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HARTFORD — The Malloy administration wiped out much of a meager anticipated surplus of $22.7 million that had been projected for the newly minted state budget.

MIDDLEBURY — Planning and Zoning Commission members are considering allowing commercial buildings with apartments above them, but are not as open to having more cluster housing developments in town.

KENT — Sal Lilienthal is passionate about history, and he'll go many extra miles to bring attention to its importance.

CORNWALL — The adage about blessings coming from adversity is certainly true for the Dolan family.

The following is a beach report for local state parks.
Open
Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
Rocky Neck State Park, Niantic

LITCHFIELD — A Torrington man was cited for failure to drive in an established lane on Friday after a two-vehicle accident in the center of Bantam, police said.

2 unions support
Carr in the 66th
LITCHFIELD — Gayle Carr, the Democratic candidate for the open 66th House District seat, announced Friday she has been endorsed by two of Connecticut's top unions, the AFL-CIO and the Connecticut Education Association.

WINSTED — Northwestern Regional High School has been awarded a $19,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation to support NRG #4055, the school's FIRST robotics team.

HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget director on Friday released $183,000 in state funds it had withheld from the state's three watchdog agencies, but he stopped short of agreeing Malloy was barred from making the cuts in the first place.

Connecticut was deeply involved in events surrounding the Civil War. Here are just five:
The state furnished 30 full regiments of infantry, including two that were made up of black men.