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Obituaries
COVID-19: College Student In Connecticut Dies From Virus-Related Complications COVID-19: College Student In Connecticut Dies From Virus-Related Complications
Covid-19: College Student In Connecticut Dies From Virus-Related Complications A 22-year-old college student in Connecticut who was set to graduate this year has died from COVID-19. Joshua Goodart, a cybersecurity and networks major in the University of New Haven’s Class of 2021, died over the weekend from COVID complications, the school announced this week. Goodart, who was a resident of Oxford, Connecticut in western New Haven County, became ill during the university’s Winter Break and was hospitalized last month, never returning to campus for the spring semester. Friends and family said that Goodart was diagnosed with COVID-19 in the beginning of January, and whe…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Westchester's Newest Artist 'smudegeout' Brings Chill Sound To Music Scene Westchester's Newest Artist 'smudegeout' Brings Chill Sound To Music Scene
Westchester's Newest Artist 'smudegeout' Brings Chill Sound To Music Scene Music was one of the most — if not the most— important and loved parts of high school for Deanna Fielding, who goes by “smudgeout” in the music world and is a 2020 graduate of Valhalla High School. The switch to online learning may have put an end to her participation in chorus, band, jazz band, vocal ensemble and jazz combo, but it gave her time to work on her own music. The rising freshman at the University of New Haven, who plans to study sound technology, recently released her first short album, “There is so much to eat and so much to drink, so why waste?” The Valhalla native began pia…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Schools
COVID-19: High School Senior From Northern Westchester Joins EMS Front-Line Workers In NYC COVID-19: High School Senior From Northern Westchester Joins EMS Front-Line Workers In NYC
Covid-19: High School Senior From Northern Westchester Joins EMS Front-Line Workers In NYC A Northern Westchester high school senior is working the front lines in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Patrick Baia, who attends Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers, is also working as an EMT in New York City and Yonkers as a member of Empress Emergency Medical Services. During his hours at work, Baia is transporting many positive COVID-19 patients to the hospital for treatment. He is also helping to staff the Yonkers Medical Evacuation Transport Unit (METU). The Yonkers Police Department created the METU which provides the department th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Barr Assigns US Attorney In Connecticut To Review Origins Of Russia Inquiry Barr Assigns US Attorney In Connecticut To Review Origins Of Russia Inquiry
Barr Assigns US Attorney In Connecticut To Review Origins Of Russia Inquiry United States Attorney General William Barr has appointed John Durham, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, to review the origins of the Russia investigation into interference in the 2016 presidential election and the FBI’s surveillance activities. Durham has been assigned to conduct the inquiry into allegations of misconduct and improper surveillance of President Donald Trump’s campaign during the 2016 election. The concerns were first raised in congressional testimony following the release of Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia probe. "I am not saying that improper survei…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
Marist Grad Named New Head Basketball Coach At Fairfield University Marist Grad Named New Head Basketball Coach At Fairfield University
Marist Grad Named New Head Basketball Coach At Fairfield University After spending more than a decade serving as an assistant basketball coach under Steve Pikiell at Stony Brook and Rutgers, Jay Young will have his shot at running his own program at Fairfield University. Young has been named the 13th head coach of the Fairfield University men’s basketball program after most recently serving three years as an assistant at Rutgers. He takes over from Sydney Johnson, who had five winning seasons in eight years, but led Fairfield to just a 9-22 record this season. Paul Schlickmann, the Director of Athletics at Fairfield University, said that Young shone in ever…

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by Zak Failla