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EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor has received $750,000 from the federal government.
The museum held a dedication ceremony Tuesday morning.
The money has been used to address drainage issues, improve parking and accessibility for visitors, support renovations to the visitor center, and maintenance work on railway lines along with the trolley car storage barn.
“We’re in constant flux and change with technology, but it’s always great to be reminded how we got here,” U.S. Rep. John Larson (D, CT-1) said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.
A historic and scenic walkway along the Connecticut River is about to grow by more than two miles, as local and state leaders announced new funding this week to expand the Hartford Riverwalk into the neighboring town of Windsor.
The project is being funded through a combination of state and federal grants, including a $517,519 allocation from Gov. Ned Lamont’s office and a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Alternatives Program.
As public libraries continue to expand their roles, a joint investment will soon ready Hartford’s library for the next generation, according to state and city officials.
“A library is not what it used to be,” House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, said. “It’s so different. If you come in here on a Saturday or a Tuesday, it’s not just young kids reading in a corner. It’s now we have UConn students studying here. We have people taking immigration classes. We have folks using it to check their email. It is a modern, vibrant institution, and it’s very different.”
The Hartford Public Library — which reopened its downtown branch in November after a devastating flood closed it for two years — announced Monday that it is launching a public campaign to raise a portion of $12.5 million, aimed at transforming the library’s main branch for the 21st century.
Protesters took to the streets across Connecticut and the United States in a day of nationwide protests against President Donald Trump and what organizers describe as authoritarian actions.
A crowd estimated by Capitol police at more than 10,000 gathered peacefully on the Capitol’s south lawn Saturday as part of the national No Kings demonstrations, a movement opposing what organizers describe as the rise of authoritarianism, political violence in the United States, and the recent deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to California.
From Dayville to Hartford, Torrington to Stamford, Connecticut residents turned out to participate in an international day of protest against the Trump administration dubbed ‘No Kings’ on Saturday.
Thirty-three such protests were planned across the state. In Hartford alone, thousands of people crowded the north lawn of the Connecticut Capitol, many holding hand-made signs under light rain.
They came out more than 5,000 strong on Saturday at Connecticut’s State Capitol with a unified and clear message echoing voices across the nation: We will have no kings.