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Not a luxury

By Sabrina Garone
Published August 18, 2023 at 5:01 PM EDT
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Low-income families on Long Island’s East End have a new option for child care. Kindergarten classes in Connecticut will be a little bit bigger this year. Bridgeport’s former police chief can not have his pension restored. And supposedly, aliens like making trips to New England for the summer, too.

Hear more from Davis Dunavin on this week's trip to New England as part of the WSHU podcast Off The Path — available online and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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