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Year after year, Simsbury amasses hundreds of black bear sightings. But what does this population mean to the town? State Rep. John Hampton, a Simsbury Democrat, along with First Selectman Eric Wellman and Animal Control Officer Mark Rudewicz will discuss bears and how they affect Simsbury residents...

Independent Oz Griebel has the backing of 11 percent of likely Connecticut voters, according to a poll made public Wednesday, an uptick he points to as proof of gathering momentum and one political observers say thrusts him into a pivotal role divvying up Connecticut’s large share of unaffiliated...

Long before he became an internationally known forensic expert, Henry C. Lee’s 1989 testimony in a Litchfield courtroom helped convict two local teenagers of a brutal murder in New Milford. With his usual dramatic flair, Lee told jurors that a towel he had found in the bathroom of the home where...

It’s that time of year when foliage is beginning to peak, people are driving around the state in droves and deer and moose are in their breeding seasons. According to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, that season brings more deer and moose movement across local roads...

The major-party candidates vying for the governor’s office each have Ivy League MBAs, decades of private business experience, bank accounts comfortably in the seven- or eight-digit range and stump speeches promising to rescue the state’s troubled economy. But beyond those similarities, the two...

Connecticut might be having trouble with its finances, but it now boasts nine billionaires on Forbes’ 2018 list of America’s 400 richest people — an increase of two from the financial magazine’s list last year. The home to rich suburbs along Fairfield County’s Gold Coast, Connecticut is no stranger...

Whether residents are looking to start a mid-career business venture or take care of their families after they’re gone, Hartford ranks among the best cities to do so -- according to two new studies measuring median income of new businesses started by baby boomers and the states that have the most...

Hartford Dispensary, one of the longest standing medical organizations in the state, is changing its name to reflect its expanding addiction and mental health services. The new name, Root Center for Advanced Discovery, also honors one of the co-founders of the Manchester-based nonprofit, Dr. Joseph...

Some homeowners on Linbrook Road in West Hartford got an unsavory reminder of the importance of water and sewer infrastructure last week — when their basements flooded with up to five feet of brown wastewater after a sewer liner collapsed. Bloomfield residents showed up in force when a private...

Last Friday, two motorists reported getting into an accident in downtown Hartford. It seemed an open-and-closed affair. Police took down names and each person’s account of the incident: One of the cars had sideswiped the other near the intersection of Main and Pearl streets, inadvertently. Then...