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Connecticut to get its first peer-run respite home, supporters say more is needed
This past legislative session, mental health advocates and nonprofit organizations lined up behind a bill that would have established eight peer-run respite homes in Connecticut – homes where people experiencing mental or behavioral health issues can go for help and time away from their daily lives and are staffed by individuals with lived experience. For supporters of peer-run […] The post Connecticut to get its first peer-run respite home, supporters say more is needed appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
Southwick's Zoo celebrates birth of first Eurasian Eagle Owlet
Southwick's Zoo announced the birth of a new Eurasian Eagle Owlet. The owlet is the first to hatch at the zoo. Zoo staff said the owlet was born on April 25. Since then, the owlet has been under around-the-clock monitoring, feeding, and care. Staff members said the gender of the...
Choose a school that fits your child in academics and athletics through RSCO on Live. Work. Play.
HARTFORD, Conn. — On this edition of Live. Work. Play. sponsored by RSCO, Teresa Dufour talks with Maiara and Amari, student athletes from the CREC Academy of Science and Innovation in New Britain about their success on the basketball court as well as in school. Did you know that RSCO schools offer extracurricular activities? Learn more or apply at ChooseYourSchool.org.
VIDEO: Hartford parents, community members demand full school funding, no layoffs
Parents of students in Hartford, along with community members, planned to attend a final City Council meeting to demand a restoration of funding that otherwise would result in hundreds of layoffs.
Large property owner tells CT town: The market wants apartments, not retail
In a sign of the grim prospects for new large-scale retail development in Greater Hartford, the Washington Prime Group wants South Windsor to allow apartments and senior living complexes on land that was once envisioned as an extension of the Buckland Hills commercial district. Just five months ago, the same company gave an informal presentation to town planners about a potential 684-unit ...
New diaper bank opens in New Britain
A new diaper bank opened in New Britain on Monday with the help of new federal funding. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes announced that for the first time the federal government will be providing funding for diaper distribution in the amount of $1.2 million. Connecticut was...
Man rescued by rope teams after falling from cliff in CT, airlifted to hospital
A man was airlifted to the hospital on Monday after falling 40 feet from a cliff in Salisbury. The victim was brought to safety after about two hours following a rope rescue at the Great Falls, according to the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department. Fire officials said rope rescue teams in the region were activated after the fall. Norfolk crews were the first to have contact with the victim. The ...
Taste of summer with highs in the 80s
We're getting a taste of summer on Tuesday with very warm temperatures and some sun. Highs will be in the 80s inland with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will be in the 70s near the water and middle 60s on the water. Wednesday looks similar to Tuesday. It will be mostly...
Get Your Tickets to the Dream Ride Experience Taking Place August 23rd-25th
The Dream Ride Experience is more than just a weekend event; it is a year-round movement of making dreams come true through #DreamRide365. The Dream Ride Experience is the signature fundraising event of The Hometown Foundation, Inc. The weekend features family fun for all! It also includes the Dream Cruise, a Saturday police-escorted journey where drivers pair up with Dream Riders in their classic/exotic vehicles for a 12-mile cruise, Dream Show featuring cars and motorcycles, culminating in the Dream Ride, a Sunday motorcycle tour through the Farmington, Connecticut countryside, all to benefit The Hometown Foundation, Inc.
Dump truck knocks over utility pole in Wolcott
WOLCOTT, Conn. (WFSB)—Wolcott Road was closed between Nichols and Nutmeg Valley Roads on Monday due to a dump truck crash. A utility pole was knocked over during the collision; Wolcott Police instructed motorists to use Woodtick Road as a detour. Eversource responded to assist; it’s unknown if anyone was...
Coalition to End Homelessness Receives Grant From Bank to Continue Work
HARTFORD, CT – Advocates were joined by representatives from M&T Bank and the mayors of Hartford and Middletown at Mercy House in Hartford Tuesday to announce a grant to help support efforts to keep more Connecticut families from falling into homelessness. Sarah Fox, CEO of the Connecticut Coalition to...
A CT family won’t let the memory of their slain daughter fade. How her purpose ‘lives on.’
Elizabeth Carlson once spent spring afternoons running around the tennis courts, playing on the tennis team with her sister and friends. A group of 30 women gathered at the Newington High School courts — including Carlson’s mother, Audrey Carlson, sister Leslie Carlson Schlachter and former teammate Genna Geamatteo — to honor Carlson’s memory with the Elizabeth Anne Carlson Memorial Ladies ...
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