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Dwell Nation CT Elf the Musical Ticket Sweepstakes

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October 31, 2022– November 6, 2022

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase order is not going to enhance your probabilities of profitable. Void outdoors the WVIT Geographic Viewing Space (outlined under), and the place prohibited. The Dwell Nation CT Elf the Musica Ticket Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) will start on October 31, 2022 at 5:00 A.M. ET and finish on November 6, 2022 at 10:00 P.M. ET (“Sweepstakes Interval”). All instances within the Sweepstakes consult with Japanese Time (“ET”). Odds of profitable rely upon the variety of eligible Entries (as outlined under) acquired. Sweepstakes is topic to all relevant federal, state and native legal guidelines. PRIZE (AS DEFINED BELOW) DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING OR TRANSPORTATION.

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ELIGIBILITY: Open solely to everlasting, authorized United States residents who’re bodily residing within the state of Connecticut (the “WVIT Geographic Viewing Space”), and who’re eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the beginning of the Sweepstakes Interval. Officers, administrators, and workers of Sweepstakes Entities (as outlined under), members of those individuals’ rapid households (spouses and/or dad and mom, kids, and siblings, and every of their respective spouses, no matter the place they reside), and/or individuals dwelling in the identical households as these individuals (whether or not or not associated thereto) are usually not eligible to enter or win the Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes Entities, as referenced herein, shall embody WVIT, 1422 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06110, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 (collectively, “Sponsors”), Dwell Nation Connecticut, 95 South Turnpike Street, Wallingford, CT 06492 (“Prize Supplier”), and every of their respective mother or father, subsidiary, and affiliate corporations, and their administrative, promoting, and promotion companies, and another entity concerned within the growth, administration, promotion, or implementation of the Sweepstakes. Winner (outlined under) should have the ability to attend Occasion (outlined under) or Prize (outlined under) will likely be forfeited.

TO ENTER: You might enter the Sweepstakes via one (1) of the next two (2) strategies:

  1. Web site Entry: To enter the Sweepstakes, through the Sweepstakes Interval, go to https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/on-air/contests (the “Web site”), click on on the Sweepstakes banner, and comply with the supplied directions to finish and thereafter

submit the entry kind, which incorporates your full title, ZIP code, phone quantity and electronic mail deal with (the “Web site Entry”).

  1. Fb Entry: To enter the Sweepstakes, through the Sweepstakes Interval, use your private Fb account to go to the WVIT Fb web page situated at www.Fb.com/NBCConnecticut (the “Fb Web site”) and entry the “Click on right here for NBC CT Contests/Sweepstakes!” tab. Then, comply with the supplied directions to finish and thereafter submit the entry kind, which incorporates your full title, ZIP code, phone quantity, and electronic mail deal with (“Fb Entry”). A Fb account is required to submit your Entry. If you don’t have already got a Fb account, you’ll be able to go to www.fb.com to create a free Fb account.

Bonus Entries: After submitting your Entry, you’ll obtain a pop-up field permitting further Entries into the Sweepstakes (collectively, “Bonus Entries”, every a “Bonus Entry”). To obtain Bonus Entries, through the Sweepstakes Interval, comply with the directions within the pop-up field to obtain the next Bonus Entries: one (1) Bonus Entry for following @LiveNationCT on Twitter and one (1) Bonus Entry for following @LiveNationCT on Instagram. If you’re already a follower of such Twitter and/or Instagram accounts, you’ll obtain the relevant Bonus Entries by following the directions supplied within the pop-up field. Every Bonus Entry can solely be redeemed one (1) time through the Sweepstakes Interval for a complete of as much as two (2) Bonus Entries through the Sweepstakes Interval.

Web site Entry, Fb Entry, and Bonus Entries could also be collectively referred to herein as “Entry” or “Entries.” In case you select to submit your Entry through your web-enabled cellular machine, information charges might apply. See your wi-fi service supplier for particulars on charges and capabilities. All Entries develop into the property of the Sponsors and won’t be acknowledged.

Restrict one (1) Fb Entry or one (1) Web site Entry per Sweepstakes and as much as two (2) Bonus Entries per individual, for a complete of three (3) Entries per individual through the Sweepstakes Interval. A number of Entries acquired from any individual past this restrict will void all such further Entries. Entries generated by a script, macro, or different automated means or by any signifies that subverts the entry course of will likely be disqualified. Entries should be acquired earlier than November 6, 2022 at 10:00 P.M. ET to be eligible for the Sweepstakes. Sponsors’ laptop shall be the official timekeeper for all issues associated to this Sweepstakes. Entries which can be incomplete, garbled,

corrupted, fraudulent, or unintelligible for any cause, together with, however not restricted to, laptop or community malfunction or congestion, are void and won’t be accepted. In case of a dispute over the identification of an entrant, the licensed account holder of the e-mail deal with, Fb, Twitter, or Instagram account, as relevant, used to enter will likely be deemed to be the entrant. “Licensed account holder” of an electronic mail deal with is outlined as the one that is assigned to an electronic mail deal with by an Web entry supplier, on-line service supplier or different group that’s accountable for assigning electronic mail addresses for the area related to the submitted electronic mail deal with. “Licensed account holder” of a Fb account is outlined as the one that is assigned to the Fb account by Fb. “Licensed account holder” of an Instagram account is outlined as the one that is assigned to the Instagram account by Instagram. “Licensed account holder” of a Twitter account is outlined as the one that is assigned to the Twitter account by Twitter. Entry constitutes permission (besides the place prohibited by regulation) to make use of entrant’s title, metropolis, state, likeness, picture, voice, and, as relevant, Fb, Twitter, and/or Instagram consumer title, for functions of promoting, promotion, and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter identified, all through the world in perpetuity, with out further compensation, notification, permission, or approval.

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PRIVACY:Entrants could have the chance to obtain info from Sponsors and chosen companions by checking the suitable field(es). If, at any time, you not want to obtain supplies from Sponsors or our companions, please go to our privateness coverage, situated at https://www.nbcuniversal.com/privateness, or the relevant associate’s privateness coverage and comply with the procedures indicated.

WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: On or about November 7, 2022, one (1) potential winner (“Winner”) will likely be chosen in a random drawing by representatives of Sponsors from all eligible Entries acquired through the Sweepstakes Interval. Sponsors will make one (1) try to notify potential Winner on the telephone quantity and/or electronic mail deal with submitted on the time of Entry. Sponsors might share potential Winner’s title and make contact with info with Sweepstakes Entities and/or Prize Supplier, as relevant, if obligatory. Potential Winner could also be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, launch of legal responsibility, and, besides the place prohibited, publicity launch (collectively, “Sweepstakes Paperwork”) inside two (2) days of such notification. Noncompliance inside this time interval will end in disqualification, and, at Sponsors’ sole discretion an alternate potential Winner could also be chosen from the remaining eligible Entries. If any potential Winner can’t be reached, is discovered to be ineligible,

can not or doesn’t adjust to these Official Guidelines, or if Prize (as outlined under) or Prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential Winner will likely be disqualified and time allowing, at Sponsors’ sole discretion, an alternate potential Winner could also be chosen from the remaining eligible Entries.

PRIZE: There will likely be one (1) prize awarded (“Prize”) to the Winner. Prize will encompass the next: 4 (4) tickets for Winner and as much as three (3) company (collectively, “Friends”, every a “Visitor”) to Elf the Musical scheduled to happen on November 19, 2022 at 8:00 P.M. ET on the Toyota Oakdale Theatre situated at 95 S Turnpike Street, Wallingford, CT 06492 (“Occasion”). All particulars of the Occasion, together with seat areas, to be decided by Sponsors and/or Prize Supplier of their sole discretion. Prize will likely be awarded “as is” with no guarantee or assure, both specific or implied by Sponsors. Prize is topic to sure further phrases and circumstances as specified by issuer. Restrictions might apply. PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION.

If Winner chooses to attend the Occasion with fewer than three (3) or no Visitor, the remaining parts of Prize shall represent full satisfaction of Sponsors’ Prize obligation to Winner and no further compensation will likely be awarded. Friends, if any, could also be required to execute and return releases of legal responsibility and, the place authorized, publicity releases (collectively, “Visitor Paperwork”), which should be returned with the Sweepstakes Paperwork, or Visitor portion of the Prize will likely be forfeited. If any Visitor is a minor, Winner or one of many different Friends should be such minor’s mother or father or authorized guardian and should execute and return the Visitor Paperwork on minor’s behalf.

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Estimated Retail Worth (“ERV”) of Prize is 2 hundred sixty {dollars} ($260). Precise Retail Worth (“ARV”) of Prize might range. Any distinction between ERV and ARV is not going to be awarded.

All particulars of Prize will likely be decided in Sponsors’ sole discretion. Sponsors reserve the fitting to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with an analogous prize (or prize factor) of comparable or better worth. All taxes and different bills, prices, or charges related to the acceptance and/or use of Prize are the only duty of Winner. Prize can’t be transferred by Winner or redeemed for money and is legitimate just for the objects detailed above, with no substitution of Prize by Winner. If Prize is unclaimed inside an inexpensive time after notification from Sponsors, as decided in Sponsors’ sole

discretion, it will likely be forfeited, and time allowing, an alternate Winner could also be chosen from the remaining eligible Entries at Sponsors’ sole discretion.

Winner should have the ability to attend Occasion on November 19, 2022 or Prize will likely be forfeited. Sponsors shall haven’t any duty or legal responsibility for cancellations, delays, or another change by any firm or individual offering any factor of Prize on account of causes past Sponsors’ management and are usually not accountable or accountable for any bills incurred as a consequence thereof. Date and/or time of Occasion is topic to alter. Occasion is topic to cancellation. Winner and/or Friends, if any, should adjust to all relevant venue guidelines and laws in reference to Prize.

All elements of the Prize are topic to availability, and topic to alter or cancellation with out written discover or warning. Ought to an act of God, hurricane, warfare, fireplace, riot, earthquake, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities, epidemics, pandemics and the unfold of infectious illnesses, together with with out limitation COVID-19 (as outlined by the World Well being Group and any of the strains, variants or mutations thereof), and any associated governmental or judicial actions, together with however not restricted to journey restrictions, taken in reference to, or as a response to, any such occasion, or another occasion past the affordable management of a celebration, whether or not or not present, identified, foreseen or foreseeable on the time this Sweepstakes happens, render the redemption or success of all or a portion of the Prize delayed, hindered, adversely affected, impracticable, or inconceivable, Sponsors of their sole and absolute discretion, reserve the fitting to judge, make modifications to, and restructure the redemption and success processes and timelines for the Prize, or portion thereof, that Sponsors are accountable for, which can embody, however isn’t restricted to, offering further time for redemption and/or success. Sponsors might modify and/or restructure the Prize or parts thereof to adjust to authorities orders or pointers and Sponsors’ and/or Prize Supplier’s well being and security necessities. As well as, Winner and Friends ought to concentrate on and adjust to authorities pointers concerning journey restrictions and necessary quarantines earlier than touring. Ought to the Prize, or a portion thereof, develop into unavailable Sponsors shall make affordable efforts to offer Winner with substitute experiences and/or objects of an analogous nature and worth for that portion of the Prize that’s unavailable. If no substitute prizing is fairly obtainable then the remaining elements, if any, of the Prize shall represent full satisfaction of Sponsors’ Prize obligation to Winner, and no different or further compensation will likely be awarded.

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Prize success and associated actions will happen on a date and time designated by Sponsors and solely when and in a fashion that it’s protected to take action, as decided in Sponsors’ sole discretion in session with applicable well being and security specialists. Winner and Friends, if any, should comply with all directions given by representatives of Sponsors and/or Prize Supplier always.

In reference to any go to to any location in reference to the Prize, please be suggested that Sponsors’ and/or Prize Supplier’s insurance policies, CDC pointers, and the suggestions of well being officers should be adopted. Please notice that any public location the place persons are current gives an inherent threat of publicity to COVID-19, and Sponsors and Prize Supplier can not assure that any individual is not going to be uncovered throughout a go to.

If required, Winner and Friends, if any, should cooperate with Sponsors’ inquiries associated to public well being issues and comply with Sponsors’ associated guidelines and processes, together with, however not restricted to, disclosures or processes beneficial or required by public well being authorities to guard the well being and security of Winner, Friends, and others. Winner and Friends could also be topic to well being screenings (which can embody, however are usually not restricted to, temperature checks, symptom screening, lab testing, and/or different medical exams) to be carried out by Sponsors, Prize Supplier, or their designee(s) previous to or through the success of the Prize and associated actions. Failure to totally adjust to Sponsors’ requests or necessities might end in forfeiture of the Prize or parts thereof, as decided in Sponsors’ discretion.

Throughout a interval beginning roughly 4 (4) weeks earlier than participation in actions associated to the Prize and ending roughly 4 (4) weeks after participation within the final of such actions (such interval(s) topic to alter based mostly on medical steering, and/or coverage steering), Winner and Friends could also be required to tell Sponsors, upon Sponsors’ request, about issues regarding communicable diseases and protected success of the Prize and associated actions, together with, with out limitation: (a) medical signs; (b) journey historical past; (c) latest contact with others who’ve displayed signs of or have in any other case been confirmed to have a communicable sickness; and (d) energetic public well being orders issued by a civil authority or any related public well being mandate (e.g., order to quarantine, order to remain at house, order to reveal communicable sickness) to which Winner and/or Friends are topic.

CONDITIONS: By coming into the Sweepstakes, every entrant agrees for entrant and for entrant’s heirs, executors, and directors (a) to launch and maintain innocent Sweepstakes Entities, Fb, Instagram, Twitter, and every of their respective officers, administrators, brokers, and workers (collectively, “Launched Events”) from any legal responsibility, sickness, damage, loss of life, loss, litigation, or harm which will happen, straight or not directly, whether or not brought on by negligence or not, from such entrant’s participation within the Sweepstakes and/or entrant’s acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of Prize or any portion thereof (together with any journey associated thereto); (b) to indemnify Launched Events from any and all legal responsibility ensuing or arising from the Sweepstakes and to hereby acknowledge that Launched Events have neither made nor are in any method accountable or accountable for any guarantee, illustration, or assure, specific or implied, the truth is or in regulation, relative to Prize, together with specific warranties supplied solely by prize provider and/or Prize Supplier which can be despatched together with Prize; (c) if chosen as a Winner, to the posting of such entrant’s title and/or Fb, Instagram, or Twitter consumer title on the Web site and the use by Launched Events of such title, Fb, Twitter, or Instagram consumer title, metropolis, state, likeness, picture, and/or voice for functions of promoting, promotion, and publicity in any and all media now or hereafter identified, all through the world in perpetuity, with out further compensation, notification, permission, or approval, and, upon request, to the giving of consent, in writing, to such use; and (d) to be sure by these Official Guidelines and to waive any proper to say any ambiguity or error therein or within the Sweepstakes itself, and to be sure by all selections of the Sponsors, that are binding and closing. Failure to adjust to these circumstances might end in disqualification from the Sweepstakes at Sponsors’ sole discretion.

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ADDITIONAL TERMS: Sponsors reserve the fitting to completely disqualify from any promotion any individual they imagine has deliberately violated these Official Guidelines. Any try to intentionally harm the Sweepstakes or the operation thereof is illegal and topic to authorized motion by Sponsors, who might search damages to the fullest extent permitted by regulation. The failure of Sponsors to adjust to any provision of those Official Guidelines on account of an act of God, hurricane, warfare, fireplace, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outdoors of the management of Sponsors (excepting compliance with relevant codes and laws), or different “drive majeure” occasion is not going to be thought-about a breach of those Official Guidelines. Launched Events assume no duty for any damage or harm to entrants’ or to another individual’s laptop regarding or ensuing from coming into or downloading supplies or software program in reference to the Sweepstakes. Launched Events are usually not accountable for

telecommunications, community, digital, technical, or laptop failures of any sort; for inaccurate transcription of Entry info; for errors in any promotional or advertising and marketing supplies or in these Official Guidelines; for any human or digital error; or for Entries which can be stolen, misdirected, garbled, delayed, misplaced, late, broken, or returned. Sponsors reserve the fitting to cancel, modify, or droop the Sweepstakes or any factor thereof (together with, with out limitation, these Official Guidelines) with out discover in any method and for any cause (together with, with out limitation, within the occasion of any unanticipated prevalence that isn’t totally addressed in these Official Guidelines). Within the occasion of cancellation, modification, or suspension, Sponsors reserve the fitting to pick out Winner in a random drawing from amongst all eligible, non-suspect Entries acquired previous to the time of the occasion warranting such cancellation, modification, or suspension. Discover of such cancellation, modification, or suspension will likely be posted on the Web site. Sponsors might prohibit any Entrant or potential entrant from taking part within the Sweepstakes, if such Entrant or potential entrant reveals a disregard for these Official Guidelines; acts with an intent to bother, abuse, threaten, or harass another Entrant, Sponsors, or Sponsors’ brokers or representatives; or behaves in another disruptive method (as decided in Sponsors’ sole discretion). Sponsors reserve the fitting to change these Official Guidelines for clarification functions with out materially affecting the phrases and circumstances of the Sweepstakes.

DISPUTES: The Sweepstakes is ruled by, and will likely be construed in accordance with, the legal guidelines of the State of NEW YORK, and the discussion board and venue for any dispute shall be in NEW YORK, NEW YORK. If THE controversy or declare isn’t in any other case resolved via direct discussions or mediation, it shall THEN be resolved by FINAL AND binding arbitration administered by JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES, INC., in accordance with its Streamlined Arbitration Guidelines and Procedures or subsequent variations thereof (“JAMS Guidelines”). The JAMS Guidelines for choice of an arbitrator shall be adopted, besides that the arbitrator shall be skilled and licensed to follow regulation in NEW YORK. All proceedings introduced pursuant to this paragraph will likely be carried out within the County of NEW YORK, NEW YORK. THE REMEDY FOR ANY CLAIM SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL DAMAGES, AND IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES OR OTHER SUCH RELATED COSTS OF BRINGING A CLAIM, OR TO RESCIND THIS AGREEMENT OR SEEK INJUNCTIVE OR ANY OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: For the title of the Winner, obtainable after 11/14/2022, ship a self-addressed, stamped envelope to be acquired by 1/14/2023 to Dwell Nation CT Elf the Musical Ticket Sweepstakes, WVIT, 1422 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06110, Attn: Advertising and marketing.

This Sweepstakes is under no circumstances sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or related to Fb, Instagram, or Twitter. Entrants are offering info to Sponsors and to not Fb, Instagram, or Twitter.

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Connecticut Public lays off 4% of its staff, citing expenses growing faster than revenues

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Connecticut Public announced on Friday the nonprofit broadcaster is laying off four full-time and several temporary employees. That’s a 4% reduction in staff, according to the Hartford-based organization.

In a statement, Connecticut Public said expenses “have grown at rates that have exceeded revenues for the last few years” and that some expenses were because of “deliberate investments” and also inflation.

President and CEO Mark Contreras declined to be interviewed and a Connecticut Public spokesperson declined to answer questions beyond the statement.

“These decisions are never easy and only come after taking many other steps to stabilize finances,” Contreras said in the statement.

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Connecticut Public did not release the names of affected employees.

In a separate letter to staff, Contreras said, in addition to the layoffs, there will be no across-the-board salary increases for the next year. In addition, tuition and student loan reimbursement would not be offered and there will be limits on “training, conferences, overtime and discretionary travel.”

But Connecticut Public will offer its employees an increase in paid time off around the holidays.

The nonprofit reported to the IRS total revenues of nearly $23 million for fiscal year 2023 — a decrease of about $2.5 million from the year before, when reported revenues were nearly $25.5 million.

The announcement Friday follows layoffs at other public media stations around the country and in New England.

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In May, GBH in Boston announced it was laying off 4% of its workforce — 32 employees — citing an increase in the cost of business coupled with flat revenues.

In April, WBUR, also in Boston, announced it was cutting as much as 14% of its staff through buyouts and layoffs, due to a big drop in underwriting.

NEPM in Springfield, Massachusetts, laid off 20% of its staff in March of 2023.

In the letter to employees, Contreras wrote, “Those affected by these changes have made lasting and impactful contributions to our organization, for which we are all grateful.”

“We believe that the changes discussed above—while difficult—will allow us to deliver on our mission sustainably into the future,” he wrote.

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NEPM reported and edited this story independently, at the request of the Connecticut Public newsroom. No Connecticut Public staff or leadership had oversight or reviewed the story before it was published.





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More Pharmacy Chains Closing Connecticut Stores: What's Behind It?

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CONNECTICUT — Drugstore chains Walgreens and Rite Aid announced a slew of pharmacy closings this week, creating more uncertainty among Connecticut residents about where they can get their prescriptions filled as pharmacy deserts become more common.

CVS also has a plan to shutter stores.

Chain pharmacy executives have cited a variety of reasons for closing stores in Connecticut and other states, including reduced spending by inflation-weary customers, low reimbursement rates for pharmacy care and low dispensing fees for Medicaid enrollees.

Walgreens this week announced that it is planning to close “certain underperforming stores” as part of a “significant multiyear footprint optimization program.” The announcement was made following the release of the Illinois-based Walgreens Boots Alliance third-quarter earnings report.

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Pharmacies have also said that current business models are outdated in an environment of increased competition from stores that sell much of the same merchandise, and pharmacies are still adjusting to a spike in demand for services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here are the closings big pharmacy chains have announced:

  • Walgreens plans to close a “significant share” of its 8,600 U.S.stores nationwide to turn around its struggling pharmacy model. In an earnings call with investors Thursday, Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Timothy Wentworth said as many as 25 percent of the stores — about 2,150 of them — could close. That’s on top of about 2,000 stores the Deerfield, Illinois-based chain has closed over the past 10 years, 484 of them since February.
  • Rite Aid, struggling under billions of dollars in debt and more than a thousand federal, state and local lawsuits accusing the chain of illegally filling painkiller prescriptions, said in court filings that it will close another 27 stores in two states — or virtually all of its Michigan and Ohio pharmacies. That’s on top of the nearly 500 stores the chain has already closed.
  • CVS has shuttered about 600 stores since 2022 and plans to close 300 more this year. The closings “are based on our evaluation of changes in population, consumer buying patterns and future health needs to ensure we have the right pharmacy format in the right locations for patients,” CVS spokesperson Amy Thibault said in an email to CNN early this year.

What does it all mean for Connecticut?

An Associated Press analysis in early June shows that states have several chain pharmacy options. In Connecticut the brand names include the aforementioned Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid, along with pharmacies at big box stores like Target and Walmart and supermarkets like Big Y, Stop & Shop and Shoprite.

Whether independent or a chain, pharmacies can be important assets in their communities. They are health centers where the pharmacists and staff know everyone’s names and the drugs they’re taking, and often can spot signs of a serious illness. These local businesses are often stocked with supplies such as catheters, colostomy supplies and diabetes test strips that people need to stay in their homes as they navigate serious illnesses.

The AP analysis focused on rural communities, finding the gaps are greatest in those states. An earlier study by University of Southern California researchers found that Black and Latino neighborhoods in 30 large US. cities had fewer pharmacies than white and diverse neighborhoods from 2007 to 2015, before the current wave of pharmacy closings.

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“If you’re located in a low-income neighborhood, and effectively in a Black and Latinx neighborhood, having any pharmacy is less common. And having a pharmacy that meets your needs is much less common,” Jenny Guadamuz, a co-author of the study, told CNN.

The question prevails, can Connecticut’s independents close a potential gap caused by bigger names closing?

The state’s independent pharmacies face their own set of challenges and are likely unable to fill pharmacy voids, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association, a trade group that represents more than 19,400 independent pharmacists.

The group said in a statement earlier this year that new Medicare and Medicaid rules resulting in lower prescription reimbursements, in particular, put a third of independent drugstores at risk of closure and that “millions of patients could be stranded without a pharmacy.”

The latest 12-month NCPA statistics for Connecticut are:

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  • Number of independent community pharmacies: 120
  • Total sales: $507,360,000
  • Pharmacy sales: $470,322,720
  • Front-end sales: $37,037,280
  • Total number of employees: 1,428
  • Total prescriptions filled: 7,946,160
  • Part D prescriptions filled: 2,781,156
  • Medicaid prescriptions filled: 1,271,386

Patients suffer when pharmacies disappear, industry experts said.

“You can think of a closure as a disruption of care,” Guadamuz, who is an assistant professor at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, told CNN last fall. “You had a routine: You would go to a pharmacy that was geographically accessible — ideally affordable — and was probably preferred by your health insurance plan. And then that pharmacy is no longer there.”

Pharmacy access is an important consideration in decisions about store closings, CVS spokesman Matt Blanchette told The AP, but the company also looks at local market dynamics, population shifts and competition from stores selling the same over-the-counter products, he said.

The Associated Press contributed reporting.



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EX-CT man gets federal prison in sex crime case. He has to pay the victim $100K.

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A former Connecticut man and “American Ninja Warrior” champion was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for receiving child pornography and enticement to travel for illicit sexual conduct, according to federal authorities.

Andrew Drechsel, 35, now of Saint Cloud, Florida, pleaded guilty on June 1, 2023, before Chief U.S. District Judge Renée M. Bumb in New Jersey to an information charging him with one count of receiving child pornography and one count of knowingly persuading, inducing, enticing and coercing a minor to travel interstate to engage in sexual activity for which the defendant can be charged with a crime, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Bumb imposed the sentence in Camden federal court, according to authorities. Bumb also sentenced Drechsel to 15 years of supervised release to pay $100,000 in restitution to the victim.

Authorities, citing documents in the case and statements made in court, said Drechsel lived in Hamden from 2014 to Nov. 8, 2019. The victim lived in New Jersey.

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Law enforcement agents in 2019 searched one of Drechsel’s phones and “found images of child sexual abuse, including photos and videos of the victim when the victim was 14 and 15 years old,” authorities said in a statement. “Drechsel admitted that he originally met the victim in 2014 through his activities in the parkour community as an ‘American Ninja Warrior.’”

Authorities also said Drechsel “admitted texting the victim and discussing his plans to engage in sexual activity with the victim.”  Further, “at Drechsel’s urging, the victim traveled across state lines in July 2015 so that Drechsel could have sexual relations with the victim.”

Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI South Jersey Resident Agency, under direction of Special Agent in Charge of FBI Philadelphia Special Agent in Charge Wayne A. Jacobs, with the investigation leading to the sentencing. Sellinger also thanked the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office; the Cherry Hill Police Department; the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut; special agents of the FBI New Haven Resident Agency; the Connecticut State’s Attorney’s Office, Hartford Judicial District; the Connecticut State’s Attorney’s Office, New Haven Judicial District; the Windsor Police Department; the Hamden Police Department; and special agents of the FBI Tampa Resident Agency.



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