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Connecticut still has testing sites and free antigen test pickups, but the Biden Administration will end its mail-order program Friday.

A person was hospitalized after police say they were struck by a vehicle in Willimantic. This all unfolded around 3:30 Friday afternoon near the Village Heights...

Willimantic receives state bonding dollars to help build affordable housing downtown

The story of the Frog Bridge is commemorated in songs, tales, and traditions, and the giant frog sculptures that guard the gates of each end of the bridge.

The eastern Connecticut town of Windham is spending its $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act money on 62 businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, including many that are owned by women and minorities. Of the 62 recipients, roughly half are owned by women. Eighteen of the businesses are owned by minorities, 13 of whom are women. Most of the businesses are nail and hair salons, as well as restaurants, which were among the hardest hit by the pandemic.

If a thirsty historian examined only the last century’s worth of data, she or he might logically conclude that the explosion of craft brewing was a predictable eventuality spawned by beer aficionados...

Taso’s Eggselent Adventure, a restaurant at 550 East Middle Turnpike in Manchester, is moving to a new location, and will become both a restaurant and an incubator kitchen for startup entrepreneurs.

Lawmakers called it the “defining issue” of the 2022 legislative session, passing three wide-ranging measures that would expand access to and boost resources for children’s mental health.

The Connecticut DOE is now investigating whether Killingly violated the “educational interest of the state" by rejecting a proposal for a mental health center.

The state of Connecticut is now involved after this small northeastern town said no to a fully-funded, school-based mental health center.