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Covering campaigns at Roll Call. Member of @cqrollcallguild . Hartford Courant and @courantguild alum. Daughter of immigrants 🇳🇱danielaaltimari @cqrollcall .com

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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Q: Gov. Lamont, will you reinstate the mask mandate in Connecticut to curb the current spike? A: Well, it's not curbing the spike in New York City.
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8 months
Spotted on Capitol Ave in Hartford
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5 years
Heartbreaking: Jeremy Richman, whose daughter Avielle was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting, found dead at the town hall in Newton. Police said it appears he committed suicide.
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3 years
The first photo is the identification card the Nazis issued to my father. The second photo is my Covid vaccination card. Please contact me if you want to discuss the difference between these two documents.
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After his daughter's murder in 2012, Richman, a neuro-pharmacologist, and his wife, Jennifer Hensel, created a foundation dedicated to preventing violence and building compassion through brain health research, community engagement and education.
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Daniela Altimari
5 months
Sigh… Once again sharing the ID card the Nazis issued to my dad after they invaded Holland, as I do every time one of those polls comes out that shows a disturbingly high percentage of Americans believe the Holocaust didn’t happen - or it’s horrors were exaggerated.
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11 months
A single sign-carrying activist stands at the main entrance to the University of Hartford, where Sen. Chris Murphy is holding a summit on gun-violence prevention. POTUS will address the group later this afternoon
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
You spelled New Haven wrong
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4 years
Chicago pizza is best pizza. I will not be taking questions at this time.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Some ✨personal news✨I’ll be leaving The Courant later this month. I’m excited to join Route Fifty, where I’ll be covering cities and state legislatures nationally, with a focus on the fallout from the Covid crisis.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill will ask Gov. Ned Lamont to use his emergency powers to eliminate restrictive language in state law and allow more people to request an absentee ballot for the state’s April 28 primary.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Democratic Jahana Hayes says Republican congressional candidate Robert Hyde's messages to Lev Parnas are "deeply disturbing. I cannot believe this is coming from my own district. This does not represent who we are and is definitely not reflective of CT-05"
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Former UConn great and Miami Heat assistant coach Caron Butler is at the Connecticut Capitol today to advocate for an end to solitary confinement. He’s wearing a patch depicting Angela Davis on his suit coat.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
AP calls CT05 for Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
My offer still stands if anyone wants to discuss how my dad’s ID card from the Nazis (stamped with a J) differs from private businesses requiring their patrons to show proof of vaccination. DMs are open if you want to chat
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
In GUILFORD: it looks like the fusion slate of Democrats and unaffiliated candidates handily beat the Republicans running on an anti-critical race theory slate amid extremely high turnout. Story posting soon.
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Daniela Altimari
5 years
Today is a big day at The Hartford Courant. We are unionizing. In a few tweets I will attempt to explain why I am excited about this:
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
In honor of my colleague Josh Kovner, who died today, I'm going to highlight some of his finest work. I'll start with this beautiful story about an 11-year-old boy with autism:
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Personal news: Today is my last day at Route Fifty. Next week, I'll join the stellar campaigns and election team at Roll Call. Covering House and Senate races is truly a dream job and I can't wait to get started.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
The largely female workforce that bathes, feeds, cares for and treats nursing home patients is also bearing a terrible price in this pandemic. One of them, Angeline Bernadel, an LPN studying to be an RN, lost her life this month.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff at debate watch party in Manchester NH with other Pete Buttigieg supporters. “I firmly believe he’s the only candidate who can beat Donald Trump.”
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2 years
Gov. Lamont: “You can’t be tough on crime if you are weak on guns.”
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2 years
WeHa really upping its “I voted” Election Day sticker game. These honor Maria Clemencia Colon Sanchez, the first Latin elected to the Connecticut legislature and Anna Louise James, one of the first Black women to register to vote in Old Saybrook.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Also the WSJ opinion pages knows so little about Hartford they can’t even get the city’s name right!
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3 years
THREAD: Today is a very sad day at The Hartford Courant: Six amazing journalists are leaving (five of them are taking buyouts.) And while I am so happy for them personally as they move on to new adventures, their departures will leave a major gap.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Dear @bobforgovernor : There isn’t a journalist at The Hartford Courant who considers the shift to permanent remote work a relief.
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11 months
Sen. Chris Murphy greets for four young adults who survived school shootings at his gun violence prevention summit. "There is no anti-gun violence movement that wins without young people,'' he said.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
I’m out on unpaid furlough this week so I won’t be writing stories about some of the roughly 3,400 people in Connecticut who have died in the pandemic.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
In Connecticut, Bob Stefanowski, the Republican candidate for governor, is calling for an immediate suspension of the state gas tax.
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Daniela Altimari
5 years
Wondering if he’ll write one of those “Why I’m moving to Florida” essays...
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Maggie Haberman
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NEWS: President Trump has filed a declaration of domicile in Florida, declaring himself a former resident of Trump Tower
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
A Connecticut Republican for Biden
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James Milton Smith
4 years
This registered Republican just voted a straight ticket and it feels great! Sorry @GOPChairwoman Romney, but it ain’t your anti-science, Trump-enabling slate of cowards. Instead, Go @JoeBiden ! Go @jahimes ! Go @WillHaskellCT ! #VoteHimOut
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Hartford police said there were zero arrests stemming from today’s anti-violence protests.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
NO Mask mandate coming to Connecticut. Gov. Lamont says he will not follow NY Gov. Hochul in instituting a masking requirement.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
The great @markmirko on his final day at The Hartford Courant. He was the paper’s last remaining staff photographer. The Courant once had a large and incredibly talented photo staff, but Mark was the last one. And now he’s gone too…(photo by @jessleavenworth )
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2 years
THREAD: Connecticut lawmakers are discussing a bill that aims to improve public access to municipal beaches. House Bill 5254 would bar towns that receive state road aid from charging out-of-towners more to park at the beach.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Just did a quick search of “Ned Lamont” and “defund the police.” The only stories I could find were the ones where he said he DOESN’T support defunding the police.
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Bob Stefanowski
3 years
Gov Lamont supported defunding police, resulting in crime at all time highs. Cities were the last to get essential ppe. Businesses like Peoples are fleeing; taking jobs with them. It’s time for a substantive urban agenda rather than more false rhetoric.
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Daniela Altimari
7 years
Big news in Connecticut municipal elections: Several traditionally Republican towns--Farmington, Glastonbury, New Fairfield--go Democratic.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
The most remarkable things about this rally was its organic, almost spontaneous, nature: it wasn’t organized by an established group and no politicians spoke (or attended as far as I could tell.) Most people learned about it just hours before, from text or Facebook post.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
In Connecticut, former Republican state Rep. Bill Aman, who says he’s never voted for a Democrat in his life, will vote for Joe Biden this year. “I cannot be part of the party of Trump,” he said in a Facebook post. @RepsForBiden
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Here’s the work card issued to my father by the Nazis at the Westerbork transit camp in Holland. He was 15 at the time. (Apologies if anyone’s feelings are hurt by this photo.)
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2 years
For all the talk about the Trump wing take-over of the Connecticut GOP in Fairfield County, Republicans did not appear to have a great night: A rising conservative star-Rep. Kimberly Fiorello-lost and Democrats flipped a legislative seat in Greenwich that the party has never held
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Vice President Kamala Harris, at a stop at the Boys and Girls Club in New Haven, refers to Connecticut Sens. Blumenthal and Murphy as “my buddies.”
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
The overall take-away of tonight’s elections in Connecticut: it was a good night for the @CTGOP
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3 years
Hartford, you’re beautiful
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3 years
Best moment of the entire day: Rep. Rosa DeLauro complimenting the preschoolers on their fashion choices. “I love your unicorn shirt,” she told one little girl.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Huge year for Connecticut’s state university system: first Southern Connecticut State University gets its first Rhodes Scholar; now a graduate of Central Connecticut State University is on the short list for US Education secretary.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Asma Rahimyar, the daughter of Afghan refugees studying politics and international studies, is the first Rhodes scholar from Southern Connecticut State University.
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Daniela Altimari
6 years
Blockbuster Connecticut Post story about how Rep. Elizabeth Esty badly bungled a sexual harassment case involving her former chief of staff.
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Connecticut Post
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BREAKING: A former staff member for U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty says she was punched, screamed at and threatened with death by the congresswoman’s then chief of staff, who after being fired in 2016 went on to work for Sandy Hook Promise until this week.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Connecticut people: what other cool, locally-owned shops should people know about this holiday season?
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
The 3 candidates running in the New Haven-centric 3rd Congressional District are asked whether they prefer a lobster roll or pizza from one of Wooster Square's famed pizzerias. Green Party candidate @justin4all2 kills his chances by confessing he prefers Chicago-style deep dish
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
This video doesn’t really capture the size of the crowd. I’d estimate it numbers well over 1,000
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
I know not every state can be “I ♥️ New York” but Connecticut not even trying…
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Daniela Altimari
10 months
Great @karavoght piece on Chris Christie's dream of breaking Donald Trump's hold on the GOP. Spoiler alert: he doesn’t stand a chance. “I’m glad he’s making the run,” @BillKristol says. “I hope he endorses Biden after Trump wins the nomination.”
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Fairly large protest in front of the governor’s residence in Connecticut today.
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Daniela Altimari
6 months
Looking forward to an onslaught of op-eds on “why I came to Connecticut”
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Chris DiPentima
6 months
Connecticut gained a net 57,000 new residents last year, the largest increase in nearly two decades. And it's interesting to see the states that are most responsible for those gains, led by New York, which accounted for about 63% of all new arrivals.
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Daniela Altimari
5 years
Connecticut is beautiful
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Woah--In Connecticut, Democrats defeat Rep. Kimberly Fiorello, a Republican from Greenwich who is against vaccine requirements and supports tougher abortion laws and "parental rights," Her loss suggests not everyone in lower Fairfield county is comfortable with the MAGA agenda.
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Thrilled to announce that Rachel Khanna wins in CT House district 149! This is FLIP from Red to Blue. @DLCC
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
And if you're looking for small businesses to support, check out this thread:
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Chris Murphy 🟧
3 years
My piece in the @hartfordcourant this morning on what we can all do to keep locally owned small businesses alive through a tough winter.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Connecticut is also planning to resume in-person classes 5 days per week this fall, with mandatory masks and social distancing measures:
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Alec MacGillis
4 years
This is big: Massachusetts, one of the states hardest hit by coronavirus, announces the full reopening of schools, contra large districts like Fairfax VA that are going with only two days/week.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
How dire is the situation at the Hartford Courant? ⬇️
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Some artifacts to consider on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: my father’s ID card and his work card from the Westerbork transit camp. He was 15 at the time.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Rep. Themis Klarides, the top Republican in the Connecticut House, said Republican party Chairman J.R. Romano can no longer effectively lead following disclosures that he failed to act in response to allegions of abuse against the party's nominee for Congress in the 2nd District.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Trump endorses Leora Levy in the Connecticut Republican primary for US Senate. His lengthy statement spends time slamming Richard Blumenthal-the current occupant of the seat-and Levy’s Republican rival, Themis Klarides.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Not gonna lie: seeing all these tweets from journalists about how overjoyed they are to return to their offices is kind of heartbreaking for those of us whose employers permanently shut our newsrooms during the pandemic.
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Daniela Altimari
6 years
BREAKING: ESTY NOT RUNNING OR REELECTION
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Word that the Alden deal to buy Tribune might fall apart is the first *potentially* positive news The Hartford Courant has had in years....perhaps there is a light at the end of the tunnel after all...
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Gov. Lamont says 2/3 of 12-18 year olds in Connecticut are vaccinated.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
On a day when officials warned of mass protests with the potential for violence, the West Hartford Whole Foods is open for business. No plywood covering the windows as there was during the peaceful BLM rally in June. #WeHaStrong
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Investigative reporting takes time, money and know-how. You know what doesn't take any of those thing? Tossing out unsubstantiated allegations on Twitter...
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Um..Blumenthal spent his career in politics/public service. He didn’t grow rich by being good at business...
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Tell me you’re from Connecticut without telling me you’re from Connecticut
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Niels Lesniewski
3 years
I grew up watching Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi playing basketball on my local PBS station.
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Daniela Altimari
1 year
This legislation has been a quest of Murphy's for almost 15 years, beginning when he was a member of the US House....
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Chris Murphy 🟧
1 year
Yes. Amazing news.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
West Hartford held protest Tuesday afternoon to protest police brutality. The nearby Whole Foods store shut down and covered its windows with plywood.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
This chief resident at Yale-New Haven describes an extremely challenging situation at the hospital. She ends her harrowing thread with a plea: “Do something @GovNedLamont
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Daniela Altimari
6 months
INBOX: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal will join Stew Leonard’s to pardon two turkeys from a farm in Guilford named after Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Vice President Kamala Harris tells a group of five year olds they can be anything they want. One of them tells her, “I want to be everything!”
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Bob Stefanowski: “President Biden is the rightly elected president of the the United States.” He says the Jan 6 attack was a horrible event and anyone who played a role, including former President Trump, must be held accountable.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
“The calamari comeback state” will go down as one of the all time great state slogans
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Rainy day longread: 100 years ago, five women broke the gender barrier in the Connecticut legislature.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
The good news? I scored a couple of Covid tests at a Hartford CVS. The bad news? Two tests cost $51!!
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
The 2022 Connecticut gubernatorial race starts in 68 minutes....
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
🚨🚨This is absolutely, and devastatingly, correct 🚨🚨
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Ted Nesi
4 years
I've tweeted this a million times, but I'm going to keep tweeting it because it's true. The coast-to-coast hollowing out of America's local newsrooms is a massive civic emergency. It's a five-alarm fire raging in our public square. And so much damage has already been done.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
When Hanukah starts three days after Thanksgiving, you sub cranberry sauce for applesauce
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Devastating to watch @DennisHouseTV announce the unexpected death of his close friend and TV wife of 25 years Denise D’Ascenzo tonight
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Masks will be mandatory in all schools in West Hartford in September. From the superintendent: “This is not optional. If a child refuses, parents will be called to pick them up. Please not matter how strongly you feel about this, do not put your child in this position.”
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
In Connecticut, 1 Covid death for every 420 people. That’s a higher rate than Florida, North Dakota, Texas, Missouri and Iowa.
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Kytja Weir
3 years
Covid death rates by state are really humbling to see.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Anyone in Connecticut feel the earthquake?
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
UConn will launch a pilot program for test-optional admissions over the next 3 cycles. This is big: have any other state flagships gone test-optional, even on a temporary basis?
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Media person here! I actually missed 3 weeks of paychecks due to unpaid furloughs this year, as did many who work in the industry.
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Robert J. O'Neill
3 years
Not one person shutting down your business has missed a single paycheck. Media included.
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Daniela Altimari
2 years
Two people are dead.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
I don’t recall a victory lap...I do remember him commending Connecticut residents when the infection rates fell in July and August but also warning people that we weren’t out of the woods yet...
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Finally,  @jonlender : What to say? While the announcement that he's leaving will bring huge joy and sighs of relief to corrupt public officials and other grifters, it's devastating to the cause of accountability journalism in Connecticut.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
What's a commute?
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Ryan Hanrahan
4 years
Snow totals going up for tomorrow. Prepare for a slippery commute. Standby for an update. #nbcct
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Daniela Altimari
5 years
Another historic milestone: Connecticut now has two members of Congress -- Jahana Hayes and John Larson -- who grew in public housing.
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Daniela Altimari
5 years
Big night for Sen. Chris Murphy: Ben Florsheim, who worked as an aide to the Democratic senator for the past 5 years, won a 4-way primary for mayor of Middletown.
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Daniela Altimari
3 years
Big Southern New England energy in Biden cabinet with Gina Raimondo at Commerce, Marty Walsh at Labor and Miguel Cardona at Education.
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Daniela Altimari
4 years
Connecticut reported zero COVID deaths today, something that hasn’t happened since early March
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Alec MacGillis
4 years
There's been such understandable focus on Sun Belt spike that the extraordinary subsidence in NE has been overlooked. NYC has not had >50 daily hospital admissions in 4 weeks. North Jersey has fallen from ~5000 hospital census to <400. MA has dropped from ~200 deaths/day to ~20
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Daniela Altimari
6 years
Erin Stewart: "Two white men on the ticket is not the message the Republican Party should be sending."
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Daniela Altimari
5 years
Connecticuter????
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