Optimum announces Bridgeport small businesses grant winners

Optimum Business and the Bridgeport Regional Business Council announced the grant winners of the Lifting up Small Businesses Connecticut grant program Wednesday. In total, 25 businesses were each awarded $5,000 for improving the vitality of the...

Optimum Business, BRBC award $125k in small business grants

Recipients of the BRBC and Optimum Business Lifting up Small Businesses in Bridgeport $5,000 grant receive their funds during a celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Photo courtesy of Optimum Business BRIDGEPORT – Optimum Business and the Bridgeport...

Beach House Shake partners with design influencer Alex Bucklin of Bucklin Design Co.

Professional interior designer and Instagram influencer Alex Bucklin, founder of Bucklin Design Co., selected Tando Composites’ Beach House Shake to bring a timeless New England aesthetic to her latest project in the Midwest. Raised in Connecticut...

High Demand Prompts Extra Rush Shows In Connecticut

Just when you thought you missed out on one last chance to see the Gods of Rock, their schedules seem to have opened up for not only one, but two shows next year in Connecticut. Most of the world was under the impression that we saw Rush perform...

Oglala Tribe Files Another Lawsuit Against Interior Department Over Police Funding

For the third time since 2022, the Oglala Sioux Tribe has sued the federal government over inadequate funding for its reservation’s public safety operations. The case filed last week in U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota alleges...

Parents raise concerns over talk of regulations on homeschooling in Connecticut

There’s more scrutiny on homeschooling oversight after two recent cases of alleged abuse involving homeschooled students. That’s why a forum was held Wednesday night in East Haddam to talk about regulations surrounding homeschooling. “It’s best to...

Democrat Rep Insinuates AOC Could Kill Her Enemies As President Because MAGA Supports Striking Narco-Terrorists

Democratic Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes suggested on Wednesday that Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could kill any of her enemies as president since Republicans support the strikes of narco-terrorists. President Donald Trump’s...

Upgrades coming to 600 bus stops across Connecticut

A major investment is coming for thousands of people who wait at bus stops across Connecticut. The Connecticut Department of Transportation is undertaking a $20 million initiative to install bus shelters across Connecticut, adding amenities like...

CT's Jamaican American community attempts to reach loved ones after Hurricane Melissa hits

Members of the Jamaican American community in Connecticut are anxiously awaiting to hear from their loved ones in the island nation after the strongest hurricane in over 100 years made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction....

Wild Idea: Collect and Grow Native Seeds

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. — Spring 2020 was a difficult time all around, but attempting to enter the real world after just graduating from college was particularly challenging. Lizzie Hunt, who graduated that May from the Rhode Island School of Design...

Former Connecticut budget official convicted of extorting school construction contractors

A former senior official in Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s administration has been convicted of extorting private contractors for bribes while overseeing multimillion-dollar school construction projects. The case highlights how public trust can...

Here’s The Thing | Barton Reeves On Connecticut’s Future

The side effects of antidepressants vary widely — choosing the right one is imperative, study finds

Weighing the benefits of antidepressants against the costs of their potential side effects can be tricky for the millions of Americans who take these prescription drugs. But a large new study examining the impact of 30 antidepressants on weight,...

Does Connecticut now have the same cost of living as Florida?

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Several sources report Connecticut’s cost of living remains higher than Florida’s. Rent Cafe’s cost of living...

Bat Week is coming in Connecticut. Here’s what that means

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut celebrates Bat Week from Oct. 24-31. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said the week is meant to celebrate the role bats play in the world’s ecosystems and their value to humans. DEEP said bats...

Delaware joins coalition suing over SNAP benefits

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors Oct. 28, in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Secretary Brooke Rollins for suspending the Supplemental...

Invest in education, not war: Connecticut faculty push for Israel arms...

Photo via 4Cs SEIU 1973 4Cs SEIU 1973, a higher education union in Connecticut, just passed a resolution calling for an immediate arms embargo on Israel and divestment from entities complicit in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and...

Former Connecticut budget official convicted of taking bribes from school construction contractors

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460 Killed in Horrific Massacre in Sudan Hospital, WHO Says, Amid RSF Takeover

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Approximately 460 patients and their companions were killed in a horrific massacre at a...

R.I.S.E. seeks prevention funding

A nonprofit group working to provide support and resources to prevent drug abuse in Custer County could get as much as $100,000 through Custer County for its cause. At the Oct. 22 meeting of the Custer County Commission, Juliann Gramkow and Amanda...