
WATERBURY – Since 1964, New Opportunities has been on a mission to improve the quality of life for those in need. The social services agency will celebrate its 60th anniversary today with a 300-person dinner at La Bella Vista. Among the honorees will be Dr. James Gatling, who led New Opportunities for 43 years before his retirement in 2021. It was in December 1964 when a group of civic-minded individuals came together in Waterbury to incorporate New Opportunities. The headquarters have been in the city from the start at the former Waterbury Clock building, 232 North Elm St. The launch occurred just four months after the passage of the National Economic Opportunity Act, all part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society, a series of domestic programs designed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. The new law created funding across the country to support local organizations working to help the community’s most vulnerable citizens. New Opportunities was one of the first community-action agencies in the United States. “The fact they were able to incorporate so soon after the legislation was passed shows there was a lot of engagement and collaboration already in place, and they were able to get things moving very quickly to found the organization,” New Opportunities CEO Bill Rybczyk said. In those early days, New Opportunities’ main efforts centered on fuel assistance and community engagement to identify needs and barriers. Over the next six decades, it expanded to offer housing assistance, emergency food pantries, shelters, weatherization-assistance programs, employment help, nutrition for seniors and child care. In the late 1980s, New Opportunities developed a transitional housing center and halfway center for men coming out of prison. In the late 1990s, it created the Muriel H. Moore Child Development Center, which serves 260 preschool children each year. New Opportunities also expanded coverage from its original 23 municipalities to include Meriden, Wallingford, Berlin and Southington. In the mid 2000s, New Opportunities established the Greene-Gutridge Terrace Center on Bishop Street, a 12-unit independent living facility for those with disabilities. In 2021, it opened the Connecticut Food For Thought hydroponic facility in Torrington, where it grows five lettuce varieties. Today, New Opportunities is the largest community-action agency in the state, serving as many as 65,000 people each year. It also has increased its presence in Torrington, working closely with the Americans Jobs Center, state Department of Social Services, and Department of Children and Families. “When we look at the progression, it’s been geographic and an expanding of programs. ... The agency has always been at the forefront of thinking outside the box,” Rybczyk said.
Okoro 1-1 0-0 2, N.Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Lary 3-11 3-3 10, Lovejoy 4-14 6-8 15, Kuac 2-5 0-0 5, Nadeau 5-15 2-2 13, Geeter 2-5 0-1 4, Gondrezick 2-4 0-0 5, Mitchell 1-2 0-0 2, Kalambay 0-0 1-2 1, Hurst 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-60 12-16 57. Spillers 3-5 1-2 7, Abass 1-1 2-3 4, Cosby 4-12 0-0 11, Hildreth 1-10 3-4 5, Sallis 12-18 2-2 31, Harris 1-7 1-2 4, Friedrichsen 0-3 0-0 0, T.Johnson 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 24-61 9-13 67. Halftime_Wake Forest 36-23. 3-Point Goals_Detroit 5-19 (Gondrezick 1-2, Lovejoy 1-2, Lary 1-3, Kuac 1-4, Nadeau 1-8), Wake Forest 10-35 (Sallis 5-9, Cosby 3-11, Harris 1-4, T.Johnson 1-4, Friedrichsen 0-3, Hildreth 0-4). Rebounds_Detroit 41 (Nadeau 9), Wake Forest 29 (Spillers 9). Assists_Detroit 11 (Lovejoy 6), Wake Forest 16 (Sallis 4). Total Fouls_Detroit 14, Wake Forest 18. A_8,705 (14,665).Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation's top private universities. Friends at an exclusive co-living space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Hawaii where the 26-year-old Mangione once lived widely considered him a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit, smiling, handsome young man on beaches and at parties. Now, investigators in New York and Pennsylvania are working to piece together why Mangione may have diverged from this path to make the violent and radical decision to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen attack on a Manhattan street. The killing sparked widespread discussions about corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer. But Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sharply refuted that perception after Mangione's arrest on Monday when a customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania spotted Mangione eating and noticed he resembled the shooting suspect in security-camera photos released by New York police. “In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this, he is no hero,” Shapiro said. “The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.” Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather, Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. Reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. Nick Mangione had 37 grandchildren, including Luigi, according to the grandfather's obituary. Luigi Mangione’s grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes, including Catholic organizations, colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesman for the lawmaker’s office confirmed. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media by Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” Mangione, who was valedictorian of his elite Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts suggest he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. The children of some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent residents, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have attended the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” Mangione took a software programming internship after high school at Maryland-based video game studio Firaxis, where he fixed bugs on the hit strategy game Civilization 6, according to a LinkedIn profile. Firaxis' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, said it would not comment on former employees. He more recently worked at the car-buying website TrueCar, but has not worked there since 2023, the head of the Santa Monica, California-based company confirmed to the AP. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, including surfing, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. An image posted to a social media account linked to Mangione showed what appeared to be an X-ray of a metal rod and multiple screws inserted into someone's lower spine. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. An X account linked to Mangione includes recent posts about the negative impact of smartphones on children; healthy eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Mangione likely was motivated by his anger at what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by AP. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s handwritten notes and social media posts. He appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown, asserting in his note that he is the “first to face it with such brutal honesty,” the bulletin said. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, the document said. Associated Press reporters Lea Skene in Baltimore; Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; and Michael Kunzelman in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
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One Toronto Maple Leafs prospect has etched his way into the team's history books as he looks to fight for a place on the team's main roster. Toronto Marlies forward Alex Steeves broke the team's all-time record for career points, netting his 170th point for the American Hockey League club against the Laval Rocket in his 200th career AHL game.a Having been tied for first all-time with 198, Steeves scored two goals on Laval to break the record, one that put him solely at first with 169, and his second to give him point 170. Steeves passes Kris Newbury for first place. Newbury had a similar pace to Steeves, having his then-team high 168 points in 198 games, both marks two back of Steeves. Newbury played just 44 games for the Leafs, having 76 career NHL games played. Steeves leads the Marlies with 12 goals and 16 points on the season in 12 games. He's played in four games for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, but has gone pointless, although his ice time only reached a high of 14 minutes. Is Alex Steeves An Ignored NHLer, or a AAAA player? In 11 total NHL games, Steeves has just a single point. His story is quite similar to former Leafs center Adam Brooks. A promising forward for Toronto with offensive skill, like Steeves struggled making the transition from the AHL to the NHL. Brooks now plays in Germany with EHC Munich after 43 career NHL games. The transition between the two leagues is a difficult climb. In baseball, the term 'AAAA' player is common to describe players who are not able to make MLB, but are too skilled for Triple-A baseball, the highest minor league system in MLB. In the NHL, the same factors exist where a player benefits from a certain designation or play style, with some top-six talents who don't have the physicality or skating to be bottom-six players are often relegated to the AHL top-six where their toolkit fits better. There's nothing wrong in Steeves game. He's a hard worker with fine physicality and skating, and has a good work ethic. In an interview with the Toronto Observer , Steeves discussed his mentality for being the best he can be. Steeves has always been a player who has slipped through the tracks, having been undrafted and ignored in junior hockey, he's found a way to overcome. It took Bobby McMann until the age of 26 to make the NHL and end up a full-time Leaf. If Steeves is patient, there may be a spot for him, but at 25, Steeves is one of the best players in the AHL, nothing to feel ashamed about, but his NHL chances have not come easy and it'll remain a question if he'll make the league full time. For now, he's made his mark in the second best league in the world, and will continue to do so. This article first appeared on Hockey Patrol and was syndicated with permission.Invesco QQQ ( NASDAQ:QQQ – Get Free Report ) shares were down 0.8% on Thursday . The company traded as low as $501.93 and last traded at $505.30. Approximately 24,880,947 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 34% from the average daily volume of 37,868,289 shares. The stock had previously closed at $509.31. Invesco QQQ Stock Up 0.9 % The firm’s fifty day moving average is $496.13 and its two-hundred day moving average is $478.96. Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 23rd were paid a $0.677 dividend. This represents a $2.71 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 23rd. Institutional Trading of Invesco QQQ Invesco QQQ Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for Invesco QQQ Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Invesco QQQ and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Racing Optics® Introduces Game-Changing Twilight Tearoff to Enhance Visibility in Low-Light Racing Conditions
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