Dozens of contracts between individual towns and the state's regional trash giant are expiring in the next two years, and a group representing a swath of communities from Hartford to the Litchfield Hills will take the first step next week to form its own solid-waste authority.
When the Manolo Blahnik brand is attached, anything is glamorous, even cows. George Malkemus and Tony Yurgaitis own Manolo Blahnik USA and when their prized heifers hit the competition circuit, they are as runway-ready as the women who wear the couture shoes, Yankee Magazine reports .
The Costa Verde Resort in Costa Rica is a sophisticated teak-panelled hideaway that overlooks the stunning coastline of Manuel Antonio National Park In pictures: The Big Six plane hotels At first glance it seems as though this 1965 Boeing 727 has been taken over by the jungle.
Mile-a-minute vine, the kudzu of the North, may be less troublesome in 2010. The state Department of Environmental Protection last week announced it will give New Milford $14,000 and Newtown $11,000 to fight the fast-growing and highly invasive weed.
Submitted by CT Department of Agriculture on 2009-10-28.   Autumn is the peak of wine season here in Connecticut, according to Agriculture Commissioner F. Philip Prelli.
Da Capo's Italiano Ristorante and its brick-oven pizza quickly made a name for itself when it opened in Litchfield last year, winning rave reviews for its way-above-average Italian food.
A Litchfield County marketer with exclusive rights to manufacture certain Michael Jackson memorabilia was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for dodging taxes and hiding money from the IRS .
P eople frequently ask me to recommend horse barns that offer trail rides. You'd think in a state as horse-centric as Connecticut, there'd be lots of such places.