C.D.C. researchers found that coronavirus infections and death rates rose in U.S. counties permitting in-person dining or not requiring masks. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Connecticut”
Joseph D. Duffey, 88, Dies; Apostle of Liberalism and Humanities
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2021
His 1970 Senate race in Connecticut energized antiwar progressives. He later served two presidents and headed universities in Massachusetts and Washington. Source: New York Times
In Quest for Herd Immunity, Giant Covid-19 Vaccination Sites Proliferate
By Gotham Rex on February 28, 2021
A day at one mass site in Connecticut shows both the promise and the shortcomings of the approach, which is at the center of President Biden’s plan to bring the pandemic to an end. Source: New York Times
A Push for Zoning Reform in Connecticut
By Gotham Rex on February 26, 2021
Momentum is growing for multifamily housing to be built in a state full of detached single-family houses. Source: New York Times
A Winter Storm Is Set to Wallop the Northeast: What We Know
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2021
A nor’easter is expected to stall off the coast of New Jersey and may drop more than two inches of snow an hour in some parts of the region, the National Weather Service said. Source: New York Times
Biden to Pick Latino Chief of Connecticut Schools as Education Secretary
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
Miguel A. Cardona will fulfill Joe Biden’s promise to appoint a diverse cabinet with an education secretary with public school experience. Source: New York Times
These Towns Trusted a Doctor to Set Up Covid Testing. Sample Patient Fee: $1,944.
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2020
Patients say a Connecticut physician took advantage of the pandemic with “super Covid tests” and $480 follow-up phone calls. Source: New York Times
Earthquake Rattles Parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
By Gotham Rex on November 8, 2020
The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 3.6, was also felt in the Long Island Sound, the United States Geological Survey said. Source: New York Times
The Atlantic Says It Was Deceived by Writer Ruth Shalit Barrett
By Gotham Rex on November 1, 2020
Ms. Barrett had been a rising young political reporter in the 1990s before accusations of plagiarism derailed her career as an associate editor at The New Republic. Source: New York Times
How Michael Skakel's Murder Case Unfolded
By Gotham Rex on October 31, 2020
Prosecutors in Connecticut said they did not have enough evidence to pursue a second trial against Michael C. Skakel, who was convicted of killing Martha Moxley in 1975 when they were both 15. Source: New York Times
Michael Skakel, Kennedy Cousin, Will Not Face 2nd Murder Trial
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2020
The announcement came exactly 45 years to the day Martha Moxley was killed in Greenwich, her body discovered under a pine tree on her family’s estate. Source: New York Times
Washington, Conn.: A ‘Cultured Place’ With a Sense of History
By Gotham Rex on October 21, 2020
The Litchfield County town attracts full- and part-time residents, some of them quite wealthy, but the vibe is low-key: ‘People come here to chill.’ Source: New York Times
No, New York Isn’t Putting New Jersey on the Quarantine List
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2020
The governor said he would not restrict travelers from New Jersey, Connecticut or Pennsylvania, despite virus spikes in those states. Source: New York Times
No, NY Isn’t Putting NJ on the Coronavirus Quarantine List
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2020
The governor said he would not restrict travelers from New Jersey, Connecticut or Pennsylvania, despite virus spikes in those states. Source: New York Times
Virus Cases Spike in New Jersey, Threatening ‘Lurch Backward’
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2020
Gov. Philip D. Murphy said that residents should refrain from all but necessary out-of-state travel. Source: New York Times