If Congress does nothing, borrowers who will take out the maximum $23,000 in subsidized student loans will see their interest balloon to an additional $5,200 over a 10-year repayment period and $11,300 over a 20-year repayment period.
Members of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) program will conduct a Family Ice Fishing Derby at Patriot's Park on Coventry Lake in Coventry on Jan. 28 from noon to 3 p.m. (weather permitting).

Preston has another goal, and that is to get the Zadroga Act amended. The controversial federal bill was supposed to improve services and protection for 9/11 responders, but lacks coverage for cancer. “We need to get these people the help that they need,” said Preston. He noted the bill covers carpal tunnel syndrome, but not cancer.

Standing trees and downed wood will be sold to the lottery winners in designated two-cord lots for $60 by DEEP Foresters, as forest road conditions allow.

The decision to cancel the advisory was made in consultation with the state Department of Public Health after morning samples came back below the “action level” - 1.3 milligrams per liter - of copper.

Town staff Elaine Griffin and Donna Lanza, the finance administrator and the town manager’s executive assistant, respectively, will serve jointly as interim finance directors after Hancock leaves.
Because of the recent low temperatures, the ground is frozen and last night’s precipitation — which was the result of what’s called an Alberta Clipper — was able to accumulate, said Jacquemin.

Athletes from all over Connecticut and parts of Massachusetts are already signed up for the 33rd annual Windham Invitational Special Olympics swim meet.