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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"><channel><title>Hartford Courant</title><link>https://www.courant.com</link><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2023 Hartford Courant</copyright><atom:link href="https://www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/?sort=display_date:desc" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Hartford Courant News Feed</description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 07:03:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title>Democrats win all three special elections Tuesday in Hartford, Middletown, Stamford on snowy day</title><link>https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-connecticut-special-elections-snow-day-20230228-3bgtdx4hfzd5rf3dj7xjor6d3e-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-connecticut-special-elections-snow-day-20230228-3bgtdx4hfzd5rf3dj7xjor6d3e-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Christopher Keating</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 03:36:39 +0000</pubDate><description>Democrats hold three seats in special elections</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Democrats hold three seats in special elections</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/vdoqBuA91fA2RYUUm62MG01cfio=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/4U37R4TYW5GILHKXZZK6TRBB5E.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Snow is cleared from the sidewalk along Main St. in Middletown, while snow still continues to fall in the region on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Aaron Flaum]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tolland Board of Education proposes budget</title><link>https://www.courant.com/community/tolland/hc-rr-tolland-boe-budget-0309-20230228-cypwqpaqivdjlikib4jbk5lo3e-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/community/tolland/hc-rr-tolland-boe-budget-0309-20230228-cypwqpaqivdjlikib4jbk5lo3e-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Steve Smith</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:01:55 +0000</pubDate><description>Tolland Board of Education discussed budget with Town Council</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tolland Board of Education discussed budget with Town Council</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/vxdaPGqWMlVCnE0klWAUt3NYiDg=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/AS254OANLNG3VM5IEGGKYVZV5A.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[In this file photo, Tolland Superintendent Walter Willett addresses a crowd of parents and residents.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Steve Smith / Courant Community]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sustainable CT Marlborough discusses Inclusive and Equitable Community Impacts</title><link>https://www.courant.com/community/marlborough/hc-cr-marlborough-sustainable-ct-2023-03-09-20230228-rds6mrcrhfhrpmij6y6bm3vkh4-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/community/marlborough/hc-cr-marlborough-sustainable-ct-2023-03-09-20230228-rds6mrcrhfhrpmij6y6bm3vkh4-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Melanie Savage</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate><description>Marlborough Sustainable CT team discusses Inclusive and Equitable Community Impacts</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marlborough Sustainable CT team discusses Inclusive and Equitable Community Impacts</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/v8Xz4wl5w9MGKJ_sccRVn38Kdu0=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/6XRDJFMHOBBCXFOOTLD7R7SY5Q.JPG"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Marlborough Director of Planning and Development Peter Hughes (right) presides over a presentation about Sustainable CT initiatives being implemented in the town, on Feb. 25 at the elementary school.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Melanie Savage]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Farmington teacher sues: Claims school is punishing her for pushing back against special education issues </title><link>https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-farmington-lawsuit-20230301-o2dxkxjbenb67njtj6gp3oz57q-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-farmington-lawsuit-20230301-o2dxkxjbenb67njtj6gp3oz57q-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Don Stacom</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 19:11:46 +0000</pubDate><description>Farmington High School teacher Heather Maynard is suing the board of education, claiming she has been disciplined as retaliation for speaking out about deficiencies in the school’s programs for special education students.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Farmington High School teacher Heather Maynard is suing the board of education, claiming she has been disciplined as retaliation for speaking out about deficiencies in the school’s programs for special education students.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/ACe-WeoouBK83o-wg0xV2xDRKvc=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/VMGWB7K5MNDC3EFU3IDYLJYFPE.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Farmington High School]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Don Stacom]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Breeze Airways launches ‘Fresh-Take: Spring Break’ promotion for travel out of CT’s Bradley International Airport. Here are the 14 routes.</title><link>https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-bradley-breeze-airways-20230228-etcnpnlol5d2tlgejpnxo7ylda-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-bradley-breeze-airways-20230228-etcnpnlol5d2tlgejpnxo7ylda-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Kenneth R. Gosselin </dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate><description>Breeze Airways launched another discount promotion on routes out of Bradley International Airport.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Breeze Airways launched another discount promotion on routes out of Bradley International Airport.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/C5gSVBc5j4sALatlkE2xszbY5T4=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/E6ZR2MWWCHK2H7HFLBEBEWCKH4.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Breeze Airways launched a spring discount fare promotion Tuesday on travel from Bradley International Airport.]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title>Bradley International Airport chosen for $5 million federal infrastructure grant to help pay for major upgrade</title><link>https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-bradley-airport-infrastructure-funding-20230228-doozcidw3zhbdntasi767lkamu-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-bradley-airport-infrastructure-funding-20230228-doozcidw3zhbdntasi767lkamu-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Kenneth R. Gosselin </dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:29:55 +0000</pubDate><description>Bradley International Airport wins funding for its planned baggage screening improvement project.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bradley International Airport wins funding for its planned baggage screening improvement project.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/giEkmAN6KdcHKWjIc4-nKU4G8tI=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/FCH42SN2CRGCRDCIYRLYQYVDGI.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[There are eight baggage X-ray machines in the check-in lounge at Bradley International Airport. The new expansion will move screening to a separate building and make more room for passengers and ticket counters.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Douglas Hook]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>West Hartford teen tries to ‘Bake People Happy’ while working to alleviate hunger. Here’s how she does it.</title><link>https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-hartford-west-hartford-hunger-baked-goods-20230228-3ld7afohdrbgjos3que62k534q-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-hartford-west-hartford-hunger-baked-goods-20230228-3ld7afohdrbgjos3que62k534q-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Pam McLoughlin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Kelly A. Toth, an APRN and system director of Neighborhood Health for Hartford Healthcare said Jarah’s movement has become a welcome staple in their neighborhood health work.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kelly A. Toth, an APRN and system director of Neighborhood Health for Hartford Healthcare said Jarah’s movement has become a welcome staple in their neighborhood health work.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/ULusijljD-Ebw7Wq4Fz8fNaoBRQ=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/ITT5LRLNXZHJPFUEIJIYDXHDMM.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jarah Teitler, 16, founder of "Bake People Happy" started by bringing baked goods to healthcare workers for cheer, and has since expanded to helping to feed the needy. She recently got Lox Stock & Bagels to donate products. Photo by Jeff Teitler]]></media:description></media:content></item><item><title>A Hartford Hospital doctor helps Rwandans with heart disease. Her experience there helps her practice here.</title><link>https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-rwanda-rhematic-heart-disease-20230228-bz3eqbz3tvd43bgbhzpw3zvk5e-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-rwanda-rhematic-heart-disease-20230228-bz3eqbz3tvd43bgbhzpw3zvk5e-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Ed Stannard</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Dr. Stephanie Saucier of Hartford HealthCare's Heart and Vascular Institute, recently returned from Rwanda, where she helped screen for and treat rheumatic heart disease.l</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Stephanie Saucier of Hartford HealthCare's Heart and Vascular Institute, recently returned from Rwanda, where she helped screen for and treat rheumatic heart disease.l</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/OzKeeGQUeNTnDEUgsncw8vJ6DpU=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/262WOEDMXBG2XHDBIEXBWJ73EI.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dr. Stephanie Saucier treats a patient with rheumatic heart disease during a volunteer trip to Rwanda with Team Heart.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Courtesy Stephanie Saucier]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hartford man killed near casino was father of teen injured by police</title><link>https://www.courant.com/community/hartford/bc-ma-casino-police-shooting-20230227-irhe2dlm45dl5ebuhwegxqslaa-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/community/hartford/bc-ma-casino-police-shooting-20230227-irhe2dlm45dl5ebuhwegxqslaa-story.html</guid><dc:creator></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:44:23 +0000</pubDate><description>A man shot and killed by police during an exchange of gunfire near a Massachusetts casino had called for more police transparency after his own teenage son was shot and injured by police in Connecticut in 2017</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A man shot and killed by police during an exchange of gunfire near a Massachusetts casino had called for more police transparency after his own teenage son was shot and injured by police in Connecticut in 2017</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/cebPx5S8MVQ3d1OBrbsrItGeojM=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/4MZB2Q3UKNBOHEHREBTM2OXOMQ.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[According to the preliminary investigation, the man was located as he was leaving the casino, police gave chase on foot and gunfire was exchanged, the DA's office said.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Dreamstime]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New plans show most detailed image yet of redeveloped UConn campus in West Hartford. Here’s how it could look.</title><link>https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-west-hartford-uconn-campus-redevelopment-20230227-vt47pocyjzb3jgzmeaud3kegxm-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-west-hartford-uconn-campus-redevelopment-20230227-vt47pocyjzb3jgzmeaud3kegxm-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Kenneth R. Gosselin </dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 21:35:38 +0000</pubDate><description>The latest plans for the former University of Connecticut campus in West Hartford give the most detailed look yet of how the property could be redeveloped.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The latest plans for the former University of Connecticut campus in West Hartford give the most detailed look yet of how the property could be redeveloped.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/hvDZ3ODgOJ_rboXmKDXBTzSI4mA=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/CURM42CYRFCVBLA65DEVEQTFSM.JPG"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[This rendering shows how a community green off Trout Brook Drive could look in a redevelopment of the former University of Connecticut campus in West Hartford.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Town of West Hartford/West Hartford 1 LLC]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hartford-Brainard Airport flight school sees airfield taking off in futuristic world of air travel</title><link>https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-hartford-brainard-airport-flight-schools-20230227-u3jbrl6nrzagdog5y3dpiuiurq-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-hartford-brainard-airport-flight-schools-20230227-u3jbrl6nrzagdog5y3dpiuiurq-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Kenneth R. Gosselin </dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:01:58 +0000</pubDate><description>Hartford-Brainard Airport flight school sees potential for airfield to build on broader ecosystem of aviation in Hartford area.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hartford-Brainard Airport flight school sees potential for airfield to build on broader ecosystem of aviation in Hartford area.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/VTzEk7BiF9_i6iPwVoPNiPoY5jI=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/4IB6EQQ7LBBSRHGPNCV3KTPQVM.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Learn 2 Fly CT student Sophie Belanger left, talks with her flight instructor Arianna Strand as they taxi around the runway last week in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk at Hartford-Brainard Airport.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Aaron Flaum]]></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Middletown firefighters embrace part of their past: 1930 tiller truck came with no doors or roof, top speed of 30 mph</title><link>https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-middletown-fire-truck-20230227-be5q6ytatnc4dc777ajjf4zehy-story.html#ed=rss_www.courant.com/arcio/rss/category/community/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-middletown-fire-truck-20230227-be5q6ytatnc4dc777ajjf4zehy-story.html</guid><dc:creator>Don Stacom</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Middletown firefighters and retirees trying to restore a 93-old-old American LaFrance tiller truck say it represents the heritage of their department.</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Middletown firefighters and retirees trying to restore a 93-old-old American LaFrance tiller truck say it represents the heritage of their department.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.courant.com/resizer/bBwD1Dy14oM-xOcavpDptNlu5zM=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/EMSZI4BITZDTBOBCEQLGSJRYXY.jpg"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Middletown Firefighter Mark Tine gets ready Thursday morning to put the 1930 American LaFrance tiller truck back into storage at the R.M. Keating Historic Enterprise Park in Middletown. The truck was in service at the Middletown Fire Department's headquarters from 1931 until the late 1950s. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Aaron Flaum]]></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>