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Claim Your Free Bing Listing, but Fix Your Google One First

Bing, Microsoft's search engine, may already show a listing for your shop. You can claim it for free, but if you copy it from Google, Bing may copy Google's mistakes too.

Jack Beckett·Oct 16, 2026

The Standard, No. 10: Linking Google to Bing Places? Fix Your Google Listing First

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Register by Friday in Farmington. Early Voting Opens Monday.

Friday, Oct. 16, is the regular deadline to register for Farmington's Nov. 3 election. Early voting runs Oct. 19 through Nov. 1 on the third floor of the new Town Hall, and for the first time any voter can ask for an…

Jack Beckett·Oct 15, 2026

For Business Owners

Claim Your Apple Maps Listing So Apple’s Emails Reach You

Apple can change your Apple Maps listing after a customer reports a problem, and it tells you by email. Here is how to claim the listing so that email reaches you.

Jack Beckett·Oct 14, 2026

The Standard, No. 8: Google Listing and Website Disagree? Fix Whichever Is Behind

For Business Owners

Your Website and Google Listing Should Say the Same Thing

Google can build your listing partly from your own website. When the two disagree, fix whichever one is out of date.

Jack Beckett·Oct 12, 2026

Featured card. Left: "Farmington Inland Wetlands," "A Fix for the Pond Deck," and "New boards and railings for East Farms School's pond deck, and a ramp on the path. Approved Sept. 16." Right: checkmarks for Deck (new boards, railings), Ramp (on the path, at an 8 to 10 inch step) and Driveway (10 Garden Street).

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East Farms Pond Deck Gets Wetlands Approval for Repairs

Farmington's Inland Wetlands Commission approved repairs to the observation deck at the East Farms School pond, plus a ramp on the path to it, and a second…

Jack Beckett·Oct 11, 2026

Opinion

Two Newsrooms, One Arrest Log

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Shutdown Day 24: SNAP Deadline Looms as Connecticut Steps In

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Federal Shutdown Day 24: Connecticut’s $14.3 Billion Gamble

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2000 Mules: A Masterpiece of Deception for the Gullible

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Featured card. Left: "Farmington Schools," "About 8,100 pounds of food composted," and "Three schools, April to June. Three more schools are next, probably in 2027-28." Right: bars for West Woods, 4,700 lb; Union, about 1,900 lb; Irving Robbins, 1,500 lb.

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Three Farmington Schools Composted About Four Tons of Food

Three Farmington schools sent about 8,100 pounds of cafeteria food to compost between April and June, and the district wants to add its other elementary…

Jack Beckett·Oct 11, 2026

Featured card reading "Farmington Wetlands: Tree Cutting at a Wetland's Edge. The cutting appears to stop just short of a protected easement. First, a survey." beside a town staff photo of felled pine trunks and brush at 243 Brickyard Road.

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Tree Cutting at a Farmington Wetland's Edge

An anonymous call led Farmington's wetlands agent to a tree crew cutting beside a wetland at 243 Brickyard Road. The cutting appears to stop just short of a…

Jack Beckett·Oct 11, 2026

Featured card. Left: "Farmington Green Efforts," "$38,657," "The Compost Bin Waits," and "The committee has the money. It decides in January, after the town survey." Right: a frame from the town's video of the Oct. 6 Green Efforts Committee meeting showing the committee's account spreadsheet, with the FY2025/26 cumulative balance of 38,657.56 outlined in gold, and a small room-camera view of the committee at its table.

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Farmington's Compost Bin Will Wait for the Town Survey

Farmington's Green Efforts Committee has $38,657 and a price for a public food-scrap bin. On the town manager's advice, relayed by a council member, it will…

Jack Beckett·Oct 11, 2026

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Farmington Picks Silver Petrucelli to Design Fire Stations

Farmington's Fire Station Building Committee chose Silver Petrucelli + Associates to draw up designs and a cost estimate for three fire station projects ahead…

Jack Beckett·Oct 11, 2026

Schools

Farmington High Gets a Permanent Principal, Ryan Broderick

Ryan Broderick, an assistant principal at Bristol Central High School, takes over Farmington High on Nov. 2, ending a fall under an interim who came out of…

Jack Beckett·Oct 11, 2026

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Farmington Mercury graphic. On a dark navy field, a large serif headline reads A second look at A-frames. Below it: A sign saying a business is open needs no review. A commissioner wants limits on the boards it let in. To the right, a simple line drawing of a sidewalk A-frame sign with the word OPEN.

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Farmington Takes a Second Look at Its Sandwich Boards

A Farmington sign saying a business is open, up to 12 square feet, needs no review. A planning commissioner wants limits on the sandwich boards that rule let…

Jack Beckett·Oct 9, 2026

The Standard, No. 7: Google Business Description: Write About the Business, Not the Sale

For Business Owners

Write Your Google Description About the Shop, Not the Sale

The short paragraph under “From the business” on your Google listing is yours to write. Google wants it about your business, not this week’s sale.

Jack Beckett·Oct 9, 2026

Farmington Mercury graphic. On a dark navy field, a large serif headline reads Your next 10 years. Below it: The survey takes 15 to 20 minutes and can't be saved online. First open house Dec. 1. To the right, a simple line drawing of a survey form on a clipboard with some boxes checked.

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What to Know as Farmington's Town Survey Opens

Farmington's town survey is set to open Friday, Oct. 9, and it feeds the town's next 10-year plan. It takes 15 to 20 minutes and can't be saved online. The…

Jack Beckett·Oct 9, 2026

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Claim Your Free Bing Listing, but Fix Your Google One First

Register by Friday in Farmington. Early Voting Opens Monday.

Claim Your Apple Maps Listing So Apple’s Emails Reach You

Your Website and Google Listing Should Say the Same Thing

East Farms Pond Deck Gets Wetlands Approval for Repairs

Opinion

Two Newsrooms, One Arrest Log

Shutdown Day 24: SNAP Deadline Looms as Connecticut Steps In

Federal Shutdown Day 24: Connecticut’s $14.3 Billion Gamble

2000 Mules: A Masterpiece of Deception for the Gullible

Three Farmington Schools Composted About Four Tons of Food

Tree Cutting at a Farmington Wetland's Edge

Farmington's Compost Bin Will Wait for the Town Survey

Farmington Picks Silver Petrucelli to Design Fire Stations

Farmington High Gets a Permanent Principal, Ryan Broderick

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Farmington Takes a Second Look at Its Sandwich Boards

Write Your Google Description About the Shop, Not the Sale

What to Know as Farmington's Town Survey Opens

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