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Stonington lights its second annual holiday tree constructed entirely out of lobster traps, which became a viral social media sensation last season.
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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.
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Agricultural fairs in Connecticut often include carnival rides, livestock demonstrations and live music, plus fair food. Fairs run from late July until early October.
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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.
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Wethersfield is the fourth municipality in Connecticut to be designated as a "cultural district."
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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.
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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.
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Around one in every 10 people in Connecticut are food insecure. Community fridges have popped up in Connecticut in the last few years to help meet this need. They are public pantries, most are open 24/7 and all the food is free, no questions asked.
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Food prices have risen 10% in the U.S. in the last year, making groceries even harder to afford for low-income people. In Connecticut, 12% of residents don’t have access to adequate nutrition. Fridgeport is one of half a dozen community fridges run through mutual aid that have popped in the state in the last few years to help meet that need.
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The family of an 11-year-old Black boy who was pushed off his bicycle by a white man in Deep River last week is calling for the man to be charged with a hate crime.