The Hartford Courant

New cell phone laws are raising concerns over potential environmental hazards.

A Kansas City native hopes his proposal for a 650 ft. tall Wizard of Oz-themed tornado monument will blow you away.

A Hartford Courant Op-Ed that calls for smarter, more sensitive growth policies for Connecticut.

Opening of a "Big Box" Home Depot store actually helps small home improvement businesses in one Hartford neighborhood.

A famous public art installation, endearing to some, an eyesore to others, will be removed after provoking a variety of reactions for 25 years.

A Springsteen concert at the new Rentschler Field, a state-owned stadium in East Hartford, CT, raises questions over the its intended uses.

New director of the oldest public art museum in the country dumps design, puts renovations on hold.

Architects and school officials reach out to the community to participate in the renovation of four public elementary schools in Hartford, CT.

Even as Smart Growth garners new supporters, a smear campaign attempts to discredit the movement.

Columnist Tom Condon meditates on the disappearing New England stone wall in the Hartford Courant.

Hartford's noise ordinance -- adopted five years ago as a way to keep neighborhood noise levels down is invalid, a court rules.

Several CT towns are charging the State DOT with funding a solution to address the public safety threat caused by a large-scale highway construction project.

Land-use mapping will help determine residents' eligibility for federal noise mitigation aid.

Construction has begun on a cable crossing the Long Island Sound that critics say won't address electicity concerns and will cause grave environmental damage.

A neighborhood dispute over the clattering jingles of an ice cream truck is about to become a First Amendment courtroom battle.

After being forced by the State Supreme Court to allow non-residents into its beaches, Greenwich, CT, has constructed a fee system that some contend is still illegal.