Goshen News

A paid fundraiser for the Connecticut GOP has also been retained by U.S. Senate candidate Christopher Shays and two other Republicans in intra-party races for federal office, a political love triangle that doesn't pass the smell test of some of their rivals and tea party members.

Two Republican state lawmakers say they plan to introduce a bill this session that limits the use of phosphorus in lawn fertilizations.

With Valentine's Day around the corner you and your significant other might be considering a romantic getaway.

Two Republican state senators called Tuesday for passage of a bill this year to take pensions for future state employees out of union negotations and to stop employees' widepread practice of "padding" of their pensions with heavy overtime as they prepare to retire.

Two area Republican state senators -- Michael McLachlan of Danbury and Andrew Roraback of Goshen -- have proposed overhauling the state pension system by taking such steps as ending pensions for new state employees and instead offering them a 401 plan.