Convenience store owners say a Bridgeport flavored tobacco ban will hurt business
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A display at Stamford Photo and News on Jan, 8, 2020 in Stamford, Conn., is filled with an assortment of products, including e-vaping and tobacco products, that the retailer offers for sale.Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT Eddie Jamal said he is not a fan of smoking, but the profits from tobacco sales particularly flavored products keep his gas station open and 10 people employed.
“A ban would take away a large portion of my revenue and hand it over to the black market,” Jamal told the City Council recently. “Imagine you were me and, despite doing nothing wrong, your entire life’s work is destroyed.”
Get out of the house: Five historic landmarks to entertain the kids and restore your sanity
Sarajane Sullivan
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View of the historic saltbox and barn at 108 Cross Highway. The house was built in 1806 by a free Black man and it is included on Connecticut s Freedom Trail.Meg Barone / Meg BaroneShow MoreShow Less
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Fourth generation owner of Louis Lunch Jeff Lassen is photographed outside of the hamburger joint in New Haven on May 13, 2020. The fast-food restaurant is open for take-out.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Griffin Kalin, with help from his father, has rebuilt the long house at the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, Conn. Friday, October 11, 2019.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Howard University, REFORM Alliance Among Warner Music / Blavatnik Foundation Grant Recipients
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As part of its mission to invest $100 million in organizations focused on achieving social justice, the Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund has announced its initial six grant recipients: Black Cultural Archives, Black Futures Lab, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), Howard University, REFORM Alliance and Rhythm & Blues Foundation.
The WMG/BFF SJF was established in June 2020 in the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many other Black people. The Fund is intended to serve as an acknowledgement of the contributions Black culture has made to the profitability of today’s music industry. Over 10 years, the Fund will invest in organizations around the globe that build more equitable communities and create real change in the lives of historically underserved and margi