Segarra Suggests Gun Buyback Programs as Part of Mayors-Led Response to Gun...
Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra, appearing on ABC’s This Week with George Stefanopoulos, raised the prospect of gun buy-back programs, such as one held earlier this month in Hartford, as one element in...
View ArticleEarly Identification of Mental and Behavioral Health Issues Critical, CT...
A recent report by the Connecticut-based Center for Children’s Advocacy revealed that early warning signs of mental and behavioral health problems are often not identified until middle school years,...
View ArticleNew Haven Gun Buyback Program Set for Saturday
Just one week after the tragic killings of 20 elementary school children and six educators in Newtown, the New Haven Police Department will be conducting a gun buy back program on Saturday, December...
View ArticleNewtown Was Rated #4 Town Among Peers, with Lowest Crime Rate
When Connecticut magazine last ranked Connecticut’s towns and cities on their quality of life, Newtown placed fourth overall among 26 communities with between 25,000 and 50,000 residents. Breaking...
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Hartford’s Institute of Living Plans Research into Schizophrenia and Autism...
Last month’s tragic killing of 20 children and 6 educators at a Newtown elementary school quickly generated speculation about possible links between mental illness and autism spectrum disorder, as...
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Concussion Dangers Continue to Resonate in High School Sports
Nearly 450 Idaho prep athletes who competed last fall in football, soccer and volleyball were held out of games or missed practice because of confirmed or potential concussions, according to a new...
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Turning Guns Into Jewelry, CT Entrepreneur Helps Gun Buyback Program
Jessica Mindich is a Connecticut jewelry designer who has begun transforming recycled pistols, rifles and shotguns from Newark, N.J. – recovered in the city’s gun buyback program – into a line of...
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More Social Capital = Fewer Traffic Accidents, Research Study Finds
If you’ve never made a connection between traffic accidents and social capital, you’re probably not alone. However, the Harvard Business Review (HBR) is reporting on research by Matthew G. Nagler of...
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Pilot Proposed to Track High School Sports Injuries; Prospects in Doubt
Even with increased attention of late on the prevalence of concussions in youth sports, the Connecticut Athletic Trainers Association (CATA) says there is no reliable sports-related injury data...
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Danbury Is Safest CT City; Stamford, Waterbury Next
Danbury has been ranked as the safest city in Connecticut according to the annual publication, City Crime Rankings 2012-2013: Crime in Metropolitan America, released by CQ Press. The city narrowly...
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Riding to Work, Protecting Vulnerable on the Way
The goal is 2,500 people. With the start of CTrides week set to begin on May 13, there are about 250 people registered on the organization’s website of free services and information, thus far....
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Hartford to Host Another Gun Buyback; Initiatives Expand in State
Five months after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown and a month after the state legislature approved a package of stricter gun control regulations, the Hartford region is conducting...
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New Video Seeks to Improve Teen Driving Safety, Recalls Tragic Death of West...
Kohl’s Tween Safe Program is currently focusing on the dangers inherent in teen driving. The program’s website features a new video with the father and sister of Reid Hollister, a 17-year-old West...
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West Hartford, Farmington, Cromwell Earn “Top Town” Titles
West Hartford has been ranked as the Greater Hartford region’s number one community in a new analysis published in the June issue of Hartford magazine. Rounding out the top 10, in order, are South...
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Dangers of Distracted Driving Attract Renewed Attention; Responses Pending,...
There was a time when smoking was permitted in restaurants, when seat belt use was not mandatory, when children were not required to wear helmets when bike riding. Then the science of safety...
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Hands-Free Electronics Are Hazardous to Driver Safety, State Ban Proposed
For the second time in recent weeks, a major driving safety study has concluded that hands-free devices produce dangers much the same as hand-held cell phones for drivers. The latest study comes from...
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New Technologies to Assure Safety Provide Challenges, Opportunities for Law...
New technologies are being designed and implemented in Connecticut and across the country aimed at ensuring safety by improving the effectiveness and speed of police operations. Two of the most...
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Fatal Accidents Raise Isssue of Mandatory Motorcycle Helmet Law in CT
Since the beginning of June, motorcycles have been responsible for three deaths in the Fairfield County according to the Greenwich Time — two in New Milford and one in Danbury – as well as several...
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Hour-Long Commutes to Work Rank CT 36th in USA; Bridgeport 5th in Extra...
Connecticut is a relatively small state. Only Rhode Island and Delaware are smaller. Yet, the percentage of workers in Connecticut who commute for 60 minutes or longer – one way - to go to work...
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First McCarthy and Comey, Now Schwartz and Handelsman: Four CT Nominees for...
All roads have been leading to Connecticut lately as President Obama has sought top talent for his administration. Among key Presidential appointments announced by the White House last week was Linda...
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