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Skip to main content Currently Reading Stamfords train station needs a major overhaul. CT officials say a fee on large trucks may be the answer. Brianna Gurciullo FacebookTwitterEmail The Stamford Transportation Center in Stamford, Conn., photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The Transportation Center was promised money in Gov. Ned Lamonts budget for improvements over the next five years.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media STAMFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont came to Stamford on Friday to hol...

State Senate approves ice cream truck safety upgrades FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Frozen dessert vendors would need a variety of new safety equipment to protect patrons from passing motorists, under legislation that unanimously passed the state Senate on Wednesday.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Tristan Barhorst, 10, was killed last June after being hit by a Jeep Wrangler on Wiese Road in Wallingford, as he crossed the street after making a purchase from an ice cr...

Reply(1) People line up to purchase ice cream from a truck in New York. The Connecticut Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would require ice cream trucks to install safety features to protect their customers. (Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock) WALLINGFORD, CT — The Connecticut State Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of a bill that aims to require ice cream trucks to install flashing lights, caution signs, signal arms and mirrors in an effort to keep children safer, the ...

The roads, bridges, projects CT hopes Biden infrastructure plan funds FacebookTwitterEmail A northbound Metro-North train passes across the railroad bridge spanning Cos Cob Harbor in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. The state Department of Transportation said replacing the bridge is a priority project for federal funding from President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure bill.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media WASHINGTON — Connecticut’s Department of ...

With supply increasing, state to make COVID vaccines more accessible Julia Bergman FacebookTwitterEmail A pharmacist at Hartford Hospital holds the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.Jessica Hill / Associated Press With supply of the COVID-19 vaccines still on track to outstrip demand in Connecticut by the end of the month, the state is thinking up creative ways it can target those who are reticent or who may not have easy access to getting a shot. Nearly every pharmacy in the state, including ...

Monthly Yearly Lamont: With thousands fewer J&J COVID vaccine doses, CT will have to make due for a time Dave Altimari :: CT Mirror The West Hartford/Bloomfield Health District opened a new mass vaccination clinic in an abandoned Shop Rite grocery store on the West Hartford/Hartford town line. Some 400 people were vaccinated there on Thursday, April 8, 2021. While manufacturing problems will delay thousands of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses from reaching Connecticut in the coming week...

Advocates: Gym defibrillators could be difference between life and death Alyssa Seidman FacebookTwitterEmail Like schools, higher education institutions and golf courses, athletic facilities and health clubs in Connecticut may soon be required to have an automatic external defibrillator (AED) on site.Contributed photo / Orangetheory Fitness RIDGEFIELD — Advocates say a state bill that would require all Connecticut athletic facilities and health clubs to be equipped with automatic external def...

By Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror While manufacturing problems will delay thousands of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses from reaching Connecticut in the coming weeks, Gov. Ned Lamont remained optimistic Thursday that a majority of residents will be at least partially immunized against the coronavirus by the end of April. Lamont also used his Thursday briefing on the pandemic to urge young adults to get vaccinated, warning they otherwise could play a key role in spreading the ...

“Beginning from July 1, 2021, through January 1, 2024, only the existing medical establishments and social equity applicants can open up cannabis establishments,” Rep. Steve Stafstrom (D-Bridgeport) said.  Stafstrom, who co-chairs the committee, said lawmakers have been focused on making sure individuals from communities impacted by the war on drugs have an opportunity to get into the industry.  But not all lawmakers agreed with the approach.  “We know you violated the law, but we’re...

Voting access expansion advances to Connecticut senate floor Staff FacebookTwitterEmail Connecticut state Sen. Will Haskell (D-Westport) and Connecticut state Rep. Stephanie Thomas (D-Westport) recently cheered the Connecticut Government Administration and Elections Committees approval of legislation increasing access to absentee voting and overhauling voting access and registration statewide. Sen. Haskell and Rep. Thomas, respectively Senate and House Vice Chairs of the Committee, joined in vo...