Seattle Kraken set to hit the ice at Climate Pledge Arena in mid-October Deedee Sun
Climate Pledge Arena is taking shape. You might’ve noticed all the construction happening in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Now the folks behind the arena said the end is in sight, with the Seattle Kraken set to play its first home game there in mid-October.
True to its “climate pledge” name, solar panels are installed wherever possible on the arena, including the parking garage.
“I’m very excited couldn’t be more excited,” said Ken Johnsen, the construction lead behind Climate Pledge Arena.
KIRO 7 got a tour on Monday and saw all the major pieces in place. Crews were putting finishing work on the bowl, such as installing seats.
Do more people vote if they have the option to cast an absentee ballot?
That’s one of the issues in the current debates in the Connecticut General Assembly over whether to allow no-excuse absentee ballots in the fall and whether to send a constitutional amendment to voters that would give everyone the option to vote via absentee ballot. A look at the last two presidential elections suggests that while people who voted in 2020 but opted not to in 2016 were more likely to use the absentee ballot, the overall effect on turnout may not be substantial.
A Connecticut Mirror analysis of voting data from 2016 and 2020 shows that among all residents who were eligible to vote in both of those presidential elections, over 400,000 more cast ballots in 2020, boosting the state’s turnout rate to 79.7%, about three percentage points higher than in 2016.
Has absentee voting increased turnout in CT? The answer is unclear.
Kasturi Pananjady, CTMirror.org
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For the August 2020 primary, thousands of Stamford residents sent in absentee ballots to be checked and organized by employees in the lobby of the Town Clerks office at the Stamford Government Center.Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Absentee ballots for the 2020 election, that were received after Saturday, wait to be opened and counted at city hall on Wednesday afternoon, November 4, 2020, in Danbury, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Do more people vote if they have the option to cast an absentee ballot?
The man reported the vehicle as stolen and officials notified surrounding agencies. While deputies were on their way to the scene, Portage County reported officers found the vehicle in the 1900 block of North Second Drive in Stevens Point. The 3-year-old girl was unharmed and still in the vehicle, according to the complaint.
The girl s grandfather said he had been out of the vehicle less than a minute when it was taken, according to the complaint.
Officers found Bernarde s purse inside the vehicle and a Portage County deputy with a trained dog led officers to Bernarde, according to the complaint.
Officers found marijuana and a pipe in Bernarde s purse, according to the complaint. She also faces charges of marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession.
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Huber s West End Market in Lancaster city will be changing hands at the end of the month, marking the end of a run for the three-generation family owned business.
Matthew and Starla Russell, the owners of the acclaimed Horse Inn restaurant, will be the new operators of the market.
Here s a look back at the history of Huber s West End Market, as told by LNP|LancasterOnline s newspaper archives.