Three college roommates in Bridgeport are getting national attention for chasing after a porch pirate. It led to a conversation with our crime prevention expert about how to protect yourselves from porch pirates, especially during the holiday season.
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Millions of students apply each year for financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid also known as FAFSA. Since the 2023-24 rollout, we’ve heard about many delays and tech issues causing problems for families. We asked the state how Connecticut is handling FAFSA and what we can expect with the updated rollout later this year. We spoke with Ajit Gopalakrishnan, State Department of Education Chief Performance Officer.
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Two street takeover situations happened in New Haven just days apart. As we reported, over the weekend three people were arrested in the Elm city for a street takeover, and late last month, a viral video shows a street takeover on the Q-bridge! Sgt. Luke Davis with the Connecticut State Police.
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November is month tied to the theme of “giving back” and we want to focus on people with food insecurity. It may surprise you how many people in Connecticut don’t know where their next meal will come from on a regular basis. Jason Jakubowski, President and CEO of Connecticut Foodshare, gave us real-time statistics to show just how dire the situation is in our state.
For more information: https://www.ctfoodshare.org/
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Ahead of Election Day, Mike Cerulli chats with some of his News 8 colleagues including Jeff Derderian (0:00), and Dennis House (41:34), along with Connecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon (1:00:00) Senator Richard Blumenthal (1:22:47), and former state senate minority leader John McKinney.
Host Paul Pacelli wrapped up another busy week on “Connecticut Today” – getting closer to Election Day – by looking at the latest controversy surrounding a statement by former President Donald Trump (00:23)
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Host Brigitte Quinn kicked off a new month and Friday installment of “Newsline” with an interview with Patricia Bonis, who just wrote a new memoir called “Jeddah Bride,” a true story about Patricia herself, who married a charming man—it seemed to be the fairytale romance—until he kidnapped their two young children, whom she did not see (or have contact with) for the next 14 years (00:00). Brigitte also spoke to Lonnie Quinn, Chief Forecaster of CBS 2 New York, about the unseasonable weather we’ve been having (16:28). Finally, theater and movie reviewer Ed Katz joined the program to discuss a new M. Night Shyamalan horror/thriller film, “Trap,” as well as the Netflix series “The Lincoln Lawyer” and thoughts on the upcoming papal-related movie “Conclave” (28:41)
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Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” with Paul Pacelli opened with Paul looking at new numbers in the election “gender gap” and “education gap” (00:27). “Only In Bridgeport” blogger Lennie Grimaldi joined us to chat about this week’s firing of city employee Wanda Geter-Pataky over election issues (07:11)
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Host Brigitte Quinn opened a Thursday Halloween-style “Newsline” with a chat with Dr. Aric Prather, a sleep expert and clinical and health psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco, on changes in sleep patterns and sleeping conditions with the time change coming this weekend (00:00). Also joining the program was Katie Wheeler, the Choices Manager in the Aging Answers Department at the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging in Bridgeport, who talked about Medicare, its programs, and answered listener questions as well! (17:39)
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Avangrid SVP of Public & Regulatory Affairs, Kim Harriman, joins Lisa Wexler to advocate for rate hikes to make capital improvements in our utility grids.
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