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Published January 25, 2021 • Updated on January 25, 2021 at 1:58 pm NBC Universal, Inc. U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Miguel Cardona, the current commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Education, took part in a news conference with Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz on the launch of the 2021 Lt. Governor’s Computing Challenge.  A news release from the lieutenant governor says that the challenge, “Coding for Good,” invites Connecticut students in grades three through 12 to “create technology applications designed to spread messages of positivity, tackle important iss...

For years, Mountain View's mobile home residents have waged a legal battle to extend the city's rent control law to its six mobile home parks. Now it will be a political battle that banks on city leaders to limit rent increases.

Reply Jan. 13, 2021 The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today launched a new data dashboard providing all district and school-level completion rates for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) which is an important step in the path to postsecondary education and associated with higher rates of college enrollment. The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the obstacles many Connecticut students and families face when completing the FAFSA with form completions down 16 percent at the beginning of this year compared to last year. In December, Governor Ned Lamont announc...

FOR THE WINNERS. Joy Alyssa Day posted a photo of this year’s Chesley Award. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13. On April 13, 1970, the Apollo 13’s lunar landing was aborted in what would become a historic mission. The crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down on April 17, 1970. It’s a beautiful piece, 4″ wide, 12″ deep and about 4″ tall. Water is sculpted fused glass with a blown glass Apollo Capsule attached. Capsule is engraved and painted for the doors and windows. (2) …Conrunning is a hard, sometimes thankless task. Most of the time people don’t know who d...

Movers and Shakers for Dec. 27 Post date:  Alaska Industrial Hardware, a Bering Straits Native Corp. subsidiary, announced the hire of Thuy Vo to the position of controller and the promotions of Tim Larson and Josh Sieler. Vo has more than 18 years of accounting experience with a boutique public accounting firm that specializes in Alaska Native village corporations, tribal councils and small businesses all over Alaska. A recipient of the University of Alaska Scholar’s award, Vo graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor of business administration degree in account...