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Local chambers of commerce have played a big role in assisting small businesses, especially during one of the most difficult periods many of them have ever weathered. NBC Connecticut is checking in with the president of the South Windsor Chamber of Commerce, who spoke with us last six months ago. Chamber President Mike Sanzo said his member businesses were facing…

Large flurries fell in downtown Southington Friday, putting the brakes on business at some area restaurants. “It’s not like before where we would see people crowd in.  I think it keeps people away,” Sean Sherman, owner of Sherman’s Taphouse in Southington, said of the combination of the coronavirus and bad weather. Center Street, which became an expanded patio for...

For the first time in its 25 year history, there will be no minor league baseball played at Dodd Stadium in Norwich this season. However, the seats will not be empty all summer long. The Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce is finalizing plans to host the annual summer Rock the Docks concert series at the stadium. The concert is…

South Windsor is a slightly larger Connecticut town, with a population of 26,000.  Like many other places, it has had hundreds looking for work due in part to coronavirus.   The South Windsor Chamber of Commerce said it has come up with a way to get some of those folks back to work, not too far from home. You’ve...