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Windham Hospital’s hydroponic garden providing access to healthy food
WINDHAM, Conn. (WTNH) — Windham Hospital’s new hydroponic garden is expanding the community’s access to fresh greens. Donna Handley, the president of Hartford HealthCare’s east region, joined News 8 to talk about how the garden is improving lives. Watch the full interview in the player above.
City Will Match State Bonding With $4.2 Million For Allen Street Flooding
Council To Review Recommendations On Late Audit Reports July 22. An infrastructure improvement plan to address longstanding stormwater and sewer main problems in the neighborhood between Allen Street and Roxbury Road near CCSU is taking shape in a cooperative effort by state legislators and the Stewart Administration. In recent months...
Hundreds Fill The Green … To Read!
Nose deep in books on the Green, roughly 800 young New Haveners were transported to watching a Bronx street performer bust a move, to visiting a second-floor apartment in a Russian mining town, to spending some time with the Cat in the Hat — all as part of an annual “read-in” downtown.
Yale Bulldogs Track and Field Team Adds Experienced Coaches
Courtney Jaworski, the new Mark T. Young '68 Director of Cross Country and Track and Field at Yale, has introduced three staff members: Laura Broderick, Jeff Forino, and Duke Taylor. Laura Broderick joins as the assistant coach for men's and women's track and field and cross country. Jeff Forino is...
LEAP’s Read-In on the Green connects kids and community leaders
NEW HAVEN, Conn. 9WTNH) — Friday was LEAP’s annual Read-In on the Green, celebrating reading and the joy it brings the community and empowering kids through literacy and education. “It’s something special to be read to and to try to connect with a book,” LEAP staff member Melissa Liriano said. “I think it’s a very […]
PAL Kicks Off Soccer In Fair Haven
“What are we?” Fair Haven Patrol Officer and newly minted Police Activity League (PAL) Soccer Coach Frantzy Toussaint asked his 15 students. Having braved drills, laps, and games in high-80 degree weather, they proudly responded, “Soccer players!”. The students-turned-soccer players are the first participants in a new...
Nyberg: Sen. Blumenthal spreads awareness for virus that can cause birth defects
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Sen. Richard Blumenthal is one of the representatives spearheading the STOP CMV bill that’s before Congress right now. Congenital cytomegalovirus, or CMV, is the number one cause of non-genetic deafness in the United States. The virus can also cause a plethora of other birth defects. One in five babies born […]
Peace Gardeners: Let Water Flow
New Haven is proudly a United Nations Peace Messenger City — so says the beautiful gladioli-draped welcome sign that even many New Haveners may not know exists because they whiz by on speedy Ella T. Grasso Boulevard between Legion Avenue and North Frontage Road. Yet New Haven is also...
Preview: Playoffs Arrive Early as DC and NY Square Off in a Heavyweight Matchup to Determine East Division Standings
The DC Breeze (9-2) look to take down the New York Empire (8-3) at Trinity Health Stadium in Hartford, Connecticut tomorrow me evening in the final game of the regular season for both teams. Going into this game, it's still uncertain who will claim the East Division title, but this...
Burkett softball all-stars excited to play in regionals
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Jesse Burkett 11-12-year-old Little League Softball All-Stars won the state championship and are headed to the regionals in Bristol, Conn. The Burkett All-Stars have rolled in the post season. They are 10-0, and have outscored their opponents 110-11. For some of the players, it's the...
A new community center rises up in New London
Jul. 19—NEW LONDON — Less than five months after the first layer of foundational concrete was poured at the $40 million city community center site, walls have risen up from Fort Trumbull as work continues inside. On Wednesday, open doorways led to cavernous spaces set to be transformed into a full-court gym, offices and programming rooms — the backbone of offerings slated for the one-story ...
Connecticut Man Dies At Nantucket Triathlon
A tragedy at the Triathlon in Nantucket this weekend. Police say a swimmer died after being pulled from the swimming event. Officials say EMTs were called to the waters right around 7am when one of the participants was reported to be unresponsive at Jetties Beach. Police report that the victim...
Fatal Crash: 44-Year-Old ID'd As Victim After Being Ejected From Car On I-91 In Rocky Hill
It happened just before 3 a.m. Saturday, July 20, in Hartford County on northbound I-91 in Rocky Hill. According to Connecticut State Police, a 2008 Nissan Versa was traveling near Exit 24 when it veered into the right shoulder and hit a guardrail. The driver, Middlesex County resident Marcos Benitez...
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