Mysterious drones continue to take center stage in the news since sightings have been reported in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. We spoke with Congressman Jim Himes, who serves Connecticut’s 4th District and is also the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He shared his perspective on the theories being thrown out there about the drones and the lack of communication around drone activity in general.
Image Courtesy of Congressman Jim Himes
A report of a threat targeting Greens Farms Elementary School in Westport has been deemed a hoax and was a swatting attempt. Police say Westport is one of several schools in Connecticut that were victims of swatting incidents on Friday. The next day, Bridgeport police cleared a hoax bomb threat at St. Margaret’s Shrine and called that a swatting incident as well. We did a deep dive into swatting incidents with Jim Perez during Crime on the Mind.
Image Credit: Getty Images
On today’s show, Mike is joined by State Senator Ryan Fazio, Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives Matt Ritter, State Representative Vincent Candelora, Chairman of the New Haven County Young Republicans Patrick Burland, and State Representative-elect Joe Canino.
Host Paul Pacelli talked to several listeners on Friday’s “Connecticut Today” regarding reported drone sightings across the Northeast, including in New Jersey and – possibly – in Connecticut (00:28). GOP State Sen. Dr. Jeff Gordon dropped by to talk about a new survey concerning Connecticut electric bills (14:34)
Image Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus
This weekend marks the 12-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. We spoke with Nicole Hockley of Sandy Hook Promise about the work this non-profit has done and accomplished in the last decade.
For more information: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/
Image Credit: Reuters
Dozens of witnesses started reporting that they spotted drones in New Jersey in November. Yesterday, our partners at CBS confirmed sightings of these drones in New York City. And last night, a woman at the Fairfield train station took to X, posting videos of five drones hovering in the sky. We spoke with CBS Correspondent Tom Hanson about the mysterious drones ((00:00)) and one of our law enforcement experts, Gary MacNamara, about the concern around this. ((9:03))
Image Credit: Getty Images
This weekend marks the 12-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. We spoke with Jenny Hubbard of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation about the work this non-profit has done and accomplished in the last decade.
For more information: https://www.cvhfoundation.org/
Image Credit: Melissa Sheketoff
Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” with host Paul Pacelli took a look at a reported separation agreement involving the Bridgeport Board of Education and school Superintendent Dr. Carmela Levy-David (00:30). “Only In Bridgeport” blogger Lennie Grimaldi elaborated further on big changes coming in the Bridgeport school system (14:02). GOP State House leader Vin Candelora talked about this week’s credit downgrade for Eversource by Standard and Poor’s (22:34)
Image Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus
Scarlett Lewis, who founded the Choose Love Movement after her son, Jesse, was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about how she uses the Choose Love formula (Courage + Gratitude + Forgiveness + Compassion-in-Action) inspired by Jesse to get her through the holidays, and how she shares it with others in need of support.
Image Credit: kieferpix / iStock / Getty Images Plus