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Advocates Help Fill Construction Worker Labor Gap
For 22-year-old Calvin Morgan-White it was like a light went off. “I just saw everything that went into it and it fascinated me,” Morgan-White said. Calvin had worked for a construction cleaning company but it wasn’t until he connected with the Built With Our Hands organization that he realized his full professional potential. “I found out that there’s a...
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Hartford Expands Re-Entry Center to New Location
Within the walls of a building in Hartford is the business of turnarounds. “I was addicted to drugs for almost five years and I ended up going to jail and getting incarcerated for almost two years,” Cassandra Johnson said. Johnson says the work she did with Community Partners in Action during the last nine months of her incarceration gave her…
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Lamont Announces $5 Million in Funding for Gun Violence, Crime Reduction
“At the scale that we’re operating now in terms of the kind of violence we’re seeing play out in our communities again it’s like drinking from a fire hydrant,” Andrew Woods, director of Hartford Communities That Care and the CT Violence Intervention Program said. Soon $5 million will go to Connecticut communities that Woods help on a daily basis....
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Cannabis in CT: Bill Aims to Address Equity for License Applicants
With just the House’s vote to go, recreational cannabis could become legal in Connecticut in the next 24 hours or so. The legislation cleared the Senate early Tuesday and would allow those 21 and older to possess and use cannabis starting July 1.
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‘I Knew I Was Dying;' Former Hartford Officer Testifies in Trial Against Accused Attacker
Former Hartford police officer Jill Kidik gave emotional testimony Friday detailing what she recalls from the stabbing that nearly took her life three years ago while responding to a tenant/landlord dispute.
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Group Home Workers Rally Ahead of Planned Strike Friday
Dozens of group home workers rallied Wednesday at the Legislative Office building as the deadline for thousands more of them to walk off the job looms. They are demanding the state come up with more funding for their wages and benefits
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CT DPH: Many Pediatrician Offices Unable to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine
As early as next week, more than 170,000 12- to 15-year-olds in Connecticut could be the next group eligible for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The ramp up for the rollout already underway as state health leaders wait for the FDA’s approval.
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Jennifer Dulos' Father's Estate Files Lawsuit Against Attorney Norm Pattis
Attorneys representing Jennifer Dulos’ father’s estate filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Fotis Dulos’ criminal attorney Norm Pattis asking that Pattis return the remainder of the $250,000 retainer his client paid to Dulos’ estate. The attorneys allege there were also substantial payments made directly and indirectly by Fotis to Pattis including payments made by and into third parties that were…
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Cities, Towns Start Assessing Cost of Storm Cleanup
As part of the state’s initial damage assessment, the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security says towns and cities have until August 19 to provide to them their damage and costs associated with the storm to determine if FEMA state and county thresholds are close to being met.
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Hundreds of iPads Make Mother's Day Virtual Visits Possible
On this Mother’s Day, even a global pandemic couldn’t keep Windsor Locks police officer Paul Sherokow from seeing his mom. “I’m up there mostly every day talking with her bringing her cards,” Sherokow said. Since March 13, the mother and son’s daily visits at Grandview Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in New Britain have been at a standstill. “It’s hard when...
