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2020 Strikes Again - 65-Foot Symbol Of Hope Toppled In Connecticut 2020 Strikes Again - 65-Foot Symbol Of Hope Toppled In Connecticut
2020 Strikes Again - 65-Foot Symbol Of Hope Toppled In Connecticut In a moment that was just so 2020, the beloved New Haven Christmas tree seems to be damaged beyond repair. The 65-foot-tall tree, a focal point for the city's holiday celebrations, was blown over by high winds on Sunday, Nov. 15. Each year, New Haven prides itself on choosing the most beautiful tree for the city’s Green. This year’s tree, a Norway Spruce Evergreen, came from Budding Ridge Road in Cheshire. The tree has come to symbolize community, hope, and heart - as well as commercialism.  No one was injured when the tree fell over, but it does not seem like it is going back up. On…
COVID-19: Half Of Americans Have Lost Job, Or Work Hours, Due To Pandemic, New Poll Says COVID-19: Half Of Americans Have Lost Job, Or Work Hours, Due To Pandemic, New Poll Says
Covid-19: Half Of Americans Have Lost Job, Or Work Hours, Due To Pandemic, New Poll Says Half the country has taken a financial hit due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and most don’t believe they’ll be heading back to work soon, according to a newly released Marist College poll. According to the poll, 50 percent of Americans said they or someone in their household has lost their jobs or hours due to the virus, up from 18 percent from a previous poll just a month ago. "There are few households in the country that haven't been affected by this crisis, through health, through school, through jobs, from all walks of life, from all backgrounds," Barbara Carvalho, direc…
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Will Return To White House As Aide To Trump Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Greenwich's Hope Hicks Will Return To White House As Aide To Trump Son-In-Law Jared Kushner
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Will Return To White House As Aide To Trump Son-In-Law Jared Kushner Less than two years after resigning as the White House communications director, Fairfield County native Hope Hicks is back in DC, this time as an aide to a member of the Trump family and administration. On Thursday, Feb. 13, the White House announced that the 31-year-old Hicks, who grew up in Greenwich and became a key figure in President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, will return, this time as Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's senior adviser. Hicks’ official title will be as a counselor to the president. "There is no one more devoted to implementing President Trump's agenda than Hope Hi…
Here Are The Lineups For First Two Democratic Presidential Debates Here Are The Lineups For First Two Democratic Presidential Debates
Here Are The Lineups For First Two Democratic Presidential Debates The Democratic National Committee announced the names of presidential candidates who qualified for the first debates of the 2020 campaign, cutting the record wide field of 23 contenders down to the 20 spots. Candidates making the final cut on Thursday registered at least 1 percent support in three national polls, received campaign money from 65,000 donors, or both. The list appears at the end of this article.  Debates will be spread over two nights in Miami later this month -- with 10 candidates appearing each night.  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will share the stage with …
'I'm Not Going Anywhere, But Won't Run For President,' Hillary Clinton Says 'I'm Not Going Anywhere, But Won't Run For President,' Hillary Clinton Says
'I'm Not Going Anywhere, But Won't Run For President,' Hillary Clinton Says Click here for an updated story - Not So Fast: Hillary Clinton Now Saying She'll Wait On Mueller Report To Decide On 2020 Run Westchester’s Hillary Clinton won’t mount a third run for president in 2020, but announced that she’s “not going anywhere.” Clinton, who lives in Chappaqua, stated that she won’t be running, but will “keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe,” during a News12 interview.  The announcement ends speculation that the former secretary of State and New York senator could take another run at the Oval Office after falling short in 2016 to Don…
Murphy 'Feels The Bern,' Saying Dems Must Embrace Sanders' Bold Message Murphy 'Feels The Bern,' Saying Dems Must Embrace Sanders' Bold Message
Murphy 'Feels The Bern,' Saying Dems Must Embrace Sanders' Bold Message Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has thought a lot about what happened during the 2016 presidential race and what to do about it.  Murphy isn’t shy about suggesting that his party needs to learn lessons from Donald Trump’s victory, according to this interview in The Washington Post. Trump understood that you had to be the candidate who most credibly looked and sounded like a reformer, Murphy said. “He never talked about it in those terms," Murphy told The Post. "But he looked and sounded like the most obvious candidate to change the way that things were done here, and you could a…
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Admits She Tells 'White Lies' For Trump Greenwich's Hope Hicks Admits She Tells 'White Lies' For Trump
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Admits She Tells 'White Lies' For Trump White House Communications Director Hope Hicks admitted to telling “white lies” for President Trump during questioning before the House Intelligence Committee over Russia meddling in the 2016 election, according to reports. The Greenwich native provided private testimony for nearly 10 hours on Tuesday, where she reportedly discussed her time on the campaign trail with Trump, though she declined to answer questions about other figures involved in the campaign or the current White House. The New York Times reported that Hicks “insisted that she had not lied about matters material to the inves…
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Focus Of Trump-Russia Probe Greenwich's Hope Hicks Focus Of Trump-Russia Probe
Greenwich's Hope Hicks Focus Of Trump-Russia Probe Hope Hick's unflinching loyalty and silence have secured her a prominent place in Donald Trump’s ever-changing orbit.  But that access to the president — the Oval Office is one door down from hers — could come at a prohibitive legal cost for the 29-year-old White House communication director from Greenwich.  Hicks, Trump’s gatekeeper during the campaign -- whom some call his "real daughter" --- is now at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and the focus of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the New York Times reported here on Wednesd…