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In the weeks and months before the midterm election, Connecticut voters heard a dark, ominous, vaguely familiar term: "unfunded pension liabilities." Why? What do those three words have to do with anything? Well, it’s complicated. Capitol Bureau Chief Chris Keating explains how Connecticut became...

State police investigating the drowning death of heavy metal star Oliver Herbert in Stafford Springs have examined a will signed by Herbert a week before his death at a Hartford car dealership, multiple sources close to the probe said. The will was notarized by a person who was a friend of Herbert...

In the rush of the holiday season, shoppers can easily fall victim to thieves who target their wallets and purses, the gifts they’ve just bought or even their cars, police warn. “With the holiday season upon us, incidents of theft and robbery tend to increase,” said Bristol police Capt. Edward...

In case you hadn’t been able to surmise from all the coverage it received in various places, including this one, the Connecticut music scene had a fantastic year for new music. It wasn’t just the quantity either. While there were literally hundreds of albums, EPs, and singles to take in, the overall...

In the weeks and months before the midterm election, Connecticut voters heard a dark, ominous, vaguely familiar term: "unfunded pension liabilities." Why? What do those three words have to do with anything? Well, it’s complicated. Capitol Bureau Chief Chris Keating explains how Connecticut became...

The town’s emergency personnel will get a new communications system and Avon High School athletes will get a new synthetic turf field in the fall after voters approved both measures at a referendum Wednesday. Slightly more than 15 percent of the town’s voters turned out and approved the two projects,...

Cromwell Assistant Superintendent Krista Karch has been placed on paid administrative leave as the probe into an anonymous letter sent to the town’s school board alleging misconduct by Superintendent John T. Maloney Jr., who was also suspended, and Karch continues. The single-page letter carries...

When student athletes, firefighters and Girl Scouts converge Friday on Central Connecticut State University, they’ll somberly honor the anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass murder — and do something more. They and dozens of other volunteers will be accepting donations of winter clothes, food, toys...

Two years ago, while talking to a friend, retired Hartford Police Sgt. Thomas Elwood learned that a fellow officer who was shot on duty never received a citation for his valor. With a little digging, he discovered the officer wasn’t alone. Nine members of the force who served prior to 1974 — the...

Where did Hartford riders Uber to this year? The Top 10 list includes three restaurants, two universities, a hospital and one of the city’s insurance giants. 1. Walmart 2. University of Hartford 3. Westfarms 4. Bartaco 5. The Shoppes at Buckland Hills 6. The Russian Lady 7. Hartford Hospital 8....