Democrats slam New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart for declaring the city’s...
Mayor Erin Stewart’s declaration that New Britain schools aren’t doing enough for students is just a political ploy to dodge responsibility for underfunding education, city Democrats charged on Friday.
View ArticleBrush fires spark around Connecticut with drop in humidity and harsh winds
Warm weather, aggressive winds and a drop in humidity have sparked fires across the state, including an approximately 30-acre brush fire in Southbury Friday afternoon.
View ArticleEast Hartford hires four police officers away from Hartford PD, two more from...
Among six new police officers to be sworn in Monday, four come from the Hartford Police Department, likely drawn across the river, in part, by East Hartford’s attractive benefits package.
View ArticleNew Britain Mayor Erin Stewart says she won’t run for governor in ’22
Erin Stewart, the high-profile mayor of New Britain for the past nine years, announced Sunday evening that she won’t be running for governor next year.
View ArticleMan dies after being shot through window of Bridgeport house, police say
A man was fatally shot over the weekend when he went to investigate a noise on a Bridgeport porch, a city spokesman says.
View ArticleEast Hartford police say man fired shots at driver
East Hartford police arrested a local man Sunday after he fired shots at another man who was driving on Francis Street, striking the car several times, but not the driver, police said Monday.
View ArticleWicked winds won’t wind down, Monday is cold in Connecticut
Spring may arrive later this week, but Monday will feel more like January in Connecticut, with cold temperatures and icy winds.
View ArticleAll Connecticut residents 16 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine...
The state has sped up its vaccination timeline by about a month, Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Monday.
View ArticleMan arrested in Florida charged with Waterbury murder
A 32-year-old man was arrested in Florida and sent back to Connecticut Friday in connection to a Waterbury murder last August.
View ArticleNew Connecticut COVID-19 program provides up to $10K in rental and $1.5K in...
A new program will help qualified Connecticut homes financially impacted by COVID-19 with up to $10,000 in rent and $1,500 in utilities, the state announced Monday afternoon.
View ArticleEnfield woman charged with nearly $150K in Medicaid fraud
An Enfield woman who allegedly billed Medicaid nearly $150,000 in services from unlicensed individuals or provided no services at all, was arrested Monday afternoon.
View ArticleWaterbury police find over 600 bags of heroin in motor vehicle stop Friday
Police found over 600 bags of heroin and fentanyl, 9.2 grams of crack cocaine, a handgun and over $8,700 after pulling over a car in Waterbury Friday.
View ArticleMetropolitan District warns customers of individuals posing as employees
Someone pretending to be an employee of the Metropolitan District (MDC) tried to get into a Hartford home Monday, MDC said.
View ArticleThreat of snow looms as winter wraps up in Connecticut
After starting the week with sub-freezing temperatures, we can expect a gradual warmup as it approaches the first day of spring Saturday, but there's a caveat...
View ArticleFelons arrested after one fires shot during West Hartford road rage clash
West Hartford have detained a suspect in a Monday-night road rage clash during which a gun was fired.
View ArticleNew London school bus crashes into utility pole Tuesday afternoon
A New London school bus crashed into a utility pole Tuesday afternoon.
View ArticleA Connecticut woman being killed by her abusive partner has prompted a...
In 2014, Lori Jackson had been at her family’s home for over five weeks, trying to leave an abusive partner. In those five weeks, her family never felt safe, her mother, Merry Jackson, said. And on May...
View ArticlePushback as Girl Scouts plan to close camps in Lebanon, Milford, Bristol and...
With the Girl Scouts of America planning to permanently close camps in Lebanon, Bristol, Milford and New Fairfield, some parents and former Scouts are trying to save at least two.
View ArticleSouth Windsor voters reject proposed sports complex and relocation of town...
By wide margins, voters on Tuesday shot down proposals to move town hall and build a sports complex at Nevers Park, unofficial referendum results showed.
View ArticleFewer than 15% of congressional nominations to military academies are Black...
Fewer than 15% of students nominated by members of Congress for national military academies since the mid-1990s have been Black and Hispanic, according to a new report released Wednesday by the...
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