More patrons at Foodshare’s daily food distribution as federal unemployment benefits end and recession worsens

With the looming end of enhanced unemployment payments to people who have last their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, business has picked up at Foodshares daily distribution of food at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Hurricane could impact Connecticut next week

The hurricane is expected to hit Florida in next few days and then head up the eastern coast toward Connecticut. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

State police: ‘Minor’ crash causes I-95 delays

The tractor trailer drove off the road and crash into an embankment just before Exit 32 on I-95 South. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Ansonia man faces charges for Monroe Dunkin’ Donuts burglary

Video from neighboring businesses showed that the same two men in a dark car were apparently also responsible for break-ins in Shelton, Milford and North Branford. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Cinemark Buckland Hills reopening, first of state’s major chain cineplexes

Cinemark Theater cineplex in Manchester, is reopening on July 31. The chain’s theaters have been closed since mid-March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Mecha Noodle Bar bringing its Southeast Asian dishes to West Hartford

Mecha Noodle Bar’s West Hartford location is now open at 975 Farmington Avenue, becoming the Southeast Asian restaurant’s first location in Hartford County Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

UConn, Yale, other local colleges plan ambitious COVID-19 testing programs for thousands of students. Experts wonder whether it’s enough.

One by one, colleges in Connecticut have announced extensive COVID-19 testing as part of larger reopening strategies. But as outbreaks spread nationwide and testing programs elsewhere show cracks, keeping students safe through testing may prove easier said than done. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Who will pay for broad COVID testing of nursing home staff?

The state has set aside $30 million for the widespread testing of nursing home employees. But its contributions will end on Aug. 31. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Caravans of teachers take to streets to demand safe school reopening

Educators and community members from more than two dozen towns plan to participate in simultaneous rallies across the state. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Red Cross ramps up COVID plasma collection as local hospitals close centers

The American Red Cross is seeking convalescent plasma donations as COVID-19 cases rise nationwide. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Huge wave’ of absentee ballots for Aug. 11 primary has Connecticut election officials bracing for bigger crush of ballots in November

Election officials throughout the state are bracing for a flood of absentee ballots as distance voting — and the attendant confusion and headaches — swells during the coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Foxwoods reports first case of the coronavirus among its employees

Foxwoods Resort Casino said Wednesday an employee has tested positive for COCID-19, the first at the tribal casino. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Thousands of Connecticut teachers support hybrid in-person, online classes this fall, demand funding for COVID-19 protections, union survey shows

Thousands of teachers overwhelmingly agree they want hybrid in-person and distance learning plans for districts across the state this fall alongside strict hygiene, mask and social distancing rules for children, according to a survey of the largest teachers union in the state. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Crash closes I-95 exit in Stratford

The northbound exit is expected to be closed until at least 10:30 a.m. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police: CT man decapitated landlord with sword

A 42-year-old Hartford man has been charged with murder after his landlord was found decapitated a day earlier. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

I-95 south in Bridgeport reopens after crash

A crash involving a pedestrian caused delays on I-95 south in Bridgeport Tuesday night. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The state is leaving two historic buildings in downtown Hartford, opening up possible conversions in neighborhood redevelopment plans

Two historic buildings on Trinity Street near downtown Hartford’s Bushnell Park will be vacated by hundreds of state workers in the coming months and set for redevelopment. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Most Connecticut towns are restricting access to their beaches on weekends citing the coronavirus pandemic. Civil rights advocates are skeptical.

Connecticut beaches are letting in fewer than half as many visitors as usual, while many shoreline towns are admitting just a couple dozen out-of-towners a day. As the summer goes on, some of those towns are flat-out refusing access to all non-residents. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

East Hartford police union president says some department-issued pistols don’t shoot straight, a defect that could lead to ‘a needless tragedy’

The police union president says some department-issued pistols do not shoot straight, a dangerous defect that exposes cops and the department to “a needless tragedy.” Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

25% of CT students went MIA when COVID closed schools. Will live virtual classes lure them back?

Many agree that holding live classes online and hosting small group sessions is the next best option if students cannot attend school in-person. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Overturned motor vehicle slows traffic on I-95 in Guilford

The state Department of Transportation says it’s taking about an hour to travel 30 miles from New Haven to Route 9 in Old Saybrook. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Police: This man stole $9K in jewelry at Milford mall

The theft happened around 4 p.m. on June 22 at the Connecticut Post Mall, police said, Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

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