Snow Blankets Connecticut In First Major Storm Of The Year
As forecast, Connecticut is contending with its first major storm of 2021. The weather system had already deposited significant snowfall on most parts of the state by midday Monday.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Wallingford Resident Hilton Valentine Dead At 77
As the original guitarist for the British Invasion group The Animals, Hilton Valentine will probably be best remembered for the now-iconic arpeggiated opening riff from their 1964 hit “The House of the Rising Sun.” But Valentine was a lot more than that one moment. As a guitar player and composer, he was comfortable playing folk, skiffle, rhythm and blues and, of course, rock ’n’ roll music over his long career.
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Sea Shanties Take Over TikTok - What's The Fascination?
Well, less than two weeks into 2021 and the surprises just keep coming. Among the more pleasant ones so far: The popular app TikTok seems to have been taken over by sea shanties. Yes, sea shanties -- those catchy, sometimes bawdy songs of the sea. Just a few measures into one of these ditties and you can almost picture a ragtag group of sailors hoisting the jib in time with the rhythmic pounding of the shanty.
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Tracking COVID Data: Hospitalizations & Your Town's Infection Rate
State public health officials say 163 of Connecticut's 169 towns are now at the highest alert level for COVID-19. That's a slight decrease over last week's total of 164 towns. As of Friday, public health officials report 985 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
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