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Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli: More Absentee Ballot Debate
Friday’s “Connecticut Today” with Paul Pacelli featured more discussion about a 2019 Bridgeport absentee ballot controversy with GOP State Sen. Rob Sampson (0:33) and Rowena White, communication director for Mayor Joe Ganim’s 2023 re-election campaign (12:51). We heard from former Bridgeport Democratic State Rep. Chris Caruso with his weekly update (21:50), while Paul had a…
Melissa in the Morning: A Fish Tale
Northford resident, Eddie Carroll, was hoping to catch the biggest blue in our annual Greatest Bluefish Tournament. But she caught something much bigger! Hear his story about catching a brown shark on a paddleboard! ((00:00)) One of the biggest stories this summer in Connecticut is the audit exposing falsified tickets filed by state troopers. We…
Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli: A Case of Suspicious Timing?
Thursday’s “Connecticut Today” with Paul Pacelli featured the “Only in Bridgeport” blogger Lennie Grimaldi, who raised his concerns about a Hearst Connecticut Media story regarding a Bridgeport absentee ballot issue (0:20). We also had our monthly check-in with columnist Chris Powell (13:16). Image Credit: Getty Images
The Lisa Wexler Show – Reduce Temps Of Hot Paved Surfaces
Jeff Terry, VP, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability at GAF, North America’s largest roofing manufacturer, joins Lisa Wexler to discuss GAF’s innovative StreetBond pavement coatings that can reduce temperatures of hot paved surfaces, named by TIME magazine as one of its Best Inventions of 2022. Image Credit: Pom669 / iStock / Getty Images Plus
Melissa in the Morning: Guess Who’s Back?
COVID-19 Hospitalizations are up by another 19-percent. According to the CDC, deaths also saw a large jump by 21-percent in one week. More than half of US states saw a “substantial” jump. South Dakota had the biggest spike, with hospitalizations surging more than 127-percent in one week. A new booster shot targeting the newest strain…
Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli: Enough Heating Assistance?
Wednesday’s midweek “Connecticut Today” with host Paul Pacelli welcomed State Senate GOP Leader Kevin Kelly of Stratford regarding a controversy surrounding low-income heating assistance funding (0:23). Hearst Connecticut Media editor and columnist Dan Haar joined us for his weekly check-in (11:54) and Paul had some thoughts on the continued immigration mess (23:57). Image Credit: Getty…
The Lisa Wexler Show – Marissa Gillett
PURA Chairwoman, Marissa Gillett, joins Lisa Wexler to discuss PURA’s final decision on the United Illuminated rate case. Image Credit: Bet_Noire / iStock / Getty Images Plus
Melissa in the Morning: School Safety
We are in the midst of back-to-school season and we want to talk about safety inside and outside of school. Bridgeport School Resource Sgt. Tresha Parks gave us insight to what is done in the city outside and inside the building. ((00:00)) There is no such thing as tick season; ticks are in Connecticut all…
CT Humane Society Pet of the Week
We have lovely Queenie here who is looking for her forever home! Queenie and her sibling were found stray outside without a mother. The they were old enough to eat solid foods but the finder did their part and kept an eye out just in case there was a mom or other siblings before they…