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A new federal program has begun training everyday Americans to privately sponsor refugees coming to the U.S. "Welcome Corps" is largely modeled on a refugee resettlement program in Connecticut.

Nineteen Hartford Black Heroes signs have been placed along the city’s Main Street. The effort was initiated by Hartford native Bridgitte Prince who drew inspiration from her own history while serving overseas in the U.S. Army.

Real Art Ways will present three documentaries on the civil rights movement.

Stonington lights its second annual holiday tree constructed entirely out of lobster traps, which became a viral social media sensation last season.

This week marks New Haven’s 24th annual Pride Week — and a chance to reclaim a public space that holds troubling LGBTQ+ history dating back to the 1600s.

Agricultural fairs in Connecticut often include carnival rides, livestock demonstrations and live music, plus fair food. Fairs run from late July until early October.

Hundreds of families made their way to the second annual Back-to-School Extravaganza in Hartford over the weekend. The event filled a local parking lot with five tractor trailers of fresh food — and a one-stop shop for the new school year.

Wethersfield is the fourth municipality in Connecticut to be designated as a "cultural district."

Across Greater Hartford, over 1,000 students have kicked off their summer with a paid job. For six weeks, these young people in and around Hartford will gain professional skills in everything from the retail sector and governmental organizations to hospitals and law firms through the Summer Youth Employment and Learning Program. Still, organizers say they didn't have enough openings to meet the demand of thousands of student applicants.

A leading volunteer in a town based in volunteerism. That’s how the first selectman in Newtown remembers Bill Halstead, the longtime chief of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company. Halstead died last Friday.