Southern Maine 4th Seed Battles Eastern Connecticut in LEC Championship

The University of Southern Maine Huskies, seeded No. 4, are gearing up for the 2025 Little East Conference Baseball Tournament Championship from May 7-10. They will face No. 3 Eastern Connecticut State in the first round. The tournament features a double- …

Opinion: Keep private prisons out of Connecticut

Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Beginning in the 1980s, federal budgetary constraints and increasing incarceration rates moved the U.S. government to issue its first contracts with the private …

Dangerous social media trend making its way into schools in Connecticut

Smithland Pet & Garden Centers to close all locations, including 7 in Connecticut

Storewide closing sales will begin Tuesday at all 13 locations. CONNECTICUT, USA — Smithland Pet & Garden Centers said Monday that they are set to close all of their locations, which include seven in Connecticut. The lawn, garden and pet products …

Retired Connecticut firefighter who served on 9/11 wins $500,000 CT Lottery prize

Patrick Gordiski, a retired Greenwich firefighter who served on 9/11, won the top prize on CT Lottery's "$500,000 CA$HWORD" game. CONNECTICUT, USA — A retired Connecticut firefighter who served as a first responder on 9/11 has won a $ …

Connecticut Pratt & Whitney workers join Lockheed Martin strikers as walkouts spread in US weapons industry

Striking Pratt & Whitney workers [Photo: Connecticut AFL-CIO]A walkout involving almost 3,000 Pratt & Whitney jet engine workers in Connecticut began Monday morning following an overwhelming vote to reject the company’s contract offer. The workers, …

Connecticut firm buys 7 big-name Portland radio stations

A Connecticut marketing firm said Monday that it will buy Alpha Media, the Portland-based chain of radio stations that owns some of Oregon’s best-known broadcasters. Alpha owns more than 200 radio stations across the country. Its Portland broadcasters …

Connecticut Set to Increase Passport to the Park Fee This July

It looks like Connecticut will be increasing one of the annual fees we pay starting this July. Back in 2018, Connecticut created the "Passport to the Park Program" which helps residents access State Parks by allowing Connecticut residents driving …

Connecticut man sentenced in fatal wrong-way crash on Hutchinson River Parkway

A Connecticut man will spend at least the next 5 to15 years behind bars for causing a wrong-way crash that killed a man on the Hutchinson Parkway, officials say. Jose Espinal, 48, of Bridgeport, was sentenced in Westchester County court Monday afternoon. …

Machinists On Strike At Pratt & Whitney In Connecticut

F135, Pratt & Whitney's engine that powers the F-35. (Photo: Pratt & Whitney) About 3,000 Pratt & Whitney machinists went on strike early Monday morning after most union members rejected the company’s final offer for wage and benefit …