Insulin is a ‘catastrophic health’ expense for than 1 million people with diabetes, Yale finds

More than 37 million Americans have diabetes, and 96 million have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a number that has doubled in the last 20 years. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Luke Roux, Farmington teen killed in crash, leaves legacy of kindness, faith and discipline

Luke Roux was just two miles away from home and two months away from starting his adult life at the University of Connecticut when another vehicle collided with his on a summer night in Farmington, cutting his young life short. Roux will be remembered by family and friends at services on Thursday and Friday. Top…

A Branford filmmaker has shot his first movie in New Haven. The combat-vet drama opens July 7

A movie about a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan, which was shot in the New Haven area, will premiere in that city on July 7. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport loses two key zoning officials

A retirement and resignation means that department has lost a third of its staff. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Alleged Bridgeport gang member admits to role in shooting that killed rival in 2019

A purported member of the East End gang in Bridgeport pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from his involvement in a fatal shooting of a rival in July 2019. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Testimony ends in Bridgeport state Senate ballot court challenge

City attorney confirms nine rejected petition signatures should have counted, but Senate candidate Juliemar Ortiz may still be 22 short of required 1,585. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Yale study: COVID-19 endemic stage could be 2 years away

“By collecting data on coronaviral reinfection rates among rats, (researchers) were able to model the potential trajectory of COVID-19,” the university said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Long COVID persists in Connecticut. Here’s what doctors are doing about it.

Women who survive COVID are more likely than men to have lingering symptoms, according to a CDC analysis of Census data. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

They were hanged as witches in Connecticut. Why 375 years later their descendants want these ancestors cleared.

375 years after America hanged its first “witch” in Hartford, a multi-state coalition of descendants and activists are calling on Connecticut legislators to exonerate the victims of the Connecticut witch trials. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Major one-way Bridgeport roads might go two-way

Stratford and Connecticut avenues link the East End to downtown and neighboring Stratford. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Southport shooting came after repeated incidents at restaurant, records show

In the months leading up to the recent shooting, Fairfield police have been called to the restaurant numerous times for complaints such as underage drinking, public urination and a bouncer pepper spraying a crowd. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport police charge ‘Joker’ with selling crack cocaine

Bridgeport Police found more than 150 grams of crack cocaine in a home on Hallett Street last week. They arrested a man known as “Joker” and his alleged associate. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

As a teen, she invented a lollipop to stop hiccupping. Now this Connecticut native has her own biotech firm

A young woman from Manchester, who when she was 12 invented a lollipop that cures chronic hiccups, is now working on a pill. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

State police serve search warrant in Virginia, part of an investigation of alleged internet threats against judges

The warrant, signed by a Virginia judge, authorized a search for evidence of threatening or intimidating electronic communications, according to Connecticut authorities and Paul Boyne. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Where is Hartford headed? Suzanne M. Hopgood walks and talks the city as she leaves influential Capital Region Development Authority board.

After a decade as board chair, Suzanne M. Hopgood is stepping down from the Capital Region Development Authority. “Now, it’s a different city.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Long-time Housatonic art director steps down

Robbin Zella first began at the museum in 1998. She oversaw the growth of the museum’s art collection and the college will create a scholarship named after her. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

State police identify two men killed in I-95 crash in Milford

Police said Bridgeport residents Delroy Morris, 28, and Tashane Errol Boothe, 30, died at the scene of the crash after being ejected from a vehicle Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Trumbull man killed in Route 8 motorcycle crash

A Trumbull man was pronounced dead after a car collided with his motorcycle on Route 8 in Shelton Sunday afternoon, according to state police. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Can marijuana bring about social equity in Connecticut? Here’s what a Massachusetts case study shows. ‘It’s supposed to be community businesses’

In the fledgling cannabis industry, large companies have quickly risen to dominate the market in states where pot is now legal. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

West Hartford mom offers gluten-free, dairy-free meal delivery throughout Connecticut

The idea to start a gluten-free, dairy-free prepared meal delivery business came to West Hartford mom Jill Spunberg “out of nowhere” late one night in December of 2019. The business, Healthy is the Way, now offers weekly subscriptions. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Contemporary Black artists claim their place in the world in ‘30 Americans’ exhibit at NBMAA

“30 Americans” at New Britain Museum of American Art is a show of artworks about the Black experience interpreted by 30 Black artists. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Officials focus on future of shuttered Bridgeport coal plant

The shuttered coal plant in the South End is recognized by it’s red-and-white striped smoke stack. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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