Dari Delite, the East Windsor ice cream shop that has delighted residents of the town for 66 years, announced that the store would close for good at the end of the season. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Connecticut environmental officials are begging you: Keep those black plastic takeout containers out of recycling bins
Black plastic was removed last year from the list of items acceptable in home recycling bins collected weekly by towns. But few members of the public seem to know it. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport police charge two in gas station drive-by scooter shooting
Bridgeport police charged two residents Wednesday evening in connection with a drive-by shooting on Fairfield Avenue last month that killed two men. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Gaston, Bradley seek to move past bitter primary campaign
Buoyed by mail-in or absentee ballots, Gaston won with 1,775 votes to Bradley’s 1,628. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Fairfield police: Suspect confessed in fatal hit-and-run crash
A Bridgeport man was arraigned Wednesday on charges he hit and killed a Fairfield motorcyclist with his vehicle, then fled the scene. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
As inflation cooled in July, prices rose more slowly in Northeast. But not for energy.
The cost to heat homes and businesses in the Northeast went on a tear, rising by 24.1% from July 2021, while jumping 16.6% in the rest of the U.S. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Connecticut has questions for Killingly Board of Education about controversial rejection of grant-funded mental health center
In a letter sent to Killingly officials Monday, the state Department of Education said “questions … have arisen” after an “exhaustive and time-sensitive” review of a number of issues raised in an April complaint from parents that the board initially responded to in May. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Glastonbury’s reluctant approval of apartment project brings fresh opposition to Connecticut’s affordable housing law
Despite public opposition, Glastonbury planners have given their OK to a builder who wants to put up a 74-unit apartment building in town. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Brown declares victory in CT primary race for Bridgeport House seat
The unofficial results had not been posted when Brown declared victory around 11 p.m. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bradley concedes CT primary challenge to Gaston for Bridgeport, Stratford senate seat
The district includes roughly half of Bridgeport and a part of Stratford. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Norwalk postal employee faces five years in prison for stealing mail, federal prosecutors say
A Bridgeport man and mail carrier pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to stealing packages and other mail while on his route in Norwalk. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Cost of living, climate change, democracy on the minds of voters’ in CT primary Tuesday
New Haven attorney Erick Russell, Greenwich hedge fund manager Dita Bhargava and New Haven Housing Authority President Karen DuBois-Walton sought the state treasurer’s post after Shawn Wooden decided not to seek reelection. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
CT psychiatrist’s dinner table talk inspires daughters to action on behalf of patients, ‘destigmatizing mental illness’
“Destigmatizing mental illness and its treatment is an incredibly relevant and important goal in our society today,” Dr. Rebecca Wahl said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Connecticut senators laud ‘fundamental shift in power’ in D.C. with Senate passage of ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
“So the word ‘historic’ really is justified here. I know it’s used with abandon in politics, but this measure is truly historic,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Officials: Driver escaped burning coach bus in Shelton
A portion of Route 8 was closed in Shelton Monday after a coach bus caught fire between exits 14 and 13 on the southbound side, officials said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport blaze displaces 30 people, official says
A fire broke out Monday night at a three-story home on Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport, an official said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport Democrats to vote Tuesday in key legislative primaries
State Sen. Dennis Bradley and Rep. Jack Hennessy are facing challenges from Rev. Herron Gaston and Councilman Marcus Brown, respectively. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Connecticut ranks 7th in nation for childhood well-being, report says. Some families still struggling.
Although it’s ranked first in the nation in the number of 3- and 4-year-olds in school, advocates at Connecticut Voices for Children marked that category as one to watch. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Two Native American festivals in August celebrate the harvest with music, dancing, food
Two annual Native American events celebrating the harvest will take place in August: The Green Corn Festival in Washington and Schemitzun in Mashantucket. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
32 years after ADA, disabled people face barriers to employment, fair wage
Thirty-two years after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, many barriers still exist for people with physical, mental health and intellectual disabilities in finding employment and a fair wage. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim to make his pitch before a committee Monday to get law license back
Mayor Joe Ganim is appearing before a committee in Hartford on Monday to ask for his law license back. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
Bridgeport company seeking cannabis cultivator license sues, arguing state erred, lied, in application process
Among other claims, the suit alleges officials that misunderstood the ownership structure of the company, prompting the rejection. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service
