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A Connecticut restaurant relief fund is looking for private, corporate donations after receiving a flood of applications this week January 28, 2021 9:44 am Hartford Courant At a December rally restaurant workers, managers, and owners demonstrate outside of the Governor's Mansion to demand financial relief for local eateries whose bottom lines are struggling during the pandemic. Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant. …
With no funding for smoking prevention, Connecticut gets failing grades in American Lung Association report January 28, 2021 9:30 am Hartford Courant However, deposits from the Tobacco Settlement Fund were eliminated from fiscal year 2016-20 “and no further funds will be deposited to the Trust Fund beyond FY 2020,” the report concludes. Since 2001, the state has spent just $29.2 million on tobacco …
Cold temperatures ahead after storm drops a few inches of snow on Connecticut, prompting school delays January 28, 2021 9:30 am Hartford Courant New Britain, Ct. - 01/26/2021 - With a negative COVID-19 test required to return to classes on February 02, Fordham University student and New Britain resident Amara McNeil walks along Lafayette street toward her test appointment as snow begins to …
Connecticut man behind bomb, anthrax hoaxes sentenced to 9 years in federal prison January 28, 2021 9:30 am Hartford Courant “When the defendant threatened to hunt and annihilate African Americans and deploy anthrax, the NAACP rightfully took the threat seriously — again, they did not know about the defendant’s circumstances; they only knew the heinous threats that he had sent,” …
Coronavirus Variants; A Very Catholic Inauguration; An Ode - Connecticut Public Radio January 27, 2021 6:33 pm Connecticut State News Moderna announced today they were making new versions of their vaccine that can be used as boosters against variants seen in South Africa, Brazil, and the UK. The vaccine should be effective against variants but it seems to create fewer antibodies against …
Steady Habits: Is Connecticut’s vaccine rollout inequitable? January 27, 2021 6:32 pm The Connecticut Mirror Connecticut continues to be among the leading states in getting its residents Covid vaccine shots. The most recent CDC data show that only two states have administered first doses to a higher percentage of its population. Gov. Ned Lamont says the state is …
Four more cases of COVID variant confirmed in Connecticut January 26, 2021 5:06 am Bristol Observer - Connecticut HARTFORD — State health officials are reporting four more cases of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus that initially surfaced in the United Kingdom in Connecticut, including in Oxford. Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday described the discovery as “a …
Connecticut forecast: Hartford will get a few inches of snow Tuesday, Wednesday January 26, 2021 4:35 am Hartford Courant The snow is coming from the west, so Litchfield will get it first, by late morning, said Bill Simpson, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Hartford County should see snow between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and eastern Connecticut will get some early in the …
Connecticut plans to add three more COVID-19 vaccination sites to phone system, after concerns that residents are struggling to book appointments January 26, 2021 4:35 am Hartford Courant Gov. Ned Lamont, right, speaks with acting Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford, center, and House Majority Leader Jason Rojas after a press conference on Runway Road near Rentschler Field Monday morning. The East Hartford site is the …
Connecticut National Guard members return from Washington D.C. after presidential inauguration security mission January 26, 2021 4:35 am Hartford Courant The national guard is accustomed to using its special training to respond to disasters, but usually natural disasters and storm response. The security assignments around the inauguration were like nothing Locke, with 18 years in the guard, or Sgt. 1st …
Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade postponed to 2022 January 26, 2021 3:03 am WTNH 8 - Connecticut NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade will once again be postponed. Given the fluctuating COVID-19 statistics in Connecticut, the parade committee decided that postponing this …
Hamden police investigate brawl involving 40-60 teens outside trampoline park January 26, 2021 3:02 am WTNH 8 - Connecticut HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH)– Police are investigating a brawl involving 40 to 60 teens that happened in Hamden on Saturday night. Hamden police say that at around 9 p.m., officers responded to a fight in progress at Funz Trampoline Park, 1245 Dixwell Avenue. Upon …
State COVID vaccine sign up barriers are stressing out Connecticut seniors January 26, 2021 3:02 am WTNH 8 - Connecticut (WTNH) — There have been several reported incidents of people inadvertently jumping the vaccine line around the state and problems with elderly residents getting appointments through the state portal. The breakdown came to a head when the town of Vernon …
Watertown Board of Education votes to retire Indian mascot January 26, 2021 3:02 am WTNH 8 - Connecticut WATERTOWN, Conn. (WTNH) -- Chief John Gavallas has been showing up to work for 51 years wearing the badge for the town of Watertown. When he showed up Wednesday, he was surprised with an emotional "last call" over the department's radio …
Miami Heat basketball team recruits sniffing dogs to detect COVID-19 January 26, 2021 3:02 am WTNH 8 - Connecticut (WTNH) — A look at what may be the future of big events in the age of COVID – the Miami Heat basketball team is allowing a limited number of fans to attend games starting later this week with the help of virus-sniffing dogs to screen them. An NBA team’s …