Natalie Discenza
Former News FellowNatalie is a former news fellow with WSHU Public Radio.
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The Katharine Hepburn Museum in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, opened its doors for the first time on Monday, June 27. It’s located on the first floor of The Kate, a cultural center that pays tribute to the Hartford actress.
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The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame has found a permanent home with the Ward Melville Heritage Organization, which leased out its 8,800 square foot Education and Cultural Center to the Hall of Fame. Its new home is located in the Stony Brook Village Center.
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New York State Supreme Court justices have tossed Harry Wilson’s lawsuit against his Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin. Wilson alleged that Zeldin violated campaign finance laws earlier this month.
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Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved people were finally freed in Texas, the last state in the nation to comply with the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln two years earlier.
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Civil rights activists protested over the weekend the sentencing of former Hamden, Connecticut, police officer Devin Eaton to three years probation and 450 hours of community service after he opened fire on an unarmed couple's car in New Haven in 2019.
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A report released this week shows Long Island school districts with more white students have more money to spend on guidance counselors and social workers than schools with majority nonwhite students.
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Karl Jacobson has been with the New Haven Police Department for 15 years. He currently serves as assistant police chief.
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It’s now Orchestra Lumos, which is more inclusive to the people of Fairfield County.
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The decision was recommended by the Municipal Accountability Review Board after almost $900,000 of COVID-19 relief funds were either misspent or lacked documentation in West Haven.
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Members of Congress called on President Biden on Monday as well to invoke the Defense Production Act to urgently address the baby formula shortage, which was last used to distribute COVID-19 vaccines.