The city hopes an ongoing HUD program that gives discounts to first responders and teachers will aid in its recruitment efforts. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Republican Leora Levy’s campaign for Connecticut U.S. Senate seat involves cozy compatriots
That is the reality of campaigning a dozen years after Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that led to new paths around campaign contribution limits for mega donors. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
A Connecticut city paid a now-indicted contractor $85,400 to pick up leaf bags
The payments issued to KAT Environmental were not mentioned in the federal indictment against Trasacco, which was unsealed on Feb. 18. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Redevelopment of Hartford-owned Arrowhead Cafe block near Dunkin’ Donuts Park getting bigger. See what other buildings are now part of the $17.5 million project
The redevelopment of a long-blighted corner northwest of Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford is expanding in scope to include two neighboring historic buildings. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport man found fatally shot on Stratford Avenue, police said
Detectives are working to determine the motive for the homicide. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Westport man found dead after New York hiking trip
He was reported missing Wednesday after he failed to return from his trip, according to New York State Police. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport’s chief legal counsel to end 33-year tenure in May
City Attorney R. Christopher Meyer confirmed Friday that he is planning his exit by the end of May. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Map: COVID-19 vaccination by Connecticut town
Here’s a look at how many residents in each Connecticut town have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Map: Confirmed coronavirus cases, positive tests and deaths by Connecticut town
Map of confirmed coronavirus cases, positive tests and deaths in Connecticut Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Report: Connecticut nursing home resident who died had not received medication
The resident, identified by the state medical examiner’s office as a 41-year-old woman, was admitted to the Quinnipiac Valley Center on Jan. 28. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Ganim taps new hire to jump-start Bridgeport’s ‘green’ efforts
Chadwick Schroeder is the administration’s first full-time sustainability coordinator. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport schools to end mask mandate March 31, superintendent says
The statewide mask mandate in schools ended Feb. 28, allowing local districts to set their own COVID requirements. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Seymour pizzeria relaunches with emphasis on casual fare
Olives and Oil opened right before the COVID-19 pandemic and endured shutdowns plus an altered business landscape. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Connecticut senators’ plan would direct more federal money toward addressing racial isolation in schools
U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney on Wednesday introduced a bill that would amend a decades-old grant program to direct more federal dollars toward school districts planning to create new magnet schools to address racial isolation. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Pedestrian deaths are rising in Connecticut. Here’s what the state is doing about it
Anthony Cherolis of BikeWalkCT said it’s not only on highways where speeding has increased — drivers are speeding and running red lights on major municipal roads as well, where more pedestrian accidents tend to occur. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Irish workers who built Windsor Locks Canal to be honored with permanent memorial
The need for backbreaking labor to advance trade and transportation attracted about 400 Irish laborers to a crude camp beside the Connecticut River in the late 1820s. On Sunday, the Ancient Order of Hibernians Hartford District No. 2 and the town of Windsor Locks will dedicate a permanent memorial to the laborers who built the…
Smoke detectors alerted residents to dryer fire in Stratford duplex, officials say
Firefighters extinguished a dryer fire in a McGrath Court duplex on Wednesday night that broke out while six people were home, officials said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Police: Video from pot dispensary helped nab Milford catalytic converter thief
Pedro Acevedo, 33, has not yet entered pleas to charges in the Milford case. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Police: 2 hurt in separate Bridgeport shootings an hour apart
The first shooting was around 5:30 p.m. and the second was around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, both sending victims to the hospital with injuries, police said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Can Connecticut lawmakers clamp down on ‘anti-competitive’ practices in health care?
“It’s really just about fairness and giving smaller institutions a chance to compete over quality and price,” said Ellen Andrews, executive director of the Connecticut Health Policy Project. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Two years after COVID hit Connecticut, Lamont pivots gently to the future
“March madness,” recalled Mayor Jay Moran, who was the athletic director of Southern Connecticut State University when the National Guard rolled up and converted SCSU’s field house into a field hospital. “Remember that, governor?” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
The Boy Scouts of America are selling a large Connecticut scout reservation to developers. Conservationists are scrambling to stop them
Conservationists in Connecticut are scrambling to stop the sale of a large parcel of land in Killingworth, which they say should be maintained as a camping ground or nature reserve. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
