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'We're in a heat box': Sweltering summer felt in CT prison with limited air conditioning
Willie Myers did everything he could to stay cool during summers at Osborn Correctional Institution. Myers was incarcerated for more than a decade at Osborn, a medium security prison in Somers that has one of the largest inmate populations in the state. More than 1,100 people are currently incarcerated at...
CT Medical Examining Board recommends doctor lose license to practice
The state Medical Examining Board voted Tuesday to recommend that the Department of Public Health revoke the license of a doctor because of his alleged emotional disorder or mental illness. A three-member panel held a hearing Nov. 7, 2023, concerning charges against Dr. Roozbeh Badii. In April 2020, his license to practice medicine had been suspended for one year by the Maryland State Board of ...
Do You Agree That This Connecticut Town Was Named Most Difficult to Pronounce?
Some towns have names that are so hard to pronounce. You try to read them and think, "what the heck does that even say?" I tried to think if Connecticut had any really hard ones. There may be some, I feel like there are some smaller towns in Connecticut that we haven't even heard of.
West Nile virus found in more Connecticut towns
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — West Nile virus continues to spread this summer, according to the latest data from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. State health officials are blaming the warm weather and high humidity — prime conditions for mosquitoes to multiply. Mosquitoes with West Nile virus have been found so far in Bridgeport, Darien, […]
Millions of gallons of wastewater dumped into the Connecticut River
(WFSB) - Millions of gallons of wastewater have been dumped into the Connecticut River. It’s happened before, thanks to our neighbors in Massachusetts. “The water is definitely up a little higher. Catfish do like stinky stuff so it could be helping them bite,” said Jasin Crowley of Enfield, who reeled in a four-pound catfish while fishing in the river.
Animal control shelters across the state are at or close to capacity
BLOOMFIELD, CT (WFSB) - Animal control shelters in Connecticut are at or close to full capacity. Many said dogs are in desperate need of a home. Sherry Degenova, an animal control officer for the City of Hartford, told Channel 3 about what she witnesses every day. “People are asking ‘what’s...
Connecticut Landscaping Contractor Sentenced for Tax Evasion
A Newington, Conn., landscaping service co-owner was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $1.75 million fine for tax evasion, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Anthony Niro was a co-owner of A. Niro Landscape Contractors Inc., where his wife, Nanette, maintained the service’s financial records.
Gov. Lamont orders new state inclusion office, Republicans aren’t pleased
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Gov. Ned Lamont’s issued an executive order on Tuesday that will create a new state office on equity and inclusion, a plan that the Connecticut House of Representative’s Republican leader is calling “ill-conceived.” “I firmly believe that government should actively seek out and engage with individuals and opinions beyond those who […]
Dog abandonment a ‘growing problem' as five dogs dumped in CT communities
People dumping animals is becoming a growing issue statewide, with several cases occurring just this week. In Canton, a one-year-old terrier was dumped in a crate along Route 44. He escaped his crate and ran into traffic, suffering a head injury when hit by a car. He had to undergo...
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