With a jab at Trump, Connecticut kicks off 2020 Census count

Connecticut launched a campaign Tuesday to count the state’s 3.6 million residents in the 2020 Census, kicking off the project with a partisan jab at President Donald Trump. The census, required by the U.S. Constitution, has been conducted every 10 years …

Our picks for 2018's top 20 albums by Connecticut musicians

In case you hadn’t been able to surmise from all the coverage it received in various places, including this one, the Connecticut music scene had a fantastic year for new music. It wasn’t just the quantity either. While there were literally hundreds of …

Shingles vaccine shortage in Connecticut

Shingrix, the recently approved vaccine for shingles, is hard to find these days. A new vaccine to protect against a painful disease known as shingles is a victim of its own success and nearly impossible to find in Connecticut and many parts of the United …

By the numbers: what new data from the U.S. Census says about Connecticut

The U.S. Census Bureau, through it’s American Community Survey, tracks changes in the population from year to year. Here are some highlights from the estimates contained in the latest report, which is based on surveys of the state population between 2013 …

Coast Guard to name ship for Connecticut war hero

By Stacey Dresner WASHINGTON, D.C. – While serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, Robert Goldman was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart for heroically coming to the aid of fellow soldiers during a Japanese kamikaze attack – …

Connecticut City Covers Cost of CPO® Certification as Part of Pool Safety Effort

Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As part of a broader pool safety initiative, the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut has begun offering free Certified Pool Operator® (CPO®) Certification courses for local pool operators. Using …

Federal prison guard pleads guilty to abusing female Connecticut inmate

The Associated Press Tuesday Dec 11, 2018 at 2:46 PM Dec 11, 2018 at 2:46 PM BRIDGEPORT — A former guard at the federal prison in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an inmate. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Carlos Sanchez, of Middlebury, had …

New study finds no expansion in Connecticut’s gig economy

Home Economy New study finds no expansion in Connecticut’s gig economy Connecticut’s gig economy has shown no evidence of growth, according to a new report published by the state’s Department of Labor (DOL). According to the latest edition of The …

Connecticut resident Selma Engel was a noted survivor of the Sobibor revolt

Selma Engel who, following a prisoners’ revolt, escaped the Nazi death camp Sobibor, died Tuesday, Dec. 4 in East Haven, Connecticut. Born Saartje Wynberg in 1922 in Groningen, the Netherlands, Wynberg grew up in the Dutch city of Zwolle, where her parents …

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