Tropical Storm Irene left many Connecticut farmers cleaning up and waiting anxiously for the Connecticut River to crest Tuesday, but many also said they feel optimistic about the upcoming fall season despite losses to their harvests. Gresczyk Farm in New Hartford was spared serious damage from Tropical Storm Irene “We were very, very lucky,” said […]

With the latest forecasts showing Hurricane Irene on a path toward New England, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy urged Connecticut residents to begin preparing today for high winds and torrential rains that could leave swaths of the state without power, beginning Sunday. “To put it as delicately as we can, we take this threat very very […]

LEBANON — After visits to Fortune 500 insurers and manufacturers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s jobs tour took him Wednesday to Prides Corner Farm, where the former urban mayor talked with 40 farmers about farming as “agri-tourism” and the value of the “grown in Connecticut” label. “Farms are more and more becoming destinations, rather than just […]

Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s first U.S. Senate hearing in Hartford dramatically tackled the multi-billion-dollar  problem of financial elder abuse, drawing audible gasps Tuesday as a 90-year-old decorated World War II veteran described being turned out of his own home by a son. “I come to you to testify as a proud survivor,” said the witness, Robert […]

Health and environmental advocates rallied at Hartford City Hall Wednesday calling for a shutdown of the trash incinerator in the city’s South Meadows, charging that the facility contributes to a high childhood asthma rate, but a spokesman for the agency that runs the incinerator accused them of “needlessly scaring people.” “Incineration is a major source […]

With the second vote on a state employee concession agreement scheduled to end Wednesday, union leaders were making a last-minute push Tuesday to get members to approve the deal in hopes of averting thousands of layoffs. At CSEA/SEIU Local 2001 headquarters in Hartford, union leaders and delegates said workplace morale has been hurt by the […]

John and Gina Gallivan went out for dinner one Friday night to celebrate the end of the work week. The newlyweds both worked as English teachers at Wethersfield High School, where Gina also coached tennis. They later came home to find an unsettling message on the answering machine. Gina had seen a doctor for mysterious bruises […]

Connecticut’s largest cities–Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport–have lost residents for decades, but 2010 Census data shows a slight turnaround in these urban populations and it could influence the ongoing redistricting process. Since the 2000 Census, Bridgeport grew by 3.4 percent, Hartford by 2.6 percent and New Haven by 5 percent. The state’s population overall increased […]

The latest federal campaign finance filings for the eight candidates vying for the 5th District show Democrat Dan Roberti as the fundraising frontrunner, but he loses that distinction to rival Elizabeth Esty when it comes to how much money is immediately available. Roberti raised the largest total amount, almost $557,000, over the first and second […]

Mike Williams lacks the financial resources of his youngest competitor and the political experience of two others, but an open seat in the 5th Congressional District has drawn the political newcomer and foreign policy expert into a four-way race for the Democratic nomination. “A lot of people say ‘you’ve got a snowball’s chance in hell,’ […]

He is young and without experience in elected office, but family connections in the film business and national politics have helped Dan Roberti get noticed as the early fund-raising leader among Democrats seeking the open seat in 5th Congressional District. The challenge now for Roberti, whose competition includes the speaker of the state House of […]

Elizabeth Esty didn’t let a setback drag her down for long. She won a state House seat in 2008, beating Republican Al Adinolfi, who’d held it eight of the previous 10 years. It was a close race, and Adinolfi challenged her re-election bid last year. Democratic candidate Elizabeth Esty Their rematch took place during the […]

Linda McMahon got flak from Republicans last year during her U.S. Senate bid for donating more than $35,000 to Democrats while she was the chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment. Now, it’s Lisa Wilson-Foley’s turn. The Republican 5th District candidate and health-care entrepreneur donated more than $7,000 to Democratic congressional candidates in Connecticut over 13 […]