Old Saybrook — Out of a beautiful fall sky, a drone – an unmanned aerial vehicle – lands outside the Saybrook Point Inn to a rapturous reception from a group of business executives. The green-and-black device is about 3 feet across, carries a video camera and weighs less than five pounds. It looks like a […]
Harriet Jones, WNPR News
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Second year for CTNext measures achievements, and raises questions
It’s been just over a year since Connecticut launched its grand experiment to create an ecosystem for entrepreneurs. Dubbed CTNext, the system has launched four hubs, hosted many events, signed up hundreds of nascent companies and spent almost $5 million. But as it goes into its second year it has changed direction and some are […]
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Sequestration cuts will hit Groton sub base workers hard
Furlough notices will go out this week to civilian personnel at the Groton submarine base — the result of the so-called sequestration. The Department of Defense has to cut billions of dollars from its budget this fiscal year because of the across the board spending cuts triggered by sequestration. One way the Pentagon will achieve […]
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ESPN to lay off some workers
Bristol-based ESPN has confirmed that it is laying off employees, but it won’t say how many. The sports cable channel says the job cuts will come across its global workforce of 7,000. The company employs 4,000 people in Connecticut. ESPN is one of the state of Connecticut’s “First Five” companies. It received a more than […]
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Sequester soon to shrink unemployment checks
People who have been out of work for more than six months are about to see their unemployment benefits slashed by sequestration cuts. The Connecticut Department of Labor says it is sending out letters this week to 30,000 thousand people in the state who will take a cut of almost 20 percent in their benefit […]
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More than 100 suspects arrested in massive drug bust
More than 100 people have been arrested after federal agents busted what they say are two large-scale trafficking operations bringing heroin and cocaine into Connecticut. About 700 officers carried out dawn raids Wednesday to make the arrests. The drug trafficking operations were said to have been headquartered in New London, but multiple law enforcement agencies […]
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Attorneys press for change in medical malpractice procedure
Medical malpractice laws are getting an airing at the Capitol today as the Judiciary Committee hears testimony on a proposed change to how cases against physicians come to court. Since 2005, a patient wanting to claim damages from a doctor for alleged negligence must have his or her case reviewed by a similar health care […]
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Pfizer will raze huge office building in Groton
Groton — Drug giant Pfizer Inc. said it plans to tear down 750,000 square feet of unused laboratory space on its Groton campus, a move that follows frantic efforts in recent months to find a new use for the facility. Last year, Pfizer put up for sale a million square feet of space at its […]
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Submarine base civilian workers feeling sequestration’s sting
Sequestration is already here, and most of us have yet to notice any effects. But that’s not true for hundreds of people in Connecticut who work for the Department of Defense in civilian jobs. Right now they are figuring out ways to manage financially when their paychecks take a dive next month. The submarine base […]
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Gun insurance proposal draws heat
A proposal to require gun owners to buy liability insurance — such as that required of car owners — drew opposition at a two-hour hearing at the State Capitol Wednesday.
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Sub base, E.B., could take multimillion dollar sequestration hit
The U.S. Navy has laid out cuts that can be expected at the Groton submarine base — including $45 million in work on a nuclear submarine — if the congressional budget-cutting measure known as “sequestration” goes into effect. The Navy has produced a detailed document that lays out the actions it’s already taking to rein […]