Connecticut Book Awards Tell State's Story in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Illustration

Connecticut Book Awards Tell State's Story in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Illustration

History - real and imagined - dominated the 2019 Connecticut Book Awards, announced Sunday by the Connecticut Center for the Book, a project of Connecticut Humanities. Winners included some well-known literary names, and others not (yet) instantly recognizable. The awards recognize and honor books with specific ties to Connecticut.

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Start-up Companies from Seven Countries Land in Hartford’s Urban Hub, Seek to Advance by Working with Local, National Industries

Start-up Companies from Seven Countries Land in Hartford’s Urban Hub, Seek to Advance by Working with Local, National Industries

Upward Labs, Connecticut’s first pilot lab for tech companies creating the future of smart buildings and aged care, is hosting an interactive demonstration of its inaugural cohort’s technologies on October 22, 2019. Upward Labs Demo Day: The Experience invites the public to participate in a live exhibition of the first cohort’s tech solutions in action, allowing attendees to experience a tech-enabled urban hub in which to live, work, and play.

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Waterbury Youth Services, Cheshire Academy Join National Pilot Program Promoting Teen Mental Health

Waterbury Youth Services, Cheshire Academy Join National Pilot Program Promoting Teen Mental Health

Two Connecticut organizations that focus on youth  - Waterbury Youth Services in Waterbury and the Cheshire Academy in Cheshire – have joined a national pilot program being run by the National Council for Behavioral Health with support from Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.  The initiative - teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) – was launched in a limited number of schools around the country earlier this year.

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Newest Literary Landmarks: Mark Twain House, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

Newest Literary Landmarks:  Mark Twain House, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

The nation’s two newest Literary Landmarks, both in Connecticut, will be announced at ceremonies on October 16. The Mark Twain House & Museum and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center have been selected to be designees for recognition.  The announcement will be made by the Connecticut Center for the Book, CT Humanities and Hartford Public Library.

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Shoppers Alert: SoNo Collection Set to Debut in Norwalk

Shoppers Alert:  SoNo Collection Set to Debut in Norwalk

It’s big, splashy and opening its doors in Norwalk.  The SoNo Collection mall is scheduled to open this week, two and a half years after construction began. It is owner Brookfield Properties biggest retail project in the Northeast since an expansion a decade ago of the Natick Collection mall in Massachusetts. The three-story project features 725,000 square feet of retail space, three atriums, a bowling alley and a rooftop-level garden. 

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Hundreds Clean Up Connecticut Shores with Major Progress Seen

Hundreds Clean Up Connecticut Shores with Major Progress Seen

An estimated 1,000 volunteers showed up to shorelines throughout Connecticut to help put an end to water pollution during the annual International Coastal Cleanup hosted by the Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound. Volunteers could choose among more than 20 beach clean-up communities in Connecticut.

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