Glass and Stone Memorial Commemorates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Coming of Age in Connecticut Simsbury, CT – A decade ago, a group of Simsbury High School students dreamed of constructing a permanent memorial to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) after discovering he had spent two summers in their small Connecticut…
Month: December 2020
Historic Number of Votes Cast by Absentee Ballot in the 2020 Election
HARTFORD – Secretary of the State Denise Merrill on Thursday announced details of the historic number of absentee ballots cast in 2020. “No voter should ever have to choose between protecting their health and casting their vote, and in Connecticut in the 2020 election, no voter was forced to make that choice. For the first…
Gov. Lamont announces USDA approves request for disaster designation due to TS Isaias
Farmers in All Eight Counties Are Now Eligible to Apply for Emergency Loans Due to Production Losses HARTFORD CT – Governor Ned Lamont on Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved his request for an agricultural disaster designation as a result of damage sustained from the impact of Tropical Storm Isaias…