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Former Woodland football standout Tanner Kingsley was only out of a job for less than four months. In late April, Anna Maria College announced it would close permanently at the end of the spring 2026 semester, and that meant Kingsley, the school’s head football coach, was out of work. Fast-forward to the present, and Kingsley is now the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology football team. “New 🏠. New opportunity.

We have been busy reading the lengthy majority and partially dissenting opinions in Ashworth v. Branford, the recent Connecticut Supreme Court decision concerning the duty of a medical provider to a readily foreseeable non-patient who was killed when a provider allegedly released a psychiatric patient without proper control or warning to the victim. The body of the two opinions makes fascinating reading and is the subject of a separate editorial on their merits.

WATERBURY — Waterbury police on Wednesday arrested a fugitive who had been on the run for three years, an official said. Jegna Bey, a 31-year-old city man who also goes by Ronald Parker, was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant and also charged with interfering with police and assault on public safety personnel, Waterbury police Sgt. Joseph Morais said in a news release Thursday.

Cars parked in New Haven. Arnold Gold/Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut M Dan Haar recently devoted an entire political column to what apparently warranted an investigation of my former addresses, voting history, vehicle registrations and tax records: a relatively small motor-vehicle tax bill that Newtown still showed as unpaid. The explanation is simple. I believed I had mailed the payment June 28. Mr. Haar's inquiry was my first indication that there was a problem.

I was 12 when the 1984 Reagan vs. Mondale election came into focus. My junior high held a pre-election student vote with results announced at an assembly. Turns out, most of the students voted with the general electorate in favor of Reagan. Deafening cheers prophetically filled the auditorium. Article continues below this ad My working-class parents dragged me, my brother, and two sisters to more elections than any of us cared to remember back then.

Pope Leo XIV has strongly condemned modern armed conflict, declaring that war is “never holy” and that “God does not bless any conflict.” Biblically, he is right of course; war is no joke. Ideally, diplomacy makes armed conflict unnecessary. Diplomacy is the art of managing relationships. Article continues below this ad Pope Leo is advocating diplomacy and dialogue to settle disputes stating that ‘just wars’ are outdated.

OWL September events: Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South St., Litchfield, will host adult and children’s events throughout the month of September. The adult events include: The children’s events include: For information or to register visit, owlibrary.org. Senior workshops: The Village at East Farms, 180 Scott Road, Waterbury, hosts several free, in-person classes and support groups to help support older residents and their caregivers.

Connecticut is implementing a universal school breakfast program. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images “Politics is downstream from culture.” That idea, popularized by the late right-wing journalist and provocateur Andrew Breitbart, has plenty of merit. Cultural movements drive public discourse, set parameters around which ideas are viewed as acceptable, and shape the worldviews of each generation’s incoming wave of politicians and bureaucrats who will write, interpret and implement laws.

NAUGATUCK — A Naugatuck man was charged earlier this week after allegedly firing a gun into the ground during an argument, according to police. Kevin Eldridge, 70, is charged with illegal discharge of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree breach of peace, criminal attempt at cruelty to animals and fourth-degree criminal mischief, the Naugatuck Police Department said in a news release posted to Facebook.

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