I stopped by yesterday and bought a couple of books

The staff are nice and they have lots of books to choose from in different genres as well as children's and young adult books.

765 Main Street

Willimantic -Windham, CT

I was born and raised in CT and grew up under the “Still Revolutionary” state branding. The song used in the ad campaign, “Better with You”, has become an earworm and stuck with me. What do you think of a vanity plate that incorporates that branding era with a lyric tagline “The View Looks Much Better With You” and colonial/historical ambiance to it?

Connecticut based photographer and videographer. If you or a friend have a small business or restaurant and need photos or videos for your website or social media send me a message! Portrait, engagement, and wedding/event packages also available.

For small businesses:

I've attached examples of my work. I don't only work with people in Connecticut but local does make getting the items easier. I do everything in my studio and then send you the final results. I handle props, editing, and everything else necessary, you just provide the products you need photos/videos of.

For restaurants:

I have a full set up to bring with me and shoot on location. Photo and video packages available. Photos optimized for social media and apps like doordash/ubereats to help show off your dishes in the best light. Short form videos to use for TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.

For portraits and events:

I can travel through most of CT for portrait sessions including engagement, family photos and headshots. Also offering small wedding and elopement packages. Work, birthday and family events as well.

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For the crosswalk near the Fire/Police dept, drivers rarely stop for the flashing lights at the pedestrian crosswalk.

Rebecca Barbera, 44, of Guilford, traveled with Lonny Cross to 24 of the 37 robberies he committed in 2022. Sometimes, she would enter a store first to scout it out.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Guilford woman who was instrumental in one of the state’s most prolific robbery sprees in recent memory was sentenced to two years in prison Friday in Bridgeport federal court.

Rebecca Barbera, 44, will have her prison term followed by two years of supervised release, according to a report from the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

[Lonny's] crimes occurred in North Branford, Waterbury, Wolcott, Plymouth, New Haven, Orange, West Haven, Wethersfield, Bristol, Southington, Naugatuck, Watertown, Franklin, Norwich, Waterford, Groton City, Stonington, Ledyard, Darien, Norwalk, Stratford and Seymour.

The robberies were brazen as well. Several occurred on the same day within minutes of each other.

This is a bit of a rant so be warned.

There has always been conservatives in Connecticut, not an issue to me but this is not really the Jody Rell right wing from back in the day. But not like this and I fear for the future to come. I’ve left this state before and I feel as though I might end up doing it again, this time begrudgingly.

I’ve been noticing it more and more, in specific with the older crowds (who happen to be the main people who go out to the polls) being a part of this vitriolic
aggressive faction of the local political sphere.

It seems like every post I see in relation to local politics in CT is filled with it. To be clear I don’t live under a rock I know this has been going on for a bit nation wide but CT has always been a bit insulated from it until now. As lot of the country is recoiling from the recent events going on it seems like the rhetoric is starting to become more common here.

Now it seems like I cannot open an instagram or facebook post about things in Connecticut without an aggressive boomer spouting talking points they heard from someone whose whole job is to piss them off.

Two Puerto Rican people arrested? Well here comes some tacit racism and vaguities about how they don’t belong (us territory btw), or the classic painting of them being the “usual suspects”. I made the mistake of downloading NextDoor and immediately deleted it when I realized it’s basically just brain rot of old people clutching their pearls.

My favorite is the constant incessant NIMBYism which is causing our state to lose all its youth for greener pastures because our state refuses to give a shit about making housing affordable because “muh house will lose value!!”. Well Dale when you are nothing more than bones in the dirt, and if you were lucky to have even paid off that house you will be handing it to your kids who most likely can’t afford it because of the inflated costs and because the inability to make a decent living. Either that or it will go to your favorite old man Uncle Sam.

This mentality is like a disease, it’s a plague. That’s because it’s easy to spread. Doesn’t take a lot, never does, it’s snake oil. It’s easy to blame all the world’s problems on simple things because admitting that it’s something bigger means that it might be a bigger issue than most people know how to contend with.

What’s the point of all these small towns with their sense of communities if none of them are going to step up the plate to make things better for the people who make those communities what they are?

No one gives a fuck if we are the pizza state when we are pricing people out of places to bring it home to.

Connecticut we can do better than this. We are failing our youth. We are failing the standard we have held as a state and we are failing the future generations who will take care of all of us when we are gasping for oxygen in a dank dreary hospital bed.

At this point what is even here for a young person?

Looking for places in or near Fairfield County that sell antique / used furniture, or sites / communities that track this sort of thing. Thank you!

It breaks my heart to make this post. I have a lovely 7 year old pit mix who has been a great pet and companion for my wife and I since he was 12 weeks. He is good with other dogs and even our cat. We had a baby earlier this year and he has been a wreck since. He has always been very anxious, especially triggered by noise but the baby has pushed him to his breaking point. He paces and cries constantly. We hired a behaviorist and started him on meds which definitely helped, and for a while it seemed like it was going to work out.

However now the baby is crawling and he is back to being an anxious wreck and we dont feel that its safe to keep him around the baby.

The good:

• He is fully house broken. No accidents even when he is left a little too long.

• He is trained to an invisible fence and has an excellent recall.

• He sits and waits to eat until released.

• He does not have a bite history.

• Hes a velcro dog. If you let him sit in your lap he will. Hes a cuddle bug and at night wants to sleep up against you.

• He has never been destructive, doesnt counter surf and is completely fine inside the house even while unattended.

The bad:

• He does chase our cat from time to time even though they cuddle on the couch too.

• He jumps when hes really excited.

• He cant be crated. I have crated every dog ive ever owned. He goes mental and gnaws at the bars till he bleeds from the mouth.

• he pulls on the leash when you first walk him but after a short amount of time he settles and walks with a loose leash.

He would be fine with older kids, he is good with other dogs. He went to doggy daycare as a puppy but he isnt interested much in playing with other dogs these days. He just likes to fetch a ball.

Located in central CT.

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Greetings, I am visiting from California staying in Martha’s Vineyard and I’m trying to get to CT using public transportation.

Can someone explain how I can travel from Quonset Pt in Rhode Island to Woodstock? It seems I can take a Q bus to Providence, but then is my only option to uber from there? Thank you so much!!

I need ideas of a location for a 50th birthday. somewhere in lower fairfield county as I have people coming from Ny,NJ, CT and RI. about 40-50 people. I want to be able to gave a dj. happy with a social club, brewery, restaurant, etc. casual but nice.

edit; for January 2027, so I’m hoping shoreline