IGA revealed the five retailers who have been named IGA USA’s 2020 Hometown Proud Retailers based on their operations, service, marketing and branding and community support.

First responders and other volunteers in Manchester, South Windsor & Vernon will be collecting food and cash donations to stock area food pantries, starting in Manchester on Saturday & Sunday. Coordinated by the Ambulance Service of Manchester, the Emergency of Hunger Food Drive is in its 11th year. 

Governor Ned Lamont proposed a lean $22.3 billion budget Wednesday that would push Connecticut’s emergency reserves close to $3 billion while keeping taxes largely flat.

The Connecticut Food Association (CFA) wholeheartedly supports this bipartisan federal measure that helps mitigate food insecurity by making it easier for food banks to collect and distribute food to our neighbors and Connecticut families in need.