Connecticut East This Week Podcast

Connecticut East This Week - 28th March 2021 Edition

In this episode...

Pedestrian road accidents are on the increase in the State and the Department of Transportation is looking to do something about it, but where do they get their data? We find out

And could the State possibly get a new passenger train service using existing freight rail lines?

Plus a look at some other stories making the headlines from across the region.

Connecticut East This Week - 21st March 2021 Edition

In this episode...

With Covid-19 restrictions being relaxed in the State by Governor Lamont.

What does this means for the many businesses and entertainment venues?

We talk with the new Artistic Director and the new Managing Director of Goodspeed Opera House to find out more.

Plus we take a look at some other stories making the headlines from across the region.

Connecticut East This Week - 14th March 2021 Edition

In this week's edition...

 

Could recreational use of Marijuana finally become legalized in Connecticut?

 

We talk to the CT Examiner about their articles on the subject and also speak with CT Pharma, one of the State's medical Marijuana growers to see how legalization might affect them.

 

Plus a look at some other stories making the headlines from across the region.

Connecticut East This Week -7th March 2021 Edition

In this edition...

 

What's the future for Waterford's Crystal Mall Shopping Center as owners Simon Group hand back the keys to loan lenders.

 

We talk candidly with Waterford First Selectman, Rob Brule, about his concerns and challenges that lay ahead for this major property tax payer.

 

Plus we take a look at some other stories from across the region.

Connecticut East This Week - 28th February 2021 Edition

In this episode ...

Connecticut is looking to legalize Sports and Internet Gambling to help bring new streams of revenue in to the State.

We talk with State Senator Cathy Osten, whose district covers the State's two Casinos and is in favor of expanding gambling in Connecticut

And we talk with the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling to find out what services are available to those when gambling becomes an addiction.

Plus a look at some other stories making the headlines from across the region.

Connecticut East This Week - 21st February 2021 Edition

In this week's episode ...

We talk reparations, the racial wealth gap and racial economic justice in America for The Black American Descendants of Slavery.

Three members of PACT, Political Action Connecticut tell us why the current conversation isn't just about race or skin color but about lineage as well.

Plus we take a look at some other stories making the headlines from across the region.

Connecticut East This Week - 14th February 2021 Edition

In this week's episode

 

We visit a Covid vaccine clinic in the town of Essex to see how keeping it local is leading to vaccination success.

 

And the City of New London has approved a $30 million Community Recreation Center to be built at Fort Trumbull. We get the lowdown on the project.

 

Plus a look at some other stories making the headlines from across the region

Connecticut East This Week - 7th February 2021 Edition

In this episode...

We talk with Professor Brendan Cunningham of the Economics and Finance Department of Eastern Connecticut State University about how Covid19 has highlighted the broken systems in the State and the country as a whole, from public health and food insecurity to disparities between black and white wealth.

Plus we take a look at some of the other stories making the headlines from across the region

Connecticut East This Week - 31st January 2021 Edition

In this episode...

We find out the latest on the crumbling concrete home foundation crisis in Eastern Connecticut with the Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company.

And we talk crumbling foundation research with Jim Mahoney from the University of Connecticut

Plus a look as some other stories making the headlines from across the region.

Connecticut East This Week - 24th January 2021 Edition

In this episode...

New London Mayor, Mike Passero breaks his silence about the Connecticut Port Authority and their State Pier deal.

And it's a new legislative session, we listen again to Governor Lamont's State of the State address

Plus we take a look at other stories making the headlines from across the region.