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Angel Rentas is a nurse practitioner at Hartford Hospital. But aside from his day job, he’s a professional stand-up comedian who does charity as well as clubs. And he uses humor with his patients and colleagues. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

There is about a 50 percent chance of rain across much of the state on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The man suffered a non-life-threatening wound, according to police. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Addiction recovery nonprofit group directors in Bridgeport, Hartford and Westport said people who receive naloxone should be monitored for at least two hours. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

“Everyone is out hiring,” said Cathy White, director of talent acquisition at Electric Boat. “Competition is fierce for skilled labor.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The town of Wethersfield is considering buying electrical patrol vehicles for the police department. The town council is slated to take up the issue at its Monday, Sept. 19, meeting. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

With the possibility of millions in federal transportation funding, regional planners are proposing to reduce some traffic congestion through Farmington by building a third bridge over the Farmington River. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Last weekend some area residents and business people questioned why public facilities employees were working Saturday and Sunday cleaning up overgrowth on the privately owned Fairfield Avenue site. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The event will be held going forward from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays until Nov. 27. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Save the Sound and Ash Creek Conservation Association discovered an old pipe discharging sewage into a river feeding into Bridgeport Harbor, which has since been capped. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Katie Dykes, the state’s energy and environmental commissioner, said transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Connecticut. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Dr. Henry Low, who performed the first heart transplant at Hartford Hospital in 1984, has died. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

East Hartford planners on Wednesday gave a key approval to a developer’s plan for a massive apartment complex on the old Showcase Cinemas property, a project that local officials call crucial to East Hartford’s revitalization. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A 16-year-old boy was injured after a Jeep Liberty struck his electric bike at a Bridgeport intersection, according to police. The boy received medical attention at the scene, police said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A West Haven man, who worked as a cook at the Bridgeport ferry terminal, claimed he phoned in bomb threats to protest racism in his workplace, police said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Thursday’s hearing on state Rep. Jack Hennessy’s challenge of the results of last month’s Democratic primary was continued to Tuesday morning so that his attorney could inspect the 28 rejected ballots.  Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong assailed M&T; Bank’s merging of accounts with People’s United Bank, accusing the bank of a “serious lack of preparation for this conversion.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

With Rhythm Brewery, she and her team have worked to shed light on diversity and inclusion in the craft beer industry over the years, while honoring her grandmother’s love for lagers. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A networking event and panel discussion to be held in Hartford on Sept. 21 is geared toward professional empowerment of women of color. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The number of homicides in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven has remained consistent over the last decade, raising questions about whether policing and social programs are making a difference. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

According to data provided by the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner, of the 196 men and women killed in Bridgeport during that time frame, 121 were Black. And of those, 112 were men, 81 of them residents. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Just two of Bridgeport’s neighborhoods accounted for more than 1 in 4 of the city’s homicides in the past decade. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service