Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd Governor of Connecticut from January 8,1975,to December 31,1980,after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and Governor. She was the first woman elected to this office and the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state without having been the spouse or widow of a former governor. She resigned as governor due to her battle with ovarian cancer.
The Connecticut State Police (CSP) is a division of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection responsible for traffic regulation and law enforcement across the state of Connecticut,especially in areas not served by local police departments. The CSP currently has 940 troopers as of October 8,2020 and is headquartered in Middletown,Connecticut. The Connecticut State Police is also responsible for protecting the Governor of Connecticut,Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut,and their families.
The University of Connecticut School of Law is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford,Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. In 2020 it enrolled 488 JD students.
Susan Bysiewicz is an American politician and attorney who is the 109th lieutenant governor of Connecticut,serving since January 9,2019. She previously served as the 72nd secretary of the state of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011. She was briefly a candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2010,before dropping out to run for Connecticut Attorney General. She was disqualified from running for the office by the Connecticut Supreme Court and announced in 2011 that she was running for the United States Senate in the 2012 election to replace the retiring Joe Lieberman. She lost the Democratic primary to U.S. Representative Chris Murphy,who went on to win the general election.
Joseph Maturo Jr. is a politician. He is the long-term mayor of East Haven,Connecticut. He is a Republican and with his re-election in 2005,he became the second person in East Haven history to be elected for five terms as mayor,serving 1997–2007. After two terms away,in 2011 he won re-election again,establishing a record six terms,and in 2017 was again re-elected for 9th term.
Emilio Quincy Daddario was an American Democratic politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the 86th through 91st United States Congresses.
WMRD is a radio station licensed to serve Middletown,Connecticut,United States,broadcasting to the Hartford area. The station is owned by Crossroads Communications of Old Saybrook,LLC. It airs a talk and adult standards format.
O'Rourke's Diner is a diner located in the Main Street Historic District in Middletown,Connecticut.
Travis was a male common chimpanzee who,as an animal actor,appeared in several television shows and commercials,including spots for Coca Cola,as well as on television programs including The Maury Povich Show and The Man Show,which is disputed. On February 16,2009,Travis attacked and mauled his owner's friend in Stamford,Connecticut,blinding her,severing several body parts and lacerating her face,before he was shot and killed by a responding police officer. The incident became an international news story.
The 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion occurred at the Kleen Energy Systems power station in Middletown,Connecticut,United States at 11:17 am EST on February 7,2010. The plant had been under construction from September 2007,and was scheduled to start supplying energy in June 2010. The initial blast killed five and injured at least fifty;one of the injured later died in hospital,bringing the total death toll to six.
The Cheshire,Connecticut,home invasion murders occurred on July 23,2007,when Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes invaded the residence of the Petit family in Cheshire,Connecticut,United States. Dr. William Petit was severely injured. His wife,Jennifer Hawke-Petit and his two daughters,17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit,were all murdered.
Joe Aresimowicz is a former American Democratic politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and former Speaker of the House. From 2013 to 2017,he served as Majority Leader.
On October 3,2013,in Washington,D.C.,Miriam Carey,a dental hygienist from Stamford,Connecticut,was shot and killed by law enforcement officers after attempting to drive through a White House security checkpoint in her black Infiniti G37 coupe. She struck a U.S. Secret Service officer,and was chased by the Secret Service to the United States Capitol where she was shot five times in the back,including one shot which hit the left side of the back of her head. A young child,Carey's daughter,was found unharmed in the car.
Kevin Witkos is a Republican member of the Connecticut State Senate,representing the 8th District since 2009. He served as Deputy Senate Republican President Pro Tempore since January 2017 to January 2019. and previously served as Minority Leader Pro Tempore from 2014 to 2016 and Caucus Chairman for Outreach since 2013. Witkos served as the State Representative from the 17th district which includes Canton and part of Avon from 2003 to 2008.
The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. This race's Democratic margin of victory was the closest to the national average of 3.1 points.
Daniel Thomas Drew is an American politician from Connecticut and the former mayor of Middletown,Connecticut. Drew was elected mayor in 2011 and was re-elected in 2013 and 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
David J. Alexander is a former member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 58th district,from 2013 to 2017.
The Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS) was a juvenile prison in Middletown,Connecticut that operated under the Connecticut Department of Children and Families from 2001 to 2018. Established in proximity to the Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH),CJTS held male inmates from age 12-17 with capacity for 240 inmates. In 2021,Connecticut governor Ned Lamont announced that he was considering reopening the prison to hold immigrant children.
This is a list of George Floyd protests in Connecticut,United States.
Otto C. Neumann was an American Republican politician.
