The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, located in Hartford, plans to honor Albert Woodfox, known as one of the Angola Three, as the 2020 Stowe Prize winner. Woodfox is receiving this year’s award for Solitary, his memoir about the four decades he spent in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit.
Read MoreReopening Connecticut and getting the state back on its economic feed is taking a village of local volunteers. The newest initiative, to include municipal officials, community-based organizations, nonprofit providers, and philanthropic partners – establishes local long-term recovery committees that will help meet urgent needs, accelerate recovery, and expedite coordination with the state’s emergency management structure,
Read MoreJust as the United States was recognizing the severity of the coronavirus and state governments were reacting to the impending health crisis, a Farmington-based company with ties to the University of Connecticut that has been pursuing a cure for another elusive disease received milestone news from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Read MoreConnecticut’s historic Weir Farm is the latest issue in the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Series, issued by the U.S. Mint. The local celebration, planned for this month, was cancelled - but the coins are working their way into circulation nonetheless. Check your change.
Read MoreThe Permanent Commission on the Status of Women in Connecticut (PCSW), a nonprofit organization, has released of the 2020 Directory of Women’s Organizations in Connecticut ahead of schedule, prompted by the increased interest in identifying organizations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreA new report by a Connecticut-headquartered company with expertise in employee assessment reveals that many employees lack the skills and culture to maintain productivity remotely and raises red flags that businesses ought to consider as a result of the sudden, massive shift to employees working from home.
Read MoreIn a new analysis ranking the best states to work from home, Connecticut was middle-of-the-pack, placing 24th among the states. The state’s strongest category? Access to fast broadband speeds, definitely a plus when working online from home.
Read MoreOne of Connecticut’s longest running nonprofits, known most recently as Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE)/Save the Sound, shortened their name just as the chaos of COVID-19 descended on the region. As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is observed, the newly rebranded Save the Sound is determined to do even more in its environmental advocacy.
Read MoreApril 15 has come and gone, nearly unnoticed. For the first time in forever, it was not Tax Day this year, as both the federal and state governments have delayed until July 15 the deadline for tax payments covering calendar year 2019. What to do between now and the new deadline?
Read MoreConnecticut may have three representatives on the newly appointed 21-member multi-state panel charged by Governors in the region with plotting a course forward to re-start the economy, but the state may receive an extra boost from members representing other states who have more than a cursory awareness of Connecticut.
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