COVID-19: Connecticut Goes Red; Only 22 Communities Didn't Make The Red List This Week COVID-19: Connecticut Goes Red; Only 22 Communities Didn't Make The Red List This Week
Covid-19: Connecticut Goes Red; Only 22 Communities Didn't Make The Red List This Week At this point, it would be easier to tell you what Connecticut communities aren’t in the red for the week of Nov. 19. There are now 157 out of 179 Connecticut cities and towns that have turned “red” due to COVID-19 incident rates. Last week, Nov. 12, there were 100 red communities. Red communities are so-called due to the state’s color-coded map of average daily COVID-19 cases. Red communities are reporting 4-15 or more cases per 100,000 residents. Scroll down for local city and town rates and trends. Red communities are so-called due to the state’s color-coded map of average daily COVID…
COVID-19 - 100 Connecticut Communities On "Red" List - Local Rates, Trends COVID-19 - 100 Connecticut Communities On "Red" List - Local Rates, Trends
Covid-19 - 100 Connecticut Communities On "Red" List - Local Rates, Trends The number of “red" communities in Connecticut has reached 100, according to the most recent state data, Thursday, Nov. 12. Infection rates have been rising in Connecticut dramatically. There are now 100 cities and towns with the highest daily averages of newly reported COVID-19 cases. Last week, Thursday, Nov. 5, there were 67 red communities. And the week before that, Oct. 29, there were 30. Scroll down for town-specific data. Red communities are so-called due to the state’s color-coded map of average daily COVID-19 cases. Red communities are reporting 4-15 or more cases per 100,000 re…
Connecticut Leaning Blue, But Here Are The Towns That Voted For Trump Connecticut Leaning Blue, But Here Are The Towns That Voted For Trump
Connecticut Leaning Blue, But Here Are The Towns That Voted For Trump As many elections, including the one for president, are still being counted, Connecticut hasn't quite finished tallying all its ballots, but it seems likely the state will remain blue As of Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 8 a.m., 85 percent of the votes for president cast in Connecticut had been counted. As was anticipated, challenger Democrat Joe Biden has the current majority vote for president. Biden has won 58.5% of the vote with more than 928,131 ballots cast in his favor.  Trump secured 39.9% of the vote and accumulated 633,711 ballots in his favor. The following is a list of cities…
AAA Forecasts Fall Gas Prices - Where To Get The Lowest-Cost Gas Now AAA Forecasts Fall Gas Prices - Where To Get The Lowest-Cost Gas Now
AAA Forecasts Fall Gas Prices - Where To Get The Lowest-Cost Gas Now With fewer people traveling due to COVID-19 restrictions, the price of gas has dropped to under $2 per gallon at a smattering of gas stations across Connecticut. On average, national gas prices are 50 cents less than they were at this time last year, according to AAA. And the national auto club expects this downward trend to continue through the fall. Further decreases are predicted despite people planning to travel more for fun this season, AAA said, because of the major decline in commuting to work and school brought on by COVID-19. “As demand remains low,” AAA said in a statement on F…
Trend: Tasty Displays Of Support For Police More Common After BLM Trend: Tasty Displays Of Support For Police More Common After BLM
Trend: Tasty Displays Of Support For Police More Common After BLM Pies, pizzas, cupcakes, cookies, grinders, and more tasty foods are being dropped off at local police stations across Connecticut and Massachusetts as people more and more express their gratitude toward officers. Public displays of support for the police have increased along with the launch of the “Back the Blue” campaign, which started in response to the “Defund the Police” campaign and the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the Minneapolis police killing George Floyd on May 25. Tasty displays of gratitude toward the police are becoming more common.Rocky Hill PD Officers say they …
Start-Stop-Start: At These Schools, COVID-19 Infections Have Temporarily Halted Class Start-Stop-Start: At These Schools, COVID-19 Infections Have Temporarily Halted Class
Start-Stop-Start: At These Schools, Covid-19 Infections Have Temporarily Halted Class Another school has been temporarily closed for deep cleaning following the discovery of staff infected with COVID-19. This time Ludlow’s East Street Elementary school closed the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 9, when a staff member was found to have caught the virus. As children started to go back to school in Massachusetts and Connecticut this month, a handful of schools have had to temporarily halt learning and disinfect the buildings to rid the places of any possible COVID-19 viruses. Each district seems to have a different approach to the discovery of COVID-19 among the faculty, staff…
58 People Arrested In ATM Scam That Hit Multiple Connecticut Banks 58 People Arrested In ATM Scam That Hit Multiple Connecticut Banks
58 People Arrested In ATM Scam That Hit Multiple Connecticut Banks Police arrested 58 people on Thursday, Aug. 20, accused of participating in a scheme to use phony pre-paid debit cards to make withdrawals from Santander Bank ATMs across multiple states - including Connecticut. Two days before the arrests were made, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Santander Bank branches in Bristol, Southington, and Plainville had to close temporarily when employees noticed long ATM lines. Most of the customers were making withdrawals using fraudulent ATM cards, “Green Dot” prepaid credit cards, police said. The three Santander branches reopened the following day. It is not clear h…
Town-by-town Outages: 42 Percent Of CT Eversource Customers Without Power Town-by-town Outages: 42 Percent Of CT Eversource Customers Without Power
Town-by-town Outages: 42 Percent Of CT Eversource Customers Without Power More than 540,000 Connecticut residents were still without power Thursday morning Aug. 6, following a nasty tropical storm that ripped through the area Aug.4 Eversource reported Thursday, at 8 a.m. that 542,012 customers were without power- about 42 percent of Connecticut customers are affected. It still may be days until some people are reconnected to electric power. About 1.28 million households have power through Eversource. Some places are still almost completely dark. In Avon, for example, 90 percent of people do not have power. Here’s how your town is doing: Berlin, 2,310 without p…
COVID-19: Here's Rate Of Cases Per Community In Hartford County COVID-19: Here's Rate Of Cases Per Community In Hartford County
Covid-19: Here's Rate Of Cases Per Community In Hartford County Here are the rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people per community in Hartford County: Avon - 781 Berlin - 812 Bloomfield - 2,437 Bristol - 1,028 Burlington - 269 Canton - 906 East Glastonbury - 194 East Hartford - 1,806 East Windsor - 1,389 Enfield - 1,365 Farmington - 847 Glastonbury - 870 Granby - 237 Hartford - 2,164 Manchester - 1,338 Marlborough - 1,510 New Britain - 1,521 Newington - 1,332 North Canton - 184 Plainville - 993 Rocky Hill - 2,105 Simsbury - 536 South Windsor - 656 Southington - 785 Suffield - 991 West Hartford - 1,134 Wethersfield - 978 Windsor - 2,034 Windsor Lo…
Two Students Accused Of Yelling N-Word In UConn Parking Lot Two Students Accused Of Yelling N-Word In UConn Parking Lot
Two Students Accused Of Yelling N-Word In UConn Parking Lot Police have identified and arrested two University of Connecticut students who allegedly used racial slurs toward African-Americans on campus earlier this month. White students were shown in a video that went viral shouting the n-word at African-American students, then laughing on Friday, Oct. 11 in the parking lot near the Charter Oak Apartments. An investigation into the incident and video led to the arrests of Jarred Mitchell Karal, of Plainville, and Ryan Gilman Mucaj, of Granby, both 21, who are facing a criminal charge of ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, na…
CT Contractor Admits Stealing More Than $3.3M From Employees CT Contractor Admits Stealing More Than $3.3M From Employees
CT Contractor Admits Stealing More Than $3.3M From Employees An electrical contractor in Connecticut has admitted to stealing more than $3.3 million from employees as part of a money-laundering scheme. Lee Ferguson, 62, of Farmington, pleaded guilty in Hartford district court to one count of money laundering stemming from a scheme in which he stole money from his employees. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that Ferguson owns and operates Ferguson Electric and Ferguson Mechanical in Plainville. Between 2013 and 2017, Durham said that “Ferguson caused to be deducted approximately $1.60 to $3.15 per hour from each of his employee’s fringe benefits packa…
Troopers Asking For Witnesses To Fiery Fatal Crash Off I-84 Troopers Asking For Witnesses To Fiery Fatal Crash Off I-84
Troopers Asking For Witnesses To Fiery Fatal Crash Off I-84 Police are asking the public for help identifying a vehicle, and the person who was killed during a fiery crash near I-84. The crash took place around 3 a.m., Thursday, April 4, on the Route 72 ramp to I-84 east in Plainville after the driver drove through the guardrail, struck a bridge abutment and the vehicle caught fire, Connecticut State police said. CTDOT officials reported they did not find any structural damage to the bridge hit during the crash.  The car sustained such heavy fire damage, that investigators were having a hard time determining the make and model of the…