We hear stories about people helping other people they don’t know all the time. But for National Pet Day I thought we would do a story about people helping animals to safety. Three people in Cleveland recently spent several hours rescuing a poor kitten who managed to get stuck eight feet down a drainage pipe.…
With all the stress of going to the grocery store lately it’s always nice when you hear about people helping each other out. I think we’ve all been here before. This one grandmother in Texas got to the cashier to pay for her groceries last week and realized she was short and didn’t have enough to pay. …
Today is opening day of the Major League Baseball season. To celebrate the MLB has teamed up with the most famous baseball snack “Cracker Jack” and are releasing special edition bags of “Cracker Jill” at baseball stadiums across the country. It’s all to support the Women’s Sports Foundation. Even if you’re not going to a…
Everyone is glued to screens nowadays, but surprisingly there is a vintage industry that seems to be thriving. Libraries. This article explains how 174 million Americans actually have a library card right now. That adds up to around 54% of the population. A lot of libraries offer digital books now too so if you include…
This is something you don’t see every day. Police on Long Island were able to save a baby seal that wandered out of the water and into a traffic circle in Southhampton. They believe that the seal swam up a nearby river following a school of fish. After climbing out of the river the animal…
Since the first Grammy Awards ceremony in 1959, the statuette presented to winners is a gold-plated gramophone, also known as a phonograph or record player. The name Grammy is an homage to the gramophone and its revolutionary impact on the music industry. Some innovative students at UCONN could be part of NASA history. NASA has…
Living here in Connecticut we are lucky to have so many great restaurants, breweries, vineyards, and places to go here in the states. One of them being Athletic Brewing Company in Stratford, who specializes in brewing non-alcoholic beer. They opened about 4 years ago and now are getting some national recognition. They have been named…
The newly branded Total Mortage Arena was rockin’ last night in Bridgeport! The UConn women’s basketball team is headed to their 14th consecutive final four. A truly amazing accomplishment. And what a game last night to get there! If you missed it, the Huskies beat the #1 seed NC State in double overtime to advance.…
We can all agree that running a marathon or half-marathon is very difficult. Now imagine doing it while pushing a stroller… with FIVE kids. That’s what this Super Dad in northern California did recently to break world record for running a half-marathon in 2 hours and 19 minutes. All while pushing all five of his quintuplets…
Dogs are the best for many reasons. But it’s stories like this that make you wonder if they are the greatest animals to every walk this earth. A small dog named Jessica fell off her owners boat in Florida a few weeks ago. The people on the boat didn’t realize what had happened until it…