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After years of delay, the city is moving ahead with plans to convert a series of vacant lots north of downtown into apartments, retail space and parking structures. New Canaan Developer Randy Salvatore envisions 800 housing units and 60,000 square feet of retail space – including a grocery store...

A rancorous dispute between two municipal employees, alleging sexual harassment, verbal abuse and a refusal from the city council to address it, has spilled into federal court. Kenneth Blue, a supervisor for Hartford’s Department of Public Works, has sued the city, a councilwoman and her aide,...

FuelCell Energy Inc. announced Wednesday it will more than double its annual energy production and add more than 100 jobs at its Torrington manufacturing facility. Fuel cells, which work similar to batteries, harvest hydrogen from natural gases and turn it into electricity and heat, emitting trace...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has tapped former Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra to fill a vacancy on the state workers’ compensation commission. Malloy said Wednesday that he had chosen Segarra to fill the seat vacated by Robert A. D’Andrea, who was named a Superior Court judge in April. Segarra will draw...

A diabetes patient stranded for hours after a doctor’s appointment; a child with asthma missing a medication adjustment; wheelchair users denied transportation for want of a wheelchair van, while a squadron of vans sits idle. The stream of complaints against Veyo, the state’s Medicaid transportation...

A Connecticut woman says she found a black widow spider in a package of grapes from the grocery store. The woman says she bought the organic grapes from a Stop & Shop in Branford on Monday morning, and she and her 11-year-old son were eating the grapes together when they found the spider. The woman...

West Hartford officials are looking into the logistics of the bike-share program LimeBike after seeing the program’s success in neighboring Hartford the last six weeks. On June 6, LimeBike introduced 300 bicycles to the city of Hartford. Pedestrians and motorists have seen flashes of lime green...

A team from the National Weather Service was dispatched early Wednesday to three eastern Connecticut towns after downed trees and wreckage prompted some to speculate a tornado touched down Tuesday during a powerful band of storms. The Norton, Mass.-based weather service office sent a crew to check...

A day after worried Windsor Locks officials put a hold on talks for a $200 million sports complex, First Selectman Chris Kervick said he is hopeful the project’s developer can explain away troubling new information about his background. “We’re going to give him an opportunity to explain and convince...

If the parties of your dreams feature no shoes, the world’s largest bounce house and eight-foot pink gorillas, you’re in for a great time when Big Bounce America comes to Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Big Bounce America will be at Pratt & Whitney Stadium from Aug. 17 to 19, and it’s billed...