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HARTFORD, CT -- At least 500 children who fled hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico are now attending public schools throughout Connecticut. Most of them – 85 percent – showed up in the state’s lowest-achieving districts, which already are grappling with high concentrations of high-need students.
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SEYMOUR, CT -- Two Valley Community Foundation Board Members were among those recognized at the 46th Annual Valley Chamber of Commerce Gold Seal Award Banquet on Wednesday, October 26 at the Inn at Villa Bianca in Seymour.
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WILLIMANTIC, CT -- Savings Institute Bank & Trust is accepting submissions for its Lights, Camera, Save! video contest. The contest, organized by the American Bankers Association Foundation, is a national competition that encourages teens to use video to communicate the value of saving money and inspire their peers to become lifelong savers.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- The president and CEO of Newman’s Own Foundation has lobbied for six years to save his foundation from a 200 percent tax, but didn’t know until Nov. 2 that the provision had been included in the House GOP tax bill. The foundation would be hit with the 200 percent tax in 2018 unless it has divested, but would be spared if the House Ways and Means Committee bill provision—which would exempt private foundations from the penalty if they meet certain requirements—is enacted.
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HARTFORD, CT -- This year, Everyday Democracy launched the first annual Paul and Joyce Aicher Leadership in Democracy Award, which will honor its founders, and people and organizations whose work embodies their vision with a $10,000 cash award. The award winner will be announced November 15th.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Governor Dannel P. Malloy today in collaboration with Connecticut United Way 211 and the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) announced the release of Hurricane Resources Guides – in both English and Spanish – for those arriving from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Paul H. Mounds Jr. will join the Connecticut Health Foundation as vice president of policy and communications.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- Volunters from Avangrid dropped by New Haven and Ansonia elementary schools recently to share their love of literacy with local schoolchildren.
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ORANGE, CT -- Avandrid is providing assistance to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico by deploying a Tactical Power Restoration Team specializing in the supervision of transmission and distribution system recovery. The Avangrid team, comprised of employees from across many of its Northeast subsidiaries, will assist ongoing efforts to address the island's power crisis after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico on September 20 as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph.