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Reporter's Notebook: Enduring summer heat in a Connecticut prison
As temperatures soared in recent weeks, most of us were able to cool off inside air conditioned homes. In fact, an estimated 90% of housing units in Connecticut use air conditioning equipment. Most Connecticut prisons also have centralized cooling systems. But that isn't the case at Osborn Correctional Institution, a...
Construction begins on new L.L. Bean location in CT
L.L. Bean, the popular Maine-based outdoor apparel store, is set to open the doors to its third and largest Connecticut location this fall, solidifying a rapid expansion in recent years for the company. Construction has begun on L.L. Bean’s new 25,000-square-foot Enfield location at 20 Brookside Plaza off Interstate 91, according to the town’s building department. The popular store takes over ...
What's Connecticut's favorite ice cream flavor? Is it yours?
Love of ice cream may be one of the few things Americans everywhere can agree on - until you start talking about flavors, at least. While National Ice Cream Day was Sunday, which is a perfect time to celebrate your favorite flavor, although this summer every day may feel like an ice cream day, especially with the recent heat wave across New England.
EEE found in mosquitoes in Connecticut for first time this season
Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been detected in mosquitoes in Connecticut for the first time this season. Four mosquitoes trapped in Canterbury on July 16 tested positive for EEE, according to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) in New Haven. The mosquitoes were trapped at a location on Quinnebaug Camp Road.
Dog thrown from moving car on Route 44 in Avon recovering; community funds surgery
AVON, Conn — The Avon community is coming together to help fund surgery for a dog that was thrown from a vehicle in town Tuesday. The Town of Avon Animal Control took in a 1-year-old Lhasa Apso, nicknamed "Amelia Airheart," who was thrown from a moving vehicle on Route 44 near Petco and Puerto Vallarta around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Hillary Clinton stopping in Hartford for book tour
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Former presidential hopeful (and longtime New Haven pizza fan) Hillary Clinton will stop in Hartford as part of her book tour this fall. The Bushnell announced on Tuesday that Clinton will visit at 7 p.m. on Sept. 26. During the event, she’ll talk about her new book, “Something Lost, Something Gained: […]
Who Will Be the Next City in Connecticut to Claim a Food?
Does every city and town in Connecticut have to declare themselves "The ____ Capital of the World"? Would it make you feel better to live in Ansonia, if Ansonia was known as the Chicken Finger Capital of Connecticut? How long will it be before Watertown/Bethlehem/Bantam declares itself the Tom-Yum Soup Trail of Connecticut?
Developer proposes CT affordable housing project with twist: two bedrooms, two stories
The proposal to build affordable housing as part of a 25-unit apartment complex is a bit out of the ordinary: It would be made up of two-bedroom units in two-story townhouses. Rocamora Acquisitions is proposing The Residences at 1093 in Rocky Hill under the state’s 8-30g law, which tightly limits the reasons communities can invoke to reject such plans. Most apartments proposed under 8-30g in ...
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