1+ day, 16+ hour ago (936+ words) Towns will decide where their housing belongs. The old parking lots, abandoned mills, half-empty office buildings, and shuttered suburban malls that have blighted areas across the state can be turn" This week's housing news reported that a controversial New York developer had been shot down by Bethel in its plan to build attainably priced apartments following failed efforts in Granby and Manchester, as well as success in Avon, Cheshire and New London with appeals in Rocky Hill, Simsbury, and West Hartford. For several decades, municipalities have admirably strived to solve the challenge of developing more affordable housing in and around town centers. Their efforts, however, have proven to be too slow in the best of cases or ineffective in most instances. The "Not in My Backyard" (NIMBY) movement and its allied lobbies often weaponize state and local laws and use…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago (93+ words) According to media reports, officials said the driver was extricated from the vehicle and transported to an area hospital where they were pronounced dead. A person was killed after crashing into a pole in Bristol on Wednesday night. Fire officials told NBC Connecticut a vehicle struck a pole on Broad Street around 9 p.m. According to NBC Connecticut, officials said the driver was extricated from the vehicle and transported to an area hospital where they were pronounced dead. The person's identity is unknown at this time. The crash remains under investigation....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago (384+ words) Quinnipiac University has announced the creation of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut Achievement Scholarship, a $23,000-per-year award'totaling $92,000 over four years'for one outstanding high school student. The scholarship will be awarded to a Girl Scout who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, community service, and academic excellence, according to the university. "We are thrilled to partner with the Girl Scouts of Connecticut to offer this scholarship, celebrating their commitment to leadership, service, and integrity'values that align perfectly with Quinnipiac's mission and the extraordinary potential of these distinguished young women," "Thomas E. Ellett, Chief Experience Officer at Quinnipiac University said in a statement. "We are equally proud of our ongoing collaboration through pre-college programs like Camp CEO, which brings Girl Scouts from across the state to Quinnipiac for a five-day overnight experience." Ellett said the scholarship award is renewable up to four years of full-time…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago (129+ words) Robert Scandura has it backwards." Connecticut voters elect Democrats because they do what the voters want them to do. Things like feed the hungry, address housing, protect immigrants, financing higher education, local schools, and business startups, among many other positive things." Connecticut Democrats don't censor school boards or libraries, don't speak in racist code words, and promote inclusion of all Connecticut citizens. I got off the couch many years ago to become an activist (phone banking and door knocking) to elect Democrats. Anyone who doesn't like Democrats can go and help elect Republicans." Or can move to one of their favorite "strawman" red states, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, etc., where Connecticut's federal income tax dollars subsidize that state. Patrick A. Farley, West Hartford...

5+ day, 14+ min ago (556+ words) The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles has fired a longtime employee nearly five years after investigators found he used his position to garner steep discounts on cars he bought from a towing company, according to a termination letter obtained last week. In total, DMV investigators found that from 2015 to 2019, D&L sold 15 vehicles to an investment firm owned by Stefanski, who had worked for the agency since 1999 and was then a document examiner in the DMV's main office. In one case, Stefanski bought a Cadillac for $1,000 and sold it for $17,500. The car was eventually sold by another company for $23,250. But the DMV did not discipline Stefanski or issue fines against D&L in the years after the investigation. The agency declined to comment on the firing and declined to answer specific questions about the investigation. Stefanski was placed on paid…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (279+ words) Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport, Conn., was arguably the most significant.Serving as mayor from 1933 to 1957across 12 terms, McLevy had one of the longest tenures for a chief executive of a major industrial city. During his time, Bridgeport's population grew from 147,000 to 159,000 (and25 percent during World War II). This socialist understood that in a town ofmodest homes and factories, low taxes were a must. Not only did McLevy make sure that Bridgeport profited from New Deal largess, buthe cut expenses with a vengeance. He reduced costs in every way, from the small " selling the city limo and sending its driver back to the police department " to the large " centralizing purchasing, purchasing city coal directly from the mine, and renegotiating more favorable city contracts. While McLevy was apacifistduring World War I, he welcomed the massive expansion of the military industry in Bridgeport during World War…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (234+ words) A pedestrian was fatally struck by four vehicles on Interstate 95 in Stamford on Wednesday morning, three of which fled the scene. Troopers responded to the area of I-95 North in Stamford just before 6:30 a.m. on Thursday for a fatal motor vehicle collision, according to the Connecticut State Police. A preliminary investigation determined that, for an unknown reason, a pedestrian was walking in the right travel lane of I-95 North by before Exit 6 when they were was struck by a vehicle and thrown to the left part of the highway, state police said. According to state police, the vehicle left the scene. The pedestrian was then struck by two other vehicles that left the scene, state police said. A fourth vehicle that was merging from the center lane into the left lane during the incident was also unable to avoid hitting the pedestrian. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (152+ words) Looking to get in on some outdoor sporting in Connecticut? A survey by SportsBookReview asked 3,002 respondents about "the sportiest public parks in the Constitution State." What Nutmeg state location came out on top? Mill Woods Park in Wethersfield, according to SportsBookReview.com, which ranked 86th overall: In second place for Connecticut was Treadwell Park in Newtown at 110th nationally, thanks to its "sports fields, courts, playgrounds and aquatic amenities in a well'loved community setting," according to SportsBookReview.com. Rogers Park in Danbury rounded out the top three, landing 116th overall. A CT supermarket mogul talks Thanksgiving turkey. Availability, prices, inflation and more. How about nationally? According to SportsBookReview.com, the top ranked park/recreation center for sport was Central Park in Manhattan, New York. Check out the full top 10 below, according to SportsBookReview.com: Curious what else SportsBookReview.com had to say? Check…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (259+ words) More than 10,000 emails were sent to students with the New Haven Public Schools system in what officials" are calling a "sophisticated phishing attack" that targeted the district. The attack came after accounts belonging to at least four students were compromised, laying the groundwork for hackers to send mass emails to more than half of the student body, school officials said in a notice to students and families on Wednesday. According to school officials, "well over" 10,000 emails were sent to students. Almost all of them went to multiple recipients at once and were designed to phish for bank information. School officials believe more than 1,000 students " making up about 10% of the student body " opened and read the emails. "While it is impossible to currently track exactly how many students submitted data, we have received reports indicating that some students did fill out…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (556+ words) Avelo airlines, which last month announced it was removing all of its flights from Bradley International Airport, now has started nonstop service to Florida's Key West International Airport from Tweed-New Haven Airport. Earlier this month, also at Tweed, the budget airline, which said it has 30 nonstop destinations from the New Haven airport, said it had new deal for travelers, on base fares, and offered "20% off + additional exclusive savings for Avelo PLUS members." On Thursday, Avelo said it flew an exclusive nonstop service to Florida's Key West International Airport from Tweed-New Haven Airport, making it the only airline offering nonstop service between the Elm City and Key West. The airline said it even offered "Key West's Key Lime Pie" to customers on the flight, through Key Lime tarts from G Cafe Bakery, as well as other "celebratory swag bags." Avelo Airlines…...