CT labor department examining Vazzano arrest warrant
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John Vazzano, of Trumbull, is sworn in during his arraignment on bribery charges in Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. on Thursday, February 25, 2021.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
The state Department of Labor is looking into whether it needs to take action on any of the hiring and wage practices described in an arrest warrant affidavit for restaurateur John Vazzano.
The labor department, which enforces fair wage and employment standards, in a statement told Hearst Connecticut Media it is “examining the arrest warrant to determine next steps.”
Vazzano was arrested on bribery and other charges Feb. 17. He is accused of allegedly interfering in a sexual assault investigation of two longtime staffers at his Vazzy’s establishment on Broadbridge Road in Bridgeport.
US airline orders Pratt & Whitney engines for 130+ jets [The Hour, Norwalk, Conn.]
Jan. 26 A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 in April 2019 at Albany International Airport in Colonie, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
Photo: Will Waldron / Albany Times Union
Pratt & Whitney announced its first major jet engine order since the start of the pandemic, with Frontier Airlines ordering engines for 134 aircraft en route from Airbus.
It is Denver-based Frontier Airlines’ first-ever purchase from Pratt & Whitney, which has its headquarters in East Hartford as a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies. The company is one of Connecticut’s largest employers with more than 11,000 workers at last report, including at a major facility in Middletown.
Stephen Wright, a champion for education in Trumbull, dies at 65
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Stephen Wright, then Chairman of the Board of the Education adresses the Trumbull High Class of 2012 at the school’s graduation on June 19, 2012.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
TRUMBULL A generation of local school children owe a debt of gratitude to Stephen Wright, according town officials.
The former Board of Education chairman, who served from 2004 to 2013, died over the weekend at age 65, according to West Haven police. Details of his death have not yet been released.
“When he was on his game, there was no better advocate for the schools,” said Police Commission Chairman Raymond Baldwin, who was friends with Wright.