Throw an extra blanket on the bed tonight because it’s going to get downright chilly.

Urinal guards were found at the capitol, reading “Ned Lamont — Piss on Tolls.”

WEST HARTFORD — Lovesac, the home furnishing brand best known for its Sacs (the original changeable, loveable foam-filled comfy chair) will celebrate the opening of its new Blue Back Square showroom, 99 Memorial Rd, West Hartford, on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. Lovesac founder Shawn Nelson…

WEST HARTFORD — Kingswood Oxford hosted this year’s Strategic Partnerships, Strategic Vision for Connecting with Communities of Color (SPHERE) event with over 200 educators in attendance this Tuesday, August 27. SPHERE is a consortium of independent schools in the Hartford area who focus pro…

WEST HARTFORD — Discover Park Road, one of West Hartford’s most charming and quirky commercial areas, by joining award-winning architectural historian Mary Donohue for a walking tour. The Tour will take place on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. Park Road includes landmarks like the Art Deco lan…

WEST HARTFORD — They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place, but one Kingswood Oxford student has turned that old adage on its ear. In his tender years, Rohan Naik ’20 of South Windsor was selected to perform in not one but two acclaimed music halls in the same year. Follo…

WEST HARTFORD — Explore the science of sound and hearing at The Children’s Museum’s new traveling exhibition, Sonic Sensation, opening on Sept. 21.

AAA says gas prices could rise as much as 25 cents this month

Samantha Calzone, 23, graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2018 with a degree in animal science. She also earned an advanced degree in equine science in Great Britain.

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday it would stop collecting some wage data broken down by sex and race from larger employers.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3, and state and city health officials say youth is especially targeted by e-cigarette companies. Six people have died and 450 fallen ill nationally as of Sept. 6

WEST HARTFORD — A few hours after Fotis Dulos pleaded not guilty Thursday to a new charge in the disappearance of his wife, state police investigators descended on reservoirs near his Farmington home.

WEST HARTFORD — 69 students walked through the doors of the Intensive Education Academy recently as the school commenced its 48th year. Executive Director, Jeffrey L. Forman and Assistant Director of Education, Tracy Barbour, greeted each student as they arrived.

PUBLIC WORKS

HARTFORD — The Seniors Job Bank will celebrate its 40 years of service to the Greater Hartford community with a festive cocktail reception on Sept. 24, 5 o 7 p.m. at the Governor’s Mansion, 990 Prospect Ave., Hartford. The non-profit, volunteer driven organization connects men and women over…

WEST HARTFORD — Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford welcomed 493 students back this week, hitting all targets, from enrollment to finances to technology upgrades and master planning. This fall marks Northwest Catholic’s 59th year, and its Catholic mission to educate the whole per…

WEST HARTFORD — On Sept 21, West Hartford foodies will be lined up to celebrate the grand opening of Pokéworks, a nationwide, healthy, fast-casual poke restaurant. The new spot is going into Corbin Collection (across from Westfarms mall) located at 1445 New Britain Ave., and brings a fresh t…

WEST HARTFORD — With great anticipation, Kingswood Oxford opened its doors to 515 students for the 2019-2020 school year with its celebrated Convocation on Tuesday, Sept. 3. This year marks KO’s 110th year as a school and its 50th year as a coeducational institution marked by the merger of t…

The couple seeks to establish a “Mickey’s Fight Foundation,” to change laws and eventually have enough money in it to open a wellness center offering integrative medicine through a doctor. They dream of buying a condo near the center to let families stay there for free.

HARTFORD — A state man was sentenced to six months in prison for stealing benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to federal authorities.

STAMFORD — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the local and state governments that have sued the company for allegedly fraudulent marketing of their top-selling pain drug pressed on Tuesday with efforts to hammer out a comprehensive settlement, but Connecticut’s attorney general said he still…

We’re in for a celestial treat this weekend - the Harvest Moon rising on Friday the Thirteenth and shining all weekend.

Joe Heller’s obituary begins like this: “Joe Heller made his last undignified and largely irreverent gesture on Sept. 8, 2019, signing off on a life, in his words, ‘generally well-lived and with few regrets.’ When the doctors confronted his daughters with the news last week that ‘your father…

To know that something is true — not to have faith in it, wish for it, hope, or believe it to be true, but to know — perhaps we can agree that you need some kind of evidence.

BRIDGEPORT — A state man was sentenced to 15 year in prison Monday for multiple offenses related to the sex trafficking of minors, authorities said.

EAST GRANBY — Join Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Wildlife Division biologists and Department of Economic and Community Development staff for a celebration of bat conservation at the Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine. This event will highlight the story of on…

WEST HARTFORD — The West Hartford Chamber of Commerce announces its 33rd annual Golf Tournament presented by Ideanomics Fintech Village. The event will be held on Monday, Sept. 16 at Wampanoag Country Club. This year, a portion of the proceeds raised from the tournament will benefit The Town…

WEST HARTFORD — Inspired by first-hand experience, Kingswood Oxford student John McLaughlin ’20 has organized a car show to raise money for Donate Life, an organization whose mission is to increase the number of donated organs, eyes, and tissues available to save and heal lives. In 2013, McL…

WEST HARTFORD — Sixteen taekwondo athletes from Avon, Burlington, Canton, Farmington, Meriden, New Britain, Simsbury, Unionville, West Hartford, Los Angeles, Calif., and Pearland, Texas represented the United States and proved to be fierce competitors at the 2019 Chuncheon Korea Open Interna…

I missed paying homage to one of my favorite fruits, blueberries.

The National Weather Service has posted a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for all of Connecticut until 9 p.m. Wednesday.

HARTFORD — There’s no reason for Insurance Department regulators to consider affordability when it sets health insurance rates for 2020, but consumers were back Wednesday calling for them to re-evaluate the costs.

BRIDGEPORT — A federal court judge has ruled that Connecticut’s 11 former death row inmates can sue the state for causing them “cruel and unusual punishment” when they were re-sentenced to highly restrictive life terms.

The recently enacted state law phasing out single-use plastic shopping bags is frustrating some Connecticut consumers because it contains a loophole that allows retailers to charge for the paper kind.

HARTFORD – The expedition, “Digging Into History: WWI Trench Restoration” recently returned from three weeks in Seicheprey, France. This innovative experiential learning program brought 15 Connecticut high school students entering grades 11 and 12 this fall to the site of the first German of…

Poor diet is the leading cause of premature death in the United States, and an increasing portion of the world. These are not my words, but paraphrase one of the more jarring assertions among many in an op-ed in the New York Times this past week. It is a fact.

There’s good news and bad news about the current mosquito season in Connecticut.