A proposed statewide property tax on homes valued at $430,000 or higher would be largely paid by homeowners along Connecticut’s Gold Coast, with Greenwich accounting for more than 25% of all the new revenue, according to legislative estimates.
Proponents of legal cannabis in Connecticut said there’s a better than average chance a bill will pass in 2021, while opponents said the old barriers still haven’t been removed.
Some school board members in Region 14 may have gotten the vaccine last week, but state officials say that will not be the case when teachers around the state get cleared to register for inoculation.
Positivity rate in Connecticut remains low, at 4.4%.
The UConn men's basketball team has had to suspend play for the third time, after an official who worked the Huskies' win over Butler on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19.
Under pressure to stop the spread of COVID-19 cases, the Department of Correction will begin vaccinating incarcerated people and prison staff early next month.
Here's how to stay safe in common winter weather situations.
East Hartford officials report an increase in contaminated recycling loads due to people improperly tossing paint, motor oil, Christmas light strings and other materials meant for the trash.
Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors plays the guitar, has survived two heart attacks, once considered becoming a veterinarian and wants to coach well enough at his alma mater for part of a facility, even a closet, to be named after him. UConn's opponent Thursday night is one of the more personable people in college basketball.
Connecticut took home two Fs on an American Lung Association report for failing to use tobacco industry settlement funds or taxes on smoking prevention programs and doing nothing to stop sales of flavored tobacco products.
The city of Hartford is raising rates at its two golf courses and replacing the last of its old golf carts with a new, electric fleet after people turned out in droves to play during the pandemic.
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Over two days in September 2018, Gary Joseph Gravelle was behind more than a dozen bomb, anthrax and death threats targeting then-President Donald Trump, a Vermont airport, federal court and prison officials in Connecticut, the New Haven NAACP and religious institutions across the state.
Sports
- The home he is building for his young family in Connecticut may be where his history and heart is, but George Springer's business address will now be in Toronto, where the plan is for him to take all he learned of winning in Houston and impart it to the Jays' promising core of young players.
Connecticut
- Dozens of Naugatuck teens marched from the high school to the town green Wednesday in protest of racist, threatening social media posts made by a classmate who is also the daughter of the local police chief and an assistant principal at the school.
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Resource guide: Where to get prepared meals, groceries, shelter, during coronavirus crisis.
Colleges canceled classes, bars were shut down, movies weren't released and public gatherings were banned. It sounds a lot like the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, but this was 1918 and the influenza pandemic was spreading across the country. A look back through the Courant's archives show some striking similarities between the responses to stop the spread.
Free Fun & Games
- A Connecticut restaurant relief fund is looking for private, corporate donations after receiving a flood of applications this weekThe Connecticut Restaurant Association outlines its plans for growing its new Restaurant Relief Fund, including outreach for corporate and private donations. More than 570 applications have been received for $5000 grants related to a $500,000 gift from DoorDash last week.
- Connecticut museums and galleries offering virtual tours and exhibitsOnline exhibits, virtual tours and Facebook live events in Connecticut
- Charter Oak hosting ‘Uncaged Art,’ an exhibit of detained migrant children’s artCharter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford will hold a virtual exhibit of artworks created by migrant children separated from their families and kept in a detention center in Texas. Opening reception is Jan. 26.
- Manchester’s new Martin Luther King mural a symbol of ‘strength and hope’A new mural is unveiled in Manchester, in honor of Martin Luther King, painted by artist Ben Keller of Vernon.
- CPTV documentary profiles Italian-born, New Haven theater mogul S.Z. PoliA documentary showing on Jan. 16 on CPTV is about S.Z. Poli, the New Haven-based theater chain owner who was a major player in the vaudeville era and the early days of cinema.
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Keep up on the latest restaurant, retail and other business openings in the Greater Hartford area.
Since coronavirus has started to spread in the U.S., many restaurants have closed their doors to dine-in customers, shifting to delivery and takeout only. Is it safe to eat a meal handled by cooks and delivery people? Is it safe to go to the grocery store? There are a lot of food questions surrounding COVID-19, so The Daily Meal checked in with the expert sources to determine the answers. (Taylor Rock, The Daily Meal)
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- We’ve compiled a list of the most popular vacuum types and their uses.
Nation World
- After four years, Mitch McConnell had finally had enough. But with most Republicans rallying around Trump, he sided with his colleagues trying to throw out the impeachment case.
Opinion
- Maybe it’s time for Connecticut — and every state — to consider universal civic duty voting.
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Business
- The two sides vying for access to sport betting made their cases Tuesday to state lawmakers who say they are closing in on legislation reworking gambling in Connecticut.
Politics
- For much of her husband’s time in office, Annie Lamont — Connecticut’s first lady and a highly successful venture capitalist and businesswoman — has remained far from the spotlight.
Hartford Magazine
- With much of Connecticut hunkered down because of the coronavirus crisis, Hartford Magazine delayed the scheduled April release of its annual “Best Of” list.
