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Some Connecticut bus lines to implement ‘tap and ride’ pilot program
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Connecticut residents that utilize public transportation in some parts of the state will soon have an easier way to pay. The state announced a “tap and ride” pilot program on Tuesday that allows riders on River Valley Transit and Meriden bus lines to pay by tapping a card or using a mobile […]
Advocates push for Connecticut to offer child tax credit
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The United Way and non-profit community leaders and elected officials unveiled their latest policy agenda for 2025 at the State Capitol on Tuesday. Their goal is to help income-constrained families. Jacqueline Torres is a single mother of a 2-year-old son. She has two jobs and is in school full-time, but she’s […]
Treasure Hunting: Rarities Await You at Connecticut’s ‘Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market’
It was a gorgeous Sunday morning in October 2024 when Mindy and I realized that in the 45 years we've lived in New Fairfield, we've never checked out the legendary New Milford Elephant's Trunk Flea Market. At 4:15 am, the parking lot gates open as a line of cars and...
Strong Cold Front Sweeping Through Region, Triggering Thunderstorms, Showers
A strong cold front accompanied by showers and thunderstorms is now sweeping through the region. It will be followed by the season's coolest air, and some parts of the Northeast will see snowfall for the first time this season. A radar image of the region above from just before 7...
Videos show illegal car racing meetups across Suffolk County
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. -- Videos of illegal car racing meetups on Long Island are prompting calls for tougher penalties.The chaotic scenes were captured at multiple locations over the weekend in Suffolk County, and one young spectator was hurt. From Patchogue to Shirley, Sound Beach to Miller Place, there were coordinated illegal events billed as "takedowns" early Sunday morning. "Perhaps they are under the misconception that you can come out to Suffolk County, where it's less populated, and just go crazy. It's not going to happen," said Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico. "This isn't a movie"The videos show dangerous tricks, with people hanging off...
‘COVID fatigue.’ State health commissioner concerned about lagging vaccination rates
Nearly twice as many people have gotten the flu shot as the COVID-19 vaccine this season, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health. The state health commissioner blames “COVID fatigue.”
Connecticut gets $25M from EPA to replace lead pipes, provide cleaner water
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Connecticut is set to receive $25 million in federal funding to provide clean water to schools and homes, as part of the Biden administration’s final rule issued Tuesday. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) requires water systems across the county to find and replace lead pipes within 10 years. It will […]
Brookside Farm Museum in East Lyme pitches new exhibit with abolitionist roots
Oct. 7—EAST LYME — The Brookside Farm Museum is laying the groundwork for a "seismic shift" it hopes will help unearth and share more stories about those whose existences have been hidden from history. Annah Perch, the part-time curator hired in 2023, in an interview last week said an abolitionist newspaper discovered behind the walls of the 1845 farmhouse is the basis for what she hopes will ...
Scientists put herbicide in the CT River. Why it’s ‘like conquering a monster’ in the waterway
The verdict is in on year one of the effort to eradicate hydrilla, the pernicious, choking, aquatic weed that has exploded across the lower Connecticut River in less than a decade: Success so far, but more work ahead. A year ago, when Joe Standart looked out over Selden Cove from his three century old farm house in Hadlyme, it was so choked from the bottom to the surface by an acre-sized raft of weed that he couldn’t move his boat through it. “It looked like you could walk across the cove,” Standart said. “It was that solid.” In August, after four years of study by invasive aquatic plant experts at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, scientists at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began the experimental application of a variety of herbicides at selected spots on the river below Hartford. There have been stunning results, according to those who live by or depend on the river for their livelihoods.
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