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"People are leaving EMS altogether because they can get a job at Walmart for higher pay," EMS professor Eric Wellman said.

We’ve got Apple Fritters, Fairs, Fundraisers, Concerts and Movies! How will you spend this fall weekend in our state?

We’ve got Apple Fritters, Fairs, Fundraisers, Concerts and Movies! How will you spend this fall weekend in our state?

We’ve got Apple Fritters, Fairs, Fundraisers, Concerts and Movies! How will you spend this fall weekend in our state?

We’ve got Apple Fritters, Fairs, Fundraisers, Concerts and Movies! How will you spend this fall weekend in our state?

With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing Thursday that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks indoors in most cases, Gov. Ned Lamont was quick to announce that Connecticut will enact the same standards as soon as next week. Some neighboring states, like New York and New Jersey, are still reviewing the CDC’s announcement and have not moved as quickly as Connecticut.

Sunshine Wheels Opens Headquarters In Simsbury - Simsbury, CT - Sunshine Wheels transportation has opened up a second headquarters at the McLean senior living and health care campus in Simsbury.

Joe Amon / Connecticut Public A hand recount shows that Simsbury voters overwhelmingly approved a multimillion-dollar land deal in their town Tuesday evening, after a ballot preparation error led to thousands of votes not getting recorded by a machine tabulator.  Voters cast ballots in a budget referendum, deciding whether the town should authorize more than $2.5 million in taxpayer money to buy 288 acres of land called “Meadowood.”  Karen Cortés, Simsbury’s Democratic registrar o...

Joe Amon / Connecticut Public The outcome of a multi-million dollar land deal in Simsbury remains unclear Wednesday morning because the tabulator that was supposed to count the ballots did not work.  Eric Wellman, Simsbury’s first selectman, said a bi-partisan hand recount is now underway and that results are expected later today. Voters were casting ballots Tuesday in a budget referendum deciding if the town should authorize more than $2.5 million in taxpayer money to purchase 288 acre...

Joe Amon / Connecticut Public A multimillion dollar land deal goes before voters in Simsbury on May 4 that asks residents to authorize more than $2.5 million in taxpayer money for the purchase of nearly 300 acres of land, including a spot where Martin Luther King Jr. once worked.  If voters approve the deal, some of the land called “Meadowood” would be kept as working farmland and used for recreation. The deal also would have historical goals: preserving some old barns and housing an ...