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[UPDATE] I've just asked Bridgeport to hoist my colors!

I didn't take down anything. I filled out New Britain's own form — six fields, three weeks notice, same as every heritage organization before me.

I fully, and with utter precision, complied with the city's requirements.

New Britain took down the flags. The city looked at a 9–0 Supreme Court ruling, looked at my application, and chose to close the pole rather than fly every viewpoint equally. That was their decision, made with their lawyer, under their own letterhead.

Shurtleff gave every city in America exactly two lawful options: fly all comers, or fly none. New Britain ran a third option — fly the ones one unnamed official liked — and that option was never legal. Not before my application. Not after.

What I did was force a city to comply with the law of the land. If your favorite flag no longer flies, your quarrel is with the Mayor who chose "none" over "all." City Hall's number is public.

The Constitution doesn't guarantee your flag a pole. It guarantees your flag the same pole as mine.

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Stay hydrated everyone.

Alright. Fess up. Which one of you was it? Hahaha!

Looks like you can stream online with more info on the website.

I'm curious to see them face to face as I'm undecided at this point

Who the hell is this crazy woman?. I went on Facebook against my better judgment to look up my landscapers page and came across some of her unhinged posts, against my better judgment I posted a comment telling her to basically back off. Now she’s threatening me. Jokes on her because I use a burner account but what the hell?

These are the guys you trust your life with rather than owning a firearm?

Most of my civilian friends shoot WAY more than the once a year cops are required to shoot to qualify.

Just a reminder that Howard Gombert is being released into your community in December with no supervision. This is a serial rapist and murderer who preys on little girls and teens.

Driving in CT seems to be getting nuttier and nuttier with each passing year. There are certain intersections I’ll avoid when I can due to the chaos that always seems to ensue—whether it be blindspots, short lights, drivers uninterested in stopping, etc. Curious to hear from other CT residents whether there’s one (or two) intersections in your town that stand out as the most chaotic or dangerous!

Says solar stars on their sleeve and they were asking a lot of weird questions, about what times we go in and out of the house, what times we are both home, if we are home on the weekends, if we get packages delivered etc

Edit: they ended up parking up the street, going to the house, and then after they asked all their questions just got back in the car and left.

Push a cart down any grocery aisle in Connecticut right now, and you can feel it. Beef is up more than 10% over the past year. Meat, dairy, cereal, bread and bakery, four of the six major grocery categories, climbed again last month. Groceries cost more than they did a year ago, and more than they did the month before. This isn’t in your head. It’s on your receipt.

Here’s what makes it worse. In 2024, Donald Trump stood behind a table stacked with groceries and promised your prices would come down, starting on Day One. Not eventually. Day One. It never happened. Prices rose. He even admitted to a reporter that bringing costs down would be "very hard," before now claiming inflation is "defeated" and prices are falling. Look at your receipt, then decide which one you believe.

The numbers tell the story he will not. American inflation is the highest in the G7, higher than Canada, Britain, Japan, France, Germany and Italy. Our closest allies live in the same world economy we do, and their families are not getting hit like ours are. So what is different here? Two choices, and Trump made both. He put tariffs on the everyday goods you buy, and he started a war no one wanted.

Let's be honest about that war, because you’re paying for it every time you shop. Trump's war in Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about a quarter of the world's oil, and sent crude prices soaring. That cost rides in on the delivery truck, soaks into the fertilizer on the farm, and lands on the shelf in front of you. And the war never settles. He signs a memorandum one week and resumes the bombing the next, calls it over, then calls it back on. Call it a cease fire, or whatever this week's headline says, the chaos itself is a tax, because oil markets never calm down and neither do your prices. Endless war abroad, higher prices at home. Trump chose the war. You are getting the bill.

And while Washington was making your food more expensive, it stopped keeping it safe. Last summer, Trump's CDC gutted the program that tracks foodborne illness, cutting required monitoring from eight pathogens to two and making surveillance of a stomach parasite named cyclospora optional for the first time since 1997. In a typical year, the country sees a few hundred to about a thousand cases. This summer, cyclospora is tearing across the country, with more than 1,600 confirmed cases across 34 states, thousands more under investigation, and more than 140 people hospitalized. So here’s where the Trump regime has left you: food you can barely afford, from a supply they no longer bother to watch.

Now here is what your state did with those same years. When families first told us their grocery bills were out of control, we did not shrug, and we did not lie. We looked. At our request, the Connecticut attorney general opened a formal inquiry into grocery prices, pulling the numbers on nine everyday staples, and state Sen. Martin Looney and I fought to extend that authority up the whole supply chain, past the grocer to the distributors and producers. We told you the truth. The store on your corner was not gouging you. The costs are getting baked in higher up the chain, and a war Washington chose is making them worse.

Then we acted on the part we control. We passed the largest income tax cut in Connecticut history, the first rate cut since the 1990s, saving a typical middle class household about $600 a year and roughly $300 for single filers. We raised the Earned Income Tax Credit for working families. We tied the minimum wage to the cost of living, so it rose to $16.94 an hour this January automatically, no waiting on Republicans in Washington. And we did it while paying down billions in long-term debt and funding our towns and childcare, instead of running up the tab.

This is what the choice comes down to. One government makes a promise on a stage, breaks it, and then insists you are not seeing what you are seeing. Another does the quiet, unglamorous work of actually lowering your costs and then tells you the truth about the rest. Prices are still too high, and I won’t pretend otherwise. But a state that levels with you and delivers where it can is worth more than a president who lies to you and blames the world. Connecticut will keep leveling with you, and we will keep delivering.

Dying mall like lots of malls around the country but very beautiful inside.

Just drove about 1400 miles and visited the following states - NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, DC, VA, NC and on the way back NC, VA, WV, PA, NY, CT, MA, and NH. Was on many different interstates and without a doubt traveling through CT was the worst. How is it that state after state is undertaking massive infrastructure improvements with tons of construction projects going on and absolutely nothing between Danbury and Newtown. Took about an hour to go 20 miles - no accidents, no construction projects - Just a windy road with lanes that end with no rhyme or reason and massive volume. Then, it gets worse, past Hartford at around 6:45 PM, State Troopers are closing two out of the three lanes for Construction to begin. In MA and NH. nighttime construction begins at around 8:30 or 9:00 PM, not at 6:45 when folks are still driving home from work. Here's the worst part, they are repaving sections of I84 that are perfectly fine (think Exit 60 -65) as evidenced when you go farther North and exit 70+. That was another 45 minute delay. CT is also one of the only States that has not renumbered their exits to comply with new federal regulations. What is going on with the DOT there?

One other thing (that may be controversial) - Several states have opened up EZ-Pass Express Lanes where the amount of the toll is based on the amount of traffic. These lanes are usually reversable so they fit the traffic pattern. Couldnt the State construct and open up one new lane (westbound in the AM, eastbound in the PM) between Newtown and the NY State Line? They would make a fortune.

Please let me know your impressions!

I’ve been going to Baja’s in Orange since it opened in the early 90’s. Was my go to, favorite restaurant, always a great consistent meal. Drinks were the best, not so anymore. I feel like it’s been fading recently. After my trip there tonight, I think I’m done. Too bad. Anyone else feel the same?

The House passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) earlier today. It includes Section 219 which was promoted by the Israeli govern ament and their allies to integrate their military with our military and intelligence. It is written so that all aid to Israel will be part of the Pentagon budget and We The People will be unable to object. It also makes it virtually impossible for the President to stop this partnership with Israel without congressional approval. This is treason and makes us even more complicit in their war crimes.

It will only take 7 Democratic senators to vote with Republicans to reach the 60 vote threshold to make this law in the Senate. I think that Chris Murphy will vote against the NDAA. However, Blumenthal co-sponsored the Section 219 in the Senate so he will definitely vote "yes," although he is pretending to be unsure.

I highly doubt that there is anything that we the voters can do to change Blumenthal's vote, but I want to bring his actions to light so when he is up for re-election in 2029, we work hard to primary him. For goodness sake, in addition to be a traitor to our country, he will be 83 years old! Enough already!

The Ansonia Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to allow the city to install speed cameras. They also approved the option for red-light cameras in the future (although the police chief said there are no current plans for red-light cameras).
One thing that surprised me is how much power a handful of people have over decisions that affect an entire city. Six residents were able to approve a policy that could impact every driver in Ansonia.
I’m all for safer roads if the cameras actually reduce speeding and crashes. But it raises a bigger question:
Should major traffic enforcement changes like this require broader public input or even a citywide referendum, instead of just a vote by a small group of residents?
Curious what everyone across Connecticut thinks:

Are speed cameras a good idea?
Should municipalities be able to install them this easily?
Would you trust them to be used for safety rather than revenue?

https://valley.newhavenindependent.org/2026/07/22/ansonia-police-speed-cameras-are-not-flock-cameras/

At the end of the first half of 2026, Connecticut’s unemployment stood at 5.2%, a full percentage point higher than the national rate. 

June marked the sixth month in a row that the state’s unemployment rate rose, according to the state Department of Labor’s mid-year jobs report.

But department officials were quick to emphasize a different statistic in the mid-year report. Connecticut set a new record for the total number of nonfarm jobs, which reached 1,726,500. And they pointed out that some long-struggling industries, including manufacturing and construction, were showing promising job growth. https://ctmirror.org/2026/07/21/economy-unemployment-workforce-jobs-ct/

I stumbled upon this token in an old piggy bank when I was cleaning out some drawers in my nightstand.

Does anybody else feel like Stamford just lacks soul/identity. If you go in most other cities the different neighborhoods are completely different experiences with different traditions, cultures, and people. However in Stamford whether you’re in downtown, harbor point, glenbrook, or anywhere else it feels 100% the same for the most part. It really feels like a haven set up to house NYC commuters who all wish they could live in NYC. Looking to see if anybody disagrees, and why they disagree because I’d love to see it in a different light.

CBIA.com

Connecticut is home to some incredible products, but which one is the coolest? 

Sixteen manufacturers will go head-to-head for the title of the 2026 Coolest Thing Made in Connecticut. 

Now in its third year, the single-elimination, bracket-style challenge produced by the CBIA Foundation in partnership with CONNSTEP celebrates Connecticut’s manufacturing legacy, showcasing world-class products and the highly skilled workforce behind them.

In each round of the competition, products will compete head-to-head, with the public voting to determine which products advance. 

Online voting begins Aug. 20.  

The winner will be announced Oct. 1 at the Made in Connecticut: Manufacturing Summit at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. 

Anyone used cashheatingoil.com??

I found a price on here about $.50 less per gallon than the company I normally use. You can’t see who you’re buying from until your order is placed.
Is this legit?

EDIT: filled out the form and got a call 30 minutes later, to arrange delivery for tomorrow. Also it was $.60 a gallon less than my usual company.
This will be the way moving forward.
Thanks for all the replies.