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After All Things

Helping heroes

By Sabrina Garone
Published November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM EST
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Some of the thousands of veterans headstones at the Middletown State Veterans Cemetery.
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Some of the thousands of veterans headstones at the Middletown State Veterans Cemetery.

Our region celebrates Veterans Day. Connecticut lawmakers will vote tomorrow on a plan to use a $500 million surplus for social programs. A New York law requires new safety rules for AI chatbots. A plan from Eversource to sell Aquarion is not popular with some Connecticut officials. Plus, how New York voters really feel about their candidates for governor. 

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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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