Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that farmers across Connecticut are eligible to apply for low-interest federal loans to recover their losses caused by severe rainfall, hail and flooding this past spring. The Governor said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack notified her today that he was granting her request for a disaster declaration for several [...]
NORWICH — Would you want your grandparents to see it? That’s a question a prosecutor posed tonight during a forum here about sexting, an alarming trend that has young people sending nude or semi-nude photos via cell phone text messaging. The event organized by Rep. Christopher Coutu was held at Norwich Free Academy tonight and [...]
NORWICH — Rep. Christopher Coutu participated in a recent ribbon cutting for the new location of the Norwich Tourism Office at 307 Main St. The normal business hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
HARTFORD — High school students from throughout the state were at the Capitol today for the Financial Reality Fair, an event put on by the Connecticut credit union community to help young people develop a sense of financial literacy. Rep. Christopher Coutu, who works in the financial services sector, stopped by the fair and told [...]
Check out these opinion pieces and their introduction published Nov. 1 in The Day. The newspaper invited state Reps. Christopher Coutu and Diana Urban to contribute their thoughts about the 2009 legislative session, which saw lawmakers tackle the most significant budget deficit in Connecticut history. Facing massive deficit projections, the past General Assembly session [...]
