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Desperate to stop epidemic of gun violence, CT lawmakers seek answers from experts
Kelan Lyons, ctmirror.org
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State Sen. Marilyn Moore speaks during a roundtable discussion addressing gun violence held at the Burroughs Community Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 9, 2019.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
When lawmakers gathered Friday to listen to experts from hospitals and community groups about efforts to reduce gun violence in Connecticut’s cities, there were no calls to defund the police.
But there were no calls, either, to give police more money. Instead, the emphasis was on funding the organizations saving lives in cities like Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury, where 70 percent of Connecticut’s gun homicides occur.
Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport, organized a news conference in mid-April following the shooting death of a 3-year old in Hartford. On Friday, she convened a joint informational committee hearing on gun violence intervention and prevention.
When lawmakers gathered Friday to listen to experts from hospitals and community groups about efforts to reduce gun violence in Connecticut’s cities, there were no calls to defund the police.
But there were no calls, either, to give police more money. Instead, the emphasis was on funding the organizations saving lives in cities like Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury, where 70% of Connecticut’s gun homicides occur.
CONWAY â Despite limited ski area ticket sales and restrictions on restaurant seating due to the pandemic, Mount Washington Valley businesses still described the two February vacation weeks (President s Day vacation week, followed by New Hampshire vacation week) as busy with increased traffic, sales and bookings. The fact that regular snow falls kept local areas with great conditions for skiers and riders certainly didn t hurt.
Last year at this time, nervousness about the brand-new coronavirus was just beginning to flare. Yet the February vacation weeks were still strong.
Fast forward to 2021. Lodging members of the chamber weighed into the survey with mostly positive comments. In fact, Christopher Bellis, co-owner of the Cranmore Inn in North Conway, was featured in a story on WMUR-Channel 9 about what a strong vacation week the valley had.
A man made shocking threats to kill his ex-partner while on the phone to his grandmother, a court heard. Jamie Christopher Hoare appeared in court after his grandma called the police concerned about threats he had made against his former partner Amber Hughes. The defendant, of Cote Ley Crescent on Walney, admitted that he made menacing phone calls of an offensive nature when he faced South Cumbria Magistrates Court. In phone calls to his grandma Susan Logan he said: I m going to smash her up. I m going to go for the jugular vein. l tell you, I m going to kill her.