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It’s easy for political campaigns to get tripped up by complicated or ever-changing statistics, and those numbers gremlins are at work in otherwise-reasonable spots from Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, the endorsed Republican candidate for governor. In two ads — one produced for television and a longer...

A day after Hurricane Sandy hit, Nancy Arnold waded down her basement stairs and saw five feet of storm surge partially submerging her furnace and hot water heater. After the water eventually retreated, and the local fire department pumped out the rest, Arnold had another worry: mold. A husband...

City council members got their first peek Tuesday at a six-year, multiphase plan to transform four vacant parcels near Dunkin’ Donuts Park into extensive retail and housing that would knit together Hartford’s downtown and North End. Randy Salvatore, owner of RMS Companies, the group chosen by the...

Until 1990, people with disabilities typically had trouble enjoying municipal parks, getting into libraries or city halls, or even riding public bus systems. Advocates for the disabled credit the Americans With Disabilities Act for changing that, and New Britain will mark the 28th anniversary of...

A cafe coming to New Haven this fall seems to fulfill every college student's dream: free coffee. The catch is that students must turn over basic data about themselves to Shiru Cafe, a Japanese company opening the coffee shop on College Street. The company, which bills itself as “the place where...

Kristina Newman-Scott, the state’s director of culture and historic preservation officer since May 2015, is leaving that post to become president of BRIC, a nonprofit arts hub in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her last day in Hartford is Aug. 3. Newman-Scott said a search firm courted her for six months. Pilobolus'...

Paddling a boat on a river, lake or ocean is a classic summer activity, but many people who want to go out on a boat don’t know how or where to start. Where can boats be rented? What are the advantages of kayaks over canoes, and vice versa? What are the best boats for groups or for individuals?...

Earlier this month, Hartford police officers pulled a dead body from a crawl space in a derelict house alongside Charter Oak Health Center on Grand Street. The building is merely one of hundreds of blighted properties across the city, but it has turned into a flashpoint over decaying structures...

Another lawsuit has been filed against the Boy Scouts of America, this one alleging that a Stamford scoutmaster molested four teenage boys over a two-year period in the mid-1970’s. But unlike previous lawsuits against the national organization, this one involves a scoutmaster who was arrested on...

The Connecticut Supreme Court has rejected the appeal by a man who was sentenced to death for killing two adults and a 9-year-old girl on a Bridgeport street in 2006. The 5-0 decision on Monday dismissed arguments by Richard Roszkowski that his 2014 death sentence be declared null and void. Roszkowski...