The events this past October shocked the hockey world in a game between the Nottingham Panthers and the Sheffield Steelers of the Elite Hockey League in England. Panthers forward Adam Johnson was lacerated on the neck by Steelers defenseman Matt Petgrave. Johnson would pass away later that day. What made it so shocking was Johnson…
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Hamden’s youth sports are popular and successful. In 2020, Hamden won the Connecticut Little League state championship, beating Montville 12-1 in four innings in the championship game. That was the year of the pandemic so there was no Little League World Series for Hamden to qualify for, but that did not stop the kids and…
To read the full story with all multimedia elements, click here: https://qu-journalism-anchor-health.shorthandstories.com/anchor-health-is-a-safe-haven-amongst-obstacles-for-lgbtq-healthcare/index.html The Anchor Health Initiative started in a supply closet. Patricia Chadwick, A.C. Demidont, Jean Doyen de Montaillou and David Grimes founded Anchor Health on May 4, 2016, — which provides non-discriminatory healthcare to the LGBTQ+ community. They found the resources for LGBTQ+ health…
Hamden High School is providing additional resources to students such as physicians, counselors, tutors and extra instruction time to help improve test scores and mental health.
Olin Corp. stopped polluting southern Hamden nearly 60 years ago. But the manufacturing giant has done very little since to right its wrongs.
Between 2015 and 2022, yearly drug overdose deaths in connecticut increased by over 100 percent. The latest data from the substance abuse and mental health services administration showed that in 2019 a record 1.5 million people checked into treatment facilities across the country. Going to a rehab center for the first time is often the…
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Talking affirmative action
This podcast episode addresses the Supreme Courts decision to ban affirmative action in higher education through the perspectives of racial politics experts, administration within Equity and Inclusion departments in the university setting, higher education students, and an individual who was the driving force for the Students For Fair Admissions. Reiven Douglas · Talking Affirmative Action
In 2015, North Haven Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to retire the “Indians” caricature it used as a logo and mascot. In 2021, the district abandoned the name “Indians” all together, becoming the “Nighthawks.” The move was part of a larger trend in high school, college and professional sports. In recent years, pro sports…
Late in the fall season, senior running back Nathan Florio of Branford high school laced up his cleats and ran out to the football field every week. Sometimes the ground beneath him is real grass, but other times it’s artificial turf. Florio nearly ended his season multiple times when trying to make a cut, which…
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Fentanyl changed everything
Fifty-nine-year-old Rick DelValle of New Britain, Connecticut says he used “every drug there is under the sun.” He had difficulties with heroin and keeping himself out of trouble which included a trip to jail. He relapsed after seven years then at the age of 43 DelValle officially became sober 15 years ago. Since getting off…