Governor Appoints 4 To State Board Of Ed

Bonnie E. Burr   Bonnie Burr currently serves as Assistant Director and Department Head with the Cooperative Extension System at the University of Connecticut College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, where she has worked since 2009. In this position, she provides leadership assistance to 105 faculty and staff managing a wide variety of outreach and educational programs involving public engagement in local, state, regional, national, and international programs. She also currently serves as State Chair of the State Committee United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency for Connecticut.   Previously, she served as state director of the USDA Farm Service Agency for Connecticut and Rhode Island, and was the director of government relations for the Connecticut Farm…

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Bridgeport News: A Lot Is On The Line For Bridgeport

#Bridgeport CT-- On Friday, Susan Bysiewicz held a press conference at Margaret E. Morton Government Center to stress the importance importance of the upcoming census.    Bysiewicz said $11 Billion is on the line. This money she said is used for 55 federal programs programs like the federally funded lunch program (SNAP), energy assistance, Medicare, community block grants, health care and much more. She also said that the state loses $2,200 per person not counted.

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Manslaughter Arrest

#Norwalk, CT- Charlie Castillo, 29, of Bridgeport, turned himself in this morning, at the Norwalk Police Department on an active warrant. Castillo, whose charges include Manslaughter 2nd, is being held on a $500,000 court set bond and will be presented in court today.   On August 31, 2019 at 4:27 PM, Norwalk Police Officers and Paramedics responded to a Norwalk residence on the report of an unconscious individual. The individual was rushed to Norwalk Hospital in critical condition. Despite rescue efforts, the victim died later in the day. The investigation continued in the home where officers located suspect narcotic paraphernalia. The Norwalk Detective Division assumed the case. It was later determined by the Medical Examiner that the cause of death…

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