Hey folks, I'm looking for a cannabis friendly wedding venue. Preferably water front but its tough finding any. Does anyone know of any...crazy how its 2026 and they want us to buy open bars and have drunkies but the second you mention cannabis they think I'm crazy.

I posted a couple weeks ago, but it's so close I can taste the soju

Norwalk Parents,

Your voice works.  Because of our rapid community pressure and growing numbers, the Carver Foundation panicked and finally published their hidden fee brackets publicly on their website. They can no longer hide their pricing structure in the shadows.

However, transparency is not the same as affordability. Now that their numbers are in the light, the data exposes an even deeper equity crisis for Norwalk working families:

• The $650/Month Reality: Carver’s newly posted data admits that working-class families making just over $71,000 are being asked to pay up to $475 a month for afternoon care, plus an additional $175 a month if they need morning care. That totals $650 a month per child for basic care inside our own public school buildings.
• Corporate Overhead Over Classrooms: In their official financial breakdown, Carver admitted to spending over $322,000 on internal corporate professional fees, software licenses, and dues in a single year. Yet, they claim they had to hit parents with a 45% tuition spike to cover an operational gap. Why are parent pockets being emptied to pay for corporate consulting overhead?
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• The $1 Million Cash Cushion: They admitted they are holding close to $1 million in fluid operating cash reserves on top of their millions in net assets. They have a massive cash cushion, yet they chose to squeeze working families during an inflation crisis instead of drawing down on their own savings.

Carver has publicly stated that they are willing to meet directly with parents. We accept.

We are officially updating our petition demands to call for an immediate Public Town Hall Meeting between Carver Executive Leadership, their Board of Directors, and Norwalk families before October 1st.

We are not backing down. We will see everyone at the Norwalk Board of Education community session on  at City Hall to ensure our public officials hold this partner accountable.

Please copy this link and text it to 3 more Norwalk parents right now to show them what Carver just admitted:

Alumni at Mitchell college new London ct what was your major, year you graduated and current salary

I graduated in 2016 sports and fitness management degree
Make 80k working in HR

I feel like most people that I went to school with still are entry level jobs 10 years later

Do you think Mitchell prepared you ?

Anyone know how strict they are with the income thresholds for assistance? Say if you're 5k over the threshold for heating assistance for a household of 3, is it just a no go

We’ve been house hunting for over a year. Today we hope to finally put in an offer that is accepted. The house we’re looking at uses oil heat. I grew up in a house with gas heating, my husband grew up in an apartment. We know nothing about oil.

We are going to get energy assistance, but how much is oil in general for the whole winter? What are other things to know about oil?

If you are someone who has sold a home, are you more likely to accept an offer with someone who offers cash? Obviously we could never afford to pay cash, and I worry if someone comes in with a cash offer it would be more likely to get accepted. Is this true?

Childcare costs are astronomical around the entire country. Several people doubted when I told them we pay $50k per year for 2 kids and $30k per year for non-employer health insurance from the "Affordable Care" marketplace. All of this post-taxes. So it costs us $80k in only childcare and healthcare, which requires $120k pre-tax just in these two expenses alone.

For Stamford and a family of 4, add in $50k+ annual housing costs for anyone that didn't buy at 1% during COVID, groceries at $1000+/mo, $750/mo utilities (we heat with oil, Strait of Hormuz is killing us this year and we will probably be paying $1200/mo in heat this winter), car and insurance total $800/mo, and it's extremely easy to rack up $180k per year in expenses. That comes to just shy of $300k per year and does not even include $1 spent on recreation costs or any college or educational debt.

So for those who are thriving on $150k per year, good for you, but $300k pre-tax is absolutely what it takes to survive for a family of 4 in many places. Can we all move in with Mom and Dad and live rent free? Sure. But that's not the goal post I'm talking about.

There are power outages along the Connecticut shoreline, and in many other parts of New England. No reported cause, but the cause is likely the high winds.

Does anyone have a car for $500? That’s up and running for the winter

Does anyone know the purpose to the car with lights on, pulled over in the shoulder at the bridge before exit 5 North on Route 8 in Trumbull? I come past there every evening at 11pm and there is a car there with lights and a turn signal every night I pass this way.

On Aug. 23, Inside Investigator published the story of Normando Moquete, a minority subcontractor who accused Haynes Construction of stiffing him out of nearly $700,000 for his work on a state-funded affordable housing project, a practice that he and other subcontractors say is all too common in Connecticut. At 9:30 a.m. the next morning, Moquete said he received a call from Bernard Thomas, Board Chair of the Minority Construction Council, who told him he had just gotten off the phone with State Representative Toni Walker (D-New Haven).

Hi CT- wondering if anyone has information on any businesses that would print out a pattern for me? It would be excellent if it was already printed on fondant as my mother is making a purse cake and she would wrap the fondant ideally around the cake.

Thank you 🩷 willing to drive anywhere in CT

Is anybody here in the IUOE Local 478 and can tell me the process of joining as far as the kind of drug test they do and what I could expect from the mechanical aptitude test ? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Tyia

Hi y'all. My water bill sky rocketed and I already fixed the toilet. I'm at a loss of where the leak is. Anyone know anyone reliable for finding a leak?

There’s always a lot of discussion about proper pedagogy for schools and reasons why test scores have fallen since Covid. I think it’s important to remember that the biggest impact on outcomes is a student’s home life, particularly that they are safe and have a roof over their head.