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State Rep. Gail Lavielle and some legislative colleagues listen to leaders' concerns about Connecticut's transportation systems at a SWRPA meeting held in Norwalk.

Connecticut State Capitol - Hartford, CT - File / Photo: Connecticut General Assembly and the League of Women Voters of Connecticut Education Fund, Inc.

Milton Hayles Beecher, 102 Milton Hayles Beecher, 102, died peacefully at home January 20, 2012.

A Navy SEAL who was killed last summer in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan has been honored at his high school in Stamford.

Windham Techical High School is one of the local tech schools that would come under a new board whose membership would include business leaders.

Before The Fresh Market chain chose the former Little Saku building in Nod Brook Mall as the site for its second Connecticut grocery store, did you know that the owners considered a site that's part of the proposed Avon Village Center plan? "They were not willing to wait for this site to be approved for development," Avon Town Planner Kushner said ... (more)

Super Bowl XLVI, 6 p.m., NBC Starring Madonna! The Voice, After the Super Bowl, NBC Season 2! If you recall, I enjoyed this last year and of course Connecticut's own Javier Colon won! The four judges are back: Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera.

A fugitive wanted for sexual assault involving a juvenile was recently arrested in Tustin, California and is expected to be extradited to Connecticut.

Westport, Conn., police issued this poster after the slaying of a jeweler and the theft of $300,000 in diamonds.

TicketNetwork , the leading online exchange for event tickets and innovative technology solutions provider, today announced it has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Connecticut by the Hartford Business Journal.

Information provided by Ben Jones, executive director of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty.

The State Bond Commission approved $5,000,000 in funding this week for the Connecticut Department of Agriculture's new Farmland Restoration Program.

A coalition of activists is drawing attention to allegations of racism at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, where some minority employees say they've been treated unfairly at the state facility for delinquent boys.

Want to boost your business for free? Claim your Patch listing! When Patch launched in central Connecticut in late 2010, editors and freelancers went to local businesses to collect information for our directory.

New help is on the way for children who are recovering from or vulnerable to trauma through a $3.2 million program developed with Yale University, state agency officials said Friday.

The Connecticut chapter of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation will continue to provide funding to in-state Planned Parenthood clinics for low-income women in need of mammograms despite a decision by the national Komen organization to end financial support for Planned Parenthood.

A half-dozen closed last year, and dozens have shut down since the mid-1990s. Two more could close this year.

A Animals for Life and H.O.R.S.E. of Connecticut are seeking forever homes for their canine, equine and feline friends.

State Rep. Steve Dargan, co-chair of the legislature's public safety and security commitee, said Thursday that the committee does not intend to file an Internet gambling bill in the 2012 legislative session.

A Connecticut police chief is officially retiring as a scandal over alleged abuse and harassment of Latinos by East Haven officers rocks the department.