For its 100th anniversary, the Darien Police Department is hosting an open house event, featuring K9 demonstrations, SWAT demos, department tours and so much more. We got the details from Joseph Licari, records officer for the town of Darien.
For more information: www.darienpolice.org
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Statistics for aviation instruction reveal a growing interest, with the FAA issuing a 24% increase in student pilot certificates in 2023, but a significant dropout rate of about 70-80% before completing higher certificates. It’s no secret, we need mor pilots, flight attendants, air traffic controllers. But we need to motivate and support the next generation to take those jobs. Tango Flight is now up and running at 2 schools in Connecticut. A mentor in the program and retired commercial pilot, Paul Zielinski, shared more about the program and why mentoring is key.
If you’re interested in mentoring, email [email protected]
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Host Paul Pacelli opened Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” looking at a controversial response from Connecticut Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy regarding Wednesday’s deadly mass shooting at a Church in Minneapolis (00:45). CBS News reporter Aaron Navarro joined us to detail the possibility of more National Guard troops heading to other American cities (14:52). Southern Connecticut State University Political Science and Urban Affairs Professor Dr. Jonathan Wharton dropped by with his current take on the Connecticut and national political scenes (17:53), while retired corrections officer and current GOP State Sen. Paul Cicarella updated us on this week’s attack on a corrections officer by an inmate at the Cheshire Correctional Institution (25:51)
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While divorce rates overall are dropping, divorce among adults 50 and older is increasing. What’s using that uptick and how do couple reverse course before signing the separation paperwork? We spoke with marriage coach, Bob Donovan.
To contact Bob: [email protected]
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Following an interview with Senator Berthel about a new report looking at discrimination with applications at tech schools, we wanted to get an educator’s perspective on the problem. We spoke about it more with Fran Rabinowitz, executive director of the CT Association of Public School Superintendents.
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A phone free high school and developing classroom plans with AI; just some of the top headlines coming out of the Westport school district this year. We checked in with superintendent of schools, Tom Scaraice.
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Milford students are back to school and we checked in with Dr. Anna Cutaia, superintendent of schools.
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Host Paul Pacelli opened Wednesday’s “Connecticut Today” speaking with University of New Haven Senior Criminal Justice Lecturer Ken Gray about an investigation into a mass shooting earlier in the day in Minneapolis (00:53). Paul also offered his own thoughts on the impending investigation (06:50). We chatted with worldwide expert on guns and crime and founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center Dr. John Lott regarding the federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D.C. (14:48). Hearst Connecticut Media Senior Editor and Columnist Dan Haar dropped by to talk about the latest state political developments and a speed bump in a key merger that could affect Connecticut consumers (22:26). Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy joined us to talk about the latest Q-Poll findings pertaining to President Trump (30:19)
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Host Paul Pacelli opened Tuesday’s “Connecticut Today” wondering why so many progressives have hostile attitudes towards billionaires, many of whom hire and provide good income and benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans (00:36). Attorney and business analyst Parag Amin joined us to chat about a move by Southwest Airlines to have larger-sized passengers purchase two seats on some flights (14:49). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio detailed a possible legislative push against Connecticut’s home-schooling parents (24:47)
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According to the CDC, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience physical violence by their intimate partner at some point during their lifetimes. About 1 in 3 women and nearly 1 in 6 men experience some form of sexual violence during their lifetimes. It’s no secret; domestic violence continues to be a real problem nationwide and Connecticut is not immune to it. We spoke about this with President and CEO of the Center for Family Justice, Deb Greenwood. We also got the details on the upcoming 28th Annual Speaking of Women luncheon happening September 9th.
For tickets to Speaking of Women: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/speakingofwomen2025/event/sow2025/
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