State Senator Stephen Harding
State Senator Stephen Harding
Senate Minority Leader
Stephen Harding, named Senate Minority Leader in 2024, represents Connecticut’s 30th Senate District. He was first elected to the Senate in 2022 after serving four terms in the 107th House District. A lawyer and Brookfield resident for nearly 30 years, Senator Harding has been involved with local boards and is a coach for youth sports. He serves as Ranking Member of the Environment Committee and Legislative Management Committee. He is also a member on the Education, Finance, and Judiciary Committees.
UPCOMING EVENT
Please Join State Senator Stephen Harding & State Representative Joe Canino for Coffee Hour at Tina’s Cafe 38 in Torrington!
Please Join State Senator Stephen Harding & State Representative Joe Canino on Friday from 9 – 10 am for Coffee Hour at Tina’s Cafe 38 on Main Street in Torrington!
Strong infrastructure is essential to keeping our communities connected, supporting local economies, and ensuring residents can travel safely every day.
I’m pleased to share that New Milford and Winchester have been awarded state funding through the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s State Local Bridge Program to support important local bridge projects.
-New Milford will receive $2,656,875 to rehabilitate Bridge #109016 on Boardman Road over the Housatonic River.
-Winchester will receive $612,500 to replace Bridge #162008 on Newfield Road over Fox Brook.
These investments will help improve safety, strengthen critical infrastructure, and support our communities for years to come.
For years, one of the most historic homes on North Street in Litchfield sat dark, empty and abandoned. This morning, State Representative Karen Reddington-Hughes and I joined local officials, Litchfield County residents and the Belden House and Mews team to celebrate its Preservation Connecticut Award of Merit and to present a legislative citation from the Connecticut General Assembly.
The 1888 Belden home has been restored down to its carved mantels, stained glass and parquet floors and the 1959 modernist Mews behind it was brought back right alongside it.
Today, the three-acre estate is a full-service hotel. There are 31 rooms, a restaurant and bar sourcing from Connecticut farms and producers, a bathhouse, a pool and lawn, and the old 1891 firehouse reopened for events and gatherings.
If you have driven past this place your whole life and wondered what was behind those doors, go find out. Stop in for dinner or to walk the grounds. Congratulations to everyone who made it happen and thank you for giving this landmark back to the community!
What a great morning running the New Milford Parks and Recreation Road Race with my dad and my son! It was nice to catch up with George Fletcher, the former New Milford Parks and Rec Director who helped found this race and to see so many friends along the course, including New Milford Mayor - Pete Bass and Brookfield Selectman Karl Hinger.
Thank you to the volunteers who make this New Milford tradition happen year after year!