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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...
Preparing for modern apartments to rise, a CT town decides to reshape its image
Community leaders say it’s also a way of gradually reshaping the town’s reputation, perhaps even making it a bit of an Instagrammable destination. As part of its plan to revitalize the dreary Silver Lane corridor, East Hartford this spring opened its first pollinator garden in little-used DePietro Park — and is ready to begin the vastly more ambitious job of creating a sunflower maze there. ...
Strong storm brings down trees, power lines across Conn.
A strong storm moved through Connecticut on Sunday and brought down dozens of trees and power lines across the state. Eversource is reporting around 400 customers without power on Monday morning. During the storm, there were more than 16,000 outages reported. There is no estimate for how long it will take for 100% power restoration.
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...
Southington bar to close after past incidents
A Southington night spot that had been the scene of past trouble is shutting its doors for good. 75 Center says on its Facebook page “due to unfortunate circumstances we are going to be locking our doors Wednesday, July 3rd for the last time.”
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. ...
Frustrated fans sounding off after music fest cut short, last-minute venue change
Capulet Fest promised a three-day hard rock fest that will “have your mind blown,” according to its website. But fans are pulling out their hair Monday trying to get their money back after cancelled sets, and a last-minute venue change too. The CT Attorney General’s Office is now...
Simsbury Animal Control teaming up with DEEP to help folks be “bear aware”
SIMSBURY, CT (WFSB) - Simsbury Animal Control are teaming up with the Department of Environmental Protection to help folks be “bear aware.”. This comes after several recent sightings in the town and across the state. A few weeks ago, the Farrell family were visited by a mama bear and...
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