Board of Regent members on the panel with the job of sorting out the trio of controversies that hit the 17-college system in recent weeks met Wednesday to begin mapping out a plan to avoid future missteps. “I’d like to put a spotlight on what is the power that the president of the Board of […]
October 17, 2012 @ 12:00 am
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Making commuters “insiders”
Have you ever missed your train because you didn’t know what platform it would be arriving on? I have – and it’s infuriating. It’s happened to me more than once in New Haven, where the train to Grand Central usually leaves from track 14 – but not always. At Penn Station – one of the […]
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Mystery spill in Stamford leaves officials scratching their heads
Five days after a spill estimated at thousands of gallons of a black, oily substance was seen in the water at Stamford Harbor, officials are still scratching their heads at what it could be and where it may have come from. “The material doesn’t seem to be anything that we can easily trace to a […]
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McMahon to campaign with Christie
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon is campaigning Monday with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at rallies in Stamford, Waterbury and Glastonbury. Other than debates, it is her first publicly scheduled campaign event in weeks. Christie, who has clashed with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy over their approaches to taxes and state employees, was a primetime […]
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How Kennedy spent his time during his ‘professional development’
The Board of Regents for Higher Education on Wednesday released the daily schedule of Robert A. Kennedy, who spent nearly nine weeks away from the central office this summer. Last week he told reporters he spent six weeks over the summer working remotely — though his contract specified that time be used for professional development […]
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Hartford-New Haven on list of top markets for political ads
It’s official: Connecticut voters are suffering more than most others from a deluge of political ads. According to the Sunlight Foundation, the Hartford-New Haven market ranked 10th in the nation during the past week in the number of political ad files that secure television ads — 131 of them. Las Vegas topped the list with […]
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In Connecticut, Siena has Obama by 15, Murphy by 2
Another poll shows Connecticut tilting strongly toward President Obama, with the contest for the open U.S. Senate seat still close. A survey by the Siena Research Institute taken long before last night’s presidential debate found Obama with a 15 percentage point lead over Mitt Romney. He led, 53 percent to 38 percent. In […]