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“We are going to continue to see additional deaths this year,” Dr. Ulysses Wu, the chief epidemiologist of Hartford HealthCare said.

Tradition says that if a groundhog emerges from its hole on Feb. 2 and sees its shadow, six more weeks of winter will follow. No shadow means an early spring.

Michael DiMassa’s signature appears on all of the payment vouchers.

Polish National Home, a community gathering place and restaurant in Hartford since 1930, may close for good if it can’t raise $1.5 million within a few weeks, according to a letter sent this week to members.

At least one prominent Simsbury resident is working to reverse the state’s decision to spend $2 million designing improvements to the frequently flooded police shooting range in town.

The question of public access when the session opens Feb. 9, a sensitive and increasingly politically polarizing subject in recent weeks, was resolved with a joint announcement by leaders of the Democratic majorities.

The future of Conny the Whale is uncertain now that the Children's Museum property in West Hartford is expected to be sold later this year.

In a surprising turnaround, former House Republican leader Themis Klarides dropped out of the race for governor Sunday and is instead running for the U.S. Senate.

“The forecast right now is projecting blizzard conditions for a significant portion of the state on Saturday, which is why I am urging everyone statewide to plan to shelter in place beginning Friday night and remaining there throughout the day on Saturday until the storm is over,” Lamont said.

A winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Connecticut on Saturday, blanketing roads and halting transportation across much of the state.