MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why is February shorter than all the other months?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why is February shorter than all the other months?

Welcome to the last day of February Snow Storm! The 28th. The shortest month of the year. But why is February shorter than every other month? It all goes way back to Roman superstitions. A Roman king named Numa wanted the calendar to match the lunar year so part of that was to make every…

THE FEED: Connecticut’s Newest High School Sport… Flag Football?

THE FEED: Connecticut’s Newest High School Sport… Flag Football?

Every Monday in The Feed Kevin talks to The Ump Vin Sarullo about everything going on in Connecticut High School Sports. This week Vin tells us about girls flag football potentially being a new high school sport in the state. We also get into some UCONN baseball, a former CT athlete who could be headed…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How big can a snowflake get?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How big can a snowflake get?

We’ve got this snow on the way tonight here in Connecticut so I figured it would be a good day to talk about snow. You always hear about how small snowflakes mean a lot of snow, and larger flakes mean less. But just how big can snowflakes get? Well… the largest ever recorded was back…

THE FEED: Maple Sugar Monster Trucks

THE FEED: Maple Sugar Monster Trucks

Every Friday in The Feed Kevin talks to Megan from CampByMama.com about all the great things to do in Connecticut with the family. Heading into the final weekend of February Megan has a lot of fun ideas including maple sugar, monster trucks, basketball, and even some ice skating! MEGAN’S PICKS: 1. Stamford Nature Center First Maple Sugar…

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! In 1999, this cost of this was only $1.22

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! In 1999, this cost of this was only $1.22

It’s 90s week! Every day at 4pm I have tickets to the I Love The 90s Tour featuring Vanilla Ice, Rob Base, Tone Loc, Young Mc & C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, May 13. All the questions this week will be 90s themed. Here was today’s if you missed…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Group of students help their favorite janitor in a big way

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Group of students help their favorite janitor in a big way

I love stories like this one. Just shows how much of a connection students can have with people who work at their school. At this school in Texas their 80-year-old high school janitor recently retired. But then the place where he lives raised his rent by $400 more a month. He approached the school about…