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Naugatuck Restaurant Announces Closure After Almost 10 Years: 'Forever Thankful' Naugatuck Restaurant Announces Closure After Almost 10 Years: 'Forever Thankful'
Naugatuck Restaurant Announces Closure After Almost 10 Years: 'Forever Thankful' A Connecticut restaurant that spent almost a decade becoming a go-to spot for fun and energy has announced that the end is near.  66 Church, a restaurant and gastropub in New Haven County located at 66 Church St. in Naugatuck, announced on Tuesday, Oct. 8 that it would be closing for good "in the next few weeks."  Although no specific reason for the decision was given, the owners thanked its longtime customers for helping the business through the pandemic and "a horrible economy."  "We’re endlessly grateful for the support you’ve shown us, especially during the pandemic. You…

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by Ben Crnic
Lifestyle
Popular CT Bar Offers Up Special Offering, Pizza, Once Or Twice A Week: Here's When, Where Popular CT Bar Offers Up Special Offering, Pizza, Once Or Twice A Week: Here's When, Where
Popular CT Bar Offers Up Special Offering, Pizza, Once Or Twice A Week: Here's When, Where New Haven is known for its pizza, and a popular bar that offers its pies only one or two nights a week is getting rave reviews for its crust and sauce. Three Sons Pizza sells its pizza out of the Old Heidelberg at the Graduate Hotel in New Haven on Saturday nights and has added some Friday nights for August. Born during the pandemic, the owner and his three sons began making pizzas to keep busy. They developed a pie that was so good that they figured, why not try selling it? That's where the Old Heidelberg comes in: pizza lovers place their order with the bartender after 7 p.m., sit back w…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
COVID-19: New LB.1 Variant Sees Climb In Infections Amid Nationwide Uptick In Cases COVID-19: New LB.1 Variant Sees Climb In Infections Amid Nationwide Uptick In Cases
Covid-19: New LB.1 Variant Sees Climb In Infections Amid Nationwide Uptick In Cases Cases of a new COVID-19 variant are on the rise nationally as the spread of the virus overall is climbing, according to brand-new data from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). The highly contagious variant, LB.1, now accounts for 17.5 percent of US cases in the two weeks ending Saturday, June 22. LB.1 cases have more than doubled since May, and some experts think it could be on a path to surpass two offshoots of the highly contagious Omicron variant who are part of the so-called "FLiRT" group: KP.3 and KP. 2. Combined, those two subvariants account for mo…

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by Joe Lombardi