Jennifer Ahrens
Producer, Morning EditionJennifer Ahrens is a producer for Morning Edition. She spent 20+ years producing TV shows for CNN and ESPN. She joined Connecticut Public Media because it lets her report on her two passions, nature and animals.
She’s a S.I. Newhouse alum and cannot imagine living anywhere but the Northeast. After living in Atlanta for several years, she realized a year without four seasons is a bore.
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Liat Beinin Atzili, 49, has family in Waterford and she visited the state in August, according to the former executive director of the Jewish Federation of Eastern Connecticut. -
A 14 year-old bird found at Milford Point is the oldest Black-bellied Plover ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. -
How light therapy can help improve mental health during the winter months. -
Connecticut residents looking to embrace the spooky season can find several free happenings across the state. -
Kari Kastango, a resident of Massachusetts, recently became the first known person to swim the entire length of the Connecticut River. -
Esta semana, algunos de los perros más talentosos y sus entrenadores llegarán a la República Checa para participar en el Campeonato Mundial de Agility de la Federación Cinológica Internacional (FCI). Entre los participantes se encuentran Diane Patterson, de Middletown, CT, y Happy, su perro pastor de Shetland de 6 años de edad. -
Bristol held a candlelight vigil one year after Lt. Dustin DeMonte and Sgt. Alex Hamzy were shot and killed while responding to a 911 call. “It's not how they died that made them heroes. It's how they lived,” Police Chief Brian Gould said. -
Connecticut's Department of Transportation joins a three-state study of advanced anti-DUI technology. -
Diane Patterson and her dog, Happy, will be in the Czech Republic this week competing in the FCI Agility World Championship.
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A freak freeze in May appears to have negatively impacted Connecticut's acorn production, limiting a key fall food source for dozens of species in the state.
