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Chris Polansky
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Public radio reporter in Connecticut. One-time Bart Harley Jarvis of the Oklahoma press corps. CUNY grad. Replacement-level infielder for the Hartford Dark Twains Sandlot Baseball Club. he/him
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Looks just like the sun (Kevin after this)
Looks just like it (Here we go, Kev)
December 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Just remembered a guy at the bar last night told me I look like Yukon Cornelius
December 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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"However, many who stand to benefit from the law don't know yet their records were changed. The state doesn't have a way to notify people when their convictions are erased."

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Thousands in CT had criminal convictions erased this year. Many still don't realize it
Connecticut doesn't have a way to notify people of automatic erasures under its Clean Slate law.
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December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I thought the “Gen Z doesn’t know bar etiquette” thing was fake but a bunch of Zoomers just took my/my friend’s seats that had coasters atop the drinks that we’d left as we went to go smoke cigarettes and now I’m all “get off my lawn”
December 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Doing it
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My town’s premier karaoke destination is open for business on Christmas night tomorrow. I might have to go just to see who the real sickos are (counting myself among them)
December 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Merry Troutsmas to all, and to all a good Trout.
A black and white mixed breed dog wrapped in christmas lights
December 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Is One Battle After Another a Christmas movie
December 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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nothing exceeds the mid-century weirdness of local radio advertising in the USA. (Broadcasting, Sept. 22, 1952)
b&w cartoon showing a stick figure in a chef's hat cooking "flapjacks" on a stove that says BEST PROGRAMS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. Names of programs on each flapjack disc flying through the air. Ad copy reads: COOKING on the FRONT BURNER for the FOLKS at HOME! It's "GRASS ROOTS" acceptance that counts in RADIO advertising. KTUL programming appeals to listeners in the TULSA MARKET! That's why KTUL has MORE LOCAL PROGRAM SPONSORS than ALL other Tulsa network Radio Stations. Get the KTUL story from your nearest AVERY KNODEL, Inc. office.
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Merry Troutsmas to all, and to all a good Trout.
A black and white mixed breed dog wrapped in christmas lights
December 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I’m worried this baby thinks people can’t change.
The author holding a baby.
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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My town’s premier karaoke destination is open for business on Christmas night tomorrow. I might have to go just to see who the real sickos are (counting myself among them)
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Trout and I hope you’re having a merry one
The author and a black and white mixed breed dog in front of a Christmas tree
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Pluribus finale good
December 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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NEW: A jubilant crowd welcomed a Meriden, Connecticut, teen home today after more than six months in immigration detention — just in time for his Christmas birthday.

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Meriden teen detained by ICE for 6 months says at homecoming, 'we shouldn’t be treated like this'
One supporter said they are "overjoyed to have him home for Christmas and his 17th birthday."
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December 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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“Santa’s reindeer are an important part of holiday traditions for many families, and we take their health and safety seriously,” said Connecticut Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt.

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The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) is delighted to announce that Santa Claus and his reindeer have officially been cleared to fly over the Nutmeg State on December 24. Following thorough physical exams conducted by veterinarians with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), all nine reindeer – including the one with the famous glowing nose – are healthy, fit, and ready for the magical journey. The exams confirmed that the team is free of contagious diseases, such as brucellosis and tuberculosis, come from a CWD-free herd, and are in top condition for high-altitude sleigh travel. “Santa’s reindeer are an important part of holiday traditions for many families, and we take their health and safety seriously,” said Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt. “I appreciate the efforts of our State Veterinarian and Animal Health team, along with the vast support network including AVMA veterinarians and other state animal health officials, to ensure that Santa’s team is ready for a safe and successful flight.” Weather is predicted to be favorable for Christmas Eve with light wind and partly cloudy skies. Should any trouble arise, Santa’s Emergency Landing and Veterinary Expert System (ELVES), a network of veterinarians, will be standing by throughout the journey. The ELVES will be ready to provide any assistance needed, from emergency sleigh repairs to refueling the team, ensuring smooth operations from takeoff to touchdown. State Veterinarian Dr. Thamus J. Morgan, DVM, MPH, DACVPM added, “Each reindeer received a full physical exam, including checks for fitness, stamina, and overall health. Their paperwork is in order, including a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, clearing them for interstate travel. Santa can fly with confidence knowing his team is in excellent shape and in compliance with state regulations.” A Special Message for Connecticut’s Children Santa and his reindeer work hard to deliver holiday cheer, so before you head to …
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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State Sen. Saud Anwar and Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam beefing in the press over homelessness issues:

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“Today, the City of Hartford, presumably under the direction of the Mayor, took what little people had left. Their tents. Their belongings. Their only sense of space, dignity, and safety. They were left with nothing,” the state senator posted on Facebook. “Dear Arunan, I have called you, and still call you, my brother. Today, my brother, you broke my heart,” the senator wrote, addressing the mayor directly. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam immediately pushed back, including by sharing what the city has done to address an issue that cities face while, he said, suburbs do not do enough to help. This included letting all the people know days ahead of time what was to occur and offering a gamut of services. “Senator Anwar is perpetuating a racially tinged assumption that Black and Brown communities must bear the burden of suburban policy failures,” Arulampalam said, in a statement. “Hartford is leading the way in addressing homelessness: our city of 120,000 residents currently shoulders the burden of 90% of the shelter beds for a metro region of 1.2 million residents. My administration increased funding for homelessness, and the number of cold weather shelter beds has increased by 70% just this year.” Arulampalam said, “meanwhile, when Senator Anwar was mayor of South Windsor, he did not open a single shelter, or take any meaningful steps to address housing affordability or unhoused residents. I spend time on my own speaking to unhoused residents in Hartford – without bringing camera crews with me – and then I get to work talking to the Governor, the legislature, and regional leaders to craft solutions that improve their quality of life.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Trout and I hope you’re having a merry one
The author and a black and white mixed breed dog in front of a Christmas tree
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Connecticut is one of the 19 states. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong: "Trump and RFK Jr. are forcing a radical political agenda on doctors and families and weaponizing Medicare and Medicaid funding to deny healthcare to kids."
“Trump and RFK Jr. are forcing a radical political agenda on doctors and families and weaponizing Medicare and Medicaid funding to deny healthcare to kids. These extreme actions threaten to decimate medical providers nationwide unless they end gender-affirming care, supplanting medical expertise and parental choice with MAGA ideology. This is cruel and lawless, and we’re suing to block them,” said Attorney General Tong.
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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State Sen. Saud Anwar and Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam beefing in the press over homelessness issues:

www.courant.com/2025/12/23/h...
“Today, the City of Hartford, presumably under the direction of the Mayor, took what little people had left. Their tents. Their belongings. Their only sense of space, dignity, and safety. They were left with nothing,” the state senator posted on Facebook. “Dear Arunan, I have called you, and still call you, my brother. Today, my brother, you broke my heart,” the senator wrote, addressing the mayor directly. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam immediately pushed back, including by sharing what the city has done to address an issue that cities face while, he said, suburbs do not do enough to help. This included letting all the people know days ahead of time what was to occur and offering a gamut of services. “Senator Anwar is perpetuating a racially tinged assumption that Black and Brown communities must bear the burden of suburban policy failures,” Arulampalam said, in a statement. “Hartford is leading the way in addressing homelessness: our city of 120,000 residents currently shoulders the burden of 90% of the shelter beds for a metro region of 1.2 million residents. My administration increased funding for homelessness, and the number of cold weather shelter beds has increased by 70% just this year.” Arulampalam said, “meanwhile, when Senator Anwar was mayor of South Windsor, he did not open a single shelter, or take any meaningful steps to address housing affordability or unhoused residents. I spend time on my own speaking to unhoused residents in Hartford – without bringing camera crews with me – and then I get to work talking to the Governor, the legislature, and regional leaders to craft solutions that improve their quality of life.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Stonington Lobster Trap Tree!
A “tree” made of lobster traps lit up at dusk A “tree” made of lobster traps lit up at night Looking up at the inside of a lit-up “tree” made of lobster traps A “tree” made of lobster traps lit up at dusk
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Masterpiece of a record. Snagged tickets to see him play it through with an orchestra next year, very stoked
Album cover for Andrew Bird’s “Mysterious Production of Eggs”
December 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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People be careful not to crest too soon
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Meanwhile, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is demanding answers from Interior on the pausing of Revolution Wind, off the coasts of CT and Rhode Island.
“The Trump administration has again suspended Revolution Wind for “reasons of national security,” citing a classified assessment performed by the Department of Defense (DOD). If the administration has information about a threat so serious as to demand the immediate cessation of work on five different offshore wind projects up and down the East Coast, it should have provided this information in response to my original request in September,” Blumenthal wrote. “The secretive and nonsensical way in which these leases have been suspended leads me to believe the national security concerns cited are just another thinly veiled pretext to carry out President Trump’s ongoing vendetta against wind energy projects. Revolution Wind has spent years working extensively with DOD throughout the permitting process and entering into a mitigation agreement,”
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Joint statement from the governors of New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut on the Trump administration's attempts to kill wind energy projects:

"The Trump administration’s announcement ... lands like a lump of dirty coal for the holiday season."
(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, and Governor Dan McKee of Rhode Island today released the following joint statement regarding offshore wind: “The Trump administration’s announcement yesterday pausing offshore wind leases is its latest egregious attack on clean energy and it lands like a lump of dirty coal for the holiday season for American workers, consumers, and investors. Pausing active leases, especially for completed and nearly completed projects, defies logic, will hurt our bid for energy independence, will drive up costs for America ratepayers, and will make us lose thousands of good-paying jobs. It also threatens grid reliability that is needed to keep the lights on. “Atlantic states are working hard to build more energy to meet rising demand and lower costs. Already, these projects have created thousands of jobs and injected billions in economic activity into our communities. “This baseless, reckless, and erratic action from the Department of Interior will also inject further uncertainty into the markets, making it harder for states and private companies to secure financing for public works projects if investors know they can be stopped at any time despite having gone through all the necessary local and federal approval processes. “A federal judge earlier this month ruled the Trump administration cannot simply halt federal approvals of offshore wind permits arbitrarily. We are committed as governors to again fight back to ensure these projects move forward and provide power, jobs, and grid reliability to our communities.” ###
December 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory says it played a "key role" in the Brown University shooting investigation.

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Connecticut Forensic Lab Plays Key Role in Brown University Shootings Investigation When the call came from the Rhode Island Attorney General, Dr. Guy Vallaro didn't think twice about putting the full resources of the Connecticut State Forensic Science Laboratory in support of the investigation into the mass shooting at Brown University. As the tense investigation stretched through last week, and the trail extended to a fatal shooting in Massachusetts and to a New Hampshire storage facility, lab scientists in Meriden worked around the clock. "We were contacted by the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General and we responded immediately. Our job is to independently and thoroughly analyze evidence when requested," said Vallaro, director of the Division of Scientific Services for DESPP. "The forensic lab is committed to regional cooperation and assistance – we know neighboring states would help us with any investigation. In this case, when asked, we offered whatever help we could provide to our New England neighbor." Working with state and federal law enforcement agencies, a team from the forensic lab in Meriden examined evidence from the Brown University shootings for DNA and latent prints associated with a suspect. They also used the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to analyze shell casings from the crime scene. Lab analysis provided the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and state investigators in Rhode Island with critical answers. In one case, lab scientists confirmed that one of the two firearms recovered in New Hampshire on Dec. 18 was positively correlated with the firearm used in the mass shooting at Brown University. Another firearm was positively correlated with the murder of Dr. Nuno Loureiro in Brookline, Massachusetts. "THE FBI and ATF would like to offer their sincere gratitude and appreciation of the around-the-clock collaborative effort of the [Connecticut] Forensic Science Laboratory personnel,'' the two federal law enforcement agencies said in a statement. "Their behind-the-scenes effort has allowed for the rapid scientific confirmation of the facts of this investigation." DESPP Commissioner Ronnell A. Higgins and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz met with the forensic team from the state lab this week to thank them for their work. “The work at our Forensic Science Laboratory reflects the very best of public service,” said Lt. Governor Bysiewicz. “The dedicated staff and scientists worked tirelessly behind the scenes to support law enforcement efforts last week. We are so thankful for the critical work they do every day for the people of Connecticut and our neighbors across the region.” "We are so grateful to see how the hard work at the lab assisted federal and state investigators,'' Higgins said. "We know that this is the kind of independent and thorough analysis that they perform every day for the citizens of Connecticut." Connecticut, through DESPP and its forensic lab, has made rapid analysis of crime scene evidence a top priority. A system of regional evidence kiosks across Connecticut, combined with more resources, has allowed for rapid testing of DNA, and ballistic crime scene evidence using NIBIN. The lab has been recognized as a national model for state forensic labs. "I'm proud of what we do here and the fact that others rely on us and respect what we do here. It's a good feeling,'' said Vallaro.
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM