Host Brigitte Quinn got a brand-new week of “Newsline” started with the President and CEO of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Chris DiPentima, who talked to Brigitte about a new report out saying the state is falling behind in a number of economic metrics (00:00). Westport blogger Dan Woog, whose blog is titled “06880 – Where Westport Meets the World,” dropped by to talk about a really neat story in which a group of scouts went to a local cemetery and decorated the graves of any and all veterans buried there (18:42). Finally, in another episode of Campaign 2024, Brigitte welcomed Kami Evans to the program – she is the Republican state senate candidate challenging Democratic incumbent Ceci Maher for the 26th District state senate seat, which serves Darien, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Stamford, Weston, Westport, and Wilton (27:33)

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Host Brigitte Quinn began a Friday edition of “Newsline” by talking about college application essays. How do you prepare a good college application essay? Preparation, the writing of—all those questions were answered by Priyanka Shingala, founder of “Let’s Talk College.” (00:00). The residents of a senior living community across the water in Port Washington, Long Island, are in danger of losing their home and life savings due to the community facing a bankruptcy issue. The son-in-law of two of the affected residents, Dan Schreiber, joined the show to update Brigitte on the situation and how the residents are handling it—and what can be done to help (17:58). Finally, theater and movie reviewer Ed Katz dropped by to offer analysis on the classic movie “The Sixth Sense,” as well as his thoughts on the series “Monsieur Spade,” on Netflix, and the new Netflix film “Woman of the Hour,” starring and directed by Anna Kendrick in her directorial debut (27:27)

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