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Connecticut boosters find much to brag about in the Nutmeg State, but there’s no denying the numbers are bleak in certain core pocketbook areas, including economic growth and taxes. That provides plenty of opportunity for political outsiders to contrast Connecticut with other states, and offer...

The man charged in connection with the death of a decorated South Windsor police sergeant was released on bail Monday afternoon, authorities in South Carolina said. Matthew Mainieri, 41, died Sunday afternoon from injuries he suffered while trying to break up a fight at a bar in South Carolina,...

After the marching band, the bagpipes, the realtor who flung Tootsie Rolls from his Land Rover and the dentist who followed with floss and toothbrushes, came the aspirants to political office. They were Republicans and Democrats, running in state and federal races. Some had double-digit polling...

State parks were filled to capacity early Monday afternoon as people flocked to local recreation areas for the Labor Day holiday. Squantz Pond State Park in New Fairfield, Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middletown, Mount Tom State Park in Litchfield, Miller’s Pond State Park in Durham and Pattaconk...

Almost every day, Ed Rivera stands outside his Jackson Street home and waves to everyone who drives by. The busy stretch of Route 195 — about 7 miles south of the UConn campus — gets plenty of traffic, and yet on one recent Tuesday nearly everyone who drove past returned his greeting. And why shouldn’t...

A federal grand jury this week indicted developer Robert V. Matthews, whose relationship with former Gov. John Rowland once caught the attention of the FBI, and his wife with tax evasion. The single count is added to a 20-count indictment accusing Robert Mathews of stealing tens of millions from...

Following the release of a state police report which revealed Katherine Berman, wife of ESPN star Chris Berman, was intoxicated when she caused a double fatal car crash year, the attorney representing the family of the Waterbury man killed said Friday he will pursue legal action against her estate....

The community will get an early look at plans for an extensive overhaul of the vacant lots surrounding Dunkin’ Donuts Park Wednesday. Developer Randy Salvatore, owner of Stamford-based RMS Cos., is in talks with the city to build 800 apartments and 60,000 square feet of retail space on the parcels...

Wayne Francis, the lawyer and real estate speculator who last year was captured by police while hiding in a hotel room, did not accept a plea deal Friday stemming from charges that he ripped off clients. Superior Court Judge Joan K. Alexander put Francis’ first-degree larceny case on the trial...

A Queens man once charged with kidnapping in Massachusetts was arrested early Friday hiding under the porch of a dormitory following a campus-wide search of the prestigious Hotchkiss School in Salisbury, police said. Alexander Gimpelson, 59, was charged with first-degree criminal degree trespassing,...