Eddy Martinez
General Assignment | Breaking News ReporterEddy Martinez is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for Connecticut Public, focusing on Fairfield County.
He was previously a reporter in Bridgeport and the Naugatuck Valley for Hearst Connecticut Media. His written work has appeared internationally in the Asahi Shimbun, and at national outlets such as Columbia Journalism Review and Smithsonian Magazine.
Tips and comments can be sent to emartinez@ctpublic.org.
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New Haven officials and religious leaders from the city’s Jewish community are gearing up to celebrate Hanukkah with the city’s 44th annual menorah lighting at the New Haven Green Sunday. -
Westport’s Reconnecting the Riverfront downtown improvement project has been in the works for more than a decade and is years behind schedule. -
Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation say they are continuing to advocate for gun control and anti-gun violence legislation. -
Connecticut State Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, a Democrat, has taught a constitutional law class at Quinnipiac University for over a decade. Gadkar-Wilcox says teaching the course has thrown her for a loop, as students and the U.S. Supreme Court are becoming more partisan. -
A new federal bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, may provide some relief to small businesses and customers. Rep. DeLauro and small business advocates say the No Gouge Act would protect against price gouging by big box retailers while exempting small businesses. -
SantaCon is coming back to Fairfield this year. But this time around, Fairfield University and the town are coming together and implementing new measures to keep some students off the naughty list. -
Hugh B. Price’s family den located inside of his tastefully decorated colonial style home in New Rochelle, New York, is filled with family photographs that captured special moments ranging from birthday parties, graduation ceremonies and weddings. -
Osmanu says there are at least 900 DSA members in Connecticut. He says they’re small in number, but that’s not stopping them from celebrating their electoral victories. They picked up an extra councilman-at-large seat in Hamden, and won reelection in New London and New Britain as four DSA members won council seats within their municipalities. -
Members of the Berlin Equity Action Team, are lobbying to have several Black residents who fought and died in the Civil War, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. -
The longest federal shutdown in American history could soon be over temporarily, providing some relief for Connecticut food pantries that are struggling to meet demand without government funding.
