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Sacred Heart University Student In Medically Inducted Coma After Fairfield Crash Sacred Heart University Student In Medically Inducted Coma After Fairfield Crash
Sacred Heart University Student In Medically Inducted Coma After Fairfield Crash One of five Sacred Heart University students involved in a horrific two-car crash in Fairfield County that injured six is in a medically induced coma, according to a GoFundMe. The collision took place in the town of Fairfield around 12:05 a.m., Friday, Sept. 29 on Jefferson Street near Sacred Heart's Martire Building. When police arrived on the scene, they found a 2021 Toyota Corolla and a 2018 Audi on its roof, Fairfield Police Lt. Edward Nook Jr. said. The Toyota was operated by an Uber driver carrying four female passengers who are also SHU students  There were two admitted to Saint Vi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Donations Pour In For 3 CT University Students Killed In Western Mass Crash Donations Pour In For 3 CT University Students Killed In Western Mass Crash
Donations Pour In For 3 CT University Students Killed In Western Mass Crash Donations are pouring in for three families who each lost one of their loved ones from a triple-fatal crash in Western Massachusetts this week.  Prem Kumar Reddy Goda, age 27, Pavani Gullapally, age 22, and Sai Narasimha Patamsetti, age 22, died in the Berkshire County crash that happened in Sheffield on Tuesday, Oct. 25, as previously reported by Daily Voice. All three were international students from India studying at universities in Connecticut: at either the University of New Haven or Sacred Heart University in the town of Fairfield. Patamsetti came the US only three mont…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
3 Students From Universities In Connecticut ID'd As Those Killed In Western Massachusetts Crash 3 Students From Universities In Connecticut ID'd As Those Killed In Western Massachusetts Crash
3 Students From Universities In Connecticut ID'd As Those Killed In Western Massachusetts Crash Authorities have identified the three people who died following a two-car crash in Western Massachusetts. The victims were identified as Prem Kumar Reddy Goda, age 27, Pavani Gullapally, age 22, and Sai Narasimha Patamsetti, age 22, the Berkshire District Attorney's Office reports. All three were pronounced dead at the scene.  Authorities determined all three were international students from India who were studying in Connecticut at either the University of New Haven or Sacred Heart University in the town of Fairfield. The crash occurred when a northbound Toyota Si…

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by David Cifarelli
Politics
Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Tells Why He Decided To Make Pitch To Be Mayor Of His Hometown Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Tells Why He Decided To Make Pitch To Be Mayor Of His Hometown
Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Tells Why He Decided To Make Pitch To Be Mayor Of His Hometown He's been known by many as the unofficial mayor of Connecticut's second-largest city for years. Now, after a lifelong career in sports, Major League Baseball legend Bobby Valentine wants to be Stamford's mayor for real. In a week, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, voters will make the call in a race that has drawn national attention and even seen each candidate endorsed by a past United States president. "Tommy Lasorda would introduce me either as the mayor of Stamford or ambassador of Stamford," Valentine says, referring to the late Los Angeles Dodgers manager. The 71-year-old Valentine can't pinpoint…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Sports Legend, Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Running For Mayor Of His Hometown Sports Legend, Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Running For Mayor Of His Hometown
Sports Legend, Ex-Mets Manager Bobby Valentine Running For Mayor Of His Hometown Baseball legend Bobby Valentine is looking to go from a seat in the dugout to a seat in City Hall. Valentine, 70, the former Major League Baseball player and manager who currently serves as the athletic director at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, announced on Friday, May 7 that he plans to run for mayor the second largest city in Fairfield County - his hometown of Stamford. A three-sport high school star in Stamford, Valentine made the announcement on social media that he plans to run as an independent candidate against incumbent David Martin and State Rep. Caroline Simmo…

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by Zak Failla
News
UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic
UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To Covid-19, Says Higher Education Critic The University of Massachusetts Boston 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.  UMass Boston made Galloway's schools that may “perish” list because it has a “sodium pentothal c…

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by Kristin Palpini