GOV. MALLOY ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH IBM TO LAUNCH STATE’S FIRST P-TECH MODEL SCHOOL IN NORWALK

GOV. MALLOY ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH IBM TO LAUNCH STATE’S FIRST P-TECH MODEL SCHOOL IN NORWALK Students Graduate With High School Diploma and Associate in Applied Science Degree #NORWALK, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy  announced that Connecticut’s first Pathways in Technology Early College High School will open in Norwalk in September. Known as a P-TECH model school, the six-year academy is a collaboration with IBM, Norwalk Public Schools and Norwalk Community College. Norwalk Early College Academy (NECA) will serve grades 9 to 14 and enable students to graduate with both a high school diploma and a no-cost Associate in Applied Science degree that will put graduates on the path to a good job. Created by IBM and partners, P-TECH schools…

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Travel with a Road’s Scholar at the Fairfield Public Library

The Fairfield Public Library is presenting another lecture on: Travel…Because Learning is a Trip, on Wednesday, April 16 at 7:00 p.m. A Road’s Scholar will provide a sampling of some travel adventures in the Rotary Room of the Main Library, 1080 Eleanor Gonzales returns to talk about the Road Scholar travel program joined by Mona Unser who will talk about Oversees Adventure Travel (OAT). Road Scholar offers 550 educational experiences in all 50 states and 150 countries. OAT specializes in off the beaten path small group travel, providing the experience of local culture with people where they live and work. Ms Gonzalez is a long-time Fairfield resident and retired Wilton educator. She has traveled extensively, including ten Road Scholar journeys and will introduce you to a path…

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Bridgeport News: Man Shot In Face In Drive By Shooting

1:55am--#Bridgeport CT--Police investigated a drive by shooting in front of 231 Ogden Street where a man was shot in the face. It is not known at this time the extent of his injuries. A short time later police received a call for another drive by shooting on Lincoln Boulevard but there was no one or anything shot. The man shot on Ogden Street was transported to Bridgeport Hospital. Police had their hands full with crown control at the Ogden Street location, and at 3:08am they received a call for a fight in the Bridgeport Hospital waiting room which was connected to this incident according to radio reports. They quickly broke up the fight. We do not know the condition of…

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Westport News: Stabbing with Scissors

12:54am--April 4, 2014--(Delayed posting)--#Westport CT- Westport Police responded to 8 Sherwood Farms Lane on a reported fight between siblings with one having been injured and being transported to the hospital by family members. Officers responded to the house and located family members who advised that two brothers who had recently come to visit from Taiwan with their father, had gotten into a physical altercation and one of the brothers, identified as Ya-Tung Liu had stabbed his brother identified as Ta-Pang Liu, in the head with a pair of Scissors. Officers responded to Norwalk Hospital and interviewed Ta-Pang Liu who confirmed that his brother had stabbed him in the head with scissors, during a physical altercation Ta-Pang Liu was treated for a laceration to the head and released…

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