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The one-person play is the creation of actor Daniel Franzese ("Mean Girls")
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Teenagers frequently run away in Waterbury. The students of Waterbury Youth Services wanted to know why. In this podcast episode, teens from Waterbury find out why kids run away and what happens after they are found.
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Connecticut has received an initial installment of $11 million from a $26 billion multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and drug wholesalers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. The four drug companies were sued for their roles in the opioid crisis. Over the next 18 years, Connecticut will receive $300 million as part of the settlement reached in February. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the first payment in Waterbury on Monday. He was joined by state officials and also parents who lost children to the opioid crisis.
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Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in America, when the last enslaved people in the United States, in Galveston, Texas, finally heard that they were free. That was June of 1865. Connecticut only abolished slavery 17 years earlier.
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Cities across Connecticut are marking Juneteenth.
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The Naugatuck Valley will get funding from the federal government for brownfield cleanup and remediation grants.
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The municipalities of Waterbury and Naugatuck have each approved a purchase agreement deal with Bluewater Property Group, a hopeful developer of the next Amazon distribution center in the state. But the group must spend millions to determine if they can build.
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This is the second article in a two-part series: "Rent Paid, Still Evicted." Wednesday, we explored the uptick in no-fault evictions and the impact on renters. Today, we explore solutions. On Friday at 9 a.m. listen to CT Public's Where We Live as we dive into this topic further.
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Dozens more households faced eviction each week during the pandemic, despite paying rent. As no-fault evictions rose to half of all filings, here's how a hot housing market and eviction restrictions didn't help these two women and many others.
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The 71st House District of Waterbury and Middlebury will remain in Republican hands as William Pizzuto claimed a lopsided victory in a special election Tuesday to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Rep. Tony D’Amelio, R-Waterbury.