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If you sense that this summer has been wetter lately than summers past, you’re correct — but only partially. While the rainfall hasn’t broken any records and ranks only about midway through the records dating back to 1895, the month of July alone was particularly wet. With an average of 5.67 inches...

Dozens of hot-air balloons return for their annual residency at Norton Park Aug. 24 through 26 for the Plainville Fire Company’s Hot-Air Balloon Festival and Outdoor Arts and Crafts Show. Here’s what you need to know. Vibrant-hued balloons take flight against a backdrop of food trucks, sprawling...

More than six months after Ethan Song was shot and killed in a Guilford home by a gun owned by a well-known private investigator, mystery still surrounds what happened — no one has been arrested and a lawsuit filed by his family is on hold. What is known is that Ethan, who was 15, died from a single...

A weeklong break in paying sales taxes on many items may give Connecticut shoppers an extra incentive to stock up on necessities or an excuse to pick up items that have long been on their wish lists. Connecticut’s 18th annual sales tax free week starts Sunday and runs until Aug. 25. “Sales Tax...

On a scorching day in late July, the air hanging over Jewel Street was pungent. Four tanker trucks from an Ellington-based dairy farm had just driven up and down an adjacent grass lot on the Enfield-East Windsor border, spraying approximately 24,000 gallons of liquid cow manure. Urine and milk...

Collecting dripping paddles from about 25 of her teammates, Eve Windebank stood on the small wooden dock alongside the Connecticut River as a crowd of about 4,500 thronged the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford for the 18th annual Dragon Boat & Asian Festival Saturday afternoon. Windebank and...

“Adopt-a-highway” and “adopt-a-road” programs became popular beginning in the 1980s as a way to keep roadways clean of litter. Now the Farmington Land Trust has come up with an “adopt-a-parcel” program to ensure the maintenance of its preserves across town. The first adoption — Mountain Spring...

Rejecting an initiative by the heavily Democratic city council, Mayor Erin Stewart decided Friday that the city can continue hiring department heads who wish to live out of town. Stewart vetoed a council resolution that would have imposed a residency rule on more than a half-dozen top managers...

West Hartford saw more Democrats and more Republicans cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary election than in previous recent primary races, and a higher turnout compared to the statewide average. According to data from the Secretary of the State’s website, about 29 percent of Democrats statewide and...

A North Branford man who admitted hacking into the accounts of actress Jennifer Lawrence and others in what has become known as the “Celebgate” breach is asking a federal judge for leniency. George Garofano is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 29 by Judge Victor A. Bolden in U.S. District Court in...