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UConn’s Regional Campuses Gear Up for Exciting New Academic Year
The new academic year brings a rich variety of new offerings at UConn’s regional campuses, which are increasingly popular choices for new and continuing students based on their unique assets and those of their host communities. About 2,000 first-year students are expected to start classes Monday at the campuses...
Sunny with high temperatures around 80 Friday
We will have lots of sunshine on Friday, high temperatures around 80 degrees and it will be comfortable with low levels of humidity. The weekend will be fair, but slightly warmer and more humid. But it will not be as oppressive as the rest of summer has been. The next...
Summer rebounds in part of Northeast: Expect heat, humidity and potential downpours
A gradual warmup is coming to a large part of the Northeast for the last week of August, while some areas will have to deal with stagnating temperatures and frequent showers. Summer is making a big comeback in some areas of the Northeast, while others may experience an uptick in humidity levels and downpours through the last week of August, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
Incumbent Gomez faces city councilor Brown in Hampden Senate race
One of the few contested state legislative races in western Massachusetts during the Sept. 3 primary is the Democratic contest in the Hampden Senate District. Two-term incumbent Adam Gomez is being challenged by Springfield City Councilor Malo Brown. The district is made up of large sections of Springfield and Chicopee.
UMass senior Anthony Simpson, a successful wide receiver proud of his Connecticut roots
AMHERST, Mass. —You can take Anthony Simpson out of Bloomfield, but you can't take the Warhawk out of Anthony Simpson. The UMass football team's senior wide receiver and Bloomfield High graduate is hometown proud, particularly in the last year with the Warhawks winning their 10th CIAC football championship by beating Cromwell-Portland in the Class S final in December followed by the induction of Bloomfield native Dwight Freeney into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this month.
Connecticut Up Close: Urban League in Hartford fosters confidence, friendship
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Inside the offices of the Urban League in Hartford: life-improving lessons. Osaneya Headley is an eleventh-grade student at A-1 Prince Tech in Hartford and for the past two years, she’s been mentored by Dejah Morgan, a young lady who has degrees in both biology and nursing. “I would describe it as […]
Indigenous and Black people tell their own stories at the Mystic Seaport Museum
“Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty and the Sea” at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut explores Indigenous and African ties to the waterways of New England. The exhibition calls on visitors to think about history, water and spirituality in new ways. “Walking through the exhibition space you get the sense that time...
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