Dave covers both news and sports at NBC Connecticut.
He returns to his home state after reporting on sports in Bangor, Maine for two years. There, he was named 2022 NSMA Maine Sportscaster of the Year for his work in both television and radio.
Growing up in southeastern Connecticut, Dave pays particular close attention to all things Boston sports. In his free time, he’ll never shy away from a tennis match, and enjoys playing any and all recreational activities.
Dave attended Bowdoin College and later Northwestern University.
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Berlin residents upset with ‘overwhelming' smell from nearby food waste recycling facility
“It’s almost like a rancid meat smell when it happens and the odor permeates,” Tasca Ford General Manager Tom Moran said. An unpleasant odor is creating unhappiness for residents and businesses like Tasca Ford in Berlin. “I didn’t know where it was coming from at the time, but it was very pungent,” Berlin’s Lee Chiodo said. Residents say the...
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Waterbury fire leaves dozens without a home
“I grew up there. I lived there for 10 years since I was like 10 years old so it was really scary seeing my house on fire,” Serinteree Grandpre said. Grandpre was inside her Waterbury apartment on Monday night when flames broke out in the other room. “It was quick, everything happened really quick so I couldn’t grab nothing,” she…
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Local clubs offer help to Wampanoag Country Club following fires
“It’s not until you get here and kind of, there’s a little bit of an odor too, I mean that just adds to it,” said Michael Rosano, who stopped by to see the damage on Monday morning. The smell of fire was lingering in the air less than 48 hours after West Hartford’s Wampanoag Country Club went up in...
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PURA vote will increase certain utility costs beginning in July
“I got a family at home and it’s definitely hitting my paycheck a lot,” New Britain’s Javier Cardoso said. On Wednesday, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) passed its annual Rate Adjustment Mechanisms (RAM) for both United Illuminating and Eversource. “It is to reconcile the cost of public policy programs that state legislators, DEEP and PURA have required UI...
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Cheshire preschool holds Trike-A-Thon to support Closer to Free Ride
“It was pretty meaningful,” Vinny Celella said. “I would say it was top-notch,” Ralphie Celella added. That’s how Vinny and Ralphie Celella described Thursday’s Trike-A-Thon event, held outside Cheshire’s First Church Preschool. “The children were so excited,” First Church Preschool Director Brenda Ward-Kelley said. “I never thought they could ride around the church this many times.” On Thursday morning,...
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Trinity men's hockey to host – and play in – DIII Frozen Four
The path to the Final Four is set on the basketball court as the NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments tip off, but Trinity men’s hockey is already onto the Frozen Four. The Bantams are one of the last four teams standing in the NCAA DIII Men’s Hockey Tournament, and they won’t have to go very far at all to...
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Enfield ShopRite responds after CT NAACP claims employee was discriminated against for hair color
The CT NAACP is saying a ShopRite employee was asked to leave work on Tuesday because she had red coloring in her hair. They say the worker was 18-year-old Dior Pinnock, daughter of former NFL player Andrew Pinnock. On Wednesday, Andrew Pinnock was in tears as he, lawmakers and local advocates spoke about the incident. He said Dior had been…
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Bridgeport could close six public schools based on superintendent recommendation
Aging facilities could prompt change for six of Bridgeport’s public schools. “We want to ensure that we can provide students with equitable access to 21st century facilities and all the advantages that you enjoy as a result of that,” Levy-David said. This week, Bridgeport Public Schools superintendent Carmela Levy-David announced a recommendation to close six of Bridgeport’s public schools....
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Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm founder Rick Hermonot remembered by family
“He’d have a beer with a chunk of Cabot cheese. That’s the thing he loved. His family, his life,” Elena Hermonot said. On a rainy Wednesday in Moosup, Elena and Katherine Hermonot told stories of Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm’s Rick Hermonot–a father, grandfather and husband. “He was the best dad and the best papa, that’s for sure. He made...
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Proposal would eliminate ‘drive only' marking on licenses for undocumented immigrants
“It will make the people who have it more welcome in the state,” Carolina Bortolleto of the HUSKY 4 Immigrants Coalition said. For nearly a decade, Connecticut has issued drive-only licenses for undocumented immigrants in the state. “My family has the drive-only license. I remember back in 2015 when they first got the license, it really gave them a sense…
