DOT: Norwalk to NY taking 45 minutes on I-95 due to disabled truck

The state Department of Transportation says average traffic speeds through the area are 22 mph. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

New regulatory leader faces pivotal probe of CT utilities

Marissa Gillett is the new chairwoman of PURA, which has been tasked with investigating how Eversource and United Illuminating handled Tropical Storm Isaias. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Danbury’s coronavirus outbreak stems from travel, youth sports, worship services, mayor says

The city has recorded more than 200 cases in the past week, triggering a shift to remote learning and the suspension of athletic activities. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Five states removed from Connecticut’s COVID-19 travel advisory, leaving 28 in total

Connecticut’s advisory has shrunk slightly in recent weeks, as many states have begun to recover from dramatic COVID-19 outbreak. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Angela Dias, a familiar radio voice for 35 years, retiring from WTIC

Angela Dias is retiring from WTIC, where she has been a reporter and news anchor since 1985. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Monroe students to return to class Sept. 1

The hybrid model includes both in-school and at-home learning, although special needs students will get services regardless of their class grouping. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Milford cops seek to ID man wanted for stealing leather jacket at mall

The theft happened around 2 p.m. Sunday when the man attempted to conceal a leather jacket in a backpack from Kani Leather Goods, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

FEMA approves additional $300 per week for CT unemployed

FEMA’s grant funding will allow Connecticut to provide $300 per week in addition to their regular unemployment benefit to those unemployed due to COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Hartford Public Library holding special events to boost city’s dismal census response rate

Hartford Public Library hopes to raise the dismally low Hartford response rate for the U.S. Census with a series of events between now and the end of September. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Hot August, little rain drives Bristol to ask residents to go easy on using water

Beset by too many weeks of hot, dry weather, Bristol on Monday became the latest Connecticut community asking residents to cut down on water use. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Advocates say Connecticut rental assistance falls far short

The state of Connecticut is doubling the amount of federal coronavirus money dedicated to rental assistance, but housing advocates contend it falls far short of what’s needed to help as many as 130,000 households, according to one estimate, that face possible eviction between now and Dec. 31 because of the pandemic. Top Featured Tags: -…

Monroe offering back-to-school vaccinations

Vaccinations are needed for the start of classes. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Ahead of CT hearing, Blumenthal calls for Eversource breakup

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal wants the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to force a breakup of Eversource Energy, as PURA probes higher customer bills this summer. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Bridgeport’s Yellow Mill drawbridge closed for repairs this week

The Yellow Mill drawbridge will be closed for six hours a day until Friday for maintenance work. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

After nearly six months of lockdown during the pandemic, state officials consider easing rules for visits to nursing homes

Under pressure from families of residents in long-term care facilities, some of whom haven’t seen family members in nearly six months because of strict visitation rules to combat the coronavirus, the Connecticut Department of Public Health is considering easing the guidelines to allow more access to their loved ones. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News…

Fatal drug overdoses jumped in the first half of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic added stress, forced those struggling with addiction into isolation

Drew Funk, a promising, young musician, died of an overdose the night he lost his job as the state shut down in March. Up until the pandemic, his family was confident he had been winning his long-running battle against addiction. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

In precaution, Danbury closing sports leagues and town boat ramp to prevent coronavirus spread on Candlewood Lake

Seeking to stop the recent local spike of the coronavirus, Danbury is suspending all sports leagues and closing the town boat ramp to prevent the spread among boaters on popular Candlewood Lake. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Thunderstorms, high heat index forecast this week

Beachgoers should see fair weather Sunday afternoon, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid-80’s. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Two tropical storms headed for gulf coastline

This time, the storms are on track to make landfall on coastal gulf states in the Southeast, rather than following the Atlantic coast north into New England. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police: Two people wounded overnight in Bridgeport

Scott Appleby, emergency management director in Bridgeport, said police responded to two potential assaults. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Conversion of West Hartford convent could be godsend to neighborhood, religious community

The ambitious, $65 million conversion at the venerable West Hartford convent on Park Road into apartments could provide an economic boost to both West Hartford and Hartford. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A former Newington High staff member was charged with sexually assaulting a student. The victim has now gone public with her complaints about the school.

A former employee at Newington High School has been charged with sexually assaulting a student, and the student has gone public calling out school officials in on online post. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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