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59-Year-Old Man Killed In Single-Vehicle CT Crash
A 59-year-old Connecticut man was killed after police say he lost control of his car.The incident occurred in New Haven at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Monday, July 15, on I-91 southbound in the area of Exit 2.According to Connecticut State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed that Segu…
Weekly scoreboard: July 15-28, 2024
Kieran Beman, Will Gills (5), Lucas Gifford (7) and J. Guilmartin; Kaiyo Sharkey, Brendan Grady (6) and Trevor Tanis; WP: Sharkey; LP: Beman; 3B: Chase Hanawalt (WH) Bristol at Torrington, 6:30 p.m. TRI-STATE BASEBALL. Naugatuck at Canton (Mills Pond), 6:15 p.m. Valley Ducks vs. Burlington Hunters at Dunkin Donuts Park...
Video captures apparent street takeover in New Haven: What to do if you witness one
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Video captured an apparent street takeover in New Haven on Saturday. The video shows ATVs and dirt bikes blocking the Whalley Avenue and Amity Road intersection. At one point, one rider can be seen doing donuts. “I’m just at the light and probably close to 50 people,” Elias Campos, a […]
New Haven residents react to multiple weekend shootings, Mayor Elicker addresses youth and violence
New Haven police are continuing to investigate three separate shootings that happened over the weekend. Police said the first shooting happened on Friday in the area of State Street and Ferry Street and resulted in an 18-year-old receiving several gunshot wounds. The second shooting also happened on Friday at Ivy...
Police cracking down on trespassing on Wooster Island in Housatonic River
Nestled on the Housatonic River is the uninhabited Wooster Island. “It’s a great island,” says Ron of Sander’s Marina in Shelton. Boaters we spoke with say for decades, people would anchor in the river and spend the day on the water near the local landmark. But, they say they would leave without leaving a trace.
Elevating Civic Duty and the Law
Southern Connecticut State University’s long-held commitment to social justice is echoed by Neil Thomas Proto, ’67, a celebrated lawyer, author, and teacher. New Haven-born Proto — a first-generation college student — has committed to donate $750,000 to five endowments he has established at the university. These include: a scholarship for students seeking to attend law school; funds supporting Southern’s Pre-Law Society, and an archive for the papers of four New Haven mayors.
Five Bulldogs Earn NABC Honors Court Recognition
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – It was another wildly successful season for the Yale men's basketball team, who captured the Ivy League Tournament title and knocked off Auburn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Yale also excelled in the classroom, earning a Team Academic Excellence Award from the NABC. In addition, five Bulldogs were named to the NABC Honors Court. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Award recognizes men's basketball programs that completed the 2023-24 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who...
Willimantic woman killed in Woodstock crash
A Willimantic woman has died after a crash in Woodstock on Friday morning. State police said 35-year-old Elise Marie Ortiz was driving a Toyota Camry on Roseland Park Road around 10:17 a.m. on Friday when she went off the road near Arvidson Road and hit a fence, then a utility pole, went down an embankment and hit a tree.
Manchester Community College students train at Hartford HealthCare’s CESI
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford HealthCares’s CESI is hosting students from Manchester Community College on Monday. Inspiring and teaching the future workforce of tomorrow, students receive hands-on, real-time simulated medical training. Hartford HealthCare’s Steve Donahue, the director of operations of the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation...
Ex-Boston Prosecutor Gets 5-10 Years For 2021 Rape; Victim Says Her Life Full Of Fear, Paranoia
Zerola, 52, of Salem, was found guilty last month after prosecutors said he broke into a 21-year-old woman's home in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her. He had been accused and acquitted of several rapes in 2008, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Zerola's victim submitted...
Health Headlines: How to manage a hyperactive bladder in the heat
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s health headlines, how often do you need a bathroom break when traveling long distances? How to manage an overactive bladder while staying hydrated in the heat? Plus, what drinks can make you go more?. Dr. Leslie Rickey, Yale Medicine urogynecologist and...
Alfredo Pizarro-Franco Killed In Wrong-Way Crash With SUV:PD
Alfredo Pizarro-Franco was driving the opposite way of traffic along Hanover Street when he blew through the Mifflin Street intersection without stopping — slamming into the driver's side door of an SUV around 8:30 p.m., on Sunday, July 14, city police detailed in the release. He was taken to...
Every flavor of Judaism was on display at the Shoreline Jewish Festival in Guilford
GUILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – Various styles of Jewish music, food and art were showcased Sunday on the Guilford Green for the 18th annual Shoreline Jewish Festival. “It’s very important that people are able to experience the flavors of Judaism, the rituals, the music, all the joy of it, in a public setting,” said Rabbi Yossi […]
Devli adds 176,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Connecticut
158 Pines Bridge Road in Beacon Falls, Connecticut — Courtesy: Devli Real Estate. Devli Real Estate has added to its portfolio in the region with the acquisition of a 176,000-square-foot industrial building outside New Haven, Connecticut. The Weehawken-based firm said the facility at 158 Pines Bridge Road in Beacon...
Groton seeks closer look at housing, climate resilience as defense industry expands
As the defense industry expands, towns and cities in the region want to take a fresh look at housing, climate resilience, and child care, among other topics, to ensure compatibility between the naval submarine base and Electric Boat and local communities. And the military is expected to pay for the...
Teacher’s guidance leads man to successful music career
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Corey Staggers is 28 and grew up in New Haven. He was a little kid- a second grader, just 8-years-old- when a principal sent the “active” young man with a love of basketball down to music teacher Bill Flucker. The idea...
Borough fire department getting new truck
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck Fire Department has been approved to get a new rescue truck as its current truck is nearing the end of its road. The Board of Mayor and Burgesses on July 2 approved to order a Pierce Enforcer Rescue Truck through the Houston Galveston Area Council in the amount of $1.3 million from the Firematic Supply Company out of East Yaphank, N.Y.
Daniela Iacobelli, playing for more than a trophy, wins LPGA Epson Tour Hartford Healthcare Championship
MILFORD – Once the rain passed, Daniela Iacobelli brought her own storm to Milford’s Great River Golf Club for Sunday’s final round of the LPGA Epson Tour Hartford Healthcare Championship. Iacobelli, 36 years old in her 14th season, told the golf website Monday Q Info earlier in the week that her girlfriend was in the hospital dealing with complications from a surgery, but that she didn’t have ...
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