Newtown Residents Demolish A School, And Violent Memories
Demolition has begun at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 students and six adults last December. Bricks will be pulverized, steel melted down and a new school built at the same...
View ArticleA Coast Guard Cutter On The Connecticut River
Residents of Connecticut who have looked out on the Connecticut River this winter may have seen something a bit unexpected - a Coast Guard cutter. A ship called the Bollard has been on the river for...
View ArticleWhat Connecticut Stands to Gain (and Lose) From Fracking
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a ban of waste from “fracking,” the controversial method of obtaining natural gas cheaply. This comes less than a year after the state approved a major expansion...
View ArticleCelebrating 100 Years Of Ham Radio
This month marks the centennial of the American Radio Relay League, the largest ham radio association in the United States. That means it will be a special year for the hundreds who converge annually...
View ArticleAn Unusual, Non-Lethal Idea to Deal With Connecticut's Pesky Monk Parakeets
Kevin Burgio remembered the first time he saw monk parakeets. He was out bird watching "and I ran across this puddle that had like five or six monk parakeets drinking from it," he said. "I'm like, what...
View ArticleConservationists Vow to Fight Sale of Plum Island
Plum Island, an 840-acre land mass in Long Island Sound, is becoming a focal point for environmentalists. That's because of government plans to sell the island to fund the construction of a new USDA...
View ArticleRalph Nader Builds Shrine To Tort Law
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader recently opened a museum filled with items like defective toys and unsafe machines all tied together under a unifying theme: tort...
View ArticleAt the Capitol, a Push to Limit Opioid Prescriptions to Seven Days
Doctors in Connecticut may soon be limited to writing a seven-day prescription for opioid-based medication. It's part of an effort to curb drug overdose deaths in the state.
View ArticleA Push to Eliminate Bail for Lower-Level Offenders in Connecticut
Lawmakers are weighing a proposal that could prevent people charged with less serious crimes from being stuck in jail before they're convicted.
View ArticleRalph Nader Criticizes the "Commercialization" of Presidential Debates
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader doesn't like what he sees on the campaign trail this season, and said part of the problem is the media.
View ArticlePlastic Bags Could Disappear From Connecticut Grocery Stores
A bill to phase out plastic bags at grocery stores is moving forward and it's got the support of one prominent garbage man.
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Connecticut Democrats Divided Over Gun Control Ahead Of Primary
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