Where exactly is Canaan, Conn.? There are at least two answers
North Canaan and Canaan, towns stacked just below the Massachusetts border, are used to being mixed up. But the names create real problems.
REGISTER: ‘In The Room’ with Sen. Richard Blumenthal
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Dozens gathered in Meriden on Thursday with a list of demands for CT officials, including strengthening the Trust Act and its enforcement.
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States OK solar panels for balconies. Some safety guidelines haven’t caught up.
CT and other states have passed legislation allowing small, cheap, plug-in solar panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch.
Equipment failure at Oxford compressor station sounded like jet engine, residents say
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The East End is one of seven CT areas designated as a Martin Luther King, Jr. Corridor, a program intended to stimulate economic development.
Senate passes college sports bill amid opposition from CT senators
Blumenthal’s measure could make it easier for schools like UConn to join a power conference. But he and Murphy didn’t back the overall bill.
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