Fewer families are choosing burials for deceased loved ones and opting instead for cremation. It’s a funerary trend that is helping to forge a link between the Catholic Church and the solar industry.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has reimposed a temporary ban on alcohol at six state parks and forests this summer.

Abstract sculptor Leonardo Drew is returning to his Connecticut roots with a new exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Two Projects includes an outdoor installation on the front lawn of the Hartford museum and two works inside.

Early summer is still rhododendron and azalea time. There are late blooming, evergreen, large leafed varieties and native azalea species still putting on a show.

Prior to the pandemic, Bridgeport resident Maribel Nieves worked 28 hours a week as a home health aide. However, her hours were quickly cut when COVID-19 began to rage through the state. “Being a home health aide for 21 years, patients were scared for aides to go out to their homes. My hours got cut and my rent and bills started going up, so I’m backed up over a year or so in rent,” Nieves said.

Debra and Paul McAlenney were at their home in Simsbury on a recent Tuesday morning watching their 5-year-old grandson, Hudson, while his parents worked. Hudson spends a couple of days during the week with his grandparents, or as he refers to them, Nana and Bacon.

Saturday will mark five years since the Pulse nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. Among those killed in the early morning of June 12, 2016, was Torrington High School graduate Kimberly “KJ” Morris.

June is Pride Month for the gay community. And this particular Pride comes after a year of pandemic shutdown that has forced a community already adept at fighting for its survival to fight even harder and more creatively than ever. To talk about his struggle and that of the drag performers at his club, John Pepe, owner of Chez Est, joined Connecticut Public Radio’s All Things Considered .

Most gardeners have planted their vegetable garden. But while it's tempting to sit back and enjoy your work, the planting shouldn't stop. Interplanting is mixing and matching vegetables with complimentary growth styles. It maximizes the production in a small space, saving room, time and effort.

The support and attention of an adult is often the key that helps a student unlock potential and find academic success. Two recent college graduates in Connecticut credit one special caring relationship with helping them overcome obstacles. Mohammad Sharif Kakar, 32, is an Afghani refugee who just completed an associate’s degree at Gateway Community College and is now studying accounting at Southern Connecticut State University. Buddy Toth, 34, recently got his master’s from Southern in clinical