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COVID-19: Dish Bar & Grill In Hartford Will Stay Closed COVID-19: Dish Bar & Grill In Hartford Will Stay Closed
Covid-19: Dish Bar & Grill In Hartford Will Stay Closed Dish Bar & Grill will be closed permanently due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Like many restaurants, the popular Hartford eatery temporarily closed in March when economies were closed here and around the country. That closure will now be permanent, according to The Hartford Courant. Apparently, a lack of outside dining contributed to the decision. The restaurant had offered delivery and pickup options during the pandemic as did its sister restaurant Sorella, which is not being closed. A Yelp analysis earlier this summer estimated that 60 percent of the restaurants that closed te…

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by Kristin Palpini
Politics
Fireworks Expected At Three-Way CT Gubernatorial Debate Fireworks Expected At Three-Way CT Gubernatorial Debate
Fireworks Expected At Three-Way CT Gubernatorial Debate UPDATE: Daily Voice coverage of Wednesday's debate can be read by clicking here. The addition of a third, independent candidate for the debate at the University of Connecticut should stir up the race for governor. For those who watched the last televised debate, on Sept. 17  as reported here by Daily Voice, it degraded into name calling and "he said, he didn't say," by Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski. Prior to the Wednesday, Sept. 26, debate, petitioning independent candidate Richard Nelson "Oz" Griebel of Hartford released part of his tax returns f…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Stamford-Based OxyContin Manufacturer Lays Off Half Of Its Sales Staff Stamford-Based OxyContin Manufacturer Lays Off Half Of Its Sales Staff
Stamford-Based OxyContin Manufacturer Lays Off Half Of Its Sales Staff Purdue Pharma, the Stamford drug manufacturer that created the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin has laid off half of its 400-member sales team and will no longer promote the prescription drug to doctors. The news, announced with a flurry full-page ads by the drug company in the country’s largest newspapers, according to this report in The Hartford Courant, is part of a corporate campaign by Purdue to preserve the drug’s brand and its own, both of which are being blamed in part for the country’s spiraling opioid crisis. Last week, Westchester County filed a lawsuit against more than 30 o…

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by Jon Craig