Eda Uzunlar

With the new school year around the corner, Connecticut again faces a teacher shortage in grades K-12 and across teaching specialties. A July report from the state’s Department of Education outlines 11 different areas of certification where the number of currently employed teachers doesn’t meet the demand school districts are facing.

American novelist James Baldwin sits in front of his typewriter in the study of his home in St. Paul de Vence, in southern France, on March 21, 1983.

According to the latest Siena poll, former President Donald Trump is leading by six points against Vice President Kamala Harris on Long Island. But the island’s two counties are split, with Nassau residents indicating votes for Harris and Suffolk residents for Trump.

High school graduate Jay Babina has spent the last four years creating the Westport Tech Museum in his family’s attic. From computers to pie tins, he has more than 400 devices in his collection.

1984 silver medalist Judith Brown Clarke recalls being one of the first women to compete in the 400-meter hurdle race at the Los Angeles Olympics, and how the games have changed since.

Roads throughout Connecticut were washed away from storms on Sunday, with some areas receiving up to 10 inches of rain.

The nearly century-old museum and performing arts center saw its first performance earlier this summer — an inauguration by Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner Billy Porter.

The move was made as a part of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “Get Offline, Get Outside” campaign, transforming the pool at Jones Beach State Park on Long Island.

A report from Yale University released Wednesday detailing the racial and ethnic makeup of the incoming freshmen class revealed no significant difference, a surprise for educators and lawmakers who expressed concern over student diversity following the banning of affirmative action in 2023.

Some think the path to college for students of color changed after affirmative action was repealed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023. Preliminary data from the University of Connecticut, MIT, Yale, Harvard and others remain inconclusive.