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Hartford Public Schools welcomed teachers from Puerto Rico Wednesday as part of the district’s effort to fill vacancies and enhance cultural enrichment through Hartford’s new Paso a Paso Puerto Rico Recruitment Program.
- Great Pond Village, the massive multi-use project in Windsor planned for more than a decade, is advancing to the second stage as builders prepare to erect a 750,000-square-foot warehouse an a network of new roads and utilities.
- An area of low pressure will pass by just south of the state Thursday, causing morning clouds and the chance for a few showers, then the sky will become partly sunny in the afternoon with high temperatures in the 80s. It will be humid with dew points in the 60s.
- "Beyond Van Gogh," an immersive art installation exploring the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, will be at the Connecticut Convention Center through Oct. 2.
- Root Center for Advanced Recovery is seeking a change to Hartford's zoning regulations to allow methadone and substance-use rehabilitation clinics to operate in certain mixed-use zones.
- Hartford resident Kaysle Stewart started her side business of Brown Skin Girl Flower Pots in a desire to add a little more color and bling to her home.
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With the city of Hartford and the Hartford Police Union continuing contract negotiations, the Hartford City Council on Monday referred a resolution seeking an update on negotiations to a council subcommittee. - The Amistad Center for Art & Culture is honoring Bloomfield native Anika Noni Rose with an exhibit that celebrates the accomplished actress now through September.
- The foreclosure, which is in the earliest stages and could still be averted, is an early sign of a shake-out that may come to the city’s downtown office market in the fallout from COVID-19.
- Police responded to the scene about 9:17 p.m. after receiving a 911 call that a person had been shot.
- Live Girl was founded in 2014 as a non-profit that works with girls to build confidence and inclusive leadership from fifth grade through college, including mentoring and internship programs and summer camps, according to the organization.
- Monday looks like partly sunny skies, hot and humid with highs in the 90s and a slight chance for an evening shower or thunderstorm.
- The city of Hartford has paid millions in fees since 2017 to hire outside lawyers to defend itself against a high-profile lawsuit claiming the city should not have fired the first developers of Hartford's minor league baseball park.
- Michael Stubbs of Eskridge, Kansas, a retired film industry location manager with a love of history, painstakingly researched the story of the Connecticut Kansas Colony, as these settlers were known.
- “DEEP is closing fishing near these tributaries to protect fish populations that are gathered near these sources,” the agency said,
- Talk of a likely investigation began this week after attorney James Sandler suggested to the commission staff in a series of emails that chairman William A. DiBella had authorized the work.
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Sports
- The UConn women’s basketball team has finalized its nonconference schedule for 2022-23 season. The Huskies will play Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville on Jan. 26, the programs announced.
Business
- Arriving units attempted to stop the Passport, but the operator continued on the highway into Farmington, then exited and re-entered to head east, police said.
Local politics
- After losing House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz’s district after he retired in 2020, Berlin and Southington Democrats are looking to a well-known former town manager to get them back in power in November.
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Nation & World
- The CDC relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
Opinion
- We know bears come for the food and not our company and the problem seems to be growing as more Connecticut residents report issues with the large, clawed animals. Earlier this summer, a bear that broke into multiple homes in Canton was euthanized by DEEP.
CTNow
- Dari Delite, the East Windsor ice cream shop that has delighted residents of the town for 66 years, announced that the store would close for good at the end of the season.
- Hartford Public Schools welcomed teachers from Puerto Rico Wednesday as part of the district’s effort to fill vacancies and enhance cultural enrichment through Hartford’s new Paso a Paso Puerto Rico Recruitment Program.
- West Hartford's GastroPark, which has been serving breakfasts and lunches for two years, now is doing weekend brunch.
