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Connecticut Retailers Cutting Jobs, Closing Stores Amid Financial Woes
Job Losses, Store Closures Loom for Connecticut Apparel Chains. Two well-known Connecticut retail chains are being impacted by major layoffs and store closures announced by their parent company, which cited financial troubles as the reason for the restructuring.
Memorial Day ceremonies altered, but not cancelled due to the weather in some Connecticut towns
WOODBRIDGE, Conn. — While several ceremonies planned for Memorial Day Monday ended up getting cancelled or delayed across Connecticut, some towns and cities made efforts to move their events indoors. In Woodbridge, their annual program was moved to the newly-renovated The Center Café in The Woodbridge Center. Dozens of...
Congressional candidates attend Memorial Day observances
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — The City of Waterbury held a series of Memorial Day observances, including its annual parade, on Sunday afternoon. Waterbury distinguishes itself as a “Gold Star Family City”. This distinction honors more than 500 servicemembers from Waterbury who died in uniform. The observances also became a backdrop for the politics of the […]
Stew Leonard's sued for wrongful death in mislabeled cookie case
WATERBURY, Conn. -- Stew Leonard's is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the estate of a woman with a peanut allergy who died after she ate a mislabeled cookie and suffered a severe reaction. Orla Ruth Baxendale, 25, died on Jan. 11 after she ate a Florentine cookie sold by Stew Leonard's and went into anaphylactic shock, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday in Waterbury, Connecticut.Cookies recalled after woman's deathThe holiday cookies were sold under the Stew Leonard's brand at stores in Danbury and Newington in late 2023 before the grocery store issued a recall. The cookies were produced by Cookies United, a...
Heavy rainfall temporarily closes Hop Brook Lake swimming area
MIDDLEBURY, Conn. (WTNH) – The swimming area of Hop Brook Lake is closed until further notice, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District (USACE) announced Friday. Officials closed the area as a precautionary measure in anticipation of water quality problems due to excessive rainfall on May 23. Increased water level and water turbidity […]
Legislators, please don’t weaken CCSU
As a recent graduate of Central Connecticut State University, I can’t help but worry about the cost of public higher education. Is it getting out of reach for students like me? Central is the largest university in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system (CSCU). The system’s board of regents is trying to close a […]
A CT school district reported ‘irregularities’ with student testing to state. What does that mean?
A Connecticut elementary school principal is on administrative leave after public school officials announced that the district was “made aware of alleged state testing irregularities.” Very little information has been released about the circumstances that led to the temporary removal of Principal Emily Gomes from Ivy Drive School in Bristol and many questions remain. An interim principal was ...
Upcoming Special Town Meeting: Important Budget Decisions on June 3
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2 Democrats running for Hamden/New Haven state House seat
HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Two Democrats are vying for an open Connecticut House seat in New Haven and Hamden in a race that displays some of the ideological differences within the party that sets the agenda at the state capitol. Former New Haven alder Steven Winter is the endorsed Democratic candidate. He faces a challenge […]
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