Five Items You'll Find in Most of the Vehicles in New England

Compared to most of the United States, driving through New England can be challenging. Our roads were built before the wicked smart engineers were born, our weather is unpredictable at best, and we have millions of residents cramped into postage-stamp pieces of property. After a lifetime of navigating these roads, I feel like I can do anything, and make it anywhere, as long as I have these 5 items in my car.

My Uncle was up for a visit, and as he was taking off I noticed that he had a whole bunch of single-use plastic shopping bags in the back of his vehicle. I asked him why, and he said he brings his own when travels to Connecticut since we banned them a few years ago. I don't have a secret stash of plastic bags in my car, but I always carry these.

Five Items You'll Find in Most of the Vehicles in New England

Planning a road trip through New England? Bringing your kid to school in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachisetts, or Maine? Be prepared for these highways and backroads, your trip will go smoother if you have these five items in your vehicle

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Stop & Shop Under the Microscope: Harsh Reviews from Connecticut

In July, we learned that Stop & Shop is planning to close several of its Connecticut stores. According to some reviews on Site Jabber, it seems that many people in the Nutmeg State are more than ready to move on from these locations. Here are some of Connecticut's harshest Stop & Shop reviews.

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First Impressions of Middlebury's New DG Market

The first DG Market in Western Connecticut has opened up for business in Middlebury. I took a walk through, and here's my first impressions of the store that has replaced Dinova's Four Corners Grocery Store after 83 years in town.

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