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How Connecticut special needs services pulled through an unthinkable COVID-19 pandemic

‘We’re gonna laugh so we don’t cry’: Learning through the pandemic was a challenge. Teaching children with special needs was almost impossible — almost.

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How Hamden police works with other agencies to crack cold cases and solve crime

Hamden Police Department sees strength in combining resources and closely communicating when working with other agencies to solve ongoing cases

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‘Horror stories’ to ‘father figure’: Services range at Connecticut VA

Every veteran has a different experience, particularly when dealing with the State Department of Veterans Affairs. Experiences range from patients waiting for service to loving the VA like family

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Reselling revitalizes sneaker industry

The sneaker reselling industry has boomed in recent years leading to the growth of sneaker culture

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Connecticut students struggle with mental health as pandemic continues

It’s every college student’s daily routine: put on a mask, walk to class and hope to get an education without contracting COVID-19. For Alyssa Murphy, a student pursuing her MBA at Quinnipiac University, this everyday pattern hasn’t been so simple. “I’m just so overwhelmed,” she said. After a year and six months full of fear, isolation…

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Hamden area Asian Americans reveal long-standing racism

AAPI groups come together for community support, advocacy and education

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Packed bleachers, pink mullets and a pandemic: Inside Cheshire’s recovery from two years without high school football

Cheshire High School senior Andre Nguyen strolled onto the school’s campus shirtless. Pink body paint was smeared across his torso, arms and face. His mullet was caked with pink spray paint, although you could faintly make out the shade of faded blonde underneath it. Though far from the societal definition of “tall,” his demeanor and…

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‘Two Hamdens’: financial insecurity not shown in the census

A lack of services and representation of poverty and financial insecurity in Hamden contribute to the long-term struggles of its community members

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The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines: How people really feel about it

Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19 nearly a year after the pandemic began. In December, Lindsay received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. She said that she was the first to take…

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When businesses shut down, clothes shopping didn’t. How did small clothing businesses keep people shopping at their stores?

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.