I had the pleasure of attending the first annual Sharon Spring Harvest Festival in NY last year and it was a wonderful event in a tiny town with a rich history and great people. The second annual Sharon Springs Harvest Festival scheduled for next month is going to be even better and bigger.  Read More →

Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. today is warning consumers that Specialty Farms, LLC is voluntarily recalling Specialty Farms brand Organic Alfalfa Sprouts Blend and Organic Sprout Salad in the northeastern United States due to a possible health risk. “These items, which have a sell-by date of 7/26/2010 and are in 4-ounce plastic  Read More →

A devoted chiropractic physician and caring people at the state Attorney General’s office worked together Friday to break through the bureaucracy of a Torrington subsidized housing project to get air conditioning for a woman suffering from severe asthma. Dr. Mark Levine of Torrington emailed me Friday afternoon telling me that his patient Marguerite Poll –  Read More →

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s office Wednesday made public a sensitive document from the personnel file of Assistant Attorney General Richard Hine that raises questions about Hine’s credibility. Hine is the retired Marine Major who last month claimed that Blumenthal told him 18 years ago that Blumenthal had been in Vietnam as a marine during the Vietnam War.  Read More →

Today we posted Kevin Szymanski’s 23rd training video, this time using a balance ball and a weight ball to strengthen your lower back. Do not do this exercise if you have a back problem. Also use a small balance ball if you are a short person. Kevin’s “student” in his video is David Fuentes, site  Read More →

I first learned about Spokeo from David Horowitz consumer column in the Costco Connection magazine this weekend. Horowitz, whose website fightback you should check out even though he charges for his personal advice while I give it for free, thinks that the personal information aggregator  site Spokeo is spooky and frequently contains erroneous information about  Read More →

The annual Celebrate! West Hartford event takes place this Saturday and Sunday, June 12th & 13th. We caught up with event organizers to learn what to expect at the highly attended event.  Read More →

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that Google has acknowledged to his office that its “Street View” cars in Connecticut collected data, which could include emails, web browsing and passwords, broadcast over unsecured home and business wireless computer networks and kept the information. Google called the unauthorized information gathering a software mistake. It said the data  Read More →

Today we posted Kevin Szymanski’s 21th training video, this time using a rod and rolled up towels to strengthen your core. Kevin’s “student” in his video is David Fuentes, site director of Healthtrax in East Longmeadow. As you can see from his tattoo, he must be a CtWatchdog  Read More →

Today we posted Kevin Szymanski’s 17th training video, this time showing how to work four major muscle groups at home. On the last one, the shoulder press, if you place your back against the seat it gives you more support, but reduced the workout on the core. Once you get comfortable with it,  Read More →

ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES NEW ENGLAND PELLET TO PROVIDE AT LEAST $55,000 IN RESTITUTION TO CONSUMERS Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that New England Pellet LLC of Enfield and its owners will pay at least $55,000 in restitution to consumers to settle allegations that it accepted prepayments for wood pellets it was later unable to deliver. The  Read More →

A courageous East Longmeadow, Ma., priest has become one of the first American priest to suggest that Pope Benedict XVI consider resigning unless the 82-year-old pontiff takes greater responsibility for the solving the church’s sexual abuse crisis. According to the Springfield Republican, Father James J. Scahill – who has been on the forefront of pressuring the  Read More →

Today we posted Kevin Szymanski’s 14th training video, this time focusing on the core and quads using a balance ball. This one is tricky, and only for the more advanced. Make sure you set your self up with safety in mind. Have something in front of you to help you get stabilized. Make sure you have  Read More →

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Amey Marrella announced today a $1.8 million settlement with an industrial laundry facility for emitting toxic substances that threatened public health. Blumenthal sued G&K Services Co. in 2008 on behalf of DEP and won an order blocking the company from laundering soiled shop towels contaminated  Read More →