COVID-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From Four More States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from four more states with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order for out-of-state travelers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The newly-added states as of Tuesday, July 14 are Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin, bringing the total number of states on the list to 22. Delaware, which had been added to the list a week ago along with Kansas and Oklahoma, has now been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven…
Recall Issued For Popular Seafood Item Sold In CT Recall Issued For Popular Seafood Item Sold In CT
Recall Issued For Popular Seafood Item Sold In CT A seafood item sold in Connecticut grocery stores is being recalled, the FDA announced. Trident Seafoods is recalling “Gordon Choice Imitation Crab Style Supreme Style” that may contain undeclared egg whites. According to the FDA, people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the product. The recall was initiated after it was discovered through an internal product and label review that the product contained egg whites and was distributed in packaging that did not announce that there were eggs in it. G…
Recall Issued For Trader Joe's Egg White, Potato Salads Due To Possible Listeria Recall Issued For Trader Joe's Egg White, Potato Salads Due To Possible Listeria
Recall Issued For Trader Joe's Egg White, Potato Salads Due To Possible Listeria Two varieties of salads sold at Trader Joe’s in New York and Connecticut are being recalled due to potential Listeria contamination. Trader Joe's Egg Salad in six-ounce quantities, and 20-ounce containers of Trader Joe's Old Fashioned Potato Salad dated for use through Friday, Dec. 27, are being voluntarily pulled from the shelves by Bakkavor Foods USA, to the FDA. The recalled products were distributed to Trader Joe’s retail stores in Alabama, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michiga…
Listeria Concerns Prompt Recall Of Some Trader Joe's Fresh Products Listeria Concerns Prompt Recall Of Some Trader Joe's Fresh Products
Listeria Concerns Prompt Recall Of Some Trader Joe's Fresh Products Trader Joe’s has issued a recall for fresh food products shipped to the area that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The grocery conglomerate announced this week that is recalling refrigerated products that were sold in Alabama, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wisconsin stores. The recall is part of the…
Recall Issued For 97K Pounds Of Salad Products Due To E. Coli Scare Recall Issued For 97K Pounds Of Salad Products Due To E. Coli Scare
Recall Issued For 97K Pounds Of Salad Products Due To E. Coli Scare An area company is recalling nearly 100,000 pounds of salad products that may be contaminated with E. coli. Missa Bay, LLC, a Swedesboro, New Jersey, company, is recalling approximately 97,272 pounds of salad products that contain meat or poultry because the lettuce ingredient may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. The recalled items have the establishment number “EST. 18502B” inside the USDA mark of inspection. They were shipped to locations in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illi…
Here's Where UConn Ranks Among Most Valuable College Basketball Programs Here's Where UConn Ranks Among Most Valuable College Basketball Programs
Here's Where UConn Ranks Among Most Valuable College Basketball Programs Ever wonder how much your favorite men's college basketball program is worth? Newly released rankings provide the answer. Highlights from the annual report, compiled by Ryan Brewer, an associate professor of finance at Indiana University-Purdue Columbus, were published by The Wall Street Journal. The study determined what college teams would be worth if they were sold on the open market like a professional franchise, with the estimates based on “each program’s revenues and expenses with cash-flow adjustments, risk assessments and growth projections.” Kentucky, with a valuation of $33…
Something To Crow About: Owner Reunited With Missing Northern Westchester Peacock Something To Crow About: Owner Reunited With Missing Northern Westchester Peacock
Something To Crow About: Owner Reunited With Missing Northern Westchester Peacock John, the wondering peacock has found his way home and his brother, Jay, who had been crying for two nights while his brother was on an adventure, is prancing and showing his colors again. John flew away from his home on Bedford Farm on Sunday, making his owner Shirley Lindefjeld, just sick with worry. He landed on the farm of Judy Richter who put the beautiful bird in a stall for safe-keeping.  "I assumed the worst. That a coyote got him," Lindefjeld said. "Thank goodness for my neighbor Rachel Klein who saw this Daily Voice notice. And thank goodness for my friend Judy…
Winning $768M Powerball Ticket Sold Winning $768M Powerball Ticket Sold
Winning $768M Powerball Ticket Sold We have a winner. At last. A single ticket that was sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers in the third-largest Powerball jackpot in US lottery history. The jackpot hit $768.4 million at the time of the drawing on Wednesday night, March 27. That winning numbers were 16, 20, 37, 44, 62 and the Powerball number is 12. Seven winning $1 million tickets (matching the five white balls) were sold throughout the nation, including one New York - sold at LePage's Market in Cohoes, outside Albany. There were two $2 million winning tickets - matching the five white balls and with a…
Connecticut Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' Connecticut Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule'
Connecticut Sues To Block Trump Administration's Abortion 'Gag Rule' New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the state is one of 21 to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration new measure that restricts access to abortion and other reproductive health services. A coalition of 21 State AttorneysGeneral announced that they will be challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s new “gag rule” which alters the Title X family planning program. According to James, the rule relates to funding for Title X, the only federal grant program that funds family planning programs to help patients access contraception, ca…
Former CT Resident Sentenced For Violating Sex Offender Registration Law Former CT Resident Sentenced For Violating Sex Offender Registration Law
Former CT Resident Sentenced For Violating Sex Offender Registration Law A convicted sex offender who forced a teenager to view sexual activity has been sentenced after admitting to failing to register as a sex offender in Connecticut for nearly two years after claiming he moved to Puerto Rico. Ismael Sanchez Colon has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, followed by three months of home confinement and five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). He pleaded guilty in September last year in Bridgeport District Court to violating SORNA following his conviction in Wisconsin for causing a chil…
Area Resident Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration Law Area Resident Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration Law
Area Resident Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration Law A convicted sex offender who forced a teenager to view sexual activity admitted to failing to register as a sex offender in Connecticut for nearly two years after claiming he moved to Puerto Rico. Ismael Sanchez Colon pleaded guilty this week in Bridgeport District Court to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act following his conviction in Wisconsin for causing a child between the ages of 13 and 18 to view sexual activity. In December 2001, Sanchez Colon, 44, was first convicted in Wisconsin, where he was sentenced to 60 days in prison, followed by five years probation…
Police Issue K2 'Spice' Warning After More Than 100 Overdose In New Haven Police Issue K2 'Spice' Warning After More Than 100 Overdose In New Haven
Police Issue K2 'Spice' Warning After More Than 100 Overdose In New Haven After more than 100 people overdosed in New Haven recently, police are issuing a warning to Fairfield County residents on the dangers of K2, also known as "Spice." Greenwich Police report they have seen a rise in the use of the drug, known as a synthetic cannabinoid and overdoses have also been reported in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.  Synthetic cannabinoids are human-made mind-altering chemicals that are either sprayed on dried, shredded plant material so they can be smoked or sold as liquids to be vaporized and inhaled in e-cigarettes and other de…