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A collaboration between Yale New Haven Health and the American Heart Association is allowing some people to also get a blood pressure reading while getting a haircut..

Peter Tsakiris has been doing the hair of men and women from around Hartford for more than half a century. Some say he’s quite the cut-up. “He’s known as the funny Greek barber,” said Jay Majors, who grew up in Hartford and is now the owner of Major League Barbershop & Academy in West Haven. What happened on the...

At a place that’s felt like a home for workers and customers, there’s shock someone would break into Peter’s Unisex Hairstyling in Hartford and snatch the very things that have helped keep it buzzing for decades.

At a place that’s felt like a home for workers and customers, there’s shock someone would break into Peter’s Unisex Hairstyling in Hartford and snatch the very things that have helped keep it buzzing for decades. “It’s like you have a knife and stab you in the heart,” said Peter Tsakiris, owner of Peter’s Unisex Hairstyling. Shop staff say...

Shawn Christy is owner of Legendary Looks Barbershop and every Christmas Eve for the last few years now, he’s channeled the cynical green Christmas character made famous by Dr. Seuss.

Debates about the COVID-19 vaccine are pretty common place these days at Blaze Barbershop in New Britain, but owner Johnny Turner is hoping that in between cuts and shape-ups, he can help to change the opinion of some of the men who sit in his chair… to save their lives. “I feel like it’s a collective effort. If we’re...

Like most barbers, Angel Lugo not only sees his job at Tranformerz Barber in New Haven as a career but a calling. “This is where everybody comes and they talk about their issues, we have guy time, you know, the boys can be boys, kids can be kids, so this is just so great we can talk about life experiences,…

Officials are investigating after a fire at a barber shop on Madison Avenue in Bridgeport Saturday afternoon. Crews said the fire was reported at Turning Heads Barbershop at 1180 Madison Ave. at approximately 12:30 p.m. When crews arrived at the scene, they said everyone inside the barber shop had already made their way outside safely. A second alarm was struck…

Barbershops and salons have been some of the hardest hit businesses in this pandemic. A Meriden barbershop owner said she and her colleagues have been barely surviving and could use more help. Krystal Jones spoke with NBC Connecticut on a day when Legendz Barbershop was closed, but still had some activity. “We’re struggling here.  I believe every business here...

A Meriden barbershop is looking to create a more inclusive and friendly environment for those with autism. One step inside the “New Style Hair Studio” and you might forget that you’re in a barbershop because it’s not a lot of talking. The sounds you hear inside are catered toward making clients who may have autism with under or oversensitive...

There’s a Hartford barber that’s a cut above the rest. But after decades in business, the coronavirus crisis is cutting his beloved career short at his barbershop on Prospect Street, although his family has been pushing him to retire for years. “Well, I’m 81 years old. I don’t want to go through all this, the way you have to...

Vincent DiNatale has worked as a barber in Hartford for more than 60 years and he is ready to retire. He is 81 and his son said his father is at too high a risk to go back to work amid the pandemic.

One barbershop in Stonington opened in defiance of the governor’s executive orders and could face enforcement from the local health district