Here's Why You'll Soon Be Paying More For Some Alcohol In CT

Milford CT

26 September, 2021

9:50 AM

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Good Sunday morning Connecticut, A beautiful weather day is in the cards for us as it will be sunny and temperatures into the low to mid 70s. More sun on Monday, and our next chance for rain and thunderstorms is late Monday and again on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday look great with sunshine and cooler temperatures as the high temps will only be in the 60s. I guess it will start to really feel like fall later this week. The Big Story Here's why you'll pay more for some alcohol beginning on Oct. 1 in CT Liquor establishments, consumers and towns in Connecticut will begin feeling the effects of a 5-cent surcharge on "miniature alcohol bottles" beginning Oct. 1. And here's why the surcharge has been added. "The littering of miniatures is a significant problem in communities across Connecticut," officials said. The charges will be filed in a separate account and then sent back to the municipalities in which the transactions occurred, state officials said. Unlike some other drink containers like bottled water or beer, the surcharge on miniature alcohol bottles does not return directly back to the consumer in the form of a bottle deposit, officials said. Instead, towns across the state will "utilize the funds generated by this surcharge to enact environmental measures intended to reduce the generation of solid waste in their municipality or reduce the impact of litter caused by such solid waste. Measures implemented can include the hiring of a recycling coordinator, the installation of storm drain filters designed to block solid waste and beverage container debris or the purchase of a mechanical street sweeper, vacuum or broom that removes litter — including beverage containers and other debris from streets, sidewalks and abutting lawns. (Read more here). See also: National Retailer Set To Exit Major Mall: Report CT Restaurant To Use Robot ServersCourt-Themed Restaurant To OpenLong-Awaited Old Mill English Tea Room Set To Open Car crashes into second floor of home A Jeep crashed into the second floor of a home in Norwich early Saturday morning, according to Fox 61. Police said the incident began at a nearby bar parking lot where the accused rammed cars and took off and ended up striking two utility poles and then a large rock before his vehicle was launched into the home, Fox 61 reports. No one inside the home was injured. The driver was taken to a hospital. (Read more at Fox 61). Take a look at this: Car crashes into second floor of Norwich homehttps://t.co/zRhIGXrPzH— WTNH News 8 (@WTNH) September 26, 2021 Congrats! Yale's Matt Amodio has now won more than $1 million while on Jeopardy. Ken Jennings holds the record with $2 million. Amodio, a fifth-year computer science Ph.D student at Yale University, on Friday won $48,800 for his 28th victory, bringing his total winnings to $1,004,001. https://t.co/EjdZnGVIa3— WFSB Channel 3 (@WFSBnews) September 25, 2021 Almost! UConn football lost a heartbreaker to Wyoming 24-22 late Saturday. Dom Amore: In heartbreaking loss to Wyoming, UConn's football players fought back, showed they haven't quit on each other - Hartford Courant https://t.co/VWLx2psBJT— Dom Amore (@AmoreCourant) September 26, 2021