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Capitol Watch Podcast: Connecticut's pension problem is even more complicated than you think

In the weeks and months before the midterm election, Connecticut voters heard a dark, ominous, vaguely familiar term: "unfunded pension liabilities." Why? What do those three words have to do with anything? Well, it’s complicated. Capitol Bureau Chief Chris Keating explains how Connecticut became...

 

Will signed week before heavy metal star Oliver Herbert’s death part of police probe

State police investigating the drowning death of heavy metal star Oliver Herbert in Stafford Springs have examined a will signed by Herbert a week before his death at a Hartford car dealership, multiple sources close to the probe said. The will was notarized by a person who was a friend of Herbert...

 

Connecticut police say holiday shoppers can reduce crime risk with these simple steps

In the rush of the holiday season, shoppers can easily fall victim to thieves who target their wallets and purses, the gifts they’ve just bought or even their cars, police warn. “With the holiday season upon us, incidents of theft and robbery tend to increase,” said Bristol police Capt. Edward...

 

Our picks for 2018′s top 20 albums by Connecticut musicians

In case you hadn’t been able to surmise from all the coverage it received in various places, including this one, the Connecticut music scene had a fantastic year for new music. It wasn’t just the quantity either. While there were literally hundreds of albums, EPs, and singles to take in, the overall...

 

Capitol Watch Podcast: Connecticut's pension problem is even more complicated than you think

In the weeks and months before the midterm election, Connecticut voters heard a dark, ominous, vaguely familiar term: "unfunded pension liabilities." Why? What do those three words have to do with anything? Well, it’s complicated. Capitol Bureau Chief Chris Keating explains how Connecticut became...

 

Avon voters approve new synthetic turf field at high school and town-wide communications system

The town’s emergency personnel will get a new communications system and Avon High School athletes will get a new synthetic turf field in the fall after voters approved both measures at a referendum Wednesday. Slightly more than 15 percent of the town’s voters turned out and approved the two projects,...

 

Top Cromwell school officials on leave following allegations of misconduct

Cromwell Assistant Superintendent Krista Karch has been placed on paid administrative leave as the probe into an anonymous letter sent to the town’s school board alleging misconduct by Superintendent John T. Maloney Jr., who was also suspended, and Karch continues. The single-page letter carries...

 

Ana Grace Project, New Britain work to make compassion the theme of Sandy Hook anniversary

When student athletes, firefighters and Girl Scouts converge Friday on Central Connecticut State University, they’ll somberly honor the anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass murder — and do something more. They and dozens of other volunteers will be accepting donations of winter clothes, food, toys...

 

Five Hartford police officers, shot on duty, are posthumously honored

Two years ago, while talking to a friend, retired Hartford Police Sgt. Thomas Elwood learned that a fellow officer who was shot on duty never received a citation for his valor. With a little digging, he discovered the officer wasn’t alone. Nine members of the force who served prior to 1974 — the...

 

Shopping malls, hospitals on Uber's top 10 Hartford area destinations of 2018

Where did Hartford riders Uber to this year? The Top 10 list includes three restaurants, two universities, a hospital and one of the city’s insurance giants. 1. Walmart 2. University of Hartford 3. Westfarms 4. Bartaco 5. The Shoppes at Buckland Hills 6. The Russian Lady 7. Hartford Hospital 8....

 

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