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According to a study by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Hartford is the seventh-most-challenging place to live with seasonal allergies
- Looking to curb asthma rates, ease the impact of summer heat waves and perhaps reduce neighborhood stress, Connecticut will be planting trees in some decidedly non-green neighborhoods of Windsor, Greenwich, Stratford, Bridgeport and New Haven.
- Another commercial air travel option could open up in Connecticut at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, if the operator of Bradley International Airport takes the lead in running the Fairfield County airport.
- M&T Bank announced a 5-year plan that will provide $46 billion in loans, investments and other financial support to low- and moderate-income people and communities as well as people and communities of color, part of its acquisition of Bridgeport-based People's United Bank.
- A member of a Bridgeport gang that is linked to shootings and drug trafficking in the city — including a brazen attempt to assassinate rival gang members outside a state court house last year — pleaded guilty Friday to a federal racketeering offense.
- M&T Bank Thursday pledged to employ at least 1,000 within a year at the Bridgeport headquarters of People’s United Bank after acquiring one of Connecticut largest lenders and combining operating systems of the two banks.
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Anger over hundreds of the layoffs planned in M&T Bank’s acquisition of People’s United Bank intensified Wednesday, as one state senator representing Bridgeport -- the city hardest hit by the job cuts -- pushed for legislative hearings. -
- Even though many traditional July 4th fireworks shows in Connecticut are canceled this year, more than a dozen are scheduled to go on - led by the Great American Boom in New Britain.
- The Penfield Reef Lighthouse in Long Island Sound off Bridgeport is again on the auction block.
- Artist Leonardo Drew, who grew up in Bridgeport, has an exhibit up now at Wadsworth Atheneum of his “monstrosities,” sculptures he creates from the remains of old sculptures he created and then took apart.
- June is Pride Month. Dozens of events will take place in Connecticut celebrating the state's LGBTQ community.
- Some Connecticut educators are pushing for remote learning to remain even as COVID-19 fades; others hope to jettison the virtual world for the in-person classroom.
- Long-awaited changes in Connecticut's legalized gambling could boost redevelopment efforts in downtown Hartford, creating a wagering destination in the city.
- What M&T Bank's acquisition of Bridgeport-based People's United Bank will mean for customers.
- A documentary showing on Jan. 16 on CPTV is about S.Z. Poli, the New Haven-based theater chain owner who was a major player in the vaudeville era and the early days of cinema.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
