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CT LIVE!: Connecticut in Color – New Haven Artists Working to Make a Difference
The City of New Haven’s Department of Cultural Affairs assists, promotes, and encourages artists and community organizations to stand for social justice and improve the overall quality of life for New...Promoted By City of New Haven -
Shelton Printing Shop Helps Honor Late Teen With T-Shirts
The Shelton community is coming together to remember 17-year-old James McGrath who was stabbed and killed this weekend. The process of memorializing 17-year-old James McGrath is taking shape inside Sh... -
Kids Connection en Español – Conozca a Fria
¡Conozca a Fria! ¡La mejor amiga del Monstruo de Nieve y miembra del equipo meteorológico de NBC Connecticut Primera Alerta!
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Kids Connection Spring Hummingbird Activity Sheets
Hummingbirds have begun their annual spring migration! If you look closely, you can spot them around Connecticut!
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Normalizing the Use of Mental Health Services for People of Color, Different Cultures
Within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is the Office of Mental Health Equity, a division dedicated to helping communities of color in need of mental health and substance use assistance through culturally competent programs. Samia Hussein is the division’s director, working to help people connect with the services the state ma... -
Connecticut in Color: Celebrating the CT Big Brother of the Year
Dan Fortes is being honored as the Connecticut Outstanding Big Brother of the Year. He’s been a part of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut for the last two years – since the organization connected him with Donte Cuttino, a 12 year-old now in the 6th grade. It’s a relationship that has changed both of their lives for the...
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Windsor Man Shares Journey, Raises Awareness of Male Factor Infertility
Many people believe infertility is solely a women’s issue, but a Windsor father is trying to raise awareness about male factor infertility. He’s sharing his journey with the hope of helping other men becoming dads just like him. Anthony Edwards is getting brutally honest – telling his personal story he knows many men would never dream of sharing &#... -
Nonprofit Looking for Volunteers to Raise and Train Service Dogs
Do you have the time and compassion to open up your heart and home to a little puppy? If you’re able to do this, you would also be helping someone with a disability. NEADS World Class Service Dogs is recruiting full-time puppy raisers. The company is based in Massachusetts, and for the first time ever, they’re looking for volunteers...... -
Vinyl Record Returned After a Shocking 44 Years to Rockville Public Library
Staff at the Rockville Public Library were not expecting a vinyl record checked out from the library in 1978 to be returned. But 44 years later, that’s exactly what happened. The vinyl album ” With These Hands” by Roger Williams was returned on Monday. The album was released in 1959, according to the town of Vernon. Although the l... -
Shelter Volunteer Takes Dog on Road Trip to Meet Forever Family
A Connecticut shelter dog has been reunited with her foster mom after a 14-and-a-half-hour journey. Clementine, who is a pitbull, has been at the Little Guild in Cornwall since December 2021. The shelter said due to her breed and coloring, she was having a hard time finding an adoptive family. A woman in Athens, Georgia, who once fostered Clementin... -
Three Senior Centers Reopened in New Haven
After a months-long pandemic pause, Monday marked the reopening of three senior centers run by the city of New Haven. Since November 2021, the spread of Covid-19 has shuttered facilities at the Atwater, East Shore, and Dixwell/Newhallville locations. Nearly five months later, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker joined community members in the ne... -
Connecticut in Color: New Store in Hartford is a Sneakerhead's Dream
There’s a new home for sneakerheads in Hartford. “Rundown” is a homegrown store for the latest and greatest in footwear that just opened its latest location in the capital city with a pretty cool concept to connect people to shoes they can’t find anywhere else. Rundown opened its doors on Pratt Street in downtown Hartford. “We’re ... -
Nonprofit Helps Norwich Restaurant After Fire
Repair work continues at Uncle D’s Blazin BBQ in Norwich, after the restaurant suffered damage from a fire in February. With the kitchen out of commission, a local nonprofit is stepping up to help the family-owned business. “It means everything to us,” said Angelina Gardner, owner of Uncle D’s. Easterseals Veterans Rally Poi... -
Kids Connection Hartford Yard Goats Activity Sheets
Fun Hartford Yard Goats activity pages you can download and print!
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‘Chop It Up' Brings Men Together for Weekly Online Brotherhood Sessions
In the midst of COVID lockdowns and closures, a beautiful online space for men of color has flourished. It’s called “Chop It Up,” a weekly session of sharing and brotherhood building. It’s a virtual roundtable for men of color to come together and just talk. Marcus Stallworth is the founder of “Welcome 2 Reality,”... -
‘Havenly': Refugee Women Find Sisterhood, Support in New Haven
The heartbreaking scenes of desperation among Ukrainian refugees bring back painful memories for Nieda Abbas. “When I see the children and the mothers leaving and on the streets, it’s exactly what we went through,” she told NBC Connecticut’s Heidi Voight. Abbas is an Iraq war refugee. The owner of three restaurants in Baghdad, her businesses ... -
Connecticut in Color: Bloomfield High Student Blazes New Trail
She’s a senior in high school her teachers say is wise beyond her years. Condoleezza Coleman is a young woman who just a few years after moving to the United States from Ghana is impacting her school community and blazing her own special trail. In 12th grade at Bloomfield High School, she’s a star student-member of the National Honor...
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Kids Organize Collection Drive for Ukraine in Marlborough
“We’ve got combs and baby diapers and baby wipes and deodorant and stuff,” said 9-year-old Lydia Merritt. And there’s a lot more that Marlborough Elementary School fourth graders are hoping to collect. Merritt and Sara Irani said seeing families in Ukraine leave everything behind made them realize that women and children the...
