A new temporary boiler is now on site of Success Village, and it showed up ahead of schedule! We spoke with Attorney Barry Knott, the receiver for the 924-unit complex, housing more than two-thousand people, between Bridgeport and Stratford.
IMAGE CREDIT: Richard Matos / Success Village resident
Host Brigitte Quinn began a Friday edition of “Newsline” by talking about college application essays. How do you prepare a good college application essay? Preparation, the writing of—all those questions were answered by Priyanka Shingala, founder of “Let’s Talk College.” (00:00). The residents of a senior living community across the water in Port Washington, Long Island, are in danger of losing their home and life savings due to the community facing a bankruptcy issue. The son-in-law of two of the affected residents, Dan Schreiber, joined the show to update Brigitte on the situation and how the residents are handling it—and what can be done to help (17:58). Finally, theater and movie reviewer Ed Katz dropped by to offer analysis on the classic movie “The Sixth Sense,” as well as his thoughts on the series “Monsieur Spade,” on Netflix, and the new Netflix film “Woman of the Hour,” starring and directed by Anna Kendrick in her directorial debut (27:27)
Image Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus
Host Paul Pacelli got Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” up and running wondering – in the heat of the present White House campaign – if Vice-President Kamala Harris went a bit too far in her latest characterization of former President Donald Trump (00:32). CBS News climate correspondent David Schechter updated us on the release of a major new world climate change report (06:56). “Only In Bridgeport” blogger Lennie Grimaldi dropped by in the 5 p.m. hour to updated the hottest Bridgeport stories (12:15)
Image Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus
Executive Director of the Manresa Island Corp., Jess Vonashek, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about the former power plant being transformed into a community park.
Image Credit: CloserToInfinity / iStock / Getty Images Plus
The Connecticut Education Association released an assessment after speaking with 600 teachers across the Bridgeport school district. It showed 97% of respondents have a lack of confidence in Dr. Carmela Levy-David’s leadership as superintendent. We spoke with Dr. Levy-David about the report.
IMAGE CREDIT: Melissa Sheketoff
Dottie Lerner is running for CT State Representative in the 122nd District, representing sections of Shelton, Stratford, and Trumbull. She shared her goals if elected in November over incumbent Ben McGorty.
For more information: https://www.dottielerner.com/
Image Credit: Getty Images
How does a fire department determine a one-alarm fire verses three-alarm fire? Which surrounding towns are expected to help in disasters? Do career departments get called before volunteer departments? We talked about fire response 101 with Alan Zygmunt, public information officer for the Connecticut Fire Academy.
Image Credit: Getty Images
As we continue to track the Berlin brush fire, Chief John Massirio shared a possible cause for the fire. He also shared frustration in containing the fire with delays coming from ATV riders and drone operators.
IMAGE CREDIT: Berlin Fire Department
Host Paul Pacelli kicked off Wednesday’s “Connecticut Today” talking about the hundreds of millions of dollars in federal student loan debt that’s been wiped clean for thousands of state residents, and whether or not that’s fair (00:35). State House Minority Leader Vinnie Candelora discussed evidence that a Venezuelan gang is connected to recent jail violence in Stamford (06:49), while Hearst Connecticut Media columnist and senior editor Dan Haar dropped by for his weekly thoughts (15:06)
Image Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus
Campaign 2024 is almost done, and “Newsline” host Brigitte Quinn got to meet two candidates in key races. First, Republican Matt Corey dropped by (00:00) to talk about what’s motivating him to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Murphy. Then, incumbent Democratic state Senator Ceci Maher of the 26th District (that represents Darien, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Stamford, Weston, Westport, and Wilton), joined Brigitte to talk about her platforms and issues in the state legislature (16:47)
Image Credit: Chris Williams