The Storyline

The Storyline host Carlos Virgen and reporter Brian Hallenbeck met with Lawrence + Memorial Hospital's chief medical officer Dr. Oliver Mayorga as hospital staff finished setting up an outdoor staging area to take samples for coronavirus testing. The station is set up in a parking lot near the hospital's main entrance. Dr. Mayorga answered questions about the hospital's preparation for combating the pandemic and he answered some reader-submitted questions.

Reporter Julia Bergman joined campaign volunteers from around the southeastern Connecticut region as they travelled to New Hampshire to canvas for Democratic candidates ahead of the New Hampshire primary.

The Day's court reporter Karen Florin had an open and wide-ranging conversation with Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson about race, implicit bias and the difficulties often encountered when trying to discuss these topics. This was part of a series in partnership with Connecticut College. The event took place on Wednesday, November 6 on the Connecticut College campus with more than 300 people in the audience.

One of our recent CuriousCT stories looked at about 27 years of CT tax data. Reporter Erica Moser talked to economists and state officials, as well as with the question-asker, Bill Hakkinen, in an effort to better understand and contextualize the data. She stopped by The Storyline to talk about her reporting.

Last month, three of our reporters set out to bring you an analysis of all the proposals on the table — and how you feel about them.

Lindsay Boyle’s comprehensive special report featuring a toll calculator and excerpts from readers who responded to our CuriousCT survey.

Erica Moser looked at results of a recent poll of Connecticut residents

Brian Hallenbeck explored possible impacts tolls might have on tourism.

Thank you to WTNH in Connecticut for letting us use audio of toll protests that were used at the beginning of this episode.

The Storyline is back with new weekly episodes. I'll continue to have conversations with the journalists that cover southeastern Connecticut and talk to the communities impacted by our stories.

We'll also be featuring CuriousCT which is a relatively new feature on theday.com where we ask our readers to tell us what they want to know about the people, places and issues in southeastern Connecticut. The premise is simple: You ask, you vote, we investigate. This week we talk to reporter Erica Moser about her CuriousCT story that focuses on the breakdown of school budgets in Connecticut. The story resulted from a question submitted by Lyme resident Jim Miller.

Links:

www.theday.com/curiousct

www.theday.com/local-news/20190330/how-does-school-spending-break-down

twitter.com/thecuriousct

Reporters Karen Florin, Erica Moser and Lindsay Boyle sat down with producers Tim Cotter, Peter Huoppi and Carlos Virgen to discuss season one of Case Unsolved, share some updates on a couple of the cases and to talk about plans for season two. Case Unsolved is a podcast by The Day about unsolved murders in Connecticut, and the family, friends and law enforcement left without resolution. Find it on your favorite podcast app.

Columnist David Collins and editorial page editor Paul Choiniere stop by the studio to debate the pros and cons of the recently announced $15 million dollar investment at State Pier in New London which is to be used to prepare the pier for future use by the regions growing offshore wind industry. Martha Shanahan dropped by to talk about ticks and tick-borne pathogens and Erica Moser gives us a recap of this year's Coast Guard Academy graduation.

This week, we sit down with The Day's editorial page editor Paul Choiniere and columnist David Collins to discuss Governor Malloy's recently announced economic incentive package for Electric Boat. 

Reporter Martha Shanahan got a chance to visit with a pair of pet geese in Waterford who has stirred some controversy in town.

Reporter Ben Kail talks about recent events at Montville High School that have rocked the community. Foremost is the news that a former substitute allegedly encouraged, or at least allowed, slap-fighting in the classroom and the incidents were not reported in a timely matter to the Department of Children and Families as mandated by law. Ben explains how he submitted a Freedom of Information request for emails to clarify the timeline of events and to see how much school administrators knew. 

Martha Shanahan shares her thoughts after attending an emotional wedding ceremony at L+M Memorial Hospital as a terminally ill Pawcatuck woman married her longtime fiancé in front of friends and family.