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Tick takeaway

By Sabrina Garone
Published June 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM EDT
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A tick is studied under a microscope at the Connecticut Tick and Tick-borne Pathogen Surveillance Program at the Agricultural Experiment Station.
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A tick is studied under a microscope at the Connecticut Tick and Tick-borne Pathogen Surveillance Program at the Agricultural Experiment Station.

A Suffolk man is the first in New York to contract a rare tick-borne disease. Speed cameras go live in Fairfield today. The Shinnecock Nation pushes back on plans to create an express lane for traffic near their land. Plus, a New Haven pride center reopens just in time for Pride Month. 

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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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