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Amazon shuts down Connecticut construction site after 7th noose found Windsor Town Council member Nuchette Black-Burke, center, with state and local elected leaders together with the CT NAACP, speaks out at news conference May 7, 2021, in Windsor, Connecticut, after a noose was found at the Amazon warehouse construction site, rear. Mark Mirko / Hartford Courant via AP Email WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Amazon has temporarily shut down a new warehouse construction site in Connecticut after a seven...

A notorious bottleneck on I-91 north in Hartford that has infuriated motorists for decades will get some long-sought relief Wednesday as a new exit to the Charter Oak Bridge and I-84 east is opened to its first travelers.

A New Haven firefighter who dreamed of being a member of his hometown fire department as a 2-year-old child, and tragically lost his life in a blaze last week, will be laid to rest in Hartford today following a procession and church service in New Haven.

Some Connecticut educators are pushing for remote learning to remain even as COVID-19 fades; others hope to jettison the virtual world for the in-person classroom.

More than Just Lobster, the New Britain restaurant that sells spicy, saucy bags of steamed lobster, crab, shrimp, clams, crawfish, oysters and mussels, is opening a location in downtown Hartford on May 15.

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.

A neighborhood sanctuary for reflection and relaxation is taking shape on a vacant lot off Albany Avenue, the work of an Afro-centric community building project in Hartford.

The owner of the Bond Residences on Hartford's Asylum Street plans $1 million in renovations to put the building’s recent past as an extended-stay hotel behind it and carve out a new place in downtown’s apartment market.

360 Juteuse Fruit Bar is a new restaurant in Manchester specializing in juices, smoothies and boba tea.

Tweed New Haven Airport announces $100 million expansion and the arrival of Avelo Airlines. Here’s what it means for New Haven, the state and air passengers. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant © Patrick Raycraft/Hartford Courant An expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport would make it financially stable, eliminating the need for state and local subsidies. Tweed New Haven Airport, a backwater in the state’s modern air transportation network, on Thursday announced that the ...