Hartford Marathon Foundation this week launched the Lace Up for Social Justice campaign, selling shoelaces to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs. https://www.hartfordmarathon.com/lace-up-for-social-justice/The laces will be available at HMF Events, through their Shop and at Eversource Hartford Marathon events in October - participants are encouraged to wear their laces proudly on race day, October 9.

Whittlesey partner Edward Engberg, CPA was named one of the Hartford Business Journal’s 2021 40 Under Forty.

Firm receives top listing in Connecticut lawyer count in national peer review survey

Six of the firm’s attorneys were named 2022 "Lawyer of the Year" in their practice areas and locations: Campbell D. Barrett, Andrew C. Glassman, Irve J. Goldman, Robert L. Holzberg, Lynda B. Munro, Stephen M. Sedor.

Eighteen Halloran Sage attorneys from three Connecticut offices have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 in multiple practice areas. Halloran Sage Attorney Craig Lifland was also named the Best Lawyers® 2022 Litigation – Bankruptcy "Lawyer of the Year" in Hartford.

West Hartford, CT, United States, November 1, 2019 -- Shipman, Shaiken & Schwefel, LLC attorney Mark S. Shipman was recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2022 "Lawyer of the Year" for Litigation - Land Use and Zoning. Additionally, David Shaiken has also been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation.Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.In addition to the "Lawyer of the Year" award, Mark S. Shipman was also listed in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the following practice areas:Commercial LitigationEminent Domain and Condemnation LawLand Use and Zoning LawLitigation - Real EstateReal Estate LawSince it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.Recognition by Woodward/White Inc. Best Lawyers® is based entirely on peer review. More information on the methodology can be found at www.bestlawyers.com/methodology.

Come to Playhouse on Park for Open Mic Night on Saturday, August 14th at 10:15pm! The event will take place after the 7pm performance of INTO THE WOODS, the final production of Playhouse on Park’s 12th Main Stage Season. You may see INTO THE WOODS and stay after for Open Mic Night, or just come on over at 10:15pm.VACCINE REQUIREMENT: For Open Mic Night, all participants and audience members are required to be vaccinated and show their vaccination cards when entering the theatre. People will be singing, and it is BYOB; ensuring that everyone is vaccinated will allow us to stay as safe as possible during moments when masks cannot be worn.This event is free and open to the public, and is BYOB. Anyone is welcome to come and sing, or come and enjoy those that do! Tips for the pianist are encouraged. Bring your own sheet music or choose from the collection at the Playhouse; Playhouse on Park will provide an accompanist!To learn more about INTO THE WOODS, visit https://connecticutshakespearefestival.org/Season1/mainstage_IntoTheWoods.html

Follow us to a brave new world – and to the not-so-distant future. Don't miss the event the Hartford Courant called "Brilliant...every aspect of the show glows." In a safe place in the woods... experience the event of the summer. In partnership with Riverfront Recapture and Keeney Park Sustainability ProjectIt's everything you love about TWH – thought-provoking, intimate – something you’ll talk about for a very long time.

Join us for COSTUME NIGHT on Friday, August 13th at the 7pm performance of INTO THE WOODS (the final production of Playhouse on Park's 12th Main Stage Season). Audience members are encouraged to be creative & express an enchanted attire. During intermission, people who dress up will be called to the stage, and the audience will choose THREE WINNERS by way of applause. There will be PRIZES for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.“Anything can happen in the woods.” This is the promise, and premise, of the much-loved funny and poignant Tony-Award winning epic fairytale about wishes, family, and the choices we make. INTO THE WOODS take us into a magical and bewildering world, full of witches, wolves, giants, and mysterious strangers. A childless baker and his wife endeavor to lift their family curse by journeying into the woods where they encounter Rapunzel and her mother, Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Little Red Riding Hood and other classic fairy tale characters. Their stories become entangled in unexpected ways – revealing what happens after “happily ever after.” Wishes come true here, but at a price.INTO THE WOODS tickets & more info: https://connecticutshakespearefestival.org/Season1/mainstage_IntoTheWoods.html

Murtha Cullina LLP is pleased to welcome Vincent R. Merola as an Associate in the Firm’s Business and Finance Department.

Rhonda J. Tobin is the only female litigator in Connecticut named to national list

Today the City of Hartford, Dalio Education, and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving announced they are together investing $9.85 million over the next eighteen months to support opportunity youth, who are individuals 16 – 24 who are currently disengaged from school or work.

Wheeler’s Foster Care team is collecting new back-to-school supplies for children and youth in foster care. Items will be accepted through August 12, 2021, and may be dropped off at 88 East Street, Plainville, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 am to 3 pm.

Action Fund for Racial Justice, a new fund to supplement the organization’s immediate ability to support nonprofits and build upon the Foundation’s long-term commitment to racial justice. First round of funds support six community programs that address systemic racism