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 …
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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