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Lamont provides $1.7M for Borer, Cavallaro collaboration for school conversion to community center
WEST HAVEN, July 16, 2024 — (Pictured): Gov. Ned Lamont is joined by Mayor Dorinda Borer, right, on Friday, July 12, to announce $1.7 million in state bond funding to convert the former Anna V. Molloy Elementary School at 255 Meloy Road into a community center to provide services and programs for seniors, veterans and youths.
Tenants of Niantic apartment complex face up to $900 monthly rent hike
Jul. 15—EAST LYME — Jean Church lived in a house in Waterford for 65 years before downsizing to a Niantic apartment more than two years ago. Now she's trying to figure out her rights as an elderly tenant facing a rent increase of more than $800. She and other renters who gathered last week at the Windward Village complex on Main Street said they didn't want to leave the community that ...
Sunflower farm in Griswold teams up with Make a Wish CT to help kids in need
A sunflower farm is making wishes come true. This year, Buttonwood Farm in Griswold is celebrating the 21st annual "Sunflowers for Wishes" with the Make a Wish Foundation of Connecticut. "It's really cool because you get to just wander. And there are just rows and rows and rows, and you...
Penn State men’s hockey to face Quinnipiac in 2024-25 nonconference schedule
Penn State will be making its first ever trip to M&T Bank Arena. Quinnipiac announced its out-of-conference schedule for this upcoming season, which includes a home game against the Nittany Lions on Oct. 12. This will be the first ever meeting between the two teams. Coach Guy Gadowsky's squad will...
Defendant in 2021 Yonkers homicide deemed mentally fit to face murder case
A Connecticut man who spent three years in a psychiatric facility following his arrest in a Yonkers homicide has been deemed mentally competent to proceed to trial. Claismar Abreu-Then, 30, appeared in Westchester County Court Wednesday, where state Supreme Court Justice Larry Schwartz accepted a doctor's recommendation that Abreu-Then's competency to proceed be...
East Haven Town Council Closes STR Hearing, Will Workshop Ordinance
On July 16, the East Haven Town Council decided to close the public hearing regarding the issue of short-term rentals (STR) and will now workshop its draft ordinance which has generated strong opinions in the aftermath of its only hearing on June 4. Numerous town residents arrived at the East...
Southold Agrees to Discuss Preservation in Greenport
Representatives from the Village of Greenport and Southold Town are expected to sit down to hash out the details of how Community Preservation Fund money could be used within the village in two weeks, after a crowd of nearly 50 Greenport residents showed up Southold Town Board’s July 16 meeting asking for greater use of the CPF fund within village boundaries.
Bryan Pellegrini: Proud to Have Served His Hometown
For nearly three decades, Bryan Pellegrini has been a familiar face in the community as a member of the Clinton Police Department. Now, after 26 years in Clinton, Bryan is saying goodbye. Bryan grew up Clinton and then moved to Honolulu when he was in 9th grade. Even though he...
Police warn of coyote sightings in Colchester
COLCHESTER, CT (WFSB) - Police in Colchester put out a warning to people in town that there were recent coyote sightings. They noted that while coyotes are a part of the ecosystem, they understood that their presence in residential neighborhoods could be a concern. They offered some advice to keep...
Can renewable energy help struggling Connecticut farmers?
KILLINGWORTH, Conn. (WTNH) — State politicians and federal agriculture leaders were in Connecticut on Tuesday highlighting clean energy investments and grants for local farmers as they face high electricity costs. Running Brook Farms in Killingworth is a recipient of the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), a United States Department of Agriculture grant program. Site […]
Man, woman accused of robbing Cromwell Super 8 at gunpoint
CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) — Cromwell police say two suspects were charged after allegedly robbing a Super 8 Motel at gunpoint Tuesday. Officers responded to the motel on Industrial Park Road after report of the robbery. The victim provided a description of the suspects, and police said they were quickly located and taken into custody. 28-year-old […]
Co-leaders of drug trafficking conspiracy involving Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Florida, New York that shipped over 100 kilos of cocaine sentenced
PROVIDENCE, RI – The co-leader of a years-long drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped over 100 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. As reflected in court documents, Efrain Colon-Garcia, 43, and...
Big Y Finds Credit Card Skimmers in Connecticut Stores
Big Y Foods Inc. is once again dealing with security threats at checkout. The New England-based grocer said that on June 29, it discovered a skimming device on a single checkout terminal at both of its Naugatuck and Plainville supermarkets in Connecticut. The company released the following statement: "We are...
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