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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.

Kristin Palpini's Contributions

Business
Pizza And Martini Bribe Rejected: Sports Bar Closed Over Alleged COVID-19 Violations Pizza And Martini Bribe Rejected: Sports Bar Closed Over Alleged COVID-19 Violations
Pizza And Martini Bribe Rejected: Sports Bar Closed Over Alleged Covid-19 Violations An offer of pizza and martinis was not enough to persuade Connecticut officials from closing a bar allegedly violating COVID-19 economic restrictions. On Friday, Nov. 13, agents from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection went to Legend’s Sports Bar, aka the L Bar, on Pine Street in Bristol to investigate claims that the bar was serving alcohol past the state’s new 9:30/10 p.m. curfew. The bar has been closed temporarily and its liquor license suspended while owner Marc Leboeuf meets state criteria to reopen, according to a summary suspension order from the Commissioner of Consum…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Man Arrested For 'Public Indecency' At Target Man Arrested For 'Public Indecency' At Target
Man Arrested For 'Public Indecency' At Target A Connecticut man was recently arrested at a Target for allegedly exposing himself to young people. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, police were called to the Target at the Post Mall in Milford around 3:40 p.m. for a report of public indecency, police said. Following an investigation, Milford Police allege a 23-year-old man exposed his genitals to two young victims. Police located the suspect a short distance away and made the arrest: William McClain, 23, of Seymour, has been charged with risk of injury, breach of peace, and public indecency, police said. McClain has a Dec. 28 court date to address …

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by Kristin Palpini
News
COVID-19: In-School Learning More Risky Than Previously Believed COVID-19: In-School Learning More Risky Than Previously Believed
Covid-19: In-School Learning More Risky Than Previously Believed In-person education may not be as great of an idea as many people - including the CDC - thought back in August. In October the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) removed guidelines from its website that promoted students learning in-person in school buildings. Information that has been removed includes the notion that children appear to be at a lower risk for contracting COVID-19 compared to adults and that children are unlikely to be major spreaders of the virus, according to The Hill.  The CDC told the publication that “some of the prior content [on the site] was …

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by Kristin Palpini
News
Even With No Benefits Until 2022, CT Is Clamoring For Paid Medical-Leave Even With No Benefits Until 2022, CT Is Clamoring For Paid Medical-Leave
Even With No Benefits Until 2022, CT Is Clamoring For Paid Medical-Leave No one can collect until 2022, but people are already trying to take advantage of Connecticut’s new medical paid-leave program. When the legislation creating Connecticut’s Paid Leave Authority was signed in 2019, no one saw the paid medical leave program going online amid a global pandemic. The increase in illnesses due to COVID-19 has people reaching out to the authority, even though there is little that it can do right now, according to the Republican American, which cited authority CEO Andrea Barton. The Connecticut Paid Medical Leave Program is a supplement to the federal Family Medica…

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News
COVID-19: WMass City Reverts To Full-Remote Education COVID-19: WMass City Reverts To Full-Remote Education
Covid-19: WMass City Reverts To Full-Remote Education A small Western Massachusetts city is the latest city to join the full-remote learning club. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, Easthampton School Committee voted 4-3 to revert students to full-remote learning, according to WesternMass News.  There were not many children in classes at the moment - only kindergarten and special needs. Students were supposed to return to school on Thursday, Nov. 19, but this has been indefinitely delayed. School officials said they would revisit the decision in early December.

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News
Deer Hunting Season Starts Wednesday - Here's Where To Shoot Deer Hunting Season Starts Wednesday - Here's Where To Shoot
Deer Hunting Season Starts Wednesday - Here's Where To Shoot Get out the orange vests: the season for hunting deer with firearms begins Wednesday, Nov. 18. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP) issued a reminder to all people who enjoy the outdoors to be wary of gunshots from now until the end of the season toward the end of December. STAY SAFE Among the safety tips offered by CTDEEP for going into the woods during the deer-hunting season are: - Wear brightly-colored clothing such as fluorescent orange. Dogs should also be outfitted with a neon vest. - If you see another person, call out to them to make th…

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News
Victim ID'd In Fatal VA Hospital Steam-Pipe Explosion Victim ID'd In Fatal VA Hospital Steam-Pipe Explosion
Victim ID'd In Fatal VA Hospital Steam-Pipe Explosion One of the two men who died in a fatal steam pipe explosion at the West Haven VA Hospital has been identified. Friends, family, and coworkers said they are mourning the loss of Eul T. Sims, Jr., of Milford. He was 60 when he died. Sims was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He retired after serving 21 years in the U.S. Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the SeaBees, according to his obituary. Sims is survived by his wife Cynthia Petrie, his children, and grandchildren. People who knew Sims said he was kind and supportive of the staff and patients at the VA. Sims was the type of…

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Business
New Restaurant/Club Planned At Former Site Of Infamous West Haven Bar New Restaurant/Club Planned At Former Site Of Infamous West Haven Bar
New Restaurant/Club Planned At Former Site Of Infamous West Haven Bar A controversial spot for a nightclub may go live once again. An application for a restaurant liquor permit has been filed for 93 Campbell Ave., in West Haven. This address most recently hosted HerSoul, a Colombian cafe that opened in 2018. But before that, it was the infamous Peroles. Peroles restaurant slowly turned into more of a bar and nightclub over the years. Some neighbors blamed the hotspot for an increase in violence and alcohol-related incidents in the area. Peroles closed in 2018 due to family medical conditions, according to the New Haven Register. Now new owner Sean Green, …

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Police & Fire
Fire: Internationally Famous Western Mass Performance Space Burns Fire: Internationally Famous Western Mass Performance Space Burns
Fire: Internationally Famous Western Mass Performance Space Burns A fire has broken out at a nationally significant performance space in Western Massachusetts. The fire began sometime Tuesday, Nov. 17. at Jacob's Pillow on George Cotter Road in the southern Berkshires community of Becket. It was blazing as of 10 a.m. The fire consumed the Doris Duke Theater, the Berkshire Eagle reported. Jacob's Pillow is the oldest, internationally-acclaimed summer dance festival in the U.S., according to the dance company's and performing arts space's website.  Among firefighters beating back the flames in Becket is the Monterey Fire Department. It is unkno…

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Police & Fire
So Far, No Cause Found For Fatal Crash On Route 2 So Far, No Cause Found For Fatal Crash On Route 2
So Far, No Cause Found For Fatal Crash On Route 2 Police are investigating an inexplicable, fatal single-car crash on Route 2 Monday, Nov. 16. On Tuesday around 10 p.m., Massachusetts State Troopers responded to a report that a vehicle had struck an abutment of the Otter River Road Bridge along Route 2 in Templeton, police said. A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2103 Mazda 3 sedan was traveling east on Route 2 when, for reasons still under investigation, the car drove off the roadway to the left and struck the concrete structure supporting the bridge, police said. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Athol, was pronounced dead at …

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