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New CT DMV Website Allows Motorists To Schedule Appointments, Complete Other Tasks Online New CT DMV Website Allows Motorists To Schedule Appointments, Complete Other Tasks Online
New CT DMV Website Allows Motorists To Schedule Appointments, Complete Other Tasks Online Comically - and aggravatingly - long lines at the DMV may soon be a thing of the past in Connecticut. Using lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut unveiled a new DMV website that will make it more accessible for residents to utilize services remotely. Among the new online services include the ability to request a duplicate driver’s license, schedule appointments ahead of time, send for a non-driver ID, or access to one’s driving history. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said on Tuesday, March 2 that the new website will increase the number of tasks and transactions that can be …
COVID-19: CT To Unveil 'First Draft' Fall Plan For Schools This Week COVID-19: CT To Unveil 'First Draft' Fall Plan For Schools This Week
Covid-19: CT To Unveil 'First Draft' Fall Plan For Schools This Week A "first draft" fall plan for schools in Connecticut will be unveiled this week. Gov. Ned Lamont announced the plan will be rolled out on Thursday, June 25. It will include preliminary guidance to school districts from the state Department of Education on how to reopen.  The plan will reportedly call for a five-day week for kindergarten through 12th grade with guidelines for when mask use is required and how bus service will be structured. "We are doing a lot of with distance learning online, but there is nothing like the classroom," Lamont said. In another development, certain…
COVID-19: REAL ID Deadline For Boarding Domestic Flights Extended COVID-19: REAL ID Deadline For Boarding Domestic Flights Extended
Covid-19: Real ID Deadline For Boarding Domestic Flights Extended Travelers will have an extra year to “get real” before needing a new license to board domestic flights due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Originally, beginning on Oct. 1, 2020, standard licenses would no longer make the cut for those looking to travel, requiring them to register for a REAL ID to board planes. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced most to stay inside, practice social distancing and closed DMV offices, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to push that date a year, to Oct. 1, 2021. There are now three different forms of driver’s license or Ne…
Four Fairfield County Residents Test Positive For COVID-19, Including Child, Lamont Says Four Fairfield County Residents Test Positive For COVID-19, Including Child, Lamont Says
Four Fairfield County Residents Test Positive For Covid-19, Including Child, Lamont Says Four Fairfield County residents have tested positive for the novel strain of the coronavirus, including a child, as well as one person in Litchfield County, Gov. Ned Lamont announced. The child who tested positive is from Stratford, state officials said during a press conference on Thursday afternoon, March 12. The Stratford School district has closed all of its schools.  In addition to the child, a Stamford woman in her 60s also tested COVID-19 position. She had recently returned from a trip to Italy. The woman is being treated at Stamford Hospital. In addition, a New York resident, …
Here's When CT Residents Will Need To Have REAL ID To Take Domestic Flights Here's When CT Residents Will Need To Have REAL ID To Take Domestic Flights
Here's When CT Residents Will Need To Have Real ID To Take Domestic Flights Connecticut residents planning to take a domestic flight are going to have to “get real" within the next nine months if they hope to board their plane. Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 1, a standard Connecticut driver’s license won’t be enough to get on even a domestic flight, and although that is months away, the DMV is encouraging residents to get ahead of the game. The upgraded, enhanced ID will feature a star in the upper-righthand corner. The REAL ID will feature a star in the corner of the license. The REAL ID will also become the standard for entering federal facilities. The requirements …
Woman With Warrant Charged After Lexus SUV With Unreported Paint Change Stopped In Greenwich Woman With Warrant Charged After Lexus SUV With Unreported Paint Change Stopped In Greenwich
Woman With Warrant Charged After Lexus SUV With Unreported Paint Change Stopped In Greenwich A 35-year-old woman was arrested on a failure to appear warrant after being stopped for having the wrong color paint on her vehicle. Kadian Shamar Davis, of Greenwich, was arrested Monday on Greenwich Avenue after a registration check came back to a white Lexus wagon, but she was driving a black Lexus wagon, Greenwich Police said. When stopped, the VIN numbers matched the license plate registration, but Davis told officers that the registered owner had not reported the paint change to the DMV, which is required, police said. During the stop, police discovered that Davis was wanted on a war…
16-Year-Old Without Driver's License Charged After Fleeing From Greenwich Crash 16-Year-Old Without Driver's License Charged After Fleeing From Greenwich Crash
16-Year-Old Without Driver's License Charged After Fleeing From Greenwich Crash A teenager driving without a license was taken into police custody after he attempted to evade officers ordering him to stop in Greenwich before he ultimately crashed. Officers from the Greenwich Police Department responded to the intersection of Hendrie Avenue and Riverside Avenue shortly before 3 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, where there was a report of a suspicious driver in the area. When trying to stop the alleged vehicle, police said that the 16-year-old - whose name will not be released due to his status as a youthful offender - attempted to elude officers and ignored their commands to sto…
Top News In Fairfield: DMV Worker Arrested, Best Friends Killed In Crash Top News In Fairfield: DMV Worker Arrested, Best Friends Killed In Crash
Top News In Fairfield: DMV Worker Arrested, Best Friends Killed In Crash FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — The arrest of a DMV worker in Bridgeport on charges of stealing money and the death of two best friends in a head-on crash on Route 1 in Norwalk topped the week's news in Fairfield County.  Here are the top stories of the week, as reported by Daily Voice:  Kimberly Brown of Bridgeport was arrested after police said she stole $79,000 while working for the DMV by exploiting a loophole while registering cars. She was terminated and charged with first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community, and first-degree forgery.  Two men were killed in a head-on two-car c…