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The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced the Susan Kamil Scholarship for Emerging Writers, a new $10,000 scholarship, to be given

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (BHYC) is back up and running again this summer with plenty of highlights from the waterfront, the tennis courts, and activities in the clubhouse. The junior programs are in full swing, and both program directors are...

Abbey Theater of Dublin will premiere Columbus playwright and former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Herb Browns "The Price of Power" on Friday.

Our roundup of the latest news from metro Detroit and Michigan businesses as well as announcements from government agencies.

You’re sitting at your office desk and your mind is wandering — perhaps to that less-than-stellar round of golf you shot last weekend. But what if you could walk down the hall and take a few practice swings in the new golf simulator your company installed? That scenario will soon become reality for the 45 employees of Connecticut Wealth Management in Farmington when the firm finishes renovating its roughly 11,000 square feet of office space in the building it owns at 281 Farmington Ave.

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Downtown Hartford’s major office buildings remain relatively deserted compared to pre-pandemic times, which creates potential problems for building owners. “It makes it harder to lease additional space because it looks like a ghost town,” said Gary B. O’Connor, a commercial real estate attorney at Pullman & Comley. “[Owners] want the tenants to come back.” Image Gary B. O’Connor Hartford’s largest office landlord, Shelbourne Global Solutions, certainly wants its tenants to start...

At State House Square, one of downtown Hartford’s major Class A office properties, David Jakubowski keeps a close eye on parking garage traffic reports, eager to see concrete signs of greater employee activity as COVID-19 vaccination rates rise. However, Jakubowski, who manages the three-building property on behalf of its owners, has observed only a slight increase over the past few months. Inside, there’s still just a sliver of normal employee activity levels. “We were hoping at this poi...

Bethlehem’s historic Moravian buildings could be recognized as an icon, landing on the World Heritage List along with wonders like the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza, but the city needs the public’s help to get there.