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Area real estate experts say the frenzy of buying and selling houses in greater Hartford that marked the first 18 months or so of the pandemic has slowed a bit, but just a bit.

With inflation high and budgets stretched, it’s hard to find places to go with your family to have a bit of budget-friendly fun. Throughout Hartford, there are a number of free places to go.

Labor advocates are predicting the $30 million “premium pay” program the General Assembly and Gov. Ned Lamont will launch next month for essential private-sector workers is far too modest

Council President Maly D. Rosado said the move is “part of our ongoing efforts to make City government more accessible and convenient for members of the public through the COVID-19 pandemic and well into the future.”

The inventory of single-family houses is tight no matter where you look in greater Hartford.

Hartford has just eight housing inspector positions, some of them vacant — less than half of what we once had, and far fewer than we need.

In the ongoing, years-long saga over the construction of Dunkin’ Donuts Park, the state Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ordered a new trial concerning the city of Hartford’s termination of the original developers in 2016 for allegedly not finishing the ballpark on time.

A commercial complex at the pivotal corner of Trumbull and Pratt streets in the heart of downtown Hartford — including almost all of the storefront space along the north side of Pratt — is being put up for sale.

After the suspected overdose death of an off-duty city firefighter in January, New Britain suspended seven firefighters and fired another in connection with an apparent ring that used drugs at various firehouses.

The city of Hartford has 1,500 properties that don’t have to pay real estate taxes.