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…...

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+ 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…...

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…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (659+ words) Connecticut has not had a human rabies case since the 1990s, state health officials said, but the virus continues to turn up in animals each year as federal officials warn doctors and health departments about an increase in rabies exposures and…...

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....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (340+ words) As families shop for the new school year before the first day of classes, Connecticut's annual sales tax-free week could provide some relief from back-to-school costs. "These sales tax reductions will help give consumers some extra savings, especially as the…...

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…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (44+ words) Two Connecticut residents spoke to News 8’s Dennis House on the 20th anniversary of 9-11, sharing their stories of relief and heartache. Two Connecticut residents spoke to News 8's Dennis House on the 20th anniversary of 9-11, sharing their stories of relief and heartache....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1727+ words) Four candidates are running to take the 9th Bristol District representative's seat left open with the decision by eight-term incumbent Democrat Chris Markey's decision to run for Bristol County District Attorney. On the Democrat side the candidates are Stephen J. Medeiros, 3 Basswood…...