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Victory Celebration Set For NCAA Champion Quinnipiac Men's Hockey Team Victory Celebration Set For NCAA Champion Quinnipiac Men's Hockey Team
Victory Celebration Set For NCAA Champion Quinnipiac Men's Hockey Team Fans of the Quinnipiac University men's hockey team will soon be gathering en masse to celebrate the team's first-ever stunning overtime win at the 2023 NCAA Division I national championship. A rally will be held by the university at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 10 at the M&T Bank Arena in Hamden at 305 Sherman Ave. and will celebrate the Bobcats' win over the Minnesota Gophers in the national championship game held on Saturday, April 8.  The win marks the first-ever NCAA championship title for the Quinnipiac men's hockey program, which won a record 34 games during the 2023 season and went …

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by Ben Crnic
Politics
Lamont Reelected To Second Term As CT Governor Lamont Reelected To Second Term As CT Governor
Lamont Reelected To Second Term As CT Governor Connecticut’s Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont will spend a second term in the governor’s mansion after defeating Republican Bob Stefanowski, ABC News projects.  Lamont was leading Stefanowski by five percentage points, 52 to 47 percent, as of 11:35 p.m. with 31 percent of the vote reporting. A former Greenwich selectman, Lamont first ran for Connecticut governor in 2010, but lost in the Democratic primary to former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, who went on to win the general election. He ran again and defeated Stefanowski in 2018. Among his most noteworthy accomplishments in office,…

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by Michael Mashburn
Politics
Richard Blumenthal Earns Third Term In Senate, Easily Defeats Trump-Backed Leora Levy Richard Blumenthal Earns Third Term In Senate, Easily Defeats Trump-Backed Leora Levy
Richard Blumenthal Earns Third Term In Senate, Easily Defeats Trump-Backed Leora Levy This story has been updated. Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal has been elected to a third term in the US Senate, according to multiple projections. The 76-year-old Democrat is leading his Republican opponent, Leora Levy, by 14 percentage points, 57 to 43 percent, as of early Wednesday morning, Nov. 9 with 95 percent of the vote counted. On the campaign trail, the two-term senator and former Connecticut attorney general went after Levy for being endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and for reportedly telling Trump that she would always have his back. “If you always have President …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
2 Young Women Who Graduated From Quinnipiac University Killed In Boston Crash 2 Young Women Who Graduated From Quinnipiac University Killed In Boston Crash
2 Young Women Who Graduated From Quinnipiac University Killed In Boston Crash Two 25-year-old women were killed in a multi-car pileup over the weekend after a tow truck crashed into the ride-share SUV they were riding in on I-93 in Boston, police said.  Delanie Fekert, Floral Park, New York, and Urashi Madani, of North Andover, Massachusetts, were in the passenger seats of a 2007 Lexus RX400H driving north on the interstate around 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8, when the driver quickly slowed down for unknown reasons near exit 20, Massachusetts State Police said.  A trailing tow truck slammed into the back of the SUV just before a 2012 Honda Civic crashed…

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by Josh Lanier
Schools
COVID-19: Quinnipiac University Sees Spike In New Cases COVID-19: Quinnipiac University Sees Spike In New Cases
Covid-19: Quinnipiac University Sees Spike In New Cases An area college has seen a small spike in new COVID-19 cases as it continues to push students and staff to get vaccinated against the virus. Quinnipiac University, located in Hamden, in New Haven County, Connecticut, is reporting 30 new cases in the past seven days, bringing the total to 32 active cases health officials are monitoring. There have been a total of 81 cases since the semester started in August. Earlier story - COVID-19: University In Region To Fine, Limit WiFi To Unvaccinated Students Officials noted that Quinnipiac required all students, faculty, and staff to be vaccinated …

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by Zak Failla
Schools
COVID-19: University In Region To Fine, Limit WiFi To Unvaccinated Students COVID-19: University In Region To Fine, Limit WiFi To Unvaccinated Students
Covid-19: University In Region To Fine, Limit WiFi To Unvaccinated Students Students and staff at an area college will have to get vaccinated for COVID-19 before the fall semester, or else face harsh penalties. Quinnipiac University located in Hamden, in New Haven County, Connecticut, announced that it will be fining students who do not receive a vaccine, as well as exempting students who miss COVID-19 testing. Those in violation of vaccination policies will also lose access to the school’s campus network and wi-fi. Officials said that students who fail to receive a COVID-19 vaccine will be fined up to $2,275 for the semester, and unvaccinated students who fail to…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans Who Support Biden Stimulus Bill, Raising Minimum Wage COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans Who Support Biden Stimulus Bill, Raising Minimum Wage
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of Americans Who Support Biden Stimulus Bill, Raising Minimum Wage The majority of Americans support President Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus bill, as well as raising the national minimum wage to $15, according to a newly released Quinnipiac University poll. With millions of Americans struggling financially due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the bulk of those polled were in favor of anything that will put more cash in their pockets during the pandemic. Related story - COVID-19: Here's Who's Expected To Qualify For Third IRS Stimulus Check A total of 1,075 American adults nationwide were surveyed from Thursday, Jan. 28 through Monday, Feb. 1.  Ne…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: 55 New Cases Reported At Quinnipiac COVID-19: 55 New Cases Reported At Quinnipiac
Covid-19: 55 New Cases Reported At Quinnipiac Dozens of new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed at Quinnipiac University, forcing the school to elevate its alert level to “orange.” University officials said that there have been 55 new cases confirmed among students at Quinnipiac, forcing the school to switch to remote learning through at least the rest of the week. Of the positive cases, 34 are among on-campus students, 21 are off-campus. There are currently 108 people in isolation due to the latest outbreak. It is believed that the latest outbreak stems from a Halloween party that was attended by dozens of Quinnipiac students, in vi…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: CT College Sends 20 Students Home Following Halloween Party COVID-19: CT College Sends 20 Students Home Following Halloween Party
Covid-19: CT College Sends 20 Students Home Following Halloween Party More than 20 students at Quinnipiac University in Hamden have been sent home after they attended a large Halloween party, violating the school's COVID-19 restrictions. The college's President Judy Olian and Chief Experience Officer Tom Ellett said in a letter to parents and the community said the students were sent home for the remainder of the semester. The party, attended by students from multiple universities, was held on Thursday, Oct. 29, at Anthony’s Ocean View in New Haven, the school officials said. "We have verified that among the attendees were students from QU, that masks were n…

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: Sacred Heart University Quarantines Entire Dorm; Quinnipiac Reports First Case COVID-19: Sacred Heart University Quarantines Entire Dorm; Quinnipiac Reports First Case
Covid-19: Sacred Heart University Quarantines Entire Dorm; Quinnipiac Reports First Case The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to spread around college campuses in Connecticut. Sacred Heart University in the Town of Fairfield announced it would be expanding a previous quarantine order to an entire residence hall due to a mislabeled COVID test that prevented the school from identifying which student tested positive. There have been at least five confirmed COVID cases - including two new ones - in Merton Hall, prompting the decision to have the students temporarily quarantine and transition to remote learning. According to the school, the students will remain in their rooms except…

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by Zak Failla
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Hartford University, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic Hartford University, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic
Hartford University, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To Covid-19, Says Higher Education Critic The University of Hartford is on a list of universities that are facing extinction, according to Scott Galloway, an influential higher education critic. Galloway, a New York University marketing professor, poured over data for hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities to see which ones will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and which ones won’t. Right now, higher education institutions across the country are making plans on how to re-open their campuses in the fall, if at all.  Hartford made Galloway's schools that may “perish” list because it has a “sodium pentothal cocktail of high …

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by Kristin Palpini