Andrew DaRosa

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Andrew DaRosa

The signature baritone voice behind revered indie rock songs like "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" and "This Charming Man," Steven Morrissey (best known by his stage name, Morrissey) will be performing his first Connecticut concert in more than a decade later this summer. The Smiths singer is headlining the Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Sept. 19.

3 days ago | ncadvertiser.com | Joseph Tucci |Susie Costaregni |Jayden Nguyen |Andrew DaRosa

President Joe Biden is presented with the Global Citizen Award by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on Monday, September 23, 2024, in New York City, United States Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton and The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden were on the stage. Courtesy of Anadolu via Getty ImagesMay brought a pair of presidential visits to the Nutmeg State, with both Bill Clinton and Joe Biden stopping for a bite to eat.

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Joseph Tucci |Susie Costaregni |Jayden Nguyen |Andrew DaRosa

The cast of the "highly anticipated" 50th season of the television series "Survivor" was announced, and it will feature 24 returning players who will compete for the title of "sole survivor" and a $1 million prize, according to a news release. Among the "iconic returning players" is "The White Lotus" creator and Wesleyan alumnus Mike White, who competed in season 37, the news release reads.

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Andrew DaRosa

Last fall, the former New Canaan house of Golden Globe-winning actor Richard Gere - and before that, iconic musicians Paul Simon and Edie Brickell - sold for $10.75 million. Simon and Brickell, purchased the house in April 2002 for $16.5 million, according to t own property records. Gere purchased it with his wife Alejandra Silva through the Kensho Trust from Simon and Brickell, and at one time sought to convert part of the property into a farm.

4 days ago | greenwichtime.com | Andrew DaRosa

For Connecticut writer Shawn Dagle, his rabbit hole into learning more about a 1766 schoolhouse explosion in Hartford started with him researching his genealogy. The relative in question was Oliver Wolcott, Jr. — the United States Secretary of the Treasury following Alexander Hamilton and the governor of the state of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827. Wolcott's brother-in-law, Levi Jones, was one of the six people killed in the explosion Dagle said.