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With shoppers increasingly focused on Black Friday sales at big-box retailers, small-scale merchants in Hartford are preparing to compete in the holiday rush with a day of deals. Local stores are marking Small Business Saturday with promotions, giveaways and refreshments. In Hartford, at least...

As the investigation into a fatal police shooting continues into its 12th month, two prominent activists met with Mayor Erin Stewart this week to talk about the three young men who were shot. Tuesday’s hour-long discussion was the first time city leaders had met with representatives of the families...

Hartford police said Thursday night they were investigating a 4-year-old shooting himself with a handgun he found in his Van Block Avenue home. The incident was reported at 2:12 p.m. at 97 Van Block Ave. as a 4-year-old struck by gunfire. When police, firefighters and Aetna Ambulance medics arrived,...

Pantelis Vastakis thanked the police chief on the way out the door. “I’m surprised,” he told New Britain police chief James Wardwell. “Usually, police are giving tickets. Today they’re giving lunch.” With the help of about two dozen volunteers, Wardwell’s officers served meals at the Chestnut Street...

On Monday, 16 Democratic members of Congress released a letter opposing Nancy Pelosi’s bid to reclaim her role as Speaker of the House, declaring: “We believe more strongly than ever that the time has come for new leadership.” One name conspicuously missing from the bottom of that letter: Fifth...

A South Windsor woman accused of intentionally dumping an 83-year-old woman out of a wheelchair asked a judge for a special form of probation that would have allowed her to avoid jail and a criminal record. The judge, after viewing video of the incident and photos of the 83-year-old woman’s injuries,...

In a record voting year, fifth grader Ella Briggs of East Hampton, a “proud part of the LGBTQ community,” was elected Connecticut’s newest Kid Governor. “Something that really made me want to run is when someone came up to me to tell me they were part of the LGBTQ community but they were too afraid...

The townhouse Alexandra Feliciano moved into 12 days earlier was all but bare. Two folding chairs cowered in a corner. A candle sat on an otherwise empty bookshelf. Feliciano, 23, and her 2-year-old daughter came to the Vernon townhouse after spending five months in an East Hartford shelter. She...

The parents of the Guilford teenager who accidentally shot himself with a .357 Magnum say they are disappointed that state prosecutors will not pursue charges against the owner of the weapon and that they want changes in gun-safety laws. “To say the least we are very disappointed in the judgement...

Connecticut’s warming centers will be open and ready for the severe cold forecasted over the Thanksgiving holiday on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, officials said. Temperatures are expected to drop into the low teens on Wednesday night with an icy wind making it feel much colder. The daytime high...