James Carvalho is Connecticut Navigator's senior reporter covering local government and Fairfield County. A Bridgeport native with Portuguese-American roots—his grandparents came from the Azores—he graduated from Sacred Heart University and spent a decade at the Connecticut Post. He knows every city council member, every school board fight, and every simmering neighborhood dispute in the region. He lives in Fairfield.
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection concludes listening tour on black bear management as human-bear conflicts in Connecticut far exceed neighboring states.