Month: June 2020

Governors Call For Travel Advisory

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, and Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey today announced a joint incoming travel advisory that all individuals traveling from states with significant community spread of COVID-19 self-quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state.   This self-quarantine – effective 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 – applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.   Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey will continually update and publish on their respective websites…

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Senators Want Background Checks For Checks

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) urged Senate appropriators to include at least an additional $25 million for the Department of Justice to hire additional National Instant Criminal Background Checks (NICS) staff. In a letter to U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chairman Jerry Moran and Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen, the senators noted the increase in guns and ammunition sales since the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the urgency to hire additional NICS examiners so background checks can be completed accurately and in a timely manner.   “The NICS system is the cornerstone of our legal transfer firearms process in the United States, helps to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and…

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Fairfield News: House Fire

2020-06-24@5:20pm--#Fairfield CT--#ctfire-- Firefighters were met with heavy fire coming from the right side on the second at a home on Shoreham Terrace.  Firefighter quickly knocked down the heavy fire but it took them almost an hour to put out all the hot spots.  The fire also extended into the attic.  There were no reported injuries and the fire marshal was called to the scene to investigate the cause of the fire.  

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Fairfield News: Former Housekeeper Caught Taking Items

2020-06-23@ 12: 30PMish--#Fairfield CT--Police said on Tuesday a former housekeeper with bi-polar disorder and acting with unusual behavior went to the house on Spring Hill Road and took items while the daughter was home and confronted her. After a follow up at the suspect's home in Bridgeport, all items were recovered and returned to the owner with no additional enforcement action requested.   This news report is made possible by:  

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DMV Slowly Reopening

WETHERSFIELD, CT – The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles will reopen select offices on June 23, 2020. Services will be offered by appointment only. Details are below: Road Tests (Non-CDL)  Road testing will resume June 23, 2020. Approximately 1,000 road tests have been rescheduled through June 30th .  Customers are being called by DMV staff to schedule previously canceled appointments. Services Offered by Appointment at the DMV  Appointments are now available for new licenses and IDs, license and ID renewals, out of state license and registration transfers, and CDL upgrades.  Locations for Learner’s Permit Knowledge Tests: Wethersfield, Cheshire, Willimantic, Old Saybrook, Norwalk, and Danbury.  Registration Services (new registrations) will begin on June 30, 2020 at…

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ree Assistance to Low-Income Families with CARES Act Funds and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced his support for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program and its statewide expansion. The program provides free help for Connecticut’s low-income and ALICE families to file tax returns, allowing them to receive tax credits and Coronavirus economic impact checks and to file for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits. All residents making up to $56,000 in income are eligible for the services. Administered by the Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS), the virtual VITA program is the first IRS-approved end-to-end digital portal to carry out these services, allowing it to rapidly scale operations statewide.   Residents can access the full Virtual VITA services online at www.cahs.org/covid_relief. Residents can also dial 2-1-1 to find…

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