If you’re viewing the upcoming Olympics, taking place in Beijing, China, on NBC and affiliated networks next month, the voices you’ll be hearing announcing the competition will not be on the other side of the world – they’ll be right here in Connecticut.
Read MoreIt has been more than six months since the most recent President of the University of Connecticut resigned. And just a week since his interim replacement, who took over on July 1, announced that he too was headed elsewhere, next month. It’s search time at the state’s flagship university.
Read MoreThere continues to be a pressing need for foster families in Connecticut, particularly after the disruptions caused by the nearly two-year pandemic. To respond to the ongoing need for foster parents, Connecticut community-based nonprofit provider Wheeler is hosting a virtual informational session to introduce a 10-week online course to individuals interested in fostering a child or youth.
Read MoreA Civic Ambassador, Antonia conducts outreach in communities on a daily basis as a family and community advocate. She encourages all voices in the community to be heard and makes a point of “meeting people where they are at”.
Read MoreA Stamford-based organization which teaches music to over 1,000 young people ages 3-17 has been named as recipient of The Lewis Prize for Music’s Accelerator Award, which brings a $500,000 multi-year grant. The organization is one of four nationally to receive the top award.
Read MoreA new analysis ranking the “Best States to Raise a Family,” puts Connecticut in the top ten - 7th in the nation.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Health Foundation has awarded 24 grants totaling $1.2 million to organizations on the frontlines of health equity and to media organizations that are devoting reporting to the subject, which has gained greater attention – and concern – during the pandemic.
Read MoreWestfair Business Publications produces Business Journals for Westchester County in New York and adjacent Fairfield County in Connecticut. Once each month the publications join forces, otherwise they are separate and distinct publications. At year’s end Westfair sought to name a Person of the Year, but opted instead to name a top ten, five representing each county.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Guide became a national model. In the early years of the New Deal, a number of people had proposed putting writers to work on guidebooks. With typical Yankee Ingenuity, Connecticut hit the road.
Read MoreLikely largely unnoticed amidst the torrent of death and turmoil that accompanied the relentless pandemic and racial reckoning throughout 2021 were just a handful of news articles that appeared memorializing an individual with no known connection to Connecticut but whose impact was surely felt here as it was across the nation.
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