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A protest against proposed United Illuminating construction in Fairfield, Southport and Bridgeport drew hundreds of supporters on Sunday afternoon. UI's plan would see seven miles of transmission lines on 100 new poles between the Fairfield border to the Congress substation in Bridgeport, and if passed, is expected to start construction in 2025.
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New Haven has received $500,000 from the federal Environmental Protection Agency for their “Project Green Jobs Corps” Program, which supports green jobs for kids in the city.
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The city has three magnet schools that serve kids from kindergarten to 12th grade.
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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: New York cannabis licenses are on hold — again. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) says he has COVID-19.
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Former New Haven Police Sergeant and Alder Shafiq Abdussabur said he collected enough signatures to be on the primary ballot. The New Haven Registrar of Voters office disagrees.
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Residents participated in a study with the Washington D.C.-based Environmental Working Group to collect samples of tap water in 18 states — including in Old Saybrook and Simsbury, Connecticut.
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The state is asking all farmers to report their losses to their USDA Farm Service Agency so that they can be reported to the federal government in a request for a disaster declaration.
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WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Jessika Harkay to discuss her article, “How CT’s college-readiness system leaves students of color behind,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.
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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: Connecticut police departments may be audited for false tickets soon. Smoking and vaping in Westport just got harder.
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At least a dozen areas around the airport have hosted sensors the size of miniature refrigerators that measure air pollution as planes take off. The goal is to use the data in conversations with local leaders.