This week’s homes are a six-bedroom in Northport, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Deep River, Conn. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Connecticut”
In Affluent Greenwich, It’s Republicans vs. ‘Trumplicans’
By Gotham Rex on November 6, 2022
The Connecticut suburb was once home to George Bush and has historically been a moderate conservative stronghold. But new hard-liners are on the attack, galvanized by the culture wars. Source: New York Times
Outcry Over High School Clinic Exposes Deep Divisions on Mental Health
By Gotham Rex on June 5, 2022
American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town. Source: New York Times
Connecticut Moves to Blunt Impact of Other States’ Anti-Abortion Laws
By Gotham Rex on April 30, 2022
The state is among several acting to strengthen abortion rights protections as a Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade looms. Source: New York Times
A New York Bagel From an Unexpected Borough: Connecticut
By Gotham Rex on April 29, 2022
Popupbagels drives its suburban versions into a city with very fixed ideas of what makes a bagel. It’s a daring move, but it’s paying off. Source: New York Times
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Limit to State and Local Tax Deductions
By Gotham Rex on April 18, 2022
New York and three other states had argued that the so-called SALT cap imposed as part of a sweeping tax law in 2017 infringed on their sovereignty. Source: New York Times
Warehouses Transform N.Y.C. Neighborhoods as E-Commerce Booms
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
The region is home to the largest concentration of online shoppers in the country. The facilities, key to delivering packages on time, are reshaping neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
A Fall From the Society Pages to Prison Unsettles Greenwich
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
The sealing of the case against Hadley Palmer, 53, who must register as a sex offender for secretly filming minors, has revived questions about judicial favoritism for the wealthy. Lawyers say they were trying to protect her victims. Source: New…
Sandy Hook Families Reach Settlement With Gunmaker Remington
By Gotham Rex on February 15, 2022
Victims’ families had sued Remington, the maker of the AR-15-style weapon used in the attack at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Source: New York Times
Connecticut to End Statewide School Mask Mandate
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2022
As new Covid cases continue to recede, states are taking a closer look at their pandemic restrictions. Source: New York Times
An ‘Eerily Similar’ Murder-for-Hire
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2022
New revelations about a killing in 2014 have prompted questions from the son of a New Jersey couple found dead in their home that year. Source: New York Times
How Remote Work Is Devastating New York City’s Commuter Rails
By Gotham Rex on January 21, 2022
Before the pandemic, they relied on office workers, who spent up to $500 a month on tickets. At the M.T.A., those sales are down 75 percent. Source: New York Times
The South End of Stamford, Conn.: Master-Planned With Luxury Rentals, and Lots of Pets
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2022
The neighborhood, a 322-acre peninsula on Long Island Sound, has been redeveloped with 4,000 new apartments. And there are more to come. Source: New York Times
Connecticut High School Hockey Player Dies After Fall on the Rink
By Gotham Rex on January 8, 2022
Teddy Balkind, a sophomore at St. Luke’s School, died after he fell and his neck was cut by another player’s skate, police and school officials said. Source: New York Times
A School Won 92-4 in Basketball. Then the Coach Was Suspended.
By Gotham Rex on January 6, 2022
Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic high school for girls in Hamden, Conn., said that running up the score against Lyman Hall High School did not mesh with its values. Source: New York Times