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A Slew of Spooky Events are Coming to Connecticut This Summer
Scary movie fans and paranormal enthusiasts of Connecticut, do you need a chill in the air to enjoy your scary movies and ghost stories? The summertime is just as creepy and mysterious. There's a slew of spooky events happening around here leading up to Halloween, and if you like your entertainment a bit on the spooky side, here are a few coming up.
Marking 20 years of Highlands Act success with Sen. Murphy
BARKHAMSTED — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), visited the People’s State Forest in Barkhamsted Thursday, June 27, to celebrate 20 years of the federal Highlands Conservation Act, one of the most important sources of public funding for land protection in northwest Connecticut. The event was hosted by Housatonic Valley Association.
$280K to enhance trail networks on NCLC lands
KENT — Not long ago, people headed for the hills and trails at nature preserves in unprecedented numbers as hiking became an antidote to the global pandemic. Although COVID-19 has subsided, trail usage in the Northwest Corner and throughout Connecticut continues to climb as residents and visitors seek outdoor recreation and a connection to nature.
Connecticut flags to fly half-staff in honor of DOT worker killed
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Governor Ned Lamont Wednesday directed U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered starting Friday, in honor of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) employee killed while working in Wallingford last week. 26-year-old Andrew DiDomenico sustained fatal injuries after being struck by a vehicle while working on the Wharton Brook […]
DEEP adds state forest to places where alcohol is banned
NAUGATUCK, CT (WFSB) - A state forest has been added to a list where alcohol has been banned. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said it imposed a temporary alcohol ban for Naugatuck State Forest. The forest was added to seven state recreation areas where bans were previously...
Connecticut Honors Providers of Clean Drinking Water
The Connecticut Department of Public Health recently honored all those dedicated to providing clean drinking water to their communities at a special event May 1 at the State Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The news conference was a celebration for National Drinking Water...
Audit finds IT deficiency at CSCU
Information security policies used in a system that collects records at the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system office were at least two years out of date according to an audit conducted by the Auditors of Public Accounts. The audit was conducted in November 2023 and reviewed CSCU’s system office’s internal controls over the […] The post Audit finds IT deficiency at CSCU appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
Mother, daughter vie for international titles
Mother and daughter Stacey Margules Gallagher of Harwinton and Taylor Adams of Bristol are headed to South Portland, Maine to represent Connecticut in separate categories at the International and American Women of Service competition July 8-14. The duo share their story and plans.
A dozen of CT's colleges were ranked top in the country. Which ones made the cut?
A new analysis by the news website Money.com puts a dozen of Connecticut's four-year colleges and universities in its "best college" designation. While it is not surprising that Ivy League Yale University took home the highest rating with five stars, Middletown's Wesleyan University was also awarded five stars. The five-star rating was only awarded to 54 colleges and universities nationwide. The one- to five-star ratings put three other Connecticut institutions right behind Yale and Wesleyan, with 4.5...
CT leaders urge motorists to slow down, not drive impaired following deaths
Coming on the heels of two high-profile deaths of State Trooper Aaron Pelletier and a Department of Transportation worker Andrew DiDomenico, who were both struck and killed by drivers under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, Connecticut’s leaders are begging the public to slow down in work zones and stop driving impaired ahead of the holiday weekend. “All […] The post CT leaders urge motorists to slow down, not drive impaired following deaths appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
Missing Connecticut Teen Found in Orange County, Suspect Arrested
During the afternoon hours of Tuesday June 24, 2024 an announcement was released by local law enforcement regarding the recent disappearance of a Connecticut teenager. The announcement was in regards to a missing teen from Connecticut who was found here in the Hudson Valley at an Orange County location. Tracking...
CT special session was a wake up call on water. Will we learn from it?
This is a wake-up call for our general assembly that our water must remain in the public trust and that there is an incredible amount of work to be done to ensure that our water remains a public trust resource.
Exactly like you, Bob Parker
'Bob never got through a gig without having a good time and having a laugh,” said Wanda Houston at Music Mountain’s Gordon Hall on Saturday, June 29. She was there performing jazz classics in a tribute concert, and the “Bob” in question being honored was the late West Cornwall resident Robert Andrew Parker, who Houston described meeting at The Wake Robin Inn in the mid 1990s as she was still getting used to the music scene of rural Connecticut. Parker was a veteran of just that scene. Outside of his work as a prolific watercolor painter and illustrator whose work was featured in The New Yorker and the collection of The Museum of Modern Art alike, was also a drummer. In his free time, Parker, who died in 2024 at the age of 96, was a member of the jazz band Jive by Five along with members like pianist Scott Heth.
State agency orders Connecticut governor to replant trees, bushes
GREENWICH, Connecticut: The Greenwich Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency officially ordered Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to replant more than 180 trees and thousands of bushes chopped down in November on the property behind his Greenwich home. Lamont's lawyer said the wealthy governor had agreed to pick up the entire tab...
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