Matt Rife and 50 Cent: Here is Connecticut's celebrity real estate news of 2025
This year's celebrity real estate in the Nutmeg State was highlighted by comedian Matt Rife and YouTuber Elton Castee buying Ed and Lorraine Warren's house and Occult Museum in Monroe, which is home to the allegedly supernatural Annabelle doll. Other news included a mansion, formerly owned by 50 Cent and Mike Tyson, returning to the market and a house once owned by Mary Tyler Moore finding a new ...
CT’s top 2025 real estate deals: from the Phil Donahue-Marlo Thomas estate to an Essex antique
Heading into the final week of December, Connecticut home sales were on pace to rise only marginally in 2025, and there were no purchases to match the record $138.8 million sale two years ago in Greenwich. But from the former Westport home of Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas to the historic Chimneys manor in Bridgeport — the new owner gets 11 fireplaces in that package — CT Insider tracked severa...
Middlebury developer files federal suit against town, alleging legislative 'rat' derailed project on ex-Timex site
MIDDLEBURY—A Middlebury developer has filed a multi-million dollar federal lawsuit against the town over its denial of a proposed 669,000 square-foot warehouse on the former Timex headquarters site. David Drubner, principal at Southford Park LLC and co-plaintiff Route 188 LLC are seeking $27 million or more in the lawsuit, which was filed Dec. 18 in U.S. District Court. Southford Park is als...
In CT's busiest markets, home buyers may get more choices in these communities in 2026
As the holiday week hibernation continues, listings are beginning to hit the Connecticut real estate market for showings in early January — with Waterbury and Danbury seeing surges in new listings in what has already been a hot market for both, but the pickings are still slim in other cities and towns. More than 700 houses and condos came on the market over 14 days through Dec. 23, some of ...
Midcentury modern Andover house with $300K price tag lands on viral Instagram accounts
A midcentury modern estate in Andover that is available for the first time in more than three decades is making waves on Instagram for its unique touches and its price tag — $300,000. The property at 59 School Road, which landed on the market on Dec. 20, has been featured in a post from viral Instagram accounts Leave Some Character and 51 Summers. The post highlighting the listing has amassed ...
Construction firm's headquarters on the market near Danbury Fair Mall
More than two years after a construction firm moved left Connecticut, its former Ridgefield building is on the market — for continued office use, rather than redevelopment. Schimenti Construction's former building at 650 Danbury Road is priced at $2.7 million, with the building less than 10 minutes south of the Danbury Fair mall and the Route 7 connection to Interstate 84. The building totals...
Simsbury retirement community owner back seeking expansion approval amid stiff opposition
SIMSBURY—The McLean Life Care Community and McLean Game Refuge is back before Simsbury land use officials promoting a new scaled-back expansion plan with fewer housing units and more scientific studies. And the opposition has returned as well. The original proposal, rejected in May, called for building 18 1,600 square-foot units, 14 1,900 square-foot units, 10 2,200 square-foot units and 10 1,40...
Stonington rejects 'Beachway' homes — beach not included — at nightclub site
A Stonington municipal board rejected a developer's plan to pack more than80 townhouses on land where a shuttered nightclub stands — but left the door ajar for any revised version of the project, in a town that is well short of the state's threshold for affordable housing. Under property owner and developer Gene Arganese, Fair Housing of Connecticut LLC has been pushing for eight townhouse bui...
CT investor buys chunk of Hartford's Asylum Hill, including historic apartment building
A Connecticut real estate investor has purchased a historic apartment building near Aetna's Hartford headquarters and the Mark Twain House & Museum — along with a swath of properties stretching south to a CTfastrak bus station — for $14 million, with no indication of any immediate plans to develop the parcels further. The centerpiece of the purchase is the historic Ambassador Apartments...
A Husband and His Muse in Photographs
CT Examiner columnist Elizabeth Busbee talks with Ben and Trudie Larrabee, a photographer and his muse, who are husband and wife and based in Darien. Ben Larrabee published “Trudie: A […] The post A Husband and His Muse in Photographs appeared first on CT Examiner....
Danskos, Doctors, and Decisions
I made a decision last week – one I’ve come to regret. A decision involving shoes. One would think it was a simple choice: Dansko clogs or festive red sneakers […] The post Danskos, Doctors, and Decisions appeared first on CT Examiner....
‘Please Don’t be Afraid to Speak Up’
To the Editor: I just finished reading an offensive op-ed written by an elected official of Stamford’s Board of Education RE “‘A Small Number of Individuals Have Come to Dominate […] The post ‘Please Don’t be Afraid to Speak Up’ appeared first on CT Examiner....
The Public Is Speaking in Stamford
Stamford is experiencing a troubling shift in how some elected officials relate to the public, and it deserves serious scrutiny. Increasingly, officials are engaging residents in extended, adversarial exchanges on […] The post The Public Is Speaking in Stamford appeared first on CT Examiner....
West Haven, UNH Deepen Ties as School Plans Major Expansions
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For New Farmers, Agriculture Is a Calling, Not Just a Career
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Who is Supervising Who?
To the Editor: With Stamford’s new superintendent selection process under way with — — the majority party on the Board of Education now wants to ‘look good’ for the incoming […] The post Who is Supervising Who? appeared first on CT Examiner....
‘A Small Number of Individuals Have Come to Dominate Public Comment’ in Stamford
To the Editor: Civic engagement is essential to a healthy democracy, but in Stamford we are facing a troubling imbalance: a small number of individuals have come to dominate public […] The post ‘A Small Number of Individuals Have Come to Dominate Public Comment’ in Stamford appeared first on CT Examiner....
What is the State Getting for its Funding of Inmate Legal Assistance? Not Much
Attorney Devaughn Ward, in his first year as ombuds for Department of Correction, has tried to find out what services and benefits exactly the Inmate Legal Assistance Program — at […] The post What is the State Getting for its Funding of Inmate Legal Assistance? Not Much appeared first on CT Examiner....
