NEW HAVEN: The local nonprofit Music Haven has unveiled its new 6,700 square-foot headquarters. Music Haven provides free music lessons, mentoring, ensemble experiences, and instruments to New Haven youth, and is the home of the Haven String Quartet, a professional string quartet that teaches and mentors all Music Haven students.

Rep Jason Rojas, D-East Hartford: Taxing non-profits are an option. Finance panel eyes ending sales tax exemption for nonprofits By: Keith M Phaneuf ctmirror.com Hartford: The Connecticut legislature’s tax-writing panel is considering a measure that would repeal the sales tax exemption on goods and services sold to nonprofits — a provision that saves these entities more than $200 million per year. Democratic leaders of the Finance, Revenue and…

GREENWICH: A Waterfront estate formerly owned by President Donald Trump is on the market for $45 million. The property, ‘commands” a 6-acre peninsula…

CHESHIRE: Sky Management Services, LLC with offices in Philadelphia and New York, has purchased 611-617 West Johnson Avenue a four building flex…

BOSTON: Single-family home sales in Connecticut fell 3 percent in February compared to February 2017, while the median sale price spiked 7.2 percent,…

HARTFORD: The city’s “long awaited” Park Street Public Library has a a new design presented by architects TSKP Studio of. Hartford. The two-story,…

NEW HAVEN: The local nonprofit Music Haven has unveiled its new 6,700 square-foot headquarters. Music Haven provides free music lessons, mentoring, ensemble experiences, and instruments to New Haven youth, and is the home of the Haven String Quartet, a professional string quartet that teaches and mentors all Music Haven students.

Rep Jason Rojas, D-East Hartford: Taxing non-profits are an option. Finance panel eyes ending sales tax exemption for nonprofits By: Keith M Phaneuf ctmirror.com Hartford: The Connecticut legislature’s tax-writing panel is considering a measure that would repeal the sales tax exemption on goods and services sold to nonprofits — a provision that saves these entities more than $200 million per year. Democratic leaders of the Finance, Revenue and…

HARTFORD: United Health Foundation announced $2.35 million in grants to The Governor’s Prevention Partnership and to The Village for Families & Children to help the agencies “increase local education, outreach and engagement among Hartford teens and their families.” The grants will fund separate, three-year initiatives with each partner. “Addiction is a disease, and together we can treat and prevent it. These programs will help further…

PRESS RELEASE HARTFORD, CT -- Following a national search, the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) announces that Karla Fortunato will be its new president, effective May 1. Fortunato comes to CCP after 13 years at the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), a national alliance of 60 philanthropic organizations based in Rockville, MD. As director of HEFN, she has managed its programming, outreach, and…