Can you feel it in the air? The smell of school lunches, honor roll, and bus rides. It’s back to school in Connecticut! Some schools are getting creative with welcoming back their students. Like the parents, teachers, and student association at North Haven High School who are doing a Chalk Walk! How fun is that?!…
I noticed this the other day driving into our parking lot here at Star. Some leaves already turning brown, orange and yellow. It’s not even September yet! But what makes them turn into that beautiful fall shade come autumn? Let’s take a quick trip back to middle school science class… the leaves are actually that…
All this week I have tickets to see Chelsea Cutler + Jeremy Zucker at Alive@Five in Mill River Park in Stamford Downtown Thursday, September 9! Play every day at 4pm to win. Here is today’s question if you missed it… Q: When it comes to tattoos, tattoo artists say this is the most popular design requested A: Butterfly…
We all love our moms for so many reasons. Teaching us life lessons, raising us as kids, saving us from mountain lions…. wait what?! Yup… that’s what this mom did. This happened last week our near L.A. A mom managed to save her five-year-old son from a Mountain Lion. The kid was playing in their…
Today’s mystery I thought of over the weekend. We have a group of bunnies who always wander into our backyard. I was trying to tell my 2 year old daughter that they were back but caught myself not knowing what a group of bunnies are called. A school of fish, flock of seagulls, pack of…
Here are the top 5 biggest songs in Connecticut this week… voted by you! The Star 99.9 J&M Automotive Shooting Stars Countdown. 5 Shawn Mendes & Tainy – Summer of Love 4 Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic – Skate 3 Dua Lipa – Love Again 2 The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – Stay 1…
All this week I have tickets to see Kesha at Toyota Oakdale Theatre on September 5th. A new trivia question every day at 4pm. If you get it correct first you win. Here was today’s if you missed it… Q: 72% of people say they have created some of their most “lasting memories” of summer…
We’ve seen a lot of tragic news come out of Afghanistan in the last week. Our hearts go out to the U.S. Marines who sadly lost their lives yesterday serving our country, as well as their families. In between all the horrible headlines there are some good news updates here and there too. Like this…
More and more people are using everything but cash nowadays. Venmo, credit cards, phone apps, it’s becoming more rare to actually see real dollar bills being tossed around. But when they do… how long do they last in circulation? What’s the lifespan of one singular dollar bill. According to the Federal Reserve, each $1 bill…
All this week I have tickets to see Kesha at Toyota Oakdale Theatre on September 5th. A new trivia question every day at 4pm. If you get it correct first you win. Here was today’s if you missed it… Q: 68% of dog owners say they let their dog do this at least once a…