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A bill would create the Office of the Food Access Advocate and provide tax incentives to certain grocery stores opening in food deserts.

Nearly 3,800 Connecticut food stamp recipients live in towns with no retailers that accept SNAP benefits. How do they fill in the gaps?

When Patty Allegra-Babcock wants to use her food stamps, she has to cross town borders. She lives in quiet and tree-covered Pomfret, in a part of northeastern Connecticut where there are no stores that accept food stamps. The nearest grocery store that accepts her benefits is a Walmart, miles east in Putnam. But Allegra-Babcock doesn’t have a car, so she relies on friends and family to drive her around.

Out of more than half a million food stamp recipients in the state, nearly 3,800 live in towns where there are no retailers that accept this form of payment.

Nearly 4,000 CT food stamp recipients live in towns with no retailers that accept SNAP benefits. How do they fill in the gaps?

Scannell Properties plans to build a 1 million-square-foot warehouse on Plainfield Pike, with the town reaping permitting and tax revenue.

PLAINFIELD – Amazon representatives this week gave the clearest picture so far of how a proposed company distribution warehouse planned for construction on the former dog track property will operate. During Tuesday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Jessica Schumer, an economic development manager for Amazon, gave members a “day in the life” look at how the “last-mile” facility will run. “’Last-mile’ is a bit of a misnomer, but it is the last step a package takes before...