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Over the past two years, e-commerce and health care have been among the two fastest-growing sectors in the U.S. amid the pandemic. But the massive uptick in package home deliveries and transport of medical supplies and test specimens has also been a boon to another industry: last-mile courier service providers, which have seen demand for same-day deliveries skyrocket, even as office-based shipments took a hit in an era of remote work.

One Greater Hartford courier service company has absorbed another. ProCourier Inc., which is based in West Hartford, announced Monday that it has acquired Hartford Courier Services LLC, which has its headquarters on Pratt Street in downtown Hartford. The transaction was finalized on Dec. 1, according to officials with ProCourier. Financial details were not disclosed.

Updated on March 3, 2021 at 11:55 pm Throughout the pandemic, there has been much-deserved praise for frontline essential workers in health care, education, law enforcement and more. NBC Connecticut is shining a light on some of the other critical workforces that have persevered in order to keep Connecticut moving during these difficult times. Kelli Madigan, assistant customer service manager at Big Y supermarket in West Hartford, said she has tried to keep smiling under her mask - and under pressure – for the past year. "You would be ringing a register and you'd look up and your line would...