A proposal by two Hartford City Council members for a study on the feasibility of a city-owned, city-operated grocery store in the North End food desert was heartily discouraged by a top city official in a recent presentation.
Retired city of Hartford employees who have waited 14 years for a cost of living increase to their pensions may have to wait a bit longer after a Hartford City Council committee on Monday declined to advance a resolution that would have increased payments by 3% to some former workers.