town of Glastonbury is in the process of deciding on a new Martin Luther King Jr. mural as part of the MLK39: Racial Equality Tour Initiative through the arts collaborative nonprofit RiseUP for Arts. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

M&T Bank unveils $6 million in grants for Connecticut nonprofits

Projects funded by the grants include job training and mentorship programs and helping businesses owned by women and minorities grow, the bank said.  Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Suspect in North End burglaries arrested, Bridgeport police say

Bridgeport man Rajiv Holness, 23, has been burglarizing Sacred Heart University off-campus rental properties in the city’s North End for the last few months, according to Bridgeport police. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Apartment plan for Stratford’s former Masonic temple advances

The owners of Stratford’s former Masonic Temple on Main Street are proposing to convert the 102-year-old structure into a 38-unit apartment complex.  Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut nonprofits receive $6 million in grants from M&T Bank

M&T; Bank has awarded its Amplify Fund grants, giving $6 million to 44 Connecticut nonprofits. Announced in May 2022, the fund is aimed at addressing underserved, marginalized and overlooked communities. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Halloween houses across Connecticut raise money for kids with cancer through ‘Skeletons for St. Jude’

Halloween enthusiasts across Connecticut have joined Skeletons for St. Jude, a new national campaign that turns Halloween decorating into a fundraising opportunity for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This spooky season, Skeletons for St. Jude decorations are on display in Brooklyn, Enfield, Hartford, Naugatuck, Plainville, Southington, Stamford, Voluntown and West Hartford. Top Featured Tags: -…

Bodycam shows wounded Connecticut cop shoot ambush suspect

In agony due to a gunshot wound from an ambush that had just killed two comrades, a Connecticut police officer’s bodycam shows him hobbling back behind a police cruiser and firing a single bullet at the suspect. Investigators say the shot was fatal. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport police chief finalists trade barbs at council meeting

Thursday night the three finalists for top cop  —  Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia, Captain Lonnie Blackwell and retired Captain Roderick Porter  —  spent three hours trying to convince Bridgeport’s legislative body they were the best individual to lead the force. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Missing Bridgeport teen reunited with his family

Jael Martinez, who had been missing since Sept. 27, was back home Thursday after he was found in Hartford. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport veterinarian charged with cruelty gets probation, surrenders license

Dr. Amr Wasfi, the operator of the Black Rock Animal Hospital, agreed to surrender his license and never practice veterinarian medicine again. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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