Connecticut
Rite Aid is closing stores, including in Connecticut
The Rite Aid in your neighborhood might be closing. The U.S. pharmacy chain filed for bankruptcy protection for a second time and is closing or selling stores to a new owner.
Customers were surprised to see the Rite Aid on Main Street in Cheshire closed on Saturday.
“I pulled up here and I’m like ‘what happened?” asked Scott LaFlamme. “For a multi-billion dollar corporation to not let their consumers know what’s going on, that’s a very bad business.”
Pharmacy company Rite-Aid filed another bankruptcy protection after it was unable to secure additional capital from lenders. The company first filed for bankruptcy in 2023 to cut $2 billion dollar in debt. That’s when customers say they noticed the empty shelves.
“As a result of filing bankruptcy, they accumulated high debt,” said Patrice Luoma, Quinnipiac University Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy. “And when you have high debt, it makes it really hard to do anything. So you can’t they couldn’t really get inventory because their vendors said, ‘hey, you need to pay us on these really strict terms, otherwise we can’t supply you.’”
There were 13 Rite Aid stores left in Connecticut after the company closed dozens of stores last year. It’s unclear when the remaining stores will close, but prescriptions will be moved to another pharmacy.
In Cheshire, medication was transferred to the CVS on Highland Avenue.
“I just know they’re going to be overloaded because there are so many people that used Rite Aid, you know, where are you going to go?” asked Claire Newell.
The CVS is just down the road, but Newell said she’ll miss the pharmacists she’s come to know.
“If you take medication regularly, they’re so responsible about getting it for you and being right there in any questions,” she said. “It’s very, very sad.”
A sign was posted outside the CVS asking customers to be patient as they work with new customers during this transition.
Connecticut
European-Inspired Connecticut Estate With an Olympic-Size Indoor Pool Returns to the Market for $75 Million
A generational Connecticut estate with an indoor pool and five guest houses has returned to the market for $75 million.
Called Hillendale Estate, the 268-acre property in Stamford has had some major price swings over the years. It was listed in 2007 for $95 million, then reduced to $75 million in 2015 after the death of its owner—Liberty Travel founder Gilbert Haroche. In 2020, his widow, Charlene Haroche, relisted it for $49.5 million, according to The Wall Street Journal, before removing it from the market just under three months later.
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And now it’s back, with Leslie McElwreath and Joe Barbieri of Sotheby’s International Realty, who listed the property on Tuesday.
The property’s main residence is a stone manor built in 1900 for the Sulzberger family, best known as the publisher of The New York Times. It features pitched roofs, ivy-covered walls and carved cast-iron doors leading to a gilded interior decorated with marble, millwork onyx and stained glass.
“It was reimagined as this European-inspired manor,” McElwreath said. “It was meticulously restored.”
The main residence spans 15,000 square feet and features two wings with eight bedrooms, formal entertainment spaces, 11 fireplaces, a conservatory and its standout feature: an entire wing dedicated to an Olympic-size indoor swimming pool—occupying an elaborately decorated room with painted ceilings, an arcade of arched French doors filling the room with light and mosaic wall murals.
In addition to the main residence, there are four guest houses plus a detached garage with a loft apartment, two barns, a pool house and an outdoor pool, listing photos show. The grounds are also special, McElwreath said.
“There’s a tennis court, a private lake with a small beach, miles of trails and a beautiful hedge maze,” she said.
The property straddles the New York-Connecticut border, reaching into Pound Ridge on the New York side—just 50 miles from Manhattan in Westchester County.
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The Haroches own other properties in New York and Florida, including an apartment at the Pierre hotel in Manhattan that was listed for $65 million in 2019. The Haroche family could not immediately be reached for comment.
Connecticut
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut could have patchy slippery road conditions in the coming days
Travel could be slippery in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
According to the National Weather Service, a weak storm system passing to our north on Tuesday will bring with it a risk for patchy light freezing drizzle or flurries during the Tuesday pre-dawn hours into the rest of Tuesday morning.
The anticipated spotty coverage of freezing drizzle should minimize impacts, although unpaved roads, sidewalks and elevated bridges could still become slippery.
Snow accumulations, if any, should minimal.
Use caution if traveling Tuesday morning.
Accumulating snow is expected across portions of southern New England Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening, however, there is still some uncertainty and accumulations, if, any, should be minimal.
Connecticut
One male dead following a shooting in New London
One person has died after a shooting in New London on Sunday night.
At around 7:20 p.m., the New London Police Department responded to a call for shots fired on Connecticut Avenue between Prest Street and McDonald Street.
Upon arrival, officers located one adult male with a gunshot wound to his lower extremity and immediately began to provide medical assistance until he was transported to the hospital for treatment.
The male was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival to the hospital.
The identity of the victim has not been released.
The New London Police Department is continuing to investigate the scene, including conducting interviews as a part of their investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting can contact the New London Police Department Detective Division at 860-447-1481.
Anyone can also send an anonymous tip to the New London Tips 411 system by texting NLPDTip, plus the information to Tip411 (847411).
Further details will be provided as the investigation continues.
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