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Chicopee market taking precautions amid deli meat listeria outbreak
A warning has gone out across the country about a deadly listeria outbreak tied to deli meats. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring the situation after at least two people have died and more than two dozen others seriously sickened.
National Ice Cream Day celebrates homemade treats and sweet deals
VERNON, CT (WFSB) – National Ice Cream Day offers not only sweet deals but also opportunities to learn how to make ice cream at home. The Strong Family Farm in Vernon marked the occasion by teaching participants the art of homemade ice cream. This event, now in its third...
Enfield cat rescue aims to open cat café in 2025, here’s the vision behind it
A nonprofit cat rescue plans to open a cat café in 2025 in Enfield, Connecticut, just over the Massachusetts state line. Enfield Community Cat Project shared the initial phase of opening the café in a post on its Facebook page. The nonprofit works with the town of Enfield to rescue homeless and abandoned cats, provide veterinary care for sick or injured cats and place cats in foster care.
Get in the groove with a flurry of outdoor summer music festivals to close out July
Jazz, blues, folk and even modern American classical sounds just keep blasting in the open air in July. The weekend of July 26-28 in particular offers a nearly infinite variety of sounds at half a dozen established Connecticut festivals from the Black-Eyed & Bluesfest in Hartford to the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Washington and folk, rock and jams throughout the state. There is also two weeks ...
It’s all the big things this week in CT from blink-182 to Phish to Jerry Seinfeld
The 1960s British teen idol Peter Noone is now a septuagenarian. So is Vicki Lawrence, who has been playing one (“Mama”) since the 1970s. Also in Connecticut this week, a Sammy Hagar/Loverboy tour recalls the 1980s. Southern California skate punks blink-182 evoke the 1990s and 2000s. Then there’s Phish, whose jams have gone on for decades. The music goes round and round right up to ...
Fandoms of all types were represented and celebrated at Connecticon XXI in Hartford
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Demon slayers, superheroes and elves all made their way to the Connecticut Convention Center Saturday for Connecticon XXI. In its 21st year, Connecticon has grown by tenfold since the first convention at the University of Hartford in 2003. Fans coming to this weekend’s convention couldn’t be more excited to come back. […]
Dom McLennon at TELEFUNKEN “Live From The Lab”
Dom McLennon at TELEFUNKEN “Live From The Lab”. Acclaimed rapper and music producer Dom McLennon, co-founder of the multi-Platinum music collective Brockhampton, returned to his Hartford, Connecticut hometown to perform a “Live From the Lab” set at the TELEFUNKEN microphones Headquarters in nearby South Windsor. The band’s performance was tracked with a full complement of the company’s microphones, and the hi-res audio and video performance can be seen here:
Filmmaker with Valley roots trains his lens on America’s wild horses
Steven Latham knows a thing or two about Hollywood and free-roaming horses. For starters, the Emmy award-winning director, who was born in Springfield, helped care for a pony in Hadley when he was in elementary school. “We adopted a Chincoteague pony when we took a trip to the Virginia coast...
Laughs For Life: Local comedy group shines the spotlight on addiction
Stepping up to the open mic! Local comedians are launching a series of new shows to bolster the standup scene in Hartford, but organizers are also shining the spotlight outwards on thousands of people across the state impacted by addiction. At first glance, it looks like a garage, but with...
GLASTONBURY RESIDENT BRINGING BREWERY TO OW...PLUS, VILLAGE WOOL MOVES TO SoG
GLASTONBURY RESIDENT TO HELP BRING BREWERY TO OLD WETHERSFIELD. We are super pumped about this...there will soon be a new brewery coming to the old Masonic Temple on Main Street in Old Wethersfield! The developer of the project is Glastonbury resident, Michael Guidicelli. He is currently looking for an established brewer to go in and run their own brewery. He plans to do all of the renovations and restore the building to it's historic roots. If you are an interested brewer, call him at 860.371.7103 for more info.
Author Margaret Anne Mary Moore to share memoir at Springfield JCC
Margaret Anne Mary Moore’s parents did not expect her to live through the night after a prolapsed umbilical cord left their newborn daughter unable to breathe. However, after what doctors deemed a miraculous recovery, Moore survived. She was also diagnosed with cerebral palsy. If you purchase a product or...
Zoning commission approves plan for Raising Cane's to open in Wethersfield
People hungry for a new fast food option in Wethersfield are one step closer to a popular chain coming to their community. Back in February, Raising Cane's announced that they planned to open a location in Wethersfield. A spokesperson had said they would begin construction on the restaurant in the spring of 2025.
Photos: Landslide, HSO rock Simsbury Meadows
SIMSBURY – The Hartford Symphony Orchestra welcomed Landslide: A Tribute to the Music of Fleetwood Mac July 19 for the most well-attended show of the year at the Talcott Mountain Music Series, held at the Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center. “We were so excited to welcome Landslide: A Tribute...
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