Heat pump questions? Connecticut’s free experts can answer
Electric heat pumps are moving front and center in Connecticut’s energy efficiency program as the state looks to accelerate adoption with a free consultation service and major rebates. EnergizeCT has contracted with Abode, an energy management company, to operate the consultation service and develop a nationwide network of trained heat pump installers. Concord, Mass.-based Abode operates similar programs in that state that have so far resulted in the installation of nearly 2,200 heat pumps in 13 communities, said Christopher Haringa, the company’s director of programs. Taxpayers can Sign up for a virtual chat session with a heat pump expert on…
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At Florida school shooter’s trial, families recall lives lost
Family members of three of the 17 victims of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz gave heartbreaking testimony Monday about how their 2018 deaths at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland have affected their lives, detailing lost loves, lost moments and even faded memories. Student Joaquin Oliver’s sister looked at Cruz as he left the witness stand, while the families of student Alaina Petty and teacher Scott Beigel appeared to look away from him. Cruz sat at the defense table, mostly looking down but occasionally looking at the video screen in front of him. The jury also saw three chilling…
Read More »Hollywood star Dev Patel stumbles upon crime scene in Adelaide CBD
Hollywood star Dev Patel was among the witnesses to a stabbing at a petrol station in Adelaide’s CBD on Monday night. The Slumdog Millionaire actor was filmed by a 7News camera crew talking to police after a woman allegedly stabbed a man in the chest around 8:45 p.m. Patel is understood to be spending time in South Australia with his girlfriend and Hotel Mumbai co-star Tilda Cobham-Hervey, who is from Adelaide. Love news? Stream more than 25 news channels in one place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends on October 31, 2022 Emergency services were called to…
Read More »Finally breaking ground: Justice signals start for Welch Coalfields Expressway link | News
It’s been 30 years in the making, but Gov. Jim Justice said Monday that projects to finally finish the Coalfields Expressway are moving forward. Justice was in Welch for the construction of a new 5.1 mile section that will connect Welch to the highway. 16 (in Wyoming County) and the Coalfields Expressway, which will eventually run from Beckley (I-77 and I-64) to the Virginia state line near Bradshaw. “I want to see this whole road completed, all the way to Virginia,” he said. “We have already done some sections. There may be other sections that still need to be finished…
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OP-ED | Will Connecticut Republicans Choose Head, Heart, or LOLs?
Credit: iQoncept / Shutterstock SUSAN BIGELOW Next week Republican voters go to the polls to choose their candidate to run against US Sen. Richard Blumenthal in the fall election. They are choosing between a good but probably doomed candidate, a consistent but absolutely doomed candidate, and total disaster. What they choose in the primary next week will tell us a lot about whether that very endangered species, the moderate Connecticut Republican, can survive. On paper it’s such an easy decision. A moderate, well-liked, reasonable candidate with a fantastic resume, former House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, is running against Peter Lumaj, a…
Read More »Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 160 of the invasion | Ukraine
The head of the United Nations has warned that nuclear annihilation is just a miscalculation. Opening a key conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York, António Guterres warned that the world was facing “a nuclear danger not seen since the height of cold war”. “Humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” he said, citing the war in Ukraine as a major factor. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said there could be “no winner” in a nuclear war and that it “should never be disengaged”. in a letter sent to attendees at the…
Read More »Breaking News Live Updates – 02 August 2022: Partha Chatterjee ‘Non-Cooperative’, Not Responding to Questions: ED Officials
FOR August 2, 2022 For News 18/ Updated: 02 Aug 2022, 05:55 IST Up-to-the-minute news updates on events from around the world, with a special focus on India. From daily coronavirus news on the likely third wave, number of infections, vaccination and reopening of places and activities to all the latest in the fields of politics, education, business, entertainment and sports, everything you need to know, as it happens, and all in one place. Get instant news about elections, governments and political parties; updates on school and university admissions and exam results; and information on the evolution of the stock…
Read More »‘Truly remarkable.’ Mission to find missing dog from Shelton unites thousands in CT and beyond
August 1, 2022 at 11:29 p.mUpdated 8 hours ago For: Marissa Alter Jason Petrini of Shelton was in Europe when he got a panicked call from the pet sitter: Louie, Petrini’s 5-year-old pit bull, had escaped from the Waverly Road home. Petrini immediately cut short his trip. “Hearing the news that he was gone was devastating,” Petrini told News 12. Monday marked the 12th day since Louie’s disappearance, despite an extensive search effort that has turned into a movement, uniting thousands of people in Fairfield County and beyond. Stray dog flyers seem to be everywhere in Shelton: telephone poles, mailboxes,…
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