Lamont gets bipartisan support from Fairfield County mayors on COVID-19 response
As Connecticut’s death toll from COVID-19 jumped by another 69 fatalities Tuesday, two Fairfield County mayors voiced strong bipartisan... (Read more)
4 / 15 / 2020
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no imageActivists focus on healthcare, Green New Deal and affordable housing
NORWALK, Conn. — The Connecticut legislative session is on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic but a Fairfield County... (Read more)
4 / 14 / 2020
NE governors promise to cautiously ease COVID-19 restrictions, form coalition
The Democratic governors of a half dozen northeastern states outlined a regional approach Monday to devising a plan for... (Read more)
4 / 13 / 2020
Hospitalizations slow. Lamont now faces questions on restrictions.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s order extending the closure of schools, restaurants and many businesses until May 20 is generating the... (Read more)
4 / 10 / 2020
Connecticut doctors brace for coronavirus surge
Steven Benaderet, a family doctor in Westport, left this practice this week to minister to COVID-19 patients at Bridgeport... (Read more)
4 / 10 / 2020
Lamont to keep schools closed another month despite ‘glimmer of hope’ that social distancing is working
HARTFORD, Conn. — While the latest statistics from around Connecticut offer “slight glimmers of hope” that the coronavirus pandemic... (Read more)
4 / 9 / 2020
Yale New Haven Health officials describe COVID-19 impact, other hospitals less forthcoming
Editor’s note: Nuvance Health, owner of Norwalk Hospital, declined Tuesday to provide NancyOnNorwalk the number of COVID-19 patients it’s... (Read more)
4 / 8 / 2020
During pandemic, Lamont wants vote-by-mail option
Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday the best way to protect voters against COVID-19 during Connecticut’s postponed presidential primary on... (Read more)
4 / 8 / 2020
Himes: COVID-19 leaves Fairfield County ‘one step ahead of the tiger’
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Jim Himes, the laid back congressman representing Fairfield County, a coronavirus hot spot, has been... (Read more)
4 / 7 / 2020
no imageCOVID-19 will alter daily life in Connecticut for months; peak expected in 2.5 weeks
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut officials are bracing themselves for a peak in coronavirus cases to hit Fairfield County in... (Read more)
4 / 4 / 2020
COVID-19: Deaths continue, ‘less infections’
NORWALK, Conn. — The latest COVID-19 numbers show more deaths in Norwalk. “Since yesterday, there are 15 new positive... (Read more)
4 / 3 / 2020
An infant has died from COVID-19 in CT; state turns gymnasiums into mobile field hospitals
Connecticut began what’s expected to be its worst month of illness, death, and hospitalizations from the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic... (Read more)
4 / 1 / 2020
COVID-19 cases soaring, state, hospitals, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviewing CT sites for overflow patients
The spread of coronavirus continued to accelerate in Connecticut Monday with an additional 578 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in... (Read more)
3 / 30 / 2020
no imageYour brain evolved to hoard supplies and shame others for doing the same
The media is replete with COVID-19 stories about people clearing supermarket shelves – and the backlash against them. Have... (Read more)
3 / 28 / 2020
no imageTen misconceptions about the 1918 flu, the ‘greatest pandemic in history’
Pandemic: It’s a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and worse ones, too. Consider the influenza... (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2020
CT Dems explain federal stimulus package
Details about the $2 trillion federal stimulus package making its way through Congress were offered Thursday by Connecticut legislators.... (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2020
Lamont defines ‘essential’ businesses that can remain in operation after Monday
Gov. Ned Lamont clarified his work ban on non-essential services late Sunday, carving out dozens of exemptions centered on... (Read more)
3 / 23 / 2020
ICYMI: COVID-19 headlines
NORWALK, Conn. — Here’s a collection of headlines from other places, related to our national crisis: (Read more)
3 / 23 / 2020
Lamont: ‘Stay Safe, Stay Home’
NORWALK, Conn. — “Non-essential” businesses statewide have been ordered to “prohibit all in-person functions” if they can, by 8... (Read more)
3 / 20 / 2020
Lamont issues further orders, announces more COVID-19 fatalities
NORWALK, Conn. – The Connecticut death tally due to COVID-19 is now three, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. “Those... (Read more)
3 / 19 / 2020
COVID-19: Closing doors, a reprieve from school assessments, more coronavirus tests coming and primary postponed
NORWALK, Conn. — The latest COVID-19 updates: Rilling orders spas, salons and barber shops to close State seeks federal... (Read more)
3 / 19 / 2020
A Norwalk photo #49
NORWALK, Conn. – Traffic Tuesday on the Merritt Parkway at 5:10 p.m., seen from the Comstock Hill Road overpass.... (Read more)
3 / 18 / 2020
Lamont orders restaurants, bars to close doors, Norwalk offers assistance
HARTFORD, Conn. – Restaurants and bars in the tri-state area have been ordered to move to take-out and delivery... (Read more)
3 / 16 / 2020
Norwalk has first COVID-19 patient
Updated, 9 p.m.: Video of entire press conference added; more information. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk has its first confirmed... (Read more)
3 / 14 / 2020
Norwalk announces City Hall changes
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk City Hall will have staggered hours and you are advised call ahead before visiting. In... (Read more)
3 / 14 / 2020
Norwalk events postponed; Maritime Aquarium and Library close
NORWALK, Conn. — The varied changes Norwalk residents are experiencing due to efforts to slow the COVID-19 novel coronavirus... (Read more)
3 / 14 / 2020
A Norwalk photo #48
NORWALK, Conn. – The SoNo Collection at about 7 p.m. Friday. There were customers in the Apple Store. An... (Read more)
3 / 13 / 2020
Connecticut’s 3rd COVID-19 case was contracted locally
An elderly New Canaan man was confirmed Wednesday as the third coronavirus patient in Connecticut and the first assumed... (Read more)
3 / 12 / 2020
Norwalk organizations adjust plans in wake of coronavirus emergency announcement
NORWALK, Conn. – A third Connecticut resident has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and Gov. Ned Lamont has put... (Read more)
3 / 12 / 2020
Rilling promises to keep Norwalk government going as NPS pauses to prepare for possible quarantines
NORWALK, Conn. — A second Connecticut citizen has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and Norwalk officials have called a... (Read more)
3 / 10 / 2020