3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (58+ words) Connecticut Public FOR PARENTS: CELEBRATING AT HOMELearn about September holidays as a family with these book lists about Hispanic Heritage and Rosh Hashanah. Try a delicious new dinner recipe or make beautiful flores de papel to decorate your home. There’s…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (516+ words) A Connecticut nonprofit engaged in youth suicide prevention is enlisting coaches to identify and intervene when student athletes are in a crisis. LAX2LIVE, a mental health initiative for lacrosse players, is also recruiting student ambassadors across Connecticut schools, with 52 ambassadors in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (557+ words) In August 1986, tweens were first introduced to four preteen friends who started a successful babysitting business in “Kristy’s Great Idea” by Ann M. Martin. The series itself became a big business! In the forty years since its debut, “The Baby-Sitters…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) Not only is September the start of a new school year, it is also Suicide Awareness Month. Connecticut lawmakers and healthcare providers are taking time to remind families of the resources available for children who may be experiencing instability or…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (100+ words) Connecticut Public Oxford University professor Katherine Rundell became the first children’s author since J.K. Rowling to simultaneously reach number one on the U.K. and U.S. sales charts. Her newest book, “The Neverfear,” comes out Sept. 1, after Rundell secured a seven-figure deal…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (285+ words) Cassandra McKenna, a Torrington resident, doesn’t have a pool, but her friends do and sometimes they get uninvited guests. “They used to have a lot of chipmunks that would end up being wildlife casualties in their pool,” McKenna said. Small…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (248+ words) Submarine maker Electric Boat has broken ground on an adaptive reuse project to turn Waterford’s Crystal Mall into a corporate campus. At a ceremonial groundbreaking Friday morning, General Dynamics Electric Boat President Mark Rayha said the property, at which up…...