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StamfordCourt Records Reveal Stamford Christmas Fire Investigators Misled
The boyfriend of the mother of three children killed in the 2011 Stamford Christmas Day house fire now says he lied to police about who put fireplace ashes in the home's mudroom before the blaze started. In a lawsuit deposition, Michael Borcina said the children's mother, Madonna Badger, placed...
- UConn Football
UConn Aims To Be Piece Of Big 12 Expansion Puzzle
As football coaches and athletic directors gathered in Phoenix last week, the leaders of the Big 12 were pondering the conference's future. Should the league add members, split into two divisions and create a football title game? Should the conference expand its geographic footprint and create...
- West Hartford
West Hartford Moving To Buy UConn Campus, Mayor Says
WEST HARTFORD — The town is moving to buy UConn’s West Hartford campus, Mayor Scott Slifka confirmed Monday. Slifka said the town negotiated a purchase price of $5 million with UConn, down from the original $12.6 million matched by Chinese-based Weiming Education Group, which sought to buy the...
- Baseball
Jeff Jacobs: Yard Goats Stopover In Norwich Validates Hartford Stadium Detractors
NORWICH — It's 6 p.m. Sunday. All is quiet outside Dodd Stadium. No sounds of bats striking balls. Nobody's hawking programs. Nobody's making any promises. Nobody's telling any lies. This is where the Eastern League team we last saw in New Britain on Aug. 30, 2015, is scheduled to play Thursday...
- Op-Eds
I've Tried Cheaper States Than CT, And Here I Am
Connecticut taxes are high and so is the cost of living. I grew up in Texas, where there is no state income tax. My parents still live there and, at times, I am envious of the cheap housing prices and low cost of living. I also worked from 2003 to 2005 in South Dakota, another state with no income...
- West Hartford
West Hartford Residents Weigh In On Potential UConn Property Purchase
WEST HARTFORD — A standing-room-only crowd of more than 350 people packed the town hall auditorium Monday night, voicing opinions on whether the town should buy the almost-vacant UConn property. Many residents expressed concerns about a plan by Chinese-based Weiming Education Group to buy the campus...
- UConn Football
UConn Football's Okounam Has Covered A Lot Of Ground
STORRS — On two occasions before Philippe Okounam had developed much of a lasting memory, his family moved to a different country on a different continent. Not long after he was born in 1995, the Okounams left Moscow, where they had endured violent racism, and settled in his father's native Congo....
- Insight
CT Residents Weigh Pros And Cons Of Staying Or Leaving
Randy Wexler of Avon stirred up readers last week in an op-ed outlining his choice between living in Connecticut vs. Florida, where his expenses, particularly taxes, would be much less. We posted the piece on Ed Page (our opinion Facebook page) and the debate was on. One reader, Jerry Dougherty...
- Business
General Electric Planning Job Cuts in Connecticut
HARTFORD -- General Electric Co. is notifying state officials it's cutting up to 100 jobs in Connecticut, a spokeswoman said Friday. Susan Bishop, a spokeswoman for the Fairfield-based conglomerate, said some of the jobs are related to GE's headquarters move to Boston set to begin this summer and...
- UConn Huskies
Texas Doesn't Need UConn, But Other Big 12 Schools Could Use Boost From This Area
If the Big 12 presidents prove to be interested in expansion only in the narrowest and nearsighted terms, why would they want UConn? If this entire exercise in data collection and latest round of rampant speculation is nothing more than a prelude to a return to a conference football championship...
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NBMAA's Art Party of the Year Gala
The New Britain Museum of American Art held its Art of the Year Gala Saturday, May 7, drawing more than 400 patrons and guests from Connecticut and beyond. The event included fine dining, an art auction, and an after-dark dance party.
- Business
Grilled Cheese Food Truck More Than A Whey Station For Couple
MIDDLETOWN — In the last 12 months, Josh and Jillian Moskites bought a trailer so their grilled cheese food truck business could be in two places at the same time. They lived away from the house they own in Marlborough while a massive mold infestation was remediated, and many of their possessions...
- Breaking News
Police: Air Force Member From Rhode Island Sexually Assaulted Teen
PLAINFIELD – A 26-year-old Rhode Island man who was in the U.S. Air Force was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, police said. Nicholas B. Murphy, of Exeter, R.I., began speaking to the girl on social media. On September 17, while he was on leave, Murphy and the girl met up and...
- Politics
Business Still Sore Point In Budget Battle
HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly had significant fence-mending to do with Connecticut businesses as state government struggled to close a widening budget deficit without raising taxes. To some in the business community, a budget deal that achieves this by cutting spending...
- Data Desk
Study: Hartford Is The Worst State Capital
A recent study has rated Hartford the worst state capital in the country. The ranking, by WalletHub.com, was based on a combination of factors including affordability, economic well-being, health and education, and overall quality of life. At first glance, Hartford looks pretty bad when compared...
- Basketball
Kemba Walker Has Successful Surgery On Left Knee
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hornets point guard Kemba Walker underwent successful surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. The procedure performed Monday is expected to sideline Walker, the former UConn star, from all basketball activities until early July, the team announced. Hornets team physician...
- Breaking News
Teen Arrested In University Of Hartford Assault, Attempted Robbery
HARTFORD – An 18-year-old Cromwell High School student has been charged with assault and attempted robbery in connection with a confrontation on April 28 inside a dorm at the University of Hartford, a case that has already led to several drug arrests, city police said Sunday. Hartford police detectives...
- Vote 2016
Republicans Counting On Voter Dissatisfaction As They Nominate Candidates
HARTFORD — Connecticut Republicans are banking on an unpopular Democratic governor and a ticked off electorate to end their long lockout of the state's federal offices. But the party, which will choose candidates for Congress and U.S. Senate at a convention Monday night, will also have to contend...
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- Education
Wesleyan Opens Door Wider For Undocumented Students
Wesleyan University announced this week that it will consider undocumented students who graduate from an American high school as if they are U.S. citizens or permanent residents beginning with the fall 2017 class. The new policy, which also applies to students who have been approved for the Deferred...
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