Ali Oshinskie
Naugatuck Valley Reporter, Report For AmericaAli Oshinskie is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. She loves hearing what you thought of her stories or story ideas you have so please email her at aoshinskie@ctpublic.org.
Ali reports on the Naugatuck River Valley with an emphasis on work, economic development, and opportunity in the Valley. Her work has appeared on NPR, Here & Now, and Marketplace.
Past public radio work includes, New Hampshire Public Radio’s The Exchange; New England News Collaborative’s NEXT with host John Dankosky; the Marketplace Morning Report with host David Brancaccio; and Connecticut Public’s talk shows, Where We Live with host Lucy Nalpathanchil and The Colin McEnroe Show with host Colin McEnroe.
Ali enjoys growing vegetables in her backyard, giving things found in the trash a second life, and a good pair of boots with arch support. She occasionally tweets @ahleeoh.
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The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of Scientific Services Forensic Lab analyzed a sample obtained by police and confirmed the presence of fentanyl earlier this week. -
Naugatuck Valley Community College honored veterans Thursday in an event hosted by the school's Veterans Affairs Office and Veterans Club. -
In the high school football Naugatuck Valley League, the Ansonia Chargers reign, with over 100 straight wins in the league in the last decade. The winning streak goes even further with the Seymour Wildcats. For 17 years, Seymour has “pulled an L” and lost when they went up against Ansonia. But this year, going into last week’s game, the Wildcats were undefeated and looking strong. -
The towns of Kent and New Milford celebrated a newly revived piece of Connecticut history this past Saturday. Eighty years ago, a key figure in prison reform, Florence Chandler Maybrick, died in the village of Gaylordsville. -
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill is pushing to get out the vote in another election altered by COVID-19. -
President Joe Biden made two stops in Connecticut to honor the Dodd family and to support childhood education. -
Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Ben Proto said in a statement Monday that state Rep. Anne Dauphinais’ comments comparing Gov. Ned Lamont to German Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler were unacceptable.
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The Connecticut State Department of Education requires that students have their vaccinations up-to-date by the beginning of the school year, or they can’t go to school. Waterbury Public Schools pushed back the deadline to October 1st this year because close to 400 students had fallen behind on their required shots. -
By Monday, Sept. 27, all state employees, K-12 school staff and child care workers must be vaccinated or tested for coronavirus thanks to an executive order by Gov. Ned Lamont. The executive order also gave them the option to undergo weekly testing if they prefer not to get the shot. State hospital and long-term care employees can’t opt out of the shot in favor of testing. -
Motorcyclists from around the region are slated to descend on New Haven on Saturday for East Coastin’, a stunt motorcycle event that’s been hosted by the New Haven-based East Coastin’ Crew for the past four years. Bikers gather to watch and perform stunts and wheelies.
