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After a 27-year run, the popular outdoor summer musical festival, Alive at Five, will not continue in 2025. We spoke with Michael Moore, President of Stamford Downtown, about the announcement.

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Connecticut State Police investigated over 500 vehicle crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Police say around 30 of those crashes involved injuries, including a motorcycle crash in Wallingford where the rider was killed. We got a full breakdown of the statistics and key takeaways from Sgt. Luke Davis.

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Since the pandemic, Connecticut has seen an alarming rate of nursing home closures and healthcare sector layoffs. What is the direct impact on our senior population in the state? We dive into it with Senator Kevin Kelly.

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Monroe Police are feeling hopeful they can finally give closure to the family of Renee Freer. The 8-year-old girl was murdered back in June 1977 and 47 years later, a Facebook group has given new life to the case. Erik Hanson is a Monroe native and an author who is pursuing the story for his new book. But what he discovered in his work led him to something much bigger than he expected.

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Adult Adoptees with Karen Caffrey and Rep. Cristin McCarthy-Vahey, News review with Frank Recchia, and Banned Books with Victoria Woodard.

This week, Mike Cerulli chats with WTNH News 8’s Jeff Derderian, Hearst Connecticut Media’s Dan Haar, Danbury Mayor Roberto Alves, CT Republican Chair Ben Proto, State Senator Ryan Fazio, and State Rep Chris Rosario.

Host Paul Pacelli opened Tuesday's edition of "Connecticut Today" with word of a Hearst Connecticut Media investigation into some discrepancies connected to recent Connecticut election results (00:52). CBS News correspondent Chris Fox, in Austin, TX, talked about a visit earlier in the day to the U.S. southern border by incoming White House Border Czar Tom Homan (16:10). We welcomed Dr. Robert Marbut, senior producer of the streaming documentary, "Fentanyl: Death Incorporated" (24:04). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio dropped by with her weekly update (34:59), while University of New Haven senior lecturer in economics and business Dr. Brian Marks explained the possible effects of trade tariffs proposed by President-elect Donald Trump (41:56)

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We met Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner, Ronnell Higgins, about the state of our highways and making them safer. We especially did a deep dive about wrong-way drivers.

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A new report from the Hartford Courant, highlighted the alarming amount of crashes involving school buses in our state. According to UConn Connecticut Crash Data Repository, there have already been more than 570 of these crashes in 2024. That data does not include the near misses! Senator Jeff Gordon, who serves on the Public Safety and Security Committee, shared what can be done to curb this problem.

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Seven million dollars in federal grant money is being invested into opioid response strategies in Connecticut. We noticed four of the seven municipalities getting in on this money, are right here in Fairfield County (Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich.) We spoke with Luiza Barnat is the Opioid Services Director at the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services about what the money will do.

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