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(LEFT) A worker at the Stanley plant wrapping finished bolts and butts for shipping New Britain, Connecticut May 1943. (RIGHT) Street scene New Britain, Connecticut May 1943.
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As last Stanley plant closes, New Britain grapples with ‘Hardware City’ identity
Chris Polansky
The shuttering of the company’s last operating factory in New Britain will mark the first time in city history that Stanley won’t be manufacturing anything there.
FILE: Jose Colon, who was previously homeless himself, is now part of the Homeless Outreach Team. May 16, 2025.
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CT’s homeless service workers are overworked and underpaid, study finds
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Steven Jones (left) was shot by Hartford PD officer Joseph Magnano (POV) on February 27, 2026 on Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford. Officers Josue Charles (back right), James Prignano (center right), and Jackeline Torres (front right) also responded to the call. In this moment, from Magnano’s body camera, Prignano can be heard saying, “Mag, Mag, Mag, chill.”
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Hartford officer who fatally shot man was less than a year out of academy
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Linda Sarsour, an organizer with Next 250, touches a collection of murals hanging in the Lyceum Center in Hartford during a Next 250 event Wednesday, March 18, 2026 “250 years ago, there were men who sat around and developed a declaration of independence, and they ratified it together,” said Sarsour, “So we decided, 250 years later, for us to bring communities across the country together so that they can co create a declaration of interdependence, which is what we believe we need now.
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A new 'declaration of interdependence' makes its way to the 'Constitution State'
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