He grudgingly transitioned from civil rights to politics and became the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England.

Funeral services for Thirman Milner, the first Black mayor of Hartford, will be held Friday, Dec. 13, the Greater Hartford NAACP announced Wednesday. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon at the ...

Mayor Arunan Arulampalam announced a final extension on Monday for the more than 100 people that were forced out of their ...

A former Hartford mayor is being remembered as a pioneer and trailblazer for his community. Thirman Milner died Friday at the ...

The first black mayor of Hartford and New England, Thirman L. Milner, has died.The Connecticut NAACP confirmed Milner died ...

Thirman Milner, whose election as Hartford’s mayor in 1981 made him the first popularly elected Black mayor in New England, ...

The first Black mayor of New England, Thirman L. Milner, has died at age 91, according to the Connecticut NAACP. The ...

It’s been four months since an electrical fire displaced over 100 tenants at the Concord Hills Apartments in Hartford.

In August, a fire at the Concord Hills Apartments in Hartford displaced 50 households, forcing them into temporary housing.

Bysiewicz said, “Connecticut mourns the loss of a trailblazing civil rights activist and community leader who became the first Black mayor of Hartford and in New England.

Milner served as the mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, from 1981 to 1987. The first Black mayor in New England and former mayor ...