Long Island Sound's Plum Island May Yet Be Saved, Environmentalists Hail Congressional Action After Decade of Advocacy

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Long Island Sound's Plum Island May Yet Be Saved, Environmentalists Hail Congressional Action After Decade of Advocacy

For environmentalists, passage by Congress this week of a federal budget package included, significantly, a long-sought repeal of a planned auction of Plum Island, in Long Island Sound. The action, ardently advocated for nearly a decade by scores of organizations and members of Congress across the region, opens a path “for permanent protection of this unique place and its critical habitats, endangered wildlife, and cultural history.”

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As Restaurants Close During Pandemic, Milford’s Dockside Brewery Among Those Opening

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As Restaurants Close During Pandemic, Milford’s Dockside Brewery Among Those Opening

We’ve seen the headlines, and it comes as no surprise. More than 600 restaurants in Connecticut have closed since the pandemic arrived in March, most despite their best efforts to survive. Yet, some have managed to swim against the tide and remain open, including some that have opened for the first time.

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Fiscal Concerns Accompany Good News at Yale School of Public Health

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Fiscal Concerns Accompany Good News at Yale School of Public Health

The Yale School of Public Health has been on a roll during the past few months, even as it was encountering a noisy bump in the road. The good news: Dr. Anthony Fauci, will give the 2021 commencement address. Marcella Nunez-Smith will serve in the incoming Biden Administration, leading a new COVID-19 task force on equity issues. But there’s more swirling about.

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Music Beats Cancer – A New Approach Launched in CT Seeks to Advance Cancer Research, Harnessing Support for Innovative Biotech Firms

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Music Beats Cancer – A New Approach Launched in CT Seeks to Advance Cancer Research, Harnessing Support for Innovative Biotech Firms

An initiative launched in Connecticut is taking direct aim at opening up the way in which critical research is funded, with the most elusive of illnesses – cancer – clearly in its sights. It is innovative crowd-funding, designed to fill the funding gap that has proven to be a hurdle that many biotech cancer research initiatives – despite how promising they may be - just can’t get beyond.

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Black & Latino Studies to be Offered in CT High Schools; State Board Approves Curriculum

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Black & Latino Studies to be Offered in CT High Schools; State Board Approves Curriculum

Every high school in Connecticut will be required to offer a course in African American, Black, Latino and Puerto Rican studies beginning in the 2022-23 academic year, after the state Board of Education unanimously approved implementation of the newly developed curriculum this week.

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With 141,000 Laptops Distributed, CT First in Nation to Close the Digital Divide Among Students

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Within in next two weeks, Connecticut expects to have delivered a laptop or internet connection to every Connecticut student who didn’t have one when the pandemic – and distance learning – began across the state’s school districts. Every Connecticut student.

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