Jesse Branche News Today

The state would spend $1.5 million on a new study of Hartford-Brainard Airport, under a bill in the state General Assembly, turning up the heat another notch in the debate over whether the century-old airfield should be closed and redeveloped.

The Hartford City Council is urging the state to launch a study of the century-old airfield for contamination from the city’s industrial past.

A grassroots campaign to organize opposition to the closing of Hartford-Brainard Airport is taking shape.