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2 weeks ago | 
ctpublic.org | Matt Dwyer
Connecticut Public Radio | By Matt Dwyer Published April 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM EDT A sewage spill into the Connecticut River has been temporarily fixed. Pumps are now pulling the sewage into a system to go aroundthe broken pipe in East Windsor. The leak, located south of 249 South Water Street on the banks of the Connecticut River, flowed for about a day before it was stopped late Friday night.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctpublic.org | Matt Dwyer
Connecticut Public Radio | By Matt Dwyer Published April 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM EDT Connecticut legislature. A committee narrowly endorsed loosening a firearms restriction put in place after the 2012 Newtown school shooting. The bill would increase the maximum allowed capacity of firearms magazines from 10 rounds to 15.
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1 month ago | 
ctpublic.org | Matt Dwyer
Connecticut Public Radio | By Matt Dwyer Published March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM EDT Local education officials in Connecticut are trying to understand how their schools will be affected by President Donald Trump's order to gut the U.S. Department of Education. Trump’s announcement came a day before Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced Friday another $3 million in city funding for public schools.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Matt Dwyer
A federal agency that awarded a million dollars to local museums and additional money to the Connecticut State Library last year, is getting the axe from President Donald Trump. Under a sweeping executive order that also targeted the parent company of Voice of America, the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be virtually eliminated. The little-known organization provides grants to cultural and educational institutions across America.
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1 month ago | 
ctpublic.org | Matt Dwyer
Connecticut Public Radio | By Matt Dwyer Published March 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM EDT Joe Amon / Connecticut PublicCICD Puerto Rican Parade, El CHINCHORREO heads down Park St. in Hartford, Connecticut June 05, 2021. The city of Hartford is accepting applications for $5 million in forgivable loans for businesses and owners of commercial property in the city.
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1 month ago | 
ctpublic.org | Matt Dwyer |Jim Haddadin
A University of Connecticut professor accused of misusing school funds is firing back at school administrators, saying she was defamed by an internal investigation into her travel expenses. UConn police last month charged Sherry Zane, a professor of women's, gender and sexuality studies, with larceny for allegedly using university money and grant funds to pay for personal trips.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Matt Dwyer
A Connecticut organization that helps refugees and other immigrants get established in the U.S. says it’s shutting down offices after the Trump administration ordered sudden cuts in federal funding. The organization has also laid off about half of its staff. Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, or IRIS, is closing its main office in New Haven and making plans to close its Hartford office.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Matt Dwyer |Eric Aasen
A beloved gray seal pup found on the streets of New Haven has died. The Mystic Aquarium, where the seal had been recuperating, announced the death Monday afternoon. Officials say the seal, named Chappy, suffered from a condition in which his intestines were twisted, cutting off the blood supply to a large portion of his gastrointestinal tract. The aquarium says its staff is devastated.
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2 months ago | 
nhpr.org | Matt Dwyer
It could be several months before a gray seal pup found on a street corner in New Haven can be released from Mystic Aquarium. The seal was found Sunday afternoon by the New Haven Police Department. It was underweight and more than 1,000 feet from the nearest river. "When he first came in, he was pretty malnourished, and we just wanted to make sure we were giving him all the supportive care he needed," said animal rescuer Allie Cojocaru.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
ctmirror.org | Sujata Srinivasan |Matt Dwyer |Connecticut Public |Gabby DeBenedictis
The Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of private equity-funded Prospect Medical Holdings (PMH), the parent company of three Connecticut community hospitals, kicked off Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Deborah Weymouth, president and CEO of Manchester Memorial Hospital, Rockville General Hospital, and Waterbury Hospital, is expected to tap into the hospitals’ own funds to finance their functioning during the bankruptcy process.
