FOR $1, a smart shopper can get one Butterfinger candy bar, three cans of cat food or five Christmas cards. Now, Connecticut’s tourism officials have to stretch a buck for statewide marketing campaigns — over an entire year.
After two years with a budget of $4.3 million a year, the state’s Commission on Culture and Tourism has to make do this fiscal year with just $1 allocated by the legislature in September for statewide promotions. The agency will get another lonely dollar next year. Continue Reading »

If your only experience visiting Connecticut has been driving on Rt. 84 from Danbury to Stockbridge, or along I95 from New York to Providence, then you haven’t experienced the true beauty of the Litchfield Hills in Northwestern Connecticut. Driving through the scenic and sometimes mountainous areas of the area, you are surrounded by lakes, rivers and beautiful farm country. You won’t see strip malls, or even grocery stores in most of the towns here. It is a quiet and peaceful region, where people come to get away from it all.
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There is a number of adult education centers located throughout Connecticut, many operated by school districts. Adult students can find additional opportunities through community colleges and the continuing education divisions of Connecticut universities. These schools provide opportunities for adult basic education, career and technical training, or for lifelong learning. Middletown Adult Education The Middletown Adult Education school offers a variety of academic programs, job and workplace training, personal enrichment classes and counseling services.
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