Democratic Town Committee-endorsed mayoral hopeful Lauren Garrett won the party’s primaries in all nine districts against three-term incumbent Curt Leng and challenger Peter Cyr. “I feel amazing,” Garrett said. Garrett won with 2,962 votes, according to the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s Office. While Leng got 1,497 votes, Cyr secured 853. This is the second…
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Students complete research at Quinnipiac University focused on underrepresented communities.
It is apparent that there is one common message that these community members have for the younger generation as they take their own time to reflect on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: the humanity and unconditional love that people treasured.
On Sept. 9, students were able to participate in the Human Rights Zoom meeting held by the Global Youth Activities (GYA) where they were able to speak with Hamden Mayor candidate’s Mayor Curt Leng, Lauren Garrett and Peter Cyr.
Both Republican and Democrat legislators agreed that the use of facial recognition was a threat to residents civil rights and civil liberties.
These three small businesses in the Greater New Haven Area learned how to make it out on the other side of COVID-19 lockdown with businesses heading back to normal.
Connecticut’s leaders are some of the latest in the United States to become infatuated with commercializing cannabis as a way to generate tax revenue. States have been more open to legalizing cannabis for adult use after seeing the public demand that could raise millions in taxes. The average amount of tax revenue the eight states…
With complaints on the rise because of taxes and budgeting, three Democrat hopefuls seek to take over as mayor of Hamden. After interviewing each candidate, HQNN has offered some background information on what each seeks to tackle as mayor. Brad Macdowall Brad Macdowall ran for Hamden Town Council in 2017 and has been a sitting…
With COVID-19 plaguing communities across the country, how are large organizations such as Quinnipiac protecting their population?
Since the pandemic began, area religious institutions have had to adapt how their communities pray and connect. At Hamden Plains United Methodist Church, Pastor Brian Bodt said that they started doing broadcast ministry, something they have never done before as their Bishop closed the churches for public worship on March 13, 2020. Bodt’s church ran…