State reports first positive mosquitoes for encephalitis in Eastern Connecticut

New Haven, CT – The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program (MMP) announced that mosquitoes trapped in Colchester on October 14 tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus. These results represent the first EEE positive mosquitoes …

Connecticut Child Care Workers Can Get Up to $1,200 a Year for Health Premiums as Enrollment Opens Friday

Connecticut child care workers can receive $1,000 to $1,200 a year toward health insurance premiums for plans bought through Access Health CT, starting with 2027 coverage. Enrollment opens Friday, Oct. 23, and runs through Jan. 15, 2027, CT Mirror reported …

Historic Consecration of Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Norwalk, Connecticut

Archbishop Elpidophoros to Preside Over Sacred Consecration, October 30–31, 2026 NORWALK, CONNECTICUT — October 21, 2026 — Saint George Greek Orthodox Church of Norwalk, Connecticut, will celebrate a historic milestone in the life of its parish with the …

Connecticut town will cut taxable home values 35% after revaluation shook budgets

A town-wide revaluation that drove up assessed property values in Stratford, Connecticut, is being followed by property tax relief for homeowners. The town says eligible owner-occupied homes will receive a 35% reduction in the assessed value used to …

Governor Lamont and Commissioner Russell-Tucker Announce Christopher Wisniewski Is Connecticut’s 2027 Teacher of the ...

Berlin Educator Earns State’s Highest Teaching Recognition (BERLIN, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker today announced that Christopher Wisniewski, a biology teacher at Berlin High School, has been …

Connecticut guidebook tackles sports betting risks for teens and college students

Connecticut to Pay $1M After Meriden Man Strangled by Cellmate in Prison

Connecticut has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of Kenneth Montaner-Buscampell, a 26-year-old Meriden man who was strangled to death by his cellmate inside MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in December 2024 while serving a two-year sentence …

Connecticut’s Legal Cannabis Market Has a Trump Problem

A Connecticut cannabis consumer can walk into a dispensary, buy a product from a company that has never appeared in a political headline, and still help support a supply chain connected to millions of dollars in political contributions benefiting Donald …

Gov. Lamont’s Dirty Backyard: The Drug Epidemic in Connecticut Prisons

Connecticut prisons are facing a growing drug epidemic that threatens prisoner safety, institutional stability, rehabilitation efforts, and public trust in the corrections system. Drugs such as Suboxone, marijuana, K2, and other synthetic narcotics have …

My So Connecticut Life: Discovering the Charm of Newport in the Quiet Beauty of Fall

Share Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter I have spent more than a decade writing about homes and interiors, but My So-Connecticut Life is personal. I live in a 1937 Colonial in the small town of Easton, …