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Kristin Palpini

Managing Editor CT/WMa

kpalpini@dailyvoice.com

Kristin is a journalist with nearly 20 years experience reporting and editing in Massachusetts. She got her start in the field at The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, MA, where she rose to the rank of web editor. She’s been the editor in chief of the Valley Advocate, an alternative weekly newspaper also out of Northampton, and creator and editor of the award-winning Berkshire Eagle’s Business Insider (Pittsfield, MA.). Kristin is dedicated to rooting out the truth as well as the juicy details that come along with it. She also enjoys saying “y'all” far too often for someone who was born in the Bay State and kayaking. She was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Two Connecticut Towns Among 50 Best Places To Live In America Two Connecticut Towns Among 50 Best Places To Live In America
Two Connecticut Towns Among 50 Best Places To Live In America Two Connecticut communities have made it onto Money magazine’s list of the best 50 places in the US to live in 2020. Monye’s ranking seemed to favor small cities and medium- to large-sized towns. In Connecticut, South Windsor and Cheshire made the top 50. The magazine’s ranking took into account crime rates, median household income, diversity, local economy, cost of living, health and safety, weather, lifestyle, and entertainment. South Windsor ranked the 12th best place to live in America. Money cited the town’s public parks, farms, stable economy, and architecture. Cheshire came in at …

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by Kristin Palpini
Business
Massachusetts Restaurants Can Reopen Their Bars - Kind Of Massachusetts Restaurants Can Reopen Their Bars - Kind Of
Massachusetts Restaurants Can Reopen Their Bars - Kind Of Updates to Massachusetts’ COVID-19 restrictions are easing up on food and alcohol service. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, Gov. Charlie Baker said in a few days restaurants will be able to seat up to 10 people per table for both outdoor and indoor dining. The max number of people at a table was previously 6. He also said that restaurants with bars can start using them for food service - with social distancing still being observed. Standing around a bar drinking is still not okay, he said. Baker made the announcement at the Mill City BBQ in Lowell, which will be a new spot on a recently announced …

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COVID-19 Testing Is Hard To Find In Connecticut - Even For Politicians COVID-19 Testing Is Hard To Find In Connecticut - Even For Politicians
Covid-19 Testing Is Hard To Find In Connecticut - Even For Politicians Connecticut politicians who could not find COVID-19 testing when they needed it most have thrown a spotlight on a testing shortage during the pandemic. State Rep. Liz Linehan and U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes have recently shared their struggles trying to get rapid-result COVID-19 tests when they suspected they were ill. Hayes has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Linehan, who was ill, ended up not having COVID-19, but it took her 24 hours and driving around to multiple testing locations for her to find out, she said. “The test was negative,” she said, “and so was the experience.” Linehan said she…

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Police & Fire
Two, One-Car Crashes In One Day On Same Street; Carjacking Involved Two, One-Car Crashes In One Day On Same Street; Carjacking Involved
Two, One-Car Crashes In One Day On Same Street; Carjacking Involved A carjacking ended in a one-car crash in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 23. The same street that saw this crash was also the site of an earlier fatal one-car crash in Springfield - Carew Street. Police received a report of an armed carjacking on Joseph Street in Springfield on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 23. The victim said a man approached her car with a gun, police said. She ran from the car and a male suspect got in and drove off. A short time later, he crashed on Carew Street, police said. This all happened while police were investigating a fatal, one-car crash. The d…

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The Wait Is Over: MA Highway Exit Numbers Changing In October The Wait Is Over: MA Highway Exit Numbers Changing In October
The Wait Is Over: MA Highway Exit Numbers Changing In October It's been a long time coming, but exit numbers on Massachusetts' highways are set to change in October. Announced a year ago, the plan to get Massachusetts’ highways in-line with the federal exit numbering strategy - a “milepost-based system” - will soon be visible to motorists, WCVB reports. Massachusetts Department of Transportation has created an interactive map - newmassexits.com - showing the new highway exit numbers. Almost all Massachusetts highways, interstates, freeways that have exit numbers will be impacted. There are a few spots in Lowell that will remain the same.  Driver…

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Police & Fire
Suspect In Shooting Allegedly Pulls Gun On Police In Meriden Suspect In Shooting Allegedly Pulls Gun On Police In Meriden
Suspect In Shooting Allegedly Pulls Gun On Police In Meriden A man allegedly pulled a gun on Meriden Police Tuesday, Sept. 22, following a confrontation with a shooting suspect. Elimelec Adorno, was arrested Sept. 22, on the charges of interfering with police, weapons in a motor vehicle, carrying a pistol without a permit, and possession of a high capacity magazine, police said. At around 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, police responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Crescent and Akron streets in Meriden. Officers allegedly found shell casings on the scene and got a description of a suspect vehicle. At around 5:30 p.m. police allegedly saw Adorno g…

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Police & Fire
Police ID Suspect In Workplace Shooting Police ID Suspect In Workplace Shooting
Police ID Suspect In Workplace Shooting Police have identified the suspect in a workplace shooting that happened on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 22. Alan Rosario of Springfield has been arrested in relation to a shooting at a 105 Edwin Road business in a South Windsor industrial/office park, according to WesternMass News. There were two victims in the shooting: the intended target, who was shot, and a second man who may have caught shrapnel from the gunfire in his body, or been shot himself, police said. In both cases, the injuries were non-life-threatening, police said. The incident is under investigation. The shooting happen…

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Police & Fire
Excessive? Video Of Black Woman's Arrest By White, Male Officers Is Under Investigation Excessive? Video Of Black Woman's Arrest By White, Male Officers Is Under Investigation
Excessive? Video Of Black Woman's Arrest By White, Male Officers Is Under Investigation Police have released bodycam footage of a controversial arrest of a black woman by multiple white, male officers in Hartford. The video is meant as an amendment to video of the incident recorded by bystanders and posted to Youtube. It is not clear how many bystander videos were taken, many people had their phones out. Many people are calling the arrest by Hartford Connecticut Police an excessive use of force. Bystander videos seem to show an officer with a knee on the woman. In a statement released late Monday, Sept. 21, Hartford Police said that there was no knee on the woman, but a knee…

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Police & Fire
Two Victims, One Arrest Following Workplace Shooting, Interstate Chase Two Victims, One Arrest Following Workplace Shooting, Interstate Chase
Two Victims, One Arrest Following Workplace Shooting, Interstate Chase A suspect has been arrested and two victims were taken to the hospital after a workplace shooting and interstate highway chase that happened earlier this morning, Tuesday, Sept. 22. The suspect was arrested around 9:30 a.m. on I-91 in Longmeadow near the Connecticut-Massachusetts border. He has not been identified beyond being a Massachusetts male. There were two victims in the shooting at a 105 Edwin Road logistics company, police said. The men received non-life-threatening injuries, said South Windsor Police Sgt. Marc Celeverdon during a 1 p.m. press conference Tuesday, Sept. 22. One ma…

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Business
Connecticut Has The Pickiest Eaters In US, New Report Says Connecticut Has The Pickiest Eaters In US, New Report Says
Connecticut Has The Pickiest Eaters In US, New Report Says Connecticut has some of the pickiest eaters in the country, according to a new report. Uber Eats 2020 “Cravings Report” notes that people in Connecticut - along with Georgia, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Nevada - provide the most “special instructions” on orders when compared to other states. The least picky, or the states with the fewest order changes and substitutions, are Delaware, Vermont, Wyoming, Utah, and North Dakota. The report offers an analysis of Uber Eats orders have taken in 2020 so far. The Cravings Report details popular delivery order trends by state. The most popular deli…

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