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A new fund at Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has given out its first grant to the Brother Carl Hardrick Institute, which is aimed at training people to engage in violence intervention in the city. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

These bills concern the records of cemetery associations and more. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Connecticut paraeducators are urging lawmakers to adopt a handful of recommendations that would improve professional development opportunities and bring “dignity and respect” to a profession they say is often overlooked. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Republicans in town have mostly supported the Republican mayor’s stance that Stratford should be considered as a potential buyer by Bridgeport, while most Democrats that have spoken out have expressed support for a referendum. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The 25-year-old Bridgeport man was sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, Thursday, according to federal prosecutors. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A Bridgeport store manager has been charged with forcefully kissing a 12-year-old girl in his store. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Webb-Deane-Stevens houses are hosting a historically themed dinner with a discussions about the Caribbean trade routes, which brought flavors to New England, as well as enslaved people. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Infowars host Alex Jones on Thursday defied a Connecticut judge’s order to show up for a deposition in a case brought by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting who sued Jones for calling the massacre a hoax, according to the families’ lawyer. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution…

Two Hartford resident were charged with multiple offenses related to the distribution of fentanyl, heroin and crack cocaine, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle announced Thursday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The New York Department of Environment Conservation said the man was found under 4 feet of snow Friday morning. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

After the event, Schneider said New Haven’s Matt Amodio is a “slight favorite” in this year’s Tournament of Champions. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The man allegedly used another person’s identity to apply for $13,500 in rental assistance, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Two decades after Connecticut’s lobster industry collapsed, federal funding has been approved to begin removing some of the hundreds of thousands of derelict lobster traps left on the floor of the Long Island Sound, a “ghost fishery” that continues to trap and kill marine life to this day. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press…

Earnings from all sources determines how much money consumers spend, which accounts for as much as 70% of the economy. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The developer building 75 duplexes in Granby is seeking to construct 90 townhouses and attached duplexes in Bloomfield. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Authorities in Bridgeport arrested a Norwalk man and expect additional arrests in a case of child exploitation reported back in October. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Officials said a vehicle fire closed Quality Street between Main Street and the entrance to Town Hall on Wednesday morning. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

No injuries were reported from the fire, a fire official said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

The state Criminal Justice Commission appointed David R. Shannon as senior prosecutor in an office with jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions in Torrington, Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Hartland, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston, Warren, Washington and Winchester. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News…

The nonprofit previously would get about five or six calls per week from people facing eviction and seeking rent assistance. Now, they’re getting three to five per day, Carla Miklos said. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Ned Lamont is sponsoring a bill that would require all rental properties to come with an energy label so renters could gauge how much they would be spending on heat and electricity. Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service

A Bridgeport tax return preparer has agreed to pay more than $100,000 in restitution after pleading guilty Monday to a federal tax fraud offense, prosecutors said. Continue Reading at CTPost.com here Top Featured Tags: – Connecticut News Press Release Distribution Service