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A CT couple shares same first name and same life-altering disease. Humor helps ‘keep your sanity’
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (810+ words) A longtime couple who coincidentally both have a life-altering disease consider themselves "lucky" to have each other. They are able to help each other because the types of multiple sclerosis they have allow them to complement one another. Kimberly Ward,…...
CT is in the middle of major water fight. What the sides contend, including that ‘the deal stinks.’
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (897+ words) Republican state senators and local mayors are calling for the state's utility regulatory board to block the planned sale of the state's largest water company that serves 59 towns from Greenwich to Stonington to Granby. Since Aquarion is a huge property…...
CT woman used $1.1M for travel, jewelry and cars. Then was sentenced for stealing COVID relief funds
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (268+ words) A Connecticut business owner has been sentenced in federal court for defrauding COVID-19 relief programs of more than $1.1 million. Karen Gaston, 45, of East Granby, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to three years of probation after…...
Fugitive wanted in fatal shooting in Waterbury arrested by U.S. Marshals, police
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (387+ words) A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Waterbury in September was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and local police on Monday. Gerard Brown, 45, of Waterbury was located at residence on Shultas Place in Hartford on Monday morning…...
A young CT TikTok star was fallen by a stroke. How she survived and kept faith.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (946+ words) Michaela Williams was getting ready to go live on Tik Tok for her popular The Yellow Room Live" when the then 23-year-old felt a piercing pain in her head, then collapsed. The rising TikTok star had about 50,000 followers and had…...
Week 3 High School Football Notes: Female kicker on target to break state records
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (384+ words) Molly Wilson, a Rockville football senior, is close to breaking state records set by female kickers. Wilson has 152 career points; the total points scored record is 157, held by North Haven's Sabrina Fronte. She's also just five made PATs away from…...
CT rabbi calls for unity as Rosh Hashanah and High Holy Days are observed. ‘It’s a fresh energy.’
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (800+ words) Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins Monday evening and is the start of high holidays that are a chance for a fresh look and a new opportunity, said'Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky of the Glastonbury Chabad Jewish Center'. Rosh Hashanah begins…...
Army safety Larry Pickett Jr. and his dad save man from flames after car crash near West Point
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (576+ words) FORT MONTGOMERY, N.Y. " An Army football player and his father pulled a man from a crashed car just before it burst into flames near the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, earning praise from the institution for "heroic" and "selfless" actions. Video…...
CT senator launches investigation into ICE after ‘repugnant’ tactics
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (846+ words) U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has begun an investigation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to reports of abusive tactics, excessive use of force and unlawful detention of U.S. citizens by the government agency. Blumenthal said at a press briefing in Hartford…...
CT woman sentenced to prison in multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving tour boats
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (363+ words) A Connecticut woman was among two people sentenced to prison on Wednesday for her role in a decade-long scheme involving a Hawaii-based company that defrauded hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars. Jamey Denise Jackson, 62, who formerly resided in…...