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New DMV Office Set To Open In Connecticut New DMV Office Set To Open In Connecticut
New DMV Office Set To Open In Connecticut The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles is preparing to open a new customer service office. The new office will be located at at 62 Providence Pike in the Windham County town of Putnam, the DMV said in an announcement on Wednesday, March 9. The office is set to open within the next 90 days, replacing a previous Putnam location that closed in 2020. “We are very excited to be bringing DMV services back to Putnam in a new location that will better serve customers,” DMV Commissioner Sibongile Magubane said. “We want to thank all the people in the Governor Lamont administration and across…
Funeral Arrangements Set For Firefighter Killed Battling CT House Fire Funeral Arrangements Set For Firefighter Killed Battling CT House Fire
Funeral Arrangements Set For Firefighter Killed Battling CT House Fire Funeral arrangements have been set for a Connecticut firefighter who died battling a blaze that broke out in a New Haven home last week. A Catholic service for New Haven firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 20 in St. Mary Church on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven. A burial with full departmental honors will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. Officials noted that masks will be mandatory while in the church. Torres was survived by his wife, Erica Martinez, son Oliver Torres, and Crew Torres, who is due to be born in August. Torres was born in New Hav…
4-CT Announces New Leadership As It Continues Its Outreach And Expands Its Mission 4-CT Announces New Leadership As It Continues Its Outreach And Expands Its Mission
4-CT Announces New Leadership As It Continues Its Outreach And Expands Its Mission When Don Kendall and Ted Yang founded 4-CT — the Connecticut Covid-19 Charity Connection — in March of 2020 just as an international pandemic was declared, they never expected the organization to continue past a short-term need.  What they and 4-CT have seen in a year's time is that help is still needed even as COVID (hopefully) wanes. While the organization has strived to help those most impacted by the COVID crisis in Connecticut with its innovative 4-CT Card and equity vaccine program, it has also learned that the same population will require long-term aid to right systemic inequities th…