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Wethersfield council discusses improvements to Cove Park, as part of ARPA fund usage - Community news for Wethersfield, Berlin, Kensington, Rocky Hill, and Newington.
- Macbeth to be performed Aug. 16-20 in Wethersfield
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- Indulge by Palazzo finds niche in snack/health market
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Area real estate experts say the frenzy of buying and selling houses in greater Hartford that marked the first 18 months or so of the pandemic has slowed a bit, but just a bit. - The Laura’s Garden Foundation, a non-profit developed to honor the legacy of a local Wethersfield woman who died of complications from cancer last year, held a ground breaking ceremony for a memorial butterfly garden at Standish Park in Old Wethersfield on Thursday.
- Community news for Wethersfield, Berlin, Kensington, Rocky Hill, and Newington.
- With excavators and a bulldozer standing by, the developer planning apartments at the long-abandoned Ames headquarters in Rocky Hill has begun environmental remediation after buying the property for $2.3 million.
- The Connecticut Department of Transportation along with state and local officials broke ground on the Putnam Bridge Trail Connections Project between Wethersfield and Glastonbury on Thursday.
- Community news for Wethersfield, Berlin, Kensington, Rocky Hill, and Newington.
- The Town of Wethersfield was awarded $7.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding, and to date has only spent approximately $800,000.
- A new $200,000 grant to explore industrial brownfields on Evans Road could be a major step toward redeveloping a prime waterfront property in Rocky Hill, Mayor Lisa Marotta said Thursday.
- Community news for Wethersfield, Berlin, Kensington, Rocky Hill, and Newington.
- Wethersfield could be sending a $279 million, multi-building school improvement project to voters.
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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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- 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.
