Connecticut Gears Up for Holiday Weekend Travel (WFSB 3) MIDDLETOWN -- Holiday travel is expected to fill Connecticut roads and rails this Memorial Day weekend. Once again millions will be packing up and heading to their destinations despite soaring gas prices.

Holiday Closings On Monday, Memorial Day (CBS 2 New York) Monday is the observance of Memorial Day. It is a federal, state and local holiday in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Info On Holiday Travel, Weather & Gatherings

State pushing its parks this summer travel season (Boston Globe) Nine-year-old Juliana Bernard of Hartford and her brothers, 4-year-old Cameron and 3-year-old Isaiah, caught their first fish a couple of weeks ago at Stratton Brook State Park.

State pushing its parks this summer travel season (WTNH-TV New Haven) (Hartford-AP, May 28, 2006 2:15 PM) _ About 200 families are heading to state parks to compete in a state contest.

Welcome centers now have brochures in Braille (Boston Globe) Tourist brochures for visually impaired out-of-state visitors became available this weekend at Connecticut six welcome centers.