BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — By the end of 2026, U.S. homeowners are projected to put nearly $518 billion toward improving and repairing their homes, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The spending behind these kinds of projects is hard to miss. Efficient materials, smart systems, and flexible, family-friendly layouts have become priorities for most homeowners.   By Amy Kang There...

by Dereen Shirnekhi Assadi with her family, including mom Homa and dad Mohammad Ali, after Metro’s graduation ceremony. A full house in Fair Haven School’s auditorium. As Metropolitan Business Academy valedictorian Razia...

by Thomas Breen City police on Wednesday identified the two men killed in Monday’s double homicide in the East Shore as 18-year-old New Havener Malakai Caraballo and 21-year-old Ansonia resident...

by Mona Mahadevan Israel and artificial intelligence (A.I.) were on the Democratic-primary ballot in New York on Tuesday — issues that aren’t “quite as resonant” in Connecticut. That was Gov. Ned...

By Perjah Delgado “Faith Matters” is a column that features pieces written by local religious figures. There are moments in grief when nothing anyone says feels like it fits. We often...

by Jamil Ragland HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut’s unemployment rate ticked upward for the fifth straight month as job growth weakened in May. The latest jobs report shows the state added just...

by Donald Eng WETHERSFIELD, CT — Property crimes and crimes against persons have fallen to their lowest levels since the state’s police departments adopted their current reporting systems, according to...

By Alex Putterman, A 4-story 68 unit multi-family residential building on the Post Road West in Westport photographed on December 11, 2025. Federal legislation aimed at spurring more housing construction, including...

By Stacy Graham-Hunt On Wednesday evening, Yale Schwarzman Center became the site of a conversation that felt both deeply personal and long overdue. Hair, Home & Belonging, a free public...

by Thomas Breen East Rock/Fair Haven Alder Caroline Tanbee Smith announced on Tuesday that she plans to step down from her local-legislative role in August now that she and her...

by Laura Glesby Mayor Justin Elicker endorsed Eli Sabin on Tuesday in the three-way race for a west-side state House of Representatives seat — splitting from other Democrats who have...

by Mona Mahadevan Zion Bridges accepts a promotion certificate from Principal David Diah. The eighth graders hand sunflowers to people who have been a “source of light” for them in hard...

by Adele Haeg Abigail Melendez waited for her brother Jonathan Cruz after the ceremony, basket in hand. Sonya Bethea filmed school principal Jennifer Jenkins’ performance of the national anthem. As a New...