A large part of Connecticut on Saturday officially gets a new area code: 959. The code will cover the same geographic region now covered by the 860 area code, which is roughly all but the southwestern ...

The 860 area code is being phased out for new numbers moving forward in the region and a new 959 area code is being introduced in its place. This won't affect people who already have a phone with an ...

For the second time in the last six years, Connecticut has added a new area code. The area code 959 has begun being deployed, Michael Coyle, a spokesman with the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory ...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Hold the phone: Connecticut needs a new area code. As WCBS 880 Connecticut Bureau Chief Fran Schneidau reported, homes, cell phones and businesses in Hartford and ...

NEW BRITAIN >> Connecticut will be getting a new area code — 959 — by the end of summer, state utility regulators said Monday. Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority said the supply of ...

The new 959 area code is now a reality to overlay the 860 area code. Originally expected to be implemented in August 2014, the rollout was delayed because it wasn’t needed earlier. Michael Coyle, a ...

The phone rings often at the Miss Washington Diner in New Britain, one of the few places in the area where you can grab some grub in the wee hours. Calls come from around the state and even from as ...

It’s hard to believe, but by Aug. 30 the state will run out of telephone exchanges in the 860 area code region, resulting in a new area code being assigned for all new telephone connections after that ...