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Growing marijuana at home is legal

Growing medical marijuana in your home is now legal in the state of Connecticut as of Oct. 1. The law that went into effect this month allows medical marijuana patients 18 and older to grow three mature plants and three immature plants per person allowed medical use, with a total of 12 plants per household.…

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Quinnipiac University updates on COVID-19 protocols, effectiveness

Quinnipiac University students, faculty, and staff have made it into week five of on-campus learning. The university put an emphasis on mask compliance, social distancing protocol, and vaccination efficiency. 

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CXO apartment vandalized, community reacts as investigation is ongoing

Quinnipiac Public Safety and the Hamden Police Department are currently investigating three suspended students who vandalized Chief Experience Officer, Tom Ellett’s on-campus home.

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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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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…

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Mickens wins Hamden town clerk in primary, runs unopposed in the general election

The town clerk position is not a contentious one. It is apolitical, according to the Hamden Democrats’ town clerk candidate. For this year’s election, Hamden’s Republicans did not nominate a candidate for town clerk. Endorsed by Lauren Garrett, the new Democratic mayoral candidate, Karimah Mickens secured the town clerk position in the Hamden Democratic primary,…

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Quinnipiac remembers: Community comes together on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

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.