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FARMINGTON — Farmington voters won't be asked about new firehouses in East Farms and Unionville, and a bigger station in the village, until fall 2027. On Friday, Oct. 30, the committee planning the $30 million to $35 million project agreed to skip a spring or summer vote. Members said the volunteer chiefs need time to work out what each station requires, and the architect needs time to land on a price that holds. Waiting has its own cost, the architect warned: steel is getting scarce and expensive, and his firm is hearing that data centers are the cause.
Former U.S. Rep. Gary Franks made history in 1990 as the first Black person elected to represent Connecticut in Congress. On This Week in Connecticut, he joined Dennis House to discuss the Republican Party's path forward and the steps he believes are needed to reconnect with voters.
Wednesday’s quake is the latest in Connecticut’s long history of small underground rumbles.
Chris Powell writes that "larger Democratic majorities in the legislature likely foreshadow a big expansion of state government" in Connecticut.
In Meriden, Connecticut, there’s a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant that has been making pizza the right way for a long time, and the people who know about it would very much prefer you didn’t find out. Too late. The Little Rendezvous is the kind of place that exists in...
Flea markets are dangerous places for anyone who loves a bargain. You arrive with twenty dollars and a perfectly sensible plan, then spot something you didn’t even know you wanted. Goodbye, sensible plan. One Connecticut flea market gives bargain hunters a chance to browse unexpected finds and potentially score...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said on Friday that he has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a stroke last weekend and will miss “several weeks” of votes in the Senate as he recovers in a rehabilitation facility. Murphy, 53, said in a statement that doctors are “very encouraged by the progress I've made so far" and that the stay at the rehabilitation center will get him back to work on the quickest timeline possible. Murphy said doctors diagnosed him with a small hemorrhagic stroke, which is a bleed in the brain. He said he called 911 on Oct. 31 out of an abundance of caution after feeling that “something was not right” with his body. “This has been a scary experience for me and my family, and I appreciate the continued respect for our privacy,” he said. The press release updating Murphy's condition included a statement from Dr. Jose Suarez, chief of neurosciences critical care at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Suarez said the senator has shown tremendous progress and “we expect that he will make a full recovery following rehabilitation.” In the Senate, Murphy serves on the Appropriations Committee and is a leading voice
Waterbury’s mayor says the effects of COVID-19 are still being felt.
Wilton High School, Connecticut IB Academy and The Bridge Academy lead their categories in Connecticut's Next Generation Accountability rankings.
FARMINGTON — The developer of the Warren apartments on Farmington Avenue cut down trees on land it had set aside for conservation. No one asked the town first. "That is completely my responsibility," the company's president, Geoff Sager, told the town's Conservation Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Then the commission approved the memorial trail the trees were cleared for.
Scott Francis and Mike Fabbri own this Litchfield County home, along with their two dogs Dart and Daeny. When two real estate agents buy a house for over asking, willingly removing inspection and appraisal, you know it’s good. That’s what Mike Fabbri and Scott Francis did to lock down their Litchfield County home, as seen in the pages of CTC&G.
Traditionally, people who are incarcerated were not allowed to sign up for the programs.
A few Christmas lights can make a house look festive. But a million lights inside one enormous event space?. Now that’s taking holiday decorating to a completely different level. And apparently, the glowing displays aren’t the only attraction. A Connecticut convention center is preparing for a holiday spectacle...
Amilcar Hernandez was first appointed to the Hartford City Council in 2023.
Danbury, Bridgeport and New London all saw turnout increase by more than 10 percentage points compared to the 2022 midterm elections.
See how communities across Connecticut voted for governor, including Ned Lamont’s margin and the precincts that shifted more Democratic.
FARMINGTON — Divers will clear the muck from the pond behind Trumpf on Hyde Road by hand, setting aside any turtle they touch. The town's Inland Wetlands Commission approved the work Wednesday, Nov. 4. The contractor hopes to start toward the end of the month. The man-made pond, which...
NEWINGTON, Conn. — CTrail will add service on the Hartford Line beginning Monday, Nov. 16, the Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced. The schedule includes a new weekday round trip between New Haven and Hartford, extension of a morning southbound train that will now originate in Springfield, Mass., and extension of weekend trains to and [...] Read More...
Legislators have talked about taxing Connecticut’s wealthy to finance relief for the poor and middle class, but it’s only been talk — so far.
Connecticut electoral politics has been dully predictable in recent years. Not since 2006 has a Republican been elected to Congress or a Connecticut constitutional office, including the governorship. The last time the GOP won majority status in the state Senate was 1997, aside from an 18-18 tie in 2016; in the House, 1984. Since the 2018 election, Democrats have enjoyed a trifecta – control of the executive and legislative branches of state government – but Republican nominees continued to win their share of state House and Senate seats.
