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The historic carousel in Hartford’s Bushnell Park will spin for another six months thanks to a recent donation, but operators are scrambling to assemble longer-term funds. The antique wooden structure has been on shaky ground since the city reduced its annual contribution more than a year ago. ...

Hartford Public Library has announced the 15 jazz acts playing in its free, Sunday-afternoon 2019 Baby Grand Jazz Series, which opens Jan. 6 with a special Three Kings Day concert featuring the Ray Gonzalez Quintet and ends end April 28 with renowned “vocalese” improviser Giacomo Gates. Acts that...

Hartford has long been lauded for its legacy as the insurance capital. But just how big is the insurance business in Connecticut these days? According to the latest “2018 Connecticut Insurance Market Brief,” prepared by PwC and Connecticut Insurance & Financial Services, there’s still a lot to...

These Connecticut restaurants welcome you to their table on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with festive holiday menus. At Saybrook Point Inn, 2 Bridge St., Old Saybrook, the Fresh Salt restaurant offers a Christmas Day buffet from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The menu features a "yule tide harvest table"...

Supporters hope to restore the “Isle of Safety,” a downtown Hartford landmark that served as a trolley stop and meeting place for more than a half century. The restoration initiative, announced Wednesday, aims to fully rebuild the structure that stood at the corner of State and Main streets between...

Most Connecticut nursing homes will see their Medicare reimbursements reduced in the coming year for having high resident readmission rates to hospitals. Of Connecticut’s 224 nursing homes, 75 percent (168) are being penalized by Medicare based on how often their residents were re-hospitalized...

Federal investigators have determined the Coast Guard Academy in New London retaliated against a black, female officer after she complained she was bullied and harassed. The officer, an instructor at the academy, reported she was subjected to harassment and a hostile work environment, based in...

Jonah Evenson and Farah Assi Evenson have normal jobs that pay the bills. He owns an insurance company. She flips houses. But in their “me time,” the Wethersfield couple indulges in their true passion: masterminding prison breaks and skulking around ancient Egyptian tombs. The Evensons own Lara’s...

Infosys will open its regional technology hub in the Goodwin Square building on Wednesday, beginning a four-year push to create 1,000 new jobs in downtown Hartford. The India-based software company is moving into a 56,000-square-foot space in the 30-story office tower at 225 Asylum St., renovated...

Mayra Esquilin, the former director of the now-defunct city nonprofit Hartford Areas Rally Together, must pay the state $3,500 in civil penalties for taking company funds for personal use, a move that led to her departure and the eventual collapse of the storied community organization. Under a...