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26m ago
Benny Mikula May 3 @ Park City Music Hall2926 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport8 p.m. 21+ $15 adv / $20 day of The frontman and central nucleus behind the local folk-rock act […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
27m ago
FAIRFIELD – Town officials on Tuesday called on residents to fight for their property rights and back proposed legislation against United Illuminating and the Connecticut Siting Council as they prepa... […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
3h ago
To the Editor: Every legislative session there are bills with a certain type of buzz, bills that seem to generate special attention, bills with references to arcane phrases or mysterious […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
17h ago
HARTFORD – Connecticut moved one step closer late Tuesday toward making enrollment in the Women, Infants and Children [WIC] program easier for Medicaid-eligible families to navigate when the State House […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
18h ago
Two more programs offering in-home children’s mental health services are preparing to close in Hartford and New Britain, leaving nonprofits scrambling to find other ways to work with children with […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
18h ago
HARTFORD — A lengthy debate over how the state should address the soaring costs of e-books for public libraries ended in a standstill on Tuesday after Republicans vehemently argued against […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
18h ago
FAIRFIELD — Former First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick has agreed to return $11,440 in severance pay she received under a policy established during her leadership, despite conflicting legal opinions on the […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
21h ago
STAMFORD – A simple-sounding question that wound through a very long Zoning Board meeting proved to be thorny: What is a school? If the definition includes a community center or […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
1d ago
To the Editor: Re “Debate Stirs Over Proposal to Reopen Juvenile Prison in Middletown,” by Emilia Otte. This article does a great job of laying out the proposal along with […]
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The Connecticut Examiner
1d ago
The time may be right for an international protectorate on the West Bank and in Gaza, creating a homeland for Palestinians and providing strategic security for Israel. Troops from a […]
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