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Things to Know Friday April 23rd

Things to Know Friday April 23rd

SpaceX launches 3rd crew with recycled rocket and capsule WFSB

Teacher who raised money through Facebook – and got a $16,000 tax bill – is off the hook CT Post

Why it took days for one CVS store in CT to stop vaccinating New Yorkers CT Post

Caitlyn Jenner is officially running for California governor CT Post

Quassy Amusement Park prepares to open this weekend WFSB

Capitol rioter arrested after being turned in by match on online dating app Bumble WFSB

Norwalk awarded $3M grant to aid MLK Corridor revamp The Hour

Demand for vaccines is CT is waning, with 1.2M more people still without a shot The Hour

Police: Shoplifting suspects flee the scene, hit police cruiser in Greenwich Stamford Advocate

National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Kent New Haven Register

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Things to Know Thursday April 22nd

Things to Know Thursday April 22nd

How much longer will masks be required in CT? CT Post

Outbid: First-time millennial homebuyers struggle in CT’s booming market CT Post

Estate of ‘Happy Days’ producers listed in CT for almost $18M CT Post

National Weather Service heads to CT to see if tornado touched down WFSB

US jobless claims fall to 547,000, another pandemic low WFSB

Lend a green thumb to these Connecticut conservation organizations this Earth Day The Hour

Norwalk BOE chair urges community to ‘resist unfounded rumors’ about high school administrators The Hour

New resident-only parking area coming to Norwalk’s Calf Pasture Beach The Hour

Police make arrest in fatal shooting of 19-year-old Stamford High grad Stamford Advocate

Witness says KinderCare staff had no idea toddler was missing, playing near Rt15 off-ramp WTNH

Things to Know Wednesday April 21st

Things to Know Wednesday April 21st

E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt brings music-based school program to Connecticut The Hour

Weather service: Severe thunderstorms, freezing temperatures ahead CT Post

Two more administrators placed on leave at Norwalk’s Brien McMahon High CT Post

Jim Steinman, CT Grammy-winning songwriter known for working with Meat Loaf, Celine Dion, dies at 73 CT Post

Jury’s swift verdict for Chauvin in Floyd death: Guilty WFSB

These blood clot experts want you to get a Covid-19 vaccine. Here’s why. WFSB

Reduced health care costs will help close budget gap, Westport school officials say The Hour

Despite COVID concerns, Connecticut is heading to a ‘new normal’ The Hour

Do you know these two people? Stamford Police look to ID home burglary suspects Stamford Advocate

‘We should have never had to fight this hard’: CT community, leaders react to guilty verdicts in trial of Derek Chauvin WTNH

WEBE Wellness: Should We Still Be Disinfecting As Much?

WEBE Wellness: Should We Still Be Disinfecting As Much?

Over the last year, health experts have learned so much about COVID-19, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced that one common prevention measure previously recommended may be doing more harm than good.

Recently, the CDC said disinfecting surfaces isn’t doing much as, indoors, the risk of surface transmission is very low, and outdoors, it’s nearly zero – the sun and other external forces can kill the virus.

Using regular soap is enough to reduce the risk, and if someone positive for Covid-19 has been in the home within the last 24 hours, disinfecting should be considered – at that point, focus on high contact areas such as light switches and doorknobs.

Disinfecting may also give us a false sense of security, unless other prevention measures like wearing masks, physical distancing, and hand hygiene are not being consistently performed.

That’s really the best way as we continue to get through this together – continue to wear a face mask that fits snugly, limit travel, social distance, avoid large crowds, don’t go indoors with people you’re not sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, get vaccinated when it becomes available to you, to protect your life and the lives of others.

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Things to Know Tuesday April 20th

Things to Know Tuesday April 20th

Lamont to lift most outdoor COVID restrictions May 1; all remaining business restrictions May 19 CT Post

Two Connecticut universities requiring students to get the COVID vaccine for the fall semester WTNH

Out of sight but center stage, jurors weigh Chauvin’s fate CT Post

House votes 90-53 to eliminate religious exemptions for mandatory school immunizations CT Post

Disinfecting surfaces to prevent Covid often all for show, CDC advises WFSB

Advocates for legal recreational marijuana plan rally in Hartford WFSB

Lawsuit: Missing stop sign led to violent crash in Norwalk The Hour

‘What did I do to deserve this?’ Wilton High counselor overwhelmed by community support before kidney transplant The Hour

Norwalk Hospital only site in CT participating in novel breast cancer treatment study The Hour

There’s a plan to get rid of property tax on cars. But how would towns make up the difference? Stamford Advocate

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Things to Know Monday April 19th

Things to Know Monday April 19th

Attorneys at Chauvin trial in Floyd death make final pitch CT Post

After arrests, CT tried to revoke or reduce pensions for these former public employees CT Post

Monroe residents will vote on $91.3M budget with 2.48 percent tax increase that adds services CT Post

President’s jobs plan includes relief for congested highways WFSB

Push to vaccinate younger population continues WFSB

‘Ripe for fraud’: Coronavirus vaccination cards support burgeoning scams The Hour

Norwalk middle school plants tree to honor 8th grader who died The Hour

State House plans debate on mandatory childhood immunizations The Hour

‘Black lives really do matter’: Protesters demand social justice in Stamford Stamford Advocate

Superintendent: Greenwich teachers who showed video deemed ‘not appropriate’ will not finish year with classes Stamford Advocate

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