Really good news: local educators respond to news teachers will be vaccine eligible next
Cayla Bamberger
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A nurse delivers a shot of COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of a patient at Central High School’s vaccine clinic in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 20, 2021. Teachers will be eligible to sign up for vaccines beginning March 1 under new orders from Gov. Ned Lamont.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
Local school district representatives said they were pleased that teachers were going to be getting COVID-19 vaccines beginning next month now that the governor has expanded the state’s vaccine rollout.
“I am extremely happy,” said Bridgeport Superintendent Michael Testani. “We anticipated something like this might be coming down. We didn’t know when, but I’m glad it’s sooner than later.”
Connecticut Mom Intentionally Drove SUV Into River To Kill Self, Son With Special Needs: Police
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Connie Crowell and her son Jack died on July 31, 2020, when their car fell into the water
After seven months, the police ruled out the case as a murder-suicide
A boater tried to rescue the duo but Connie refused to accept help, the investigation revealed
It is unclear what prompted Connie to take the drastic step
The case involving an SUV that plunged into a river in Connecticut and killed a woman and her son with special needs seven months ago has been ruled out as a murder-suicide.
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The mother and son lived in Monroe. Jack graduated from Masuk High School in 2017,
the Sun reports.
The determination was announced in a press statement from Seymour Deputy Police Chief Roberto Rinaldi, the outlets report. On the day of the incident, a boater who was in the area, observed the vehicle go into the water and went to assist and provide rescue efforts, Rinaldi s statement reads. The boater made numerous attempts to rescue the occupants of the vehicle. However, Connie Crowell refused to acknowledge or accept the boater s assistance and rescue efforts.
Mom, 54, drove herself and special needs son, 22, into a river in murder-suicide in Connecticut: Police say woman refused assistance from a nearby boater
Connie Crowell, 54, and her son, 22-year-old Jack, both drowned when the vehicle submerged into the Housatonic River on July 31, 2020
Seymour Deputy Police Chief Roberto N. Rinaldi said in a press release that investigators determined that the incident was a homicide/suicide
Rinaldi said that the car went into river at 175 Roosevelt Drive, which is near a long driveway leading to the river bank
Crowell was known in the community for her work with Alcohol and Drug Awareness of Monroe (ADAM)
School salaries dominate Monroe top 20 list
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Monroe Town Hall Offices at 7 Fan Hill Road in Monroe, Conn. on Monday May 13, 2013.Cathy Zuraw / Cathy Zuraw
MONROE - The town’s highest paid employee was a person who was not on the job most of the year.
Jack Zamary began 2020 as the town’s school superintendent but was placed on paid administrative leave in January when the Board of Education retained attorney David A. Ryan Jr. to investigate “employee-related issues related to the budget as well as general performance-related issues” regarding Zamary.
Ryan’s findings were not released, but Board Chair Donna Lane said in September that the probe into the district’s budget shortfalls showed the problems existed before Zamary’s tenure.