If you work a full-time job in Connecticut, or anywhere in the United States for that matter, you should be able to afford the basics you need to live – housing, enough to eat, heat, transportation to work, and a little savings. But every day there are people, mothers, fathers, and grandparents, who work 40 […]

My grandmother Nellie Grace arrived in Boston from Ireland in 1909.  On the ship manifest she was described as a domestic servant.  Many people’s relations have come from similarly humble beginnings.  The fabric of Connecticut history is made of many threads, spun from the sweat and blood of working men and women.  It’s a shame […]