New Canaan Advertiser

1 week ago | ncadvertiser.com | Andrew DaRosa

Ben Folds, who is best known for his '90s and early 2000s hits like "Rockin' the Suburbs" and "Brick," will be performing alongside the Hartford Symphony Orchestra on Friday, July 25. The concert is the fifth event in the Talcott Mountain Music Festival, which is held at the Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center throughout the summer.

1 week ago | ncadvertiser.com | Peter Yankowski

STAMFORD — A lawyer for Michelle Troconis has filed a motion seeking to throw out a case charging her with contempt of court that came after prosecutors alleged she viewed sealed documents during her trial in the murder and disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. Troconis is serving a 14½-year sentence after a jury found her guilty last year of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos with the New Canaan woman's estranged husband, Fotis Dulos.

2 weeks ago | ncadvertiser.com | Mollie Hersh

First Selectman to share priorities at Men’s ClubNew Canaan First Selectman Dionna Carlson will update New Canaan Men’s Club members Friday on the town’s goals and priorities. Article continues below this adThe meeting in Morrill Hall at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 111 Oenoke Ridge, will begin at 10 a.m. with Carlson making her presentation around 10:40 a.m. Because of the wide interest in her remarks, the club is opening this session to member's spouses.

2 weeks ago | ncadvertiser.com | Joshua Eaton

An Avelo Airlines plane sits on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport on Feb. 21. Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut MediaNEW HAVEN — About 60 people braved the unseasonably cold weather outside Tweed New Haven Airport on Wednesday evening to protest Avelo Airlines’ announcement of a new contract with federal immigration officials to fly deportation flights. "We cannot allow this to happen," said John Lugo, co-founder of Unidad Latina en Acción, one of the groups that organized the protest.

2 weeks ago | ncadvertiser.com | Joey Cappelletti

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered a speech emphasizing points of agreement with President Donald Trump on economic policy, just hours before their scheduled meeting — a reflection of the high-profile Democrat’s more diplomatic approach toward the president as her party ramps up its attacks on him. Framed by Whitmer as a “blueprint for success,” her lengthy “Build, America, Build” address called for bipartisan cooperation to boost American manufacturing.