2+ week, 6+ day ago   (649+ words) In the coming days and weeks, children across Connecticut will once again fill classrooms at the start of a new school year. Some things never change: the familiar back-to-school bustle of shopping for supplies, packing lunches and carefully picking out…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (612+ words) After the pandemic, things looked different in Salisbury. The small town added around 600 residents. The typical household income surged by more than $50,000. And, as if aging in reverse, the town's median age dropped by 13 years. That's before we even mention…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (30+ words) Entrepreneurs, community leaders and elected officials came together Tuesday to strengthen Latino-owned businesses in Connecticut. Entrepreneurs, community leaders and elected officials came together Tuesday to strengthen Latino-owned businesses in Connecticut....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (409+ words) Special education programs across Connecticut are receiving a state funding boost to help support students with disabilities, state officials announced Monday. A total of $10.6 million in state grants will be distributed to 41 special education programs under the first round of…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (16+ words) Connecticut farmers can start applying for disaster relief...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (92+ words) A community is coming together to help after a fire destroyed a business on Labor Day. The Bridgeport Fire Department said the blaze happened Monday afternoon at PA Imports Auto Sales along DeKalb Street. Businesses like Bridgeport Ribhouse and Wilson's…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1141+ words) Vessels ran the gamut in mid-August plying the Thames River and its mouth: a submarine headed seaward, passenger ferries, tugboats, the tall ship USCGC Eagle, fishing trawlers, pleasure boats and a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel built to check channel…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (136+ words) Dennis House sat down to speak with former Washington Post columnist and CNN editor Chris Cillizza, who has done considerable reporting on the subject of aging politicians and generational change, to discuss age in Connecticut politics. House also spoke with…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (507+ words) The state Department of Children and Families overpaid 141 providers more than $1.2 million in July and the agency says much of the money has now been repaid, according to the latest state loss report. DCF also reported a data breach that…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (122+ words) Connecticut is the only state in the Tri-State area still offering a statewide sales tax-free week, after New York ended its program and New Jersey later followed. From Sunday through Saturday, Aug. 16, qualifying purchases of clothing, backpacks and footwear are…...