An inmate who has been on a hunger strike for more than six years was back in court Thursday because he has refused to register as a sex offender.

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Tags: William B. Coleman, sex offender registry, Enfield Court, hunger strike, incarceration, dh

ENFIELD — I actually took this picture the weekend before Hurricane Sandy slammed into the east coast on October 29, because I figured the winds might not be friendly to the signs. In fact, the campaigns took them all in, and they aren’t there right now. The corner is distressingly bare for early November.

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Tags: Election 2012, lawn signs, ground game, Susan Bigelow, dh

For Rep. Kathy Tallarita, her continued work on a task force aiming to make the state’s liquor laws more consumer friendly is a bittersweet endeavor.

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Tags: Tallarita, Sunday sales, liquor reforms, primary 2012

Enfield Democrats have been left shaking their heads after the state party overturned the 58th House District nominating convention’s candidate selection. Proxy votes were the sticking point this time, but the real issue might be conventions in general, and how they happen here in Connecticut.

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Tags: Enfield, Kathy Tallarita, nominations, conventions, Susan Bigelow, dh

Dominic Alaimo, Enfield’s Republican “Man of the Year,” said the governor’s party affiliation never mattered to him as long as he or she was willing to sign a bill allowing Sunday liquor sales. That, he said, would make him happy.

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Tags: Sunday sales, Brendan Sharkey, Kathy Tallarita, Domenic Alaimo, Enfield, package store, dh

Surrounded by supporters at Enfield Town Hall on Saturday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy unveiled a liquor law reform package that will allow for Sunday sales and a whole host of changes to how wine, beer, and liquor are distributed and regulated in the state. The governor said the proposed changes will allow Connecticut to compete with surrounding states in the liquor market.

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Tags: alcohol, package store, liquor, Sunday sales, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Enfield

There were no problems to report at the polls today, but late this afternoon voter turnout varied widely across the state, according to the Secretary of the State’s office.

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made another stop on his statewide jobs tour Monday, this one in Somers, a small town in a region that stands to lose a lot of jobs in the absence of a ratified labor agreement.

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Tags: layoffs, Malloy, kissel, jobs, agreement, unions, Hugh McQuaid

Connecticut’s already strained court system is poised to stagger under the weight of cuts and layoffs as well as courthouse and judicial facility closures across the state.

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Tags: criminal justice, Judicial, state police, lawlor, budget cuts, Hugh McQuaid

Enfield Correction Institution will close on Oct. 1 if the plan Department of Correction Commissioner Leo Arnone submitted Friday is approved by the Office of Policy and Management.

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