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Quinnipiac University hosts “Amplifying Latinx Voices”

Quinnipiac students and staff met Tuesday night to celebrate the beginning of Latinx Heritage month through creative writing.

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It’s time to ‘Electrify Your Drive’

For four consecutive years, the Hamden National Drive Electric Week event was celebrated on Saturday at the Hamden Public Library.

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Quinnipiac hosts blood drive to combat Connecticut’s blood shortage

The COVID-19 pandemic limited blood drives, creating blood shortages nationwide. Quinnipiac hosted a Red Cross blood drive to combat that for the first time in over a year.

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Brooksvale Park Holds 21st Annual Fall Festival

Here’s all that went down at Brooksvale Park’s 2021 fall festival.

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Quassy holds their 30th Annual Oktoberfest

This weekend, Quassy Amusement and Water Park celebrated its 30th annual Oktoberfest. From 11 a.m to 5 p.m., Oktoberfest was hosted in the Quassy Fieldside Pavilion where German food was cooked, beer was served, and Lichtensteiner Polka music was performed live to dance and tap feet to. Quassy Amusement Park first opened in 1908 in…

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Two unlikely students step up to fill Multicultural and Identity Senator positions during SGA election

The newly elected Multicultural & Identity Senators have more than their goal of inclusion and diversity in common, but a unique perspective and unexpected trait.

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Federal unemployment programs expire, so community volunteers pick up where they left off

When federal aid runs out, but the need stays the same, who takes care of Hamden residents that are struggling? Community volunteers.

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Quinnipiac begins first of seven flu shot clinics on North Haven Campus

Quinnipiac University Student Health Services hosted its first of seven flu shot clinics on all three campuses for faculty, staff and students, on Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first three clinics are at the North Haven Campus of Medicine, Nursing and Health and Sciences. From Oct. 5-7, the clinics will be…

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As Connecticut redistricts, Common Cause urges citizen involvement in the process

On Wednesday, nonprofit watchdog group Common Cause in Connecticut held a virtual media conference regarding the state’s redistricting effort and the effects it could have on voters. The state’s 2021 Reapportionment Committee failed to meet the Sept. 15 deadline to develop an updated map based on last year’s census. It was then replaced by a…

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Hamden Independent mayoral candidate Albert Lotto has dropped out of the race

Independent mayoral candidate Albert Lotto announced in a letter to Town Clerk Vera Morrison that he decided to withdraw because he was receiving “venomous” messages about his family.  Morrison said she received the letter on Sept. 23 right before 10 a.m.  “When I chose to trudge forward, I began receiving many calls and texts from…