In the wake of the Tropical Storm Isaias, Better Business Bureau Serving Connecticut is warning homeowners to be aware of shady fly-by-night contractors.

After a 50-year career that started when she was barely 13 years old, Melanie Allen Mattegat is still successfully outfitting bridal parties and brides-to-be at Julie Allen Bridals — although she admits the COVID-19 pandemic has upended virtually everything related to long-planned wedding events. Read all about this local business and its backstory.

Connecticut's utility regulatory authority is temporarily suspending the latest Eversource electricity rate July 31, just hours after the utility began offering assistance to ratepayers who are enraged by or otherwise unable to immediately pay electricity bills that have spiked over the last rate cycle due to a number of factors.

A very familiar face welcomed Dave Athans and Linda Bailey when the door of Sandy Hook Diner swung open Monday morning.

Local social network posts in Newtown — and across Connecticut’s Eversource electrical service sectors — are crackling with complaints as consumers have been opening their latest bills to see their payments increasing. Find out why it is happening.

It has been four years since Ellie Lewis sold the Sandy Hook Diner after owning it for nearly 25 years, and customers are eager to have her back.

US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) pledged to carefully review the massive roster of recipients for suspicious allocations this week after the Trump administration released long-awaited data regarding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Effective July 1, Newtown residents are being urged to separate and recycle all their disposable glass at the town transfer station. A new glass-only bin is being readied for the program’s launch, according to Public Works Director Fred Hurley.

Andy Sachs, one of the country’s top-producing real estate professionals, has left Coldwell Banker to bring the

The Newtown Chamber of Commerce has pivoted to turn a scheduled in-person symposium into a virtual gathering on Zoom. The special event now has a new focus and a new title: “Pandemics & Pocketbooks.”