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Connecticut consumers will soon be warned about real-time price changes before purchase
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (477+ words) If getting a popup at checkout that a price was going up based on your personal profile, would you hit the "complete purchase" button? Under a new Connecticut law, those notices will be coming to checkout screens for any retailers…...
New Milford’s vision for a new public works campus at brass mill brownfield begins with a smoke tower
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (512+ words) New Milford's public works facility on Young's Field Road. A former brass mill site on Scovill Street in New Milford, where the town plans to build a new public works campus, starting with a fire training tower. NEW MILFORD – The…...
Water levels will drop at three Connecticut lakes. Here's when it starts.
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (448+ words) Starting mid-October, FirstLight will be lowering the water levels at Lake Zoar, Lake Lillinonah and Candlewood Lake as part of its annual drawdown. FirstLight lowers the water levels each winter at the three lakes in the system as part of…...
Amtrak's Bridgeport Plan A 'Knife Through The Heart' Of Neighborhood, Residents Say
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (716+ words) BRIDGEPORT — Maria LaGiglio says she will sell her house and move if Amtrak’s proposed 24/7 maintenance facility is built about 100 feet from her home. “I have a 9-year-old daughter. I will not raise her like 100 feet away from that maintenance facility,…...
Chinatown, Bridgeport Residents Sound Alarm Over Proposed Amtrak Facility
1+ week, 3+ day ago (884+ words) CHINATOWN — Residents are fighting against a proposed Amtrak maintenance facility they say could have significant environmental consequences for their communities. More than 100 neighbors packed into Pui Tak Center, 2216 S. Wentworth Ave., for a meeting hosted by the Coalition for a…...
Connecticut was once known as a product’s ‘Capital of the World.” There are still people who love it.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (837+ words) Bruce Thorin ticks when he walks. The rhythmic sounds emitted by his trusty gold pocket watch and rotating array of wristwatches provide accompaniment (and the time) as he sets clocks throughout the American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol. Thorin,…...
Honey-lovers set to celebrate unbee-lievable brilliance of bees in Bristol in wake of exceptional summer sting
2+ week, 5+ day ago (615+ words) Press release issued: 25 August 2026 Although honey bees are remarkably resilient and adept at keeping their colony cool, most of the 270 native species – namely the bumble and solitary bees – have likely struggled. Unlike honey bees, these species don’t travel far so…...
Connecticut in midst of busiest period for wasps, spotted lanternflies, other pests
3+ week, 3+ day ago (58+ words) We are now in the busiest time of year for hornets, yellow jackets, and other types of wasps. They enter the Connecticut skies along with the ever-pesky spotted lanternflies. We are now in the busiest time of year for hornets,…...
Connecticut tax-free week is underway. Here's what back-to-school shoppers can buy tax-free
4+ week, 50+ min ago (243+ words) Trying to save on back-to-school shopping? Connecticut residents can purchase several items for students with no sales tax this week. Connecticut's annual tax-free week began Sunday and will continue through Aug. 22. During the week-long event, the state's 6.35% sales tax will…...
7 On Your Side shares tips on Connecticut's tax-free week on clothing
4+ week, 40+ min 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…...