Free, Virtual Summertime "Camp Sparkler" For Connecticut Families with Young Children Launches This Week

Free, Virtual Summertime "Camp Sparkler" For Connecticut Families with Young Children Launches This Week

Sparkler Learning has teamed up with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC), United Way of Connecticut’s 211 Child Development and Hartford Public Library to announce the start of Camp Sparkler, a free, eight-week, virtual summer camp for families with children ages five and under.

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Town of Clinton Police First to Join State's Municipal Employee Retirement System in 16 Years

Town of Clinton Police First to Join State's Municipal Employee Retirement System in 16 Years

Connecticut State Comptroller Sean Scanlon has announced that the Town of Clinton Police Department is the first group to join the Municipal Employee Retirement System (MERS) since 2009, largely attributable to the ongoing improvements to the system made by his office.

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Air Quality Increasingly Unhealthy Across US, Including in Connecticut

 Air Quality Increasingly Unhealthy Across US, Including in Connecticut

The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” 2025 report finds that even after decades of successful efforts to reduce sources of air pollution, 46% of Americans—156.1 million people—are living in places - including Connecticut - that get failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution.

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