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Southwick seeks 3 volunteers to serve on Master Plan Implementation Committee
SOUTHWICK — It’s been more than three months since the Planning Board approved the town’s master plan, Southwick Vision 2040, but it was only last week that the Select Board invited applications for the three seats it will appoint to the implementation committee. “We’d love to have...
Jacob Pebley Takes 100 Back Title at Connecticut Senior Champs; Lilly Archibald Drops Big PBs
Rice commit Lily Archibald won five individual events and swam four lifetime bests at the Connecticut Senior Long Course Championships. Wesleyan University Freeman Athletic Building, Middletown, Connecticut. Long Course Meters (50m) One of the best tools in the toolbox for a young coach without a big resume is the ability...
Middlesex County Food Truck Festival
Welcome to The 2024 Middlesex County Food Truck Festival taking place at the Beautiful Peckham Park in Middlefield!!!! 20 of New Englands best food trucks come together along with over 50 small businesses cooking and selling everything and anything imaginable!!! Eat your way through the day with us at this free admission & Free parking Event July 20th 10-7 and July 21st 10-6!!!!
Rocky Hill family collects donations for impoverished village in Ghana
A family from Rocky Hill is proving a difference can be made no matter where you are in the world. On Saturday, Kwasi Asante-Boateng and Ama Asante-Boateng along with their children and church members of the Dimension Abundant Life Ministries Church in Rocky Hill, worked together to load a 40-foot shipping container with Ghana as its final destination.
Two firefighters injured, multiple families displaced in Torrington structure fire
A major structure fire in Torrington over the weekend left two firefighters hospitalized and multiple families without homes. A Torrington fire lieutenant told NBC Connecticut that the fire erupted at a three-story apartment complex on Wall Street shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The lieutenant said the fire consumed the upper...
Fandoms of all types were represented and celebrated at Connecticon XXI in Hartford
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Demon slayers, superheroes and elves all made their way to the Connecticut Convention Center Saturday for Connecticon XXI. In its 21st year, Connecticon has grown by tenfold since the first convention at the University of Hartford in 2003. Fans coming to this weekend’s convention couldn’t be more excited to come back. […]
Hartford Falls 3-1 Against Pittsburgh
Back on the road, Hartford Athletic falls 3-1 for their second match-up against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. The Green and Blue had a difficult start in the first half with three yellow cards along with three goals from Pittsburgh. With a penalty shot for the first one, it was a difficult moment for goaltender Monroe who dove the opposite way for a tricky strike. The momentum was down but that was until Mamadou Dieng had scored his second goal for the club in the 34th minute with an assist from Emmanuel Samadia with a striking header straight into the goal to put Hartford on the board 3-1.
West Hartford receives $697,000 to make sidewalks more accessible
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — The town of West Hartford announced in a release on Thursday that it will receive $697,000 from the state for sidewalk accessibility enhancements. The state’s Department of Transportation awarded the town the funding through the Community Connectivity Grant Program, which is an infrastructure improvement program that provides funding for local projects to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users in communities across the state.
Springfield crash leaves 1 dead
SPRINGFIELD — A man was killed in a single-car crash early Sunday morning. The crash took place at about 3:15 a.m. near the intersection of Wilbraham Road and Glenoak Drive in the Sixteen Acres section of the city, said Ryan Walsh, police spokesman. The driver was alone in the...
Picture This: Views From The Cleetus McFarland New England 900 At Stafford
STAFFORD – The Cleetus McFarland New England 900 rolled into Stafford Speedway Friday and lived up to the months long hype buildup. A sellout crowd jammed Stafford Speedway to get a taste of the full Cleetus McFarland experience. Check out the gallery below from the afternoon and evening at...
4 jump from multi-family home to escape fire in Middletown
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) — Firefighters are looking to identify the Good Samaritans who helped save four people from a fire Sunday night. They’re being praised for being instrumental in saving the lives of two adults and two children. “I said like ‘Is there anybody in there?’ and a lady put her hands out the window,” […]
2 juveniles arrested for stealing garage door opener
NEWINGTON, CT (WFSB) -Two juveniles were arrested for stealing a garage door opener out of a vehicle on Sunday night. Officers responded to the area of Spruce Street around 8 p.m. for a report of a theft from a car. It was reported that two suspects wearing all black stole...
Paws 4 Blue K9 hosts fundraiser for local police dogs
MONSON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A police K9 fundraiser and craft fair was hosted at the Westview Farms Creamery in Monson on Saturday, supporting local K9 teams in the Bay State. The organization Paws 4 Blue K9 began in 2014 after funds were helped to cover the cost for chemotherapy for the late K9 buddy, who was part of the palmer police department.
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