Eastern Connecticut State University held its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Monday. Local leaders, students, and faculty attended the event which was held on campus at the student center. Ron Welch, the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs and an Eastern alum, was this year’s keynote speaker.

–Brian Scott-Smith

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Heather Somers, the state Senator for Connecticut’s 18th District, won convincingly in the general election, beating her opponent, Democrat Andrew Parrella, 28,275 to 20,713 votes according to the latest unofficial election results from the Secretary of the State’s website.

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Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney of the state’s 2nd District has been re-elected for a 10th term after defeating his Republican opponent, Mike France.

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State Rep. Greg Howard, R-43rd District, talks about some early voting issues that occurred twice in his district this general election cycle and what his party has to do to turn around the decades-long blue wave in Connecticut.

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The open enrollment period has begun for Access Health CT, the state’s official health insurance marketplace. Connecticut residents can apply for and renew their health and dental insurance starting now until Jan 15, 2025.

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Nine more Coast Guard sexual assault survivors have filed legal papers against the US Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Academy based in New London, Connecticut.

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A $50 million private donation from Elisabeth DeLuca, the former wife of Subway billionaire Fred DeLuca, will go toward creating a new School of Nursing at the University of Connecticut's Storrs campus. The donation is the largest in UConn’s history and is being supported by $30 million in state bonding authorized by Gov. Ned Lamont.

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NEW LONDON, CT – Local and state leaders as well as residents of the City of New London heard the latest update Tuesday about the National Coast Guard Museum that will open on the city’s waterfront in 2026.

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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong appeared in Danbury Superior Court on Monday, Oct. 28, to argue for maximum conditions associated with proposed

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Doug Casey, executive director of the Commission for Educational Technology, gave a presentation on Connecticut's Digital Equity Plan at Eastern Connecticut State University on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. He said that although Connecticut doesn’t have an internet connection availability problem, it does have an adoption issue, especially in more rural parts of the state.

Listen to Casey's complete presentation and read our story here.