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Health Exchange To Open Obamacare Storefronts In Seven CT Cities

By On June 6, 2013 · 8 Comments

The state health exchange that will start selling Obamacare medical insurance on Oct. 1 has taken a cue from Apple: It will open its own stores.

Unlike Apple’s locations in malls and gentrified urban areas, Access Health CT will target the neighborhoods of Connecticut’s biggest and poorest cities in an effort to reach the largest [...]

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Westfarms’ JC Penney Closed Thursday Due to Water Damage, Will Reopen Friday

By On May 16, 2013 · 1 Comment

The JC Penney store at Westfarms Mall was closed all day Thursday and had to scramble to reopen Friday, as workers cleaned up damage from a broken water pipe.

A spokeswoman for the mall said the break was apparently caused by construction work in or around the store, and that damage to merchandise was minimal.

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Connecticut’s Online Horse Betting System Will Not Launch In Time for Kentucky Derby

By On May 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Saturday is the biggest day of the year in horse racing and despite the efforts of the firm that runs the state’s 15 off-track betting locations, Connecticut residents will not have access to the long-awaited online system for placing bets.

Sportech, the British firm that runs the OTB locations, branded as Winners, won state [...]

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Alcoholic Beverage Sale Increase Holding Up, Gain For State Only Slight

By On May 2, 2013 · 1 Comment

Nearly a year after the start of Sunday alcoholic beverage sales, higher retail sales volumes are holding up for beer, wine and liquor, the state Department of Revenue Services said Thursday.  That does not mean everyone is happy, as Courant Capitol Bureau Chief Chris Keating reported earlier this year.

From July through January, the [...]

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Two Months Is Too Long For Gun-Ban Rules

By On April 29, 2013 · 39 Comments

So much has happened since April 4 that it seems like more than four weeks since Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed the strict gun control bill into law.  We had the showdown on background checks in the U.S. Senate, and of course, the Boston Marathon bombings.

One thing that hasn’t happened — and won’t happen [...]

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Retail: Westfarms, Buckland Close Early; Stop & Shop Staying Open

By On February 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Governors call states of emergency all the time but it’s serious when malls close early — so Westfarms Mall’s announcement at 11:21 a.m. that it’s closing at 1 p.m. today means we’re in this for real.

Buckland Hills mall in Manchester was closing at 3 p.m., according to its web site, which warns that restaurants [...]

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Survey: CT’s Paid Sick Leave Law A Burden For Some

By On February 5, 2013 · 2 Comments

When Connecticut’s first-in-the-nation paid sick leave law was being debated in 2011, advocates said it would not be a burden to businesses — in fact, it would help them boost productivity by keeping their employees healthy.

Restaurant owners and the state’s general business lobbying group called it an onerous burden.

On Tuesday, a Washington, [...]

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New Haven Business Owner Fights Robber Who Appeared To Be Armed

By On January 23, 2013 · 4 Comments

 

If you’re looking for heroes in downtown retail, here’s a good one from Paul Bass at the New Haven Independent. 

The owner of Nim’s jewelry shop on Chapel Street appeared to comply with a robber’s demand to empty the cash register into a sack. Then he went after the much bigger [...]

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Subway to N.Y. Post: A Foot-Long Sandwich is a Foot Long

By On January 17, 2013 · 9 Comments

The Milford-based company that franchises Subway restaurants fired back Thursday after a New York Post story said the franchiser is shorting its famous foot-long sandwiches.

“It’s 12 inches if done correctly,” said Les Winograd, spokesman for Doctor’s Associates Inc., which has 38,609 Subway franchises worldwide, 25,618 in the United States.

The Post had [...]

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Florists In Newtown: Heavy Heart, Heavy Workload

By On December 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The businesses in Newtown have really stepped up their role as the glue of the community, in addition to churches and public agencies. We’ll be writing more about that. For now, a telling look at the florists and nurseries — overwhelmed and working with a heavy heart, but in control and doing their part.

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