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Plans for popular CT park include splash pad, boat launch, trails and picnicking. No swimming.
The renovated park is expected to be open 12 months a year. The city of Hartford and Riverfront Recapture are eying an ambitious schedule for $7 million of construction to have Batterson Park available to the public again next July, a decade after it was shut down. The park’s chief feature, a 145-acre pond, won’t reopen for swimming, at least for the foreseeable future. But visitors will be ...
19-year-old Waterbury man arrested for reckless driving, eluding police
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A Waterbury man was arrested and charged after speeding, driving recklessly, and fleeing police when attempting a traffic stop in Southington. Tajuan Londell Washington, 19, was arrested and charged with failure to display lights, reckless driving, disobeying a signal of an officer, engaging police in pursuit, and failure to drive in […]
Overdose deaths are rising among Black and Indigenous Americans
The recent decline in overdose deaths hides a tremendous disparity by race: Deaths have fallen only among white people while continuing to rise among people of color, according to a new Stateline analysis of federal data. Health experts in nonwhite communities say they’re finding strategies that work in their areas, but that they still struggle for […]
Bat-wielding jerk bashes NYC straphanger for refusing to hand over $20: cops
A bat-wielding goon bashed a commuter in the head after he refused to cough up $20 on a Queens subway platform, according to authorities and the victim’s grandmother. Connecticut resident Matthew Trudeau, 21, was visiting the Big Apple for a concert and waiting for an N train at Queensboro Plaza around 11:45 p.m. when the pushy perp approached him and asked for $20, cops and sources said. Trudeau replied “No,” prompting the menace to pull out a baseball bat that was attached to his backpack and slam the victim in the back of the head, according to cops and sources. “I don’t know...
Lawsuit: NJ hospital misplaced stillborn baby, performing unauthorized autopsy
A New Jersey hospital is being sued for performing an unauthorized autopsy on a stillborn baby lost in a morgue for several months. The lawsuit against Hackensack University Medical Center was filed by a 34-year-old Jewish woman from Connecticut who claims she and her husband signed off on an exam of her baby’s remains, but objected to an autopsy based largely on religious grounds, according ...
CT restaurant caters to customers in a way ‘most don’t.’ Here’s the reason why.
A Connecticut restaurant known for its flavor sensations and upscale, casual setting has another claim to fame. It’s the focus on food allergies and sensitivities. At Burtons Grill & Bar they don’t use nuts or wheat flour, and all but two of the menu items can be made gluten-free. Foods are prepared with different equipment to prevent cross-contamination and servers automatically ask, “Does ...
Time may have come for CT city’s isolated hospital, court corridor. Here are the 7 properties to watch.
It was once a power address. Tens of thousands travel Hartford’s Washington Street each week to two major hospitals, courthouses and Trinity College, but the street — with its high-profile mix of uses — has fallen short of the stature that would be expected of a thoroughfare with the gold dome of the state Capitol at its northern end. “To me, Washington Street ought to be a monumental street,” ...
What's on the 2024 ballot in Connecticut?
HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut voters are getting their chance as America decides on the next president, and that's not the only thing voters in the Nutmeg State are voting on. Here's a closer look at what's on the 2024 ballot in Connecticut. Connecticut presidential ballotKamala Harris and Tim Walz are running for president under the Democratic PartyDonald Trump and JD Vance are running for president under the Republican PartyJill Stein and Butch Ware are on the ballot under the Green PartyRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Nicole Shanahan are on the ballot as IndependentsChase Oliver and Mike ter Maart are...
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