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The first basketball game at Fairfield University’s brand-new, 85,000-square-foot Leo D. Mahoney Arena took place Friday night. The building, which cost $51 million, takes pride of place in the center of campus.

University officials say expanding the nursing school to Austin, Texas will help address...

More than 100 students at Fairfield University in Connecticut protested after the administration ordered a Black Lives Matter flag be taken down from the counseling center late last month, CT Insider reported. The protest, which took place during a diversity and inclusion event on Feb. 28, was organized after administrators said the Black Lives Matter flag wasn’t approved and

University officials said the flag violated the building code, while students said its...

University officials said the flag violated the building code, while students said its...

University officials said the flag violated the building code, while students said its...

In 2000, when Mark Nemec was hired to serve as New Albany’s first public-service director, the department consisted of three employees.

Racing a cop, ditching the mask, heading to the zoo: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: The city will offer 100 $50 Walmart gift cards each at four neighborhood COVID-19 vaccine clinics in an attempt to combat declining numbers in the state. The clinics will not require an appointment, insurance or identification. “Our goal has always been to protect the lives and livelihoods of everyone in Montgomery,” Mayor Steven Ree...

More than 70% of Connecticut adults have received vaccine PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail Seventy-one percent of Connecticut adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday. The state tops the nation when it comes to the percentage of fully vaccinated adults and is among the top five states in getting at least one shot in arms, the governors office said. About half of Connecticuts 16- and 17 year-olds have gotten a shot, putt...

Connecticut College Corps is recruiting summer enrichment teachers FacebookTwitterEmail Five hundred college-age students will be eligible for stipends of $4,500 if they join the summer-enrichment programs that Gov. Ned Lamont has planned for at least 24,000 Connecticut school kids. Lamont on Monday announced that applications are being accepted for the Connecticut College Corps, which will begin training in early June to help kids throughout the state continue learning, socializing and having ...