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Chris Polansky

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Chris Polansky | Connecticut Public

    Windsor leaders say ‘hate is not welcome’ following vandalism (opens the original)

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    Community leaders in the Hartford suburb of Windsor are speaking out against recent acts of potentially hate-motivated vandalism. Officials say a Pride flag was torn down from the town’s First Church, a plaque honoring Black veterans was stolen from a cemetery, and a bench honoring two Black community leaders was stolen from another cemetery. “Hate is not welcome here in Windsor, Connecticut,” Mayor Nuchette Black-Burke said at a Friday morning press conference at Windsor Town Hall. “It will not

  2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Chris Polansky

    Hundreds detained by ICE across CT last week, Blumenthal estimates (opens the original)

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    Federal immigration agents made “hundreds” of arrests around Connecticut last week during a ramped-up enforcement operation, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal estimated on Monday. “We’ve heard, but we haven’t confirmed, that the number statewide is in the hundreds,” Blumenthal told reporters gathered outside Danbury City Hall during a press briefing with Mayor Roberto Alves. Alves said “over 70” arrests had been made in Danbury, though he believes that number could be much higher. “We have no way of

  3. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Chris Polansky

    The toll of ICE activity weighs on Fairfield County residents: ‘His car was there, but he was not’ (opens the original)

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    As dozens of people have been taken by federal immigration agents across Connecticut this week, community members are helping families in the search for their loved ones. They’re turning to social media to identify photos of people stopped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as vehicles left in the streets. Olga Guerra told Connecticut Public that her husband, Fidel, was taken into ICE custody on Monday morning in Stamford as he was driving to work. “I got a call from friends [asking

  4. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Chris Polansky | Connecticut Public

    Shark populations ‘increasing slowly’ in LI Sound, CT biologist says (opens the original)

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    Certain shark species native to Long Island Sound are increasing in population, according to scientists at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). DEEP fisheries biologist David Molnar said that’s based on shark sighting reports made using the agency’s new coastal shark reporting app. “Currently, with the reporting app, where anglers, boaters, charter boat captains can report, we believe the populations of some species are increasing slowly,” Molnar said. Those

  5. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Chris Polansky

    ‘Connecticut is now bear country’: Home entries way up as human-bear conflicts continue (opens the original)

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    Bears have entered Connecticut homes more than 50 times so far this year, and state officials are urging residents to take precautions as the black bear population – and associated conflict – continues to grow. “Connecticut is now bear country, and we have to act like it’s bear country,” said Jenny Dickson, director of the wildlife division of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, or DEEP. The agency held a public forum Wednesday evening in Warren, a small town in Litchfie

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