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Did Your Connecticut Town Make the Top 9 Places to Live List?
Travel & Leisure recently released their list of the 9 Best Places to Live in Connecticut. Unlike many similar rankings based mainly on Google analytics, Travel & Leisure took a different approach by consulting Connecticut real estate agents to compile their Top 9 cities and towns. Let's dive into their...
DSS Moves Up Delivery Of Summer Food Benefits Three Weeks, Apologizes For Delay
(Updated 8 a.m.) HARTFORD, CT – The state Department of Social Services apologized Monday for data issues that delayed the distribution of a new Summer food benefit and said that the agency had been able to decrease the delay by three weeks. “We know many people have questions about...
80 years ago, a gas-soaked roof and WWII created a perfect storm for the Hartford circus tragedy
July 6 marks the 80th remembrance of the deadliest single building or building complex fire in Connecticut history. The infamous Hartford Circus Fire happened on July 6, 1944. An estimated 168 people died that day, and experts say there were almost certainly more who lost their lives. Natalie Belanger, a...
Grant-funded Community Health Survey on PFAS exposure will soon begin
WESTFIELD - Kristen Mello, co-founder and director of Westfield Residents Advocating for Themselves (WRAFT) convened the first community meeting for the PFAS Community Health Survey on June 5 at Westfield Barnes Airport. Mello, an at-large city councilor who said she was representing WRAFT and not the city in this arena,...
Attorney General looking into Capulet Fest complaints after festival cancels abruptly
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - The I-Team has learned the Attorney General is now investigating a local music festival plagued with problems. The I-Team first told you about issues with the “Capulet Fest” on Friday, when the festival was under fire for suddenly changing venues. The problems didn’t stop...
Hampton Ponds plans 68th annual July 4 parade, celebration Thursday in Westfield
WESTFIELD — The Hampton Ponds Association will again host its annual Fourth of July parade on Thursday, featuring decorated floats, a tribute to local veterans, a raffle, and speeches by local officials. The parade starts at 10 a.m. on July 4 at Hampton Ponds Plaza, marches down North Road (Route 202) and finishes in the Froggy’s Saloon parking lot.
New warehouse proposed for 20-acre tract with wetlands in CT town
The 144,000-square-foot warehouse proposed at the Manchester and East Hartford border potentially could affect wetlands so much that it has to undergo a full hearing, Manchester’s planning and zoning commission decided. Greenwich-based Luzern Associates wants to put up the warehouse with 28 loading docks and nearly 130 parking spaces on part of a 20-acre tract at the end of Commerce Street. ...
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