{"id":31573,"date":"2025-03-04T00:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/keith-richards-to-be-honored-with-the-connecticut-governors-award-of-excellence\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:03:09","slug":"keith-richards-to-be-honored-with-the-connecticut-governors-award-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/keith-richards-to-be-honored-with-the-connecticut-governors-award-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Richards to be honored with the Connecticut Governor\u2019s Award of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-03-03\/M_KeithRichardsABC_092523.png\" alt><figcaption>ABC\/ Craig Sjodin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Keith Richards<\/strong> is set to be honored by the state of Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut Gov.\u00a0<strong>Ned Lamont<\/strong> announced that <strong>The Rolling Stones<\/strong> guitarist will be honored as the first recipient of the Connecticut Governor\u2019s Award of Excellence; he is being recognized for his \u201cdeep commitment to supporting the local community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The award is described as \u201ca prestigious new honor celebrating Connecticut residents who epitomize the state\u2019s core values of creativity, resourcefulness, passion, dynamism, and generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConnecticut has long been home to some of the world\u2019s most innovative minds, boldest artists, and most generous hearts,\u201d Lamont said. \u201cThis award was created to honor those whose creativity, resourcefulness, and passion have made a lasting impact on our state and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cKeith Richards is the epitome of these values \u2014 not only as one of the most influential musicians of all time but as a dedicated supporter of the arts, education, and community causes right here in Connecticut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richards, a Connecticut resident since 1985, will be presented with his honor, which comes with a custom medallion and a key to the state, on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET at The Westport Library.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you,\u201d Richards said. \u201cThe public library is the great equalizer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC\/ Craig Sjodin Keith Richards is set to be honored by the state of Connecticut. Connecticut Gov.\u00a0Ned Lamont announced that The Rolling Stones guitarist will be honored as the first recipient of the Connecticut Governor\u2019s Award of Excellence; he is being recognized for his \u201cdeep commitment to supporting the local<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/keith-richards-to-be-honored-with-the-connecticut-governors-award-of-excellence\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}