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As summer arrives, most motorcyclists have dusted off and tuned up their bikes and hit the open road. But if trends from the last decade continue, more than 4,000 will die by year's end.In 2015, the most recent statistics available, 4,976 people were killed in motorcycle accidents. And, the

HARTFORD >> A bill to reform the state's controversial affordable 8-30g housing law has passed in the House and is headed to the Senate, where State Sen. Gayle Slossberg, co-chairwoman of the Housing Committee, said she will work tirelessly with colleagues on both sides of the aisle until it passes.

NEW HAVEN >> Seniors at Bella Vista were told Wednesday to make their concerns known to Congress if they don't want to see millions of Americans go without insurance coverage, Medicare destabilized and huge cuts administered to Medicaid as health care changes advance in Washington.U.S. Sen.

HAMDEN>> Former New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman said Wednesday he's exploring options after confirming his contract with Quinnipiac University will expire this week. Esserman served as a senior professional-in-residence for emergency management planning at Quinnipiac starting last fall, helping review the school's emergency response planning.

NEW HAVEN >> Jorge A. Rivera, who worked as a supervisor for a company contracted by New Haven's school board, has been sentenced to serve four years in prison for criminal possession of a weapon.Rivera, 36, of Saltonstall Avenue, also will serve three years of probation under the sentence imposed by Superior Court Judge Brian T.

Connecticut Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, D-New Haven, led the passage of a bill Tuesday night that would require emergency generators in certain housing complexes for the elderly.Bella Vista in New Haven is one of the buildings that would be subject under the bill which was brought to light after a major brownout and elevator service failure that trapped nearly 1,000 elderly residents inside the towers with temperatures reaching nearly 100 degrees.

Brian Cox didn't know it, but when British historian and screenwriter Alex von Tunzelmann was writing the script for the new film "Churchill," she had the veteran British thespian in mind for the titular role."As a screenwriter, you have someone in mind, just to help focus the character," von Tunzelmann says during a recent phone interview.

NEW HAVEN >> The New Haven Health Department's Bureau of Environmental Health will present the 17th Annual Lead Awareness Picnic from 10 a.

A New Haven firefighter has been put on administrative leave in connection with a shooting incident in West Haven, according to WTNH News8.

As the popularity of keeping backyard chickens grows in communities that allow them (not all do, so check you local regulations), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has noted that people can learn more about how to keep backyard birds healthy and protect them from infectious disease.