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UConn Health Is the First and Only in Connecticut to Offer Innovative New Procedure to Treat Uterine Fibroids
Fibroids are the most common noncancerous tumors of the reproductive tract and the most common cause of hysterectomy in the United States. As many as 70% to 80% of women experience fibroids during their reproductive years, and about half of those women are symptomatic. Those symptoms can include debilitating menstrual cycles, frequent urination, infertility, and painful intercourse.
Brownstone Adventure Sports Park in Portland gears up for another heat wave, wave of customers
PORTLAND, Conn. — From their giant water slides to the expansive zip lines, the team at Brownstone Adventure Sports Park is gearing up for another heat wave and another wave of customers coming through the gates. With temperatures expected to reach 90 degrees and above for most of this...
Richard Thornton Fletcher Of Manchester Dies From I-81 Crash
Richard Thornton Fletcher, 70, was riding a gold Yamaha YW50F south on I-81 when he attempted to merge from the right in front of Anthony James Snyder, 26 of Harrisburg's white 2023 Freightliner M2 in the left lane, as detailed in the release by PSP Harrisburg Trooper David Jeffers. The...
Connecticut Animal Controls Seeks Public Help After Person Abandons Dogs Tied to a Pole
How a person can ever just abandon their animals I will never know. You see these awful posts of people just dumping their animals because they don't want them anymore. They are a part of your family, how can you just leave them somewhere and drive away?. I have a...
NE10 Announces Historic Media Rights Agreement With FloSports
MANSFIELD, Mass. – The Northeast-10 Conference and FloSports today announced an historic multimedia rights agreement, joining NE10 NOW with the global live streaming brand and cementing the conference as a leader in broadcasting at the NCAA DII level. The five-year, seven-figure agreement places the NE10 on a national platform while working to elevate the student-athlete experience across the league. All Southern Connecticut State University varsity teams that compete in the NE10 will be featured on the NE10 Now platform on FloSports, while gymnastics will be available at SCSU Athletics & Recreation's YouTube Channel.
Vegan Kosher-Certifying Rabbi Rides To Felafelier’s Rescue
It’s a miracle how many toppings Eddie Eckhaus can stuff into a felafel sandwich. But he needed more than a miracle to make his felafel storefront succeed: He needed a maschgiach. I.e. a rabbi who certifies that a restaurant serves kosher food. Like Elijah the Prophet on the first...
Yale Men’s Track Team and Seven Athletes Achieve USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
The Yale men's track and field team and seven individuals receive All-Academic honors from USTFCCCA for the 2023-24 season, with the team boasting a GPA of 3.59. The Bulldogs finished with a GPA of 3.59. For individual honors, athletes must have at least a 3.25 GPA and meet specific performance...
Connecticut marijuana sales outpaced by Massachusetts
Eighteen months after the sale of adult-use cannabis became legal, Connecticut marijuana sales remain lower than Massachusetts but above Rhode Island. The average price per gram of cannabis is also cheaper in Massachusetts than in Connecticut. The average price per gram of cannabis in Connecticut peaked in March, at $12.51 per gram. During June, it […] The post Connecticut marijuana sales outpaced by Massachusetts appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
Wildfire smoke could make for dramatic sunset in Connecticut
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — A little nastiness coming through this afternoon as far as the sky goes. We’re going to have a band of wildfire smoke. It should stay high up in the atmosphere, but you might smell this a little bit in some of the higher elevations of Northwestern Connecticut. Between 4 and 7 p.m., […]
EHL Announces Sale of Connecticut Chiefs to International Sports Group, LLC.
SIMSBURY, CT -- The Eastern Hockey League (EHL) is pleased to announce that the Connecticut Chiefs junior hockey franchise has been purchased by Adam Westhaver, President, CT Nor’Easter. As part of the relocation to the International Skating Center of CT (ISCC), the team, coaching staff, and hockey operations staff will remain in place within the program.
“Uncle Chip” Collins Celebrates 100
As guests entered Milton “Uncle Chip” Collins’s 100th birthday party at Amarante’s Sea Cliff, they might have had trouble distinguishing the World War II vet, beloved New Havener, aesthete, and now centenarian from a crowd of dancers. However, Collins could be found by the band, grooving along to swanky jazz.
Killed Peace Activist’s Memory Kept Alive
At a memorial service for 70-year-old local peace activist Yusuf Gürsey, friends and colleagues joined in person and over Zoom from all over the world — California, Puerto Rico, Turkey — to share stories and poems for the hit-and-run victim. All knew him as a lover of...
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