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Connecticut animal shelters at capacity
NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTNH) — Animal shelters across the state are at or near capacity. That’s the situation at New London’s animal shelter, which is shared by East Lyme and Waterford. It currently has 14 dogs, seven puppies, five cats, eight kittens, two rats and a rabbit. “There’s a crisis across the country with the […]
The Word On Chapel & East: Swirling Colors Hit The Wall
“Beautiful!” a passing motorist called out while heading downtown Monday on Chapel Street. “Thank you!” Jessie Unterhalter said for the tenth? 20th? time of the day. Unterhalter didn’t want to be rude. People passing by the once-blank warehouse wall at Chapel and East Streets have brightened to see the swirling bright colors Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn have been painting there for the past three weeks. Unterhalter appreciated their appreciation.
New halal restaurant offers a taste of the Middle East in CT. No travel necessary.
Waterbury resident Abdul Said used to travel hours for halal food. During one of his trips to Kanoon smokehouse in Clifton, New Jersey — 100 miles and just under two hours from the Brass City — he got to know the founders of the restaurant and asked how he could bring his own Kanoon to his new hometown. That was in March 2023. Said closed on a Waterbury property located at 91 Scott Road in ...
Cornet-Piano Duo Frees Up The Space
Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum smiled from the stage at Firehouse 12 Friday night, explaining how good it was to be back there. “I cannot imagine my life without it,” he said, from his collaborations with Anthony Braxton to his numerous performances there with other groups. On Friday, however, he was there with UK-based pianist Alexander Hawkins, as part of the Crown Street bar- recording studio-performance space’s fall jazz series, running now into December.
‘Monster Summer’ offers scary coming-of-age tale from CT native and ‘Peanuts’ writer
Newington native Cornelius Uliano is best known as a writer/producer for the new series of animated “Peanuts” specials on Apple+. For his latest project, he is still working with children, but real live ones, in “Monster Summer,” a new family-friendly horror film being released Oct. 4. The cast is dominated by young actors, led by “The Black Phone” star Mason Thames and including Abby James ...
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