HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 7 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement: Connecticut State Police released, as required by law, footage of Ansonia police shooting and killing a man. The following is a reaction from David McGuire, executive director of the ACLU of Connecticut: "No one should die at the hands of police. While other facts in this case are still unclear, one is certain: Michael Gregory was shot and killed by Ansonia police. "The video   more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Jan. 7 -- The Center for Medicare Advocacy issued the following news release: * * * - Protect Residents' Right to High Quality Care * * * Certified nurse aides provide most of the direct hands-on care to the nation's 1.3 million nursing home residents. Aides' central role in caregiving means that the training that aides receive to become certified must be adequate and appropriate to ensure that they are capable of providing high quality of care and quality of life s  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Jan. 10 -- The Foundation Source issued the following news release: Foundation Source, the nation's largest provider of support services to private foundations, announces its appointment of Charlie Tallard as Managing Director for its North Central Region, including Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana. In this role, Mr. Tallard works with financial advisors, attorneys, CPAs, single- and multi-family offices,   more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Jan. 8 -- The Financial Accounting Foundation issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) announced that it has appointed Joel M. Black as the next chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Mr. Black will succeed David A. Vaudt, and his seven-year, nonrenewable appointment is effective July 1, 2020. Mr. Black will join the organization in a few months in order to enable a smooth, orderly leaders  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on Jan. 10: On behalf of Elizabeth Horton Sheff and other Black, Latinx, and white families, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Center for Children's Advocacy, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, and Horton, Dowd, Bartschi & Levesque, PC have reached a new landmark agreement in Sheff v. O'Neill. Sheff is a longstanding s  more

NEWTOWN, Connecticut, Jan. 10 -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation issued the following news release: The National Shooting Sports Foundation(R) (NSSF(R)), the trade association for the firearms industry, is pleased to announce that Lucas Oil Products, Inc., has agreed to be the official Wi-Fi Sponsor for the 2020 SHOT Show(R). Lucas Oil is a manufacturer of oils, lubricants and cleaning products for a wide variety of markets, including marine craft, motorcycle, automobile, motorsport rac  more

TORRINGTON, Connecticut, Jan. 7 -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation issued the following news: The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation is awarding scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year. Scholarship applications are now available for the more than $150,000 available to area students. Scholarship guidelines, requirements and applications are available on the Community Foundation website. Scholarship applications for the 2020-2021 academic year must be submitted by Apr  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 5 -- SoldierStrong, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing advanced medical technologies to veterans, issued the following news: SoldierStrong, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing revolutionary medical technologies to help injured Veterans lead full lives donating an Indego Therapy exoskeleton to VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury Campus. The Therapy+ software suite, included with each Indego Therapy device, incorporates control   more