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Buying meat for the week can make a grocery bill climb surprisingly quickly. Add a few extra meals to the plan, and suddenly you’re reconsidering what dinner should look like. But buying smaller packages isn’t always the most economical approach. Some Connecticut meat markets offer bulk purchasing options...
Want to find the best old-fashioned general stores in Connecticut that feel like stepping back in time?. These 6 general stores offer small-town charm and a warm, welcoming vibe you’ll love!. 1. Franklin’s General Store (Mystic) Some places just make you feel good the moment you walk through...
Now that’s something you don’t expect to see while driving past a farm. And yet, this unusual Thanksgiving tradition has been making people smile for generations. Every autumn, a Connecticut turkey farm becomes a colorful roadside attraction thanks to its famously bright feathered residents. I have so many...
Secondhand shopping can get dangerously addictive when a store seems to go on forever. You finish browsing one section, turn a corner, and discover there’s still an enormous amount left to see. Well, goodbye to the rest of your afternoon. Some of Connecticut’s biggest secondhand shops offer enormous selections...
That can with an old 5-cent label gets you a dime back in Connecticut. The deposit doubled in 2024, but Nutmeggers still get some of the details wrong. Here are the bottle deposit rules Nutmeggers still get wrong after Connecticut’s switch to a dime. Note: This is general information,...
Joey’z Shopping Spree is closing at least 4 of its discount stores by the end of the year. The discount store chain will be closing Connecticut locations in West Hartford & Waterbury, as well as Massachusetts locations in Springfield & West Springfield. Store closing sales are now underway with additional savings.
Congress has eliminated all funding for public media. That means $2.1 million per year that Connecticut Public relied on to deliver you news, information, and entertainment programs you enjoyed is gone. The future of public media is in your hands. All donations are appreciated, but we ask in this moment...
Connecticut utilities must offer flexible interconnection for solar and storage projects on a limited basis from next May, and offer it statewide by 2030, thanks to a regulatory decision applauded by the Connecticut Solar & Storage Association. A state regulator described how consumers will benefit. Connecticut regulators have required utilities...
November is a dangerous month for anyone who loves secondhand shopping. You head out looking for a cozy sweater and somehow end up considering a lamp you absolutely didn’t need. But that’s half the fun. Some Connecticut secondhand shops have wonderfully unusual selections that make browsing feel more...
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At the North Haven Fire House yesterday, state officials announced the launch of new homebuyers assistance program for first responders. The post State officials announce launch of homebuyer program for first responders appeared first on Inside Investigator .
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Financial distress continues to ripple through the U.S. transportation and logistics industry, with more than 1,000 announced job cuts and a new round of bankruptcy filings involving trucking companies, warehouse operators and freight-related businesses. At least 10 companies have disclosed plans to eliminate a combined 1,021 jobs, according to layoff...
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Big Y Foods Inc. has been named a Forbes Best-In-State Employer in Massachusetts and Connecticut for the eighth consecutive year. The regional supermarket chain received the workplace recognition as it marks its 90th year in operation. The company was founded by brothers Paul and Gerald D’Amour in 1936 and named for a specific road intersection in Chicopee where two roadways converge to form a ‘Y.’
There were hours of hearings, years of permitting, bluster in Washington, embarrassing mechanical failures and lawsuits galore. But after more than a decade of planning and construction, the nation’s first two large-scale offshore wind energy farms have reached full commercial operation off the Vineyard’s coast. Vineyard Wind and...
Dispatch Energy LLC, a distributed energy solutions provider, is celebrating the activation of its 4-MW fuel cell facility, which officially went online in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week with executives and local and state officials highlighting this achievement. The project converts a former brownfield site...
FARMINGTON — More than four years ago, Farmington approved Midpoint: 199 housing units and about 53,000 square feet of commercial space on Farmington Avenue. Nothing has been built. The two men whose companies won the approval have both died. Now the two companies that own the land disagree about...
Chocolate usually arrives in a pretty box with absolutely no explanation of where its ingredients came from. You unwrap it, enjoy it, and rarely give the milk a second thought. But what if the milk came from cows living right on the farm?. One Connecticut dairy farm makes artisan chocolates...
Conn. Eversource rate increase proposal
