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CT reacts to Biden ending 2024 re-election bid. ‘Motivated by his patriotism and deep love for America’
President Joe Biden Sunday ended his 2024 presidential bid, a decision that came after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside. The president announced his decision in a letter posted on his official social media accounts. Biden also endorsed Vice President Harris as the 2024 Democratic nominee for President. The reaction was immediate and intense in Connecticut. While ...
Food service workers at CT hospital to hold picket practice in fight over wages
Dozens of food service workers at Norwalk Hospital are scheduled to hold picket practices on Sunday gearing up for a fight over their labor contracts, according to union officials. Around 70 food service workers at Norwalk Hospital are expected to participate including café workers, cooks, and others who help prepare food for patients, visitors, and staff, according to the union. The workers ...
UConn legend Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson take ownership of Team USA after loss in WNBA All-Star game
When the final buzzer sounded on Team USA’s defeat in the 2024 WNBA All-Star game, former UConn superstar Breanna Stewart felt an immediate sense of déjà vu. The three-time Olympian was taken back to three years ago, to a nearly-identical loss against another team of WNBA stars eager to knock Team USA off its pedestal as it prepared for the Tokyo Games. “I think that everyone knows this is not ...
Unhealthy looking CT black bear euthanized after “making contact” with woman
A black bear was euthanized after police said it “made contact” with a woman sitting in her backyard, according to officials. Cheshire police were called to a property on Oak Avenue on Saturday for a report that a “slow moving” bear approached and made contact with a woman sitting in her backyard. The incident was turned over to environmental conservation officers with the state’s Department ...
Get in the groove with a flurry of outdoor summer music festivals to close out July
Jazz, blues, folk and even modern American classical sounds just keep blasting in the open air in July. The weekend of July 26-28 in particular offers a nearly infinite variety of sounds at half a dozen established Connecticut festivals from the Black-Eyed & Bluesfest in Hartford to the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Washington and folk, rock and jams throughout the state. There is also two weeks ...
How a CT family-owned homecare company became a trailblazer in using tech to keep seniors safe
Imagine living in another town or state and being able to monitor your elderly or disabled loved one’s key movements in their house. You’ll know when they open and close the refrigerator, when a door or window is opened, whether they get out of bed at night and, if so, when they return. Medication taking a worry? You’ll know if that’s being done correctly too. Technology being offered by a ...
CT city explores revolutionary plan for dealing with homelessness
Homeless residents at a long-standing Connecticut encampment expected to be evicted this week, but instead of sending in cleanup crews, city officials are exploring something new — a direct encampment-to-housing model that could revolutionize the region’s response to unsheltered homelessness. Since its debut in Connecticut at the start of 2024, the barrier-breaking model has successfully ...
A CT river could solve flooding troubles. But it might cost $50M.
The north branch of Park River — part of an urban forest with some of the oldest trees in the city — should be dredged and shored up as part of a larger plan aimed at easing the flooding that has plagued North End neighborhoods for decades, a new study is expected to recommend. The project could cost up to $50 million. The study by the city of Hartford and the Metropolitan District Commission, ...
A CT man found a lump and blood that turned out to be cancer. Why he wants you to know about it.
Bob Havens saw a lump on his left breast but thought it appeared because he had been trying to lose weight. Then he noticed blood oozing from his left nipple. Still, he didn’t think much of it. The fact that he didn’t realize a lump and a bloody discharge were breast cancer is why Havens, 78, as well as his fiancée, want to get the word out to other men that they too can get the disease. “The ...
UConn men’s basketball alumni team Stars of Storrs cruises to first-round win in TBT debut
Blowout wins in single-elimination tournaments have been the way of UConn men’s basketball over the last two years. The Stars of Storrs, a team of mostly ex-Huskies, continued the trend as it debuted in The Basketball Tournament on Saturday evening. Playing as the top seed in the Pittsburgh Regional, the Stars of Storrs blew past the No. 8 seed Herkimer Originals for an 85-52 victory. R.J. ...
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