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Ah, the sights and smells of “A Christmas Carol.” The snow is still falling on the audience. You can still smell the smoke when the Spirit of Christmas Present makes her grand misty entrance. The nooses and daggers that decorate the hellish apparitions who guide Scrooge through a night of dark...

As homes twinkle with lights and wrapped presents start appearing under Christmas trees, a favorite holiday indulgence returns to store shelves and dairy cases. Yes, it’s eggnog season, and whether you enjoy the festive beverage right from the bottle, spiked with liquor or as a recipe enhancer,...

It’s a Christmas miracle that “Christmas on the Rocks” has now entered its sixth season at TheaterWorks. We need its sweet insanity more than ever. The show, conceived and directed by the theater’s producing artistic director Rob Ruggiero, is such a wild collection of quirks, jokes and festive...

The state began presenting its murder case against Isaiah Lindsay, the Hartford teen accused of murder in the stabbing death of his great uncle a year ago on Van Block Avenue. Public defenders Jennifer Bourn and William O’Connor plan a mental health defense, and prosecutor Christopher Pelosi is...

A $4 million federal grant has made “CT First,” an initiative designed to enhance and expand behavioral mental health services and provide treatment for opioid addictions, a reality. U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, joined Heather Gates, president and CEO of CHR, at the company’s Enfield...

The Nexstar Media Group plans to purchase the parent company of Fox 61, Tribune Media, in a $4.1 billion TV takeover deal announced Monday. The acquisition would make Nexstar the largest owner of local TV stations in the country with 39 percent of U.S. TV homes, surpassing Sinclair Broadcast Group,...

Operation Fuel began its winter energy assistance program Monday, taking applications for one-time $500 grants though its state-wide network of more than 100 fuel banks, also known as intake sites. What is Operation Fuel? Operation Fuel provides year-round energy assistance across the state to...

Windsor High School will host a “The Voice” viewing party Monday night to cheer on 2009 graduate Kymberli Joye — competing as a top-10 contender. The viewing party will take place in the high school’s auditorium, located at 50 Sage Park, starting at 8 p.m. Joye was a member of the high school’s...

Don’t have “Hamilton” tickets? You could have a shot at two of them for just $10 each in the Bushnell's daily lottery starting Dec. 9, the Bushnell announced Friday. Forty tickets will be available for all but one of the performances of “Hamilton,” which runs at the Bushnell Dec. 11 to 30. The...

A woman charged with killing her father will face a judge Monday, less than a week after a call for a foul odor drew police to the Windsor Locks apartment where they found the victim stabbed to death. Jessica Keene, 24, was held on $1 million bail over the weekend after Windsor Locks police tracked...