The Carlyle Johnson Machine Co. at 291 Boston Turnpike in Bolton was evacuated this morning because an underground propane tank was leaking, according to Tolland County dispatchers.
The leak has been stopped and everyone has been allowed back into the building.
No additional information was immediately available.
Holy guacamole! Chipotle Mexican Grill fans will not be happy to hear what the company is considering.
According to the company's SEC filing last month, the Mexican fast food chain could temporarily suspend sales of guacamole and some salsas due to an increase in food costs.
The company says food and supply costs "escalated markedly" in 2013, and more increases are expected in 2014 for avocados, beef, dairy and chicken.
Freezing conditions, two years of drought and other weather volatility is blamed for the price increases.
But loyal Chipotle customers' ears will prick up with this warning contained in the filing: "In the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients, we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas, rather than paying the increased cost for the ingredients."
The company admits that removing a product like guacamole, even temporarily, will affect "restaurant traffic and comparable restaurant sales, and could also have an adverse impact on our brand."
Chipotle touts its commitment to organic, local, and sustainable farming practices for its ingredients, and claims to only use local produce grown on farms within 350 miles of the restaurants where it will be served.
The company is also on the record in blaming climate change for unpredictable weather conditions affecting crops.
Route 2 East was closed between exits 16 and 17 in Colchester after a crash this morning and Lifestar medical transport helicopter was requested.
Police said a car overturned.
The road has reopened.
No additional information was immediately available.
The National Zoo is now home to a half-dozen lion cubs following the birth of four cubs over the weekend.
The zoo's 9-year-old African lion Shera gave birth to the cubs on Sunday.
The cubs were born over a seven-hour period, the zoo announced Tuesday. Both mom and babies appear to be in good health. Zoo officials say the cubs are "nursing, moving and vocalizing well."
The zoo's Great Cat exhibit has been home to a recent baby boom. Back in Janunary, Shera's sister Nababiep gave birth to three cubs; two survived.
Both sisters also had litters within a month of each other back in 2010. Those seven cubs memorably celebrated their first birthday with "bloodsicles."
The zoo's 8-year-old male lion Luke sired all the cubs.
Both Shera and Nababiep have separate den spaces to bond with their new cubs. The zoo said in the wild it can take up to six weeks for a lioness to introduce her cubs to the rest of the pride.
The public won't be able to see Shera's cubs in-person until early summer; Nababiep's cubs may be introduced in the spring.
In the meantime, Nababiep and her cubs can be watched on the zoo's Lion Cam.
The Great Cat exhibit is also home to the zoo's Sumatran tiger cubs, Bandar and Sukacita, who made their public debut last November.
A Hartford man is accused of accidentally leaving his 5-year-old nephew in the car while he went to work out in West Hartford.
West Hartford police arrested Danny Ramos, 36, of Theodore Street in Hartford, just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
He has been charged with risk of injury, second-degree reckless endangerment and interfering with an officer.
Bond was set at $5,000. He was released and is due in court on Thursday.
No additional information was immediately available.
United Airlines has announced a new focus on ridding overhead airplane bins of oversized carry-on baggage.
To ensure compliance with luggage size limitations, the Chicago-based airline has instructed its employees and contractors who work at airport gates to pay close attention to carry-ons. If necessary, workers will require passengers with carry-ons that are too big to check the bag and pay the extra fees, according to The Associated Press.
Many travelers at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport's United Airlines terminal told NBC 5 that they welcome the scrutiny.
"It's always really packed [in the overhead bins] and you end up having to put all your stuff underneath your feet, and then you don't have any room to put anything anywhere," said Lydia Mears, who was passing through DFW on her way home to Australia Tuesday.
"Because when you lift [the overhead bin door] up it all falls down because everyone's tried to jam it in there," said fellow passenger Amy Borrow.
Travelers are typically allowed one carry-on bag to fit in the overhead bin, which can be no larger than 9 inches by 14 inches by 12 inches. Fliers state that travelers can also bring one personal item, such as a purse or laptop bag, that fits under the seat in front of them.
People flying with oversized bags can have the suitcase checked for free at the gate, a long-standing practice. But those who get halted at the entrance to security must now go back to the ticket counter and pay the airline's $25 checked-luggage fee, the AP reported.
Fort Worth-based American Airlines already has a similar policy in place, according to an airline spokesperson.
"American has staffers near security checkpoints in many of our largest airports to do visual checks on the size of carry-ons," Matt Miller, media relations manager with American Airlines, told NBC DFW in a statement Tuesday. "Additionally we have bag-sizers at gates and, in some cases, tape measures may be used in order to enforce policies."
A spokesperson for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines told NBC DFW the company's popular "Bags Fly Free" policy prevents the need for such scrutiny of carry-on items.
Annie Thai struggled to meet the carry-on size requirement for her United flight from DFW to San Francisco Tuesday. After her carry-on was deemed too big, Thai reshuffled some items and tried again at the security checkpoint. This time, a contractor at the security line told Thai to reorganize her items or to check the bag.
Ultimately, after a failed attempt at making her bag meet the size requirement, Thai begrudgingly paid to check the bag.
"I don't know what happened. Last time it was okay, I could pass. But this time I have to pay more." Thai told NBC DFW.
Authorities are investigating a phishing scam in which residents receive automated calls claiming to be from Simsbury Bank that request credit and debit card information.
Simsbury and Granby police said they have received numerous complaints over the past two days and are actively investigating.
The automated message tells residents their credit or debit cards issued by Simsbury Bank have been suspended and instructs them to press “1” for more information. Victims are then prompted to enter their card numbers and expiration dates, after which a recording says their cards have been reactivated, according to police.
Simsbury Bank has said this is a scam and posted a warning on its Web site after the first reports came in Monday afternoon. The bank said in a release that hundreds of customers have been targeted so far.
"This is yet another reminder that no bank would ever request confidential information over the phone, via e-mail, or in text messages. These attempts are called phishing," said Simsbury Bank President and CEO Martin Geitz, in a statement. "If you receive a call from someone identifying themselves as a Simsbury Bank employee saying that your account is frozen, we recommend you hang up the phone and contact us immediately."
The Department of Banking also issued an alert Tuesday afternoon warning residents of the scam.
Police said the calls seem to be made at random – the Granby Police Department actually received several of the fraudulent calls Tuesday.
Representatives for Simsbury Bank said similar scams have been reported in Western Massachusetts.
Residents who receive a call like this should hang up and refrain from entering any information. Those who have entered information should notify their banks and ask for a new card number, police advised.
Customers who have questions about the scam can call Simsbury Bank at 860-658-2265 or contact the Department of Banking Consumer Affairs Division at 1-800-831-7225 or www.ct.gov/dob.
There are some toys that children love, generation after generation, and LEGOs are among them.
A store dedicated entirely to LEGOs will be opening at Westfarms in the Spring. Another will open at Danbury Fair Mall at the end of March.
There are 78 LEGO stores across the country, but the Westfarms location will be the company’s first Hartford-area store.
The United States headquarters for LEGO is in Enfield.
Send photos of your LEGO creations to us at shareit@nbcconnecticut.com.
“Our store at Westfarms will enhance our consumers’ overall LEGO brand experience through product variety, store design and regular hands-on family events,” Eric Wolfe, vice president of the LEGO Group, said about the Westfarms location in a statement. “Children and families will be able to experience first-hand and hands-on the creativity and imagination that goes into LEGO building and be inspired by the over 4 million LEGO bricks that are in the store at any given time.”
The store will have a “Pick-A-Brick Wall,” where you can hand pick and purchase specific LEGO bricks, and the “Living Room,” interactive play area.
“In keeping with our commitment to bring unique retailers to our shoppers we are excited to see LEGO open its first Hartford area store at Westfarms,” Kevin Keenan, general manager, Westfarms, said in a statement. “The LEGO Store is an excellent addition to our exceptional lineup of merchants and will definitely appeal to a broad range of customers, both young and old. We look forward to welcoming them this spring.”
Police are searching for the man accused of trying to rob a Glastonbury gas station with an Airsoft handgun in January.
Carl Irizarry, 22, reportedly entered the Global gas station at 2997 Main Street in Glastonbury on Jan. 20, fired the Airsoft gun and tried to grab money from the cash register, police said. Authorities said a gas station employee prevented him from taking any money.
Police obtained an arrest warrant for Irizarry charging him with criminal attempt to commit first-degree robbery, criminal attempt to commit second-degree larceny and brandishing a facsimile handgun.
He was due in court March 5 on unrelated drug charges and failed to appear, police said. Warrants for that arrest were reissued, and police are actively searching for him.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Glastonbury police at 860-633-8301 or call Sgt. Michael Furlong directly at 860-652-4263. Police said callers can remain anonymous.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continued to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin during her two-day Southern California visit by calling him a "tough guy with thin skin" in a talk Wednesday at UCLA.
Clinton delivered the third annual Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership at UCLA's Royce Hall at noon. She participated in a question-answer session following the speech with UCLA political science professor Lynn Vavreck.
Past lectures have been delivered by her husband, former President Bill Clinton and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. She also will accept the UCLA Medal, given to people whose works "illustrate the highest ideals of UCLA, and whose career has manifestly benefited the public," according to the university.
It was the second day in a row that Clinton took aim at Russia's involvement in Ukraine.
"I know we are dealing with a tough guy with a thin skin," Clinton told the crowd at UCLA's Royce Hall, citing her experiences with Putin during her time at the State Department. "I know that his political vision is of a greater Russia. I said when I was still secretary that his goal is to re-Sovietize Russia’s periphery, but in the process he is squandering the potential of such a great nation, the nation of Russia, and threatening instability and even the peace of Europe."
Clinton began her two-day visit to Southern California Tuesday by speaking at a $1,500-per-person luncheon fundraiser in Long Beach benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Long Beach. She discussed Russia's military advance into Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and compared recent actions by Russian President Vladimir Putin to those implemented by Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s.
The Russian president's desire to protect minority Russians in Ukraine is reminiscent of Hitler's actions to protect ethnic Germans outside Germany, she said, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
Putin contends ethnic Russians in Ukraine need to be protected. Clinton said that's what Hitler did when he maintained ethnic Germans outside Germany in places such as Czechoslovakia and Romania were not being treated properly and needed to be protected, the newspaper reported.
"Now if this sounds familiar, it's what Hitler did back in the 30s," Clinton said, according to the report. "All the Germans that were... the ethnic Germans, the Germans by ancestry who were in places like Czechoslovakia and Romania and other places, Hitler kept saying, 'They're not being treated right. I must go and protect my people.' And that's what's gotten everybody so nervous."
The newspaper quoted Clinton as saying Putin is a man "who believes his mission is to restore Russian greatness."
"When he looks at Ukraine, he sees a place that he believes is by its very nature part of Mother Russia," she said at the private event.
Clinton stressed Wednesday that she was not making a comparison between Putin and Hitler.
"What I said yesterday was that the claims by President Putin and other Russians that they had to go into Crimea and maybe further into eastern Ukraine because they had to protect the Russian minorities -- that is reminiscent of claims that were made in the 1930s when Germany under the Nazis kept talking about how they had to protect German minorities in Poland and Czechoslovakia and elsewhere throughout Europe," Clinton said Wednesday. "I just want everybody to have a little historic perspective. I am not making a comparison, certainly, but I am recommending that we perhaps can learn from this tactic that has been used before."
Clinton answered questions on a variety of subjects Tuesday, including her favorite flavor of Girl Scout cookie.
Her answer -- peanut butter.
RadioShack reminded us all why we love it last month with its '80s-themed Super Bowl commercial — but it wasn't enough to reverse the tide of poor sales. The retro retailer, whose roots are in providing components to build ham radios, plans to close 1,100 of its U.S. stores, it announced this week.
Here are a few ways the retailer could reinvent itself.
1) Appeal to maker culture.
Limore Shur, founder of the creative design agency eyeball, suggests RadioShack could reposition itself by going slightly higher-tech — while staying loyal to its DIY roots — by appealing to the DIY tech movement known as maker culture.
"It would seem they have a great opportunity to build off their history as a supplier of relevant materials to make electronics," Shur said.
Instead of trying to compete with big-box stores to sell the latest headphones, RadioShack should fill a niche need for customers looking to modify their 3D printers, fix their interactive LED screens, make their GoPros fly and build drones, he said.
"How great would it be to go into RadioShack and get a kit to fix your (or your daughter's) shattered cell phone screen?" he asked.
And to remove any lingering relation to the analog age, Shur suggests perhaps a change of name is in order: "MakerShack." Even the White House is going to stage its first Maker Faire later this year.
2) Make them all concept stores.
One area where RadioShack has shown growth has been with its Concept Stores, which it said aim to "attract tech-hungry shoppers who will find a new level of products, service and excitement in a store that makes the buying experience fun."
Those stores highlight what RadioShack calls "in-demand" brands like Apple, HTC, Beats Electronics and Samsung and include fixtures like a Speaker Wall to let customers compare products — you know, like a modern-day retail store.
3) Get Jeff Bezos to come knocking.
Quartz first suggested last year that Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos should buy RadioShack outright. Now, seeing as the company's market value is below $300 million (for reference: Bezos paid just $250 million for the Washington Post), it wouldn’t be out of the question.
Bezos could take it a step further and turn the store spaces into Amazon "locker rooms," hubs for Amazon's locker delivery service that are also sports merchandise retail stores. Bezos could forge partnerships with local sports teams, letting customers pick up their Kindles or "Cards Against Humanity" games along with their Knicks tees or Chargers hats.
4) Become a mobile phone company.
As writer Steve Cichon very cleverly pointed out at The Huffington Post, every single item in a RadioShack newspaper advertisement from 1991 (with the exceptions of the three-way speaker and radar detector) can now be replaced with a few taps of your smartphone:
Everything from this 1991 Radio Shack ad you can now do with your phone http://t.co/fR02qq9K5A
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) January 16, 2014
So why not move to become a mobile phone company?
5) Go online-only.
RadioShack could cut costs by going online-only and get rid of the physical locations entirely by selling them to the likes of Starbucks.
The coffee giant bought tea company Teavana last year and opened its first tea bar in New York. Now, Starbucks plans to build 1,000 tea bars in the next 10 years. Why not make it 4,000?
What do you think? What should RadioShack do?
Police are investigating after a shoplifting incident at a Rite-Aid pharmacy in Bridgeport took a dark turn when the woman involved pulled out a knife.
According to police, a store security officer saw a woman in the makeup aisle hide some items in her sleeve and try to leave the store. It happened just after 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Rite Aid at 1060 East Main Street in Bridgeport.
The security officer confronted her at the door and asked her to return the merchandise, at which point she refused and continued to leave. When the officer approached her again, the woman pulled a knife and walked out, police said.
No one was injured during the incident.
Police are actively investigating.
Four people are facing charges after reportedly trying to break into a house in Shelton, then leaving when they realized the resident was home, according to police.
Police said a resident of Foxhunt Road in Shelton called 911 to report the attempted burglary around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The homeowner provided a description of the suspects’ getaway car, and a nearby officer recognized the vehicle as it drove past him and headed toward 110.
The officer pulled over the car in question and arrested the following suspects:
All four were charged with conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary and criminal attempt to commit third-degree burglary.
McDaniel was released on a $500 bond and Young was released after posting $5,000 bond. Both are due in court March 19.
Purcell and Shibilski were held on $5,000 bonds and are due in court Thursday.
A mountain lion exhibited behavior considered "anything but normal" when it attacked and killed a 100-pound German Shepherd before standing its ground when the dog's owner and officers encountered the animal in the back yard of Southern California home.
Fontana police are urging residents to keep pets inside careful after the dog's death early Wednesday. The mountain lion is considered a "significant public safety threat," meaning it cannot be relocated, police said.
Police responded after the dog’s owner went to his backyard and found the mountain lion standing over his deceased pet. The mountain lion hopped a brick wall to enter the property, part of what authorities described as a pattern of unsual behavior in an area where reports of mountain lion sightings are common.
"What was unique was the behavior of this mountain lion," said Fontana Police Chief Rodney Jones, adding that officials with the California DFW described the behavior as "very bizarre and very unique."
After hearing the attack, the homeowner went outside and turned on a light.
"Normally, they do not like to be around people, and they do not like the lights," Jones said. "This mountain lion stood its ground by growling at him and getting ready to jump on him.
"As officers arrived, a couple of officers got within 10 to 15 feet. The mountain lion was in a position where could pounce on an officer."
Officers retreated and fired several rounds, initially scaring it into a nearby canyon. The large cat returned four more times before eventually disappearing.
There is no evidence the lion was struck by any rounds, officials said.
The Fontana Police Department has deemed the mountain lion a threat to public safety and is working with Fish and Wildlife officials to track the animal. Residents are being warned to avoid hiking or jogging around dawn, dusk, and at night when the animals are most active and to keep pets inside.
An animal is considered a public safety threat if there is "a likelihood of human injury based on the totality of the circumstances," according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The lion's behavior, proximity to schools and other factors are considered in making that determination.
DFW agents and police have been deployed in the neighborhood. A helicopter with infrared sensors that allow for improved searching capability at night was assigned to the area.
Volunteers have been distributing information about the animal to residents.
In light of President Barack Obama's visit to Central Connecticut State University to discuss his plan to raise the minimum wage, some small business owners expressed concerns that a higher minimum wage could have a negative impact.
The Tikkaway Grill has been open on Orange Street in New Haven for about six months now, and the owner said he's still trying to build up business and pay the bills.
“Of course I have a deep hole that I have to dig out of,” said Gopi Nair, who owns Tikkaway.
Nair says if the minimum wage was raised to $10.10 an hour, it would hurt his business, because he employs some minimum wage employees.
“Would only take me negatively, deeper into the hole,” said Nair.
Nair says it would also have an impact on his restaurant's prices, and the extra cost of doing business would be passed on to the customer, which in today's economy isn't a realistic option.
“I think it's short-sightedness, and more of a political game than coming to terms with the real world out there,” said Nair.
However, not all small businesses say they'll be impacted by a minimum wage hike. Elm City Market in New Haven says it really wouldn't see a change.
“We start people above people above what the minimum wage is now, so it will have minimal impact on the Co-op,” said Amy Christensen, Marketing Director for Elm City Market.
Elm City Market says it concentrates on making sure its employees have a livable wage, and in New Haven, that is above the current $8.70 an hour.
“We want to employ people who live here, give them jobs, and also make it so they can afford to live, afford to eat healthy foods and feed their family,” said Christensen.
When we set our clocks forward this weekend, we'll gain an hour of sunlight and lose an hour of sleep. But adjusting to the time change can take a heavy toll on our health, especially for those who are already sleep-deprived.
Our bodies follow a 24-hour pattern, and an hour's difference can disrupt the body's natural rhythms, potentially causing sleep deprivation, irritability, headaches and other health hazards. University of Alabama researchers found that setting clocks forward one hour is associated with a 10 percent increase in the risk of heart attacks, according to Science Daily.
To ease your transition into the new season, try these five tips:
Go to bed earlier.
Get ready for the time change a few days in advance by going to sleep 30 minutes earlier. Hitting the hay half an hour earlier will prepare your internal clock for waking up an hour earlier on Monday. By making this extra effort, your body won't have to fight against the extra 20 or 30 minutes of sleep it wants.
Adjust your clock the day before.
If you have a relaxed schedule on Saturday, set your clocks forward earlier in the day. Shifting the times of daily activities and meals can help prepare for the adjustment.
Get a good night's sleep.
Try not to nap during the weekend, and avoid alcohol, caffeine, nicotine or any other substances that can affect your ability to fall asleep.
Don't forget to work out.
Remember to exercise. Avoid strenuous workouts close to bedtime, since they may make it more difficult to fall asleep.
Be productive Sunday morning.
On Sunday morning, avoid laziness. Expose yourself to as much sunlight as you can. Not only will it boost your energy levels, but it will also make you more alert.
Police have arrested the Bridgeport man accused of threatening and assaulting an exotic dancer, who told police an argument turned physical after she refused to have sex with him.
The man’s 8-year-old son was home at the time, according to police.
Marlon Powell, of 416 Bond Street, told police he had left Bishop’s Corner Cafe, an exotic dance club, with some of the dancers and brought them back to his residence.
Police were called to the scene around 4 a.m. Tuesday following the report of a domestic incident there.
Officers arrived to find a scantily clad woman outside bleeding from a gash on her arm. She told police she refused to have sex with Powell and was cut after he pushed her into an object and threatened her with a gun.
Police followed a trail of blood back to Powell’s home. Inside, they found more blood and shattered glass from a broken cabinet.
Powell told police two other dancers had left earlier but the victim fell asleep on his bed. He said he woke her up and asked her to leave, but she refused and he threatened her with a pellet gun.
Powell said the victim started breaking things and injured her arm.
Officers found signs of a struggle and evidence of drug use, police said.
Powell was charged with third-degree assault, possession of a facsimile handgun, threatening, risk of injury to a minor and impairing the morals of a minor.
Police are investigating after the ashes of a 7-month-old child were taken from the Bridgeport funeral home where the baby was cremated.
Police said a larceny complaint was filed after the child’s parents arrived at the Luz de Paz funeral home on East Washington Avenue last week and asked to speak to the director.
The secretary left to get him and returned to find the urn containing the child’s ashes had been taken from the desk, according to police.
The funeral home had not been paid in full and a larceny complaint was filed, police said.
It may only be March 5, but the bagpipers were already out playing at New Haven City Hall this morning.
The musical numbers were part of an announcement by this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade committee that there's a change in the parade route and part of the route will be moved over a block.
The move needed to be made because of construction on Chapel Street, outside the former St. Raphael's building that's now part of Yale-New Haven Hospital.
“Historically, the route went from the Boulevard on Chapel Street, all the way down. The organizers made a great map here to see. Instead, we're just moving it one block over to Edgewood Avenue,” said New Haven Police Lt. Julie Johnson.
The parade will now step off at Edgewood and Sherman Avenues, then use Howe Street to cross back over to Chapel and continue its regular route. Parade organizers want to make sure spectators know about the changes.
“People have been coming to this parade for 58 years and some people have been going to the same spot every year," said Tim Gallogly, chair of this year’s parade. "There's actually generations of people who pick the same spot, multiple generations from little kids to the elderly. Some of those spots aren't there anymore."
Parade organizers say it's a small change to ensure people's safety, but the parade this year will be just as festive as in years past.
“I'm very excited about the parade, the tradition of marching down the street, leading the parade as it's been down the street for 58 years,” said 2014 Parade Grand Marshal Kelly Canning Ruickoldt.
For more information on the parade route, visit www.stpatricksdayparade.org.
President Barack Obama was in Connecticut today to push his proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 and gave a shout-out to a local business owner.
Obama gave special recognition to Doug Wade, the president of family-owned Wade's Dairy in Bridgeport, a dairy that was started up in 1893 and now has 48 employees.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience I've never been through before," Wade said, of the president's remarks.
Wade met with U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez last week when the official was in Connecticut.
"One of the secrets to their success is that they treat employees like part of the family, so Doug pays his own workers fairly," Obama said of Wade's Dairy.
But it doesn't end there.
Wade writes editorials, talks to fellow business leaders and meets with elected officials to make the case for a higher minimum wage, Obama said.
"Keep in mind that Doug spent most of his life as a registered Republican. This is not about politics. This is about common sense. It's about business sense," Obama said.
Wade still has his original paystub from the 1970s, when he was making minimum wage, according to the president, and that money went 25 percent further than it does today.
"It looks like the paycheck that I got when I was working at Baskin-Robbins," Obama said.
Wade, his family and his business reflect the message that believing hard working and coming together to raise the bar for everyone, Obama said.
"Businesses have to understand that this is good for business," Wade explained. "The dollars that the working poor put into the economy will be spent immediately."
Suzann Soto, credit and collections manager at Wade's Dairy, said she's been with the dairy for six years and plans to stick around.
"I'm offered flexibility here," she said. "I'm treated like family and I'm very happy here, so I don't see myself going anywhere."
She said Wade's Dairy is "there for you" and makes sure the employees get everything they need, adding that the pay and flexibility has helped her as a single mother.
"We're very proud we can afford to pay people what we pay them, and I just think it keeps everybody happy," said Doug Wade's son, Ryan. "I'm a big believer in 'you get what you pay for,' and we definitely get it back from our employees."
Before the speech, Obama and the governors dined at Cafe Beauregard in New Britain, a local establishment that pays employees more than minimum wage.
