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Best Value in Higher Ed: CT Colleges Where Your Tuition Actually Pays Off Best Value in Higher Ed: CT Colleges Where Your Tuition Actually Pays Off
Best Value in Higher Ed: CT Colleges Where Your Tuition Actually Pays Off The rising cost of education and the fear of graduating with crippling student loan debt have left many families questioning the value of a college degree. To help families determine which schools are worth the money, a new survey has done most of the legwork. Money magazine just released its 2025 Best Colleges in America list, a ranking that centers on one key question: Where can you get the most value for your tuition dollar? The list, now in its 11th year, highlights 732 U.S. colleges that offer strong academics, manageable costs, and a solid shot at a good job after graduation. Mon…
Months After Wife's Death, Sparta Dad Battling Stage IV Cancer Months After Wife's Death, Sparta Dad Battling Stage IV Cancer
Months After Wife's Death, Sparta Dad Battling Stage IV Cancer A New Jersey father is facing a devastating diagnosis, just months after his wife died of the same. Jeff Krajicek, of Sparta, was diagnosed in April with stage IV bladder cancer, according to a GoFundMe organized by Isabella Tracey. As of Thursday, July 17, the fundraiser had raised $17,000. Jane Elizabeth Krajicek died of colorectal cancer on Monday, March 17. She was 62 years old. "Just a few months after losing his beloved wife Jane, Jeff is yet again facing an unimaginable fight," Tracey wrote. "This past April, he was diagnosed with an aggressive stage IV Bladder Cancer." The co…
Capitol Hotel In Downtown Hartford Hits Market With No Strings Attached Capitol Hotel In Downtown Hartford Hits Market With No Strings Attached
Capitol Hotel In Downtown Hartford Hits Market With No Strings Attached A major piece of downtown Hartford real estate is officially up for grabs.  The Capitol Hotel, a nine-story, 96-room property located directly across from Union Station, is being offered for sale with no brand or management ties, making it a blank canvas for new owners. The Capitol Hotel sits at 424-440 Asylum Street and 22 Union Place, right at the edge of the city’s transportation heart, within walking distance of trains and buses and minutes from I-91 and I-84. That access makes it ideal for any new owners considering converting the hotel into apartments or condos.  The hotel …
150+ College Leaders Blast Trump For 'Unprecedented Overreach' On Higher Education 150+ College Leaders Blast Trump For 'Unprecedented Overreach' On Higher Education
150+ College Leaders Blast Trump For 'Unprecedented Overreach' On Higher Education More than 150 college leaders issued a scathing letter criticizing the Trump administration's escalating threats against universities. The American Association of Colleges and Universities released the public letter on Tuesday, April 22. The group of university presidents accused President Donald Trump of "unprecedented government overreach," warning that the crackdown could harm students and democracy. Trump has demanded that colleges eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, along with other orders aimed at limiting campus activism. The Trump administration has paused…
New Jersey Rabbi Who Hired Hitmen To Kill Wife Over Affair Dies In Prison New Jersey Rabbi Who Hired Hitmen To Kill Wife Over Affair Dies In Prison
New Jersey Rabbi Who Hired Hitmen To Kill Wife Over Affair Dies In Prison Fred Neulander, the Cherry Hill rabbi who was convicted in a murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife, has died in New Jersey State Prison, the DOC website says. Neulander, 82, was observed unresponsive by correctional officers inside a prison infirmary unit on Wednesday, April 17, according to NBCPhiladelphia.com and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Prison officials have not released a cause of death, however, he was listed as "deceased" on the state's Department of Corrections website. Neulander — the founding rabbi of Congregation M’kor Shalom of Cherry Hill, a Reform Jewish synagogue — had been…
College In CT Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In VT In Apparent Hate Crime College In CT Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In VT In Apparent Hate Crime
College In CT Shows Support For Palestinian Student Shot In VT In Apparent Hate Crime A college community in Connecticut, alongside many nationwide, has been left reeling after a student of Palestinian descent was one of three shot in what appears to be a hate crime. Tahseen Ali Ahmad, age 20, who attends Trinity College in Hartford, was one of three men of the same age shot outside of a house in Burlington, Vermont on Sunday, Nov. 26, the school announced. Ali Ahmad and the two other men — Kinnan Abdalhamid and Hisham Awartani, also of Palestinian descent — were lifelong friends visiting a relative’s house near the University of Vermont's campus for the Thanksgiving holid…
Palestinian PA College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities Palestinian PA College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities
Palestinian PA College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities A National Registered Emergency Medical Technician Sprinter and Pennsylvania college student has been identified as one of three Palestinian men shot in Burlington, Vermont on Saturday night, authorities announced on Sunday, Nov. 26.  Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, and Tahseen Ahmed — who were all identified by their families and are all 20 years old — were visiting family friends over the Thanksgiving break when they were shot while walking along North Prospect Street in Burlington at 6:25 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, Burlington Chief of Police Jon Murad detailed in a release.  An un…
CT College Student Killed, Two Others Injured In Hit-Run Crash, Police Say CT College Student Killed, Two Others Injured In Hit-Run Crash, Police Say
CT College Student Killed, Two Others Injured In Hit-Run Crash, Police Say A college student was killed and two others injured during a hit-and-run crash in Connecticut. The crash took place in Hartford around 11:35 p.m., Thursday, March 31 near the intersection of New Britain Avenue at Henry Street.  All three victims were students at Trinity College located in Hartford, police confirmed.  When police arrived on the scene, they located three female victims, with one unresponsive, said Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police. All three victims were transported to an area hospital for treatment. The unresponsive victim, identified as Jillian Hegarty, age 20, …
NY Educator, Administrator, Member of Harrison High Athletic Hall of Fame Bill Crenson, 89 NY Educator, Administrator, Member of Harrison High Athletic Hall of Fame Bill Crenson, 89
NY Educator, Administrator, Member of Harrison High Athletic Hall of Fame Bill Crenson, 89 William  "Bill" G. Crenson of Omaha, NE died April 28. The son of Gus and Lilian Crenson, Bill was born on March 26, 1932 in the Bronx. He was a 1950 graduate of Harrison High School where he excelled in sports and academics. In 2016 he was inducted into the Harrison High School Athletic Hall of Fame as an athlete and beloved coach. Bill graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT where he captained the Bantams football team, lettered all four years and was selected for All New England and All Little America football honors. He is still recognized as the only Trinity player to …
10 Connecticut Colleges Deal With COVID-19 Outbreaks; 1,000 NE Students And Staff Catch Virus 10 Connecticut Colleges Deal With COVID-19 Outbreaks; 1,000 NE Students And Staff Catch Virus
10 Connecticut Colleges Deal With Covid-19 Outbreaks; 1,000 NE Students And Staff Catch Virus COVID-19 outbreaks on New England college campuses have infected more than 1,000 students and *staff since the pandemic began. Connecticut has had 434 cases at 10 schools while neighboring Massachusetts has had 439 cases at 42 schools. As for the rest of New England: Vermont has had 34 cases at 8 schools, New Hampshire has had 68 cases at 6 schools, Maine has had 44 cases at 10 schools, and Rhode Island has had 62 cases at 8 schools, according to a New York Times database. That makes a total of 1,047 college and university students and staff who have contracted COVID-19. The NYT has kept…
What Is That? Amazon 'Lockers' Quietly Pop Up Across Connecticut What Is That? Amazon 'Lockers' Quietly Pop Up Across Connecticut
What Is That? Amazon 'Lockers' Quietly Pop Up Across Connecticut Large, brightly-colored “lockers” that open with digital-access codes are popping up around apartment buildings, as well as grocery and convenience stores in Connecticut and Massachusetts. They’re Amazon Hub Lockers. The lockers are a newer form of Amazon delivery service where customers can pick up orders from a locker instead of their homes. It’s a service aimed at people concerned packages sitting outside their residences could be stolen. Customers can also make returns at the lockers, too. The service was launched in 2018 and Amazon has been quietly adding lockers to communities. The …
COVID-19: College-Town Businesses More Likely To Stay Closed COVID-19: College-Town Businesses More Likely To Stay Closed
Covid-19: College-Town Businesses More Likely To Stay Closed College town businesses that closed due to COVID-19 conditions are 24 percent more likely to stay permanently closed once the virus is gone compared to communities without institutions of higher education, according to a recent Yelp analysis. Northern Connecticut and Western Massachusetts are home to many communities with economies that depend on business serving higher education institutions and people - especially: - Worcester, MA: (Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Assumption College, UMass Worcester, Becker College, etc.), - Hartford, CT: (Hartford University, Trinity…
UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic
UMass Boston, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To Covid-19, Says Higher Education Critic The University of Massachusetts Boston is on a list of universities that are facing extinction, according to Scott Galloway, an influential higher education critic. Galloway, a New York University marketing professor, poured over data for hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities to see which ones will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and which ones won’t. Right now, higher education institutions across the country are making plans on how to re-open their campuses in the fall, if at all.  UMass Boston made Galloway's schools that may “perish” list because it has a “sodium pentothal c…
Hartford University, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic Hartford University, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To COVID-19, Says Higher Education Critic
Hartford University, Others, Could Go Extinct Due To Covid-19, Says Higher Education Critic The University of Hartford is on a list of universities that are facing extinction, according to Scott Galloway, an influential higher education critic. Galloway, a New York University marketing professor, poured over data for hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities to see which ones will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and which ones won’t. Right now, higher education institutions across the country are making plans on how to re-open their campuses in the fall, if at all.  Hartford made Galloway's schools that may “perish” list because it has a “sodium pentothal cocktail of high …
Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta Dies Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta Dies
Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta Dies Former Nassau County Executive Tom Gulotta, who was in charge for more than a decade before he was forced to not seek reelection in 2001, died on Sunday, Aug. 4 at the age of 75. Current County Executive Laura Curran announced Gulotta’s death in a statement. “In his career in government that spanned over four decades, Tom served our residents with distinction,” she said. “In recent years, I was lucky enough to become good friends with both Tom and his wife, Betsy. My heart goes out to Betsy and the whole Gulotta family for their loss.” A resident of North Merrick, who was born in Oceansid…
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Law Students Question UConn President's Stance On Free Speech Law Students Question UConn President's Stance On Free Speech
Law Students Question UConn President's Stance On Free Speech Some University of Connecticut Law students have requested a public apology from UConn President Susan Herbst, who they claim raised questions about a Hartford speech on Islamophobia by Palestinian-American feminist activist Linda Sarsour. Herbst, who plans to retire this summer, let the April event go ahead as planned after organizers added a panelist on anti-Semitism, according to a university spokeswoman.  The law students insist Herbst’s office was wrong to intervene after the event was reviewed and pre-approved by UConn police officers and the university’s communications office. …
Stamford-Based ISG Names New Canaan's Lavieri As Vice Chairman Stamford-Based ISG Names New Canaan's Lavieri As Vice Chairman
Stamford-Based ISG Names New Canaan's Lavieri As Vice Chairman Longtime New Canaan resident Todd D. Lavieri was named to the additional post of vice chairman at Stamford-based Information Services Group (ISG), a global technology research and advisory firm. Lavieri, currently partner and president of ISG Americas and Asia Pacific, retains responsibility for the two regions. In his expanded role, he will work closely with Chairman and CEO Michael P. Connors and other members of the firm’s executive leadership team on corporate strategy and governance matters. "I am pleased to recognize Todd for his terrific first four years with our firm and as a p…
Bedford's Barbara Sullivan, Mother Of Five, Dies At 90 Bedford's Barbara Sullivan, Mother Of Five, Dies At 90
Bedford's Barbara Sullivan, Mother Of Five, Dies At 90 Barbara M. Sullivan died peacefully at her home in Bedford on Monday, July 2, in the company of her loving family. She was 90. She was born Barbara A. McGrath to Dr. James B. and Stella McGrath of Riverdale. She spent happy summers with her family, including her two sisters, Nancy and Suzie, in Westhampton Beach, Long Island where she enjoyed sailing, swimming in the ocean and long walks along the beach -- a lifelong passion. Barbara graduated from the Academy of Mount St. Vincent in Tuxedo Park, and Trinity College in Washington, D.C. where she made lifelong friendships. After college, she…
New Forbes Rankings Reveal Best Value Colleges In Connecticut New Forbes Rankings Reveal Best Value Colleges In Connecticut
New Forbes Rankings Reveal Best Value Colleges In Connecticut A new study by Forbes ranks Connecticut's top universities by the value of their education. Topping the nationwide study is Yale University in New Haven, which ranked 14th overall. The Ivy League institution's average annual tuition is $47,600. Wesleyan University in Middletown ranked 33rd nationwide with an annual tuition of $49,274. Trinity College in Hartford was ranked 63rd. It's annual average tuition is $50,776. The University of Connecticut in Storrs was ranked 124th nationwide by Forbes. UConn's annual tuition also is among the most affordable in the state at $13,366.  Rounding o…