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Land in nature preserve pegged for subdivision. Conservationists urge CT town to buy it.
With a New Britain developer trying to build a subdivision on private land within a Bristol nature preserve, conservationists are calling on the city to look into buying the property to preserve as open space. Barring that, the Friends of the Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve wants the city to refuse the company’s request to use public parkland as an accessway for heavy equipment. “The city ...
Desmond’s Army offers $5K rewards in separate abandonment cases
BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Desmond’s Army Animal Law Advocates are offering $5,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for two separate abandonment cases Wednesday afternoon. In Branford, a roughly 8-week-old sick kitten was found left in a box with a female sweater inside, near Planet Fitness on East Main […]
Spanish American Merchants Association helps businesses in New Haven thrive
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The Spanish American Merchants Association (SAMA) helps many of the businesses in the area by providing them with resources to keep business thriving. “They know how to cook, they know how to be a good carpenter, but they don’t have knowledge of the legal environment, the permits, the licenses,” Clodomiro […]
Connecticut's hospitality and tourism budget needs to be higher, says local businesses
HARTFORD, Conn. — Hospitality officials and small business owners in Connecticut are pushing for more spending on tourism and hospitality. “It was [...] at a high water mark the last couple of years; it was 12 million now it’s going back to four and a half next year unless the legislature and governor decide to put more money back into it,” said Scott Dolch, president and CEO of the CT Restaurant Association.
Chapel Lanes Reopen, With “Archive” Apartments
Eastbound travel lanes are back open for the first time in a year and a half on a downtown block of Chapel Street — which is no longer a roadway-shuttering construction zone, and which now has 166 new places to live. A new stretch of sidewalk and two newly...
Experts discuss global impacts of plastics at New Haven forum
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Top experts from all across the country have gathered at New Haven’s Hotel Marcel for two days to discuss the global impact of plastics. It’s an important environmental and medical issue, but the forum also brought attorneys general from five different states to ask important questions. “What can we do […]
$1.5 Million Dollar Upgrade Coming to Torrington’s Warner Theatre
Cross your fingers Litchfield County, $1.5 million dollars of sweet state funding from the State of Connecticut's Community Investment Fund 2030 may be on the way to help pay for major renovations and upgrades to our largest performance venue. Representative Michelle Cook of Connecticut's 65th Assembly District has announced that...
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