Connecticut
Connecticut School Board Beats Parents’ Suit Over LGBTQ+ Policy
A Connecticut public school system is free of a lawsuit by parents who sued alleging its LGBTQ+ positive practices, messaging, and administrative actions violated the students’ First Amendment rights.
Danielle Scarpellino and other parents, who sued the Guilford Board of Education and individual school administrators on behalf of themselves and their children, failed to present evidence showing the administrators disciplined the students in response to their speech or religious beliefs, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut said Feb. 7. Judge Victor A. Bolden awarded summary judgment to the defendants, saying the parents also failed to show they …
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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