(Hartford, CT) – Hartford’s Mayor Luke Bronin and President Maxien Robinson-Lewin of the Greater Hartford Branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP), will join members of the community in a ribbon cutting ceremony at 99 maple Avenue in Hartford to celebrate the grand opening of Burke’s Oasis Caribbean & West Indian Restaurant …
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HARTFORD – Hartford Public Library announces a new virtual dramatic writing workshop that will give content creators the advice they need to develop their own projects and tell their own stories. The program, called “Talkin’ Drama,” will be moderated by Christopher T. Brown, a filmmaker and manager of the Albany Library. “My passion for storytelling …
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Neighbors, Before I give an update on a new program to help Connecticut residents with rent and utility payments, I want to share about an informative discussion on Facebook Live I recently held to assist minority-owned businesses. Businesses owned by Black Americans and Latinos/as have been particularly hit hard by the economic impact of the …
Today, state Senator Dennis Bradley (D-Bridgeport) is releasing the following statement following the agreement made between Governor Lamont, the Mohegan Tribe, and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe on the modernization of gaming in Connecticut. “I am proud to have been a strong advocate for this opportunity in Bridgeport,” said Sen. Bradley. “This agreement made means we are one step …
Bridgeport, CT – On March 10, 2021, the Bridgeport Police Task Force was granted search and seizure warrants as part of the investigation into Manolo Ortiz-Granell. The investigation was predicated on evidence demonstrating that Manolo Ortiz-Granell was selling cocaine and heroin from 154 Roselle Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A search of the residence resulted in the seizure …
Major Credit Rating Agency Sends Strong Signal that Connecticut is Headed on the Right Path Toward a Strong Economic Recovery Hartford, CT – Today, Connecticut State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden announced that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Connecticut’s General Obligation bonds credit rating from “A1” to “Aa3”, the first such credit rating upgrade for Connecticut in …
From left, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Stacey Abrams and Meghan Markle are among the many Black women who’ve had to live with the contrast between how you feel and how the world sees you, Curtis writes. (Photo of Truth and Wells: National Portrait Gallery; Abrams: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call; Markle: Ben Stansall/WPA Pool/Getty Images). …
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The American Rescue Plan Provides Relief for Small Businesses By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The White House on Tuesday released a fact sheet on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, noting that millions of main street small businesses are struggling to make ends meet in the wake of the …
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WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has received reports that fraudsters are creating fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine surveys for consumers to fill out with the promise of a prize or cash at the conclusion of the survey. In reality, the surveys are used to steal money from consumers and unlawfully capture consumers’ personal information. Consumers receive …
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Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Christopher Algieri, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of the Inspector General, Northeast Field Office, today announced that PHILLIANN BARNETT, 42, a Jamaican citizen residing in New Britain, was arrested on March 2 on a criminal complaint …
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