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I-Team: Pastor of New London church that collapsed talks future with city
NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) - Six months after a New London City church collapsed, the I-Team sits down with the owner of that church. But Pastor James Levesque says this is only the beginning for his church, Engaging Heaven. ”I just, yeah, I couldn’t believe it. 175 years and a...
Good Samaritan helps rescue driver after truck rolls over in Connecticut
(WJAR) — Police said five people were sent to the hospital after a crash just over the Rhode Island border in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington. A box truck partially tipped over and crushed a landscaping trailer, narrowly missing the landscaper's black pick-up truck. A car was also involved.
Power company asks customers to conserve electricity
NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - A power company asked its customers to conserve electricity with the state in the midst of a third potential heat wave of the season. Norwich Public Utilities issued a power alert on Monday. As it said earlier this season, customers’ rates are affected by “peak demand,”...
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...
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...
Loud Booms Heard In NY, NJ Was Daytime Fireball, NASA Says
Locals reported hearing thunder-like booms and rattling just after 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 16. The USGS ruled out earthquakes, and residents across the tri-state reported witnessing fireballs to the American Meteor Society. After hours of anticipating, NASA confirmed a "daylight fireball" over New York City at 11:17 a.m. Reports filed...
CT DEEP reports elevated levels of ozone on Tuesday, projects the same for Wednesday
HARTFORD, Conn. — The state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection witnessed temperatures rise into the mid-90s on Tuesday and projects that similar temperatures will persist into Wednesday. According to a release from DEEP on Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the...
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., […]
Standoff Escalates Over Tiny Shelters
(Updated) As a group of unhoused activists on Rosette Street held a press conference denouncing the city’s bid to shut down their backyard tiny homes, a state marshal arrived with a cease-and-desist letter from the Elicker administration — ordering the group to vacate the “illegal” dwelling units in 24 hours.
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“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...
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.
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