In a new analysis of data ranking the states in children’s health, Connecticut had a number of bright spots, ranking 3rd in the highest percentage of children with excellent or very good health, 3rd in the highest percentage of children with recent medical and dental checkups, and 3rd in the highest percentage of children with excellent or very good teeth.
Read MoreA new report argues that modestly-sized apartment buildings are the foundation of Connecticut's affordable rental housing, and that continued building and preservation of these apartments is needed to lower the cost of rent and improve housing choice in the state.
Read MoreAfter an analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Connecticut women, the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women in Connecticut (PCSW), a bipartisan organization, is urging the state to take a series of steps to spur economic recovery in the state, particularly among women.
Read MoreAfter a career spent in Connecticut journalism, Barbara Roessner’s retirement has been replaced by a new venture - leading a nonprofit local news start-up in New Bedford, MA .
Read MoreThe State Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) has approved an application from the Town of Ridgefield to establish a Cultural District in town. Ridgefield is the first municipality in the state to receive the designation.
Read MoreThe West End Civic Association (WECA), a non-profit devoted to the improvement of Hartford’s West End Neighborhood, is seeking community support to bring the Children’s Museum, now located in West Hartford, to their adjacent Hartford neighborhood, less than two miles from the current location.
Read MoreRIverfront Recapture has purchased 60 acres of riverfront land on the Hartford-Windsor town line to build a new community park. The acquisition will allow Riverfront Recapture to complete a regional trail connection between the Hartford and Windsor, and will complete a seven-mile multi-use public transportation system extending from South Windsor to Hartford with connections to East Hartford and Glastonbury.
Read MoreLocation matters. And once again, Stamford is benefitting from that incontrovertible axiom. When Webster Bank, with deep roots in Waterbury, reached a merger agreement this past week with New York-based Sterling Bancorp, the announcement included plans to establish the headquarters of the newly combined organization in Stamford.
Read MoreThe city of Danbury is the 10th most diverse city in the nation, according to a new analysis. Also reaching the top 25 in the just-compiled rankings are the cities of Stamford, at number 16, Norwalk at number 21 and Bridgeport, which ranked 23rd.
Read MoreSTEM educator Christine Lawlor-King has been named the new executive director of the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), the nation’s oldest and largest continuously operating invention education program for student inventors. For 2021, student invention applications are now being judged over a period of several weeks via a virtual portal system. A virtual "award ceremony" will take place on May 23 at 6pm, via YouTube and Facebook.
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