Local schools are responding to rising COVID-19 cases in Connecticut.
Category: COVID-19
After months of uncertainty, something just became very certain. There will be MAAC basketball this season. The MAAC conference, home of Quinnipiac University men’s and women’s basketball, announced a revised schedule for the 20-2021 season. The season tips off Nov. 25, with the men’s team playing Fairleigh Dickinson and the women’s team playing Central Connecticut…
One. That’s how many positive COVID-19 cases Quinnipiac University had on Oct. 1. Just 42 days later, that number has risen to 422. Of those, 247 are from Nov. 4-10, and 80 are from Monday and Tuesday alone. According to Quinnipiac’s COVID-19 dashboard, the university has 321 students in isolation, and its current risk level…
Quinnipiac students are facing a university-wide quarantine after a massive surge in positive cases.
(Additional reporting by David Rooney) Quinnipiac University has announced that it has entered alert level red. The announcement came on Nov. 6, in a message sent to the Quinnipiac community. This comes following an update that 115 new positive COVID-19 tests were reported between Nov. 4 and Nov. 6. “This weekend we must be especially…
The university will be holding remote classes for the remainder of the week
Hamden residents are putting in the effort to go out and vote today. Currently the state house and senate are controlled by Democrats, but Republicans are hoping to tip the balance through both general and local elections. John A. Carlson, the Republican town committee chairman for New Haven, stated that our concerns should reside within…
Election Day arrived Tuesday, and Hamden residents hit the polls to cast their votes without any incidents reported. According to Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, almost 50% of registered voters in Connecticut had already voted by noon. That number is cheered Peggy Tibbals, who stood outside of Bear Path School, campaigning for State…
Quinnipiac is reeling after hundreds of students attended off-campus parties over Halloween weekend, flaunting COVID-19 guidelines.
Talk about the worst possible timing. Quinnipiac University has 75 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, as of Oct. 30. That’s an increase of 74 cases from when the month started. That’s not even the scariest part — 19 of the 75 came in those last two days. For the first time since testing started, the university…