CT schools, food banks lose federal money to buy from local farms
The Trump administration said it won't fund the two programs that allowed schools and food banks to supply healthier food to ...
New CT license plates sell so fast they made room for more orders. Cheesy vanity requests pour in too
The idea originator guessed they would be popular, but thought it might take months to get the 400 minimum needed to ...
CT lawmakers revive debate over banning single-use plastics, polystyrene
It's the latest in a string of proposals that have elicited mixed public reactions and drawn opposition from the restaurant ...
‘We are ready to fight:’ Connecticut senators blast DOGE’s cut of local food purchase assistance
Connecticut’s two United States senators are blasting the latest cut from the Trump administration which eliminates a program that helped feed the state’s ...
Small Connecticut town welcomes home CIAC boys basketball champions with fire truck parade, celebration
Shepaug's CIAC championship boys basketball team was welcomed home by fire truck escort through towns of Roxbury and ...
Senior meals face funding crisis as COVID-19 relief funding ends
Connecticut is home to 472,000 food insecure people, according to Connecticut Foodshare President and CEO Jason Jakubowski. “The numbers we’re seeing and the lines that we’re seeing at our ...
AP PHOTOS: Mass iftar brings together thousands of Muslims at Jakarta's Istiqlal mosque
At Istiqlal, the mosque's charity committee, locals and vendors come together to provide about 4,500 free meals daily ...
Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison
As a result of the ongoing mass arrests, El Salvador now has the highest incarceration rate in the world. The proportion of its population that El Salvador incarcerates is more than triple that of the ...
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First CT Wegmans on target to welcome customers by July 23
Wegmans Norwalk Store Manager Emily Gee joins Service Manager Cody Nunn in front of the large Wegmans sign and entrance ...
Peter Som Serves Up Debut Cookbook ‘Family Style’
The designer's cookbook celebrates his family's culinary heritage with accessible recipes and heartfelt stories.
Israel hits Gaza with new airstrikes that kill at least 200 after truce talks stall
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was ...
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Here is SBA’s Small Business Person of the Year in CT
A Hebron baker has been named Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration’s Connecticut office. Michelle Nicholson, who runs The Flour Girl Bakery was honored as part of the ...